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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2011

Registration Nos. 333-84023

and 811-09507

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-6

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933    ¨     
Pre-Effective Amendment No.         ¨     
Post-Effective Amendment No. 15    x     
and   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940    ¨     
Amendment No. 27    x     

FARMERS VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT A

(Exact Name of Registrant)

FARMERS NEW WORLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Name of Depositor)

3003 - 77th Avenue, S.E., Mercer Island, Washington 98040

(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)

(206) 232-8400

(Depositor’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Name and Address of Agent for Service:

Patrick J. Carty

Vice President, Corporate Secretary, and General Counsel

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

3003 - 77th Avenue, S.E.

Mercer Island, Washington 98040

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

¨ Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

 

x On May 1, 2011 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

 

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

 

¨ On              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.

 

 

Title of securities being registered:

Units of interest in a separate account under individual flexible premium variable life insurance policies.

 

 

 


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Prospectus

May 1, 2011

Farmers Variable Life

Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policy

Issued by

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

Through

Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

 

Home Office    Service Center
3003 – 77th Avenue, S.E.    P.O. Box 724208
Mercer Island, Washington 98040    Atlanta, Georgia 31139
Phone: (206) 232-8400    Phone: 1-877-376-8008 (toll free) 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time

This prospectus describes the Farmers Variable Life, an individual flexible premium variable life insurance policy, (the “Policy”) issued by Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. The Policy provides life insurance, with a life insurance benefit (the death benefit proceeds) payable on the insured’s life if the insured dies while the Policy is in force. The amount of life insurance, and the number of years the Policy is in force, may increase or decrease, depending on the investment experience of the subaccounts of the Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A (the “variable account”) in which you invest. You choose one of two death benefit options.

Investment Risk — Your Contract Value will vary according to the investment performance of the portfolio(s) in which you invest and the Policy charges deducted. You bear the investment risk on amounts you allocate to the subaccounts. You may be required to pay additional premiums to keep the Policy in force if investment performance is too low. The Policy is not suitable as a short-term savings vehicle because the surrender charge is considerable.

Loans, Withdrawals and Surrender — You may borrow against or withdraw money from this Policy, within limits. Loans and withdrawals reduce the Policy’s death benefit proceeds and its Surrender Value, and increase the risk that your Policy will lapse without value unless you pay additional premiums. If your Policy lapses while loans are outstanding, you will have no Surrender Value and you will likely have to pay a significant amount in taxes.

You choose one of two death benefit options. The death benefit will be at least the principal sum shown in the Policy’s specifications page, adjusted for any increases or decreases in principal sum, and reduced by any outstanding loan amount.

This prospectus provides basic information that you should know before investing. You should keep this prospectus for future reference. You should consider whether this Policy is suitable for you in light of your life insurance needs.

Replacing your existing life insurance with this Policy may not be to your advantage. In addition, it may not be to your advantage to finance the purchase or to maintain this Policy through a loan or through withdrawals from another policy.

An investment in this Policy is not a bank deposit, and the Policy is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Investing in this Policy involves risk, including possible loss of premiums. Please read the “Risk Summary” section of this prospectus. It describes some of the risks associated with investing in the Policy.

This Policy has 37 funding choices – one fixed account (paying a guaranteed minimum fixed rate of interest) and 36 subaccounts. The subaccounts invest in the following 36 portfolios:

 

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Calvert Variable Series, Inc.

VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio *

 

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Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund—Service Class Shares

Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio

Quality Bond Portfolio

 

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The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. – Service Class Shares

 

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DWS Variable Series I—Class A Shares

DWS Bond VIP

DWS Global Small Cap Growth VIP (formerly DWS Global Opportunities VIP)

DWS Growth & Income VIP

DWS International VIP

 


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DWS Variable Series II—Class A Shares

DWS Large Cap Value VIP (formerly DWS Strategic Value VIP)

DWS Government & Agency Securities VIP

DWS High Income VIP

DWS Money Market VIP

DWS Small Mid Cap Growth VIP (formerly DWS Small Cap Growth VIP)

 

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Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (“VIP”) Funds—Service Class Shares

Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio

Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio

Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

 

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Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust—Class 2 Shares

Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund

Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund

Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund

 

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Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust—Institutional Class Shares

Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund

Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund *

Goldman Sachs Structured Small Cap Equity Fund

 

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Janus Aspen Series

Janus Aspen Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares)

Janus Aspen Forty Portfolio (Institutional Shares)

Janus Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares)

 

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PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust—Administrative Class Shares

PIMCO VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio (U.S. Dollar-Hedged

PIMCO VIT Low Duration Portfolio

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Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”)—Class 2 Shares

PVC Equity Income Account

PVC MidCap Blend Account *

PVC SmallCap Growth Account II

PVC Principal Capital Appreciation Fund

 

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Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”)—Class 2 Shares Strategic Asset Management (SAM) Portfolios

PVC SAM Balanced Portfolio

PVC SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio

PVC SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio

PVC SAM Flexible Income Portfolio

PVC SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio

 

* The subaccount that invests in this portfolio is closed to new investors. Please see “Subaccounts Closed to New Investors.”

 

A prospectus for each of the portfolios available through this Policy must accompany this prospectus. Please read these documents before investing and save them for future reference.

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved this Policy or determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a federal crime.

 

Not FDIC Insured     May Lose Value     No Bank Guarantee


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Policy Benefits/Risks Summary

    4   

Policy Benefits

    4   

Your Policy in General

    4   

Premium Flexibility

    4   

Death Benefit

    5   

Surrender and Withdrawals

    5   

Transfers

    5   

Loans

    5   

Policy Risks

    6   

Risk of Poor Investment Performance

    6   

Risks of Market Timing and Disruptive Trading

    6   

Risk of Lapse

    6   

Tax Risks

    7   

Limits on Cash Withdrawals

    7   

Loan Risks

    7   

Increase in Current Fees and Expenses

    8   

Effects of Surrender Charges

    8   

Portfolio Risks

    8   

Fee Table

    9   

Redemption Fees

    14   

Distribution Costs

    14   

Personalized Illustrations

    14   

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company and the Fixed Account

    14   

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

    14   

The Fixed Account

    14   

The Variable Account and the Portfolios

    15   

The Variable Account

    15   

The Portfolios

    15   

Subaccounts Closed to New Investors

    16   

Investment Objectives of the Portfolios

    16   

Selection of the Portfolios

    19   

Availability of the Portfolios

    20   

Your Right to Vote Portfolio Shares

    21   

The Policy

    21   

Purchasing a Policy

    21   

Tax-Free “Section 1035” Exchanges

    21   

When Insurance Coverage Takes Effect

    22   

Cancelling a Policy (Right-to-Examine Period)

    22   

State Variations

    23   

Other Policies

    23   

Ownership Rights

    23   

Modifying the Policy

    24   

Policy Termination

    24   

Premiums

    24   

Premium Flexibility

    24   

Minimum Premiums

    25   

Allocating Premiums

    26   

Your Contract Values

    27   

Subaccount Value

    27   

Subaccount Unit Value

    27   

Fixed Account Value

    28   

Loan Account Value

    28   

Charges and Deductions

    28   

Premium Deductions

    29   

Monthly Deduction

    29   

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge

    30   

Surrender Charge

    30   

Transfer Charge

    32   

Loan Charges

    32   

Portfolio Management Fees and Expenses

    32   

Other Charges

    32   

Death Benefit

    33   

Death Benefit Proceeds

    33   

Death Benefit Options

    33   

Changing Death Benefit Options

    34   

Effects of Withdrawals on the Death Benefit

    35   

Changing the Principal Sum

    35   

Payment Options

    36   

Supplemental Benefits (Riders)

    36   

Surrender and Withdrawals

    37   

Surrender

    37   

Partial Withdrawals

    38   

When We Will Make Payments

    38   

Transfers

    39   

Third Party Transfers

    39   

Telephone Transfers

    39   

Policy and Procedures Regarding Disruptive Trading and Market Timing

    40   

Asset Allocation Models

    42   

Automatic Asset Rebalancing Program

    43   

Dollar Cost Averaging Program

    43   

Loans

    44   

Effects of Policy Loans

    44   

Policy Lapse and Reinstatement

    45   

Lapse

    45   

Reinstatement

    45   

Federal Tax Considerations

    46   

Tax Status of the Policy

    46   

Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits

    46   

Additional Information

    50   

Distribution of the Policies

    50   

Legal Proceedings

    51   

Financial Statements

    51   

Table of Contents for the SAI

    52   

Glossary

    53   

Appendix A—Guaranteed Maximum Cost of Insurance Rates

    A-1   

Appendix B—Table of Surrender Charge Factors

    B-1   
 

 

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Policy Benefits/Risks Summary

 

 

This summary provides only a brief overview of the more important benefits and risks of the Policy. You may obtain more detailed information about the Policy later in this prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). For your convenience, we have provided a Glossary at the end of the prospectus that defines certain words and phrases used in the prospectus.

Policy Benefits

 

 

Your Policy in General

 

 

Tax-Deferred Accumulation. This Policy is an individual flexible premium variable life insurance policy. The Policy offers lifetime insurance protection, with a death benefit payable if the insured dies while the Policy is in effect. The Policy gives you the potential for long-term life insurance coverage with the opportunity for tax-deferred cash value accumulation. The Policy’s Contract Value will increase or decrease depending on the investment performance of the subaccounts, the premiums you pay, the fees and charges we deduct, the interest we credit to any money you place in the fixed account, and the effects of any Policy transactions (such as transfers, loans and partial withdrawals) on your Contract Value.

 

 

Long-Term Savings Vehicle. The Policy is designed to be long-term in nature in order to provide significant life insurance benefits for you. However, purchasing this Policy involves certain risks. You should purchase the Policy only if you have the financial ability to keep it in force for a substantial period of time. You should consider the Policy in conjunction with other insurance you own. The Policy is not suitable as a short-term savings vehicle. There may be adverse consequences if you decide to surrender your Policy early; you may be required to pay a surrender charge that applies during the first fourteen years of the Policy.

 

 

Personalized Illustrations. You may request personalized illustrations from your agent in connection with the purchase of this Policy that reflect your own particular circumstances. These hypothetical illustrations may help you to understand the long-term effects of different levels of investment performance, the possibility of lapse, and the charges and deductions under the Policy. They will also help you to compare this Policy to other life insurance policies. The personalized illustrations are based on hypothetical rates of return and are not a representation or guarantee of investment returns or cash value.

 

 

Fixed Account. You may place money in the fixed account where we guarantee that it will earn interest at an annual rate of at least 3%. We may declare higher rates of interest, but are not obligated to do so. Money you place in the fixed account will be reduced by most of the fees and charges we assess. The fixed account is part of our general account.

 

 

Separate Account. You may allocate premium(s) and Contract Value to one or more subaccounts of the variable account. Each subaccount invests exclusively in one of the portfolios listed on the cover of this prospectus. Investment returns from amounts allocated to the subaccounts will vary each day with the investment experience of these subaccounts and will be reduced by Policy charges. You bear the entire investment risk for amounts you allocate to the subaccounts.

Premium Flexibility

 

 

Flexible Premiums. You can select a premium plan. Within certain limits specified in your Policy, you can vary the frequency and amount of premiums. You may be able to skip premium payments under certain circumstances. However, you greatly increase your risk of lapse if you do not regularly pay premiums at least as large as the current minimum premium. After you pay an initial premium, you can pay subsequent premiums (minimum $25) at any time. You may also choose to have premiums deducted directly from your bank account.

 

 

Minimum Premiums. This Policy does not provide a no-lapse period. Paying the minimum premiums for the Policy may reduce your risk of lapse, but will not necessarily keep your Policy in force. It is likely that additional premiums will be necessary to keep the Policy in force until maturity.

 

 

Right-to-Examine Period. You may cancel a Policy during the “right-to-examine period” by returning it to our Home Office. If you decide to cancel the Policy during the right-to-examine period, we will refund an amount equal to the greater of Contract Value at the end of the Valuation Date on which we receive the returned Policy at our Home Office or the sum of all premiums paid for the Policy. The terms of the right-to-examine period may be different for Policy owners over age 60 who purchase their Policy in California.

 

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Death Benefit

 

 

As long as the Policy remains in force, we will pay a death benefit payment to the beneficiary upon the death of the insured.

 

 

You must choose one of two death benefit options under the Policy.

 

   

Option A is a variable death benefit through attained age 99 that is the greater of:

 

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the principal sum plus the Contract Value on the date of death; or

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the Contract Value multiplied by the applicable death benefit percentage.

 

   

Option B is a level death benefit through attained age 99 that is the greater of:

 

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the principal sum on the date of death; or

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the Contract Value multiplied by the applicable death benefit percentage.

 

 

Any death benefit proceeds paid will be increased by any additional insurance benefits that are payable under the terms of any riders you added to the Policy, and will be reduced by the amount of any outstanding loan amount (and any interest you owe) and any due and unpaid monthly deductions.

 

 

Change in Death Benefit Option and Principal Sum. After the first Policy year, you may change the death benefit option or increase or decrease the principal sum once each Policy year if the insured provides evidence of insurability satisfactory to us (but you may not change both the death benefit option and principal sum during the same Policy year unless done simultaneously). Surrender charges may apply. A change in death benefit option or principal sum may have tax consequences.

Surrender and Withdrawals

 

 

Surrender. At any time while the Policy is in force, you may submit a written request to surrender your Policy and receive the Surrender Value (that is, the Contract Value minus any surrender charge, and minus any outstanding loan amount and any interest you owe). A surrender may have tax consequences.

 

 

Partial Withdrawals. After the first Policy year, you may submit a written request to withdraw part of the Surrender Value, subject to the following rules. Withdrawals may have tax consequences.

 

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You may make only 1 withdrawal each calendar quarter.

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You must request at least $500.

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You may not request more than 75% of the Surrender Value.

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For each withdrawal, we deduct a processing fee equal to the lesser of $25 or 2% of the withdrawal.

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In addition, surrender charges may apply to the withdrawal if you have selected a level death benefit (Option B).

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If you select a level death benefit (Option B), the principal sum will be reduced by the amount of the partial withdrawal (but not by any surrender charges or the processing fee).

Transfers

 

 

Each Policy year, you may make an unlimited number of transfers from and among the subaccounts and one transfer from the fixed account.

 

Transfers from subaccounts must be a minimum of $250, or the total value in the subaccount if less.

 

Transfers from the fixed account may not be for more than 25% of the unloaned value in the fixed account. If the balance in the fixed account after the transfer is less than $250, then the entire balance will be transferred.

 

We charge $25 for the 13th and each additional transfer during a Policy year.

Loans

 

 

You may take a loan against the Policy for amounts up to the Surrender Value, as calculated at the end of the Business Day on which we receive your signed request at the Service Center, minus the loan interest you would have to pay by the next Policy anniversary. To secure the loan, we transfer an amount equal to the loan from the subaccounts and fixed account to the loan account (part of our general account). Unless you specify otherwise, the amount is withdrawn from the subaccounts and the fixed account on a pro-rata basis.

 

Amounts in the loan account earn interest at the guaranteed minimum rate of 3% per year.

 

During the first fourteen Policy years, we currently charge you interest at 4.5% annually, with a maximum loan interest rate of 8% per year on your loan. After the fourteenth Policy year, the maximum loan interest rate is 3%, compounded annually. Interest is charged daily, and is due and payable at the end of each Policy year, or date of any Policy loan increases or repayment, if earlier. Unpaid interest becomes part of the outstanding loan and accrues interest daily.

 

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You may repay all or part of your outstanding loans at any time. Loan repayments must be at least $25, and must be clearly marked as “loan repayments” or they will be credited as premiums.

 

We deduct any unpaid loans, plus any interest you owe, from the proceeds payable on the insured’s death.

 

A loan may have adverse tax consequences.

Policy Risks

 

 

Risk of Poor Investment Performance

If you invest your Contract Value in one or more subaccounts, you will be subject to the risk that investment performance will be unfavorable and that your Contract Value will decrease. You could lose everything you invest and your Policy could lapse without value, unless you pay additional premiums. In addition, we deduct Policy fees and charges from your Contract Value, which can significantly reduce your Policy Value. During times of declining investment performance, the deduction for monthly charges based on the Risk Insurance Amount could accelerate and further reduce your Contract Value.

If you allocate premiums and Contract Value to the fixed account, we will credit your Contract Value in the fixed account with a declared rate of interest. You assume the risk that the rate may decrease, although it will never be lower than a guaranteed minimum annual effective rate of 3%.

Risks of Market Timing and Disruptive Trading

This Policy and the underlying portfolios are not designed for market timers. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to identify and prevent all market timing and other forms of disruptive trading in the Policy and the underlying portfolios. For a discussion of our policies and procedures on market timing and of the potential costs and risks to you that can result if market timing or disruptive trading occurs in the underlying portfolios, see the “Policy and Procedures Regarding Disruptive Trading and Market Timing” section.

Risk of Lapse

This Policy does not provide a no-lapse period. You greatly increase your risk of lapse if you do not regularly pay premiums at least as large as the current minimum premium. Paying the minimum premiums for the Policy will not necessarily keep your Policy in force. It is likely that additional premiums will be necessary to keep your Policy in force until maturity.

Loans, withdrawals, any increase in the principal sum, any increase in the current charges, and/or poor investment returns, could increase your risk of lapse.

Your Policy will enter a 61-day pre-lapse grace period if either of the following occurs:

 

   

total premiums paid (minus withdrawals, but not including surrender charges or the processing fee) are less than the cumulative minimum premiums, and the Surrender Value is not large enough to cover the monthly deduction when due; or

   

total premiums paid (minus withdrawals, but not including surrender charges or the processing fee) are greater than the cumulative minimum premiums, but the Contract Value, minus any outstanding loan amount and any interest you would owe if you surrender the Policy, is too low to pay the entire monthly deduction when due.

Whenever your Policy enters the 61-day grace period, you must make a sufficient payment before the grace period ends. Market performance alone will not be deemed to constitute a sufficient payment. A premium payment is required. If you do not make a sufficient payment during the grace period, your Policy will terminate without value, insurance coverage will no longer be in effect, and you will receive no benefits. We will notify you if a grace period begins and of the minimum payment due.

A Policy lapse may have adverse tax consequences.

You may reinstate a lapsed Policy within three years after the Policy enters the grace period, if the insured meets our insurability requirements and you pay the amount we require. We will not reinstate a Policy that has been surrendered for the Surrender Value.

 

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Tax Risks

A Policy must satisfy certain requirements in the Tax Code in order to qualify as a life insurance contract for Federal income tax purposes and to receive the tax treatment normally accorded life insurance contracts under Federal tax law. There is limited guidance as to how these requirements are to be applied. Nevertheless, we believe that a Policy issued on a standard premium class basis should satisfy the applicable Tax Code requirements. There is, however, some uncertainty about the application of the Tax Code requirements to a Policy issued on a special premium class basis, particularly if the full amount of premiums permitted under the Policy is paid.

Depending on the total amount of premiums you pay during the first seven years of a Policy, the Policy may be treated as a modified endowment contract (“MEC”) under Federal tax laws. In addition, any Section 1035 Exchange coming from a policy that is a MEC makes the new Policy a MEC. If a Policy is treated as a MEC, then withdrawals, a surrender and loans under a Policy will be taxable as ordinary income to the extent there are earnings in the Policy. In addition, a 10% penalty tax may be imposed on the taxable portion of withdrawals, a surrender and loans taken before you reach age 59 1/2. There may also be tax consequences to distributions from Policies that are not MECs. However, the 10% penalty tax will not apply to distributions from Policies that are not MECs. Loans from or secured by a Policy that is not a MEC are generally not treated as distributions. You should consult a qualified tax adviser about such loans.

The Federal tax laws are unclear in a variety of areas. You should review the “Federal Tax Considerations” section of this prospectus carefully, especially if you are purchasing this Policy with the intention of taking Policy loans or partial withdrawals at any time in the future, and/or you intend to keep the Policy in force after the insured reaches age 100. You should consult a qualified tax adviser for assistance in all tax matters involving your Policy.

Limits on Cash Withdrawals

The Policy permits you to take only one partial withdrawal in any calendar quarter, after the first Policy year has been completed. The amount you may withdraw is limited to 75% of the Surrender Value. You may not withdraw less than $500. If 75% of the Surrender Value is less than $500, then a partial withdrawal is not available.

A withdrawal reduces the Surrender Value and Contract Value and will increase the risk that the Policy will lapse. Surrender charges are assessed on certain partial withdrawals. A withdrawal also may have tax consequences.

A withdrawal will reduce the death benefit. If you select a level death benefit (Option B), a partial withdrawal will permanently reduce the principal sum by the amount of the withdrawal (not including the surrender charge or the processing fee). If a variable death benefit (Option A) is in effect when you make a withdrawal, the death benefit will be reduced by the amount that the Contract Value is reduced.

Loan Risks

A Policy loan, whether or not repaid, will affect Contract Value over time because we subtract the amount of the loan from the subaccounts and fixed account and place this amount into the loan account as collateral. We credit a fixed interest rate of 3% per year to the loan account. During the first fourteen Policy years, we currently charge you interest at 4.5% annually, with a maximum loan interest rate of 8% per year on your loan. After the fourteenth Policy year, the maximum loan interest rate is 3%, compounded annually. As a result, the loan collateral does not participate in the investment results of the subaccounts, nor does it receive as high an interest rate as amounts allocated to the fixed account. The longer the loan is outstanding, the greater the effect is likely to be. Depending on the investment results of the subaccounts and the interest rate charged against and credited to the fixed account, the effect could be favorable or unfavorable.

A Policy loan affects the death benefit because a loan reduces the death benefit proceeds by the amount of the outstanding loan, plus any interest you owe on Policy loans.

A Policy loan will increase the risk that the Policy will lapse. There is a risk that if the loan amount, together with poor investment performance and payment of monthly insurance charges, reduces your Surrender Value (or Contract Value, in certain circumstances) to an amount that is not large enough to pay the monthly deduction when due, then the Policy will enter the 61-day grace period, and possibly lapse. Adverse tax consequences could result. In addition, the tax consequences of loans after the fourteenth Policy year are uncertain. You should consult a tax adviser about such loans.

 

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Increase in Current Fees and Expenses

Certain fees and expenses are currently assessed at less than their maximum levels. We may increase these current charges in the future up to the guaranteed maximum levels. If fees and expenses are increased, you may need to increase the amount and/or frequency of premiums you pay to keep the Policy in force.

Effects of Surrender Charges

The surrender charges under this Policy are significant during the first 14 Policy years. It is likely that you will receive no Surrender Value if you surrender your Policy in the early Policy years. You should purchase this Policy only if you have the financial ability to keep it in force at the initial principal sum for a substantial period of time.

Even if you do not ask to surrender your Policy, surrender charges may play a role in determining whether your Policy will lapse. If you have not paid sufficient premiums, the Surrender Value is the measure we use to determine whether your Policy will enter a grace period, and possibly lapse.

Portfolio Risks

 

 

A comprehensive discussion of the risks of each portfolio may be found in each portfolio’s prospectus. Please refer to the prospectuses for the portfolios for more information.

There is no assurance that any of the portfolios will achieve its stated investment objective.

 

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Fee Table

 

 

The following tables describe the fees and charges that you will pay when buying and owning the Policy1. If the amount of a charge depends on the personal characteristics of the insured or the owner, then the fee table lists the minimum and maximum charges we assess under the Policy, and the fees and charges of a typical Policy owner or insured with the characteristics listed below. These charges may not be typical of the charges you will pay since you may not be of the same age, gender, and risk class as the typical insured.

The first table describes the fees and charges that you will pay when you pay premiums, make cash withdrawals from the Policy, fully surrender the Policy, transfer cash value among the subaccounts and the fixed account, or increase the principal sum of the Policy.

 

Transaction Fees

Charge

 

When Charge is Deducted

 

Amount Deducted2

   

Guaranteed

Maximum Charge

 

Current Charge

Premium Charge   Upon payment of each premium   3.5% of premiums
paid
  3.5% of premiums
paid
Partial Withdrawal Charge   Upon cash withdrawal   2.0% of the amount withdrawn, not to exceed $25   2.0% of the amount withdrawn, not to exceed $25
Surrender Charge3   Upon full surrender of the Policy during first 14 Policy years   Per $1,000 of premiums paid   Per $1,000 of premiums paid

1.  Deferred Sales Charge Component:

       
       

¿   Minimum Charge in Policy year 14

    $50 per $1,000   $50 per $1,000
       

¿   Maximum Charge in Policy year 15

    $75 per $1,000   $75 per $1,000
       

¿   Charge in Policy year 1 for an insured younger than age 66 on the issue date

      $75 per $1,000   $75 per $1,000

 

 

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The actual charges assessed under the Policy may be somewhat higher or lower than the charges shown in the fee table because fee table charges have been rounded off in accordance with SEC regulations.

2

We may use rates lower than the guaranteed maximum charge. Current charges are the fees and rates currently in effect. Any change in current charges will be prospective only and will not exceed the guaranteed maximum charge.

3

The surrender charge is equal to: (a) + (b), where (a) is the deferred sales charge component; and (b) is the administrative component. The deferred sales charge component of the surrender charge is assessed on the sum of all premiums paid under the Policy. The administrative component of the surrender charge is based upon the issue age, gender and premium class of the insured and number of full Policy years since the issue date. The surrender charge for an insured with an issue age 65 or younger is level for 5 Policy years, then declines each year until it reaches zero in Policy year 15. For insureds with an issue age greater than 65, the charge begins to decline in the 4th Policy year. The surrender charges shown in the table may not be typical of the charges you will pay. You can obtain more detailed information about the surrender charges that apply to you by contacting your agent and by referring to the surrender charge tables in this prospectus.

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The minimum deferred sales charge is based on an insured who is older than 65 at issue.

5

The maximum deferred sales charge is based on an insured who is younger than 66 at issue.

 

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Transaction Fees

Charge

 

When Charge is Deducted

 

Amount Deducted2

   

Guaranteed

Maximum Charge

 

Current Charge

2.  Administrative Component:6

 

Upon full surrender of the Policy, upon a decrease in principal sum7 , and/or upon certain partial withdrawals8,

during first 14 Policy years

  Per $1,000 of principal sum surrendered or decreased   Per $1,000 of principal sum surrendered or decreased

¿   Minimum Charge in Policy year 19

    $5.32 per $1,000   $5.32 per $1,000
       

¿   Maximum Charge in Policy year 110

    $17.50 per $1,000   $17.50 per $1,000
       

¿   Charge during Policy years 1-5 for a Policy insuring a male, issue age 32, who is in a preferred or standard non-nicotine premium class

      $5.98 per $1,000   $5.98 per $1,000
Increase in Principal Sum Charge   Upon increase in principal sum   $300   $1.50 per $1000 of principal sum increase
Transfer Charge   Upon transfer   $25   First 12 transfers in a Policy year are free, $25 for each subsequent transfer
Additional Annual Report Fee   Upon request for additional annual report   $5   $5
Optional Riders with Transaction Fees:11            
Accelerated Death Benefit Rider12   When a benefit is paid under this rider   Charge per $1,000 of the amount of death benefit accelerated plus the actuarial discount   Charge per $1,000 of the amount of death benefit accelerated plus the actuarial discount
Accelerated Benefit Rider for Terminal Illness13   When a benefit is paid under this rider   $250 plus the actuarial discount   $150 plus the actuarial discount

The table below describes the fees and charges that you will pay periodically during the time you own the Policy, not including portfolio fees and expenses. Portfolio fees and expenses are additional daily charges that you will pay and they are shown in the table following this one.

 

 

6

The administrative component of the surrender charge is calculated by multiplying the appropriate surrender charge factor from the tables in Appendix B by the number of thousands of principal sum being surrendered or decreased.

7

Only a decrease in the principal sum in effect on the issue date incurs a charge. If you decrease the principal sum that was in effect on the issue date, we will assess the administrative component of the surrender charge on the amount of the decrease in the principal sum.

8

If the level death benefit (Option B) is in effect and you make a partial withdrawal during the first 14 Policy years, your Policy’s principal sum will be reduced by the amount of the withdrawal and we will assess the administrative component of the surrender charge on this reduction.

9

The minimum charge is based on a female insured younger than age 11.

10

The maximum charge is based on a male insured in either the nicotine or non-nicotine standard class who is 66 or older at issue.

11

We are phasing out the availability of the Accelerated Death Benefit Rider, and replacing it with the Accelerated Benefit Rider for Terminal Illness (“ABR-TI”) as soon as the ABR-TI is approved for sale in a state.

12

Charges for the accelerated death benefit rider vary by the amount of death benefit that is accelerated. The charges shown may not be representative of the charges you will pay. You can obtain more information about these rider charges by contacting your agent.

13

The administrative charge for this rider varies by state. It is guaranteed to equal $150 in Texas and $0 in Mississippi and Nebraska. In addition to the administrative charge, we reduce the single sum benefit at the time of payment by an actuarial discount to compensate us for lost income due to the early payment of the death benefit.

 

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Periodic Charges Other Than Portfolio Operating Expenses

Charge

 

When Charge is Deducted

 

Amount Deducted

   

Guaranteed
Maximum Charge

 

Current Charge

Monthly Administrative Charge   Monthly on the issue date and on each monthly due date   $8.00 per month   $5.00 per month
Cost of Insurance14 (No Special Premium Class Charge or Extra Ratings)15   Monthly on the issue date and on each monthly due date16   Per $1,000 of Risk Insurance Amount17 each month   Per $1,000 of Risk Insurance Amount each month
       

¿   Minimum Charge18

    $0.06 per $1,000   $0.06 per $1,000
       

¿   Maximum Charge19

    $83.07 per $1,000   $41.82 per $1,000
       

¿   Charge for a Policy insuring a male, issue age 32, in the standard non-nicotine premium class, in Policy year 4

      $0.15 per $1,000   $0.15 per $1,000
Monthly Special Premium Class Charge20   Monthly on the issue date and on each monthly due date   Factor multiplied by Cost of Insurance Charge   Factor multiplied by Cost of Insurance Charge
       

¿   Minimum Charge

    1   1
       

¿   Maximum Charge

    5   5
       

¿   Charge for an insured in a preferred or standard premium class (not in a Special Premium Class)

      1   1

 

 

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Cost of insurance charges are based on the insured’s issue age, sex, and premium class, the Risk Insurance Amount and the number of months since the issue date. The cost of insurance charge rate you pay increases annually with the age of the insured. The current cost of insurance rates generally increase significantly on the earlier of the 21st Policy year or the insured’s age 80. The cost of insurance charges shown in the table may not be representative of the charges you will pay. Your Policy will indicate the guaranteed maximum cost of insurance charge applicable to your Policy. You can obtain more information about your cost of insurance charges by contacting your agent.

15

Special premium class charges and extra ratings are additional charges assessed on policies insuring individuals considered to have higher mortality risks based on our underwriting standards and guidelines.

16

The cost of insurance charge is assessed until the insured attains age 100.

17

The Risk Insurance Amount equals the death benefit on a monthly due date, minus the Contract Value at the end of the Business Day preceding the monthly due date, plus all other charges that are due on the monthly due date.

18

The minimum guaranteed charge is based on a female insured, attained age 10. The minimum current charge is based on a female insured, issue age 5 in Policy year 6.

19

This maximum charge is based on a male insured, attained age 99, in any underwriting class who does not have any special premium class rating. This maximum charge will be higher for a Policy if it has a special premium class rating and/or a flat extra monthly charge.

20

If the insured is in a special premium class, the cost of insurance charge will be the base rate times a special premium rating factor shown on the Policy’s specifications page. The monthly special premium class charge shown in the table may not be representative of any charge you may pay. If a monthly special premium class charge applies to your Policy, the charge will be shown on the Policy’s specifications page. You can obtain more information about the charge by contacting your agent.

 

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Periodic Charges Other Than Portfolio Operating Expenses

Charge

 

When Charge is Deducted

 

Amount Deducted

   

Guaranteed
Maximum Charge

 

Current Charge

Flat  Extra Monthly Charge21

  Monthly on the issue date
and on each monthly due
date
  Per $1,000 of Risk Insurance Amount
each month
  Per $1,000 of Risk Insurance Amount each month

¿    Minimum Charge

    $0 per $1,000   $0 per $1,000
       

¿    Maximum Charge

    $1,000 per $1,000   $25.00 per $1,000
       

¿    Charge for an insured in a standard premium class

      $0 per $1,000   $0 per $1,000
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge   Daily   0.90% (on an annual basis) of daily net assets in each subaccount in which you are invested   0.90% (on an annual basis) of daily net assets in each subaccount in which you are invested
Loan Interest Spread22   At the end of each Policy year   5.0% annually of amount in the loan account during the first 14 Policy years   1.5% annually of amount in loan account during the first 14 Policy years
Optional Riders with Periodic Charges:23            

Accidental  Death Benefit Rider23

  Monthly on the issue date and on each monthly due date   Per $1,000 of rider principal sum   Per $1,000 of rider principal sum

¿    Minimum Charge24

    $0.09 per $1,000   $0.04 per $1,000
       

¿    Maximum Charge25

    $0.38 per $1,000   $0.34 per $1,000
       

¿    Charge for an insured at attained age 36

      $0.09 per $1,000   $0.06 per $1,000

 

 

21

A flat extra monthly charge is assessed on policies insuring individuals considered to have higher mortality risks according to our underwriting standards and guidelines. Flat extra charges usually apply to insureds in hazardous occupations, to insureds who participate in hazardous avocations, such as aviation, and to insureds with certain physical impairments. Any flat extra charge will be shown on the Policy’s specifications page. The flat extra monthly charge shown in the table may not be representative of any charge you may pay. You can obtain more information about the charge by contacting your agent.

22

During the first 14 Policy years, the loan interest spread is the difference between the amount of interest we charge you for a loan (currently 4.5%, guaranteed not to exceed 8.00%, compounded annually) and the amount of interest we credit to the amount in your loan account (currently 3%, guaranteed to be no lower than 3%, annually). After the 14th Policy year, the maximum loan interest rate we charge and the minimum loan interest we credit is 3%, compounded annually, so that the loan interest spread is 0%.

23

Charges for the Accidental Death Benefit rider, the Monthly Disability Benefit rider, and Disability Waiver rider vary with the age of the insured. Charges for the Additional Insured Term rider are based on the Additional Insured’s age, sex and premium class and generally increase annually with the age of the Additional Insured. The rider charges shown in the table may not be representative of the charges you will pay. The rider will indicate the maximum guaranteed rider charges applicable to your Policy. You can obtain more information about these rider charges by contacting your agent.

24

The minimum charge is based on any insured at attained age 13.

25

The maximum charge is based on an insured at attained age 69 whose occupation and/or avocations at issue lead the Company to believe the insured’s risk of accidental death is roughly double that of a typical insured.

 

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Periodic Charges Other Than Portfolio Operating Expenses

Charge

 

When Charge is Deducted

 

Amount Deducted

   

Guaranteed
Maximum Charge

 

Current Charge

Monthly  Disability Benefit Rider23, 26  

  Monthly on issue date and
on each month due date
  Charge assessed each month per $100 of monthly benefit   Charge assessed each month per $100 of monthly benefit

¿     Minimum Charge27

    $6 per month per $100 of monthly benefit   $4 per month per $100 of monthly benefit
       

¿     Maximum Charge28

    $40 per month per $100 of monthly benefit   $30 per month per $100 of monthly benefit
       

¿     Charge at the insured’s attained age 35

      $7 per month per $100 of monthly benefit   $4.50 per month per $100 of monthly benefit

Disability  Waiver Rider23, 26  

  Monthly on the issue date and on each monthly due date   Charge assessed as a percentage of all other monthly charges   Charge assessed as a percentage of all other monthly charges

¿     Minimum Charge27

    6%   4%
       

¿     Maximum Charge28

    40%   30%
       

¿     Charge at the insured’s attained age 34

      7%   4.5%
Children’s Term Rider   Monthly on issue date and on each monthly due date   $0.87 per $1,000 of Children’s Term Rider amount   $0.78 per $1,000 of Children’s Term Rider amount

Additional  Insured Term Rider23  

  Monthly on issue date and on each monthly due date   Per $1,000 of Additional Insured Term Rider amount   Per $1,000 of Additional Insured Term Rider amount

¿     Minimum Charge29

    $0.09 per $1,000   $0.09 per $1,000
       

¿     Maximum Charge30

    $4.35 per $1,000   $4.10 per $1,000
       

¿     Charge for a rider where the Additional Insured is a female, issue age 31, in the preferred non-nicotine premium class, in Policy year 8

      $0.16 per $1,000   $0.11 per $1,000

 

 

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The Monthly Disability Benefit rider charge and the disability waiver rider charge depend on the insured’s attained age and generally increase as the insured ages. The rider charges shown in the table may not be representative of the charges you will pay. The rider will indicate the maximum guaranteed rider charges applicable to your Policy. You can obtain more information about these rider charges by contacting your agent.

27 

The minimum charge is for an insured at attained age 21.

28 

The maximum charge is for an insured at attained age 56 or older whose medical condition, occupation or avocations at issue lead the Company to believe the insured’s risk of disability is roughly double that of a typical insured.

29 

The minimum charge is for an additional insured in the female preferred non-nicotine class, issue age 21, in the first Policy year.

30 

The maximum charge is at attained age 69 for a male smoker additional insured whose rider was issued at his age 45 or younger. This maximum charge will be higher for a Policy with special premium class ratings and/or flat extra monthly charges.

 

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The following table shows the range of portfolio fees and expenses for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. Expenses of the portfolios may be higher or lower in the future. You can obtain more detailed information concerning each portfolio’s fees and expenses in the prospectus for each portfolio.

Range of Annual Operating Expenses for the Portfolios1

 

      Lowest    Highest
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (total of all expenses that are deducted from portfolio assets, including management fees, 12b-1 fees, and other expenses)    0.20%    1.76%

 

  1 

The portfolio expenses used to prepare this table were provided to Farmers by the fund(s). Farmers has not independently verified such information. The expenses shown are those incurred for the year ended December 31, 2010. Current or future expenses may be greater or less than those shown.

Redemption Fees

A portfolio may assess a redemption fee of up to 2% on subaccount assets that are redeemed out of the portfolio in connection with a withdrawal or transfer. Each portfolio determines the amount of the redemption fee and when the fee is imposed. The redemption fee will reduce your Contract Value. For more information, see the portfolio prospectus.

Distribution Costs

For information concerning the compensation paid for the sale of the Policies, see “Distribution of the Policies.”

Personalized Illustrations

Your Policy can lapse before maturity, depending on the premiums you pay and the investment results of the subaccounts in which you invest your Contract Value. Your agent can provide you with personalized illustrations that can show how many years your Policy would stay in force under various premium and hypothetical investment scenarios. You should request personalized illustrations from your agent to help you decide what level of premium payments to pay in your particular circumstances.

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company and the Fixed Account

 

 

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (“Farmers”) is located at 3003—77th Avenue, S.E., Mercer Island, Washington 98040. We are obligated to pay all benefits under the Policy.

The Fixed Account

You may allocate some or all of your premium payments and transfer some or all of your Contract Value to the fixed account. The fixed account offers a guarantee of principal accumulating at a specified rate of interest that will be reduced by deductions for fees and expenses. The fixed account is part of Farmers’ general account. We use our general assets to support our insurance and annuity obligations other than those funded by our separate investment accounts. Subject to applicable law, Farmers has sole discretion over investment of the fixed account’s assets. Farmers bears the full investment risk for all amounts contributed to the fixed account. Farmers guarantees that the amounts allocated to the fixed account will be credited interest daily at an annual net effective interest rate of at least 3%. We will determine any interest rate credited in excess of the guaranteed rate at our sole discretion. All assets in the general account are subject to our general liabilities from business operations. The fixed account may not be available in all states.

Money you place in the fixed account will earn interest that is compounded annually and accrues daily at the current interest rate in effect at the time of your allocation. We intend to credit the fixed account with interest at current rates in excess of the minimum guaranteed rate of 3%, but we are not obligated to do so. We have no specific formula for determining current interest rates.

 

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The fixed account value will not share in the investment performance of our general account. Because we, in our sole discretion, anticipate changing the current interest rate from time to time, different allocations you make to the fixed account will be credited with different current interest rates. You assume the risk that interest credited to amounts in the fixed account may not exceed the minimum 3% guaranteed rate.

We reserve the right to change the method of crediting interest from time to time, provided that such changes do not reduce the guaranteed rate of interest below 3% per year or shorten the period for which the interest rate applies to less than one year (except for the year in which such amount is received or transferred).

We currently allocate amounts from the fixed account for partial withdrawals, transfers to the subaccounts, or charges for the monthly deduction on a last in, first out basis (“LIFO”) for the purpose of crediting interest.

The fixed account is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The disclosures included in this prospectus about the fixed account are for your information and have not been reviewed by the staff of the SEC. However, fixed account disclosure may be subject to certain provisions of the federal securities laws relating to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in this prospectus.

The Variable Account and the Portfolios

 

 

The Variable Account

Farmers established the variable account as a separate investment account under the law of the State of Washington on April 6, 1999. Farmers owns the assets in the variable account. Farmers may use the variable account to support other variable life insurance policies Farmers issues. The variable account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and qualifies as a “separate account” within the meaning of the Federal securities laws.

The variable account is divided into subaccounts, each of which invests in shares of one portfolio of a fund.

Income, gains, and losses credited to, or charged against, a subaccount of the variable account reflect the subaccount’s own investment experience and not the investment experience of our other assets. The variable account’s assets may not be used to pay any of our liabilities other than those arising from the Policies and other variable life insurance policies we issue. If the variable account’s assets exceed the required reserves and other liabilities, we may transfer the excess to our general account.

Changes to the Variable Account. We reserve the right in our sole discretion, and subject to applicable law, to add, close, remove, or combine one or more subaccounts, combine the variable account with one or more other separate accounts, or operate the variable account as a different kind of investment company. Subject to obtaining any approvals or consents required by law, the assets of one or more subaccounts may also be transferred to any other subaccount if, in our sole discretion, conditions warrant. In addition, we reserve the right to modify the provisions of the Policy to reflect changes to the subaccounts and the variable account and to comply with applicable law. Some of these future changes may be the result of changes in applicable laws or interpretation of the law.

The Portfolios

Each subaccount of the variable account invests exclusively in shares of a designated portfolio of a fund. Shares of each portfolio are purchased and redeemed at net asset value, without a sales charge. Any dividends and distributions from a portfolio are reinvested at net asset value in shares of that portfolio. Each fund available under the Policy is registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act as an open-end, management investment company. Such registration does not involve supervision of the management or investment practices or policies of the funds by the SEC.

The assets of each portfolio are separate from the assets of any other portfolio, and each portfolio has separate investment objectives and policies. As a result, each portfolio operates as a separate investment portfolio and the income or loss of one portfolio has no effect on the investment performance of any other portfolio.

Each of the portfolios is managed by an investment adviser registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Each investment adviser is responsible for the selection of the investments of the portfolio. These investments must be consistent with the investment objective, policies and restrictions of that portfolio.

Some of the portfolios have been established by investment advisers that manage retail mutual funds sold directly to the public having similar names and investment objectives to the portfolios available under the Policy. While some of the portfolios may be similar to, and may in fact be modeled after, publicly traded mutual funds, you should understand that the portfolios are not otherwise directly related to any publicly traded mutual fund.

 

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Consequently, the investment performance of publicly traded mutual funds and any similarly named portfolio may differ substantially from the portfolios available through this Policy.

An investment in a subaccount, or in any portfolio, including the DWS Money Market VIP, is not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and there can be no assurance that the DWS Money Market VIP will be able to maintain a stable net asset value per share. During extended periods of low interest rates, and due in part to insurance charges, the yields on the money market subaccount may become extremely low and possibly negative.

Subaccounts Closed to New Investors

Three subaccounts, which invest in the following portfolios, are closed to new investors:

 

Portfolio   Fund   Effective  Date
VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio   Calvert Variable Series, Inc.   September 1, 2008
Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund   Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust   September 1, 2008
Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund   Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust   May 1, 2006

 

If you purchased your Contract before the effective date shown in the table above, and had Contract Value allocated to an affected subaccount on the effective date, you may:

 

  (1)   remain invested in the affected subaccount;
  (2)   continue to allocate new premium to the affected subaccount; and
  (3)   transfer into and out of the affected subaccount.

However, if and when you fully transfer out of an affected subaccount, you will not be permitted to allocate new premium to that subaccount or to transfer Contract Value into or out of that subaccount.

Investment Objectives of the Portfolios

The following table summarizes each portfolio’s investment objective(s) and policies. There is no assurance that any of the portfolios will achieve its stated objective(s). You can find more detailed information about the portfolios, including a description of the risks, conditions of investing, and fees and expenses of each portfolio in the prospectuses for the portfolios that are attached to this prospectus. You should read the prospectuses carefully.

 

Portfolio   Investment Objective and Investment Adviser
Calvert VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio 1   Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in a non-diversified portfolio of equity securities of mid-sized companies that are undervalued but demonstrate a potential for growth and that meet the Portfolio’s investment criteria, including financial, sustainability and social responsibility factors. Investment adviser is Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (formerly named Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc.). The sub-adviser is New Amsterdam Partners LLC.
Dreyfus VIF Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio (Service Class Shares)   Seeks capital growth. Investment adviser is The Dreyfus Corporation.
Dreyfus VIF Quality Bond Portfolio (Service Class Shares)   Seeks to maximize total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income. Investment adviser is The Dreyfus Corporation.
DWS Bond VIP (Class A Shares)   Seeks to maximize total return consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management, by investing for both current income and capital appreciation. Investment adviser is Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc.
DWS Large Cap Value VIP (formerly, DWS Strategic Value VIP) (Class A Shares)   Seeks to achieve a high rate of total return. Investment adviser is Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc.
DWS Global Small Cap Growth VIP (formerly DWS Global Opportunities VIP) (Class A Shares)   Seeks above-average capital appreciation over the long term. Investment adviser is Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc.

 

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Portfolio   Investment Objective and Investment Adviser
DWS Government & Agency Securities VIP (Class A Shares)   Seeks high current income consistent with preservation of capital. Investment adviser is Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc.
DWS Growth & Income VIP (Class A Shares)   Seeks long-term growth of capital, current income and growth of income. Investment adviser is Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc.
DWS High Income VIP (Class A Shares)   Seeks to provide a high level of current income. Investment adviser is Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc. Sub-adviser is QS Investors, LLC.
DWS International VIP (Class A Shares)   Seeks long-term growth of capital primarily through common stocks of established companies in countries with developed economies other than the United States. Investment adviser is Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc.
DWS Money Market VIP (Class A Shares)   Seeks maximum current income to the extent consistent with stability of principal. Investment adviser is Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc.
DWS Small Mid Cap Growth VIP (formerly DWS Small Cap Growth) (Class A Shares)   Seeks maximum appreciation of investors’ capital. Investment adviser is Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc.
Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio (Service Class Shares)   Seeks to achieve capital appreciation. Fidelity Management & Research (FMR) is the fund’s manager. FMR, Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other affiliates of FMR serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio (Service Class Shares)   Seeks investment results that correspond to the total return of common stocks publicly traded in the United States, as represented by the Standard & Poor’s 500® Index. Fidelity Management & Research Company is the fund’s manager. The sub-advisers are Geode Capital Management, LLC (Geode®) and FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC).
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (Service Class Shares)   Seeks long-term growth of capital. Fidelity Management & Research Company is the fund’s manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other affiliates of FMR serve as sub-advisers of the fund.
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks long-term total return. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in investments of small capitalization companies. The investment advisor is Franklin Advisory Services, LLC. The investment advisor is Franklin Advisers, Inc.
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks long-term capital growth. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in investments of small capitalization and mid capitalization companies. The investment advisor is Franklin Advisory Services, LLC.
Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund (Institutional Class Shares)   Seeks long-term growth of capital. Investment adviser is Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund (Institutional Class Shares) 1   Seeks long-term capital appreciation. Investment adviser is Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
Goldman Sachs Structured Small Cap Equity Fund (Institutional Class Shares)   Seeks long-term growth of capital. Investment adviser is Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
Janus Aspen Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares)   Seeks long-term capital growth, consistent with preservation of capital and balanced by current income. Investment adviser is Janus Capital Management LLC.
Janus Aspen Forty Portfolio (Institutional Shares)   Seeks long-term growth of capital. Investment adviser is Janus Capital Management LLC.
Janus Aspen Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares)   Seeks long-term growth of capital. Investment adviser is Janus Capital Management LLC.
PIMCO VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio (U.S. Dollar-Hedged) (Administrative Class Shares)   Seeks maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management. Investment adviser is Pacific Investment Management Company LLC.

 

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Portfolio   Investment Objective and Investment Adviser
PIMCO VIT Low Duration Portfolio (Administrative Class Shares)   Seeks maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management. Investment adviser is Pacific Investment Management Company LLC.
PVC Equity Income Account (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks to provide a relatively high level of current income and long-term growth of income and capital. The investment adviser is Principal Management Corporation and the sub-adviser is Edge Asset Management, Inc.
PVC MidCap Blend Account (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks to provide long-term growth of capital. The investment adviser is Principal Management Corporation and the sub-adviser is Principal Global Investors, LLC.
PVC SAM Balanced Portfolio (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks to provide as high a level of total return (consisting of reinvestment income and capital appreciation), consistent with reasonable risk. In general, relative to the other Portfolios, the Balanced Portfolio should offer investors the potential for a medium level of income and a medium level of capital growth, while exposing them to a medium level of principal risk. The investment adviser is Principal Management Corporation and the sub-adviser is Edge Asset Management, Inc.
PVC SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks to provide a high level of total return (consisting of reinvestment of income and capital appreciation), consistent with a moderate degree of principal risk. In general, relative to the other Portfolios, the Conservative Balanced Portfolio should offer investors the potential for a medium to high level of income and a medium to low level of capital growth, while exposing them to a medium to low level of principal risk. The investment adviser is Principal Management Corporation and the sub-adviser is Edge Asset Management, Inc.
PVC SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. In general, relative to the other Portfolios, the Conservative Growth Portfolio should offer investors the potential for a low to medium level of income and a medium to high level of capital growth, while exposing them to a medium to high level of principal risk. The investment adviser is Principal Management Corporation and the sub-adviser is Edge Asset Management, Inc.
PVC SAM Flexible Income Portfolio (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks to provide a high level of total return (consisting of reinvestment of income with some capital appreciation). In general, relative to the other Portfolios, the Flexible Income Portfolio should offer investors the potential for a high level of income and a low level of capital growth, while exposing them to a low level of principal risk. The investment adviser is Principal Management Corporation and the sub-adviser is Edge Asset Management, Inc.
PVC SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. In general, relative to the other Portfolios, the Strategic Growth Portfolio should offer investors the potential for a high level of capital growth, and a corresponding level of principal risk. The investment adviser is Principal Management Corporation and the sub-adviser is Edge Asset Management, Inc.
PVC SmallCap Growth Account II (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks long-term growth of capital. The investment adviser is Principal Management Corporation and the sub-advisers are UBS Global Asset Management (Americas), Inc., Emerald Advisers, Inc., and Essex Investment Management Company, LLC.
PVC Capital Appreciation Fund (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks to provide long-term growth of capital. The investment adviser is Principal Management Corporation and the sub-adviser is Edge Asset Management, Inc.
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class 2 Shares)   Seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in emerging market investments. The investment advisor is Templeton Asset Management Ltd.

 

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Portfolio   Investment Objective and Investment Adviser
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. (Service Class Shares)   Seeks to provide capital growth, with current income as a secondary goal. Investment adviser is The Dreyfus Corporation.

 

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The subaccount that invests in this portfolio is closed to new investors. Please see “Subaccounts Closed to New Investors.”

In addition to the variable account, the funds may sell shares to other separate investment accounts established by other insurance companies to support variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies as well as to qualified plans. It is possible that, in the future, it may become disadvantageous for variable life insurance separate accounts and variable annuity separate accounts to invest in the funds simultaneously. Although neither Farmers nor the mutual funds currently foresee any such disadvantages, either to variable life insurance policy owners or to variable annuity contract owners, each fund’s Board of Directors (Trustees) will monitor events in order to identify any material conflicts between the interests of such variable life insurance policy owners and variable annuity contract owners, and will determine what action, if any, it should take. Such action could include the sale of fund shares by one or more of the separate accounts, which could have adverse consequences. Material conflicts could result from, for example, (1) changes in state insurance laws, (2) changes in Federal income tax laws, or (3) differences in voting instructions between those given by variable life insurance policy owners and those given by variable annuity contract owners.

If a fund’s Board of Directors (or Trustees) were to conclude that separate funds should be established for variable life insurance and variable annuity separate accounts, Farmers will bear the attendant expenses, but variable life insurance policy owners and variable annuity contract owners would no longer have the economies of scale resulting from a larger combined fund.

Please read the attached prospectuses for the portfolios to obtain more complete information regarding the portfolios.

Selection of the Portfolios

The portfolios offered through the Policies are selected by Farmers, and Farmers may consider various factors, including, but not limited to asset class coverage, the strength of the investment adviser’s (and/or sub-adviser’s) reputation and tenure, brand recognition, performance, and the capability and qualification of each investment firm. We also consider whether the portfolio or one of its service providers (e.g., the investment adviser) will make payments to us in connection with certain administrative, marketing, and support services, or whether the portfolios adviser was an affiliate. We review the portfolios periodically and may remove a portfolio, or limit its availability to new premiums and/or transfers of Contract Value if we determine that a portfolio no longer satisfies one or more of the selection criteria and/or if the portfolio has not attracted significant allocations from Policy owners.

You are responsible for choosing to invest in the portfolios and the amounts allocated to each that are appropriate for your own individual circumstances and your investment goals, financial situation, and risk tolerance. Since you bear the investment risk of investing in the subaccounts, you should carefully consider any decisions regarding allocations of premium and Contract Value to each subaccount.

In making your investment selections, we encourage you to thoroughly investigate all of the information regarding the portfolios that is available to you, including each portfolio’s prospectus, statement of additional information, and annual and semi-annual reports. Other sources such as the portfolio’s website or newspapers and financial and other magazines provide more current information, including information about any regulatory actions or investigations relating to a portfolio. After you select subaccounts in which to allocate premium or Contract Value, you should monitor and periodically re-evaluate your investment allocations to determine if they are still appropriate.

You bear the risk of any decline in the Contract Value of your Policy resulting from the performance of the subaccounts you have chosen.

We do not provide investment advice and we do not recommend or endorse any of the particular portfolios available as investment options in the Policy.

 

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Revenue We Receive From the Portfolios and/or Their Service Providers. We (and our affiliates) may directly or indirectly receive payments from the portfolios and/or their service providers (investment advisers, administrators, and/or distributors), in connection with certain administrative, marketing and other services we (and our affiliates) provide and expenses we incur. We (and/or our affiliates) generally receive three types of payments:

 

   

Rule 12b-1 Fees. We and/or our affiliate, Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC (“FFS”), the principal underwriter and distributor for the Policies, receive some or all of the 12b-1 fees from the portfolios that charge a 12b-1 fee. See the prospectuses of the portfolios for more information. The 12b-1 fees we and/or FFS receive are calculated as a percentage of the average daily net assets of the portfolios owned by the subaccounts available under this Policy and certain other variable insurance products that we issue.

 

   

Administrative, Marketing and Support Service Fees (“Support Fees”). We and/or FFS may receive compensation from some of the portfolios’ service providers for administrative and other services we perform relating to variable account operations that might otherwise have been provided by the portfolios. The amount of this compensation is based on a percentage of the average assets of the particular portfolios attributable to the Policy and to certain other variable insurance products that we issue. These percentages currently range from 0.10% to 0.25% and may be significant. Some service providers may pay us more than others.

The chart below provides the current maximum combined percentages of 12b-1 fees and Support Fees that we anticipate will be paid to us and/or FFS on an annual basis:

 

Incoming Payments to Farmers and/or FFS
From the following Funds and
their Service Providers:
   Maximum %
of assets*
   From the following Funds and their
Service Providers:
   Maximum %
of assets*
Dreyfus    0.25%    Janus    0.25%
DWS    0.25%    PIMCO    0.15%
Fidelity    0.25%    Principal    0.25%
Franklin Templeton    0.25%          
* Payments are based on a percentage of the average assets of each underlying portfolio owned by the subaccounts available under this Policy and under certain other variable insurance products offered by us.

 

   

Other payments. We and/or FFS also may directly or indirectly receive additional amounts or different percentages of assets under management from some of the portfolio’s service providers with regard to the variable insurance products we issue. These payments may be derived, in whole or in part, from the advisory fees deducted from assets of the portfolios. Policy owners, through their indirect investment in the portfolios, bear the costs of these advisory fees. Certain investment advisers or their affiliates may provide us and/or FFS with wholesaling services to assist us in the distribution of the Policy, may pay us and/or FFS amounts to participate in sales meetings or may reimburse our sales costs, and may provide us and/or FFS with occasional gifts, meals, tickets, or other compensation or reimbursement. The amounts in the aggregate may be significant and may provide the investment adviser (or other affiliates) with increased access to us and FFS.

Proceeds from these payments made by the portfolios, investment advisers, and/or their affiliates may be used for any corporate purpose, including payment of expenses that we and FFS incur in promoting, issuing, distributing, and administering the Policies, and that we incur, in our role as intermediary, in marketing and administering the underlying portfolios. We and our affiliates may profit from these payments.

For further details about the compensation payments we make in connection with the sale of the Policies, see the “Distribution of the Policies” section.

Availability of the Portfolios

We do not guarantee that each portfolio will always be available for investment through the Policies.

We reserve the right, subject to applicable law, to add new portfolios or classes of portfolio shares, remove or close existing portfolios or classes of portfolio shares, or substitute portfolio shares held by any subaccount for shares of a different portfolio. New or substitute portfolios or classes of portfolio shares may have different fees and expenses and their availability may be limited to certain classes of purchasers. If the shares of a portfolio are no longer available for investment or if, in our judgment, further investment in any portfolio should become

 

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inappropriate, we may redeem the shares of that portfolio and substitute shares of another portfolio. We will not add, remove or substitute any shares without notice and prior approval of the SEC and state insurance authorities, to the extent required by the 1940 Act or other applicable law.

Your Right to Vote Portfolio Shares

Even though we are the legal owner of the portfolio shares held in the subaccounts, and have the right to vote on all matters submitted to shareholders of the portfolios, we will vote our shares only as you and other Policy owners instruct, so long as such action is required by law.

Before a vote of a portfolio’s shareholders occurs, you will receive voting materials from us. We will ask you to instruct us on how to vote and to return your proxy to us in a timely manner. You will have the right to instruct us on the number of portfolio shares that corresponds to the amount of Contract Value you have in that portfolio (as of a date set by the portfolio). When we solicit your vote, the number of votes you have will be calculated separately for each subaccount in which you have an investment.

If we do not receive voting instructions on time from some owners, we will vote those shares in the same proportion as the timely voting instructions we receive. Should Federal securities laws, regulations and 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, we may disregard certain owner voting instructions. If we ever disregard voting instructions, we will send you a summary in the next annual report to Policy owners advising you of the action and the reasons we took such action.

The Policy

 

 

Purchasing a Policy

Please note that we are no longer offering the Policies for sale. This “Purchasing a Policy” section is included in the prospectus for your information.

To purchase a Policy, you must send the application and, in most cases, an initial premium, to us through any licensed Farmers insurance agent who is also a registered representative of a broker-dealer having a selling agreement with the principal underwriter that offers the Policy, Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC.

There may be delays in our receipt and processing of applications and premium payments that are outside of our control (for example, because of the failure of a registered representative to forward the application to us or our Service Center promptly, or because of delays in determining whether the Policy is suitable for you). Any such delays will affect when your Policy can be issued and your premium is allocated among the investment choices you have selected.

Acceptance of an application is subject to our insurance underwriting. We use different underwriting standards in relation to the Policy. We can provide you with details as to these underwriting standards when you apply for a Policy. We must receive evidence of insurability that satisfies our underwriting standards before we will issue a Policy. We reserve the right to reject an application for any reason permitted by law.

We reserve the right to decline an application for any reasons subject to the requirements imposed by law in the jurisdiction where the requested insurance Policy was to be issued and delivered. If the application is declined or canceled, the full amount paid with the application will be refunded.

We determine the minimum principal sum (death benefit) for a Policy based on the attained age of the insured when we issue the Policy. The minimum principal sum for the preferred premium class is $150,000, and $50,000 for all others. The maximum issue age for insureds in the preferred underwriting class is age 75, and for all other premium classes is age 80. We base the minimum initial premium for your Policy on a number of factors including the age, sex and premium class of the insured and the amount of the principal sum. We currently require a minimum initial premium as shown on your Policy’s specifications page.

Tax-Free “Section 1035” Exchanges

You can generally exchange one life insurance policy for another in a “tax-free exchange” under Section 1035 of the Tax Code. Before making an exchange, you should compare both policies carefully. Remember that if you exchange another policy for the one described in this prospectus, you might have to pay a surrender charge on your old policy. There will be a new surrender charge period for this Policy and other charges may be higher (or lower) and the benefits may be different. The Policy will have new suicide and incontestability periods,

 

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during which benefits may be denied in certain circumstances. Your old policy’s suicide and incontestability periods may have expired. If the exchange does not qualify for Section 1035 treatment, you may have to pay federal income and penalty taxes on the exchange. You should not exchange another policy for this one unless you determine, after knowing all the facts, that the exchange is in your best interest and not just better for the person trying to sell you this Policy (that person will generally earn a commission if you buy this Policy through an exchange or otherwise).

When Insurance Coverage Takes Effect

Temporary Insurance Coverage. If the primary proposed insured meets our eligibility requirements for temporary insurance coverage, then we will provide the primary proposed insured and children to be covered under a Children’s Insurance Rider with temporary insurance coverage in the amount applied for (excluding Accidental Death Benefit) or $50,000, whichever is less. The conditions and eligibility requirements for temporary insurance coverage are detailed in the Temporary Insurance Agreement included with the Policy application.

Temporary insurance coverage terminates automatically, and without notice, on the earliest of:

 

   

The date full insurance coverage becomes effective;

   

The date the proposed insured receives notice that their application has been declined, and in no event later than 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time of the fifth day after Farmers has mailed a letter giving such notice; or

   

The date the proposed insured or the owner signs a request to cancel the application or rejects the Policy.

Full Insurance Coverage. If we issue the Policy as applied for, full insurance coverage under the Policy will take effect on the issue date, provided sufficient payment has been received. If we issue a Policy other than as applied for, full insurance coverage will take effect either upon the completion of all underwriting and owner payment for and acceptance of the Policy, or on the issue date, whichever is later. The issue date will be printed in the Policy and may be several days later than when the Policy is delivered to you. Full insurance coverage will not begin before the issue date printed in the Policy, if issued.

Generally, we will issue the Policy if we determine that the insured meets our underwriting requirements and we accept the original application. On the issue date, we will allocate your premium (multiplied by the percent of premium factor) to the fixed account until the reallocation date, and we will begin to deduct monthly deductions from your Contract Value. See “Allocating Premiums.”

Backdating. We may sometimes backdate a Policy, if you request, by assigning an issue date earlier than the record date so that you can obtain lower cost of insurance rates, based on a younger insurance age. We will not backdate a Policy earlier than the date the application is signed. Backdating may result in higher surrender charges if the Deferred Sales Charge or Administrative Components are based on certain lower age brackets. (See “Surrender Charge.”) For a backdated Policy, monthly deductions, including cost of insurance charges, will begin on the backdated issue date. You will therefore incur charges for the period between the issue date and the record date as though full insurance coverage is in effect during this period, even though full coverage does not in fact begin until the record date (or a few days prior to the record date in some cases).

Cancelling a Policy (Right-to-Examine Period)

You may cancel a Policy during the “right-to-examine period” by returning it to our Home Office. In most states, the right-to-examine period expires 10 days after you receive the Policy. This period will be longer if required by state law. If you decide to cancel the Policy during the right-to-examine period, we will treat the Policy as if we never issued it. Within seven calendar days after we receive the returned Policy, we will refund an amount equal to the greater of Contract Value at the end of the Valuation Date on which we receive the returned Policy at our Home Office or the sum of all premiums paid for the Policy.

Policies Sold in California. If you purchase your Policy in California, and are 60 years of age or older at the time, the right-to-examine period lasts for 30 days from the date you receive the Policy. You may cancel the Policy at any time during the right-to-examine period by returning it to our Home Office at Mercer Island, Washington or to the agent who sold you the Policy.

During the 30-day right-to-examine period (plus 10 days), we will place your premium in the fixed account, unless you specifically direct that we allocate your premium to the subaccounts and fixed account you selected on the application. We will credit your premium(s) placed in the fixed account with interest at the current fixed account interest rate. If your premium is placed solely in the fixed account, we will refund to you all premiums and Policy fees you paid as of the business day on which we receive your cancelled Policy at our Home Office (or your agent received your cancelled Policy, if earlier).

 

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If you have directed that your premium be invested in the subaccounts, rather than the fixed account, during the right-to-examine period, we will refund you only the Contract Value. The Contract Value refunded will be as of the business day we receive your cancelled Policy at our Home Office (or your agent received your cancelled Policy, if earlier). Any amounts refunded will reflect the investment performance of the subaccounts you selected, and the fees and charges that we deduct. You bear the risk that a refund of your Contract Value could be less that the premium you paid for this Policy. If you decide to cancel this Policy after the right-to-examine period has expired, we will impose a surrender charge on the transaction.

State Variations

This prospectus provides you with important information about Farmers Variable Life. However, we will also issue you a Policy, which is a separate document from this prospectus. There may be differences between the description of the Policy contained in this prospectus and the Policy issued to you due to differences in state law. Please consult your Policy (and the endorsements and riders attached to your Policy) for the provisions that apply in your state. If you would like an additional copy of your Policy and its endorsements and riders, if any, contact our Service Center.

Other Policies

We offer other life insurance policies that have different investment options, death benefits, policy features and policy charges from this Policy. For more information about the other policies, please contact our Service Center or your agent.

Ownership Rights

The Policy belongs to the owner named in the application. The owner may exercise all of the ownership rights and options described in the Policy. The insured is the owner unless the application specifies a different person as the owner. If the owner dies before the insured and no successor owner is named, then ownership of the Policy will pass to the insured. The owner may designate the beneficiary (the person to receive the death benefit when the insured dies) in the application.

 

Changing the Owner  

•     You may change the owner by providing a written request to us at any time while the insured is alive.

 

•     The change takes effect on the date that the written request is signed.

 

•     We are not liable for any actions we may have taken before we received the written request.

 

•     Changing the owner does not automatically change the beneficiary.

  Changing the owner may have tax consequences. You should consult a tax adviser before changing the owner.

 

Selecting and Changing the Beneficiary  

•     If you designate more than one beneficiary, then each beneficiary shares equally in any death benefit proceeds unless the beneficiary designation states otherwise.

 

•     If the beneficiary dies before the insured, then any contingent beneficiary becomes the beneficiary.

 

•     If both the beneficiary and contingent beneficiary die before the insured, then we will pay the death benefit to the owner or the owner’s estate once the insured dies.

 

•     You can request a delay clause that provides that if the beneficiary dies within a specified number of days (maximum 180 days) following the insured’s death, then the death benefit proceeds will be paid as if the beneficiary had died first.

 

•     You can change the beneficiary by providing us with a written request while the insured is living.

 

•     The change in beneficiary is effective as of the date you sign the written request.

 

•     We are not liable for any actions we may have taken before we received the written request.

 

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Assigning the Policy  

•     You may assign Policy rights while the insured is alive.

 

•     The owner retains any ownership rights that are not assigned.

 

•     The assignee may not change the owner or the beneficiary, and may not elect or change an optional method of payment. We will pay any amount payable to the assignee in a lump sum.

 

•     Claims under any assignment are subject to proof of interest and the extent of the assignment.

 

•     We are not:

 

•     bound by any assignment unless we receive a written notice of the assignment.

 

•     responsible for the validity of any assignment.

 

•     liable for any payment we made before we received written notice of the assignment.

  Assigning the Policy may have tax consequences. See “Federal Tax Considerations.”

Modifying the Policy

Only one of our officers may modify the Policy or waive any of our rights or requirements under the Policy. Any modification or waiver must be in writing. No agent may bind us by making any promise not contained in this Policy.

Upon notice to you, we may modify the Policy to:

 

   

conform the Policy, our operations, or the variable account’s operations to the requirements of any law (or regulation issued by a government agency) to which the Policy, our company or the variable account is subject;

   

assure continued qualification of the Policy as a life insurance contract under the Federal tax laws; or

   

reflect a change in the variable account’s operations.

If we modify the Policy, we will make appropriate endorsements to the Policy. If any provision of the Policy conflicts with the laws of a jurisdiction that govern the Policy, we will amend the provision to conform with such laws.

Policy Termination

Your Policy will terminate on the earliest of:

 

   

the maturity date (insured’s attained age 110);

   

the date the insured dies;

   

the end of the grace period without a sufficient payment; or

   

the date you surrender the Policy.

Premiums

 

 

Premium Flexibility

You have flexibility to determine the frequency and the amount of the premiums you pay. You do not have to pay premiums according to any schedule. However, you greatly increase your risk of lapse if you do not regularly pay premiums at least as large as the current minimum premium. Paying the minimum premiums for the Policy will not necessarily keep your Policy in force. It is likely that additional premiums will be necessary to keep the Policy in force until maturity.

Before the issue date of the Policy (or if premium is paid on delivery of the Policy, before the record date), we will require you to pay the premium indicated on your Policy’s specification page. Thereafter, you may pay premiums ($25 minimum) at any time. You must send all premiums to our Service Center. We reserve the right to limit the number and amount of any unscheduled premiums. You may not pay any premiums after the insured reaches attained age 100.

We multiply each premium by the percent of premium factor (currently 0.965) and credit the resulting value to the Contract Value. We retain the balance of each premium to compensate us for certain expenses such as premium taxes and selling expenses.

 

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We will treat any payment you make as a premium unless you clearly mark it as a loan repayment. We have the right to limit or refund any premium, if the premium would disqualify the Policy as a life insurance contract under the Tax Code, or if the payment would increase the death benefit by more than the amount of the premium.

Planned Premiums. You may determine a planned premium schedule that allows you to pay level premiums at fixed intervals over a specified period of time. You are not required to pay premiums according to this schedule. You may change the amount, frequency, and the time period over which you make your planned premiums by sending us a written request. We have the right to limit the amount of any increase in planned premiums. Even if you make your planned premiums on schedule, your Policy may lapse if your Surrender Value (or unloaned Contract Value, in certain circumstances) ever becomes less than the monthly deduction. See “Risk Summary,” “Policy Lapse.”

Electronic Payments or Billing. If you authorize electronic payment of your premiums from your bank account, or if you ask to be billed for your planned premiums, the total amount of premiums being debited, or billed, must be at least $300 per year. You can be billed, or make electronic payments, on an annual, semi-annual, quarterly or monthly basis for the applicable fraction of $300, but the total for the year must add up to at least $300.

You can stop paying premiums at any time and your Policy will continue in force until the earlier of the maturity date (when the insured reaches attained age 110), or the date when either (1) the insured dies, or (2) the grace period ends after the Surrender Value has been exhausted, or (3) we receive your signed request to surrender the Policy.

Tax Code Processing. If we receive any premium payment that we anticipate will cause a Policy to become a modified endowment contract (“MEC”) or will cause a Policy to lose its status as life insurance under Section 7702 of the Tax Code, we will not accept the excess portion of that premium. We will immediately notify the owner and give an explanation of the issue by sending a letter to the owner’s address of record. We will refund the excess premium no later than 2 weeks after receipt of the premium at the Service Center (the “refund date”), except in the following circumstances:

 

  a.   the tax problem resolves itself prior to the refund date; or

 

  b.   the tax problem relates to a MEC and we receive a signed acknowledgment from the owner prior to the refund date instructing us to process the premium notwithstanding the tax issue involved.

During this two-week period, we will hold such excess premiums in a suspense account until the refund date. Premiums held in the suspense account will not be credited interest. Farmers will treat the excess premium as having been received on the date the tax problem resolves itself or the date Farmers receives the signed acknowledgement at the Service Center. We will then process the excess premium accordingly.

Minimum Premiums

The full initial premium is the only premium required to be paid under the Policy. However, you greatly increase your risk of lapse if you do not regularly pay premiums at least as large as the minimum premium. Paying the minimum premiums will not necessarily keep your Policy in force. It is likely that additional premiums may be necessary to keep the Policy in force to maturity.

The initial minimum premium for two alternative payment modes (for example, annual and monthly) is shown on your Policy’s specifications page. The minimum premium depends on a number of factors including the age, sex, and premium class of the proposed insured, and the principal sum.

The minimum premium will change if:

 

   

you increase or decrease the principal sum;

   

you change the death benefit option;

   

you change or add a rider;

   

you take a partial withdrawal when you have elected the level death benefit option (Option B); or

   

the insured’s premium class changes (for example, from nicotine to non-nicotine, or from standard to substandard).

 

 

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If your Surrender Value (that is, the Contract Value, minus the surrender charge, and minus any outstanding loan amount and any interest you would owe if you surrendered the Policy) becomes zero or less, and if the total premiums you have paid, minus withdrawals (not including surrender charges and processing fees), are less than the cumulative minimum premiums under your Policy, then your Policy will enter a 61-day grace period. During the grace period, you must make a payment large enough to keep the Policy in force. The cumulative minimum premium is the sum of all past monthly-mode minimum premiums since the issue date.

But if the total premiums you have paid, minus withdrawals (not including surrender charges and processing fees), are greater than the cumulative minimum premiums, then your Policy will enter a grace period only if your Contract Value (minus any outstanding loan amount and any interest you would owe if you surrendered the Policy), is too low to pay the entire monthly deduction when due.

Your Policy can lapse before maturity, depending on the premiums you pay and the investment results of the subaccounts in which you invest your Contract Value. Your agent can provide you with an illustration that can show how many years your Policy would stay in force under various premium and hypothetical investment scenarios. For certain issue ages, classes and Policy sizes, this illustration may show that regular payments of the minimum premium will keep your Policy in force several years even if investment results are very low and even if we impose the maximum charges allowed by the Policy. This is not true for all ages, classes, and investment results, however, so we encourage you to request an illustration from your agent to help you decide what level of premium payments to pay in your particular circumstances.

Allocating Premiums

When you apply for a Policy, you must instruct us to allocate your initial premium(s) to one or more subaccounts of the variable account and to the fixed account according to the following rules.

 

   

You must put at least 1% of each premium in any subaccount or the fixed account you select.

   

Allocation percentages must be in whole numbers and the sum of the percentages must equal 100.

You can change the allocation instructions for additional premiums without charge at any time by providing us with written notification (or any other notification we deem satisfactory). Any allocation change will be effective on the date we record the change. Any future premiums will be allocated in accordance with the new allocation, unless we receive contrary written instructions. Changing your allocation instructions will not change the way your existing Contract Value is apportioned among the subaccounts or the fixed account. We reserve the right to limit the number of premium allocation changes. We also reserve the right to limit the number of subaccount allocations in effect at any one time.

Investment returns from amounts allocated to the subaccounts will vary with the investment experience of these subaccounts and will be reduced by Policy charges. You bear the entire investment risk for amounts you allocate to the subaccounts.

On the issue date, we will allocate your premium(s) received, times the percent of premium factor, minus the monthly deduction(s), to the fixed account. If you make your first full premium payment upon delivery of the Policy, we will allocate your premium to the fixed account on the Business Day it is received at the Service Center. We also allocate any premiums we receive from the issue date to the reallocation date (the record date, plus the number of days in your state’s right to examine period, plus 10 days) to the fixed account. While held in the fixed account, premium(s) will be credited with interest at the current fixed account rate. On the reallocation date, we will reallocate the Contract Value in the fixed account to the other subaccounts (at the unit value next determined) and the fixed account in accordance with the allocation percentages provided in the application.

Unless additional underwriting is required or a situation described above in the “Tax Code Processing” section occurs, we invest all premiums paid after the reallocation date on the Business Day they are received in our Service Center. We credit these premiums to the subaccounts at the unit value next computed at the end of a Business Day on which we receive them at our Service Center. If we receive your additional premiums after the close of a Business Day, we will calculate and credit them as of the end of the next Business Day.

 

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Your Contract Values

 

 

 

Your Contract Value  

•     varies from day to day, depending on the investment experience of the subaccounts you choose, the interest credited to the fixed account, the charges deducted and any other Policy transactions (such as additional premium payments, transfers, withdrawals and Policy loans);

 

•     serves as the starting point for calculating values under a Policy;

 

•     equals the sum of all values in each subaccount, the loan account and the fixed account;

 

•     is determined on the issue date and on each Business Day;

 

•     on the issue date, equals the initial premium times the percent of premium factor, less the monthly deduction; and

 

•     has no guaranteed minimum amount and may be more or less than premiums paid.

Subaccount Value

Each subaccount’s value is determined at the end of each Business Day. We determine your Policy’s value in each subaccount by multiplying the number of units that your Policy has in the subaccount by the accumulation unit value of that subaccount at the end of the Business Day.

 

The number of units in any subaccount on any Business Day equals:  

•     the initial units purchased at the unit value on the issue date; plus

 

•     units purchased with additional premiums net of the percent of premium factor; plus

 

•     units purchased via transfers from another subaccount or the fixed account; minus

 

•     units redeemed to pay a pro-rata share of the monthly deductions; minus

 

•     units redeemed to pay for partial withdrawals and any applicable surrender charges; minus

 

•     units redeemed as part of a transfer to another subaccount, the loan account or the fixed account.

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 Policy by dividing the dollar amount of the allocation, transfer, or withdrawal, by the unit value for that subaccount at the end of the Valuation Period.

Subaccount Unit Value

The accumulation unit value (or price) of each subaccount will reflect the investment performance of the portfolio in which the subaccount invests. Unit values will vary among subaccounts. The unit value of each subaccount was originally established at the figure shown on the Variable Account’s financial statements. The unit value may increase or decrease from one Valuation Period to the next. For a discussion of how unit values are calculated, see the SAI.

 

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Fixed Account Value

On the issue date, the fixed account value is equal to the premiums paid multiplied by the percent of premium factor, less the first monthly deduction.

 

The fixed account value at the end of any Valuation Period equals:  

•     the fixed account value on the preceding Business Day plus interest from the preceding Business Day to the date of calculation; plus

 

•     the portion of the premium(s), multiplied by the percent of premium factor, allocated to the fixed account since the preceding Business Day, plus interest from the date such premiums were received to the date of calculation; plus

 

•     any amounts transferred to the fixed account since the preceding Business Day; plus interest from the effective date of such transfers to the date of calculation; minus

 

•     the amount of any transfer from the fixed account to the subaccounts and the loan account since the preceding Business Day, plus interest from the effective date of such transfers to the date of calculation and any processing fee; minus

 

•     the amount of any partial withdrawals and any applicable surrender charges deducted from the fixed account since the preceding Business Day, plus interest on those surrendered amounts from the effective date of each withdrawal to the date of calculation; minus

 

•     a pro-rata share of the monthly deduction, on each Business Day when a monthly deduction is due.

Your Policy’s guaranteed minimum fixed account value will not be less than the minimum values required by the state where we deliver your Policy.

Loan Account Value

 

The loan account value at the end of any Valuation Period equals:  

•     the loan account value on the preceding Business Day plus interest from the preceding Business Day to the date of calculation; plus

 

•     any amounts transferred to the loan account since the preceding Business Day, plus interest from the effective date of such transfers to the date of calculation; minus

 

•     the amount of any transfer from the loan account to the subaccounts and the fixed account since the preceding Business Day, plus interest from the effective date of such transfers to the date of calculation.

Interest is charged daily on Policy loans. Interest is due and payable at the end of each Policy year or, if earlier, on the date of any Policy loan increase or repayment. Any interest not paid when due will be transferred from the fixed account and subaccounts to the loan account on a pro-rata basis if sufficient funds are available for transfer. Unpaid interest becomes part of the outstanding loan and accrues interest daily.

Charges and Deductions

 

 

This section describes the charges and deductions that we make under the Policy to compensate for: (1) the services and benefits we provide; (2) the costs and expenses we incur; and (3) the risks we assume. The fees and charges we deduct under the Policy may result in a profit to us.

 

Services and benefits we provide:  

•     the death benefit, surrender and loan benefits under the Policy, and the benefits provided by riders.

 

•     investment options, including premium allocations.

 

•     administration of elective options.

 

•     the distribution of reports to owners.

 

Costs and expenses we incur:  

•     costs associated with processing and underwriting applications, issuing and administering the Policy (including any riders).

 

•     overhead and other expenses for providing services and benefits.

 

•     sales and marketing expenses, including compensation paid in connection with the sale of the Policies.

 

•     other costs of doing business, such as collecting premiums, maintaining records, processing claims, effecting transactions, and paying Federal, state and local premium and other taxes and fees.

 

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Risks we assume include but are not limited to:  

•     that the cost of insurance charges we deduct are insufficient to meet our actual claims because insureds die sooner than we anticipate.

 

•     that the costs of providing the services and benefits under the Policies exceed the charges we deduct.

All of the charges we deduct are used to pay aggregate Policy costs and expenses, including a profit to us, that we incur in providing the services and benefits under the Policy and assuming the risks associated with the Policy.

Premium Deductions

When you make a premium payment, we apply a percent of premium factor currently equal to 0.965 to the premium to determine the amount that we will allocate to the subaccounts and the fixed account according to your instructions. The 3.5% of each premium that we retain is the sum of 1.25%, which compensates us for a portion of our sales expenses, and 2.25%, which compensates us for the estimated average state premium taxes we expect to incur in the future. State premium tax rates vary from state to state and currently range from 0% to 3.50% in the states in which the Policy is sold. The 3.5% estimated charge does not necessarily reflect the actual premium tax rate that applies to a particular Policy. If the actual premium tax rate is less than 2.25%, the difference between the actual rate and the 2.25% will be retained by us to help cover additional premium tax charges that may be imposed in the future, and to help cover premium taxes imposed on Policies in states that charge a higher premium tax rate.

Monthly Deduction

We take a monthly deduction from the Contract Value on the issue date and on the Business Day nearest each monthly due date (the same day of each succeeding month as the issue date). We will make deductions by canceling units in each subaccount and withdrawing funds from the fixed account. We will take the monthly deduction on a pro-rata basis from all accounts except the loan account (i.e., in the same proportion that the value in each subaccount and the fixed account bears to the sum of all subaccounts and the fixed account on the monthly due date). Because portions of the monthly deduction can vary from month-to-month, the monthly deduction will also vary.

The monthly deduction is equal to:

 

   

The monthly administration charge; plus

   

The cost of insurance charge for the Policy; plus

   

The special premium factor applied to the cost of insurance for a special premium class, if any; plus

   

Extra charges for a special premium class, if any; plus

   

The charges for any riders.

Monthly Administration Charge. We deduct this charge to compensate us for a portion of our administrative expenses such as recordkeeping, processing death benefit claims and Policy changes, and overhead costs. The monthly administration charge currently equals $5. We may increase or decrease this charge but it is guaranteed never to be higher than $8.

Cost of Insurance Charge. We assess a monthly cost of insurance charge to compensate us for the anticipated cost of paying a death benefit in excess of your Contract Value. The charge depends on a number of variables (e.g., the principal sum, the Contract Value, the insured’s issue age, sex, and premium class, and the number of months since the issue date) that will cause it to vary from Policy to Policy and from month to month. The current (but not the maximum) cost of insurance rates generally increase significantly at the earlier of the 21st Policy year or age 80.

The cost of insurance charge is equal to the cost of insurance rate at the insured’s attained age, times the number of thousands of Risk Insurance Amount.

The Risk Insurance Amount is:

 

  1.   The current death benefit; minus
  2.   The Contract Value at the end of the Business Day preceding the monthly due date; plus
  3.   The monthly administrative charge for the month that begins on the monthly due date; plus
  4.   Any charges for riders for the month that begins on the monthly due date.

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the Policy, the death benefit option you chose, Policy riders, any Policy transactions (such as loans, partial withdrawals, changes in death benefit option) and the application of the death benefit percentage formula. Therefore, the cost of insurance charges can increase or decrease each month.

Cost of insurance rates are based on the sex, attained age and premium class of the insured. The cost of insurance rates are generally higher for male insureds than for female insureds of the same age and premium class, and ordinarily increase with age. Cost of insurance rates may never exceed the guaranteed maximum cost of insurance rates that are shown in Appendix A or your Policy’s specification page.

The premium class of the insured will affect the cost of insurance rates. We currently place insureds into preferred and standard premium classes and into special premium classes involving higher mortality risks. The cost of insurance rates for insureds in special premium classes involving higher mortality risks are multiples of the standard rates. If the insured is in a special premium class, the guaranteed maximum monthly cost of insurance rate will be the rate shown in the table in Appendix A (or on your Policy’s specification page) times a special premium class rating factor shown on your Policy’s specification page.

We calculate the cost of insurance separately for the initial principal sum and for any increase in principal sum. If you request and we approve an increase in your Policy’s principal sum, then a different premium class (and a different cost of insurance rate) may apply to the increase, based on the insured’s age and circumstances at the time of the increase.

The Policies are based on 1980 C.S.O. mortality tables that distinguish between men and women. As a result, the Policy may pay different benefits to men and women of the same age and premium class. We also offer Policies based on unisex mortality tables if required by state law.

Monthly Special Premium Class Charge. If the insured is in a special premium class, the guaranteed maximum monthly cost of insurance rate will be the rate shown in the table in the Policy times a special premium class rating factor shown on your Policy’s specification page. This factor is applied to both current and guaranteed cost of insurance rates. This charge is deducted as part of the monthly deduction and compensates us for additional costs associated with policies in a special premium class. If applicable to you, your Policy’s specification page will show you the amount of this charge.

Flat Extra Monthly Charge for Policies in a Special Premium Class. We may deduct an additional flat extra monthly charge as part of the monthly deduction if the insured is in a special premium class. This compensates us for additional costs we anticipate from Policies in a special premium class. The charge, if any, will be shown on your Policy’s specifications page.

Rider Charges. The monthly deduction includes charges for certain optional insurance benefits you add to your Policy by rider. The rider charges are summarized in the Fee Table in this prospectus. Any rider charges applicable to your Policy will be indicated in the rider you receive. Please contact your agent for additional information.

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge

We deduct a daily charge from your Contract Value in each subaccount to compensate us for a portion of certain mortality and expense risks we assume. The mortality risk is the risk that an insured will live for a shorter time than we project. The expense risk is the risk that the expenses we incur will exceed the maximum charges we can impose according to the terms of the Policy. The mortality and expense risk charge is equal to:

 

   

your Contract Value in each subaccount; multiplied by

   

the daily portion of the annual mortality and expense risk charge rate of 0.90%.

If this charge and the other charges we impose do not cover our actual costs, we absorb the loss. Conversely, if the charges we impose more than cover actual costs, the excess is added to our surplus. We expect to profit from the mortality and expense risk charge. We may use any profits for any lawful purpose including covering distribution costs.

Surrender Charge

We deduct a surrender charge if, during the first 14 Policy years, you:

 

   

fully surrender the Policy,

   

take a partial withdrawal from your Policy, if you have elected a level death benefit (Option B), or

   

you decrease the principal sum that was in effect at the time of issue.

 

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In the case of a full surrender, we pay the remaining Contract Value (less any surrender charge and any outstanding loan amount, including any interest you owe) to you. The payment you receive is called the Surrender Value.

If you take a partial withdrawal, we will reduce the Contract Value on a pro-rata basis from the subaccounts and the fixed account (unless you instruct us otherwise) by the amount of the partial withdrawal, the processing fee, and any surrender charge.

The surrender charge may be significant. You should carefully calculate this charge before you request a surrender. Under some circumstances the level of surrender charges might result in no Contract Value available if you surrender your Policy during the period when surrender charges apply. This will depend on a number of factors, but is more likely if:

 

  1.   you pay premiums equal to or not much higher than the minimum premium shown in your Policy, or
  2.   investment performance is too low.

The surrender charge is equal to the sum of the Deferred Sales Charge Component and the Administrative Component.

The Deferred Sales Charge Component is calculated by:

 

  1.   find the sum of all premiums that have been paid to the Policy (do not deduct amounts withdrawn or the percent of premium factor);
  2.   multiply this sum by 0.075 if the insured’s issue age was 65 or younger, or by 0.050 if the insured’s issue age was 66 or older;
  3.   multiply the result by the appropriate number on this table:

 

Policy Year:   1-3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or more
Issue ages 0-65   1.00   1.00   1.00   0.90   0.80   0.70   0.60   0.50   0.40   0.30   0.20   0.10   0.00
Issue ages 66 and older   1.00   0.90   0.80   0.70   0.60   0.50   0.40   0.30   0.20   0.15   0.10   0.05   0.00

The Administrative Component is calculated by:

 

  1.   the appropriate surrender charge factor from the tables in Appendix B for the insured’s age on the issue date and the number of full Policy years since the issue date (regardless of whether the Policy has lapsed and been reinstated) (the tables vary by sex and premium class); multiplied by
  2.   the number of thousands of principal sum on the issue date; minus
  3.   any reductions in principal sum for which a surrender charge has already been imposed.

Surrender Charge on a Decrease in Principal Sum. If you decrease the principal sum that was in effect on the issue date, we will assess the administrative component of the surrender charge. To determine the surrender charge for a decrease in principal sum: multiply the appropriate surrender charge factor from the tables in Appendix B by the number of thousands of principal sum at the time of issue that are now being decreased. Only a reduction in the original principal sum amount (as of the issue date) incurs a surrender charge.

Surrender Charge for a Partial Withdrawal. If you make a partial withdrawal during the first 14 years from the issue date and you have elected the level death benefit (Option B), we may deduct a surrender charge from your Contract Value. The surrender charge on a withdrawal is equal to the appropriate surrender charge factor from the table in Appendix B, multiplied by the number of thousands by which the principal sum (on the issue date) is reduced by the withdrawal, minus any reductions in the original principal sum for which we have already imposed a surrender charge.

An example of calculating the surrender charge follows:

This example is for a Policy issued to a male non-nicotine that is in its seventh Policy year. The principal sum is $200,000 and the issue age is 35. A premium of $1,000 has been paid at the beginning of each year and the total cumulative premium payments are $7,000.

The total surrender charge is the sum of a Deferred Sales Charge Component and an Administrative Component.

The Deferred Sales Charge Component is calculated by multiplying the cumulative premium by 0.075, then multiplying the result by the appropriate number from the table. For this example the appropriate number is 0.80. The result is ($7,000)(0.075)(0.80) = $420.

 

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The Administrative Component is calculated by multiplying the number of thousands of principal sum by the appropriate factor from the surrender charge table. In this example the factor is 4.94. The result is ($200)(4.94) = $988.

The total surrender charge is the sum of the Deferred Sales Charge Component and the Administrative Component. The total surrender charge is therefore $420 + $988 = $1,408.

Partial Withdrawal Processing Fee. We deduct a processing fee equal to the lesser of $25 or 2% of the amount withdrawn.

Transfer Charge

 

 

We currently allow you to make 12 transfers each Policy year free from charge. Any unused free transfers do not carry over to the next Policy year.

 

We charge $25 for each additional transfer. We will not increase this charge.

 

For purposes of assessing the transfer charge, each written or telephone request is considered to be one transfer, regardless of the number of subaccounts (or fixed account) affected by the transfer.

 

We deduct the transfer charge from the amount being transferred, or from the remaining Contract Value, according to your instructions.

 

Transfers we affect on the reallocation date, and transfers due to loans, automatic asset rebalancing, and dollar cost averaging, do not count as transfers for the purpose of assessing this charge.

Loan Charges

 

 

During the first fourteen Policy years, we currently charge you interest at 4.5% annually, with a maximum loan interest rate of 8% per year on your loan. After the fourteenth Policy year, the maximum loan interest rate is 3%, compounded annually. Interest is charged daily, and is due and payable at the end of each Policy year, or date of any Policy loan increases or repayment, if earlier. Unpaid interest becomes part of the outstanding loan and accrues interest daily.

 

Amounts in the loan account earn interest at the guaranteed minimum rate of 3% per year.

Portfolio Management Fees and Expenses

Each portfolio deducts portfolio management fees and expenses from the amounts you have invested in the portfolios through the subaccounts. You pay these portfolio fees and expenses indirectly. In addition, some portfolios deduct 12b-1 fees at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of average daily portfolio assets. For 2010, total annual portfolio fees and charges for the portfolios offered through this Policy ranged from 0.20% to 1.76% of average daily portfolio assets. See the prospectuses for the portfolios for more information.

Redemption Fees. A portfolio may assess a redemption fee of up to 2% on subaccount assets that are redeemed out of the portfolio in connection with a withdrawal or transfer. Each portfolio determines the amount of the redemption fee and when the fee is imposed. The redemption fee is retained by or paid to the portfolio and is not retained by us. The redemption fee will be deducted from your Contract Value. For more information on each portfolio’s redemption fee, see the portfolio prospectus.

Other Charges

 

 

We charge $5 for each additional annual report you request.

 

We charge $1.50 per $1,000 for each increase in principal sum (this charge cannot exceed $300 per increase).

 

Any riders attached to the Policy will have their own charges.

 

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Death Benefit

 

 

Death Benefit Proceeds

As long as the Policy is in force, we will pay the death benefit proceeds once we receive satisfactory proof of the insured’s death at our Home Office. We may require return of the Policy. We will pay the death benefit proceeds to the primary beneficiary or a contingent beneficiary. If the beneficiary dies before the insured and there is no contingent beneficiary, we will pay the death benefit proceeds to the owner or the owner’s estate. We will pay the death benefit proceeds into an interest paying checking account or under a payment option. For more information, see “Payment Options” in the SAI.

 

Death benefit

proceeds equal:

 

•     the death benefit (described below); minus

 

•     any past due monthly deductions; minus

 

•     any outstanding Policy loan on the date of death; minus

 

•     any interest you owe on the Policy loan(s); plus

 

•     any additional benefits payable under the terms of any riders attached to the Policy.

If all or a part of the death benefit proceeds are paid in one lump sum and the proceeds are at least $10,000, we will place the lump-sum payment into an interest-bearing special account opened in the beneficiary’s name. We will provide the beneficiary with a checkbook to access these funds from the special account within seven days of our receipt of due proof of death and payment instructions at the Service Center. The beneficiary can withdraw all or a portion of the death benefit proceeds at any time, and will receive interest on the proceeds remaining in the account. The special account is part of our general account, is not FDIC insured, and is subject to the claims of our creditors. We may receive a benefit from the amounts held in the account.

We may further adjust the amount of the death benefit proceeds under certain circumstances. See “Our Right to Contest the Policy,” “Misstatement of Age or Sex,” and “Suicide Exclusion” in the SAI.

Death Benefit Options

In your application, you tell us how much life insurance coverage you initially want to purchase on the life of the insured. We call this the “principal sum” of insurance. You also choose whether the death benefit we will pay is Option A (variable death benefit through attained age 99), or Option B (level death benefit through attained age 99). For attained ages after age 99, the death benefit equals the Contract Value. You may change the death benefit option after the first Policy year.

 

The variable death benefit under Option A is the greater of:  

•     the principal sum plus the Contract Value (determined as of the end of the Valuation Period during which the insured dies); or

 

•     the death benefit required by the Tax Code (Contract Value on the date of death multiplied by the applicable death benefit percentage).

Under Option A, the death benefit varies with the Contract Value.

 

The level death benefit under Option B is the greater of:  

•     the principal sum on the date of death; or

 

•     the death benefit required by the Tax Code (Contract Value on the date of death multiplied by the applicable death benefit percentage).

Under Option B, your death benefit generally equals the principal sum and will remain level, unless the Contract Value becomes so large that the Tax Code requires a higher death benefit (Contract Value times the applicable death benefit percentage).

Under Option A, your death benefit will tend to be higher than under Option B. However, the monthly insurance charges we deduct will also be higher to compensate us for our additional risk. Because of this, your Contract Value will tend to be higher under Option B than under Option A.

 

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In order for the Policy to qualify as life insurance, Federal tax law requires that your death benefit be at least as much as your Contract Value multiplied by the applicable death benefit percentage. The death benefit percentage is based on the insured person’s attained age. For example, the death benefit percentage is 250% for an insured at age 40 or under, and it declines for older insureds. The following table indicates the applicable death benefit percentages for different attained ages:

 

Attained Age

     

Death Benefit Percentage

40 and under     250%
41 to 45     250% minus 7% for each age over age 40
46 to 50     209% minus 6% for each age over age 46
51 to 55     178% minus 7% for each age over age 51
56 to 60     146% minus 4% for each age over age 56
61 to 65     128% minus 2% for each age over age 61
66 to 70     119% minus 1% for each age over age 66
71 to 74     113% minus 2% for each age over age 71
75 to 90     105%
91 to 94     104% minus 1% for each age over age 91
95 and above     100%

If the Tax Code requires us to increase the death benefit by reference to the death benefit percentages, that increase in the death benefit will increase our risk, and will result in a higher monthly cost of insurance.

Option A Example. Assume that the insured’s attained age is under 40, that there have been no decreases in the principal sum, and that there are no outstanding loans. Under Option A, a Policy with a principal sum of $50,000 will have a death benefit equal to the greater of $50,000 plus Contract Value or 250% of the Contract Value. Thus, a Policy with a Contract Value of $10,000 will have a death benefit of $60,000 (that is, the greater of $60,000 ($50,000 + $10,000) or $25,000 (250% of $10,000)).

However, once the Contract Value exceeds $33,334, the death benefit determined by reference to the death benefit percentage ($33,334 X 250% = $83,335) will be greater than the principal sum plus Contract Value ($50,000 + $33,334 = $83,334). Each additional dollar of Contract Value above $33,334 will increase the death benefit by $2.50. This is a circumstance in which we have the right to prohibit you from paying additional premiums because an additional dollar of premium would increase the death benefit by more than one dollar.

Similarly, under this scenario, any time Contract Value exceeds $33,334, each dollar taken out of Contract Value will reduce the death benefit by $2.50.

Option B Example. Assume that the insured’s attained age is under 40, there have been no withdrawals or decreases in principal sum, and that there are no outstanding loans. Under Option B, a Policy with a $50,000 principal sum will generally have a $50,000 death benefit. However, because the death benefit must be equal to or be greater than 250% of Contract Value, any time the Contract Value exceeds $20,000, the death benefit will be determined as required by the Tax Code (Contract Value X 250%) and will exceed the principal sum of $50,000. Each additional dollar added to the Contract Value above $20,000 will increase the death benefit by $2.50. This is a circumstance in which we have the right to prohibit you from paying additional premiums because an additional dollar of premium would increase the death benefit by more than one dollar.

Similarly, so long as the Contract Value exceeds $20,000, each dollar taken out of the Contract Value will reduce the death benefit by $2.50.

Changing Death Benefit Options

After the first Policy year, you may change death benefit options or change the principal sum (but not both, unless done simultaneously) once each Policy year.

A change in death benefit option may affect the future monthly cost of insurance charge, which varies with the Risk Insurance Amount. Generally, the Risk Insurance Amount is the amount by which the death benefit exceeds the Contract Value. (See “Charges and Deductions – Monthly Deduction – Cost of Insurance Charge.”) If the death benefit does not equal Contract Value times the death benefit percentage under either Options A or B, changing from Option A (variable death benefit) to Option B (level death benefit) will generally decrease the future Risk Insurance Amount. This would decrease the future cost of insurance charges. Changing from Option B (level death benefit) to Option A (variable death benefit) generally results in a Risk Insurance Amount that remains level. Such a change, however, results in an increase in cost of insurance charges over time, since the cost of insurance rates increase with the insured’s age. Changing the death benefit option may have tax consequences. You should consult a tax adviser before changing the death benefit option.

 

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After any change in death benefit option, the total surrender charge for the Policy will continue to be based on the principal sum on the issue date on which surrender charges have not already been imposed.

For a more detailed discussion on changing death benefit options, see the SAI.

Effects of Withdrawals on the Death Benefit

If you have selected the variable death benefit (Option A), a withdrawal will not affect the principal sum. But if you have selected the level death benefit (Option B), a partial withdrawal will reduce the principal sum by the amount of the withdrawal (not including surrender charges or the processing fee). The reduction in principal sum will be subject to the terms of the Changing the Principal Sum section below.

Changing the Principal Sum

When you apply for the Policy, you tell us how much life insurance coverage you initially want on the life of the insured. We call this the principal sum. After the first Policy year, you may change the principal sum subject to the conditions described below. You may either change the principal sum or change the death benefit option (but not both, unless done simultaneously) no more than once per Policy year. We will send you a Policy endorsement with the change to attach to your Policy.

Increasing the principal sum could increase the death benefit. Decreasing the principal sum could decrease the death benefit. The amount of change in the death benefit will depend, among other things, upon the selected death benefit option and the degree to which the death benefit exceeds the principal sum prior to the change. Changing the principal sum could affect the subsequent level of death benefit we pay and your Policy values. An increase in the principal sum may increase the Risk Insurance Amount, thereby increasing your cost of insurance charge. Conversely, a decrease in the principal sum may decrease the Risk Insurance Amount, thereby decreasing your cost of insurance charge.

We will not permit any change that would result in your Policy being disqualified as a life insurance contract under Section 7702 of the Tax Code. However, changing the principal sum may have other tax consequences. You should consult a tax adviser before changing the principal sum.

Increases

 

   

You may increase the principal sum by submitting a written request and providing evidence of insurability satisfactory to us. The increase will be effective on the monthly due date following our approval of your request. We can deny your request for reasons including but not limited to the following:

  ¡  

We do not wish to increase the death benefits due to the insured’s health, occupation, avocations, or any factor that we believe has a bearing on the insured’s risk of death.

  ¡  

We conclude the insured has an excessive amount of insurance coverage.

  ¡  

We conclude the owner no longer has an insurable interest in the insured.

 

   

You can increase the principal sum at any time after the first Policy year and before the insured’s attained age 80.

   

The minimum increase is $10,000.

   

We deduct a processing fee from the Contract Value equal to $1.50 per $1,000 of increase. The fee cannot exceed $300 per increase. The processing fee will be deducted from the subaccounts and the fixed account on a pro-rata basis, unless you give us different instructions.

   

If the amount of the Contract Value is insufficient to cover the processing fee, you must add sufficient additional premiums before the increase in principal sum will become effective.

   

Increasing the principal sum will increase your Policy’s minimum premium.

Decreases

 

   

You may decrease the principal sum, but not below the minimum principal sum amount shown on your Policy’s specifications page.

   

You must submit a written request to decrease the principal sum. Evidence of insurability is not required.

   

Any decrease will be effective on the monthly due date following our approval of your request.

   

Any decrease will first be used to:

 

  1.   reduce the most recent increase; then
  2.   the next most recent increases in succession; and then
  3.   the principal sum on the issue date (subject to a surrender charge).

 

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If you decrease the principal sum that was in effect on the issue date, we will assess the Administrative Component of the surrender charge. To determine the surrender charge for a decrease in principal sum, multiply the appropriate surrender charge factor from the tables in Appendix B by the number of thousands of principal sum (as of the issue date) that are now being decreased. Only a reduction in the original principal sum amount (as of the issue date) incurs a surrender charge. Surrender charges will be deducted from the subaccounts and the fixed account on a pro-rata basis, unless you give us different instructions.

   

A decrease in principal sum may require that a portion of a Policy’s Surrender Value be distributed as a partial surrender in order to maintain federal tax compliance. Decreasing the principal sum may also cause your Policy to become an MEC under federal tax law and receive less favorable tax treatment than other life insurance policies. See “Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits, Modified Endowment Contracts.”

   

Decreasing the principal sum will reduce your Policy’s minimum premium.

Payment Options

There are several ways of receiving proceeds under the death benefit and surrender provisions of the Policy, other than in a lump sum. None of these options vary with the investment performance of the variable account. For a discussion of the settlement options described in your Policy, see the SAI.

Supplemental Benefits (Riders)

 

 

The following supplemental benefits (riders) are available and may be added to a Policy. The charge for these benefits, if any, may be deducted from your Policy’s Contract Value as part of the monthly deduction. See the Fee Table in this Prospectus. The riders available with the Policies provide fixed benefits that do not vary with the investment experience of the variable account.

 

   

waiver of monthly deductions due to the insured’s total disability

   

term insurance on the insured’s dependent children

   

payment of an accidental death benefit if the insured’s death was caused by accidental bodily injury

   

term insurance on additional insureds

   

automatic increases in principal sum

   

accelerated payment of a portion of the death benefit in the event the insured develops a terminal illness

   

monthly disability benefit to the fixed account if the insured is totally disabled

The benefits and restrictions are described in each rider. We will provide samples of these provisions upon request. You should consult a tax adviser to learn about the tax consequences associated with each rider. Each rider may not be available in all states, and a rider may vary by state.

 

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Surrender and Withdrawals

 

 

Surrender

You may make a written request to surrender your Policy for its Surrender Value, as calculated at the end of the Business Day on which we receive your signed request at the Service Center, unless you specify a later Business Day in your request. You should send your written request to the Service Center. The Surrender Value is the amount we pay when you surrender your Policy.

The Surrender Value on any Business Day equals:

 

   

the Contract Value as of such date; minus

   

any surrender charge as of such date; minus

   

any outstanding Policy loans; minus

   

any interest you owe on the Policy loans.

 

Surrender conditions:  

•     You must make your surrender request in writing.

 

•     Your written surrender request must contain your signature.

 

•     You should send your written request to the Service Center.

 

•     The insured must be alive and the Policy must be in force when you make your written request. A surrender is effective as of the date when we receive your written request.

 

•     You will incur a surrender charge if you surrender the Policy during the first 14 Policy years. See “Charges and Deductions.”

 

•     Once you surrender your Policy, all coverage and other benefits under it cease and cannot be reinstated.

 

•     We will pay you the Surrender Value in a lump sum within seven calendar days unless you request other arrangements.

We will price complete surrender requests that we receive from you at our Service Center before the NYSE closes for regular trading (usually, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time) using the accumulation unit value determined at the close of that regular trading session of the NYSE. If we receive your complete surrender request after the close of regular trading on the NYSE, we will price your surrender request using the accumulation unit value determined at the close of the next regular trading session of the NYSE.

Surrendering the Policy may have adverse tax consequences, including a penalty tax. See “Federal Tax Considerations.”

 

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Partial Withdrawals

After the first Policy year, you may request a withdrawal of a portion of your Contract Value subject to certain conditions. Partial withdrawals may have tax consequences. See “Federal Tax Considerations.”

 

Withdrawal conditions:  

•     You must make your partial withdrawal request in writing.

 

•     Your written partial withdrawal request must contain your signature.

 

•     You should send your written request to the Service Center.

 

•     You may make only one partial withdrawal each calendar quarter.

 

•     You must request at least $500.

 

•     You cannot withdraw more than 75% of the Surrender Value without surrendering the Policy.

 

•     You can specify the subaccount(s) and fixed account from which to make the withdrawal, otherwise we will deduct the amount from the subaccounts and the fixed account on a pro-rata basis (that is, according to the percentage of Contract Value contained in each subaccount and the fixed account). No portion of the loan account may be withdrawn.

 

•     We will price complete partial withdrawal requests that we receive from you at our Service Center before the NYSE closes for regular trading (usually, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time) using the accumulation unit value determined at the close of that regular trading session. If we receive your complete partial withdrawal request after the close of regular trading on the NYSE, we will price your partial withdrawal request using the accumulation unit value determined at the close of the next regular trading session of the NYSE.

 

•     We will reduce your Contract Value by the amount of the withdrawal you requested plus any processing fee and surrender charge.

 

•     We generally will pay a withdrawal request within seven calendar days after the Business Day when we receive the request.

Processing Fee for Partial Withdrawals. Whenever you take a withdrawal, we deduct a processing fee (on a pro rata basis) from the Contract Value equal to the lesser of $25 or 2% of the amount withdrawn.

Surrender Charge for Partial Withdrawals. If you make a partial withdrawal during the first 14 years from the issue date and you have elected the level death benefit (Option B), we may deduct a surrender charge from your Contract Value. The surrender charge on a withdrawal is equal to the appropriate surrender charge factor from the table in Appendix B, multiplied by the number of thousands by which the principal sum on the issue date is reduced by the withdrawal, minus any reductions in the original principal sum for which we have already imposed a surrender charge.

If the level death benefit (Option B) is in effect at the time of a withdrawal, we will reduce the principal sum by the amount of the withdrawal (but not by any surrender charges or the processing fee). See “Changing the Principal Sum – Decreases.” We will not allow any withdrawal to reduce the principal sum below the minimum principal sum set forth in the Policy.

Income taxes, tax penalties and certain restrictions may apply to any withdrawals you make.

When We Will Make Payments

We usually pay the amounts of any surrender, withdrawal, death benefit proceeds, loans, or settlement options within seven calendar days after we receive all applicable written notices and/or due proofs of death. However, we can postpone such payments if:

 

   

the NYSE is closed, other than customary weekend and holiday closing, or trading on the NYSE is restricted as determined by the SEC;

   

the SEC permits, by an order, the postponement for the protection of owners; or

   

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.

If you have submitted a recent check or draft, we have the right to defer payment of a surrender, withdrawals, death benefit proceeds, or payments under a settlement option until such check or draft has been honored.

 

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If mandated under applicable law, we may be required to reject a premium payment and/or otherwise block access to a Policy owner’s account and thereby refuse to pay any request for transfers, partial withdrawals, a surrender, loans, or death benefits. We may also be required to provide additional information about you, the insured, your beneficiary, or your account to government regulators. Once blocked, monies would be held in that account until instructions are received from the appropriate regulator.

We have the right to defer payment of any surrender, withdrawal, death benefit proceeds, loans or settlement options from the fixed account for up to six months from the date we receive your written request.

Transfers

 

 

You may make transfers from the subaccounts or from the fixed account subject to the conditions stated below. You may not make any transfers from the loan account. We determine the amount you have available for transfers at the end of the Valuation Period when we receive your transfer request. We may modify or revoke the transfer privilege at any time. The following features apply to transfers under the Policy:

 

   

You may make an unlimited number of transfers in a Policy year from the subaccounts (subject to the “Policies and Procedures Regarding Disruptive Trading and Market Timing” section below).

 

   

You may only make one transfer each Policy year from the fixed account (unless you choose dollar cost averaging).

 

   

You may request transfers in writing (in a form we accept), or by telephone. You should send written requests to the Service Center.

 

   

For subaccount transfers, you must transfer at least the lesser of $250, or the total value in the subaccount.

 

   

For fixed account transfers, you may not transfer more than 25% of the unloaned value in the fixed account, unless the balance after the transfer is less than $250, in which case the entire amount will be transferred.

 

   

We deduct a $25 charge from the amount transferred or from the remaining Contract Value (your choice) for the 13th and each additional transfer in a Policy year. Any unused free transfers do not carry over to the next Policy year. Transfers we effect on the reallocation date and transfers resulting from loans are not treated as transfers for the purpose of the transfer charge.

 

   

We consider each written or telephone request to be a single transfer, regardless of the number of subaccounts (or fixed account) involved.

 

   

We will price complete transfer requests that we receive at our Service Center before the NYSE closes for regular trading (usually, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time) using the accumulation unit value determined at the close of that regular trading session of the NYSE. If we receive your complete transfer request after the close of regular trading on the NYSE, we will price the transfer request using the accumulation unit value determined at the close of the next regular trading session of the NYSE.

We reserve the right to modify, restrict, suspend or eliminate transfer privileges at any time, for any class of Policies, for any reason.

Third Party Transfers

If you authorize a third party to transact transfers on your behalf, we will honor their transfer instructions, so long as they comply with our administrative systems, rules and procedures, which we may modify or rescind at any time. However, you may not authorize a registered representative or an agent to transact transfers on your behalf. We take no responsibility for any third party asset allocation program. Please note that any fees and charges assessed for third party asset allocation services are separate and distinct from the Policy fees and charges set forth in this prospectus. We neither recommend nor discourage the use of asset allocation services.

Telephone Transfers

Your Policy, as applied for and issued, will automatically receive telephone transfer privileges unless you provide other instructions. (In some states you may have to elect telephone transfers.) To make a telephone transfer, you must call the Service Center toll-free at 1-877-376-8008, open between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Any telephone transfer requests directed to another number may not be considered received at our Service Center.

 

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Please note the following regarding telephone transfers:

 

   

We are not liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense from complying with telephone instructions we reasonably believe to be authentic. You bear the risk of any such loss.

 

   

We will employ reasonable procedures to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine.

 

   

Such procedures may include requiring forms of personal identification prior to acting upon telephone instructions, providing written confirmation of transactions to you, and/or tape recording telephone instructions received from you.

 

   

If we do not employ reasonable confirmation procedures, we may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent instructions.

We will price any complete telephone transfer request that we receive at the Service Center before the NYSE closes for regular trading (usually, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time) using the accumulation unit value determined at the end of that regular trading session of the NYSE. We cannot guarantee that telephone transfer transactions will always be available. For example, our Service Center may be closed during severe weather emergencies or there may be interruptions in telephone service or problems with computer systems that are beyond our control. Outages or slowdowns may prevent or delay our receipt of your request. If the volume of calls is unusually high, we might not have someone immediately available to receive your order. Although we have taken precautions to help our systems handle heavy use, we cannot promise complete reliability under all circumstances.

The corresponding portfolio of any subaccount determines its net asset value per each share once daily, as of the close of the regular business session of the NYSE (usually, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time), which coincides with the end of each Valuation Period. Therefore, we will price any transfer request we receive after the close of the regular business session of the NYSE, on any day the NYSE is open for regular trading, using the net asset value for each share of the applicable portfolio determined as of the close of the next regular business session of the NYSE.

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 Policies, for any reason.

Policy and Procedures Regarding Disruptive Trading and Market Timing

Statement of Policy. This Policy is not designed for use by organizations or individuals engaged in market timing or for use by investors who make frequent transfers, programmed transfers, transfers into and then out of a subaccount in a short period of time, or transfers of large amounts at one time (“Disruptive Trading”).

Market timing and other kinds of Disruptive Trading can increase your investment risks and have harmful effects for you, for other Policy owners, for the underlying portfolios, and for other persons who have material rights under the Policies, such as insureds and beneficiaries. These risks and harmful effects include:

 

   

dilution of the interests of long-term investors in a subaccount if market timers manage to transfer into an underlying portfolio at prices that are below the true value or to transfer out of the underlying portfolio at prices that are above the true value of the underlying portfolio’s investments (some market timers attempt to do this through methods known as “time-zone arbitrage” and “liquidity arbitrage”);

 

   

reduced investment performance due to adverse effects on portfolio management by:

 

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impeding a portfolio manager’s ability to sustain an investment objective;

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causing the underlying portfolio to maintain a higher level of cash than would otherwise be the case; or

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causing an underlying portfolio to liquidate investments prematurely (or otherwise at an inopportune time) in order to pay withdrawals or transfers out of the underlying portfolio; and

 

   

increased costs to you in the form of increased brokerage and administrative expenses. These costs are borne by all Policy owners invested in those subaccounts, not just those making the transfers.

Policy Against Disruptive Trading. We have adopted policies and procedures that are intended to detect and deter market timing and other forms of Disruptive Trading. We do not make special arrangements or grant exceptions or waivers to accommodate any persons or class of persons with regard to these policies and procedures. Do not invest with us if you intend to conduct market timing or potentially Disruptive Trading.

For these purposes, we do not include transfers made pursuant to Dollar Cost Averaging or Automatic Asset Rebalancing.

 

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Detection . We monitor the transfer activities of owners in order to detect market timing and other forms of Disruptive Trading activity. However, despite our monitoring we may not be able to detect or halt all Disruptive Trading activity. Our ability to detect Disruptive Trading may be limited by operational or technological systems, as well as by our ability to predict strategies employed by market timers to avoid detection. As a result, despite our efforts, there is no assurance that we will be able to identify and curtail all Disruptive Trading by such Policy owners or intermediaries acting on their behalf.

In addition, because other insurance companies (and retirement plans) with different market timing policies and procedures may invest in the underlying portfolios, we cannot guarantee that all harmful trading will be detected or that an underlying portfolio will not suffer harm from Disruptive Trading in the subaccounts of variable products issued by these other insurance companies (or retirement plans) that invest in the underlying portfolios.

As a result, to the extent we are not able to detect Disruptive Trading activity, or other insurance companies (or retirement plans) fail to detect such activity, it is possible that a market timer may be able to engage in Disruptive Trading transactions that may interfere with underlying portfolio management and cause you to experience detrimental effects such as increased costs, lower performance and a dilution of your interest in an underlying portfolio.

Deterrence. We impose limits on transfer activity within the Policy in order to deter Disruptive Trading.

We will accept the following transfers only if the order is sent to us with an original signature and by first class U.S. Mail:

 

   

transfers in excess of $250,000 per Policy, per day; and

   

transfers into or out of the following subaccounts in excess of $50,000 per Policy, per day:

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DWS Global Small Cap Growth VIP;

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DWS International VIP; and

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PIMCO VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio.

If you send a transfer request in excess of these restrictions by any other method (such as fax, phone, or overnight mail), we will not honor your request.

If we identify suspicious transfer activity, we will advise you in writing that we are monitoring your transfer activity and that we will impose restrictions if we identify a pattern of Disruptive Trading activity. If we identify such a pattern as a result of continued monitoring, we will notify you in writing that all future transfers must be requested through first class U.S. Mail. This means that we would accept only written transfer requests with an original signature transmitted to us only by first class U.S. mail. We may also restrict the transfer privileges of others acting on your behalf, including your registered representative or an asset allocation or investment advisory service.

To further deter any market timing and Disruptive Trading activities, we may at any time and without prior notice:

 

   

terminate all telephone, website, email or fax transfer privileges;

   

limit the total number of transfers;

   

place further limits on the dollar amount that may be transferred;

   

require a minimum period of time between transfers; or

   

refuse transfer requests from intermediaries acting on behalf of you.

Our ability to impose these restrictions in order to discourage market timing and other forms of Disruptive Trading may be limited by the provisions of your Policy. As a result, to the extent the provisions of your Policy limit our actions, some Policy owners may be able to market time through the Policy, while others would bear the harm associated with the timing.

We reserve the right to reject any premium payment or transfer request from any person without prior notice, if, in our judgment, (1) the payment or transfer, or series of transfers, would have a negative impact on an underlying portfolio’s operations, or (2) if an underlying portfolio would reject or has rejected our purchase order or has instructed us not to allow that purchase or transfer, or (3) you have a history of large or frequent transfers. We may impose other restrictions on transfers, or even prohibit transfers for any owner who, in our view, has abused, or appears likely to abuse, the transfer privilege. We also reserve the right to reverse a potentially harmful transfer if an underlying portfolio refuses or reverses our order; in such instances some Policy owners may be treated differently than others. For all of these purposes, we may aggregate two or more variable insurance products that we believe are connected.

 

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In addition to our internal policies and procedures, we will administer your Policy to comply with any applicable state, federal, and other regulatory requirements concerning transfers. We reserve the right to implement, administer, and charge you for any fee or restriction, including redemption fees, imposed by any underlying portfolio. To the extent permitted by law, we also reserve the right to defer the transfer privilege at any time that we are unable to purchase or redeem shares of any of the underlying portfolios.

Under our current policies and procedures, we do not:

 

   

impose redemption fees on transfers;

   

expressly limit the number, size or frequency of transfers in a given period (except for certain subaccounts listed above where transfers that exceed a certain size are prohibited); or

   

allow a certain number of transfers in a given period.

Redemption fees, other transfer limits, and other procedures or restrictions may be more or less successful than ours in deterring market timing or other forms of Disruptive Trading and in preventing or limiting harm from such trading.

We may revise our policies and procedures in our sole discretion at any time and without prior notice, as we deem necessary or appropriate (1) to better detect and deter market timing or other Disruptive Trading if we discover that our current procedures do not adequately curtail such activity, (2) to comply with state or federal regulatory requirements, or (3) to impose additional or alternative restrictions on owners engaging in frequent transfer activity among the underlying portfolios under the Policy. The actions we take will be based on policies and procedures that we apply uniformly to all Policy owners.

Underlying Portfolio Frequent Trading Policies. The underlying portfolios may have adopted their own policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of their respective shares. The prospectuses for the underlying portfolios describe any such policies and procedures. The frequent trading policies and procedures of one underlying portfolio may be different, and more or less restrictive, than the frequent trading policies and procedures of another underlying portfolio and the policies and procedures we have adopted for the Policy to discourage market timing and other programmed, large, frequent, or short-term transfers.

You should be aware that, as required by SEC regulation, we have entered into a written agreement with each underlying fund or principal underwriter that obligates us to provide the fund, upon written request, with information about you and your trading activities in the fund’s portfolios. In addition, we are obligated to execute instructions from the funds that may require us to restrict or prohibit your investment in a specific portfolio if the fund identifies you as violating the frequent trading policies that the fund has established for that portfolio.

If we receive a premium payment from you with instructions to allocate it into a fund that has directed us to restrict or prohibit your trades into the fund, then we will request new allocation instructions from you. If you request a transfer into a fund that has directed us to restrict or prohibit your trades, then we will not effect the transfer.

Omnibus Order. Policy owners and other persons with material rights under the Policy also should be aware that the purchase and redemption orders received by the underlying portfolios generally are “omnibus” orders from intermediaries such as retirement plans and separate accounts funding variable insurance products. The omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual retirement plan participants and individual owners of variable insurance products. The omnibus nature of these orders may limit the underlying portfolios’ ability to apply their respective frequent trading policies and procedures. We cannot guarantee that the underlying portfolios will not be harmed by transfer activity relating to the retirement plans or other insurance companies that may invest in the underlying portfolios. These other insurance companies are responsible for their own policies and procedures regarding frequent transfer activity. If their policies and procedures fail to successfully discourage harmful transfer activity, it will affect other owners of underlying portfolio shares, as well as the owners of all of the variable annuity or life insurance policies, including ours, whose variable investment options correspond to the affected underlying portfolios. In addition, if an underlying portfolio believes that an omnibus order we submit may reflect one or more transfer requests from owners engaged in market timing and other programmed, large, frequent, or short-term transfers, the underlying portfolio may reject the entire omnibus order and thereby delay or prevent us from implementing your request.

Asset Allocation Models

Asset allocation allows you to allocate your investments among various asset classes – such as stock funds, international funds, bond funds, and money market funds – depending on your risk tolerance, investment goals and time horizon. Keep in mind that use of an asset allocation model does not guarantee favorable investment results.

 

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Effective on September 1, 2008, the asset allocation model program was discontinued. Asset allocation models are no longer available for your use with any future allocations or revisions to your allocations. Please note that we may decide to offer an asset allocation model program again in the future.

Automatic Asset Rebalancing Program

Under the Automatic Asset Rebalancing (“AAR”) program, we will automatically transfer amounts among the subaccounts each quarter to reflect your most recent instructions for allocating premiums. The Automatic Asset Rebalancing program may not be used to transfer amounts into and out of the fixed account. No transfer fees apply, and transfers under the AAR program are not included when we determine the number of free transfers permitted each year. For more information, see the SAI. The AAR program is not available if you elect to enroll in the Dollar Cost Averaging program discussed below.

Dollar Cost Averaging Program

Under the Dollar Cost Averaging program, you may authorize us to transfer a fixed dollar amount at monthly intervals from the fixed account to one or more subaccounts. You may designate up to eight subaccounts to receive the transfers.

You may enroll in the Dollar Cost Averaging program at any time by submitting a request to the Service Center. We make transfers on the same day of every month as your issue date. Transfers under this program are not included when we determine the number of free transfers permitted each year. We must receive your request at least five Business Days before the transfer date for your transfers to begin on that date. When you enroll in the Dollar Cost Averaging program, your total Contract Value in the fixed account must be at least equal to the amount you designate to be transferred on each transfer date. Transfers from the fixed account under this program must be at least $100. If on any transfer date the amount remaining in the fixed account is less than the amount designated to be transferred, the entire balance will be transferred out of the fixed account and applied pro-rata to the selected subaccounts, and the dollar cost averaging request will expire. The Dollar Cost Averaging program is not available if you elect to enroll in the Automatic Asset Rebalancing program discussed above.

 

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Loans

 

 

While the Policy is in force, you may borrow money from us using the Policy as the only security for the loan. A loan that is taken from, or secured by, a Policy may have tax consequences. See “Federal Tax Considerations.”

 

Loan Conditions:  

•     You may take a loan against the Policy for amounts up to the Surrender Value, as calculated at the end of the Business Day on which we receive your signed request at the Service Center, minus loan interest you would have to pay by the next Policy anniversary date.

 

•     To secure the loan, we transfer an amount equal to the loan from the variable account and fixed account to the loan account, which is a part of our general account. If your loan application does not specify any allocation instructions, we will transfer the loan from the subaccounts and the fixed account on a pro-rata basis (that is, according to the percentage of Contract Value contained in each subaccount and the fixed account).

 

•     Amounts in the loan account earn interest at the guaranteed minimum rate of 3% per year, compounded annually. We may credit the loan account with an interest rate different from the fixed account.

 

•     We normally pay the amount of the loan within seven calendar days after we receive a proper loan request at the Service Center. We may postpone payment of loans under certain conditions. See “Surrenders and Withdrawals - When We Will Make Payments.”

 

•     We charge you interest on your loan. During the first fourteen Policy years, the current loan interest rate is 4.5%, with a maximum loan interest rate of 8% per year, compounded annually, on your loan. After the fourteenth Policy year, the maximum loan interest rate is 3%, compounded annually. We may change the interest rate, but we will notify you of any increase in loan interest at least 30 days before the new rate becomes effective. Interest is due and payable at the end of each Policy year, or, if earlier, on the date of any loan increase or repayment. Unpaid interest becomes part of the outstanding loan and accrues interest accordingly.

 

•     You may repay all or part of your outstanding loans at any time by sending the repayment to the Service Center. Loan repayments must be at least $25, and must be clearly marked as “loan repayments” or they will be credited as premiums.

 

•     Upon each loan repayment, we will transfer an amount equal to the loan repayment from the loan account to the fixed and/or variable account according to your current premium allocation instructions.

 

•     We deduct any unpaid loan amount and any interest you owe, from the Surrender Value and from the death benefit proceeds payable on the insured’s death.

 

•     If any unpaid loan amount plus any interest you owe equals or exceeds the Contract Value, causing the Surrender Value to become zero, then your Policy will enter a 61-day grace period. See “Policy Lapse.”

Effects of Policy Loans

Risk of Policy Lapse. There are risks involved in taking a Policy loan, one of which is an increased potential for the Policy to lapse. A Policy loan, whether or not repaid, affects the Policy, the Contract Value and the death benefit. We deduct any loan amounts (including any interest you owe) from the proceeds payable upon the death of the insured and from the Surrender Value. Repaying the loan causes the death benefit proceeds and Surrender Value to increase by the amount of the repayment. We will notify you (or any assignee of record) if the sum of your loans plus any interest you owe on the loans is more than the Contract Value. If you do not submit a sufficient payment during the 61-day grace period, your Policy will lapse.

Risk of Investment Performance. As long as a loan is outstanding, we hold an amount equal to the loan amount in the loan account. The amount in the loan account is not affected by the variable account’s investment performance and may not be credited with the same interest rates currently accruing on the fixed account. Amounts

 

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transferred from the variable account to the loan account will affect the Contract Value because we credit such amounts with an interest rate we declare rather than a rate of return reflecting the investment results of the variable account.

Tax Risks. A Policy loan may also have possible adverse tax consequences. See “Federal Income Tax Considerations.” In addition, the tax consequences of a Policy loan after the fourteenth Policy year are uncertain. You should consult a tax adviser before taking out a Policy loan.

Policy Lapse and Reinstatement

 

 

Lapse

The following circumstances will cause your Policy to enter a 61-day grace period during which you must make a large enough payment to keep your Policy in force:

 

   

Your Policy’s Surrender Value becomes zero, and total premiums you have paid, minus withdrawals (not including surrender charges and processing fees), are less than the cumulative minimum premiums required under the Policy; or

   

The total premiums you have paid, minus withdrawals (not including surrender charges and processing fees), are greater than the cumulative minimum premiums, but the Contract Value, minus outstanding loan amount and any interest you would owe if you surrendered the Policy, is too low to pay the entire monthly deduction when due.

Whenever your Policy enters the grace period, you must make a sufficient payment before the grace period ends. Market performance alone will not be deemed to constitute a sufficient payment. A premium payment is required. If you do not make a sufficient payment by the end of the grace period, then your Policy will terminate without value, insurance coverage will no longer be in effect, and you will receive no benefits. The payment must be large enough to cause either one of the following conditions:

 

  1.   the Surrender Value must exceed zero, after deducting all due and unpaid monthly deductions; or
  2.   total premiums paid minus withdrawals (not including surrender charges and processing fees) must exceed cumulative minimum premiums, and the Contract Value, minus any outstanding loan amount and any interest you would owe if you surrendered the Policy, must exceed zero, after deducting all due and unpaid monthly deductions.

If your Policy enters into a grace period, we will mail a notice to your last known address or to any assignee of record. We will mail the notice at least 31 days before the end of the grace period. The notice will specify the minimum payment required and the final date by which we must receive the payment to keep the Policy from lapsing. If we do not receive the specified minimum payment by the end of the grace period, all coverage under the Policy will terminate.

Reinstatement

We will consider reinstating a lapsed Policy within three years after the Policy enters a grace period that ends with a lapse (and prior to the maturity date).

If your Policy has lapsed, you must do the following to reinstate the Policy:

 

   

complete a reinstatement application;

   

pay the unpaid monthly deductions due during the last expired grace period;

   

pay premium sufficient to keep the Policy in force for three months after the date of reinstatement; and

   

repay the entire Policy loan amount (including any interest you owed) that existed at the date of termination of coverage.

You must also provide evidence of insurability if any of the following apply to you:

 

   

your Policy lapsed more than a year ago;

   

your Policy is rated;

   

your Policy’s face amount is over $500,000;

   

the insured has gained or lost a significant amount of weight since your initial application;

   

there has been a significant change in the insured’s medical condition since your initial application;

   

the insured is employed in an occupation we consider hazardous; or

   

the insured participates in activities we consider hazardous.

 

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We will not reinstate any indebtedness unless required by state law. Your Contract Value on the reinstatement date will equal the premiums paid at reinstatement, less the Policy loan repayment, times the percent of premium factor, minus all unpaid monthly deductions due during the last expired grace period, minus an additional monthly deduction due at the time of reinstatement. The surrender charges will still apply and will be calculated based on the original issue date of the Policy. The reinstatement date for your Policy will be the monthly due date on or following the date we approve your application for reinstatement. In most states, we will apply the suicide and incontestability provisions from the reinstatement date, except that the suicide provision will not apply after age 100.

We will not consider your request for reinstatement unless you have paid sufficient premiums and provided the requested evidence of insurability. Until we have received all required premiums and evidence of insurability, we will hold your premiums in our Reinstatement Suspense Account. If your reinstatement premiums have been in our Reinstatement Suspense Account for more than 60 days, we will send a notice to your address of record reminding you that your Policy will remain lapsed until you send in the required items and we approve your application. After we have held your reinstatement premiums in our Reinstatement Suspense Account for 90 days, we will return your reinstatement premiums to you and you will be required to re-apply for reinstatement of your Policy.

We may decline a request for reinstatement. We will not reinstate a Policy that has been surrendered for the Surrender Value.

Federal Tax Considerations

 

 

The following summary provides a general description of the Federal income tax considerations associated with a Policy and does not purport to be complete or to cover all situations. This discussion is not intended as tax advice. Please consult counsel or other qualified tax advisers for more complete information. We base this discussion on our understanding of the present Federal income tax laws as they are currently interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”). Federal income tax laws and the current interpretations by the IRS may change.

Tax Status of the Policy

A Policy must satisfy certain requirements set forth in the Tax Code in order to qualify as a life insurance contract for Federal income tax purposes and to receive the tax treatment normally accorded life insurance contracts under Federal tax law. There is limited guidance as to how these requirements are to be applied. Nevertheless, we believe that a Policy issued on a standard premium class basis should satisfy the applicable Tax Code requirements. There is, however, some uncertainty about the application of the Tax Code requirements if a Policy is issued on a special premium class basis, and particularly if the full amount of premiums permitted under the Policy is paid. If it is subsequently determined that a Policy does not satisfy the applicable requirements, we may take appropriate steps to bring the Policy into compliance with such requirements and we reserve the right to restrict Policy transactions and make other changes to your Policy that may be necessary in order to do so.

In some circumstances, owners of variable life insurance contracts who retain excessive control over the investment of the underlying portfolio assets of the variable account may be treated as the owners of those assets and may be subject to tax on income produced by those assets. Although published guidance in this area does not address certain aspects of the Policies, we believe that the owner of a Policy should not be treated as the owner of the underlying assets. We reserve the right to modify the Policies to bring them into conformity with applicable standards should such modification be necessary to prevent owners of the Policies from being treated as the owners of the underlying portfolio assets of the variable account.

In addition, the Tax Code requires that the investments of the variable account be “adequately diversified” in order to treat the Policy as a life insurance contract for Federal income tax purposes. We intend that the variable account, through the portfolios, will satisfy these diversification requirements.

The following discussion assumes that the Policy will qualify as a life insurance contract for Federal income tax purposes.

Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits

In General. We believe that the death benefit under a Policy generally should be excludible from the beneficiary’s gross income. Federal, state and local transfer, and other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of Policy proceeds depend on your circumstances and the beneficiary’s circumstances. You should consult a tax adviser on these consequences.

 

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Generally, you will not be deemed to be in constructive receipt of the Contract Value until there is a distribution. When distributions from a Policy occur, or when loans are taken out from or secured by (e.g., by assignment), a Policy, the tax consequences depend on whether the Policy is classified as a “Modified Endowment Contract.”

Modified Endowment Contracts. Under the Tax Code, certain life insurance contracts are classified as “Modified Endowment Contracts,” (“MEC”) with less favorable income tax treatment than other life insurance contracts. Due to the flexibility of the Policies as to premiums and benefits, the individual circumstances of each Policy will determine whether it is classified as a MEC. In general a Policy will be classified as a MEC if the amount of premiums paid into the Policy causes the Policy to fail the “7-pay test.” A Policy will fail the 7-pay test if at any time in the first seven Policy years, the amount paid into the Policy exceeds the sum of the level premiums that would have been paid at that point under a Policy that provided for paid-up future benefits after the payment of seven level annual payments.

If there is a reduction in the benefits under the Policy during the first seven Policy years, for example, as a result of a partial withdrawal, the 7-pay test will have to be reapplied as if the Policy had originally been issued at the reduced face amount. If there is a “material change” in the Policy’s benefits or other terms, even after the first seven Policy years, the Policy will have to be retested as if it were a newly issued Policy. A material change can occur, for example, when there is an increase in the death benefit that is due to the payment of an unnecessary premium. Unnecessary premiums are premiums paid into the Policy which are not needed in order to provide a death benefit equal to the lowest death benefit that was payable in the first seven Policy years. To prevent your Policy from becoming a MEC, it may be necessary to limit premium payments or to limit reductions in benefits. A current or prospective Policy owner should consult with a competent tax adviser to determine whether a Policy transaction will cause the Policy to be classified as a MEC.

Upon issuance of your Policy, we will notify you if your Policy is classified as a MEC based on the initial premium we receive. If any future payment we receive would cause your Policy to become a MEC, you will be notified. We will not invest that premium in the Policy until you notify us that you want to continue your Policy as a MEC.

Distributions (other than Death Benefits) from Modified Endowment Contracts. Policies classified as MECs are subject to the following tax rules:

 

   

All distributions other than death benefits from a MEC, including distributions upon surrender and withdrawals, will be treated first as distributions of gain taxable as ordinary income and as tax-free recovery of the Policy owner’s investment in the Policy only after all gain has been distributed.

   

Loans taken from or secured by (e.g., by assignment) such a Policy are treated as distributions and taxed accordingly.

   

A 10% additional income tax is imposed on the amount included in income except where the distribution or loan is made when you have attained age 59 1/2 or are disabled, or where the distribution is part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments for your life (or life expectancy) or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of you, and the beneficiary.

   

If a Policy becomes a MEC, distributions that occur during the Policy year will be taxed as distributions from a MEC. In addition, distributions from a Policy within two years before it becomes a MEC will be taxed in this manner. This means that a distribution from a Policy that is not a MEC at the time when the distribution is made could later become taxable as a distribution from a MEC.

Distributions (other than Death Benefits) from Policies that are not Modified Endowment Contracts. Distributions other than Death Benefits from a Policy that is not a MEC are generally treated first as a recovery of your investment in the Policy, and as taxable income after the recovery of all investment in the Policy. However, certain distributions which must be made in order to enable the Policy to continue to qualify as a life insurance contract for Federal income tax purposes if Policy benefits are reduced during the first 15 Policy years may be treated in whole or in part as ordinary income subject to tax.

Loans from or secured by a Policy that is not a MEC are generally not treated as distributions.

Finally, neither distributions from nor loans from or secured by a Policy that is not a MEC are subject to the 10% additional tax.

Investment in the Policy. Your investment in the Policy is generally your aggregate premiums. When a distribution is taken from the Policy, your investment in the Policy is reduced by the amount of the distribution that is tax-free.

 

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Policy Loans. If a loan from a Policy is outstanding when the Policy is cancelled or lapses, the amount of the outstanding indebtedness will be added to the amount distributed and will be taxed accordingly. In general, interest you pay on a loan from a Policy will not be deductible. Before taking out a Policy loan, you should consult a tax adviser as to the tax consequences. If your Policy has a large amount of indebtedness when it lapses or is surrendered, you might owe taxes that are much more than the Surrender Value you receive.

Multiple Policies. All MECs that we issue (or that our affiliates issue) to the same owner during any calendar year are treated as one MEC for purposes of determining the amount includible in the owner’s income when a taxable distribution occurs.

Withholding. To the extent that Policy distributions are taxable, they 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.

Life Insurance Purchases by Residents of Puerto Rico. The Internal Revenue Service has announced that income received by residents of Puerto Rico under life insurance 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.

Other Policy Owner Tax Matters. The tax consequences of continuing the Policy after the insured reaches age 100 are unclear. You should consult a tax adviser if you intend to keep the Policy in-force after the insured reaches age 100. It is possible that the Internal Revenue Service might tax you as though you have surrendered the Policy when the insured reaches age 100, even if you keep the Policy in force. This could potentially result in a very large tax liability for you. The tax liability might be much larger than the Surrender Value of this Policy.

Business Uses of the Policy. The Policy may be used in various arrangements, including nonqualified deferred compensation or salary continuance plans, split dollar insurance plans, executive bonus plans, retiree medical benefit plans and others. The tax consequences of such plans and business uses of the Policy may vary depending on the particular facts and circumstances of each individual arrangement and business uses of the Policy. Therefore, if you are contemplating using the Policy in any arrangement the value of which depends in part on its tax consequences, you should be sure to consult a tax adviser as to the tax attributes of the arrangement.

Employer-owned Life Insurance Contracts. Pursuant to section 101(j) of the Code, unless certain eligibility, notice and consent requirements are satisfied, the amount excludible as a death benefit payment under an employer-owned life insurance contract will generally be limited to the premiums paid for such contract (although certain exceptions may apply in specific circumstances). An employer-owned life insurance contract is a life insurance contract owned by an employer that insures an employee of the employer and where the employer is a direct or indirect beneficiary under such contract. It is the employer’s responsibility to verify the eligibility of the intended insured under employer-owned life insurance contracts and to provide the notices and obtain the consents required by section 101(j). These requirements generally apply to employer-owned life insurance contracts issued or materially modified after August 17, 2006. A tax adviser should be consulted by anyone considering the purchase or modification of an employer-owned life insurance contract.

Non-Individual Owners and Business Beneficiaries of Policies. If a Policy is owned or held by a corporation, trust or other non-natural person, this could jeopardize some (or all) of such entity’s interest deduction under Code Section 264, even where such entity’s indebtedness is in no way connected to the Policy. In addition, under Section 264(f)(5), if a business (other than a sole proprietorship) is directly or indirectly a beneficiary of a Policy, this Policy could be treated as held by the business for purposes of the Section 264(f) entity-holder rules. Therefore, it would be advisable to consult with a qualified tax adviser before any non-natural person is made an owner or holder of a Policy, or before a business (other than a sole proprietorship) is made a beneficiary of a Policy.

Split-Dollar Arrangements. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 prohibits, with limited exceptions, publicly-traded companies, including non-U.S. companies that have securities listed on exchanges in the United States, from extending, directly or through a subsidiary, many types of personal loans to their directors or executive officers. It is possible that this prohibition may be interpreted as applying to split-dollar life insurance policies for directors and executive officers of such companies, since such insurance arguably can be viewed as involving a loan from the employer for at least some purposes.

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not renewed after July 30, 2002. Any affected business contemplating the payment of a premium on an existing Policy, or the purchase of a new Policy, in connection with a split-dollar life insurance arrangement should consult legal counsel.

In addition, the IRS and Treasury have issued guidance relating to split-dollar insurance arrangements that significantly affects the tax treatment of such arrangements. This guidance affects all split-dollar arrangements, not just those involving publicly-traded companies. Any business contemplating the purchase of a new Policy or a change in an existing Policy should consult a tax adviser.

Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes. The transfer of the Policy or designation of a beneficiary may have Federal, state, and/or local transfer and inheritance tax consequences, including the imposition of gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. For example, when the insured dies, the death proceeds will generally be includable in the owner’s estate for purposes of Federal estate tax if the insured owned the Policy. If the owner was not the insured, the fair market value of the Policy would be included in the owner’s estate upon the owner’s death. The Policy would not be includable in the insured’s estate if the insured neither retained incidents of ownership at death nor had given up ownership within three years before death.

Moreover, under certain circumstances, the Tax Code may impose a “generation skipping transfer tax” when all or part of a life insurance Policy is transferred to, or a death benefit is paid to, an individual two or more generations younger than the owner. Regulations issued under the Tax Code may require us to deduct the tax from your Policy, or from any applicable payment, and pay it directly to the IRS.

Qualified tax advisers should be consulted concerning the estate and gift tax consequences of Policy ownership and distributions under federal, state and local law. The individual situation of each owner or beneficiary will determine the extent, if any, to which federal, state, and local transfer and inheritance taxes may be imposed and how ownership or receipt of Policy proceeds will be treated for purposes of federal, state and local estate, inheritance, generation-skipping and other taxes.

Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010. The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “Act”) provides a maximum estate tax rate of 35% and a maximum estate tax exemption of $5,000,000 for 2011 and 2012. The Act also provides for portability between spouses of the applicable exemption amount.

The complexity of the new tax law, along with uncertainty as to how it might be modified in coming years, underscores the importance of seeking guidance from a qualified tax adviser to help ensure that your estate plan adequately addresses your needs and that of your beneficiaries under all possible scenarios.

Accelerated Death Benefit. The tax consequences associated with adding or electing to receive benefits under the Accelerated Death Benefit Rider are unclear. A tax adviser should be consulted about the tax consequences of adding this rider to a Policy or requesting payment under the rider.

Accelerated Benefit Rider for Terminal Illness. The tax consequences associated with adding or electing to receive benefits under the Accelerated Benefit Rider for Terminal Illness are unclear. A tax adviser should be consulted about the tax consequences of adding this rider to a Policy or requesting payment under the rider.

Alternative Minimum Tax. There may also be an indirect tax upon the income in the Policy or the proceeds of a Policy under the Federal corporate alternative minimum tax, if the Policy owner is subject to that tax.

Life Insurance Purchases by Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Corporations. The discussion above provides general information regarding U.S. federal income tax consequences to life insurance 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, 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. 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.

Foreign Tax Credits. We may benefit from any foreign tax credits attributable to taxes paid by certain portfolios to foreign jurisdictions to the extent permitted under federal tax law.

Possible Tax Law Changes. While the likelihood of legislative changes is uncertain, there is always a possibility that the tax treatment of the Policy could change by legislation or otherwise. It is even possible that any legislative change could be retroactive (effective prior to the date of the change). Consult a tax adviser with respect to legislative developments and their effect on the Policy.

 

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Possible Charges for Our Taxes. At the present time, we make no charge for any Federal, state or local taxes (other than the charge for state premium taxes) that may be attributable to the subaccounts or to the Policy. We reserve the right to impose charges for any future taxes or economic burden we may incur.

Additional Information

 

 

Distribution of the Policies

Distribution and Principal Underwriting Agreement. We have entered into a distribution agreement with Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC (“FFS”), our affiliate, for the distribution and sale of the Policies. Pursuant to this agreement, FFS serves as principal underwriter for the Policies. FFS is affiliated with Farmers through Farmers’ parent that provides management-related services to the parent companies of FFS. FFS offers the Policies for sale through its sales representatives. We reimburse FFS for certain expenses it incurs in order to pay for the distribution of the Policies (e.g., commissions).

Compensation to Broker-Dealers Selling the Policies. We pay commissions to FFS for sales of the Policies by FFS’ sales representatives. Sales commissions may vary, but the commissions payable for Policy sales by sales representatives of FFS are expected not to exceed 69% of premiums up to a target premium set by Farmers (we may pay additional amounts) and 4.74% of premium in excess of the target premium in the first year. In renewal years two through ten, the commission is not expected to exceed 6.6% of premiums paid up to the target premium each year and 4.74% of premiums in excess of the target premium. After year 10, the commission is not expected to exceed 0.185% of the Policy’s Contract Value each year. FFS may be required to return to us first year commissions if the Policy is not continued through the first Policy year.

Special Compensation Paid to FFS. We pay for FFS’ operating and other expenses, including overhead, legal, and accounting fees. We may also pay for certain sales expenses of FFS: sales representative training materials; marketing materials and advertising expenses; and certain other expenses of distributing the Policies. In addition, we contribute indirectly to the deferred compensation for FFS’ sales representatives. FFS pays its sales representatives a portion of the commissions received for their sales of the Policies.

FFS’ sales representatives and their managers are also eligible for various cash benefits, such as cash production incentive bonuses based on aggregate sales of our variable insurance policies (including this Policy) and/or other insurance products we issue, as well as certain insurance benefits and financing arrangements. On average, cash production incentive bonuses equate to 12% of first year premiums up to a target premium set by Farmers.

In addition, FFS’ sales representatives who meet certain productivity, persistency and length of service standards and/or their managers may be eligible for additional non-cash compensation items. Non-cash compensation items that FFS and we may provide jointly include attendance at conferences, conventions, seminars and trips (including travel, lodging and meals in connection therewith), entertainment, awards, merchandise and other similar items. By selling this Policy, sales representatives and/or their managers may qualify for these productivity benefits. FFS’ sales representatives and managers may receive other payments from us for services that do not directly involve the sale of the Policies, including payments made for the recruitment and training of personnel, production of promotional literature and similar services.

Exclusive Access to FFS’ Distribution Network. In exchange for the amounts we pay to FFS, we receive exclusive access to FFS’ distribution network. The amounts we pay are designed especially to encourage the sale of our products by FFS. See the SAI for a discussion of the amounts of commissions and bonuses we have paid FFS in connection with its exclusive offering of the Policies and other Farmers variable life products.

The prospect of receiving, or the actual receipt, of the additional compensation may provide FFS and/or its sales representatives with an incentive to recommend the Policies to prospective owners over the sales of other investments with respect to which FFS either does not receive additional compensation or receives lower levels of additional compensation.

Ask your sales representative for further information about the compensation your sales representative and FFS may receive in connection with your purchase of a Policy. Also inquire about any revenue sharing arrangements that we may have with FFS, including the conflicts of interest that such arrangements may create.

No specific charge is assessed directly to Policy owners or the variable account to cover commissions and other incentives or payments described above in connection with the distribution of the Policies. However, we intend to recoup commissions and other sales expenses through the fees and charges we deduct under the Policy and through other corporate revenue.

 

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You should be aware that FFS and its sales representatives may receive different compensation or incentives for selling one product over another. In some cases, these payments may create an incentive for the selling firm or its sales representatives to recommend or sell this Policy to you. You may wish to take such payments into account when considering and evaluating any recommendation relating to the Policy.

Legal Proceedings

Like other life insurance companies, we are involved in lawsuits that arise in the ordinary course of the Company’s business. These actions are in various stages of discovery and development, and some seek punitive as well as compensatory damages. In addition, we are, from time to time, involved as a party to various governmental and administrative proceedings. While it is not possible to predict the outcome of such matters with absolute certainty, at the present time, it appears that there are no pending or threatened lawsuits that are likely to have a material adverse impact on the variable account, on FFS’ ability to perform under its principal underwriting agreement, or on the Company’s ability to meet its obligations under the Policy.

Financial Statements

The audited financial statements of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company and of Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A are included in the SAI. You should consider the financial statements of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company as bearing only upon our ability to meet our obligations under the Policies. For a free copy of these audited financial statements, please call or write to us at the Service Center.

 

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Table of Contents for the SAI

 

 

 

    Page  

Glossary

    2   

General Provisions

    5   

The Policy

    5   

Our Right to Contest the Policy

    5   

Suicide Exclusion

    5   

Misstatement of Age or Sex

    6   

Addition, Deletion or Substitution of Investments

    6   

Resolving Material Conflicts

    6   

Additional Information

    7   

Changing Death Benefit Options

    7   

Payment Options

    7   

Dollar Cost Averaging

    9   

Automatic Asset Rebalancing Program

    9   

Subaccount Unit Value

    10   

Additional Information about Farmers and the Variable Account

    10   

Third Party Administration Agreement

    11   

Distribution of the Policies

    11   

Reports to Owners

    12   

Records

    12   

Legal Matters

    13   

Experts

    13   

Other Information

    13   

Financial Statements

    13   

Index to Financial Statements

    F-1   

 

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Glossary

 

 

For your convenience, we are providing a glossary of the special terms we use in this prospectus.

 

accumulation unit

An accounting unit we use to calculate subaccount values. It measures the net investment results of each of the subaccounts.

attained age

The insured’s age on the issue date plus the number of years completed since the issue date.

beneficiary

The person(s) you select to receive the death benefit from this Policy.

Business Day/Valuation Day

Each day that the NYSE is open for regular trading. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company is open to administer the Policy on each day the NYSE is open for regular trading. When we use the term “Business Day” in this prospectus, it has the same meaning as the term “valuation day” found in the Policy.

cash value

The Contract Value minus any applicable surrender charge.

Company (we, us, our, Farmers, FNWL)

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

Contract Value

The sum of the values you have in the variable account and the fixed account. If you have a loan outstanding, the Contract Value includes any amounts we hold in the loan account to secure the loan.

cumulative minimum premiums

The sum of all monthly-mode minimum premiums due since the issue date. The initial minimum premium is specified on the Policy specifications page. The minimum premium will change if you increase or decrease the principal sum or if certain other changes in the Policy occur.

death benefit proceeds

The amount we will pay to the beneficiary when we receive proof of the insured’s death. We will increase the proceeds by any additional insurance benefits that are payable under the terms of any riders you added to the Policy, and we will reduce the proceeds by the amount of any outstanding loans (including any interest you owe), and any due and unpaid monthly deductions.

fixed account

An option to which you can direct your Contract Value under the Policy. It provides a guarantee of principal

and interest. The assets supporting the fixed account are held in our general account and are not part of, or dependent on, the investment performance of the variable account.

fixed account value

The portion of your Contract Value allocated to the fixed account.

funds

Investment companies that are registered with the SEC. This Policy allows you to invest in the portfolios of the funds that are listed on the front page of this prospectus.

general account

The account containing all of Farmers’ assets, other than those held in its separate accounts.

Home Office

The address of our Home Office is 3003—77th Avenue, S.E., Mercer Island, Washington 98040.

initial premium

The amount you must pay before insurance coverage begins under this Policy. The initial premium is shown on your Policy’s specification page.

insured

The person whose life is insured by this Policy.

issue age

The insured’s age as of the last birthday before the issue date.

issue date

The date when life insurance coverage begins. We measure Policy months, Policy years, and Policy anniversaries from the issue date. On the issue date, we place your initial premium (times the percent of premium factor) in the fixed account. The first monthly deduction occurs on the issue date. The entire Contract Value remains allocated to the fixed account until the reallocation date.

lapse

When life insurance coverage ends because you do not have enough cash value to pay the monthly deduction and any outstanding loan amount (including any interest you owe on the loan(s)), and you have not made a sufficient payment by the end of a 61-day grace period. If you have paid total premiums (minus withdrawals) that exceed cumulative minimum

 

 

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premiums, then the Policy will enter a 61-day grace period only if the Contract Value (minus any outstanding loan amount, including any interest you owe) is too low to pay the entire monthly deduction due.

loan amount

The total amount of all outstanding Policy loans, including both principal and interest due. We deduct an amount equal to the loan amount from the subaccounts and the fixed account and place it in the loan account as collateral for the loans. The loan account is part of our general account.

maturity date

The Policy anniversary when the insured reaches age 110 and life insurance coverage under this Policy ends. The maturity date is shown on the Policy specifications page.

monthly deduction

The amount we deduct from the Contract Value each month to pay for the insurance coverage. The monthly deduction includes the cost of insurance charge, the monthly administration charge, the cost of any riders, and any flat extra charge for a special premium class.

monthly due date

The day of each month when we determine Policy charges and deduct them from Contract Value. It is the same date each month as the issue date. If there is no Business Day that coincides with the issue date in the calendar month, the monthly due date is the next Business Day.

NYSE

The New York Stock Exchange

percent of premium factor

The factor (currently 96.5%) by which we multiply each premium to determine the amount of premium credited to the Contract Value. We retain the balance of each premium to compensate us for certain expenses such as premium taxes and distribution expenses. The percent of premium factor is shown on your Policy’s specifications page.

portfolio

A separate investment portfolio of a fund. Each subaccount invests exclusively in one portfolio of a fund.

premium class

A classification that affects the cost of insurance rate and the premium required to insure an individual.

premiums

All payments you make under the Policy other than loan repayments. When we use the term “premium” in this prospectus, it generally has the same meaning as “net premium” in the Policy, and means a premium multiplied by the percent of premium factor.

principal sum

The dollar amount of insurance selected by the owner. The principal sum on the issue date is set forth on the Policy’s specifications page. You may increase or decrease the principal sum under certain conditions. Certain actions you take, such as changing the death benefit option or taking a partial withdrawal, may affect the amount of the principal sum. The actual death benefit proceeds we pay under the Policy may be more or less than the principal sum.

reallocation date

The date we reallocate any premium (plus interest) held in the fixed account to the subaccounts and fixed account as you directed in your application. The reallocation date is the record date, plus the number of days in your state’s right to examine period, plus 10 days.

record date

The date we record your Policy in our books as an in force policy.

right-to-examine period

The period when you may return the Policy and receive a refund. The length of the right-to-examine period varies by state. It will be at least 10 days from the date you receive the Policy. The first page of your Policy shows your right to examine period.

Service Center

The address of the Service Center is P.O. Box 724208, Atlanta, GA 31139. McCamish Systems, L.L.C. (registered and known as “McCamish Systems, LLC Insurance Administrators” in the State of California only) is the administrator of the Policy. You can call the Service Center toll-free at 1-877-376-8008.

subaccount

A division of the variable account that invests exclusively in shares of one portfolio of a fund. The investment performance of each subaccount is linked directly to the investment performance of the portfolio in which it invests.

surrender

The termination of the Policy at the option of the owner.

 

 

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Surrender Value

The amount we will pay you if you surrender the Policy while it is in force. The Surrender Value on the date you surrender is equal to: the Contract Value, minus any surrender charge, and minus any outstanding loan amount (and any interest you owe on the loan(s)).

Tax Code

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Valuation Period

The period of time over which we determine the change in the value of the subaccounts in order to price accumulation units. Each valuation period begins at the close of regular trading on the NYSE (usually, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time) on each Business Day and ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE on the next Business Day.

variable account

Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A. It is a separate investment account that is divided into subaccounts, each of which invests in a corresponding portfolio of a designated fund.

variable account value

The portion of your Contract Value that is allocated to the subaccounts of the variable account.

written notice

The written notice you must sign and send us to request or exercise your rights as owner under the Policy. To be complete, it must: (1) be in a form we accept, (2) contain the information and documentation that we determine is necessary, and (3) be received at our Service Center.

you (your, owner)

The person entitled to exercise all rights as owner under the Policy.

 

 

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Appendix A—Guaranteed Maximum Cost of Insurance Rates

 

 

 

GUARANTEED MAXIMUM MONTHLY COST OF INSURANCE RATES
Male Non-Nicotine (Issue Ages 21-80)*
Per $1000 of Risk Insurance Amount

Attained

Age

 

Cost of
Insurance

Rate

 

Attained

Age

 

Cost of
Insurance

Rate

 

Attained

Age

 

Cost of
Insurance

Rate

 

Attained

Age

 

Cost of
Insurance

Rate

 

Attained

Age

 

Cost of
Insurance

Rate

 

Attained

Age

 

Cost of
Insurance

Rate

21   0.13788   35   0.14370   49   0.39205   62   1.35058   75     5.13652   88   16.39051
22   0.13539   36   0.15117   50   0.42611   63   1.50009   76     5.66811   89   17.59988
23   0.13207   37   0.16114   51   0.46514   64   1.66621   77     6.22379   90   18.85909
24   0.12875   38   0.17194   52   0.51000   65   1.84812   78     6.80688   91   20.19721
25   0.12459   39   0.18357   53   0.56150   66   2.04497   79     7.43566   92   21.66408
26   0.12210   40   0.19769   54   0.61881   67   2.25096   80     8.13005   93   23.40255
27   0.12044   41   0.21264   55   0.68276   68   2.48520   81     8.90834   94   25.73492
28   0.11961   42   0.22842   56   0.75254   69   2.73937   82     9.78630   95   29.22599
29   0.11961   43   0.24586   57   0.82646   70   3.02676   83   10.75978   96   34.96802
30   0.12044   44   0.26497   58   0.90869   71   3.35485   84   11.80967   97   44.93622
31   0.12293   45   0.28656   59   1.00089   72   3.73361   85   12.91190   98   61.89321
32   0.12625   46   0.30982   60   1.10389   73   4.16221   86   14.05233   99   83.06141
33   0.13124   47   0.33474   61   1.21851   74   4.63317   87   15.21353   100-109     0.00000
34   0.13705   48   0.36215                                

 

* Different rates apply for male nicotine users, all females, and all juveniles (issue ages 0-20).

If the insured is in a special premium class, the guaranteed maximum monthly cost of insurance rate will be the rate shown in the table times the special premium class rating factor shown on the Policy Specifications page.

The rates shown above are for the base Policy only. Separate maximum charges apply to each rider.

 

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Appendix B—Table of Surrender Charge Factors

 

 

 

TABLE OF SURRENDER CHARGE FACTORS
Male Non-Nicotine (Preferred & Standard)
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
21   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
22   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
23   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
24   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
25   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
26   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
27   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
28   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
29   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
30   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
31   5.91   5.91   5.91   5.91   5.91   5.32   4.73   4.14   3.55   2.96   2.36   1.77   1.18   0.59   0.00   0.00
32   5.98   5.98   5.98   5.98   5.98   5.38   4.78   4.19   3.59   2.99   2.39   1.79   1.20   0.60   0.00   0.00
33   6.01   6.01   6.01   6.01   6.01   5.41   4.81   4.21   3.61   3.01   2.41   1.80   1.20   0.60   0.00   0.00
34   6.11   6.11   6.11   6.11   6.11   5.50   4.89   4.28   3.67   3.06   2.45   1.83   1.22   0.61   0.00   0.00
35   6.18   6.18   6.18   6.18   6.18   5.56   4.94   4.33   3.71   3.09   2.47   1.85   1.24   0.62   0.00   0.00
36   6.28   6.28   6.28   6.28   6.28   5.66   5.03   4.40   3.77   3.14   2.51   1.89   1.26   0.63   0.00   0.00
37   6.32   6.32   6.32   6.32   6.32   5.68   5.05   4.42   3.79   3.16   2.53   1.89   1.26   0.63   0.00   0.00
38   6.42   6.42   6.42   6.42   6.42   5.78   5.13   4.49   3.85   3.21   2.57   1.93   1.28   0.64   0.00   0.00
39   6.52   6.52   6.52   6.52   6.52   5.87   5.22   4.56   3.91   3.26   2.61   1.96   1.30   0.65   0.00   0.00
40   6.62   6.62   6.62   6.62   6.62   5.96   5.30   4.63   3.97   3.31   2.65   1.99   1.32   0.66   0.00   0.00
41   6.76   6.76   6.76   6.76   6.76   6.08   5.40   4.73   4.05   3.38   2.70   2.03   1.35   0.68   0.00   0.00
42   6.82   6.82   6.82   6.82   6.82   6.14   5.46   4.78   4.09   3.41   2.73   2.05   1.36   0.68   0.00   0.00
43   6.99   6.99   6.99   6.99   6.99   6.29   5.59   4.89   4.19   3.50   2.80   2.10   1.40   0.70   0.00   0.00
44   7.13   7.13   7.13   7.13   7.13   6.41   5.70   4.99   4.28   3.56   2.85   2.14   1.43   0.71   0.00   0.00
45   7.30   7.30   7.30   7.30   7.30   6.57   5.84   5.11   4.38   3.65   2.92   2.19   1.46   0.73   0.00   0.00
46   7.46   7.46   7.46   7.46   7.46   6.72   5.97   5.23   4.48   3.73   2.99   2.24   1.49   0.75   0.00   0.00
47   7.67   7.67   7.67   7.67   7.67   6.90   6.13   5.37   4.60   3.83   3.07   2.30   1.53   0.77   0.00   0.00
48   7.87   7.87   7.87   7.87   7.87   7.08   6.30   5.51   4.72   3.93   3.15   2.36   1.57   0.79   0.00   0.00
49   8.14   8.14   8.14   8.14   8.14   7.33   6.51   5.70   4.88   4.07   3.26   2.44   1.63   0.81   0.00   0.00
50   8.38   8.38   8.38   8.38   8.38   7.54   6.70   5.86   5.03   4.19   3.35   2.51   1.68   0.84   0.00   0.00
51   8.65   8.65   8.65   8.65   8.65   7.78   6.92   6.05   5.19   4.32   3.46   2.59   1.73   0.86   0.00   0.00
52   8.95   8.95   8.95   8.95   8.95   8.05   7.16   6.26   5.37   4.47   3.58   2.68   1.79   0.89   0.00   0.00
53   9.29   9.29   9.29   9.29   9.29   8.36   7.43   6.50   5.57   4.64   3.71   2.79   1.86   0.93   0.00   0.00
54   9.62   9.62   9.62   9.62   9.62   8.66   7.70   6.74   5.77   4.81   3.85   2.89   1.92   0.96   0.00   0.00
55   10.06   10.06   10.06   10.06   10.06   9.06   8.05   7.04   6.04   5.03   4.03   3.02   2.01   1.01   0.00   0.00
56   10.47   10.47   10.47   10.47   10.47   9.42   8.37   7.33   6.28   5.23   4.19   3.14   2.09   1.05   0.00   0.00
57   10.91   10.91   10.91   10.91   10.91   9.82   8.72   7.63   6.54   5.45   4.36   3.27   2.18   1.09   0.00   0.00
58   11.41   11.41   11.41   11.41   11.41   10.27   9.13   7.99   6.85   5.71   4.57   3.42   2.28   1.14   0.00   0.00
59   11.99   11.99   11.99   11.99   11.99   10.79   9.59   8.39   7.19   5.99   4.79   3.60   2.40   1.20   0.00   0.00

 

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TABLE OF SURRENDER CHARGE FACTORS
Male Non-Nicotine (Preferred & Standard)
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
60   12.56   12.56   12.56   12.56   12.56   11.30   10.05   8.79   7.54   6.28   5.02   3.77   2.51   1.26   0.00   0.00
61   13.17   13.17   13.17   13.17   13.17   11.85   10.53   9.22   7.90   6.58   5.27   3.95   2.63   1.32   0.00   0.00
62   13.88   13.88   13.88   13.88   13.88   12.49   11.10   9.71   8.33   6.94   5.55   4.16   2.78   1.39   0.00   0.00
63   14.62   14.62   14.62   14.62   14.62   13.16   11.70   10.23   8.77   7.31   5.85   4.39   2.92   1.46   0.00   0.00
64   15.43   15.43   15.43   15.43   15.43   13.89   12.34   10.80   9.26   7.71   6.17   4.63   3.09   1.54   0.00   0.00
65   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   14.63   13.00   11.38   9.75   8.13   6.50   4.88   3.25   1.63   0.00   0.00
66   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
67   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
68   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
69   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
70   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
71   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
72   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
73   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
74   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
75   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
76   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
77   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
78   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
79   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
80   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00

 

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Female Non-Nicotine (Preferred & Standard)
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
21   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.17   4.59   4.02   3.45   2.87   2.30   1.72   1.15   0.57   0.00   0.00
22   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.17   4.59   4.02   3.45   2.87   2.30   1.72   1.15   0.57   0.00   0.00
23   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.17   4.59   4.02   3.45   2.87   2.30   1.72   1.15   0.57   0.00   0.00
24   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.17   4.59   4.02   3.45   2.87   2.30   1.72   1.15   0.57   0.00   0.00
25   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.17   4.59   4.02   3.45   2.87   2.30   1.72   1.15   0.57   0.00   0.00
26   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.17   4.59   4.02   3.45   2.87   2.30   1.72   1.15   0.57   0.00   0.00
27   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.17   4.59   4.02   3.45   2.87   2.30   1.72   1.15   0.57   0.00   0.00
28   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.17   4.59   4.02   3.45   2.87   2.30   1.72   1.15   0.57   0.00   0.00
29   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.17   4.59   4.02   3.45   2.87   2.30   1.72   1.15   0.57   0.00   0.00
30   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.74   5.17   4.59   4.02   3.45   2.87   2.30   1.72   1.15   0.57   0.00   0.00
31   5.78   5.78   5.78   5.78   5.78   5.20   4.62   4.04   3.47   2.89   2.31   1.73   1.16   0.58   0.00   0.00
32   5.81   5.81   5.81   5.81   5.81   5.23   4.65   4.07   3.49   2.91   2.32   1.74   1.16   0.58   0.00   0.00
33   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
34   5.91   5.91   5.91   5.91   5.91   5.32   4.73   4.14   3.55   2.96   2.36   1.77   1.18   0.59   0.00   0.00
35   5.95   5.95   5.95   5.95   5.95   5.35   4.76   4.16   3.57   2.97   2.38   1.78   1.19   0.59   0.00   0.00

 

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TABLE OF SURRENDER CHARGE FACTORS
Female Non-Nicotine (Preferred & Standard)
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
36   5.98   5.98   5.98   5.98   5.98   5.38   4.78   4.19   3.59   2.99   2.39   1.79   1.20   0.60   0.00   0.00
37   6.08   6.08   6.08   6.08   6.08   5.47   4.86   4.26   3.65   3.04   2.43   1.82   1.22   0.61   0.00   0.00
38   6.11   6.11   6.11   6.11   6.11   5.50   4.89   4.28   3.67   3.06   2.45   1.83   1.22   0.61   0.00   0.00
39   6.18   6.18   6.18   6.18   6.18   5.56   4.94   4.33   3.71   3.09   2.47   1.85   1.24   0.62   0.00   0.00
40   6.28   6.28   6.28   6.28   6.28   5.66   5.03   4.40   3.77   3.14   2.51   1.89   1.26   0.63   0.00   0.00
41   6.35   6.35   6.35   6.35   6.35   5.72   5.08   4.45   3.81   3.18   2.54   1.91   1.27   0.64   0.00   0.00
42   6.42   6.42   6.42   6.42   6.42   5.78   5.13   4.49   3.85   3.21   2.57   1.93   1.28   0.64   0.00   0.00
43   6.49   6.49   6.49   6.49   6.49   5.84   5.19   4.54   3.89   3.24   2.59   1.95   1.30   0.65   0.00   0.00
44   6.62   6.62   6.62   6.62   6.62   5.96   5.30   4.63   3.97   3.31   2.65   1.99   1.32   0.66   0.00   0.00
45   6.69   6.69   6.69   6.69   6.69   6.02   5.35   4.68   4.01   3.34   2.68   2.01   1.34   0.67   0.00   0.00
46   6.82   6.82   6.82   6.82   6.82   6.14   5.46   4.78   4.09   3.41   2.73   2.05   1.36   0.68   0.00   0.00
47   6.92   6.92   6.92   6.92   6.92   6.23   5.54   4.85   4.15   3.46   2.77   2.08   1.38   0.69   0.00   0.00
48   7.09   7.09   7.09   7.09   7.09   6.38   5.67   4.97   4.26   3.55   2.84   2.13   1.42   0.71   0.00   0.00
49   7.19   7.19   7.19   7.19   7.19   6.47   5.76   5.04   4.32   3.60   2.88   2.16   1.44   0.72   0.00   0.00
50   7.36   7.36   7.36   7.36   7.36   6.63   5.89   5.15   4.42   3.68   2.95   2.21   1.47   0.74   0.00   0.00
51   7.53   7.53   7.53   7.53   7.53   6.78   6.02   5.27   4.52   3.77   3.01   2.26   1.51   0.75   0.00   0.00
52   7.70   7.70   7.70   7.70   7.70   6.93   6.16   5.39   4.62   3.85   3.08   2.31   1.54   0.77   0.00   0.00
53   7.90   7.90   7.90   7.90   7.90   7.11   6.32   5.53   4.74   3.95   3.16   2.37   1.58   0.79   0.00   0.00
54   8.14   8.14   8.14   8.14   8.14   7.33   6.51   5.70   4.88   4.07   3.26   2.44   1.63   0.81   0.00   0.00
55   8.38   8.38   8.38   8.38   8.38   7.54   6.70   5.86   5.03   4.19   3.35   2.51   1.68   0.84   0.00   0.00
56   8.58   8.58   8.58   8.58   8.58   7.72   6.86   6.01   5.15   4.29   3.43   2.57   1.72   0.86   0.00   0.00
57   8.88   8.88   8.88   8.88   8.88   7.99   7.10   6.22   5.33   4.44   3.55   2.66   1.78   0.89   0.00   0.00
58   9.12   9.12   9.12   9.12   9.12   8.21   7.29   6.38   5.47   4.56   3.65   2.74   1.82   0.91   0.00   0.00
59   9.46   9.46   9.46   9.46   9.46   8.51   7.56   6.62   5.67   4.73   3.78   2.84   1.89   0.95   0.00   0.00
60   9.79   9.79   9.79   9.79   9.79   8.81   7.83   6.86   5.88   4.90   3.92   2.94   1.96   0.98   0.00   0.00
61   10.10   10.10   10.10   10.10   10.10   9.09   8.08   7.07   6.06   5.05   4.04   3.03   2.02   1.01   0.00   0.00
62   10.40   10.40   10.40   10.40   10.40   9.36   8.32   7.28   6.24   5.20   4.16   3.12   2.08   1.04   0.00   0.00
63   10.77   10.77   10.77   10.77   10.77   9.69   8.62   7.54   6.46   5.39   4.31   3.23   2.15   1.08   0.00   0.00
64   11.14   11.14   11.14   11.14   11.14   10.03   8.91   7.80   6.69   5.57   4.46   3.34   2.23   1.11   0.00   0.00
65   11.58   11.58   11.58   11.58   11.58   10.42   9.26   8.11   6.95   5.79   4.63   3.47   2.32   1.16   0.00   0.00
66   12.91   12.91   12.91   11.62   10.33   9.04   7.75   6.46   5.16   3.87   2.58   1.94   1.29   0.65   0.00   0.00
67   13.66   13.66   13.66   12.30   10.93   9.56   8.20   6.83   5.46   4.10   2.73   2.05   1.37   0.68   0.00   0.00
68   14.41   14.41   14.41   12.97   11.53   10.09   8.65   7.21   5.76   4.32   2.88   2.16   1.44   0.72   0.00   0.00
69   15.28   15.28   15.28   13.75   12.22   10.69   9.17   7.64   6.11   4.58   3.06   2.29   1.53   0.76   0.00   0.00
70   16.21   16.21   16.21   14.59   12.97   11.35   9.73   8.11   6.48   4.86   3.24   2.43   1.62   0.81   0.00   0.00
71   17.41   17.41   17.41   15.67   13.93   12.19   10.45   8.71   6.96   5.22   3.48   2.61   1.74   0.87   0.00   0.00
72   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
73   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
74   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
75   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
76   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00

 

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TABLE OF SURRENDER CHARGE FACTORS
Female Non-Nicotine (Preferred & Standard)
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
77   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
78   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
79   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
80   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00

 

TABLE OF SURRENDER CHARGE FACTORS
Male Nicotine
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
0   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
1   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
2   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
3   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
4   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
5   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
6   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
7   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
8   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
9   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
10   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
11   5.38   5.38   5.38   5.38   5.38   4.85   4.31   3.77   3.23   2.69   2.15   1.62   1.08   0.54   0.00   0.00
12   5.43   5.43   5.43   5.43   5.43   4.89   4.34   3.80   3.26   2.71   2.17   1.63   1.09   0.54   0.00   0.00
13   5.50   5.50   5.50   5.50   5.50   4.95   4.40   3.85   3.30   2.75   2.20   1.65   1.10   0.55   0.00   0.00
14   5.56   5.56   5.56   5.56   5.56   5.01   4.45   3.89   3.34   2.78   2.23   1.67   1.11   0.56   0.00   0.00
15   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.84   5.26   4.68   4.09   3.51   2.92   2.34   1.75   1.17   0.58   0.00   0.00
16   5.88   5.88   5.88   5.88   5.88   5.29   4.70   4.12   3.53   2.94   2.35   1.76   1.18   0.59   0.00   0.00
17   5.90   5.90   5.90   5.90   5.90   5.31   4.72   4.13   3.54   2.95   2.36   1.77   1.18   0.59   0.00   0.00
18   5.93   5.93   5.93   5.93   5.93   5.34   4.75   4.15   3.56   2.97   2.37   1.78   1.19   0.59   0.00   0.00
19   5.96   5.96   5.96   5.96   5.96   5.36   4.76   4.17   3.57   2.98   2.38   1.79   1.19   0.60   0.00   0.00
20   5.99   5.99   5.99   5.99   5.99   5.39   4.79   4.19   3.59   3.00   2.40   1.80   1.20   0.60   0.00   0.00
21   6.01   6.01   6.01   6.01   6.01   5.41   4.81   4.21   3.61   3.01   2.41   1.80   1.20   0.60   0.00   0.00
22   6.05   6.05   6.05   6.05   6.05   5.44   4.84   4.23   3.63   3.02   2.42   1.81   1.21   0.60   0.00   0.00
23   6.07   6.07   6.07   6.07   6.07   5.46   4.86   4.25   3.64   3.03   2.43   1.82   1.21   0.61   0.00   0.00
24   6.10   6.10   6.10   6.10   6.10   5.49   4.88   4.27   3.66   3.05   2.44   1.83   1.22   0.61   0.00   0.00
25   6.13   6.13   6.13   6.13   6.13   5.51   4.90   4.29   3.68   3.06   2.45   1.84   1.23   0.61   0.00   0.00
26   6.15   6.15   6.15   6.15   6.15   5.53   4.92   4.30   3.69   3.07   2.46   1.84   1.23   0.61   0.00   0.00
27   6.18   6.18   6.18   6.18   6.18   5.56   4.94   4.33   3.71   3.09   2.47   1.85   1.24   0.62   0.00   0.00
28   6.20   6.20   6.20   6.20   6.20   5.58   4.96   4.34   3.72   3.10   2.48   1.86   1.24   0.62   0.00   0.00
29   6.24   6.24   6.24   6.24   6.24   5.61   4.99   4.37   3.74   3.12   2.50   1.87   1.25   0.62   0.00   0.00
30   6.26   6.26   6.26   6.26   6.26   5.63   5.01   4.38   3.76   3.13   2.50   1.88   1.25   0.63   0.00   0.00
31   6.40   6.40   6.40   6.40   6.40   5.76   5.12   4.48   3.84   3.20   2.56   1.92   1.28   0.64   0.00   0.00

 

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Table of Contents
TABLE OF SURRENDER CHARGE FACTORS
Male Nicotine
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
32   6.53   6.53   6.53   6.53   6.53   5.88   5.22   4.57   3.92   3.27   2.61   1.96   1.31   0.65   0.00   0.00
33   6.62   6.62   6.62   6.62   6.62   5.96   5.30   4.63   3.97   3.31   2.65   1.99   1.32   0.66   0.00   0.00
34   6.82   6.82   6.82   6.82   6.82   6.14   5.46   4.78   4.09   3.41   2.73   2.05   1.36   0.68   0.00   0.00
35   6.97   6.97   6.97   6.97   6.97   6.27   5.58   4.88   4.18   3.48   2.79   2.09   1.39   0.70   0.00   0.00
36   7.18   7.18   7.18   7.18   7.18   6.47   5.75   5.03   4.31   3.59   2.87   2.16   1.44   0.72   0.00   0.00
37   7.28   7.28   7.28   7.28   7.28   6.56   5.83   5.10   4.37   3.64   2.91   2.19   1.46   0.73   0.00   0.00
38   7.51   7.51   7.51   7.51   7.51   6.76   6.01   5.26   4.51   3.75   3.00   2.25   1.50   0.75   0.00   0.00
39   7.73   7.73   7.73   7.73   7.73   6.96   6.19   5.41   4.64   3.87   3.09   2.32   1.55   0.77   0.00   0.00
40   7.97   7.97   7.97   7.97   7.97   7.17   6.38   5.58   4.78   3.99   3.19   2.39   1.59   0.80   0.00   0.00
41   8.27   8.27   8.27   8.27   8.27   7.45   6.62   5.79   4.96   4.14   3.31   2.48   1.65   0.83   0.00   0.00
42   8.47   8.47   8.47   8.47   8.47   7.62   6.77   5.93   5.08   4.23   3.39   2.54   1.69   0.85   0.00   0.00
43   8.85   8.85   8.85   8.85   8.85   7.96   7.08   6.19   5.31   4.42   3.54   2.65   1.77   0.88   0.00   0.00
44   9.19   9.19   9.19   9.19   9.19   8.27   7.35   6.43   5.51   4.59   3.67   2.76   1.84   0.92   0.00   0.00
45   9.59   9.59   9.59   9.59   9.59   8.63   7.67   6.71   5.75   4.80   3.84   2.88   1.92   0.96   0.00   0.00
46   9.85   9.85   9.85   9.85   9.85   8.86   7.88   6.89   5.91   4.92   3.94   2.95   1.97   0.98   0.00   0.00
47   10.15   10.15   10.15   10.15   10.15   9.14   8.12   7.11   6.09   5.08   4.06   3.05   2.03   1.02   0.00   0.00
48   10.46   10.46   10.46   10.46   10.46   9.41   8.36   7.32   6.27   5.23   4.18   3.14   2.09   1.05   0.00   0.00
49   10.86   10.86   10.86   10.86   10.86   9.77   8.69   7.60   6.52   5.43   4.34   3.26   2.17   1.09   0.00   0.00
50   11.19   11.19   11.19   11.19   11.19   10.07   8.95   7.83   6.71   5.59   4.48   3.36   2.24   1.12   0.00   0.00
51   11.56   11.56   11.56   11.56   11.56   10.40   9.25   8.09   6.94   5.78   4.62   3.47   2.31   1.16   0.00   0.00
52   11.98   11.98   11.98   11.98   11.98   10.78   9.58   8.38   7.19   5.99   4.79   3.59   2.40   1.20   0.00   0.00
53   12.43   12.43   12.43   12.43   12.43   11.18   9.94   8.70   7.46   6.21   4.97   3.73   2.49   1.24   0.00   0.00
54   12.86   12.86   12.86   12.86   12.86   11.58   10.29   9.01   7.72   6.43   5.15   3.86   2.57   1.29   0.00   0.00
55   13.44   13.44   13.44   13.44   13.44   12.09   10.75   9.41   8.06   6.72   5.38   4.03   2.69   1.34   0.00   0.00
56   13.93   13.93   13.93   13.93   13.93   12.54   11.15   9.75   8.36   6.97   5.57   4.18   2.79   1.39   0.00   0.00
57   14.45   14.45   14.45   14.45   14.45   13.01   11.56   10.12   8.67   7.23   5.78   4.34   2.89   1.45   0.00   0.00
58   15.04   15.04   15.04   15.04   15.04   13.54   12.03   10.53   9.03   7.52   6.02   4.51   3.01   1.50   0.00   0.00
59   15.71   15.71   15.71   15.71   15.71   14.14   12.57   11.00   9.43   7.86   6.28   4.71   3.14   1.57   0.00   0.00
60   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   14.63   13.00   11.38   9.75   8.13   6.50   4.88   3.25   1.63   0.00   0.00
61   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   14.63   13.00   11.38   9.75   8.13   6.50   4.88   3.25   1.63   0.00   0.00
62   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   14.63   13.00   11.38   9.75   8.13   6.50   4.88   3.25   1.63   0.00   0.00
63   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   14.63   13.00   11.38   9.75   8.13   6.50   4.88   3.25   1.63   0.00   0.00
64   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   14.63   13.00   11.38   9.75   8.13   6.50   4.88   3.25   1.63   0.00   0.00
65   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   16.25   14.63   13.00   11.38   9.75   8.13   6.50   4.88   3.25   1.63   0.00   0.00
66   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
67   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
68   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
69   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
70   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
71   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
72   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00

 

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Table of Contents
TABLE OF SURRENDER CHARGE FACTORS
Male Nicotine
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
73   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
74   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
75   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
76   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
77   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
78   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
79   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
80   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00

 

TABLE OF SURRENDER CHARGE FACTORS
Female Nicotine
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
0   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
1   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
2   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
3   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
4   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
5   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
6   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
7   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
8   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
9   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
10   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
11   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   5.32   4.78   4.25   3.72   3.19   2.66   2.13   1.59   1.06   0.53   0.00   0.00
12   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
13   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   5.36   4.82   4.29   3.75   3.22   2.68   2.14   1.61   1.07   0.54   0.00   0.00
14   5.38   5.38   5.38   5.38   5.38   4.85   4.31   3.77   3.23   2.69   2.15   1.62   1.08   0.54   0.00   0.00
15   5.61   5.61   5.61   5.61   5.61   5.05   4.49   3.93   3.37   2.80   2.24   1.68   1.12   0.56   0.00   0.00
16   5.63   5.63   5.63   5.63   5.63   5.07   4.50   3.94   3.38   2.82   2.25   1.69   1.13   0.56   0.00   0.00
17   5.69   5.69   5.69   5.69   5.69   5.12   4.55   3.98   3.41   2.84   2.27   1.71   1.14   0.57   0.00   0.00
18   5.71   5.71   5.71   5.71   5.71   5.14   4.57   4.00   3.43   2.85   2.28   1.71   1.14   0.57   0.00   0.00
19   5.77   5.77   5.77   5.77   5.77   5.19   4.61   4.04   3.46   2.88   2.31   1.73   1.15   0.58   0.00   0.00
20   5.79   5.79   5.79   5.79   5.79   5.21   4.63   4.05   3.47   2.89   2.32   1.74   1.16   0.58   0.00   0.00
21   5.89   5.89   5.89   5.89   5.89   5.30   4.71   4.12   3.53   2.94   2.36   1.77   1.18   0.59   0.00   0.00
22   5.91   5.91   5.91   5.91   5.91   5.32   4.73   4.14   3.55   2.96   2.36   1.77   1.18   0.59   0.00   0.00
23   5.95   5.95   5.95   5.95   5.95   5.35   4.76   4.16   3.57   2.97   2.38   1.78   1.19   0.59   0.00   0.00
24   5.97   5.97   5.97   5.97   5.97   5.37   4.77   4.18   3.58   2.98   2.39   1.79   1.19   0.60   0.00   0.00
25   5.99   5.99   5.99   5.99   5.99   5.39   4.79   4.19   3.59   3.00   2.40   1.80   1.20   0.60   0.00   0.00
26   6.01   6.01   6.01   6.01   6.01   5.41   4.81   4.21   3.61   3.01   2.41   1.80   1.20   0.60   0.00   0.00
27   6.04   6.04   6.04   6.04   6.04   5.43   4.83   4.22   3.62   3.02   2.41   1.81   1.21   0.60   0.00   0.00

 

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Table of Contents
TABLE OF SURRENDER CHARGE FACTORS
Female Nicotine
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
28   6.07   6.07   6.07   6.07   6.07   5.46   4.86   4.25   3.64   3.03   2.43   1.82   1.21   0.61   0.00   0.00
29   6.09   6.09   6.09   6.09   6.09   5.48   4.87   4.26   3.65   3.05   2.44   1.83   1.22   0.61   0.00   0.00
30   6.11   6.11   6.11   6.11   6.11   5.50   4.89   4.28   3.67   3.06   2.45   1.83   1.22   0.61   0.00   0.00
31   6.19   6.19   6.19   6.19   6.19   5.57   4.95   4.34   3.72   3.10   2.48   1.86   1.24   0.62   0.00   0.00
32   6.27   6.27   6.27   6.27   6.27   5.64   5.02   4.39   3.76   3.14   2.51   1.88   1.25   0.63   0.00   0.00
33   6.35   6.35   6.35   6.35   6.35   5.72   5.08   4.45   3.81   3.18   2.54   1.91   1.27   0.64   0.00   0.00
34   6.49   6.49   6.49   6.49   6.49   5.84   5.19   4.54   3.89   3.24   2.59   1.95   1.30   0.65   0.00   0.00
35   6.58   6.58   6.58   6.58   6.58   5.92   5.26   4.60   3.95   3.29   2.63   1.97   1.32   0.66   0.00   0.00
36   6.67   6.67   6.67   6.67   6.67   6.00   5.33   4.67   4.00   3.33   2.67   2.00   1.33   0.67   0.00   0.00
37   6.87   6.87   6.87   6.87   6.87   6.18   5.49   4.81   4.12   3.43   2.75   2.06   1.37   0.69   0.00   0.00
38   6.97   6.97   6.97   6.97   6.97   6.27   5.58   4.88   4.18   3.48   2.79   2.09   1.39   0.70   0.00   0.00
39   7.13   7.13   7.13   7.13   7.13   6.41   5.70   4.99   4.28   3.56   2.85   2.14   1.43   0.71   0.00   0.00
40   7.35   7.35   7.35   7.35   7.35   6.62   5.88   5.15   4.41   3.68   2.94   2.21   1.47   0.74   0.00   0.00
41   7.52   7.52   7.52   7.52   7.52   6.77   6.02   5.26   4.51   3.76   3.01   2.26   1.50   0.75   0.00   0.00
42   7.69   7.69   7.69   7.69   7.69   6.92   6.15   5.38   4.61   3.84   3.08   2.31   1.54   0.77   0.00   0.00
43   7.87   7.87   7.87   7.87   7.87   7.08   6.30   5.51   4.72   3.93   3.15   2.36   1.57   0.79   0.00   0.00
44   8.18   8.18   8.18   8.18   8.18   7.37   6.55   5.73   4.91   4.09   3.27   2.46   1.64   0.82   0.00   0.00
45   8.38   8.38   8.38   8.38   8.38   7.54   6.70   5.86   5.03   4.19   3.35   2.51   1.68   0.84   0.00   0.00
46   8.59   8.59   8.59   8.59   8.59   7.73   6.87   6.01   5.15   4.29   3.44   2.58   1.72   0.86   0.00   0.00
47   8.72   8.72   8.72   8.72   8.72   7.85   6.98   6.11   5.23   4.36   3.49   2.62   1.74   0.87   0.00   0.00
48   8.97   8.97   8.97   8.97   8.97   8.07   7.18   6.28   5.38   4.49   3.59   2.69   1.79   0.90   0.00   0.00
49   9.10   9.10   9.10   9.10   9.10   8.19   7.28   6.37   5.46   4.55   3.64   2.73   1.82   0.91   0.00   0.00
50   9.33   9.33   9.33   9.33   9.33   8.40   7.46   6.53   5.60   4.67   3.73   2.80   1.87   0.93   0.00   0.00
51   9.56   9.56   9.56   9.56   9.56   8.60   7.64   6.69   5.73   4.78   3.82   2.87   1.91   0.96   0.00   0.00
52   9.77   9.77   9.77   9.77   9.77   8.79   7.82   6.84   5.86   4.89   3.91   2.93   1.95   0.98   0.00   0.00
53   10.03   10.03   10.03   10.03   10.03   9.03   8.02   7.02   6.02   5.01   4.01   3.01   2.01   1.00   0.00   0.00
54   10.33   10.33   10.33   10.33   10.33   9.30   8.27   7.23   6.20   5.17   4.13   3.10   2.07   1.03   0.00   0.00
55   10.63   10.63   10.63   10.63   10.63   9.56   8.50   7.44   6.38   5.31   4.25   3.19   2.13   1.06   0.00   0.00
56   10.84   10.84   10.84   10.84   10.84   9.76   8.67   7.59   6.50   5.42   4.34   3.25   2.17   1.08   0.00   0.00
57   11.21   11.21   11.21   11.21   11.21   10.09   8.97   7.85   6.73   5.61   4.48   3.36   2.24   1.12   0.00   0.00
58   11.45   11.45   11.45   11.45   11.45   10.30   9.16   8.01   6.87   5.72   4.58   3.43   2.29   1.14   0.00   0.00
59   11.83   11.83   11.83   11.83   11.83   10.65   9.46   8.28   7.10   5.91   4.73   3.55   2.37   1.18   0.00   0.00
60   12.19   12.19   12.19   12.19   12.19   10.97   9.75   8.53   7.31   6.09   4.87   3.66   2.44   1.22   0.00   0.00
61   12.47   12.47   12.47   12.47   12.47   11.22   9.98   8.73   7.48   6.24   4.99   3.74   2.49   1.25   0.00   0.00
62   12.74   12.74   12.74   12.74   12.74   11.47   10.19   8.92   7.64   6.37   5.10   3.82   2.55   1.27   0.00   0.00
63   13.08   13.08   13.08   13.08   13.08   11.77   10.46   9.16   7.85   6.54   5.23   3.92   2.62   1.31   0.00   0.00
64   13.39   13.39   13.39   13.39   13.39   12.05   10.71   9.38   8.04   6.70   5.36   4.02   2.68   1.34   0.00   0.00
65   13.78   13.78   13.78   13.78   13.78   12.40   11.02   9.64   8.27   6.89   5.51   4.13   2.76   1.38   0.00   0.00
66   15.29   15.29   15.29   13.76   12.23   10.70   9.17   7.64   6.12   4.59   3.06   2.29   1.53   0.76   0.00   0.00
67   15.98   15.98   15.98   14.38   12.78   11.18   9.59   7.99   6.39   4.79   3.20   2.40   1.60   0.80   0.00   0.00
68   16.61   16.61   16.61   14.95   13.29   11.63   9.97   8.31   6.64   4.98   3.32   2.49   1.66   0.83   0.00   0.00

 

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TABLE OF SURRENDER CHARGE FACTORS
Female Nicotine
Number of Full Policy Years Completed Since the Issue Date
Issue
Age
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15 or
more
69   17.33   17.33   17.33   15.59   13.86   12.13   10.40   8.66   6.93   5.20   3.47   2.60   1.73   0.87   0.00   0.00
70   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
71   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
72   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
73   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
74   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
75   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
76   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
77   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
78   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
79   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00
80   17.50   17.50   17.50   15.75   14.00   12.25   10.50   8.75   7.00   5.25   3.50   2.63   1.75   0.88   0.00   0.00

 

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[Outside back cover page]

The Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) dated May 1, 2011 contains additional information about the Policy and the variable account. The Table of Contents for the SAI appears near the end of this prospectus. The SAI has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

You can obtain the SAI (at no cost) by writing to the Service Center at the address shown on the front cover or by calling 1-877-376-8008.

The SEC maintains an Internet website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains the SAI and other information about us and the Policy. More information about us and the Policy (including the SAI) may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, or may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing the Public Reference Section of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549. Additional information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090.

Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC (“FFS”) serves as the principal underwriter and distributor of the Policies. You may obtain more information about FFS and its registered representatives at http://www.finra.org or by calling 1-800-289-9999. You also can obtain an investor brochure from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), describing its Public Disclosure Program.

 

 

 

SEC File No. 333-84023/811-09507


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Statement of Additional Information

for the

Farmers Variable Life

Individual Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policy

Issued Through

Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

Offered by

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

3003 - 77th Avenue, S.E.

Mercer Island, Washington 98040

Phone: (206) 232-8400

Service Center:

P.O. Box 724208

Atlanta, Georgia 31139

Phone: 1-877-376-8008 (toll free)

8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time

This Statement of Additional Information expands upon subjects discussed in the current Prospectus for the Farmers Variable Life, an individual flexible premium variable life insurance policy, offered by Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. You may obtain a copy of the Prospectus for the Policy dated May 1, 2011 by calling 1-877-376-8008 or by writing to our Service Center at P.O. Box 724208, Atlanta, Georgia 31139.

This Statement incorporates terms used in the current Prospectus for each Policy.

This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus and should be read only in conjunction with the Prospectuses for your Policy and the Portfolios.

The date of this Statement of Additional Information is May 1, 2011.

 

 


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Table of Contents

 

 

 

     Page  

Glossary

     2   

General Provisions

     5   

The Policy

     5   

Our Right to Contest the Policy

     5   

Suicide Exclusion

     5   

Misstatement of Age or Sex

     6   

Addition, Deletion or Substitution of Investments

     6   

Resolving Material Conflicts

     6   

Additional Information

     7   

Changing Death Benefit Options

     7   

Payment Options

     7   

Dollar Cost Averaging

     9   

Automatic Asset Rebalancing Program

     9   

Subaccount Unit Value

     10   

Additional Information about Farmers and the Variable Account

     10   

Third Party Administration Agreement

     11   

Distribution of the Policies

     11   

Reports to Owners

     12   

Records

     12   

Legal Matters

     13   

Experts

     13   

Other Information

     13   

Financial Statements

     13   

Index to Financial Statements

     F-1   

 

 


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Glossary

 

 

For your convenience, we are providing a glossary of the special terms we use in this prospectus.

 

accumulation unit

An accounting unit we use to calculate subaccount values. It measures the net investment results of each of the subaccounts.

attained age

The insured’s age on the issue date plus the number of years completed since the issue date.

beneficiary

The person(s) you select to receive the death benefit from this Policy.

Business Day/Valuation Day

Each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for regular trading. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company is open to administer the Policy on each day the NYSE is open for regular trading. When we use the term “Business Day” in this statement of additional information, it has the same meaning as the term “Valuation Day” found in the Policy.

cash value

The Contract Value minus any applicable surrender charge.

Company (we, us, our, Farmers, FNWL)

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

Contract Value

The sum of the values you have in the variable account and the fixed account. If you have a loan outstanding, the Contract Value includes any amounts we hold in the loan account to secure the loan.

cumulative minimum premiums

The sum of all monthly-mode minimum premiums due since the issue date. The initial minimum premium is specified on the Policy specifications page. The minimum premium will change if you increase or decrease the principal sum or if certain other changes in the Policy occur.

death benefit proceeds

The amount we will pay to the beneficiary when we receive proof of the insured’s death. We will increase the proceeds by any additional insurance benefits that are payable under the terms of any riders you added to the Policy, and we will reduce the proceeds by the amount of any outstanding loans (plus any interest you owe), and any due and unpaid monthly deductions.

fixed account

An option to which you can direct your Contract Value under the Policy. It provides a guarantee of principal and interest. The assets supporting the fixed account are held in our general account and are not part of, or dependent on, the investment performance of the variable account.

fixed account value

The portion of your Contract Value allocated to the fixed account.

funds

Investment companies that are registered with the SEC. This Policy allows you to invest in the portfolios of the funds that are listed on the front page of this prospectus.

general account

The account containing all of Farmers’ assets, other than those held in its separate accounts.

Home Office

The address of our Home Office is 3003 - 77th Avenue, S.E., Mercer Island, Washington 98040.

initial premium

The amount you must pay before insurance coverage begins under this Policy. The initial premium is shown on your Policy’s specification page.

insured

The person whose life is insured by this Policy.

issue age

The insured’s age as of the last birthday before the issue date.

 

 

 

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issue date

The date when life insurance coverage begins. We measure Policy months, Policy years, and Policy anniversaries from the issue date. On the issue date, we place your initial premium (times the percent of premium factor) in the fixed account. The first monthly deduction occurs on the issue date. The entire Contract Value remains allocated to the fixed account until the reallocation date.

lapse

When life insurance coverage ends because you do not have enough cash value to pay the monthly deduction and any outstanding loan amount (including any interest you owe on the loan(s)), and you have not made a sufficient payment by the end of a 61-day grace period. If you have paid total premiums (minus withdrawals) that exceed cumulative minimum premiums, then the Policy will enter a 61-day grace period only if the Contract Value (minus any outstanding loan amount, including any interest you owe) is too low to pay the entire monthly deduction due.

loan amount

The total amount of all outstanding Policy loans, including both principal and interest due. We deduct an amount equal to the loan amount from the subaccounts and the fixed account and place it in the loan account as collateral for the loans. The loan account is part of our general account.

maturity date

The Policy anniversary when the insured reaches age 110 and life insurance coverage under this Policy ends. The maturity date is shown on the Policy specifications page.

monthly deduction

The amount we deduct from the Contract Value each month to pay for the insurance coverage. The monthly deduction includes the cost of insurance charge, the monthly administration charge, the cost of any riders, and any flat extra charge for a special premium class.

monthly due date

The day of each month when we determine Policy charges and deduct them from Contract Value. It is the same date each month as the issue date. If there is no Business Day that coincides with the issue date in the calendar month, the monthly due date is the next Business Day.

percent of premium factor

The factor (currently 96.5%) by which we multiply each premium to determine the amount of premium credited to the Contract Value. We retain the balance of each premium to compensate us for certain expenses such as premium taxes and distribution expenses. The percent of premium factor is shown on your Policy’s specifications page.

portfolio

A separate investment portfolio of a fund. Each subaccount invests exclusively in one portfolio of a fund.

premium class

A classification that affects the cost of insurance rate and the premium required to insure an individual.

premiums

All payments you make under the Policy other than loan repayments. When we use the term “premium” in this prospectus, it generally has the same meaning as “net premium” in the Policy, and means a premium multiplied by the percent of premium factor.

principal sum

The dollar amount of insurance selected by the owner. The principal sum on the issue date is set forth on the Policy’s specifications page. You may increase or decrease the principal sum under certain conditions. Certain actions you take, such as changing the death benefit option or taking a partial withdrawal, may affect the amount of the principal sum. The actual death benefit proceeds we pay under the Policy may be more or less than the principal sum.

reallocation date

The date we reallocate any premium (plus interest) held in the fixed account to the subaccounts and fixed account as you directed in your application. The reallocation date is the record date, plus the number of days in your state’s right to examine period, plus 10 days.

 

 

 

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record date

The date we record your Policy in our books as an in force policy.

right-to-examine period

The period when you may return the Policy and receive a refund. The length of the right-to-examine period varies by state. It will be at least 10 days from the date you receive the Policy. The first page of your Policy shows your right to examine period.

Service Center

The address of the Service Center is P.O. Box 724208, Atlanta, GA 31139. McCamish Systems, L.L.C. (registered and known as “McCamish Systems, LLC Insurance Administrators” in the State of California only) is the administrator of the Policy. You can call the Service Center toll-free at 1-877-376-8008.

subaccount

A division of the variable account that invests exclusively in shares of one portfolio of a fund. The investment performance of each subaccount is linked directly to the investment performance of the portfolio in which it invests.

surrender

The termination of the Policy at the option of the owner.

Surrender Value

The amount we will pay you if you surrender the Policy while it is in force. The Surrender Value on the date you surrender is equal to: the Contract Value, minus any surrender charge, and minus any outstanding loan amount (including any interest you owe on the loan(s)).

Tax Code

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Valuation Period

The period of time over which we determine the change in the value of the subaccounts in order to price accumulation units. Each valuation period begins at the close of regular trading on the NYSE (usually, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time) on each Business Day and ends at the close of regular trading on the NYSE on the next Business Day.

variable account

Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A. It is a separate investment account that is divided into subaccounts, each of which invests in a corresponding portfolio of a designated fund.

variable account value

The portion of your Contract Value that is allocated to the subaccounts of the variable account.

written notice

The written notice you must sign and send us to request or exercise your rights as owner under the Policy. To be complete, it must: (1) be in a form we accept, (2) contain the information and documentation that we determine is necessary, and (3) be received at our Service Center.

you (your, owner)

The person entitled to exercise all rights as owner under the Policy.

 

 

 

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General Provisions

 

 

The Policy

The entire contract consists of the Policy, 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 Policy.

Any change in the Policy or waiver of its provisions must be in writing and signed by one of our officers. Any modification or waiver must be in writing. No agent may bind us by making any promise not contained in this Policy.

Upon notice to you, we may modify the Policy to:

 

   

conform the Policy, our operations, or the variable account’s operations to the requirements of any law (or regulation issued by a government agency) to which the Policy, our company or the variable account is subject;

 

   

assure continued qualification of the Policy as a life insurance contract under the Federal tax laws; or

 

   

reflect a change in the variable account’s operations.

If we modify the Policy, we will make appropriate endorsements to the Policy. If any provision of the Policy conflicts with the laws of a jurisdiction that govern the Policy, we will amend the provision to conform with such laws.

Our Right to Contest the Policy

In issuing this Policy, we rely on all statements made by or for the insured in the application or in a supplemental application. Therefore, if you make any material misrepresentation of a fact in the application (or any supplemental application), then we may contest the Policy’s validity or may resist a claim under the Policy.

In the absence of fraud, we cannot bring any legal action to contest the validity of the Policy after the Policy has been in force during the insured’s lifetime for two years from the issue date, or if reinstated, for two years from the date of reinstatement. In the absence of fraud, we will not contest any increase in principal sum after the increase has been in force for two years during the insured’s lifetime. This limitation of our right to contest the validity of the Policy does not apply to any riders.

Suicide Exclusion

If the insured commits suicide, while sane or insane, within two years of the issue date, the Policy will terminate and our liability is limited to an amount equal to the premiums paid, less any loans (including any interest you owe), and less any withdrawals (not including surrender charges and processing fees) previously paid. A new two-year period will apply from the effective date of any reinstatement and to each increase in principal sum starting on the effective date of each increase. During this two-year period, the death benefit proceeds paid that are associated with an increase in principal sum will be limited to the monthly cost of insurance charges for the increase.

 

 

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Misstatement of Age or Sex

If the insured’s age or sex was stated incorrectly in the application or any supplemental application, we will adjust the death benefit to the amount that would have been payable at the correct age and sex based on the most recent deduction for cost of insurance. If the insured’s age has been overstated or understated, we will calculate future monthly deductions using the cost of insurance based on the insured’s correct age and sex.

Addition, Deletion or Substitution of Investments

We reserve the right, subject to applicable law, to make additions to, deletions from, or substitutions for the shares of a portfolio that are held in the variable account. New or substitute portfolios may have different fees and expenses and their availability may be limited to certain classes of purchasers. If the shares of a portfolio are no longer available for investment or if, in our judgment, further investment in any portfolio should become inappropriate, we may redeem the shares of that portfolio and substitute shares of another portfolio. We will not substitute any shares without notice and prior approval of the SEC and state insurance authorities, to the extent required by the 1940 Act or other applicable law. We also reserve the right in our sole discretion to establish additional subaccounts, eliminate or combine one or more subaccounts, combine the variable account with one or more other separate accounts, or operate the variable account as a different kind of investment company. Subject to obtaining any approvals or consents required by law, the assets of one or more subaccounts may also be transferred to any other subaccount if, in our sole discretion, conditions warrant. In addition, we reserve the right to modify the provisions of the Policy to reflect changes to the subaccounts and the variable account and to comply with applicable law.

Resolving Material Conflicts

The portfolios 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 an 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 portfolio 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 portfolios will monitor the portfolios 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 portfolios 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 portfolios, as appropriate.

 

 

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Additional Information

 

 

Changing Death Benefit Options

 

 

After the first Policy year, you may change death benefit options or change the principal sum (but not both, unless done simultaneously) once each Policy year.

 

 

You must make your request in writing.

 

 

We may require evidence of insurability.

 

 

The effective date of the change will be the monthly due date on or following the date when we approve your request for a change.

We will send you a Policy endorsement with the change to attach to your Policy.

 

 

Changing the death benefit option may have tax consequences. You should consult a tax adviser before changing the death benefit option.

From Option A (variable death benefit) to Option B (level death benefit)

 

   

We do not require evidence of insurability.

 

   

The principal sum will change. The new Option B principal sum will equal the Option a principal sum plus the Contract Value on the effective date of the change.

 

   

The minimum premium will increase.

 

   

The change in option affects the determination of the death benefit since Contract Value is no longer added to the principal sum. The death benefit will equal the new principal sum (or, if higher, the Contract Value times the applicable death benefit percentage).

From Option B (level death benefit) to Option A (variable death benefit)

 

   

You must provide satisfactory evidence of insurability.

 

   

The principal sum will change. The new Option A principal sum will equal the Option B principal sum less the Contract Value immediately before the change, but the new principal sum will not be less than the minimum principal sum shown on your Policy’s specifications page. We will not impose any surrender charge solely as a result of this change in principal sum.

 

   

The minimum premium will decrease.

 

   

The change in death benefit option affects the determination of the death benefit since Contract Value will be added to the new principal sum, and the death benefit will then vary with the Contract Value.

Payment Options

There are several ways of receiving proceeds under the death benefit and surrender provisions of the Policy, other than in a lump sum. Below is information concerning settlement options described in your Policy. None of these options vary with the investment performance of the variable account.

Settlement Options. If you surrender the Policy, or if the Policy matures, you may elect to receive the net surrender value in either a lump sum or as a series of regular income payments under one of five fixed settlement options described below. In either event, life insurance coverage ends. Also, when the insured dies, the beneficiary may apply the lump sum death benefit proceeds to one of the same settlement options. The proceeds under any settlement option must be at least $2,500, and each payment must be at least $25, or we will instead pay the proceeds in one lump sum. We may make other settlement options available in the future.

 

 

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Once we begin making payments under a settlement option, you or the beneficiary will no longer have any value in the subaccounts or the fixed account. Instead, the only entitlement will be the amount of the regular payment for the period selected under the terms of the settlement option chosen. Depending upon the circumstances, the effective date of a settlement option is the surrender date, the maturity date or the insured’s date of death.

Under any settlement option, the dollar amount of each payment will depend on three things:

 

   

the amount of the surrender or death benefit proceeds on the surrender date, maturity date or insured’s date of death;

 

   

the interest rate we credit on those amounts (we guarantee a minimum interest rate); and

 

   

the specific option(s) you choose. The amount you would receive may depend on your adjusted age and sex.

 

Option 1 –

Interest

Accumulation:

  

•      Your proceeds will earn interest at a rate of 2.5% per year compounded annually.

 

•      We may not keep the funds under this option for longer than five years, unless the beneficiary is a minor, in which case we may hold the funds until the beneficiary attains the age of majority.

 

Option 2 –

Interest Income:

  

 

•      You will receive income of at least $25 annually, $12.42 semi-annually, $6.19 quarterly, or $2.05 monthly for each $1,000 of proceeds.

 

•      Unless you direct otherwise, the payee may withdraw the proceeds at any time.

 

•      After the first year, we may defer such withdrawal for up to six months.

 

Option 3 –

Income - Period

Certain:

  

 

•      We will pay installments for a specified period.

 

•      The amount of each installment will not be less than the amounts shown in the table in your Policy.

 

•      If the payee dies before the end of the specified period, we will pay the installments to the contingent payee for the remainder of the specified period.

 

Option 4 –

Income - Amount

Certain:

  

 

•      We will pay installments of a specified amount until the proceeds together with interest are paid in full.

 

•      We will credit interest at a rate of 2.5% compounded annually.

 

Option 5 –

Income - Life:

  

 

•      We will pay installments for the payee’s lifetime.

 

•      We will make payments for at least a specified guaranteed period.

 

•      If the payee dies before the end of the guaranteed period, we will continue to pay proceeds to a contingent payee for the remainder of the guaranteed period.

 

•      The amount of each installment will depend on the adjusted age and sex of the payee at the time the first payment is due.

  

 

•      We determine the adjusted age by calculating the age at the payee’s nearest birthday on the date of the first payment and subtracting a number that depends on the year in which the first payment begins:

 

   

First Payment Date

   Adjusted Age is Age Minus     
 

2003 to 2010      

   1 Year   
 

2011 to 2020      

   2 Years   
 

2021 to 2030      

   3 Years   
 

2031 to 2040      

   4 Years   
 

After 2040         

   5 Years   

 

 

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Tax Consequences. Even if the death benefit under the Policy is excludible from income, payments under settlement options may not be excludible in full. This is because earnings on the death benefit after the insured’s death are taxable and payments under the settlement options generally include such earnings. You should consult a tax adviser as to the tax treatment of payments under settlement options.

Dollar Cost Averaging

Under the Dollar Cost Averaging program, you may authorize us to transfer a fixed dollar amount at monthly intervals from the fixed account to one or more subaccounts. You may designate up to eight subaccounts to receive the transfers. The fixed dollar amount will purchase more accumulation units of a subaccount when their value is lower and fewer units when their value is higher. Over time, the cost per unit averages out to be less than if all purchases of units had been made at the highest value and greater than if all purchases had been made at the lowest value. The dollar cost averaging method of investment reduces the risk of making purchases only when the price of accumulation units is high. It does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in declining markets.

You may cancel your participation in the program at any time.

You may enroll in the Dollar Cost Averaging program at any time by submitting a request to the Service Center. We make transfers on the same day of every month as your issue date. Transfers under the Dollar Cost Averaging program are not included when we determine the number of free transfers permitted each year. We must receive the form at least 5 Business Days before the transfer date, for your transfers to begin on that date. When you enroll in the Dollar Cost Averaging program, your total Contract Value in the fixed account must be at least equal to the amount you designate to be transferred on each transfer date. Transfers from the fixed account must be at least $100. If on any transfer date the amount remaining in the fixed account is less than the amount designated to be transferred, the entire balance will be transferred out of the fixed account and applied pro-rata to the selected subaccounts, and the dollar cost averaging request will expire.

We may modify or revoke the Dollar Cost Averaging program at any time. There is no charge for participating in the Dollar Cost Averaging program. We do not assess transfer fees on Dollar Cost Averaging transfers. The Dollar Cost Averaging program is not available if you elect to enroll in the Automatic Asset Rebalancing program discussed below.

Automatic Asset Rebalancing Program

If you select the Automatic Asset Rebalancing program (“AAR”), you can instruct us to automatically rebalance your money in the subaccounts each quarter to reflect your most recent instructions for allocating premiums. (The Automatic Asset Rebalancing Program may not be used to transfer amounts into and out of the fixed account.) Investment performance will likely cause any allocation percentages you selected to shift. With AAR, we will automatically make transfers among the subaccounts on the first day of each calendar quarter to bring your Policy back in line with the percentages you most recently provided to us.

For instance, assume you instructed us to put your initial premium into 5 subaccounts in equal proportions (20% in each) and you selected AAR on your application. Over the next few months, investment performance caused the percentage of your Contract Value in the 5 subaccounts to change so that the 5 subaccounts were 10%, 30%, 10%, 30% and 20% of your Contract Value. On the first day of the calendar quarter, we will transfer your money among the subaccounts so that 20% of your Contract Value is again in each of the 5 subaccounts.

If you select an asset allocation model on your application and you select AAR, then on the first day of each calendar quarter, we will automatically transfer money among the subaccounts to match the percentages in the original asset allocation model you select. Unless you instruct us to update the asset allocation model, AAR will rebalance your money in the subaccounts to the original model that was in place on the issue date (or to the model in place on the date you most recently told us to update the model).

 

 

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Transfers under this program are not subject to the $100 minimum transfer limitation. There is no charge for using AAR and we do not charge a transfer fee for asset rebalancing. We do not include any money allocated to the fixed account in the rebalancing.

You can start and stop AAR at any time, and you can change your instructions at any time by submitting a request to the Service Center. Your AAR instructions are effective on the business day we receive them at the Service Center. We do not assess transfer fees on AAR transfers, nor do we count them toward the twelve free transfers permitted each Policy year.

We may suspend or modify AAR at any time. The AAR program is not available if you elect to enroll in the Dollar Cost Averaging program discussed above.

Subaccount Unit Value

The value (or price) of each subaccount will reflect the investment performance of the portfolio in which the subaccount invests. Unit values will vary among subaccounts. The unit value of each subaccount was originally established at the figure shown on the Variable Account’s financial statements. The unit value may increase or decrease from one Valuation Period to the next.

The unit value of any subaccount at the end of a Valuation Period is calculated as:

A x B, where:

“A” is the subaccount’s unit value for the end of the immediately preceding Business Day; and

“B” is the net investment factor for the most current Business Day.

The net investment factor is an index we use 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 that may equal or be greater or less than one. Therefore, the value of a unit (and the value of a subaccount) may increase or decrease. We determine the net investment factor for any subaccount for any Valuation Period by the following formula:

 

 

X

       Z      
 

Y

       

 

  “X” equals:

 

  1. the net asset value per portfolio share held in the subaccount at the end of the current Business Day; plus

 

  2. the per share amount of any dividend or capital gain distribution on shares held in the subaccount during the current Business Day; minus

 

  3. the per share amount of any capital loss distribution on shares held in the subaccount during the current Business Day; minus

 

  4. the per share amount of any taxes or any amount set aside during the Business Day as a reserve for taxes.

“Y” equals the net asset value per portfolio share held in the subaccount as of the end of the immediately preceding Business Day.

“Z” equals the mortality and expense risk charge factor. The mortality and expense risk charge is deducted from each subaccount on each Business Day.

Additional Information about Farmers and the Variable Account

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (“Farmers”) is the stock life insurance company issuing the Policy. Farmers is located at 3003 - 77th Avenue, S.E., Mercer Island, Washington 98040, and was incorporated under Washington law on February 21, 1910. Farmers established the variable account to support the investment options under this Policy and under other variable life insurance policies Farmers issues. Farmers’ general account supports the fixed account under the Policy.

Farmers is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc. (“FGI”). FGI is a stock holding and management company. The ultimate controlling parent of FGI is Zurich Financial Services, a publicly traded holding company listed on the Swiss Exchange, but not publicly traded in the U.S.

Farmers markets a broad line of individual life insurance products, including universal life, term life and whole life insurance and annuity products (predominately flexible premium deferred annuities). Farmers currently is licensed to sell insurance in 49 states and the District of Columbia. Farmers is not licensed in New York.

 

 

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Farmers established the variable account as a separate investment account under Washington law on April 6, 1999. Farmers owns the assets in the variable account and is obligated to pay all benefits under the Policies. Farmers may use the variable account to support other variable life insurance policies Farmers issues. The variable account is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) 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.

We hold the title to the assets of the variable account. The assets are kept physically segregated and held separate and apart from our general account assets and from the assets in any other separate account. We maintain records of all purchases and redemptions of portfolio shares held by each of the subaccounts. Additional protection for the assets of the variable account is provided by a blanket fidelity bond issued by Federal Insurance Company to Farmers Group, Inc., providing coverage of $30,000,000 in the aggregate and $15,000,000 per occurrence (subject to a $1,000,000 deductible) for all officers and employees of Farmers Group, Inc.

Third Party Administration Agreement

We have entered into a Master Administration Agreement (the “Agreement”) with McCamish Systems, L.L.C. (registered and known as “McCamish Systems, LLC Insurance Administrators” in the State of California only) (“McCamish”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Georgia. McCamish has its principal business address at 6452 Powers Ferry Road, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30339. Under the Agreement, McCamish provides, at the Service Center, significant administrative services for the Policy and the Variable Account, including the processing of all premium payments, loans, requests for transfers, partial withdrawals, and surrenders, and the calculation of accumulation unit values for each Policy and the variable account.

Distribution of the Policies

We discontinued offering new Policies in 2008. We will continue to accept premium and to process transactions for existing Policies.

Farmers Financial Services, LLC (“FFS”) serves as the principal underwriter for the Policies. FFS is a Nevada limited liability company and its home office is located at 30801 Agoura Road, Bldg. 1, Agoura Hills, California 91301-2054. FFS is affiliated with Farmers through Farmers’ parent that provides management-related services to the parent companies of FFS. FFS is registered as a broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as with the securities commissions in the states in which it operates. FFS is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), and of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Currently, the Policies are sold through FFS’ sales representatives who are appointed as our insurance agents.

 

 

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We pay commissions to FFS for sales of the Policies by its sales representatives. FFS received sales commissions with respect to the Policies in the following amounts during the periods indicated:

 

Fiscal year

   Aggregate Amount  of
Commissions Paid to FFS*
     Aggregate Amount of  Commissions
Retained by FFS as
Principal Underwriter

2008

   $ 10,951,368       0

2009

   $ 8,350,465       0

2010

   $ 8,650,398       0

 

* Includes sales commissions paid to FFS for another variable life insurance policies issued by Farmers.

FFS passes through commissions it receives as principal underwriter and does not retain any portion of it in return for its services as principal underwriter for the Policies. As a selling firm, FFS retained approximately $1,837,404 in commissions in 2010.

We pay for certain of FFS’ operating and other expenses, including overhead, legal, and accounting fees. We may also pay for certain sales expenses of FFS: sales representative training materials; marketing materials and advertising expenses; and certain other expenses of distributing the Policies. In addition, we contribute indirectly to the deferred compensation for FFS’ sales representatives and managers. FFS’ sales representatives and their managers are also eligible for various cash benefits, such as production incentive bonuses, insurance benefits and financing arrangements, and non-cash compensation items that we and our affiliates may provide jointly with FFS. During 2010, we paid FFS’s sales representatives and district managers $2,183,421 in bonus compensation for their sales of our variable life insurance policies, including the Policy.

We may pay FFS additional cash amounts for: (1) exclusively offering the Policies; (2) sales promotions relating to the Policies; (3) costs associated with sales conferences and educational seminars for FFS’ sales representatives; and (4) other sales expenses incurred by them. We may make bonus payments to FFS based on aggregate sales or persistency standards.

Reports to Owners

At least once each year, or more often as required by law, we will mail to owners at their last known address a report showing at least the following information as of the end of the report period:

 

•   the current principal sum

 

•   the current death benefit

 

•   the Contract Value

 

•   the Surrender Value

 

•   any loans since the last report

 

•   premiums paid since the last report

 

•   all deductions since the last report

 

•   the amount of any outstanding loans

You may request additional copies of reports for a $5 fee. We will maintain all records relating to the variable account and the fixed account.

Policy owners will also receive confirmations within 7 calendar days of each unscheduled financial transaction, such as premium payments, transfers, partial withdrawals, loans and surrenders. Scheduled financial transactions may be confirmed using quarterly statements.

Records

We and our agent, McCamish, maintain all records relating to the variable account and the fixed account.

 

 

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Legal Matters

All matters of Washington law pertaining to the Policy have been passed upon by Patrick J. Carty, Vice President, Corporate Secretary, and General Counsel, Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.

Experts

The financial statements and schedules of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and for each of the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 (prepared in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Washington as described in Note 2 of the financial statements), and the financial statements of Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A as of December 31, 2010 and for each of the periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 included in this SAI have been so included in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1900, Seattle, Washington 98101, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

Other Information

We have filed a registration statement with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Policies 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 Policies 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.

Financial Statements

 

 

The audited statutory financial statements of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and for each of the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, prepared in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Washington, which include the Report of Independent Auditors, are included in the SAI. You should consider the financial statements of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company as bearing only upon our ability to meet our obligations under the Policies.

The audited financial statements of Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A as of December 31, 2010 and for the periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, as well as the Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are included in the SAI.

 

 

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Index to Financial Statements

 

 

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

 

Report of Independent Auditors

Statutory Statements of Admitted Assets, Liabilities, and Capital and Surplus as of December 31, 2010 and 2009

Statutory Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008

Statutory Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus for the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008

Statutory Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

Supplemental Schedule of Assets and Liabilities for the Year Ended December 31, 2010

Supplemental Summary Investment Schedule and Investment Risk Interrogatories for the Year Ended December 31, 2010

Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2010

Statement of Operations for the Period Ended December 31, 2010

Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

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Farmers New World Life

Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statutory Financial Statements

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and

For the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008

And Supplemental Schedules

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Index to the Statutory Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules

 

 

 

     Page(s)  

Report of Independent Auditors

     1   

Statutory Financial Statements

  

Statutory Statements of Admitted Assets, Liabilities and Capital and Surplus

     2   

Statutory Statements of Operations

     3   

Statutory Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus

     4   

Statutory Statements of Cash Flows

     5   

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

     6–47   

Supplemental Schedules

  

Supplemental Schedule of Assets and Liabilities

     49-52   

Supplemental Summary Investment Schedule and Investment Risk Interrogatories

     53-57   

 


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Report of Independent Auditors

To the Board of Directors and Stockholder of

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company:

We have audited the accompanying statutory statements of admitted assets, liabilities and capital and surplus of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related statutory statements of operations, changes in capital and surplus, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

As described in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company prepared these financial statements using accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Washington, which practices differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The effects on the financial statements of the variances between statutory basis of accounting and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, although not reasonably determinable, are presumed to be material.

In our opinion, because of the effects of the matter discussed in the preceding paragraph, the financial statements referred to above do not present fairly, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, or the results of its operations or its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the admitted assets, liabilities and capital and surplus of the Company as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, on the basis of accounting described in Note 2.

As discussed in Note 2 to the statutory financial statements, during 2009, the Company adopted new accounting guidance related to other-than-temporary impairments for loan-backed and structured securities, new accounting guidance related to deferred income taxes and changed the methodology used to calculate deferred premiums.

Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic statutory financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying Supplemental Schedule of Assets and Liabilities and the Summary Investment Schedule and Investment Risk Interrogatories (collectively referred to as the “supplemental schedules”) of the Company as of December 31, 2010 and for the year then ended are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic statutory financial statements. The effects on the supplemental schedules of the variances between the statutory basis of accounting and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, although not reasonably determinable, are presumed to be material. As a consequence, the supplemental schedules do not present fairly, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, such information of the Company as of December 31, 2010 and for the year then ended. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic statutory financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic statutory financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Seattle, Washington

April 27, 2011

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statutory Statements of Admitted Assets, Liabilities and

Capital and Surplus

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)    2010      2009  

Admitted Assets

     

Bonds, at amortized cost (market value of $5,756,084 and $5,460,751)

   $ 5,429,833       $ 5,407,924   

Preferred stocks, at cost or amortized cost (market value of $126 and $214)

     72         214   

Common stocks (cost of $45,000 and $45,000)

     -         -   

Mortgage loans on real estate, net of allowance for uncollectible loans

     18         22   

Investment real estate

     

Properties held for the generation of income, net

     80,587         47,711   

Properties held for sale, net

     -         5,408   

Contract loans

     294,972         289,216   

Other invested assets

     39,097         46,162   

Receivables for securities

     93         2,215   

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

     180,958         138,966   
                 

Total cash and invested assets

     6,025,630         5,937,838   

Accrued investment income

     69,385         67,547   

Deferred and uncollected premiums

     104,369         122,303   

Other assets

     51,375         51,270   

Current federal income tax recoverable and interest thereon

     8,328         20,426   

Net deferred tax asset

     137,057         130,197   

Electronic data processing equipment, net of depreciation

     2         19   

Separate accounts

     462,623         409,994   
                 

Total admitted assets

   $ 6,858,769       $ 6,739,594   
                 

Liabilities

     

Aggregate reserves for life and annuity policies

   $ 5,041,600       $ 4,988,002   

Aggregate reserves for accident and health policies

     1,824         1,436   

Contract claims

     44,600         37,263   

Liability for deposit-type contracts

     454,094         467,962   

General expenses due and accrued

     25,234         27,053   

Taxes, licenses, and fees due and accrued

     4,977         5,834   

Unearned investment income

     510         553   

Amounts withheld or retained by the Company as agent or trustee

     426         378   

Amounts held for agents’ account

     5,429         5,174   

Remittances and items not allocated

     8,737         14,407   

Interest maintenance reserve

     2,614         -   

Asset valuation reserve

     19,249         -   

Securities lending collateral liability

     64,636         50,335   

Other liabilities

     50,682         57,075   

Separate accounts

     462,623         409,994   
                 

Total liabilities

     6,187,235         6,065,466   
                 

Capital and Surplus

     

Common capital stock ($1 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized, 6,600,000 shares issued and outstanding December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively)

     6,600         6,600   

Gross paid-in and contributed surplus

     3,199         3,199   

Aggregate write-ins for special surplus funds

     54,350         53,621   

Unassigned surplus

     607,385         610,708   
                 

Total capital and surplus

     671,534         674,128   
                 

Total liabilities and capital and surplus

   $ 6,858,769       $ 6,739,594   
                 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statutory financial statements.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statutory Statements of Operations

Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009     2008  

Revenues

      

Premiums and annuity considerations

   $ 610,704      $ 600,688      $ 623,848   

Net investment income, excluding realized gains and losses

     320,544        316,902        315,404   

Amortization of interest maintenance reserve

     806        2,291        20,630   

Commissions and expense allowances on reinsurance ceded

     133,471        126,112        120,562   

Reserve adjustments on reinsurance ceded

     (26,383     (46,608     (51,505

Other

     6,659        9,613        11,747   
                        

Total revenues

     1,045,801        1,008,998        1,040,686   
                        

Benefits and expenses

      

Death and other benefits

     230,084        215,675        219,397   

Surrender benefits and other fund withdrawals

     254,460        242,360        286,858   

Interest on policy or contract funds

     22,282        21,995        21,233   

Increase in aggregate reserves

     65,934        57,871        41,614   

Commissions

     84,115        80,132        88,099   

General insurance expenses

     178,590        179,822        176,684   

Taxes, licenses and fees

     20,201        21,017        21,658   

Increase in loading on deferred and uncollected premuims

     3,446        2,503        273   

Transfers to separate accounts

     (1,047     2,901        10,867   

Aggregate write-ins for deductions

     140        22        31   
                        

Total benefits and expenses

     858,205        824,298        866,714   
                        

Net gain from operations before federal income taxes and realized capital gains/(losses)

     187,596        184,700        173,972   

Federal income taxes

     63,884        53,652        41,201   
                        

Net gain from operations before realized capital gains/(losses)

     123,712        131,048        132,771   

Net realized capital gains/(losses), less capital gains/(losses) taxes of $(5,729), $(6,964) and $7,795 and transfers to interest maintenance reserve of $6,105, $(22,095) and $13,904 at December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively

     679        (144,357     (108,727
                        

Net income (loss)

   $ 124,391      $ (13,309   $ 24,044   
                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statutory financial statements.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statutory Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus

Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Common
Capital
Stock
     Gross
Paid-In and
Contributed
Surplus
     Aggregate
Write-ins
for Special
Purpose
Funds
     Unassigned
Surplus
    Total
Capital
and
Surplus
 

Balances at December 31, 2007

   $ 6,600       $ 3,199       $ -       $ 631,456      $ 641,255   

Net income

     -         -         -         24,044        24,044   

Change in net unrealized capital losses

     -         -         -         (61,645     (61,645

Change in net deferred taxes

     -         -         -         29,841        29,841   

Change in nonadmitted assets

     -         -         -         (40,296     (40,296

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     -         -         -         1,168        1,168   

Change in reserve on account of change in valuation basis

     -         -         -         (968     (968

Change in asset valuation reserve

     -         -         -         50,442        50,442   

Dividend to stockholder

     -         -         -         (89,800     (89,800

Aggregate write-ins for gains and losses in surplus

     -         -         -         (872     (872
                                           

Balances at December 31, 2008

     6,600         3,199         -         543,370        553,169   

Net loss

     -         -            (13,309     (13,309

Change in net unrealized capital losses

     -         -            5,555        5,555   

Change in net deferred taxes

     -         -            31,895        31,895   

Change in nonadmitted assets

     -         -            10,607        10,607   

Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle

     -         -            32,590        32,590   

Change in SSAP No. 10R net deferred income taxes

     -         -         53,621         -        53,621   
                                           

Balances at December 31, 2009

     6,600         3,199         53,621         610,708        674,128   

Net Income

     -         -         -         124,391        124,391   

Change in net unrealized capital gains

     -         -         -         3,813        3,813   

Change in net deferred taxes

     -         -         -         (10,725     (10,725

Change in nonadmitted assets

     -         -         -         19,436        19,436   

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     -         -         -         (12,937     (12,937

Change in reserve on account of change in valuation basis

     -         -         -         11,948        11,948   

Change in asset valuation reserve

     -         -         -         (19,249     (19,249

Dividends to stockholder

     -         -         -         (120,000     (120,000

Change in SSAP No. 10R net deferred income taxes

     -         -         729         -        729   
                                           

Balances at December 31, 2010

   $ 6,600       $ 3,199       $ 54,350       $ 607,385      $ 671,534   
                                           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statutory financial statements.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statutory Statements of Cash Flows

Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009     2008  

Cash from operations

      

Premiums collected net of reinsurance

   $ 612,339      $ 603,568      $ 629,785   

Net investment income

     319,409        313,336        322,513   

Miscellaneous income

     140,130        135,724        132,309   
                        

Cash provided by operating activities

     1,071,878        1,052,628        1,084,607   
                        

Benefits and loss related payments

     533,361        522,286        552,898   

Net transfers to separate accounts

     (1,870     7,640        (826

Commissions, expenses paid and write-ins

     282,983        288,141        295,105   

Federal and foreign income taxes paid

     45,329        62,924        44,911   
                        

Cash used in operating activities

     859,803        880,991        892,088   
                        

Net cash from operations

     212,075        171,637        192,519   
                        

Cash from investments

      

Bonds

     848,511        881,599        559,305   

Common and preferred stocks

     -        -        -   

Mortgage loans

     4        25        27   

Other invested assets

     33,857        129,898        18,555   

Net gains on cash, cash equivalents and short term investments

     24        177        620   

Miscellaneous proceeds

     8,111        9,177        6,779   
                        

Cash provided by investing activities

     890,507        1,020,876        585,286   
                        

Bonds

     872,304        1,264,640        536,495   

Common and preferred stocks

     -        -        -   

Real estate

     31,193        1,900        654   

Other invested assets

     22,760        11,963        12,603   

Miscellaneous applications

     14,301        21,940        9,046   
                        

Cash paid for investing activities

     940,558        1,300,443        558,798   

Net increase in contract loans and premium notes

     5,756        13,880        12,330   
                        

Net cash (used in) provided by investments

     (55,807     (293,447     14,158   
                        

Cash from financing and miscellaneous sources

      

Net deposits (withdrawals) on deposit-type contracts and other insurance liabilities

     (13,951     17,410        10,707   

Dividends to stockholder

     (120,000     -        (89,800

Other cash provided (applied)

     19,675        54,522        (325,964
                        

Net cash provided by (used in) financing and miscellaneous sources

     (114,276     71,932        (405,057
                        

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

     41,992        (49,878     (198,380

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

      

Beginning of year

     138,966        188,844        387,224   
                        

End of year

   $ 180,958      $ 138,966      $ 188,844   
                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statutory financial statements.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

 

  1. Nature of Operations

The Company

The accompanying financial statements include the accounts of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc. (“FGI”), whose ultimate parent is Zurich Financial Services Group (“ZFS”). FGI has attorney-in-fact relationships with three inter-insurance exchanges: Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, and Truck Insurance Exchange (the “Exchanges” or the “P&C Group”).

The Company is a stock life insurance company domiciled in the state of Washington and is subject to regulation by the Office of Insurance Commissioner of the State of Washington (“OIC”). It is also subject to regulation by the states in which it transacts business. The Company owns 100% of the common stock of Leschi Life Assurance Company (“Leschi”), a special purpose financial captive, which is domiciled and licensed in the state of South Carolina.

Nature of Operations

The Company concentrates its sales activities in the individual life insurance and annuity markets. Principal lines of business include traditional whole life, universal life and variable universal life, as well as term life insurance products. Additionally, the Company offers flexible and single premium deferred annuities, single premium immediate annuities, and variable annuity products.

The Company and the Exchanges operate using federally registered trade names, including Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, Farmers Insurance Group, Farmers, Farmers New World Life and Farmers Life. The Company and the Exchanges distribute their respective insurance products through a common network of direct writing agents and district managers. As of December 31, 2010, this network consisted of approximately 13,889 direct writing agents and approximately 522 district managers, each of whom is an independent contractor.

Each agent is required to first submit business to the insurers in the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies within the classes and lines of business written by such insurers.

The Company is currently licensed in 49 states and the District of Columbia.

Business Risks

The Company operates in a business environment that is subject to various risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, mortality risk, market risk, interest rate risk and legal and regulatory changes. The Company is subject to various state and federal regulatory authorities. The potential exists for changes in regulatory initiatives that can result in additional, unanticipated expenses to the Company.

Existing federal laws and regulations affect the taxation of life insurance products and insurance companies. There can be no assurance as to what, if any, future legislation might be enacted, or if enacted, whether such legislation would include provisions with possible negative effects on the Company’s life, accident and health or annuity products.

 

  2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the OIC.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

The OIC only recognizes statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the State of Washington for reporting the financial condition and results of operations of an insurance company for the purposes of determining its compliance with the Washington Insurance Law. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual version effective January 1, 2001 (“NAIC SAP”) has been adopted as a component of prescribed or permitted practices by the State of Washington. The Commissioner of Insurance of the OIC has the power to permit other specific practices that may deviate from prescribed practices.

The Company had two permitted practices that differ from those found in the Revised Code of Washington (“RCW”) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009. One is related to the requirement to nonadmit real property in excess of limitations as stated in the RCW 48.13.170. With explicit permission of the Commissioner of Insurance of the OIC, the Company held real estate as admitted assets beyond the five year stated limitation for disposition of real estate acquired through foreclosure. However, this permitted practice does not result in a difference between the amounts reported in the Company’s annual statement and NAIC SAP as NAIC SAP has no limitation period for disposal of real estate acquired through foreclosure. This permitted practice will expire for periods beginning after December 31, 2010. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company owned $3,336,000 and $3,401,000 in real estate acquired through foreclosure, respectively.

The Company’s second permitted practice relates to mutual fund limitations. Under Washington State Insurance code RCW 48.13.240(3), a mutual fund is classified as a miscellaneous investment and investment in a single entity’s mutual fund is limited to no more than one percent (1%) of an insurer’s assets. The Company, based on an order granting approval of special consent from the OIC, is permitted to invest up to four percent (4%) of its assets in a single entity’s mutual funds and to acquire and hold a single entity’s or entities’ NAIC exempt listed mutual funds in an unlimited amount of the Company’s assets, effective October 1, 2009 and expiring at December 31, 2010. As of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 the Company held $90,452,000 or 1.3% and $70,396,000 or 1.04%, respectively, of admitted assets in a single entity’s mutual fund. There is no impact to the net income, capital and surplus or the risk-based capital of the company as a result of this permitted practice based on NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures and the Annual Statement Instructions.

A reconciliation of the Company’s capital and surplus between NAIC SAP and practices prescribed or permitted by the OIC are shown below as of December 31, 2010 and 2009. These practices prescribed or permitted by the OIC do not have an impact on net income.

 

0000000000000 0000000000000
(in thousands of dollars)    2010      2009  

Capital and surplus per Annual Statement

   $ 671,534       $ 674,128   

OIC permitted practice (RCW 48.13.170)
Real estate

     -         -   

OIC permitted practice (RCW 48.13.240)
Mutual fund

     -         -   
                 

Net change

     -         -   
                 

Capital and surplus, NAIC SAP

   $ 671,534       $ 674,128   
                 

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

The effects on the financial statements of the variances between statutory basis of accounting and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), although not reasonably determinable, are presumed to be material. Statutory accounting practices differ from GAAP in the following respects:

Investments

Investments in bonds are stated at amortized cost or at values required by the NAIC. Under GAAP, bonds are carried at fair value or amortized cost based upon management’s intent as to whether bonds are available for sale or will be held until maturity.

In determining fair market value for the majority of securities, quotes were obtained from third party sources. If quotes from these sources were not available, a broker estimate was used.

Changes between cost and admitted asset investment amounts are credited and charged directly to unassigned surplus rather than net of amortization and tax, to a separate component of stockholder’s equity and other comprehensive income.

Asset Valuation Reserve

The asset valuation reserve (“AVR”) is determined by NAIC prescribed formulas, which establish a provision for the risk of asset defaults, and is reported as a liability with changes recorded directly to unassigned surplus. Under GAAP, no such liability is established.

Interest Maintenance Reserve

An interest maintenance reserve (“IMR”) is provided as required by the NAIC in order to defer certain realized investment gains and losses, net of tax, related to interest rate fluctuations, and to amortize such gains and losses through operating income over the remaining life of the securities sold. Any net unamortized deferred losses are nonadmitted and charged directly to unassigned surplus. No such reserve is required by GAAP.

Life Policy and Contract Reserves

Life policy and contract reserves under statutory accounting practices are based on statutory mortality, morbidity, and interest requirements without consideration of withdrawals and Company experience. GAAP requires that policy reserves for traditional products be based upon the net level premium method utilizing management’s best estimate of mortality, interest, and withdrawals prevailing when the policies were sold; for interest sensitive products, the GAAP policy reserve is determined using the retrospective deposit method and is equal to the policy fund balance, before surrender charges.

Acquisition Costs

Under statutory accounting practices, costs of acquiring new business are charged to operations in the year such costs are incurred. Under GAAP, such costs are deferred and amortized over the premium-paying period of the policies for traditional products, or as a level percentage of gross profits for interest sensitive products.

Recognition of Revenue and Related Expenses

Under statutory accounting practices, premiums are recognized as revenues when due. For GAAP purposes, premiums for traditional life insurance products, which include those products with fixed and guaranteed premiums and benefits and consist principally of whole and term life insurance policies, are recognized as revenues when due. Revenues for universal life insurance policies and for investment products consist of policy charges for the cost of insurance, interest earned, policy administration charges, and surrender charges assessed against policyholder account balances during the year. Expenses related to these products include interest credited to policy account

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

balances, benefit claims incurred in excess of policy account balances and commissions and expense allowances on reinsurance assumed. Revenues also include commissions and expense allowances on reinsurance ceded and reserve adjustments on reinsurance ceded. Under statutory accounting practices, deferred premiums, representing gross premiums less loading, are reported as an admitted asset. Under GAAP, uncollected premiums are stated at gross amounts and deferred premiums are reflected as a reduction of the related aggregate reserve.

Reinsurance

Under statutory accounting practices, reinsurance reserves and reinsurance recoverable on unpaid claims on reinsured business are netted in aggregate reserves and the liability for life policy claims, respectively. Under GAAP, these reinsurance amounts are reflected as an asset.

Federal Income Taxes

Under statutory accounting practices, deferred income taxes are provided for temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities at the end of each year based on enacted tax rates. In addition to a valuation allowance, net deferred tax assets are limited to their admissible amount according to a prescribed formula. Changes in deferred income tax assets and liabilities are reported as adjustments to surplus. Under GAAP, changes in deferred income taxes are included in income tax expense or benefit and are allocated to continuing operations, discontinued operations, extraordinary items and items charged directly to shareholders’ equity. Additionally, under GAAP, deferred income tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Nonadmitted Assets

Under statutory accounting practices, certain assets are considered nonadmitted assets for statutory purposes and any changes in such assets are credited or charged directly to unassigned surplus. There are no nonadmitted assets for GAAP purposes.

Statement of Cash Flows

The statutory basis statement of cash flows is presented as required and differs from the GAAP presentation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the OIC 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.

Separate Accounts

The Company issues variable universal life (“VUL”) and deferred variable annuity contracts. The assets and liabilities held for VUL, Farmers EssentialLife VUL, Accumulator VUL and deferred variable annuity contracts are held in the Separate Accounts (the “Accounts”), which are legally segregated from the general assets of the Company. As of December 31, 2010, there were 36 sub-accounts available for the VUL products, 47 sub-accounts available for variable annuity, 34 sub-accounts available for Farmers EssentialLife VUL and 23 sub-accounts available for the Accumulator VUL product. The sub-accounts invest in underlying mutual fund portfolios. Shares of each portfolio are purchased and redeemed at net asset value, without a sales charge. Any dividends and distributions from a portfolio are reinvested at net asset value in

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

shares of that same portfolio. The deposits collected for variable contracts are invested at the direction of the contract holders in the sub-accounts that comprise the Accounts. Absent any contract provisions wherein the Company contractually guarantees either a minimum return or account value, the contract holders bear the investment risk that the sub-accounts may not meet their stated objectives.

The assets of the Accounts are carried at fair value. The Accounts’ liabilities represent the contract holders’ claims to the related assets. Investment income and realized capital gains and losses of the Accounts accrue directly to the contract holders and, therefore, are not included in the Company’s statutory basis statements of operations. Mortality, policy administration, and surrender charges to all accounts are included in the revenues of the Company.

Aggregate Reserves for Life and Annuity Policies

Life reserves are based on mortality tables approved by the NAIC using statutory specified interest rates and valuation methods that provide, in the aggregate, reserves that are greater than or equal to the minimum required by the OIC.

 

   

Reserves for life insurance are based on the American Experience, 1941, 1958, 1980 or 2001 Commissioner’s Standard Ordinary (“CSO”) and Commissioners Extended Term (“CET”) mortality tables with interest rates from 2.25% to 6.00%. For certain term insurance plans issued on or after January 1, 2000, the Company calculates deficiency reserves using valuation mortality rates representative of actual Company experience, as permitted by the Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Model Regulation of the NAIC.

 

   

Reserves for deferred annuities, including variable annuities, are based on 1971 Individual Annuity Mortality (“IAM”), 1983 Table A, Annuity 2000, or 1994 Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit mortality tables with interest rates from 3.00% to 6.00%.

 

   

Reserves for equity-indexed annuities are based on 1983 Table A or Annuity 2000 mortality tables with interest rates from 4.50% to 5.75%.

 

   

Reserves for immediate annuity contracts, other than structured settlements, are based on the Annuity Table for 1949, 1971 IAM, 1983 Table A or Annuity 2000 mortality tables with interest rates from 3.00% to 4.50%.

 

   

Reserves for structured settlement annuities are based on the 1983 Table A mortality table with interest rates from 4.75% to 7.00%. The reserves held for structured settlement annuity contracts with a substandard rating are based on a rated age approach and are compliant with the approach specified by Actuarial Guideline 9A of the NAIC.

The Company waives deduction of deferred fractional premiums upon the death of the insured. For all plans, with the exception of its universal life plans, any portion of the final premium beyond the month of death is returned. For universal life plans, premiums beyond the date of death are not refunded. Surrender values are not promised in excess of the legally computed reserves.

For certain universal life policies, reserves for substandard lives are not separately identified and are calculated in the aggregate. For all other life policies, substandard lives are charged an extra premium plus the regular gross premium for the rated issue age. For the Farmers Level Term 2000 plan group, the reserve is the standard interpolated terminal reserve at the rated age, plus the regular net unearned premium reserve at the rated age, plus an additional gross unearned

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

premium reserve using the substandard extra premium charge for the premium payment mode. For all other plan groups, mean reserves are determined by computing the regular mean reserve for the plan at the rated age and holding, in addition, a substandard reserve of one-half of the annualized substandard extra premium charge. The reserves held for structured settlement annuity contracts with a substandard rating are based on a rated age approach.

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had approximately $20,465,408,000 and $14,936,070,000, respectively, of insurance in force for which the gross premiums are less than the net premiums according to the standard valuation set by the OIC. The Company does not utilize anticipated investment income as a factor in the premium deficiency calculation.

For tabular interest on annuities involving life contingencies, the tabular less actual reserve released, and the tabular cost have been determined by formula. For annuities and other deposits not involving life contingencies the tabular interest was determined by one of the following methods: 1) serially using the actual interest credited to funds on deposit for the year, or 2) estimated in the aggregate from the beginning and the ending balances, assuming a uniform distribution of cash flows during the year, and the average statutory valuation interest rate.

Unpaid Loss/Claim Adjustment Expenses

The Company accrues an operating expense for the cost of settling benefit claims incurred in the current period, with settlement in future periods. The estimate is based upon the time duration of expected transactions and the total expected costs of settlement, including overhead expenses for each transaction. The balance in the liability for the unpaid loss/claim adjustment expense as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 was approximately $779,000 and $513,000, respectively.

Reinsurance

Premiums, commissions, expense reimbursements, benefits and reserves related to reinsured business are accounted for on bases consistent with those used in accounting for the original policies issued and the terms of the reinsurance contracts. Premiums ceded to other companies have been reported as a reduction of premium income. Amounts applicable to reinsurance ceded for future policy benefits, unearned premium reserves and claim liabilities have been reported as reductions of these items.

Investments

Investments are valued as prescribed by the NAIC and as required by the OIC. All security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Investments are recorded on the following bases:

 

   

Bonds – at cost, adjusted for amortization of premium or discount. Bonds with NAIC designations of 6 are reported at the lower of amortized cost or fair value. Discount or premium on bonds is amortized using the interest method on a retrospective basis. A yield to worst amortization method is used to take into consideration any bond call or sinking fund feature. Loan-backed securities are amortized using the interest method including anticipated prepayments at the date of purchase. Prepayment assumptions are obtained from broker dealer surveys or internal estimates and are based on the current interest rate and economic environment. Significant changes in estimated cash flows from the original purchase assumptions are accounted for using the retrospective method except for high-risk securities, which use the prospective method. The Company uses the retrospective method and has elected to use book value as of January 1, 1994, as the cost for loan-backed securities purchased prior to January 1, 1994, where historical cash flows are not readily available.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

   

Preferred stocks – Preferred stocks with NAIC designations of 1 through 3 with characteristics of debt securities are reported at cost or amortized cost. Preferred stocks with NAIC designations of 1 to 3 with characteristics of equity securities are reported at cost. All other preferred stocks are reported at amortized cost or the lower of amortized cost or fair value, depending on their NAIC designation.

 

   

Common stocks – The Company has sole ownership in a subsidiary, Leschi. It was accounted for under the equity method. As of December 31 2009, the Company ceased applying the equity method when the carrying value of Leschi was reduced to zero because the Company has not guaranteed any of the obligations of Leschi and is not committed to providing further financial support for Leschi.

 

   

Mortgage loans – at the aggregate unpaid balance. The Company measures impaired loans based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate or, as a practical expedient, at the loan’s observable market price or the fair value of the collateral, if the loan is collateral dependent. The Company had no impaired loans as of December 31, 2010 and 2009. The maximum percentage of any one loan to the value of the security at the origination date of the loan is 75%.

 

   

Real estate, including related improvements – at the depreciated historical cost or market if impaired. Depreciation is provided on a straight-line basis over 30 years, which is the estimated life of the properties. Real estate acquired in satisfaction of debt is recorded at estimated fair value at the date of foreclosure. Accumulated depreciation for real estate as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 is approximately $32,657,000 and $23,680,000, respectively. Cost is adjusted for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. Impaired real estate is written down to the estimated fair value with the impairment loss being included in realized losses. Impairment losses are based upon the estimated fair value of real estate, which is generally computed using the present value of expected future cash flows from the real estate discounted at a rate commensurate with the underlying risks.

 

   

Contract loans – at unpaid balances, not in excess of policy cash surrender value.

 

   

Other invested assets – These balances consist of the Company’s investment in joint ventures, hedge funds, securities lending reinvested assets and call options.

 

   

Joint ventures, hedge funds and partnerships – The Company’s investment in joint ventures, hedge funds and partnerships are reported based upon the Company’s proportionate share of the underlying equity of the investee with changes in value being recorded as a component of net unrealized gains or losses in surplus. The Company recognized total impairment losses of $25,000 and $30,942,000 for its investments in Joint Ventures, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies for the periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The circumstances leading to impairments were the other-than-temporary declines of the fair value of these investments.

 

   

Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index (“S&P 500”) call options are purchased as economic hedges against the interest liabilities generated on the equity-indexed annuity products. These call options are carried at estimated fair value based on stock price, strike price, time to expiration, interest rates, dividends, and volatility using the methodology of the Black-Scholes option pricing formula. Unrealized gains and

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

 

losses resulting from changes in the estimated fair value of the call options are recorded as unrealized gains or losses. Premiums paid on S&P 500 call options are amortized to net investment income over the term of the contracts. The call options effectively hedge the annuity contracts since they are both purchased and sold with identical parameters. The annuities were written based on a 7-year investment term, absent early termination by participants. Therefore, the anticipated hedge transaction (i.e. payment of interest to the policyholder at the end of the investment term and maturity of the S&P 500 call option) for each annuity is generally expected to occur in 7 years or less.

 

   

Short-term investments – at cost or amortized cost.

Realized gains and losses on sales of investments, recognized in the statement of operations, are determined based on one of the following: 1) book value or fair value of individual investment, or 2) the cost of the individual security. The unrealized gains or losses on common stocks, hedge fund and options are accounted for as direct increases or decreases in statutory unassigned surplus, and have no effect on the statement of operations.

Changes in interest rates have a direct, inverse impact on the fair value of fixed income investments. It is reasonably possible that changes in interest rates will occur in the near term and could, as a result of such changes, have a material impact on the fair value of fixed income investments. If a decline in the fair value of an individual investment, except for loan-backed securities, is considered to be other-than-temporary, the difference between amortized book value or original cost and fair value is recorded as a realized investment loss. Loan-backed securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality and for which it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable, are written down to the present value of cash flows expected to be received. Fair value is based on quoted market prices. If the fair value of loan-backed securities declines below its amortized cost basis, the Company determines whether the decline is other than temporary.

Investment Income Due and Accrued

Investment income due and accrued with amounts over 90 days past due is nonadmitted. Nonadmitted investment income due and accrued as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 was $5,000 and $0, respectively.

Federal Income Taxes

The Company applied the NAIC Statement of Statutory Accounting Principles No. 10R, Income Taxes – Revised, A Temporary Replacement of SSAP 10 (“SSAP No. 10R”). Income tax incurred is recognized by applying the enacted income tax law. Deferred income taxes are provided for temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities at the end of each year based on enacted tax rates. Changes in admitted deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized as adjustments to surplus. Deferred tax assets are admitted to the extent they meet specific criteria but are limited to the amount of gross deferred tax assets expected to be realized within three years of the balance sheet date or a maximum of 15% of statutory capital and surplus as required to be shown on the statutory balance sheet of the reporting entity for its most recently filed statement with the domiciliary state commissioner, adjusted to exclude any admitted net deferred tax assets, electronic data processing equipment and operating system software and any net positive goodwill. Gross deferred tax assets are required to be reduced by a statutory valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the gross deferred tax assets will not be realized. Companies that meet the risk-based capital trend-test may elect to admit additional deferred tax assets under the provisions of paragraph 10.e, which provides expanded time periods and surplus limitations. The Company qualifies for and has elected to apply the expanded provisions. The additional deferred tax assets admitted under the provisions of paragraph 10.e are $54,350,000 and $53,621,000 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

The significant tax jurisdiction for the Company is U.S. federal tax. The tax years 2006 and prior for U.S. federal tax are closed to tax authority examinations. The Company records any potential net interest and penalties in its income tax expense component of the Statement of Operations. During 2010 and 2009, the Company did not accrue any interest and penalties related to income tax contingencies.

Leases

The Company has a long-term lease commitment with options to renew at the end of the lease period. Operating lease payments are charged to the income statement in the period in which they are incurred. Rental expense for 2010, 2009 and 2008 was approximately $2,834,000 for each of the years, respectively. See Note 15 for discussion of lease commitments.

Death, Disability and Other Benefits

Death and disability benefits represent the estimated ultimate net cost of all reported and unreported claims incurred through year end. Such estimates are based on projections applied to historical claim payment data.

Electronic Data Processing Equipment

Depreciation on electronic data processing equipment, an admitted asset, is calculated using the straight-line basis over 3 years. Accumulated depreciation on electronic data processing equipment as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 was approximately $340,000 and $372,000, respectively.

Depreciation expense on admitted assets was approximately $17,000, $45,000 and $50,000 for each year ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and has been included in general expenses.

Financial Instruments and Concentrations of Credit Risk

The Company’s financial instruments that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash, investments, and reinsurance receivables and payables.

The Company cedes insurance risk to various reinsurance companies rated A- or better by A.M. Best. The Company’s management reviews the financial strength of its reinsurers at the inception of a reinsurance contract and periodically thereafter for the purpose of assessing the financial ability of the reinsurers to perform. Management believes that its reinsurers have the financial strength to perform on their financial obligations.

The Company places its cash with high credit quality institutions. At times, such amounts may be in excess of the FDIC insurance limits. Management believes that risk with respect to these balances is minimal, due to the high credit quality of the depositories.

Accounting Changes

The Company adopted SSAP No. 100 “Fair Value Measurements” (“SSAP No. 100”) effective December 31, 2010 and thereafter. SSAP 100 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure requirements regarding fair value measurements but does not change existing guidance about whether an asset or liability is carried at fair value. Please see Note 5 for disclosures related to SSAP No. 100.

As of September 30, 2010, reserves for all Level Term 2000 base plans were changed from mean reserves to exact reserves. The impact of this change on the Company’s surplus for periods ending December 31, 2009 and prior is as follows. As of December 31, 2009, deferred and

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

uncollected premiums declined by $12,937,000; and aggregate reserves for life contracts declined by $11,948,000. The impact of these changes are reported as cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles in the amount of $(12,937,000) and a change in reserve on account of change in valuation basis in the amount of $11,948,000 for a net impact to surplus of $(989,000).

In December 2009, the NAIC issued Statements of Statutory Accounting Principles No. 10R, Income Taxes – Revised, A Temporary Replacement of SSAP 10 (“SSAP No. 10R”). This guidance provides an increase in the admissibility limitation from 10% to 15% of surplus and an increase in the reversal/realization periods from one to three years. It requires gross deferred tax assets to be reduced by a statutory valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the gross deferred tax assets will not be realized. This guidance is effective for 2009 annual statements, 2010 and 2011 interim and annual statements. In the event subsequent deferred tax asset admission guidance is not adopted by the end of this statements’ effective period, SSAP No. 10 is reinstated as authoritative guidance for accounting and reporting of income taxes for statutory financial statements. The cumulative effect of adopting this pronouncement was $54,350,000 and $53,621,000 for years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and is reported as aggregate write-ins for special surplus funds on the Statutory Statements of Admitted Assets, Liabilities and Capital and Surplus. Please see Note 13 for additional disclosures related to the Company’s federal income taxes.

In September 2009, the NAIC issued SSAP No. 43R “Loan-backed and Structured Securities”, (“SSAP No. 43R”) an amendment of SSAP No. 43 “Loan-backed and Structured Securities” replacing SSAP No. 98 “Treatment of Cash Flows When Quantifying Changes in Valuation and Impairments, an Amendment of SSAP No. 43-Loan-backed and Structured Securities”. SSAP No. 43R provides that for loan-backed and structured securities for which (i) fair value is less than cost (ii) the Company does not intend to sell the security and (iii) the Company has the intent and ability to hold the security until recovery, the Company should determine if there is a non-interest related impairment by comparing the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected to the amortized cost basis. If the net present value of the cash flows expected to be collected is less than amortized cost, the security is impaired, and the difference is recorded as a realized loss in net income. The new cost basis of the security is the previous amortized cost basis less the non-interest impairment recognized in net income.

If fair value is less than amortized cost and the Company (i) has the intent to sell the security, or (ii) does not have the intent and ability to retain the security until recovery of its carrying value, the security is written down to fair value with the associated realized loss reported in net income. The non-interest portion of the realized loss is recognized in the AVR, and the interest portion in the IMR. The fair value at the time of the impairment becomes the security’s new cost basis.

SSAP No. 43R requires that for beneficial interests in securitized financial assets that are not of high credit quality or can contractually be prepaid or otherwise settled in such a way that the reporting entity would not recover substantially all of its recorded amount, determined at acquisition, if fair value is less than amortized cost and there has been a negative change in cash flows, an other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) must be taken. The amount of the impairment is based upon the criteria discussed above. The carrying value of these securities is determined using the prospective yield method.

The Company adopted SSAP No. 43R effective July 1, 2009. The cumulative effect of this change was $23,578,000 and was included in the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles on the statutory statement of changes in capital and surplus in 2009.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

Please see Note 3 for additional disclosures related to SSAP No. 43R.

In 2009, the Company changed the methodology used to calculate net deferred premiums from capped to not exceed the gross deferred premiums for non-deficient policies to uncapped. The impact of this change on the Company’s surplus for periods ending December 31, 2008 and prior is reported as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the amount of $9,013,000 on the statutory statement of changes in capital and surplus in 2009.

Change in Valuation Basis

In 2010, the Company changed the methodology used to calculate its reserves for all Level Term 2000 base plans from mean reserves to exact reserves. The impact of this change on the Company’s surplus is discussed above under accounting changes.

Statements of Cash Flows

For purposes of the statement of cash flows, cash and short-term investments include cash and investments, principally money market funds, with remaining maturities at date of purchase of 12 months or less.

Reclassification

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on net income or capital and surplus as previously reported.

 

  3. Investments

The components of investment income by type of investment for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:

 

000000000000 000000000000 000000000000
(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009     2008  

Bonds

   $ 302,984      $ 293,985      $ 290,502   

Preferred stocks

     -        -        1,353   

Mortgage loans on real estate

     2        3        5   

Investment real estate

     9,053        6,083        8,024   

Contract loans

     22,272        21,493        20,373   

Short-terms investments

     105        701        2,429   

Other

     138        6,542        4,071   
                        

Gross investment income

     334,554        328,807        326,757   

Less: Investment expenses

     (14,010     (11,905     (11,353
                        

Net investment income

   $ 320,544      $ 316,902      $ 315,404   
                        

In 2010, 2009 and 2008, the Company’s investment expense included fees of approximately $217,000, $226,000 and $153,000, respectively, to its parent company, FGI.

In 2010, 2009 and 2008, the Company’s investment expenses included fees of approximately $1,696,000, $1,467,000 and $1,451,000, respectively, to Deutsche Asset Management.

In 2010, 2009 and 2008, the Company’s investment expenses included fees of approximately $223,000, $174,000 and $117,000, respectively, to Zurich Investment Services.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

In 2010, 2009 and 2008, the Company’s investment expenses included fees of approximately $1,197,000, $1,285,000 and $1,213,000, respectively, to Zurich Group Investments.

In 2010, 2009 and 2008, the Company’s investment expenses included fees of approximately $912,000, $1,475,000 and $1,211,000 respectively, to Zurich Alternative Asset Management.

In 2010, 2009 and 2008, the Company’s investment expenses included fees of approximately $125,000, $449,000 and $495,000, respectively, to Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P.

In 2010, 2009 and 2008, the Company’s investment expenses included fees of approximately $396,000, $284,000 and $385,000, respectively, to BlackRock, Inc.

Realized Gains and Losses

Realized gains and losses on sales, redemptions and impairments of investments are determined based on the actual cost of the securities. Realized investment gains and losses for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:

 

000000000000 000000000000 000000000000
(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009     2008  

Bonds

   $ (809   $ (117,932   $ (70,157

Preferred stocks

     (248     -        (4,680

Short-term Investments

     2        20        29   

Investment Real Estate

     -        (523     (1,418

Other

     2,110        (54,981     (10,802
                        
     1,055        (173,416     (87,028

Transfer to interest maintenance reserve

     (6,105     22,095        (13,904

Add: Tax benefit (expense) on net realized losses (gains)

     5,729        6,964        (7,795
                        
   $ 679      $ (144,357   $ (108,727
                        

Impairment losses included in realized gains and losses above, for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:

 

000000000000 000000000000 000000000000
(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009     2008  

Bonds

   $ (19,908   $ (69,106   $ (91,863

Preferred stocks

     (248     -        (4,680

Investment real estate

     -        (523     (3,109

Other

     (25     (30,943     (8,689
                        
   $ (20,181   $ (100,572   $ (108,341
                        

The Company has a security monitoring process overseen by a committee of investment and accounting professionals that, on a monthly basis, identifies securities in an unrealized position that could potentially be other-than-temporarily impaired.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

Unrealized Gains and Losses on Common Stock

Gross unrealized gains and losses pertaining to common stock as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

 

000000000000 000000000000 000000000000
(in thousands of dollars)    Gains      Losses     Net  

2010

       

Common stock

       

Industrial and miscellaneous (affiliated)

   $                 -       $         (45,000   $         (45,000
                         

Total common stock

   $ -       $         (45,000   $         (45,000
                         

2009

       

Common stock

       

Industrial and miscellaneous (affiliated)

   $ -       $ (45,000   $ (45,000
                         

Total common stock

   $ -       $ (45,000   $ (45,000
                         

Unrealized Gains and Losses on Bonds and Redeemable Preferred Stocks

Amortized cost, gross unrealized gains, gross unrealized losses, and estimated fair value of bonds and preferred stocks as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   

Estimated
Fair

Value

 

2010

          

Bonds

          

U.S. Governments

   $ 411,971       $ 8,239       $ (6,989   $ 413,221   

All Other Governments

     21,872         626         (38     22,460   

States, Territories and Possessions

     33,275         150         (37     33,388   

Political Subdivisions

     46,447         1,078         (1,568     45,957   

Special Revenues

     173,714         3,461         (4,113     173,062   

Industrial and miscellaneous

     2,880,452         205,150         (9,820     3,075,782   

Hybrid Securities

     11,820         2,824         (433     14,211   
                                  

Total bonds

   $     3,579,551       $     221,528       $     (22,998   $     3,778,081   

Loan-Backed Securities

     1,850,282         135,145         (7,424     1,978,003   

Redeemable preferred stocks

     72         54         -        126   
                                  

Total fixed maturities

   $ 5,429,905       $ 356,727       $ (30,422   $ 5,756,210   
                                  

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Amortized
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   

Estimated
Fair

Value

 

2009

          

Bonds

          

U.S. Governments

   $ 233,956       $ 5,788       $ (8,387   $ 231,357   

All Other Governments

     8,306         91         -        8,397   

States, Territories and Possessions

     34,458         -         (1,719     32,739   

Political Subdivisions

     33,341         163         (1,718     31,786   

Special Revenues

     153,736         2,737         (3,785     152,688   

Industrial and miscellaneous

     2,849,068         117,465         (39,329     2,927,204   

Hybrid Securities

     11,820         2,117         (356     13,581   
                                  

Total bonds

   $     3,324,685       $ 128,361       $ (55,294   $     3,397,752   

Loan-Backed Securities

     2,083,239         63,774         (84,014     2,062,999   

Redeemable preferred stocks

     214         -         -        214   
                                  

Total fixed maturities

   $ 5,408,138       $ 192,135       $ (139,308   $ 5,460,965   
                                  

Unrealized Losses on Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities

Estimated fair value and gross unrealized losses of fixed maturities and equity securities as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Unrealized Losses
Less Than 12 Months
    Unrealized Losses
12 Months or Greater
 
     Estimated
Fair Value
     Unrealized
Losses
    Estimated
Fair Value
     Unrealized
Losses
 

2010

          

Fixed maturities:

          

Bonds

          

U.S. Governments

   $     177,373       $ (6,989   $ -       $ -   

All Other Governments

     2,354         (38     -         -   

States, Territories and Possessions

     17,571         (37     -         -   

Political Subdivisions

     21,069         (1,568     -         -   

Special Revenues

     116,384         (4,113     -         -   

Industrial and miscellaneous

     264,599         (5,566     62,411         (4,255

Hybrid Securities

     -         -        1,733         (433
                                  

Total bonds

   $ 599,350       $     (18,311   $ 64,144       $ (4,688

Loan-Backed Securities

     94,430         (451     80,810         (6,973
                                  

Redeemable preferred stocks

          -         -   
                                  

Total fixed maturities

   $ 693,780       $ (18,762   $     144,954       $ (11,661
                                  

Equity securities:

          

Industrial and miscellaneous (affiliated)

   $ -       $ -      $ -       $     (45,000
                                  

Total equity securities

   $ -       $ -      $ -       $ (45,000
                                  

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Unrealized Losses
Less Than 12 Months
    Unrealized Losses
12 Months or Greater
 
     Estimated
Fair Value
     Unrealized
Losses
    Estimated
Fair Value
     Unrealized
Losses
 

2009

          

Fixed maturities:

          

Bonds

          

U.S. Governments

   $ 62,334       $ (1,725   $ 56,995       $ (6,663

States, Territories and Possessions

     32,740         (1,719     -         -   

Political Subdivisions

     27,983         (1,718     -         -   

Special Revenues

     109,516         (3,785     -         -   

Industrial and miscellaneous

     423,633         (9,679     349,359         (29,650

Hybrid Securities

     -         -        1,808         (356
                                  

Total bonds

   $ 656,206       $ (18,626   $ 408,162       $ (36,669

Loan-Backed Securities

     356,675         (22,316     443,346         (61,698
                                  

Total fixed maturities

   $     1,012,881       $     40,942   $     851,508       $     (98,367
                                  

Equity securities:

          

Industrial and miscellaneous (affiliated)

   $ -       $ -      $ -       $ (45,000
                                  

Total equity securities

   $ -       $ -      $ -       $ (45,000
                                  

As of December 31, 2010, fixed maturities represented 40% of the Company’s total unrealized loss amount, which was comprised of 132 securities. The remaining portion of the Company’s total unrealized loss amount is attributed to one equity security. The Company holds 2 securities that are in an unrealized loss position in excess of 20%.

Fixed maturities in an unrealized loss position for less than 12 months were comprised of 104 securities, of which 80%, or $555,500,000, were comprised of securities with fair value to amortized cost ratios at or greater than 95%. The majority of these securities are investment grade fixed maturities depressed due to changes in interest rates from the date of purchase.

Fixed maturities in an unrealized loss position for 12 months or more as of December 31, 2010 were comprised of 28 securities, with a total fair value of approximately $144,954,000. The decline in market value for these securities is primarily attributable to changes in interest rates. A variety of data is reviewed, including the aging and severity of unrealized losses, watch lists distributed by the asset managers, deviations in market prices between months, and results of tests indicating if any bond holdings with unrealized losses have a credit rating below investment grade for 12 consecutive months. If a fixed maturity security, except for loan-backed securities, is deemed other-than-temporarily impaired, then the security’s book value basis is written down to current market value with the Company recognizing an impairment loss in current period’s earnings.

For loan-backed securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality for which it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable, are written down to the present value of expected cash flows to be received.

Because the decline in market value is attributable to changes in interest rates and not credit quality and because the Company has the ability and intent to hold these investments until a recovery of fair value, which may be maturity, the Company does not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of December 31, 2010.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

Loan-backed Securities

In accordance with SSAP No. 43R, effective July 1, 2009, loan-backed securities with fair values less than amortized cost where the Company (i) has the intent to sell the security; or (ii) lacks the intent or the ability to retain the security for a period of time sufficient to recover the amortized cost basis; the security is written down to fair value with the associated realized loss reported in net income. Loan-backed securities impaired due to intent to sell or inability or lack of intent to retain the security for a period of time sufficient to recover the amortized cost basis are summarized in the following table:

 

                 Other-Than-Temporary
Impairment Recognized in
Loss
        
          Amortized
Cost Basis
Before Other-
Than-
Temporary
Impairment
    

(2a)

Interest

     (2b)
Non-interest
     Fair Value
1 - (2a+2b)
 
                                      

OTTI Recognized 1st Quarter

           
a)    Intent to sell    $         $         $         $     
b)    Inability or lack of intent to retain the investment in the security for a period of time sufficient to recover the amortized cost basis            
                                      
c)    Total 1st Quarter    $         $         $         $     

OTTI Recognized 2nd Quarter

           
a)    Intent to sell    $         $         $         $     
b)    Inability or lack of intent to retain the investment in the security for a period of time sufficient to recover the amortized cost basis            
                                      
c)    Total 2nd Quarter    $                          $                          $                          $                      

OTTI Recognized 3rd Quarter

           
a)    Intent to sell    $ 25,966       $ (10,294)       $ (2,686)       $ 12,986   
b)    Inability or lack of intent to retain the investment in the security for a period of time sufficient to recover the amortized cost basis            
                                      
c)    Total 3rd Quarter    $ 25,966       $ (10,294)       $ (2,686)       $ 12,986   

OTTI Recognized 4th Quarter

           
a)    Intent to sell    $         $         $         $     
b)    Inability or lack of intent to retain the investment in the security for a period of time sufficient to recover the amortized cost basis            
                                      
c)    Total 4th Quarter    $         $         $         $     

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

Loan-backed securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality for which it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable, are written down to the present value of expected cash flows to be received. Loan-backed securities impaired to their present value of projected cash flows that are still held as of December 31, 2010 consisted of the following:

(in thousands of dollars)

 

Cusip    Description    Book/Adjusted
Carrying Value
Amortized Cost
Before Current
Period Other-
Than-Temporary
Impairment
     Recognized
Other-Than-
Temporary
Impairment
    Amortized
Cost After
Other-Than-
Temporary
Impairment
     Fair Value  

949797AA2

   WFMBS 2007-15 A1    $ 7,650       $ (98   $ 7,552       $ 6,511   

46628YBJ8

   JPMMT 2006-S2 3A7      9,114         (79     9,035         7,770   

46625YA78

   JPMCC 2006-CB14 D      1,797         (1,651     147         397   

46630VAR3

   JPMCC 2007-CB19 E      1,470         (1,382     88         345   

12668AZ32

   CWALT 2005-65CB-2A3      3,582         (43     3,539         3,177   

41162DAF6

   HVMLT 2006-12 2A2A      1,936         (588     1,349         1,712   

46625YA78

   JPMCC 2006-CB14 D      147         (51     95         516   

46628YBJ8

   JPMMT 2006-S2 3A7      6,909         (154     6,755         6,775   

46630VAR3

   JPMCC 2007-CB19 E      88         (63     25         394   

76200RAV0

   RFMSI 2007-S7 A20      5,760         (79     5,681         5,871   

22540AET1

   CSFB 1997-C2 AX      172         (78     95         114   

23322BEE4

   DLJCM 1999-CG1 S      887         (376     511         217   

756991AG0

   SBA IO RMOF 9084      69         (5     64         69   
                                     
   Totals    $ 39,582       $ (4,647   $ 34,935       $ 33,868   
                                     

In determining the impairments for loan-backed securities, a review of default rate, credit support and other key assumptions was made on the security level. Where it was determined that less than 100% of contractual cash flows would be received, the impairment was measured by discounting the projected cash flows and comparing these discounted cash flows to the amortized cost basis of the securities in accordance to SSAP No. 43R. The roll-forward of the amounts related to credit losses on loan-backed securities recognized in earnings are as follows:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    2010  

Beginning balance of credit losses on loan-backed securities

   $ (1,467

Additions not previously recognized

     (5,641

Reductions for securities sold during the period

     5,147   

Impairment on intent to sell securities

     (2,686
        

Ending balance of credit losses on loan-backed securities owned as of December 31, 2010

     $    (4,647
        

Subprime Mortgage Related Risk Exposure

Generally, direct subprime exposures were identified based upon consideration of the following types of features: interest rate above prime to borrowers that did not qualify for prime rate loans; borrowers with low credit ratings (FICO scores); interest only or negative amortizing loans;

 

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(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

unconventionally high initial loan-to-value ratios; unusually low initial payments based on a fixed introductory rate that expires after a short initial period and then adjusts to an unusually high rate based upon a variable index rate plus a margin; borrowers with less than conventional documentation of their income and/or net assets; very high or no limits on how much the payment amount or the interest rate may increase or reset periods; or loans that include substantial prepayment penalties and or prepayment penalties that extend beyond the initial interest rate adjustment.

The Company has no direct exposure through investments in subprime mortgage loans. The following table details the Company’s direct exposure to subprime risk through other investments as of December 31, 2010:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Actual Cost      Book/Adjusted
Carrying Value
(excluding
interest)
     Fair Value      Other-Than-
Temporary
Impairment
Losses
Recognized
 

Residential mortgage-backed securities

   $ 42,419       $ 43,963       $ 40,970       $ (631

Other assets

     7,989         9,290         9,290         -   
                                   

Totals

   $ 50,408       $ 53,253       $ 50,260       $ (631
                                   

Maturities of Bonds and Preferred Stocks

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of bonds and preferred stocks, by contractual maturity, at December 31, 2010 are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalty:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Amortized
Cost
    

Estimated
Fair

Value

 

Due to 1 year or less

   $ 149,199       $ 151,528   

Due after 1 year through 5 years

     782,172         830,934   

Due after 5 years through 10 years

     1,113,925         1,180,666   

Due after 10 years

     1,534,254         1,614,952   
                 
     3,579,550         3,778,080   

Loan-backed securities

     1,850,283         1,978,004   

Preferred stocks

     72         126   
                 
   $     5,429,905       $     5,756,210   
                 

Sales of Bonds, Preferred Stocks and Common Stocks

The gross gains, gross losses and proceeds from sales on bonds, preferred stocks and common stocks for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:

 

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(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Gross
Gains
     Gross
Losses
    Proceeds  

2010

       

Bonds

   $     26,435       $ (8,419   $ 501,820   
                         

2009

       

Bonds

   $ 20,903         $    (73,543)      $     544,774   
                         

2008

       

Bonds

   $ 29,394       $ (8,032   $ 215,605   
                         

Bonds with an amortized cost of approximately $3,891,000 and $3,905,000 were on deposit with regulatory authorities at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, to satisfy regulatory requirements. The fair value of these securities was approximately $4,299,000 and $4,275,000 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

On February 13, 2009, the Company acquired a $75,000,000 par value Mount Rosa/Mount Evans bond from Fire Underwriters Association for $85,978,000. Both Mount Rosa 1 LTD and Mount Evans Funding Limited Liability Company are not affiliated companies; however, in this special purpose vehicle bond, ZIC, an affiliated company, provided the underlying financial guarantee of interest, and American International Group, Inc., an unaffiliated company, provided the underlying guarantee of principal. The Coupon rate for this bond is 6.15% and interest is paid semi-annually. The Company earned approximately $4,410,000 of interest income in 2010. Market value for the bond was approximately $84,003,000 as of December 31, 2010.

In 2008, the Company held a $75,000,000 Mount Rosa/Mount Evans bond; at par, as issued by the Mount Rosa 1 LTD, an Isle of Man exempted company, and Mount Evans Funding Limited Liability Company, a Delaware limited liability company, which was called in December 2008. Both Mount Rosa 1 LTD and Mount Evans Funding Limited Liability Company are not affiliated companies; however, in this special purpose vehicle bond, ZIC, an affiliated company, provided the underlying financial guarantee of interest, and American International Group, Inc., an unaffiliated company, provided the underlying guarantee of principal. The bond maturity date was December 27, 2031. The coupon rate for this bond was 7.24% and interest was paid semi-annually. The Issuer redeemed this $75,000,000 bond in December 2008 and the Company realized a $26,396,000 gain on the redemption.

On July 11, 2003, the Company acquired a $15,000,000 Mount Rosa/Mount Evans bond at par. The bond maturity date is July 17, 2033. The coupon rate for this bond is 6.15% and interest is paid semi-annually. The Company earned approximately $923,000, $923,000 and $923,000 of interest income in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The total market value of the bond was approximately $16,801,000 and $15,505,000 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

  4. Statutory Investment Valuation Reserves

The tables below present changes in the major elements of the AVR and the IMR:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    AVR     IMR  

Balances as of December 31, 2008

   $ -      $ 21,700   

Realized investment gains (losses), net of tax

     (90,625     (22,095

Amortization of investment gains

     -        (2,290

Unrealized investment losses, net of deferred tax

     (1,996     -   

Basic contribution

     5,444        -   

Reserve objective over accumulated balances at 20%

     23,519        -   

Adjustment down to maximum/up to zero

     63,658        -   
                

Balances as of December 31, 2009

     -        (2,685

Realized investment gains (losses), net of tax

     6,791        6,105   

Amortization of investment gains

     -        (806

Unrealized investment losses, net of deferred tax

     2,479        -   

Basic contribution

     6,399        -   

Reserve objective over accumulated balances at 20%

     3,580        -   

Adjustment down to maximum/up to zero

     -        -   
                

Balances as of December 31, 2010

   $     19,249      $     2,614   
                

The AVR requires reserves for default risk on bonds and preferred stocks, common stocks, mortgage loans on real estate and other investments. The IMR is designed to capture the realized gains and losses which result from changes in the overall level of interest rates and amortize such into income over the approximate remaining life of the investments sold. Changes in the AVR have been applied directly to unassigned surplus. Investment gains and losses, net of tax, added to the IMR are amortized to income over the remaining life of the investments sold.

 

  5. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Included in various investment related line items in the financial statements are certain financial instruments carried at fair value on a recurring basis. Other financial instruments are periodically measured at fair value, such as when impaired, or, for certain bonds and preferred stock when carried at the lower of cost or market.

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value have been classified, for disclosure purposes, based on a hierarchy defined by SFAS 157. The hierarchy gives the highest ranking to fair values determined using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest ranking to fair values determined using methodologies and models with unobservable inputs (Level 3). An asset’s or liability’s classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to its measurement. For example, a Level 3 fair value measurement may include inputs that are both observable (Levels 1 and 2) and unobservable (Level 3). The levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

   

Level 1: Fair value measurements based on observable inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the company has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 1 securities include highly liquid U.S. Treasury securities, money

 

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(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

 

market funds, certain mortgage backed securities, and exchange traded equity and derivative securities.

 

   

Level 2: Fair value measurements based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or significant inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include the following:

 

  a) Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
  b) Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets;
  c) Inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable;
  d) Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data through correlation or other means.

 

   

Level 3: Fair value measurements based on valuation techniques that require significant inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These measurements include circumstances in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability and reflect management’s own judgments about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability.

Financial Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following table provides information as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 about the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

2010

           

Assets at Fair Value

           

Other Invested Assets:

           

Other Joint Ventures - Unaffiliated

   $ -       $ -       $ 38,999       $ 38,999   
                                   

Sub-Total

   $ -       $ -       $ 38,999       $ 38,999   

Aggregate Write-Ins for Investment Assets:

           

Derivative Instruments

   $ -       $ 98       $ -       $ 98   

Aggregate Write-Ins for Other Than Invested Assets:

           

Separate Accounts Assets

   $     462,623       $ -       $ -       $ 462,623   
                                   

Total Assets at Fair Value

   $ 462,623       $         98       $     38,999       $     501,720   
                                   

 

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(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

2009

           

Assets at Fair Value

           

Other Invested Assets:

           

Other Joint Ventures - Unaffiliated

   $ -       $ -       $ 39,832       $ 39,832   
                                   

Sub-Total

   $ -       $ -       $ 39,832       $ 39,832   

Aggregate Write-Ins for Investment Assets:

           

Derivative Instruments

   $ -       $ 166       $ -         166   

Aggregate Write-Ins for Other Than Invested Assets:

           

Separate Accounts Assets

   $ 409,994       $ -       $ -         409,994   
                                   

Total Assets at Fair Value

   $     409,994       $         166       $     39,832       $     449,992   
                                   

Level 1 Financial Assets

Separate Account Assets

Fair values and changes in the fair values of separate account assets generally accrue directly to the policyholders and are not included in the Company’s revenues and expenses or surplus.

Separate account assets in Level 1 primarily include actively-traded institutional and retail mutual fund investments valued by the respective mutual fund companies.

Level 2 Financial Assets

Derivative Instruments

The level 2 financial assets represent S&P 500 call options that are classified as derivative instruments. These S&P 500 call options are commented on more fully under Note 16. The fair value in this category represents the options purchased on Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index (“S&P 500 Index”) to hedge the interest liability generated on the equity-indexed annuity product. The fair value is computed internally using the Black-Scholes model under the “Asian” methodology.

Level 3 Financial Assets

Other Joint Ventures - Unaffiliated

Fair value is provided by the Fund Manager and/or their Fund Administrator and is generally based on quoted market prices. If quoted market prices are not available, fair value is determined based on other relevant factors including, but not limited to, dealer price quotations, price activity for equivalent instruments and valuation pricing models.

Changes in Level 3 Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following tables summarize the changes in assets classified as Level 3 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. Gains and losses reported in this table may include changes in fair value that are attributable to both observable and unobservable inputs.

 

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(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

            Gains/(Losses)      Gains/(Losses)      Purchases,         
(in thousands of dollars)    Balance at
January 1,
2010
    

Included

in

Surplus

    

Included in
net

income

     issuances
and
settlements
     Balance at
December 31,
2010
 

Other Invested Assets

              

Real Estate Joint Ventures - Unaffiliated

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -   

(Excluding Fillmore and Phillips Edison)

              

Other Joint Ventures - Unaffiliated

     39,832         3,491         609         (4,933)         38,999   

 

            Gains/(Losses)      Gains/(Losses)      Purchases,         
(in thousands of dollars)    Balance at
January 1,
2009
    

Included

in

Surplus

    

Included in
net

income

     issuances
and
settlements
     Balance at
December 31,
2009
 

Other Invested Assets

              

Real Estate Joint Ventures - Unaffiliated

   $ 104,912       $ (31,800)       $ (16,507)       $ (56,605)       $ -   

(Excluding Fillmore and Phillips Edison)

              

Other Joint Ventures - Unaffiliated

     67,263         21,030         (11,319)         (37,142)         39,832   

Policy on Transfers In and Out of Level 3

At the end of each reporting period, the Company evaluates whether or not any event has occurred or circumstances have changed that would cause an investment to be transferred in or out of Level 3.

The estimated carrying values and fair values of the Company’s financial instruments as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    2010      2009  
     Carrying
Value
     Estimated
Fair Value
     Carrying
Value
     Estimated
Fair Value
 

Assets

           

Bonds

   $ 5,429,834       $ 5,756,084       $ 5,407,924       $ 5,460,751   

Preferred stocks

     72         126         214         214   

Mortgage loans

     18         18         22         28   

Contract loans

     294,972         294,972         289,216         289,216   

Joint ventures and partnerships

     38,999         38,999         45,995         45,995   

S&P 500 call options

     98         98         166         166   

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

     116,631         116,631         138,966         138,966   

Securities Lending

     64,327         64,327         50,026         50,026   

Separate accounts

     462,623         462,623         409,994         409,994   

Liabilities

           

Deferred annuities

     1,632,649         1,608,916         1,612,629         1,586,409   

Securities lending

     64,636         64,636         50,335         50,335   

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

Bonds and preferred stocks

The estimated fair values of bonds and preferred stocks are valued in accordance with the NAIC’s Purposes and Procedures Manual of the Securities Valuation Office (“SVO”). In those instances where fair value is not available from the SVO then fair value is based upon quoted market prices, dealer quotes, and prices obtained from independent pricing services, generally broker dealers. Unless representative trades of securities actually occurred at year end, these quotes are generally estimates of market value based on an evaluation of appropriate factors such as trading in similar securities, yields, credit quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issues and other market data.

Mortgage loans

The estimated fair value of the mortgage loan portfolio is determined by discounting the estimated future cash flows, using a year-end market rate which is applicable to the yield, credit quality, and average maturity of the composite portfolio.

Contract loans

The carrying amounts of these items are a reasonable estimate of their fair market values because interest rates are generally variable and based on current market rates.

Joint ventures and partnerships

The estimated fair value of the joint ventures and partnerships is based on financial information received from the partnership management.

S&P 500 call options

The Black-Scholes option pricing formula is a reasonable valuation method in estimating the fair market value of the S&P 500 call options.

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

The carrying amounts of these items are a reasonable estimate of their fair value.

Deferred annuities

The estimated fair values are based on the currently available cash surrender value, similar to the demand deposit liabilities of depository institutions.

 

  6. Investment in Joint Ventures and Partnerships

The Company’s investments in joint ventures and partnership interests amounted to approximately $38,999,000 and $45,995,000 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

  7. Related Parties

The Company is a subsidiary of FGI, an insurance holding company domiciled in the State of Nevada. As the parent company, FGI performs legal, investment, and marketing services on behalf of the Company. Fees for these services are determined by using various cost allocation methods.

On October 1, 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with Farmers Reinsurance Company (“Farmers Re”), a California insurer, which is 100% owned by the Company’s parent, FGI, to sell all

 

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(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

of the Company’s unaffiliated real estate joint venture interests to Farmers Re based on the Company’s net assets of the real estate joint venture interests, which the Company believes approximated fair value as of September 30, 2009. The final purchase price was determined and settled in cash at a price of $84,776,000 during the fourth quarter of 2009. At disposal, the statement value of the investment was $102,963,000 which generated a realized loss of $18,187,000. The sale also transfers remaining future investment commitments totaling $6,286,000. The transaction was undertaken to restructure the risk profile of the Company’s investment portfolio. The sale of these assets facilitates the Company’s ability to properly manage risks within its portfolio while enhancing its risk-based capital ratio.

On January 2, 2007, the Company capitalized Leschi, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Leschi is a special purpose financial captive organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of South Carolina.

On November 1, 2005, the Company acquired three properties valued at $42,579,000 and formed the WVGRR Properties, LLC, a real estate holding company fully owned by the Company. In exchange, the Company paid cash in the amount of $18,195,000 and also assumed the debt on the three properties in the amount of $24,384,000. On July 23, 2010, WVGRR Properties, LLC, paid off its outstanding encumbrances in the amount of $22,324,211. Subsequently, on December 14, 2010, WVGRR Properties, LLC transferred all real estate properties -Talavi, Crystal Park and Westlake - to Farmers New World Life. As of December 31, 2010, the statement value for WVGRR Properties, LLC, was $0.

The Company entered into a modified coinsurance agreement (the “Agreement”) on December 1, 2003 with Zurich American Life Insurance Company (ZALICO). ZALICO is an Illinois domiciled stock life insurance company and an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of ZFS. Initially, the Company ceded to ZALICO all existing Non-Qualified Individual Flexible Payment Deferred (“NQ-FPDA”) and Non-Qualified Individual Single Premium Deferred (“NQ-SPDA”) annuities, totaling approximately 36% of the Company’s annuity business. In exchange, the Company received an initial commission of approximately $36,500,000. No portion of the assets constituting the consideration is being ceded to ZALICO. Subsequent new issues of NQ-FPDA and NQ-SPDA annuities will be ceded to ZALICO. The Company has a management and service agreement with ZALICO to provide services reasonably necessary pursuant to this Agreement.

The Agreement with ZALICO does not relieve the Company from its obligations to policyholders. The Company remains liable to its policyholders for all annuities ceded; therefore, a credit exposure exists to the extent that ZALICO does not meet its obligations under the agreement. Failure of ZALICO to honor its obligation could result in a loss to the Company.

FGI has an agreement with the Company to provide sales and marketing, human resource, information technology, real estate, tax, payroll, investments, purchasing, warehousing, corporate legal, internal audit and other services. Fees charged to the Company by FGI were approximately $50,833,000, $61,315,000 and $62,747,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and are expensed as incurred.

MI Administrators, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIG Leasing and was formed on September 24, 2008 under the laws of the State of Delaware. MI Administrators serves as a paymaster entity for the Company and affiliate entities and facilitates cash settlement of related party transactions in accordance with the State of Washington’s business and occupation regulations.

 

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(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

For the period ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company reported the following amounts due from or to related parties:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009  

Receivables from related parties

    

ZALICO

   $         246      $ 672   

Leschi

     82        79   
                

Total receivables from related parties

     328        751   
                

Payables to related parties

    

FGI

   $ (9,166   $     (10,326

Zurich Treasury Services

     (66     -   

Farmers Insurance Group Leasing

     (12     (10

Farmers RE

     -        (335
                

Total payables to Related Parties

     (9,244     (10,671
                

Net payables to related parties

   $ (8,916   $ (9,920
                

 

  8. Security Lending Arrangement

The Company has entered into a security lending agreement with a lending agent. The agreement authorizes the agent to lend securities held in the Company’s portfolio to a list of authorized borrowers. Concurrent with delivery of the securities, the borrower provides the Company with cash collateral equal to at least 102% of the market value of the loaned securities. The cash collateral is unrestricted.

The securities are marked-to-market on a daily basis, and the collateral is adjusted on the next business day. The collateral is invested in overnight repurchases in US government and Agency securities. Income earned from the security lending arrangement is shared 25% and 75% between the agent and the Company, respectively. Income earned by the Company was approximately $43,000, $28,000 and $820,000 in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Company’s securities on loan as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 primarily consisted of U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government Agency and corporate fixed income securities and had an estimated fair value of approximately $63,160,000 and $49,282,000, respectively. The collateral as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 had an estimated fair value of approximately $64,327,000 and $50,026,000, respectively.

 

  9. Reinsurance

The Company assumes business from and cedes business to reinsurers to share risks under certain term, whole life and universal life policies for the purpose of reducing exposure to large losses.

Reinsurance ceded contracts do not relieve the Company from its obligations to policyholders. The Company remains liable to its policyholders for the portion reinsured to the extent that any reinsurer does not meet its obligations for reinsurance ceded to it under the reinsurance agreements. Failure of the reinsurers to honor their obligations could result in losses to the Company. Provisions are established for amounts deemed or estimated to be uncollectible. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, no amounts have been recorded in relation to uncollectible reinsurance balances. To minimize its exposure to significant losses from reinsurance

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

insolvencies, the Company uses several reinsurers, evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and monitors the concentration of credit risk arising from similar characteristics of the reinsurers.

The Company has established retention limits for new policy issuances. The maximum retention on new issues is $2,000,000 per life for universal life, variable universal life and whole life policies and $1,000,000 per life for all other policies. The excess risk is reinsured with an affiliated reinsurer, Zurich Insurance Company (ZIC), and other unaffiliated reinsurers.

The Company entered into a reinsurance agreement (the “Leschi Agreement”) on January 2, 2007 with Leschi, a wholly-owned subsidiary. The Leschi Agreement requires the Company to cede, and Leschi to assume on an indemnity coinsurance basis, risks under certain term life insurance policies written by the Company. Premiums ceded to Leschi approximated $95,353,000, and $77,711,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Premiums ceded to ZALICO per the modified coinsurance agreement described in Note 7 were approximately $43,590,000 and $26,937,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Beginning January 1, 2010, Farmers Life cedes to its affiliate, ZIC, 50% of contractual risk for new issues of its critical illness rider and a portion of business that is ceded through reinsurance pools. Premiums ceded to ZIC approximated $972,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Premiums assumed from unaffiliated companies approximated $29,021,000, $24,576,000 and $21,461,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Premiums ceded to unaffiliated companies approximated $211,146,000, $214,016,000 and $217,267,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Claims paid to unaffiliated companies on assumed reinsurance were approximately $27,028,000, $22,428,000 and $21,330,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Claims ceded to unaffiliated companies were approximately $91,626,000, $103,991,000 and $83,269,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

The estimated amounts of aggregate reduction in surplus due to termination of all reinsurance agreements by either party as of December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, were approximately $128,480,000, $93,520,000 and $66,645,000 respectively.

 

10. Surplus and Restrictions

Statutory surplus of approximately $664,935,000 and $667,528,000 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, is the amount held for the benefit of the stockholder. The entire amount in 2010 and 2009 is designated as stockholder’s surplus for tax purposes and would not subject the Company to taxation if paid as a cash dividend.

The amount of dividends that can be paid by the Company to its stockholder without prior approval of the OIC is limited to the greater of (i) 10% of its statutory earned surplus or (ii) the statutory net income before realized gains and losses from the preceding calendar year. Earned surplus consists of funds derived from any realized net profits, and does not include unrealized capital gains or re-evaluation of assets. A dividend paid that does not meet the above specifications is defined as an “extraordinary dividend” and requires advance approval from the OIC. The maximum dividend payouts that could be made without prior approval of the OIC for the years 2011 and 2010

 

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(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

were $123,712,000 and $131,048,000, respectively. Dividends are determined by the board of directors.

During 2010, the Company paid dividends totaling $120,000,000 to its parent, FGI. On April 22, 2010, the Company declared an ordinary dividend of $30,000,000 to the Company’s sole shareholder and parent, FGI and the dividend was paid out on May 14, 2010. On July 15, 2010, the Company declared another $30,000,000 ordinary dividend to be paid to FGI and the dividend was paid out on August 9, 2010. On December 9, 2010, the Company declared a $60,000,000 ordinary dividend to be paid to FGI and the dividend was paid out on December 30, 2010. The Company paid no dividends to its parent during 2009.

The NAIC requires life insurance companies to calculate a risk-based capital ratio (“RBC”). The RBC is used for the regulation of life insurance companies and is used as a solvency benchmark by state insurance regulators. The formulas for determining the RBC specify various weighting factors that are applied to financial balances or various levels of activity based on degree of risk. The RBC ratio is determined by a ratio of the enterprise’s regulatory total adjusted capital to its authorized control level RBC, as defined by the NAIC. If the RBC ratio is below specific trigger points, the Company may be required to take corrective action. The Company’s ratios exceed the minimum regulatory requirements at December 31, 2010 and 2009. These ratios are not a required part of the financial statements.

 

11. Employees’ Retirement Plans

Prior to January 1, 2009, FGI sponsored a qualified, non-contributory defined benefit pension plan where benefits were based on years of service and the employee’s compensation during the last five years of employment. Effective January 1, 2009 the Company transitioned to a Cash Balance Program. However, vested employees who were age 40 and over or who had 10 or more years of service as of December 31, 2008 were “grandfathered” in the previous Pension Program. This approach helped employees closer to retirement to maintain the full value of their anticipated pension benefit. Benefits under the Pension Program are based on an employee’s years of service and compensation during the last five years of employment. The FGI funding policy is to make sufficient contributions to the pension plan to fully provide for employees’ benefits at the time of retirement. Under the Cash Balance Program, FGI makes regular contributions to the employee’s account. The amount of these contributions is based on a percentage of an employee’s base pay and will vary depending on an employee’s age and length of service.

In addition, the Company provides post-retirement benefits to retired employees through a plan also sponsored by FGI. The Company has no legal obligation for benefits under these plans. FGI charges the Company an allocated share of such contributions based on characteristics of the population of plan participants. The Company was allocated and contributed $5,900,000, $5,600,000 and $3,600,000 for pension and post-retirement benefits costs for 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Pension plan and post-retirement benefits liabilities are only recorded by FGI.

 

12. Employees’ Profit Sharing Plans

Prior to January 1, 2009, FGI and its subsidiaries had two profit sharing plans providing for cash payments to all eligible employees, the Cash Profit Sharing Plan and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan. Effective January 1, 2009 the Company transitioned from the two profit sharing plans to a 401K Savings Plan and the Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP) award program.

 

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(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

The 401K Savings Plan includes a dollar-for-dollar Company match up to 6% of employees’ earned base pay. All employees, including new hires, are vested in the 401K Savings Plan immediately.

The STIP program has two drivers. The award pool funding is determined by the Company meeting its Business Operating Profit (BOP) goal. Secondly, the pool is distributed based on annual individual performance ratings. The majority of Farmers employees participate in the STIP award program. Up to 85% of the award can be deferred into the Company’s 401K Savings Plan.

The Company’s share of expenses for the STIP award program in 2010 and 2009 and the discontinued Cash Profit Sharing Plan and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 was approximately $4,133,000, $6,044,000 and $6,823,000, respectively. Additionally, the Company’s contributions to the newly adopted 401K Savings Plan totaled $1,747,000, $1,480,000 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

 

  13. Federal Income Taxes

The components of the Company’s net deferred tax asset (DTA) / deferred tax liability (DTL) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

 

     2010  
     Ordinary     Capital     Total  

(in thousands of dollars)

      

Gross Deferred Tax Assets

   $ 210,737      $ 80,916      $ 291,653   

Statutory Valuation Allowance Adjustment

     -            -            -       

Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets

     210,737        80,916        291,653   

Deferred Tax Liabilities

     (42,788     (11,484     (54,272
                        

Net Deferred Tax Assets

   $ 167,949      $ 69,432      $ 237,381   
                        

Deferred Tax Assets Nonadmitted

     (100,324     -            (100,324
                        

Net Admitted Adjusted Deferred Tax Assets

   $ 67,625      $ 69,432      $ 137,057   
                        
     2009  
     Ordinary     Capital     Total  

(in thousands of dollars)

      

Gross Deferred Tax Assets

   $     210,329      $     94,062      $     304,391   

Statutory Valuation Allowance Adjustment

     -            -            -       

Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets

     210,329        94,062        304,391   

Deferred Tax Liabilities

     (40,717     (15,569     (56,286
                        

Net Deferred Tax Assets

   $ 169,612      $ 78,493      $ 248,105   
                        

Deferred Tax Assets Nonadmitted

     (117,908     -            (117,908
                        

Net Admitted Adjusted Deferred Tax Assets

   $ 51,704      $ 78,493      $ 130,197   
                        

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Change  
     Ordinary     Capital     Total  

(in thousands of dollars)

      

Gross Deferred Tax Assets

   $ 408        $    (13,146)        $    (12,738)   

Statutory Valuation Allowance Adjustment

     -            -            -       

Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets

     408        (13,146     (12,738

Deferred Tax Liabilities

     (2,071     4,085        2,014   
                        

Net Deferred Tax Assets

   $ (1,663   $ (9,061   $ (10,724
                        

Deferred Tax Assets Nonadmitted

     17,584        -            17,584   
                        

Net Admitted Adjusted Deferred Tax Assets

   $     15,921      $ (9,061   $ 6,860   
                        

The Company recorded an increase in admitted DTAs as the result of its election to employ the provisions of paragraph 10.e. as follows:

 

     2010  
(in thousands of dollars)    Ordinary      Capital      Total  

Deferred tax assets admitted through potential carryback (10.e.i)

   $     67,625       $ -           $     67,625   

Deferred tax assets admitted through future realization (10.e.ii)

     -             80,620         80,620   

Deferred tax assets admitted through offset of deferred tax liability (10.e.iii)

     42,788         297         43,085   

 

     2009  
(in thousands of dollars)    Ordinary      Capital      Total  

Deferred tax assets admitted through potential carryback (10.e.i)

   $     56,384       $ -           $     56,384   

Deferred tax assets admitted through future realization (10.e.ii)

     -             73,813         73,813   

Deferred tax assets admitted through offset of deferred tax liability (10.e.iii)

     40,717         15,569         56,286   

 

     Change  
(in thousands of dollars)    Ordinary      Capital     Total  

Deferred tax assets admitted through potential carryback (10.e.i)

   $     11,241       $ -          $ 11,241   

Deferred tax assets admitted through future realization (10.e.ii)

     -         6,807        6,807   

Deferred tax assets admitted through offset of deferred tax liability (10.e.iii)

     2,071             (15,272         (13,201

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     2010  
(in thousands of dollars)    Ordinary      Capital      Total  

Admission Calculation Components

        

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.a.

   $ 27,092       $ -           $ 27,092   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.b. (the lesser of 10.b.i and 10.b.ii below)

     -         55,616         55,616   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.b.i.

     -         80,620         80,620   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.b.ii

     -         55,616         55,616   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.c.

     42,788         11,484         54,272   
                          

Total (paragraph 10.a. + 10.b. + 10.c.)

   $ 69,880       $ 67,100       $ 136,980   
                          

Admission Calculation Components

        

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.e.i.

   $ 67,625       $ -           $ 67,625   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.ii. (the lesser of 10.e.ii.a. and 10.e.ii.b. below)

     -         80,620         80,620   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.ii.a.

     -         80,620         80,620   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.ii.b.

     -         -         83,423   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.iii.

     42,788         297         43,085   
                          

Total (10.e.i. + 10.e.ii. + 10.e.iii.)

   $     110,413       $     80,917       $     191,330   
                          

Used in SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.d.:

        

Total Adjusted Capital

           691,209   

Authorized Control Level

           998%   

 

     2009  
(in thousands of dollars)    Ordinary      Capital      Total  

Admission Calculation Components

        

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.a.

   $ 26,669       $ -           $ 26,669   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.b. (the lesser of 10.b.i and 10.b.ii below)

     -         49,907         49,907   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.b.i.

     -         73,813         73,813   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.b.ii

     -         49,907         49,907   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.c.

     40,717         15,569         56,286   
                          

Total (paragraph 10.a. + 10.b. + 10.c.)

   $ 67,386       $ 65,476       $ 132,862   
                          

Admission Calculation Components

        

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.e.i.

   $ 56,384       $ -           $ 56,384   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.ii. (the lesser of 10.e.ii.a. and 10.e.ii.b. below)

     -         73,813         73,813   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.ii.a.

     -         73,813         73,813   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.ii.b.

     -         -         74,861   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.iii.

     40,717         15,569         56,286   
                          

Total (10.e.i. + 10.e.ii. + 10.e.iii.)

   $     97,101       $     89,382       $     186,483   
                          

Used in SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.d.:

        

Total Adjusted Capital

           674,128   

Authorized Control Level

           1015%   

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Change  
(in thousands of dollars)    Ordinary      Capital     Total  

Admission Calculation Components

       

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.a.

   $ 423       $ -          $ 423   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.b. (the lesser of 10.b.i and 10.b.ii below)

     -         5,709        5,709   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.b.i.

     -         6,807        6,807   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.b.ii

     -         5,709        5,709   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.c.

     2,071         (4,085     (2,014
                         

Total (paragraph 10.a. + 10.b. + 10.c.)

   $ 2,494       $ 1,624      $ 4,118   
                         

Admission Calculation Components

       

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.e.i.

   $ 11,241       $ -          $ 11,241   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.ii. (the lesser of 10.e.ii.a. and 10.e.ii.b. below)

     -         6,807        6,807   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.ii.a.

     -               6,807              6,807   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.ii.b.

     -         -        8,562   

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph10.e.iii.

     2,071         (15,272     (13,201
                         

Total (10.e.i. + 10.e.ii. + 10.e.iii.)

   $     13,312       $ (8,465   $ 4,847   
                         

Used in SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.d.:

       

Total Adjusted Capital

          17,081   

Authorized Control Level

          -17%   

The following table provides information about the Company’s admitted DTA, admitted assets, statutory surplus and total capital in the risk based calculation resulting from the calculation in paragraph 10a, 10b, 10c of SSAP No. 10R, and the increased amount of DTAs, admitted assets and surplus as a result of the application of paragraph 10.e of SSAP No. 10R.

 

     2010  
(in thousands of dollars)    Ordinary      Capital      Total  

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraphs 10.a., 10.b., and 10.c.:

        

Admitted Deferred Tax Assets

   $     69,880       $     67,100       $ 136,980   

Admitted Assets

     -         -         6,858,769   

Adjusted Statutory Capital and Surplus *

     -         -         556,156   

Total Adjusted Capital from DTAs

     -         -         691,209   

Increases due to SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.e.

        

Admitted Deferred Tax Assets

     40,533         13,817         54,350   

Admitted Assets

     40,533         13,817         54,350   

Statutory Surplus

     40,533         13,817         54,350   

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     2009  
(in thousands of dollars)    Ordinary      Capital      Total  

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraphs 10.a., 10.b., and 10.c.:

        

Admitted Deferred Tax Assets

   $ 67,386       $ 65,476       $ 132,862   

Admitted Assets

     -         -         6,739,594   

Adjusted Statutory Capital and Surplus *

     -         -         499,070   

Total Adjusted Capital from DTAs

     -         -         674,128   

Increases due to SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.e.

        

Admitted Deferred Tax Assets

     29,715         23,906         53,621   

Admitted Assets

     29,715         23,906         53,621   

Statutory Surplus

     29,715         23,906         53,621   

 

     Change  
(in thousands of dollars)    Ordinary      Capital     Total  

SSAP No. 10R, Paragraphs 10.a., 10.b., and 10.c.:

       

Admitted Deferred Tax Assets

   $ 2,494       $ 1,624      $ 4,118   

Admitted Assets

     -         -        119,175   

Adjusted Statutory Capital and Surplus *

     -         -        57,086   

Total Adjusted Capital from DTAs

     -         -        17,081   

Increases due to SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.e.

       

Admitted Deferred Tax Assets

     10,818         (10,089     729   

Admitted Assets

     10,818         (10,089     729   

Statutory Surplus

     10,818         (10,089     729   

 

  * As reported on the statutory balance sheet for the most recently filed statement with the domiciliary state commissioner adjusted in accordance with SSAP No. 10R, Paragraph 10.b.ii.

The increases in statutory surplus as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 were $54,350 and $53,621, respectively, and resulted from the Company’s election pursuant to paragraph 10.e. of SSAP No. 10R and are reported as aggregate write-ins for special surplus funds on the statutory statements of admitted assets, liabilities and capital and surplus.

The impacts of tax planning strategies on the Company’s DTAs are as follows:

 

     Ordinary
Percent
    Capital
Percent
    Total
Percent
 

Adjusted Gross DTAs

      

(% of Total Adjusted Gross DTAs)

     0     27.7     27.7

Net Admitted Adjusted Gross DTAs

      

(% of Total Net Admitted Adjusted Gross DTAs)

     0     50.7     50.7

The Company is currently recognizing all deferred tax liabilities.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

Current income taxes incurred for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 consisted of the following major components:

 

000000000000 000000000000 000000000000
(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009     2008  

Current income tax :

      

Current income tax expense (benefit) - operations

   $ 63,649      $ 56,753      $ 50,481   

Current income tax expense (benefit) - capital gains

     (5,729     (6,964     7,795   

Prior year adjustments

     235        (3,101     (9,280
                        

Current federal income taxes incurred

   $     58,155      $     46,688      $     48,996   
                        

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

 

000000000000 000000000000 000000000000
(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009     Change  

Deferred Tax Assets:

      

Ordinary:

      

Deferred acquisition costs

   $ 94,159      $ 92,028      $ 2,131   

Life insurance reserves

     93,195        94,122        (927

Nonadmitted assets

     5,997        6,952        (955

Compensation and benefits accrual

     5,731        5,605        126   

Depreciable assets

     2,665        2,058        607   

Other

     8,990        9,563        (573
                        

Subtotal

     210,737            210,328        409   

Statutory Valuation Allowance Adjustment

     0        0        0   

Nonadmitted Deferred Tax Assets

     (100,324     (117,908     17,584   
                        

Admitted Ordinary Deferred Tax Assets

   $     110,413      $ 92,420      $       17,993   
                        

Capital:

      

Net capital loss carry-forward

   $ 42,529      $ 41,616      $ 913   

Investments

     38,387        52,446        (14,059
                        

Subtotal

     80,916        94,062        (13,146

Statutory Valuation Allowance Adjustment

     -            -            -       

Nonadmitted Deferred Tax Assets

     -            -            -       
                        

Admitted Capital Deferred Tax Assets

   $ 80,916      $ 94,062      $ (13,146
                        

Admitted Deferred Tax Assets

   $ 191,329      $ 186,482      $ 4,847   
                        

 

000000000000 000000000000 000000000000
(in thousands of dollars)    2010      2009      Change  

Deferred Tax Liabilities:

        

Ordinary:

        

Deferred and uncollected premium

   $ 40,678       $ 39,190       $ 1,488   

Other

     2,111         1,527         584   
                          

Total Ordinary Deferred Tax Liabilities

   $     42,789       $     40,717       $     2,072   
                          

 

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(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

000000000000 000000000000 000000000000

Capital:

        

Investments

   $ 8,885       $ 14,304       $ (5,419

Unrealized Gain / (Loss) on Investments

     2,598         1,264         1,334   
                          
   $ 11,483       $ 15,568       $ (4,085
                          
        
                          

Total Deferred Tax Liabilities

   $ 54,272       $ 56,285       $ (2,013
                          
        
                          

Net Admitted Deferred Tax Assets/Liabilities

   $     137,057       $     130,197       $     6,860   
                          

The change in net deferred income taxes as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 was composed of the following:

 

000000000000 000000000000 000000000000
(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009     Change  

Total deferred tax assets

   $ 291,653      $ 304,391      $ (12,738

Total deferred tax liabilities

     (54,272     (56,286     2,014   
                        

Net deferred tax asset (liability)

     237,381        248,105        (10,724

Tax effect of unrealized gains (losses)

     2,598        1,264              1,334   
                        

Change in net deferred income tax (charge)/benefit

   $     239,979      $     249,369      $ (9,390
                        

The provision for federal income taxes incurred is different from that which would be obtained by applying the statutory federal income tax rate at 35% to income before income taxes. The significant items causing this difference are as follows:

 

000000000000 000000000000 000000000000
(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009     Change  

Provision computed at statutory rate

   $ 66,028      $ 3,950      $ 28,737   

Amortization of interest maintenance reserve

     (282     (802     (7,221

Separate account dividend received deduction

     (175     (421     (498

Non-admitted assets

     903        1,163        (2,132

SSAP 43R adjustment

     -        8,252        -   

Change in accounting methods for reserves

     -        3,155        -   

Tax-exempt interest

     -        25        (7

Other

     1,071        (529     276   
                        

Total

   $ 67,545      $ 14,793      $ 19,155   
                        

Federal income tax incurred - operations

   $ 63,884      $ 53,652      $ 41,201   

Tax on capital gains/(losses)

     (5,729     (6,964     7,795   

Change in net deferred income tax

     9,390        (31,895     (29,841
                

Total statutory income taxes

   $     67,545      $     14,793      $     19,155   
                        

As of December 31, 2010 the Company did not have any operating loss carryforwards.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

The following are income taxes incurred in the current and prior years that will be available for recoupment in the event of future net losses:

 

(in thousands of dollars)           Amount  
     2010       $ 57,920   
     2009         56,987   
     2008         46,759   

Deposits admitted under IRC §6603

        -       

The Company files a consolidated return with the following entities:

Farmers Group, Inc. (d.b.a. Farmers Underwriters Association)

Truck Underwriters Association

Fire Underwriters Association

FIG Holding Company

FIG Leasing Company, Inc.

Prematic Service Corporation California

Prematic Service Corporation Nevada

Farmers Value Added, Inc.

Farmers Services Corporation

Farmers Underwriters Association

Farmers Reinsurance Company

Leschi Life Assurance Company

The method of allocation between the companies is subject to a written agreement, which has been approved by the Board of Directors. Allocation is based upon separate return calculations with current credit for net losses. Intercompany tax balances are settled annually within 45 days after the filing of the consolidated federal income tax return.

The Company adheres to the provisions of the Life Insurance Company Income Tax Act of 1959 as amended by the 1984 and 1986 Tax Reform Acts.

The Company did not accrue any interest and penalties related to income tax contingencies.

 

  14. Contingencies

The Company is subject to lawsuits arising from the normal course of its business activities. These actions are in various stages of discovery and development, and some seek punitive as well as compensatory damages. In the opinion of management, the Company has not engaged in any conduct that should warrant the award of any material punitive or compensatory damages. The Company intends to defend vigorously its position in each case, and management believes that, while it is not possible to predict the outcome of such matters with certainty, ultimate disposition of these proceedings should not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or its statements of assets, liabilities, capital and surplus, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

15. Commitments

In December 2005, the Company sold real property occupied by the Company for $39,550,000. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company is leasing back the property from the purchaser for a period of 15 years. The sale-leaseback transaction does not include any form of continuing involvement that would preclude the Company from using sale-leaseback accounting. The Company is accounting for the leaseback as an operating lease.

The gain of approximately $29,250,000 realized in this transaction has been deferred and is being amortized to income in proportion to rent charged over the term of the lease. The Company recognized approximately $1,785,000, $1,738,000 and $1,691,000 of this gain for the year ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

The lease contains 4 successive renewal options, each to extend the lease upon expiration for an additional 5 years. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the total minimum rental expense incurred by the Company under this lease was approximately $2,834,000.

Statutory guidance provides that an operating expense lease should be recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term, even if payments are not made on a straight-line basis. Accordingly, the lease will be recognized at the rate of approximately $2,834,000 per year for the original lease period of 15 years.

As of December 31, 2010, the future minimum rental payments required by leases are as follows:

 

00000 00000
(in thousands of dollars)    Year Ending December 31  
     2011       $ 2,668   
     2012         2,742   
     2013         2,817   
     2014         2,894   
     2015         2,974   
     Thereafter         16,049   
           

Total future minimum payments required*

      $ 30,144   
           

* Minimum payments have not been reduced by minimum sublease rentals of $36,000 due in the future under non-cancelable subleases.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

The following schedule shows the composition of total rental expense for all operating leases

except those with terms of a month or less that were not renewed:

(in thousands of dollars)

 

Year Ending December 31    2010      2009      2008  

Minimum rentals

   $ 2,834       $ 2,834       $ 2,834   

Contingent rentals

     -         -         -   

Less: Sublease rentals

     (52)         (130)         (48)   
                          
   $ 2,782       $ 2,704       $ 2,786   
                          

 

  16. Equity-Indexed Annuities

The Company sells an equity-indexed annuity product. At the end of its 7-year term, this product credits interest to the annuitant at a rate based on a specified portion of the change in the value of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index (“S&P 500 Index”), subject to a guaranteed annual minimum return.

To hedge the interest liability generated on the annuities as the index rises, the Company purchases call options on the S&P 500 Index. The Company considers such call options to be held as an economic hedge.

The S&P 500 call options are reported as other invested assets, at fair value as computed using the Black-Scholes model under the “Asian” methodology. Mark-to-market accounting is used to account for call options. Pursuant to SSAP No. 86 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, the Company recognized the change between the cost of the S&P 500 call options and its corresponding fair value as a change in net unrealized capital gains or losses in the statement of changes in capital and surplus.

As of December 31, 2010, the amount of unrealized hedging gains recorded in unassigned surplus was approximately $216,000 and the amount recorded as of December 31, 2009 was an unrealized loss of $1,293,000.

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had call options with contract values of approximately $4,908,000 and $6,596,000, respectively, and carrying values of approximately $98,000 and $166,000, respectively.

The cash requirement of the S&P 500 call options consists of the initial premium paid to purchase the index options. Should a liability exist to the annuitant at maturity of the annuity policy, the termination or maturity of the option contracts will generate positive cash flows to the Company. The appropriate amount of cash will then be remitted to the annuity participant based on the respective participant rate. The S&P 500 call options are generally expected to be held for a 7-year term, but can be terminated at any time.

In 2010, the Company had 1,762 S&P 500 call option contracts that expired upon reaching their 7-year term. The expired S&P 500 call options were acquired in February 2003 through January 2004, with contract values of $1,688,000 and carrying values of $284,000 at the date of expiration.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

The Company received total proceeds of $0 from the expired options, resulting in realized losses of $284,000 for the year. Gains and losses related to these S&P 500 call options are reported in the net realized capital gains and losses item in the statement of operations.

There are certain risks associated with the S&P 500 call options, primarily with respect to significant movements in the United States stock market and counterparty non-performance. The Company believes that the counterparties to its S&P 500 call option agreements are financially responsible and that the counterparty risk associated with these transactions is minimal.

 

  17. Separate Accounts

The Company issues VUL and deferred variable annuity contracts. The assets and liabilities held for VUL, Farmers EssentialLife VUL, Accumulator VUL and deferred variable annuity contracts are held in the Accounts, which are legally segregated from the general assets of the Company. As of December 31, 2010, there were 36 sub-accounts available for the VUL products, 47 sub-accounts available for variable annuity, 34 sub-accounts available for Farmers EssentialLife VUL and 23 sub-accounts available for the Accumulator VUL product. The sub-accounts invest in underlying mutual fund portfolios. Shares of each portfolio are purchased and redeemed at net asset value, without a sales charge. Any dividends and distributions from a portfolio are reinvested at net asset value in shares of that same portfolio. The deposits collected for variable contracts are invested at the direction of the contract holders in the sub-accounts that comprise the Accounts. Absent any contract provisions wherein the Company contractually guarantees either a minimum return or account value, the contract holders bear the investment risk that the sub-accounts may not meet their stated objectives. The assets of the Accounts are carried at fair value. The Accounts’ liabilities represent the contract holders’ claims to the related assets. Investment income and realized capital gains and losses of the Accounts accrue directly to the contract holders and, therefore, are not included in the Company’s statutory basis statements of operations. Mortality, policy administration, and surrender charges to all accounts are included in the revenues of the Company.

As of December 31, 2010 the separate account assets that are legally insulated from the general account claims are as follows:

 

     Legally Insulated
Assets
     Separate
Account Assets
(Not Legally
Insulated)
 

Farmers Variable Annuity

   $     240,292,842       $                   -   

Farmers Variable Universal Life

     193,747,468         -   

Farmers LifeAccumulator VUL

     17,100,483         -   

Farmers EssentialLife VUL

     11,481,744         -   
                 

Total

   $ 462,622,537       $ -   

Separate Accounts Products That Have Guarantees Backed by the General Account.

 

   

Only the Company’s Variable Annuity has separate account products with guarantees backed by the general account. The maximum guarantee for separate account products as of December 31, 2010 is $363,455,285. The fund value is $352,465,866. The maximum guarantee excess is only $10,989,419.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

   

The risk charges paid by the separate account to the general account for the past five years as compensation for the risk taken by the general account are as follows:

 

Year    Totals
2010    $317,626
2009    N/A
2008    N/A
2007    N/A
2006    N/A

 

   

The amounts paid by the general account due to separate account guarantees during the past five years consisted of the following:

 

Year    Totals
2010    $378,732
2009    $580,062
2008    $208,751
2007    $    6,881
2006    $  15,382

Premiums, considerations or deposits received for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, were approximately $73,009,000 and $74,016,000, respectively.

Reserves for accounts with assets as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, at market value, are approximately $430,914,000 and $377,531,000, respectively. The entire reserve amount is subject to discretionary withdrawal. Since all investment returns are credited directly to the policyholders, no reserves are held for asset default risk in lieu of AVR.

A reconciliation of net transfers to separate accounts for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    2010     2009      2008  

Transfers as reported in the Summary of

       

Operations of the Separate Accounts

     $    (1,026   $     2,789       $     11,351   

Less: Sundry general expenses

     (21     112         (484
                         

Net transfers to Separate Accounts

     $    (1,047   $ 2,901       $ 10,867   
                         

 

  18. Premium and Annuity Considerations Deferred and Uncollected

The following are deferred and uncollected life and accident and health insurance premiums and annuity considerations as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)    2010      2009  
     Gross      Net of
Loading
     Gross      Net of
Loading
 

Type

           

Ordinary new business

   $ 11,614       $ 1,990       $ 10,072       $ 1,891   

Ordinary renewal

     163,367         102,378         166,462         120,412   
                                   
   $     174,981       $     104,368       $     176,534       $     122,303   
                                   

 

  19. Analysis of Annuity Actuarial Reserves and Deposit-Type Liabilities By Withdrawal Characteristics

The following is the analysis of annuity actuarial reserves and deposit-type liabilities by withdrawal characteristics as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:

 

(in thousands of dollars)    2010      2009  

Subject to discretionary withdrawal

     

At book value, less current surrender charge of 5% or more

   $ 389,917       $ 407,723   

At market value

     235,848         224,283   
                 

Total with adjustment or at market value

     625,765         632,006   

At book value without adjustment (minimal or no charge or adjustment)

     1,497,274         1,459,910   

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal

     637,709         648,536   
                 

Total

   $     2,760,748       $     2,740,452   
                 

 

  20. Reconciliation to Annual Statement

There were no material differences between the annual statement and the accompanying audited financial statements as of December 31, 2010 and 2009.

In the Company’s 2008 annual statement, real estate partnerships reported in the Other Invested Assets line were not valued in accordance with SSAP No. 48 “Joint Ventures, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies”.

The following is a reconciliation of the differences between the 2008 annual statement and the accompanying audited financial statements as of December 31, 2008:

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Statutory Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)       

Statutory statement of admitted assets, liabilities and capital and surplus

     2008   

Net deferred tax asset

  

Annual Statement, as originally filed

   $ 27,079   

Adjustment for SSAP No. 48 reporting share of undistributed earnings and losses of real estate partnerships

     1,693   
        

Audited statutory financial statements as reported herein

   $       28,772   
        

Unassigned surplus

  

Annual Statement, as originally filed

   $ 541,677   

Adjustment for SSAP No. 48 reporting share of undistributed earnings and losses of real estate partnerships

     1,693   
        

Audited statutory financial statements as reported herein

   $ 543,370   
        
(in thousands of dollars)       

Statutory statement of operations

     2008   

Net investment income

  

Annual Statement, as originally filed

   $ 310,566   

Adjustment for SSAP No. 48 reporting share of undistributed earnings and losses of real estate partnerships

     4,838   
        

Audited statutory financial statements as reported herein

   $ 315,404   
        

 

(in thousands of dollars)       

Statutory statement of changes in capital and surplus

     2008   

Net income

  

Annual Statement, as originally filed

   $ 19,206   

Adjustment for SSAP No. 48 reporting share of undistributed earnings and losses of real estate partnerships

     4,838   
        

Audited statutory financial statements as reported herein

   $       24,044   
        

Change in net unrealized capital losses

  

Annual Statement, as originally filed

   $ (58,500

Adjustment for SSAP No. 48 reporting share of undistributed earnings and losses of real estate partnerships

  

 

(3,145

        

Audited statutory financial statements as reported herein

   $ (61,645
        

 

  21. Subsequent Events

As of the report date, there have been no events occurring subsequent to the close of the Company’s books or accounts for the accompanying financial statements that would have a material effect on the Company’s statutory financial statements.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Supplemental Schedule of Assets and Liabilities

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

The following is a summary of certain financial data included in other exhibits and schedules subjected to audit procedures by independent accountants and utilized by actuaries in the determination of reserves:

 

Investment income earned

  

U.S. government bonds

   $ 9,716,432   

Other bonds (unaffiliated)

     288,089,478   

Bonds of affiliates

     5,178,410   

Preferred stocks (unaffiliated)

     -   

Mortgage loans

     1,481   

Real estate

     9,052,951   

Contract loans

     22,272,388   

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

     104,743   

Other invested assets

     -   

Aggregate write-ins for investment income

     138,219   
        

Total gross investment income

   $ 334,554,102   
        

Real estate owned - book value less encumbrances

   $ 80,585,740   
        

Mortgage loans - book value

  

Commercial mortgages

   $ 17,735   
        

Total mortgage loans

   $ 17,735   
        

Mortgage loans by standing - book value

  

Good standing

   $ 17,735   
        

Other long-term assets - statement value

   $     38,999,295   
        

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Supplemental Schedule of Assets and Liabilities

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

Bonds and short-term investments by class and maturity

  

Bonds by maturity - statement value

  

Due with 1 year or less

   $ 456,192,924   

Over 1 year through 5 years

     1,847,474,634   

Over 5 years through 10 years

     1,668,475,455   

Over 10 years through 20 years

     375,762,141   

Over 20 years

     1,208,704,960   
        

Total by maturity

   $ 5,556,610,114   
        

Bonds by class - statement value

  

Class 1

   $ 4,433,248,543   

Class 2

     959,780,742   

Class 3

     100,781,054   

Class 4

     30,182,994   

Class 5

     32,215,181   

Class 6

     401,600   
        

Total by class

   $     5,556,610,114   
        

Total bonds publicly traded

   $ 4,873,163,157   
        

Total bonds privately placed

   $ 683,446,957   
        

Preferred stocks - statement value

   $ 72,000   
        

Common stocks - equity value

   $ -   
        

Short-term investments - book value

   $ 126,776,608   
        

Options, caps, floors and insurance futures owned - statement value

   $ 98,091   
        

Cash on deposit

   $ (10,145,477
        

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Supplemental Schedule of Assets and Liabilities

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

Life insurance in force

  

Industrial

   $ -   
        

Ordinary

   $ 84,209,004,000   
        

Credit life

   $ -   
        

Group life

   $ 27,877,561,000   
        

Amount of additional accidental death benefits in force under ordinary policies

   $ 3,072,813,000   
        

Life insurance policies with disability provisions in force

  

Industrial

   $ -   
        

Ordinary

   $     48,487,040,000   
        

Credit life

   $ -   
        

Group life

   $ 320,000   
        

Supplementary contracts in force

  

Ordinary - not involving life contingencies

  

Amount on deposit

   $ 18,699,434,000   
        

Income payable

   $ 165,747,000   
        

Ordinary - involving life contingencies

  

Income payable

   $ 143,953,000   
        

Group - not involving life contingencies

  

Amount on deposit

   $ -   
        

Income payable

   $ -   
        

Group - involving life contingencies

  

Income payable

   $ -   
        

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Supplemental Schedule of Assets and Liabilities

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

Annuities

  

Ordinary

  

Immediate - amount of income payable

   $ 50,986,454   
        

Deferred - fully paid - account balance

   $ 538,345,120   
        

Deferred - not fully paid - account balance

   $   1,446,773,755   
        

Group

  

Amount of income payable

   $ -   
        

Fully paid - account balance

   $ -   
        

Not fully paid - account balance

   $ -   
        

Accident and health insurance - premiums in force

  

Ordinary

   $ 17,857,285   
        

Group

   $ 72   
        

Credit

   $ -   
        

Deposit funds and dividend accumulations

  

Deposit funds - account balance

   $ 87,677,972   
        

Dividend accumulations - account balance

   $ -   
        

Claim payments

  

Group accident and health - year ended December 31

  

2010

   $ -   
        

2009

   $ -   
        

2008

   $ -   
        

2007

   $ -   
        

2006

   $ -   
        

Prior years

   $ -   
        

Other accidental and health

  

2010

   $ 1,101,000   
        

2009

   $ 1,701,000   
        

2008

   $ 1,929,000   
        

2007

   $ 1,382,000   
        

2006

   $ 346,000   
        

Prior years

   $ 628,000   
        

Other coverage that use developmental methods to calculate claims reserves

  

2010

   $ -   
        

2009

   $ -   
        

2008

   $ -   
        

2007

   $ -   
        

2006

   $ -   
        

Prior years

   $ -   
        

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Supplemental Summary Investment Schedule and

Investment Risk Interrogatories

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

The following is a summary of certain financial data included in other exhibits and schedules subjected to audit procedures by independent accountants of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company’s 2010 statutory annual financial statement as filed with state regulatory authorities.

The Company’s gross investment holdings as filed in the 2010 Annual Statement are $6,025,629,553.

 

     Gross Investment Holdings      Admitted Assets as Reported
in the Annual Statement
 
     Amount      Percentage      Amount      Percentage  

Investment Categories

           

Bonds

           

U.S. treasury securities

   $ 355,668,672         5.90%       $ 355,668,672         5.90%   

U.S. government obligations issued by U.S. government-sponsored agencies

     56,302,826         0.93%         56,302,826         0.93%   

Foreign government (including Canadian, excluding mortgage-backed securities)

     21,871,649         0.36%         21,871,649         0.36%   

Securities issued by states, territories and possessions and political subdivisions in the U.S.

     33,275,275         0.55%         33,275,275         0.55%   

Political subdivisions of state, territories and possessions general obligations

     46,447,391         0.77%         46,447,391         0.77%   

Revenue and assessment obligations Mortgage-backed securities

     173,714,002         2.88%         173,714,002         2.88%   

Pass-through securities

           

Guaranteed by GNMA

     218,059         0.00%         218,059         0.00%   

Issued by FNMA, FHLMC & GNMA

     220,089,665         3.65%         220,089,665         3.65%   

All Other

     877,182         0.01%         877,182         0.01%   

Privately issued

           

Other mortgage-backed securities

     508,840,338         8.44%         508,840,338         8.44%   

Issued by FNMA and FHLMC

           

All other privately issued

     1,220,580,359         20.26%         1,220,580,359         20.26%   

Other debt and other fixed income securities (excludes short-term)

           

Unaffiliated domestic securities (includes credit tenant loans rated by the SVO)

     2,329,759,874         38.66%         2,329,759,874         38.66%   

Unaffiliated foreign securities

     462,188,215         7.67%         462,188,215         7.67%   

Equity interests

           

Preferred stocks

           

Unaffiliated

     72,000         0.00%         72,000         0.00%   

Mortgage loans

           

Commercial loans

     17,735         0.00%         17,735         0.00%   

Real estate investments

           

Property held for the production of income

     80,585,748         1.34%         80,585,748         1.34%   

Contract loans

     294,972,243         4.90%         294,972,243         4.90%   

Receivables for Securities

     92,501         0.00%         92,501         0.00%   

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term
Investments

     180,958,433         3.00%         116,631,131         1.94%   

Other invested assets

     39,097,386         0.66%         103,424,688         1.72%   
                                   

Total invested assets

   $     6,025,629,553         100.00%       $     6,025,629,553         100.00%   
                                   

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Supplemental Summary Investment Schedule and

Investment Risk Interrogatories

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

The Company’s total admitted assets, excluding separate account assets, as filed in the 2010 Annual Statement were $6,396,146,399.

The Company’s ten largest exposures to a single issuer/borrower/investment, excluding U.S. government, U.S. government agency securities and those U.S. government money market funds listed in the Appendix to the NAIC SVO Purposes and Procedures Manual as exempt, property occupied by the Company and policy loans are as follows:

 

     Amount      Percentage
of Total
Admitted
Assets
 

Investments

     

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage

   $     152,703,764         2.39%   

Greenwich Capital Commercial Finance

     123,102,954         1.92%   

Mount Rosa Evans 2 LLC

     100,322,779         1.57%   

JP Morgan Money Market Funds

     90,451,870         1.41%   

General Electric Co

     77,810,965         1.22%   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc

     73,497,239         1.15%   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage

     72,048,876         1.13%   

JP Morgan Chase & Co

     70,587,553         1.10%   

Credit Suisse Group AG

     67,606,992         1.06%   

Wells Fargo & Co

     64,186,193         1.00%   

The amounts and percentages of the Company’s total admitted assets held in bonds and preferred stocks by NAIC rating are as follows:

 

     Bonds             Preferred Stocks  
     Book Value      Percentage             Book Value      Percentage  

NAIC - 1

   $     4,433,248,543         69.31%         P/RP - 1       $ -         0.00%   

NAIC - 2

     959,780,742         15.01%         P/RP - 2         -         0.00%   

NAIC - 3

     100,781,054         1.58%         P/RP - 3         -         0.00%   

NAIC - 4

     30,182,994         0.47%         P/RP - 4         -         0.00%   

NAIC - 5

     32,215,181         0.50%         P/RP - 5         -         0.00%   

NAIC - 6

     401,600         0.01%         P/RP - 6         72,000         0.00%   
                          
   $     5,556,610,114             $ 72,000      
                          

The Company holds admitted assets in foreign investments of approximately $401,338,478 or 6.27% of total admitted assets.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Supplemental Summary Investment Schedule and

Investment Risk Interrogatories

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

The amounts and percentages of the Company’s total admitted assets held in aggregate foreign investment exposures categorized by NAIC sovereign rating are as follows:

 

     Amount      Percentage of
Total Admitted
Assets
 

Countries rated NAIC - 1

   $     401,338,478         6.27%   

Countries rated NAIC - 2

     -         0.00%   

Countries rated NAIC - 3 or below

     -         0.00%   
           
   $ 401,338,478         6.27%   
           

The Company’s two largest foreign investment exposures to a single country, categorized by the country’s NAIC sovereign rating:

 

     Amount      Percentage of
Total Admitted
Assets
 

Countries rated NAIC - 1

     

Great Britain

   $     99,790,150         1.56%   

Australia

     71,383,009         1.12%   

Questions 7 through 9 are not applicable as the Company does not have unhedged foreign currency exposure.

The Company’s ten largest non-sovereign foreign issues and related amounts and percentages of total admitted assets are listed below:

 

NAIC

Rating

   Amount      Percentage of
Total Admitted
Assets
 

1FE

  

Westfield Capital Corp.

   $     34,479,880         0.54

1FE

  

UBS AG Stamford Ct

     22,011,721         0.34

1Z

  

Codelco Inc.

     21,374,752         0.33

2FE

  

British Telecom PLC

     18,930,960         0.30

1FE

  

HBOS Treasury Services

     18,611,924         0.29

2Z

  

Deutsche Telekom

     16,467,600         0.26

1FE

  

Enel Finance Intl SA

     16,194,396         0.25

1FE

  

Westpac Banking

     15,010,721         0.23

1FE

  

Phillips Electronics NV

     14,861,035         0.23

1FE

  

EDP Finance BV

     14,438,575         0.23

The Company holds Canadian investments of approximately $87,302,686 or 1.36% of total admitted assets, which is below the threshold of 2.5%.

Question 12 is not applicable as the Company does not hold any investments with contractual sales restrictions.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Supplemental Summary Investment Schedule and

Investment Risk Interrogatories

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

The Company holds admitted assets in equity interests of approximately $39,071,298 or 0.61% of total admitted assets, which is below the threshold of 2.5%.

The Company’s ten largest equity interests held and the percentage of admitted assets held are listed below:

 

     Amount      Percentage of
Total Admitted
Assets

Investments

     

Canyon Value Realization

   $     8,531,426       0.13 %

Aristeia Partners

     7,100,561       0.11 %

NWI Emerging Markets F.I.

     5,328,448       0.08 %

NWI Emerging Markets F.I.

     4,395,228       0.07 %

Samyln Onshore

     3,643,020       0.06 %

Brevan Howard

     3,364,993       0.05 %

Daedalus Partners

     2,995,225       0.05 %

Polygon Global Opportunity

     1,662,158       0.03 %

Golden Tree Partners

     907,493       0.01 %

Stark Investment

     758,898       0.01 %

The Company’s three largest investments in joint venture interests are listed below:

 

     Amount      Percentage of
Total Admitted
Assets
 

Investments

     

Canyon Value Realization

   $     8,531,426         0.13 %   

Aristeia Partners

     7,100,561         0.11 %   

NWI Emerging Markets F.I.

     5,328,448         0.08 %   

The Company holds approximately $17,735 of mortgage loans, or 0.0003% of total admitted assets, which is below the threshold of 2.5%.

The Company holds approximately $80,585,748 or 1.26% of total admitted assets, in investment real estate properties, which is below the threshold of 2.5%.

Question 19 is not applicable as the Company does not hold any investments held in mezzanine real estate loans.

 

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Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Supplemental Summary Investment Schedule and

Investment Risk Interrogatories

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

The Company holds the following amounts in securities lending arrangements (not including assets held as collateral for such transactions) as of:

 

     Amount      Percentage of
Total Admitted
Assets
 

Date

     

March 31, 2010 (unaudited)

   $     13,254,757         Not Applicable   

June 30, 2010 (unaudited)

     82,528,896         Not Applicable   

September 30, 2010 (unaudited)

     62,313,460         Not Applicable   

December 31, 2010 (unaudited)

     63,160,120         0.987%   

The Company holds approximately $98,091 in call option investments, which comprised 0.002% of total admitted assets.

Questions 22 and 23 are not applicable as the Company holds no investments in collars, swaps, forwards, or future contracts.

 

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Farmers Variable Life

Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Financial Statements

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Index

December 31, 2010

 

 

     Page(s)  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     1–2   

Financial Statements

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     3–13   

Statement of Operations

     14–23   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     24–39   

Notes to Financial Statements

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors of

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company and the

Policyholders of Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the portfolios constituting the Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (the “Account”) [comprised of the VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio of the Calvert Variable Series, Inc.; the Opportunistic Small Cap and Quality Bond Portfolios of the Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund – Service Class Shares; the Socially Responsible Growth Fund of the Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. – Service Class Shares; the Equity 500 Index VIP of the DWS Investments VIT Funds – Class B Shares; the Bond, the Global Opportunities, the Growth & Income, and the International VIPs of the DWS Variable Series I – Class A Shares; the Strategic Value, the Government & Agency Securities, the High Income, the Money Market, and the Small Cap Growth VIPs of the DWS Variable Series II – Class A Shares; the Growth, the Index 500, and the Mid Cap Portfolios of Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (“VIP”) Funds–Service Class Shares; the Freedom 2005, the Freedom 2010, the Freedom 2015, the Freedom 2020, the Freedom 2025, the Freedom 2030, and the Freedom Income Portfolios of Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – Service Class 2 Shares; the FundsManager 20%, the FundsManager 50%, the FundsManager 70%, and the FundsManager 85% Portfolios of Fidelity VIP FundsManager Portfolios – Service Class 2 Shares; the Developing Markets Securities, the Small – Mid Cap Growth Securities, and the Small Cap Value Securities Funds of the Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust – Class 2 Shares; the Strategic Growth, the Mid Cap Value, and the Structured Small Cap Equity Funds of the Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust – Institutional Class Shares; the Balanced Portfolio – Service Shares, the Forty Portfolio – Institutional Shares, and the Enterprise Portfolio – Service Shares of the Janus Aspen Series; the Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged) and the Low Duration Portfolios of the PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust – Administrative Class Shares; the Equity Income, the LargeCap Blend II, the LargeCap Growth, the Diversified International, the MidCap Blend, the SmallCap Growth II, the Capital Appreciation Accounts of the Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) – Class 2 Shares – Equity Funds; the Income, the Money Market, the Short-Term Income, the Government & High Quality Bond Accounts of the Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) – Class 2 Shares – Fixed Income Funds; the SAM Balanced, the SAM Conservative Balanced, the SAM Conservative Growth, the SAM Flexible Income, and the SAM Strategic Growth Portfolios of the Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) – Class 2 Shares – Strategic Asset Management (“SAM”) Portfolios] at December 31, 2010, the results of

 

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each of their operations for the period then ended and the changes in each of their net assets for each of the periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Account’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Seattle, Washington

April 27, 2011

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

     Calvert
Variable
Series, Inc.
     Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund –
Service Class Shares
     Dreyfus Socially
Responsible
Growth Fund,
Inc. – Service
Class Shares
     DWS
Investments VIT
Funds
 
   VP SRI Mid
Cap Growth
Portfolio (1)
     Opportunistic
Small Cap
Portfolio (2)
     Quality Bond
Portfolio
     Socially
Responsible
Growth Fund
     Equity 500 Index
VIP
 

Assets

              

Investments, at fair value

   $ 116,807       $ 3,063,447       $ 1,122,430       $ 128,323       $ 1,414,137   

Dividends receivable

     -         -         -         -         -   
                                            

Total assets

     116,807         3,063,447         1,122,430         128,323         1,414,137   

Liabilities

              

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

     89         2,293         854         81         783   
                                            

Total liabilities

     89         2,293         854         81         783   

Net assets

   $ 116,718       $ 3,061,154       $ 1,121,576       $ 128,242       $ 1,413,354   
                                            

Accumulation units outstanding

     9,326         292,563         78,706         13,758         96,801   
                                            

Shares owned in each portfolio

     3,544         101,405         97,518         4,319         107,376   
                                            

Market value per share

   $ 32.96       $ 30.21       $ 11.51       $ 29.71       $ 13.17   
                                            

Cost of investments

   $ 79,847       $ 2,953,862       $ 1,061,926       $ 97,675       $ 1,233,403   
                                            

Contracts with total expenses of 0.70% (*)

              

Net assets

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 1,413,354   

Accumulation units outstanding

     -         -         -         -         96,801   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 14.60   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.90% (**)

              

Net assets

   $ 116,718       $ 2,984,040       $ 1,121,576       $ 96,331       $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

     9,326         285,376         78,706         10,799         -   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 12.52       $ 10.46       $ 14.25       $ 8.92       $ -   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.60% (***)

              

Net assets

   $ -       $ 77,114       $ -       $ 31,911       $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

     -         7,187         -         2,959         -   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ -       $ 10.73       $ -       $ 10.78       $ -   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

     DWS Variable Series I – Class A Shares      DWS Variable Series II –Class A
Shares
 
   Bond VIP      Global
Opportunities
VIP
     Growth &
Income VIP
     International
VIP
     Government &
Agency
Securities VIP
     High Income
VIP
 

Assets

                 

Investments, at fair value

   $ 4,525,722       $ 6,660,969       $ 2,350,956       $ 8,392,911       $ 1,572,204       $ 3,351,725   

Dividends receivable

     -         -         -         -         -         -   
                                                     

Total assets

     4,525,722         6,660,969         2,350,956         8,392,911         1,572,204         3,351,725   

Liabilities

                 

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

     3,394         4,930         1,783         6,314         1,171         2,481   
                                                     

Total liabilities

     3,394         4,930         1,783         6,314         1,171         2,481   

Net assets

   $ 4,522,328       $ 6,656,039       $ 2,349,173       $ 8,386,597       $ 1,571,033       $ 3,349,244   
                                                     

Accumulation units outstanding

     332,662         398,263         247,513         1,171,750         94,912         201,760   
                                                     

Shares owned in each portfolio

     799,597         466,454         310,973         1,021,035         121,125         485,757   
                                                     

Market value per share

   $ 5.66       $ 14.28       $ 7.56       $ 8.22       $ 12.98       $ 6.90   
                                                     

Cost of investments

   $ 4,879,380       $ 5,137,567       $ 2,316,668       $ 8,473,570       $ 1,465,333       $ 3,312,152   
                                                     

Contracts with total expenses of 0.70% (*)

                 

Net assets

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

     -         -         -         -         -         -   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.90% (**)

                 

Net assets

   $ 4,475,907       $ 6,409,684       $ 2,349,173       $ 8,318,126       $ 1,527,744       $ 3,227,030   

Accumulation units outstanding

     328,070         376,272         247,513         1,163,823         91,220         191,859   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 13.64       $ 17.03       $ 9.49       $ 7.15       $ 16.75       $ 16.82   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.60% (***)

                 

Net assets

   $ 46,421       $ 246,355       $ -       $ 68,471       $ 43,289       $ 122,214   

Accumulation units outstanding

     4,592         21,991         -         7,927         3,692         9,901   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 10.11       $ 11.20       $ -       $ 8.64       $ 11.73       $ 12.34   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

     DWS Variable Series II –Class A Shares, Continued      Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (VIP) Funds –
Service Class Shares
 
     Money Market
VIP
     Small Cap
Growth VIP
     Strategic Value
VIP
     VIP Growth
Portfolio
     VIP Index 500
Portfolio
     VIP Mid Cap
Portfolio
 

Assets

                 

Investments, at fair value

   $ 1,354,890       $ 308,587       $ 18,558,451       $ 11,438,943       $ 10,922,469       $ 5,884,929   

Dividends receivable

     6         -         -         -         -         -   
                                                     

Total assets

     1,354,896         308,587         18,558,451         11,438,943         10,922,469         5,884,929   

Liabilities

                 

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

     938         234         13,952         8,525         8,118         4,340   
                                                     

Total liabilities

     938         234         13,952         8,525         8,118         4,340   

Net assets

   $ 1,353,958       $ 308,353       $ 18,544,499       $ 11,430,418       $ 10,914,351       $ 5,880,589   
                                                     

Accumulation units outstanding

     116,811         67,549         1,260,871         1,207,640         1,002,866         247,029   
                                                     

Shares owned in each portfolio

     1,354,886         22,281         2,282,712         309,244         82,702         180,964   
                                                     

Market value per share

   $ 1.00       $ 13.85       $ 8.13       $ 36.99       $ 132.07       $ 32.52   
                                                     

Cost of investments

   $ 1,354,890       $ 218,205       $ 20,619,929       $ 9,060,576       $ 10,068,407       $ 4,614,876   
                                                     

Contracts with total expenses of 0.70% (*)

                 

Net assets

   $ -       $ -       $ 163,042       $ 372,932       $ -       $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

     -         -         17,446         30,220         -         -   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ -       $ -       $ 9.35       $ 12.34       $ -       $ -   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.90% (**)

                 

Net assets

   $ 1,175,632       $ 308,353       $ 18,191,475       $ 10,841,058       $ 10,600,111       $ 5,627,018   

Accumulation units outstanding

     99,052         67,549         1,223,279         1,155,816         972,246         225,560   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 11.87       $ 4.56       $ 14.87       $ 9.38       $ 10.90       $ 24.95   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.60% (***)

                 

Net assets

   $ 178,326       $ -       $ 189,982       $ 216,428       $ 314,240       $ 253,571   

Accumulation units outstanding

     17,759         -         20,146         21,604         30,620         21,469   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 10.04       $ -       $ 9.43       $ 10.02       $ 10.26       $ 11.81   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

     Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – Service Class 2 Shares  
     VIP
Freedom
2005
Portfolio
     VIP
Freedom
2010
Portfolio
     VIP
Freedom
2015
Portfolio
     VIP
Freedom
2020
Portfolio
     VIP
Freedom
2025
Portfolio
     VIP
Freedom
2030
Portfolio
     VIP
Freedom
Income
Portfolio
 

Assets

                    

Investments, at fair value

   $ 10,298       $ 9,100       $ 52,538       $ 118,111       $ 149,276       $ 559,992       $ 36,908   

Dividends receivable

     -         -         -         -         -         -         -   
                                                              

Total assets

     10,298         9,100         52,538         118,111         149,276         559,992         36,908   

Liabilities

                    

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

     3         2         13         30         37         140         9   
                                                              

Total liabilities

     3         2         13         30         37         140         9   

Net assets

   $ 10,295       $ 9,098       $ 52,525       $ 118,081       $ 149,239       $ 559,852       $ 36,899   
                                                              

Accumulation units outstanding

     934         815         4,740         10,834         13,673         52,721         3,321   
                                                              

Shares owned in each portfolio

     1,022         862         4,933         11,195         14,298         55,009         3,604   
                                                              

Market value per share

   $ 10.08       $ 10.56       $ 10.65       $ 10.55       $ 10.44       $ 10.18       $ 10.24   
                                                              

Cost of investments

   $ 9,211       $ 7,955       $ 48,646       $ 104,201       $ 131,576       $ 483,513       $ 35,654   
                                                              

Contracts with total expenses of 0.70% (*)

                    

Net assets

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

     -         -         -         -         -         -         -   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.90% (**)

                    

Net assets

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

     -         -         -         -         -         -         -   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.60% (***)

                    

Net assets

   $ 10,295       $ 9,098       $ 52,525       $ 118,081       $ 149,239       $ 559,852       $ 36,899   

Accumulation units outstanding

     934         815         4,740         10,834         13,673         52,721         3,321   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 11.02       $ 11.16       $ 11.08       $ 10.90       $ 10.92       $ 10.62       $ 11.11   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

    Fidelity VIP FundsManager Portfolios – Service Class 2 Shares     Franklin Templeton Variable
Insurance Products Trust –
Class 2 Shares
 
    VIP
FundsManager
20% Portfolio
    VIP
FundsManager
50% Portfolio
    VIP
FundsManager
70% Portfolio
    VIP
FundsManager
85% Portfolio
    Developing
Markets
Securities Fund
    Global Asset
Allocation
Fund (3)
 

Assets

           

Investments, at fair value

  $ 30,960      $ 142,917      $ 585,037      $ 530,579      $ 3,718,282      $ -   

Dividends receivable

    -        -        -        -        -        -   
                                               

Total assets

    30,960        142,917        585,037        530,579        3,718,282        -   

Liabilities

           

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

    8        35        146        132        2,816        -   
                                               

Total liabilities

    8        35        146        132        2,816        -   

Net assets

  $ 30,952      $ 142,882      $ 584,891      $ 530,447      $ 3,715,466      $ -   
                                               

Accumulation units outstanding

    2,819        12,975        54,340        49,965        165,367        -   
                                               

Shares owned in each portfolio

    2,915        14,277        61,843        57,860        329,052        -   
                                               

Market value per share

  $ 10.62      $ 10.01      $ 9.46      $ 9.17      $ 11.30      $ -   
                                               

Cost of investments

  $ 29,066      $ 124,906      $ 507,333      $ 434,069      $ 3,002,228      $ -   
                                               

Contracts with total expenses of 0.70% (*)

           

Net assets

  $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

    -        -        -        -        -        -   

Unit value of accumulation units

  $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.90% (**)

           

Net assets

  $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ 3,715,466      $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

    -        -        -        -        165,367        -   

Unit value of accumulation units

  $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ 22.47      $ -   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.60% (***)

           

Net assets

  $ 30,952      $ 142,882      $ 584,891      $ 530,447      $ -      $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

    2,819        12,975        54,340        49,965        -        -   

Unit value of accumulation units

  $ 10.98      $ 11.01      $ 10.76      $ 10.62      $ -      $ -   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

    Franklin Templeton Variable
Insurance Products Trust – Class 2

Shares, Continued
    Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust – Institutional
Class Shares
 
    Small – Mid Cap
Growth
Securities Fund
    Small Cap Value
Securities Fund
   

Mid Cap Value

Fund

   

Strategic Growth

Fund (4)

    Structured
Small Cap
Equity Fund
 

Assets

         

Investments, at fair value

  $ 2,384,277      $ 2,273,073      $ 5,962,610      $ 9,077,957      $ 1,795,609   

Dividends receivable

    -        -        -        -        -   
                                       

Total assets

    2,384,277        2,273,073        5,962,610        9,077,957        1,795,609   

Liabilities

         

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

    1,708        1,534        4,515        6,890        1,318   
                                       

Total liabilities

    1,708        1,534        4,515        6,890        1,318   

Net assets

  $ 2,382,569      $ 2,271,539      $ 5,958,095      $ 9,071,067      $ 1,794,291   
                                       

Accumulation units outstanding

    189,758        168,361        280,217        914,344        125,946   
                                       

Shares owned in each portfolio

    110,742        139,881        422,880        755,867        157,234   
                                       

Market value per share

  $ 21.53      $ 16.25      $ 14.10      $ 12.01      $ 11.42   
                                       

Cost of investments

  $ 1,829,808      $ 1,893,245      $ 5,371,183      $ 7,268,526      $ 1,402,144   
                                       

Contracts with total expenses of 0.70% (*)

         

Net assets

  $ -      $ 467,392      $ 122,604      $ -      $ 266,604   

Accumulation units outstanding

    -        33,511        8,830        -        23,537   

Unit value of accumulation units

  $ -      $ 13.95      $ 13.89      $ -      $ 11.33   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.90% (**)

         

Net assets

  $ 2,171,915      $ 1,580,664      $ 5,835,491      $ 9,071,067      $ 1,527,687   

Accumulation units outstanding

    171,629        114,614        271,387        914,344        102,409   

Unit value of accumulation units

  $ 12.65      $ 13.79      $ 21.50      $ 9.92      $ 14.92   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.60% (***)

         

Net assets

  $ 210,654      $ 223,483      $ -      $ -      $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

    18,129        20,236        -        -        -   

Unit value of accumulation units

  $ 11.62      $ 11.04      $ -      $ -      $ -   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

     Janus Aspen Series      PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust –
Administrative Class Shares
 
   Balanced
Portfolio
(Service
Shares)
     Enterprise
Portfolio
(Service
Shares)
     Forty Portfolio
(Institutional
Shares)
     VIT Foreign
Bond Portfolio
(U.S. Dollar-
Hedged)
     VIT Low
Duration
Portfolio
 

Assets

              

Investments, at fair value

   $ 2,051,482       $ 1,916,549       $ 13,907,692       $ 3,030,349       $ 3,695,658   

Dividends receivable

     -         -         -         -         -   
                                            

Total assets

     2,051,482         1,916,549         13,907,692         3,030,349         3,695,658   

Liabilities

              

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

     1,295         1,410         10,318         2,210         2,806   
                                            

Total liabilities

     1,295         1,410         10,318         2,210         2,806   

Net assets

   $ 2,050,187       $ 1,915,139       $ 13,897,374       $ 3,028,139       $ 3,692,852   
                                            

Accumulation units outstanding

     143,651         141,844         1,591,047         184,474         239,082   
                                            

Shares owned in each portfolio

     69,731         51,067         389,135         303,650         354,029   
                                            

Market value per share

   $ 29.42       $ 37.53       $ 35.74       $ 9.98       $ 10.44   
                                            

Cost of investments

   $ 1,831,518       $ 1,092,893       $ 8,771,100       $ 3,033,663       $ 3,577,684   
                                            

Contracts with total expenses of 0.70% (*)

              

Net assets

   $ -       $ 296,376       $ -       $ -       $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

     -         18,190         -         -         -   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ -       $ 16.29       $ -       $ -       $ -   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.90% (**)

              

Net assets

   $ 1,547,008       $ 1,618,763       $ 13,425,111       $ 2,959,925       $ 3,620,068   

Accumulation units outstanding

     100,780         123,654         1,540,997         178,798         232,823   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 15.35       $ 13.09       $ 8.71       $ 16.55       $ 15.55   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.60% (***)

              

Net assets

   $ 503,179       $ -       $ 472,263       $ 68,214       $ 72,784   

Accumulation units outstanding

     42,871         -         50,050         5,676         6,259   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 11.74       $ -       $ 9.44       $ 12.02       $ 11.63   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

     Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares – Equity Funds  
     Capital
Appreciation
Account
     Diversified
International
Account
     Equity Income
Account
     LargeCap
Blend
Account II
     LargeCap
Growth
Account
     MidCap Blend
Account
     SmallCap
Growth
Account II
 

Assets

                    

Investments, at fair value

   $ 1,971,242       $ 767,244       $ 4,774,822       $ 170,230       $ 223,824       $ 5,233,875       $ 1,459,363   

Dividends receivable

     -         -         -         -         -         -         -   
                                                              

Total assets

     1,971,242         767,244         4,774,822         170,230         223,824         5,233,875         1,459,363   

Liabilities

                    

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

     1,316         456         3,420         105         132         3,919         1,084   
                                                              

Total liabilities

     1,316         456         3,420         105         132         3,919         1,084   

Net assets

   $ 1,969,926       $ 766,788       $ 4,771,402       $ 170,125       $ 223,692       $ 5,229,956       $ 1,458,279   
                                                              

Accumulation units outstanding

     122,806         41,782         292,790         12,096         15,310         90,621         154,527   
                                                              

Shares owned in each portfolio

     92,114         60,748         323,936         24,635         14,813         138,389         131,950   
                                                              

Market value per share

   $ 21.40       $ 12.63       $ 14.74       $ 6.91       $ 15.11       $ 37.82       $ 11.06   
                                                              

Cost of investments

   $ 1,747,550       $ 548,599       $ 4,605,168       $ 115,864       $ 156,015       $ 5,358,603       $ 985,796   
                                                              

Contracts with total expenses of 0.70% (*)

                    

Net assets

   $ 1,078,590       $ 766,788       $ 1,293,228       $ 170,125       $ 223,692       $ 311,811       $ 158,510   

Accumulation units outstanding

     56,113         41,782         73,731         12,096         15,310         5,031         9,231   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 19.22       $ 18.35       $ 17.54       $ 14.07       $ 14.61       $ 61.98       $ 17.17   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.90% (**)

                    

Net assets

   $ 891,336       $ -       $ 3,478,174       $ -       $ -       $ 4,918,145       $ 1,299,769   

Accumulation units outstanding

     66,693         -         219,059         -         -         85,590         145,296   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 13.36       $ -       $ 15.88       $ -       $ -       $ 57.46       $ 8.95   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.60% (***)

                    

Net assets

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -   

Accumulation units outstanding

     -         -         -         -         -         -         -   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

     Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares  – Fixed Income
Funds
     Principal Variable Contracts Funds,
Inc – Class 2 Shares – Strategic
Asset Management (“SAM”)
Portfolios
 
   Government & High
Quality Bond
Account (5)
     Income
Account
     Money Market
Account
     Short-Term
Income Account
     SAM Balanced
Portfolio
     SAM
Conservative
Balanced
Portfolio
 

Assets

                 

Investments, at fair value

   $ 8,230       $ 165,686       $ 21,131       $ 8,130       $ 10,897,625       $ 1,545,560   

Dividends receivable

     -         -         -         -         -         -   
                                                     

Total assets

     8,230         165,686         21,131         8,130         10,897,625         1,545,560   

Liabilities

                 

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

     5         98         13         5         7,303         984   
                                                     

Total liabilities

     5         98         13         5         7,303         984   

Net assets

   $ 8,225       $ 165,588       $ 21,118       $ 8,125       $ 10,890,322       $ 1,544,576   
                                                     

Accumulation units outstanding

     629         11,419         1,934         655         704,031         104,124   
                                                     

Shares owned in each portfolio

     797         16,421         21,130         3,239         730,404         133,238   
                                                     

Market value per share

   $ 10.32       $ 10.09       $ 1.00       $ 2.51       $ 14.92       $ 11.60   
                                                     

Cost of investments

   $ 7,924       $ 162,633       $ 21,131       $ 8,034       $ 10,349,388       $ 1,415,936   
                                                     

Contracts with total expenses of
0.70% (*)

                 

Net assets

   $ 8,225       $ 165,588       $ 21,118       $ 8,125       $ 1,762,538       $ 533,258   

Accumulation units outstanding

     629         11,419         1,934         655         109,953         35,076   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 13.09       $ 14.50       $ 10.92       $ 12.39       $ 16.03       $ 15.20   

Contracts with total expenses of
0.90% (**)

                 

Net assets

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 7,827,541       $ 816,935   

Accumulation units outstanding

     -         -         -         -         476,257         51,837   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 16.44       $ 15.76   

Contracts with total expenses of
0.60% (***)

                 

Net assets

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 1,300,243       $ 194,383   

Accumulation units outstanding

     -         -         -         -         117,821         17,211   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 11.04       $ 11.29   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

     Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares  –
Strategic Asset Management (“SAM”) Portfolios, Continued
 
     SAM
Conservative
Growth Portfolio
     SAM Flexible
Income Portfolio
     SAM Strategic
Growth Portfolio
 

Assets

        

Investments, at fair value

   $ 26,990,941       $ 858,671       $ 34,025,476   

Dividends receivable

     -         -         -   
                          

Total assets

     26,990,941         858,671         34,025,476   

Liabilities

        

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

     18,764         654         23,995   
                          

Total liabilities

     18,764         654         23,995   

Net assets

   $ 26,972,177       $ 858,017       $ 34,001,481   
                          

Accumulation units outstanding

     1,708,345         58,474         2,110,344   
                          

Shares owned in each portfolio

     1,772,222         69,136         2,036,234   
                          

Market value per share

   $ 15.23       $ 12.42       $ 16.71   
                          

Cost of investments

   $ 26,270,817       $ 766,953       $ 32,824,007   
                          

Contracts with total expenses of 0.70% (*)

        

Net assets

   $ 2,760,144       $ 310,529       $ 4,415,817   

Accumulation units outstanding

     168,873         21,448         264,876   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 16.34       $ 14.48       $ 16.67   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.90% (**)

        

Net assets

   $ 21,893,541       $ 505,958       $ 27,525,458   

Accumulation units outstanding

     1,320,463         33,441         1,646,263   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 16.58       $ 15.13       $ 16.72   

Contracts with total expenses of 0.60% (***)

        

Net assets

   $ 2,318,492       $ 41,530       $ 2,060,206   

Accumulation units outstanding

     219,009         3,585         199,205   

Unit value of accumulation units

   $ 10.59       $ 11.59       $ 10.34   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2010

 

 

  (*)

Offered in Life Accumulator product (Note 1)

  (**)

Offered in Variable Universal Life product (Note 1)

  (***)

Offered in Essential Life Variable Universal Life product (Note 1)

  (1)

The Calvert Social Mid Cap Growth Portfolio changed its name to VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, effective April 30, 2010.

  (2)

The Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio changed its name to Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio, effective February 8, 2010.

  (3)

The Franklin Templeton Global Asset Allocation Fund Portfolio was liquidated, effective April 30, 2010. Funds transferred to DWS Money Market VIP.

  (4)

The Goldman Sachs Capital Growth Fund changed its name to Strategic Growth Fund, effective April 30, 2010.

  (5)

The PVC Mortgage Securities Account changed its name to Government & High Quality Bond Account, effective July 16, 2010.

 

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Operations

Period Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

    Calvert
Variable
Series, Inc.
    Dreyfus Variable Investment
Fund – Service Class Shares
    Dreyfus
Socially
Responsible
Growth  Fund,

Inc. – Service
Class Shares
    DWS
Investments
VIT Funds
    DWS Variable Series I – Class A
Shares
 
    VP SRI Mid
Cap Growth
Portfolio (1)
    Opportunistic
Small Cap
Portfolio (2)
    Quality Bond
Portfolio
    Socially
Responsible
Growth Fund
    Equity 500
Index VIP
    Bond VIP     Global
Opportunities
VIP
 

Investment income

             

Dividends and capital gain distributions

  $ -      $ 16,320      $ 38,900      $ 593      $ 17,452      $ 181,999      $ 21,384   
                                                       

Total investment income

    -        16,320        38,900        593        17,452        181,999        21,384   
                                                       

Expenses

             

Mortality and expense risk

    898        22,276        9,682        797        7,812        37,986        48,452   
                                                       

Total expenses

    898        22,276        9,682        797        7,812        37,986        48,452   
                                                       

Net investment income (loss)

    (898     (5,956     29,218        (204     9,640        144,013        (27,068
                                                       

Realized gains (losses) on investments

             

Proceeds from sales

    14,856        193,353        66,076        14,970        148,674        316,944        295,294   

Cost of investments sold

    (15,977     (297,660     (65,843     (15,301     (167,232     (390,347     (434,227
                                                       

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (1,121     (104,307     233        (331     (18,558     (73,403     (138,933
                                                       

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

             

Beginning of period

    6,735        (706,901     15,942        15,004        13,739        (521,102     10,883   

End of period

    36,960        109,585        60,504        30,648        180,734        (353,658     1,523,402   
                                                       

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    30,225        816,486        44,562        15,644        166,995        167,444        1,512,519   
                                                       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 28,206      $ 706,223      $ 74,013      $ 15,109      $ 158,077      $ 238,054      $ 1,346,518   
                                                       

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Operations

Period Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

     DWS Variable Series I – Class A
Shares, Continued
    DWS Variable Series II – Class A Shares  
     Growth &
Income VIP
    International
VIP
    Government &
Agency
Securities VIP
    High Income
VIP
    Money Market
VIP
    Small Cap
Growth VIP
   

Strategic Value

VIP

 

Investment income

              

Dividends and capital gain distributions

   $ 34,957      $ 157,380      $ 70,897      $ 230,485      $ 91      $ -      $ 308,880   
                                                        

Total investment income

     34,957        157,380        70,897        230,485        91        -        308,880   
                                                        

Expenses

              

Mortality and expense risk

     19,339        67,147        13,545        26,908        8,523        2,379        144,317   
                                                        

Total expenses

     19,339        67,147        13,545        26,908        8,523        2,379        144,317   
                                                        

Net investment income (loss)

     15,618        90,233        57,352        203,577        (8,432     (2,379     164,563   
                                                        

Realized gains (losses) on investments

              

Proceeds from sales

     196,408        281,597        116,074        183,758        219,349        33,888        695,126   

Cost of investments sold

     (260,484     (489,356     (115,056     (223,919     (219,353     (35,866     (1,358,799
                                                        

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (64,076     (207,759     1,018        (40,161     (4     (1,978     (663,673
                                                        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

              

Beginning of period

     (294,205     (310,292     82,198        (171,714     -        16,690        (4,470,224

End of period

     34,288        (80,659     106,871        39,573        4        90,382        (2,061,478
                                                        

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     328,493        229,633        24,673        211,287        4        73,692        2,408,746   
                                                        

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ 280,035      $ 112,107      $ 83,043      $ 374,703      $ (8,432   $ 69,335      $ 1,909,636   
                                                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Operations

Period Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

    Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (VIP) Funds –
Service Class Shares
    Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – Service Class 2 Shares  
    VIP Growth
Portfolio
    VIP Index 500
Portfolio
    VIP Mid Cap
Portfolio
    VIP Freedom
2005 Portfolio
    VIP Freedom
2010 Portfolio
    VIP Freedom
2015 Portfolio
    VIP Freedom
2020 Portfolio
 

Investment income

             

Dividends and capital gain distributions

  $ 51,604      $ 357,218      $ 29,747      $ 262      $ 307      $ 1,486      $ 2,919   
                                                       

Total investment income

    51,604        357,218        29,747        262        307        1,486        2,919   
                                                       

Expenses

             

Mortality and expense risk

    84,874        83,468        43,091        23        19        100        230   
                                                       

Total expenses

    84,874        83,468        43,091        23        19        100        230   
                                                       

Net investment income (loss)

    (33,270     273,750        (13,344     239        288        1,386        2,689   
                                                       

Realized gains (losses) on investments

             

Proceeds from sales

    604,026        453,744        261,695        1,799        2,081        13,467        25,998   

Cost of investments sold

    (775,892     (608,443     (316,215     (1,825     (2,105     (13,712     (26,465
                                                       

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (171,866     (154,699     (54,520     (26     (24     (245     (467
                                                       

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

             

Beginning of period

    40,995        (340,014     (34,167     468        592        604        3,883   

End of period

    2,378,367        854,062        1,270,053        1,087        1,145        3,892        13,910   
                                                       
             

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    2,337,372        1,194,076        1,304,220        619        553        3,288        10,027   
                                                       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 2,132,236      $ 1,313,127      $ 1,236,356      $ 832      $ 817      $ 4,429      $ 12,249   
                                                       

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Operations

Period Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

    Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – Service Class 2
Shares, Continued
    Fidelity VIP FundsManager Portfolios – Service Class 2 Shares  
    VIP Freedom
2025 Portfolio
    VIP Freedom
2030 Portfolio
    VIP Freedom
Income
Portfolio
    VIP
Funds Manager
20% Portfolio
    VIP FundsManager
50% Portfolio
    VIP FundsManager
70% Portfolio
    VIP FundsManager
85% Portfolio
 

Investment income

             

Dividends and capital gain distributions

  $ 3,528      $ 12,457      $ 1,534      $ 482      $ 2,232      $ 8,237      $ 6,102   
                                                       

Total investment income

    3,528        12,457        1,534        482        2,232        8,237        6,102   
                                                       

Expenses

             

Mortality and expense risk

    272        1,038        86        63        306        1,088        1,034   
                                                       

Total expenses

    272        1,038        86        63        306        1,088        1,034   
                                                       

Net investment income (loss)

    3,256        11,419        1,448        419        1,926        7,149        5,068   
                                                       

Realized gains (losses) on investments

             

Proceeds from sales

    16,027        52,838        7,521        5,122        17,788        25,732        41,655   

Cost of investments sold

    (16,458     (55,228     (7,609     (5,145     (18,025     (26,497     (43,723
                                                       

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (431     (2,390     (88     (23     (237     (765     (2,068
                                                       

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

             

Beginning of period

    4,301        23,979        649        801        7,329        20,270        36,590   

End of period

    17,700        76,479        1,254        1,894        18,011        77,704        96,510   
                                                       

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    13,399        52,500        605        1,093        10,682        57,434        59,920   
                                                       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 16,224      $ 61,529      $ 1,965      $ 1,489      $ 12,371      $ 63,818      $ 62,920   
                                                       

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Operations

Period Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

    Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust –Class 2  Shares     Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust –
Institutional Class Shares
 
    Developing
Markets
Securities Fund
    Global Asset
Allocation Fund
(3)
    Small –Mid Cap
Growth
Securities Fund
    Small Cap
Value
Securities
Fund
    Mid Cap Value
Fund
    Strategic
Growth
Fund (4)
    Structured
Small Cap
Equity Fund
 

Investment income

             

Dividends and capital gain distributions

  $ 50,573      $ 120,007      $ -      $ 13,783      $ 36,904      $ 37,036      $ 8,903   
                                                       

Total investment income

    50,573        120,007        -        13,783        36,904        37,036        8,903   
                                                       

Expenses

             

Mortality and expense risk

    28,272        2,402        16,883        15,078        46,481        72,834        12,663   
                                                       

Total expenses

    28,272        2,402        16,883        15,078        46,481        72,834        12,663   
                                                       

Net investment income (loss)

    22,301        117,605        (16,883     (1,295     (9,577     (35,798     (3,760
                                                       

Realized gains (losses) on investments

             

Proceeds from sales

    176,738        974,326        143,002        205,847        401,782        430,341        119,224   

Cost of investments sold

    (254,216     (1,221,231     (169,078     (281,448     (528,150     (484,120     (172,128
                                                       

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (77,478     (246,905     (26,076     (75,601     (126,368     (53,779     (52,904
                                                       

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

             

Beginning of period

    130,229        (161,615     17,074        (176,807     (706,152     909,683        (60,656

End of period

    716,054        -        554,469        379,828        591,427        1,809,431        393,465   
                                                       

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    585,825        161,615        537,395        556,635        1,297,579        899,748        454,121   
                                                       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 530,648      $ 32,315      $ 494,436      $ 479,739      $ 1,161,634      $ 810,171      $ 397,457   
                                                       

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Operations

Period Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

     Janus Aspen Series     PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust –
Administrative Class Shares
 
     Balanced
Portfolio
(Service
Shares)
    Enterprise
Portfolio
(Service
Shares)
    Forty Portfolio
(Institutional
Shares)
    VIT Foreign
Bond Portfolio
(U.S. Dollar-
Hedged)
    VIT Low
Duration
Portfolio
 

Investment income

          

Dividends and capital gain distributions

   $ 46,519      $ -      $ 46,322      $ 137,261      $ 68,757   
                                        

Total investment income

     46,519        -        46,322        137,261        68,757   
                                        

Expenses

          

Mortality and expense risk

     13,390        14,228        111,513        25,412        31,328   
                                        

Total expenses

     13,390        14,228        111,513        25,412        31,328   
                                        

Net investment income (loss)

     33,129        (14,228     (65,191     111,849        37,429   
                                        

Realized gains (losses) on investments

          

Proceeds from sales

     102,755        185,276        673,434        184,270        201,594   

Cost of investments sold

     (109,358     (188,069     (682,160     (191,173     (203,952
                                        

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (6,603     (2,793     (8,726     (6,903     (2,358
                                        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

          

Beginning of period

     118,110        428,120        4,282,033        (97,887     5,298   

End of period

     219,964        823,656        5,136,592        (3,314     117,974   
                                        
          

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     101,854        395,536        854,559        94,573        112,676   
                                        

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ 128,380      $ 378,515      $ 780,642      $ 199,519      $ 147,747   
                                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Operations

Period Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

    Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares – Equity Funds  
    Capital
Appreciation
Account
    Diversified
International
Account
    Equity Income
Account
    LargeCap
Blend
Account II
    LargeCap
Growth
Account
    MidCap Blend
Account
    SmallCap
Growth
Account II
 

Investment income

             

Dividends and capital gain distributions

  $ 57,939      $ 8,726      $ 132,887      $ 3,348      $ -      $ 106,395      $ -   
                                                       

Total investment income

    57,939        8,726        132,887        3,348        -        106,395        -   
                                                       

Expenses

             

Mortality and expense risk

    13,603        4,800        36,477        1,176        1,380        39,852        10,825   
                                                       

Total expenses

    13,603        4,800        36,477        1,176        1,380        39,852        10,825   
                                                       

Net investment income (loss)

    44,336        3,926        96,410        2,172        (1,380     66,543        (10,825
                                                       

Realized gains (losses) on investments

             

Proceeds from sales

    196,281        129,728        580,401        60,381        44,121        343,918        127,113   

Cost of investments sold

    (237,351     (129,371     (807,896     (63,942     (49,682     (344,178     (136,569
                                                       

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (41,070     357        (227,495     (3,561     (5,561     (260     (9,456
                                                       

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

             

Beginning of period

    (18,045     138,960        (587,976     33,115        29,072        (1,011,173     153,687   

End of period

    223,692        218,645        169,654        54,366        67,809        (124,728     473,567   
                                                       

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    241,737        79,685        757,630        21,251        38,737        886,445        319,880   
                                                       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 245,003      $ 83,968      $ 626,545      $ 19,862      $ 31,796      $ 952,728      $ 299,599   
                                                       

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Operations

Period Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

    Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc –Class 2 Shares  –Fixed Income
Funds
    Principal Variable Contracts Funds,
Inc – Class 2 Shares – Strategic
Asset Management (“SAM”)
Portfolios
 
  Government & High
Quality Bond
Account (5)
    Income Account     Money Market
Account
    Short-Term
Income Account
    SAM Balanced
Portfolio
    SAM
Conservative
Balanced
Portfolio
 

Investment income

           

Dividends and capital gain distributions

  $ 255      $ 10,379      $ -      $ 150      $ 315,125      $ 56,726   
                                               

Total investment income

    255        10,379        -        150        315,125        56,726   
                                               

Expenses

           

Mortality and expense risk

    56        1,138        174        57        76,730        10,459   
                                               

Total expenses

    56        1,138        174        57        76,730        10,459   
                                               

Net investment income (loss)

    199        9,241        (174     93        238,395        46,267   
                                               

Realized gains (losses) on investments

           

Proceeds from sales

    3,476        28,397        13,710        296        678,928        117,574   

Cost of investments sold

    (3,456     (28,894     (13,710     (296     (876,403     (132,543
                                               

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    20        (497     -        -        (197,475     (14,969
                                               

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

           

Beginning of period

    153        113        -        (100     (570,694     17,185   

End of period

    306        3,053        -        96        548,237        129,624   
                                               

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    153        2,940        -        196        1,118,931        112,439   
                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  $ 372      $ 11,684      $ (174   $ 289      $ 1,159,851      $ 143,737   
                                               

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Operations

Period Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

     Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2
Shares –  Strategic Asset Management (“SAM”)
Portfolios, Continued
 
     SAM
Conservative
Growth
Portfolio
    SAM Flexible
Income
Portfolio
    SAM Strategic
Growth
Portfolio
 

Investment income

      

Dividends and capital gain distributions

   $ 706,780      $ 37,422      $ 669,309   
                        

Total investment income

     706,780        37,422        669,309   
                        

Expenses

      

Mortality and expense risk

     193,732        6,496        248,376   
                        

Total expenses

     193,732        6,496        248,376   
                        

Net investment income (loss)

     513,048        30,926        420,933   
                        

Realized gains (losses) on investments:

      

Proceeds from sales

     1,257,353        242,170        2,233,244   

Cost of investments sold

     (1,816,459     (260,335     (3,336,738
                        

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (559,106     (18,165     (1,103,494
                        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

      

Beginning of period

     (2,538,010     28,338        (3,888,519

End of period

     720,124        91,718        1,201,469   
                        

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     3,258,134        63,380        5,089,988   
                        

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ 3,212,076      $ 76,141      $ 4,407,427   
                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statement of Operations

Period Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

  (1) 

The Calvert Social Mid Cap Growth Portfolio changed its name to VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, effective April 30, 2010.

 

  (2) 

The Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio changed its name to Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio, effective February 8, 2010.

 

  (3) 

The Franklin Templeton Global Asset Allocation Fund Portfolio was liquidated, effective April 30, 2010. Funds transferred to DWS Money Market VIP.

 

  (4) 

The Goldman Sachs Capital Growth Fund changed its name to Strategic Growth Fund, effective April 30, 2010.

 

  (5) 

The PVC Mortgage Securities Account changed its name to Government & High Quality Bond Account, effective July 16, 2010.

  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Calvert Variable Series, Inc.     Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund – Service Class  Shares  
   VP SRI Mid Cap Growth
Portfolio (1)
    Opportunistic Small Cap
Portfolio (2)
    Quality Bond Portfolio  
   2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

            

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (898   $ (624   $ (5,956   $ 6,372      $ 29,218      $ 34,039   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (1,121     (4,468     (104,307     (77,144     233        (4,283

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     30,225        25,442        816,486        536,520        44,562        91,076   
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     28,206        20,350        706,223        465,748        74,013        120,832   
                                                

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

            

Payments received from contract owners

     23,403        27,632        607,114        654,167        196,233        215,457   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

     (9,451     (3,473     (147,026     (110,367     (52,743     (55,399

Contract maintenance charges

     (12,638     (12,833     (308,618     (294,170     (112,003     (126,145

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

     (1,009     (3,672     (102,040     (24,493     (8,905     (16,600
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     305        7,654        49,430        225,137        22,582        17,313   
                                                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     28,511        28,004        755,653        690,885        96,595        138,145   

Net assets

            

Beginning of period

     88,207        60,203        2,305,501        1,614,616        1,024,981        886,836   
                                                

End of period

   $ 116,718      $ 88,207      $ 3,061,154      $ 2,305,501      $ 1,121,576      $ 1,024,981   
                                                

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

            

Units issued

     1,408        1,952        26,135        45,355        5,774        6,397   

Units redeemed

     (1,265     (969     (19,360     (9,092     (4,201     (5,080
                                                

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

     143        983        6,775        36,263        1,573        1,317   

Beginning units

     9,183        8,200        285,788        249,525        77,133        75,816   
                                                

Ending units

     9,326        9,183        292,563        285,788        78,706        77,133   
                                                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Dreyfus Socially
Responsible Growth
Fund, Inc. - Service
Class Shares
    DWS Investments VIT Funds     DWS Variable Series I – Class A Shares  
     Socially Responsible
Growth Fund
    Equity 500 Index VIP     Bond VIP     Global Opportunities VIP  
     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (204   $ (160   $ 9,640      $ 17,284      $ 144,013      $ 227,121      $ (27,068   $ 28,746   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (331     (4,794     (18,558     (65,101     (73,403     (45,278     (138,933     (149,420

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     15,644        24,900        166,995        273,594        167,444        108,832        1,512,519        1,671,811   
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     15,109        19,946        158,077        225,777        238,054        290,675        1,346,518        1,551,137   
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

                

Payments received from contract owners

     50,879        41,577        245,392        293,355        1,553,151        1,750,975        1,639,342        1,712,847   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

     (4,261     (3,642     (45,209     (70,938     (310,832     (235,386     (312,525     (256,628

Contract maintenance charges

     (28,884     (23,056     (68,489     (103,726     (739,358     (853,946     (819,939     (794,562

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

     6,914        (453     56,951        (79,923     (134,199     115,294        (156,591     (162,331
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     24,648        14,426        188,645        38,768        368,762        776,937        350,287        499,326   
                                                                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     39,757        34,372        346,722        264,545        606,816        1,067,612        1,696,805        2,050,463   

Net assets

                

Beginning of period

     88,485        54,113        1,066,632        802,087        3,915,512        2,847,900        4,959,234        2,908,771   
                                                                

End of period

   $ 128,242      $ 88,485      $ 1,413,354      $ 1,066,632      $ 4,522,328      $ 3,915,512      $ 6,656,039      $ 4,959,234   
                                                                

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

                

Units issued

     4,467        4,366        24,624        18,774        49,911        74,818        47,304        65,280   

Units redeemed

     (1,679     (2,474     (10,900     (13,882     (21,474     (11,602     (17,976     (12,351
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

     2,788        1,892        13,724        4,892        28,437        63,216        29,328        52,929   

Beginning units

     10,970        9,078        83,077        78,185        304,225        241,009        368,935        316,006   
                                                                

Ending units

     13,758        10,970        96,801        83,077        332,662        304,225        398,263        368,935   
                                                                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     DWS Variable Series I – Class A Shares, Continued     DWS Variable Series II – Class A Shares  
   Growth & Income VIP     International VIP     Government & Agency Securities
VIP
    High Income VIP  
   2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 15,618      $ 20,713      $ 90,233      $ 203,671      $ 57,352      $ 50,834      $ 203,577      $ 211,691   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (64,076     (105,338     (207,759     (270,303     1,018        347        (40,161     (81,517

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     328,493        621,248        229,633        1,901,325        24,673        44,647        211,287        619,172   
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     280,035        536,623        112,107        1,834,693        83,043        95,828        374,703        749,346   
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

                

Payments received from contract owners

     356,511        391,001        2,309,705        2,575,300        286,498        287,969        861,219        903,148   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

     (170,925     (95,511     (452,423     (392,330     (80,472     (87,986     (184,715     (142,700

Contract maintenance charges

     (212,189     (217,638     (1,073,146     (1,191,326     (168,890     (179,191     (462,636     (465,430

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

     (35,642     (80,507     35,043        (259,620     (13,010     (1,138     (56,853     (119,097
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (62,245     (2,655     819,179        732,024        24,126        19,654        157,015        175,921   
                                                                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     217,790        533,968        931,286        2,566,717        107,169        115,482        531,718        925,267   

Net assets

                

Beginning of period

     2,131,383        1,597,415        7,455,311        4,888,594        1,463,864        1,348,382        2,817,526        1,892,259   
                                                                

End of period

   $ 2,349,173      $ 2,131,383      $ 8,386,597      $ 7,455,311      $ 1,571,036      $ 1,463,864      $ 3,349,244      $ 2,817,526   
                                                                

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

                

Units issued

     13,800        21,528        155,629        175,801        8,627        9,381        21,908        27,738   

Units redeemed

     (20,891     (20,617     (33,704     (37,538     (6,489     (7,738     (10,426     (13,850
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

     (7,091     911        121,925        138,263        2,138        1,643        11,482        13,888   

Beginning units

     254,604        253,693        1,049,825        911,562        92,774        91,131        190,278        176,390   
                                                                

Ending units

     247,513        254,604        1,171,750        1,049,825        94,912        92,774        201,760        190,278   
                                                                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     DWS Variable Series II – Class A Shares, Continued     Fidelity Variable Insurance
Products (VIP) Funds – Service

Class Shares
 
     Money Market VIP     Small Cap Growth VIP     Strategic Value VIP (3)     VIP Growth Portfolio  
     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (8,432   $ (2,537   $ (2,379   $ (1,765   $ 164,563      $ 400,982      $ (33,270   $ (29,536

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (4     -        (1,978     (10,960     (663,673     (579,742     (171,866     (205,395

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     4        -        73,692        84,594        2,408,746        3,239,658        2,337,372        2,075,010   
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     (8,432     (2,537     69,335        71,869        1,909,636        3,060,898        2,132,236        1,840,079   
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

                

Payments received from contract owners

     406,717        174,833        55,582        60,582        4,880,648        5,444,591        2,823,086        3,051,342   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

     (49,469     (25,309     (22,910     (14,326     (1,021,249     (771,541     (599,695     (460,436

Contract maintenance charges

     (214,103     (106,253     (27,301     (26,839     (2,268,126     (2,386,275     (1,377,252     (1,377,873

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

     786,007        (49,378     (14,150     (13,654     (269,528     (286,122     (416,251     (66,151
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     929,152        (6,107     (8,779     5,763        1,321,745        2,000,653        429,888        1,146,882   
                                                                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     920,720        (8,644     60,556        77,632        3,231,381        5,061,551        2,562,124        2,986,961   

Net assets

                

Beginning of period

     433,238        441,882        247,797        170,165        15,313,118        10,251,567        8,868,294        5,881,333   
                                                                

End of period

   $ 1,353,958      $ 433,238      $ 308,353      $ 247,797      $ 18,544,499      $ 15,313,118      $ 11,430,418      $ 8,868,294   
                                                                

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

                

Units issued

     98,859        15,688        6,190        10,781        146,568        229,509        117,776        214,818   

Units redeemed

     (18,841     (15,591     (8,279     (7,783     (43,733     (31,450     (63,110     (33,839
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

     80,018        97        (2,089     2,998        102,835        198,059        54,666        180,979   

Beginning units

     36,793        36,696        69,638        66,640        1,158,036        959,977        1,152,974        971,995   
                                                                

Ending units

     116,811        36,793        67,549        69,638        1,260,871        1,158,036        1,207,640        1,152,974   
                                                                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

    Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (VIP)
Funds – Service Class Shares, Continued
    Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – Service Class 2
Shares
 
  VIP Index 500 Portfolio     VIP Mid Cap Portfolio     VIP Freedom
2005 Portfolio
    VIP Freedom
2010 Portfolio
    VIP Freedom
2015 Portfolio
 
  2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

                   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 273,750      $ 263,283      $ (13,344   $ 10,490      $ 239      $ 235      $ 288      $ 103      $ 1,386      $ 657   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (154,699     (154,705     (54,520     (127,055     (26     (19     (24     (3     (245     (39

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    1,194,076        1,668,295        1,304,220        1,255,691        619        467        553        591        3,288        599   
                                                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    1,313,127        1,776,873        1,236,356        1,139,126        832        683        817        691        4,429        1,217   
                                                                               

Increase (decrease) in net assets contract transactions

                   

Payments received from contract owners

    2,883,285        3,052,822        1,438,944        1,425,647        7,311        6,839        10,593        3,007        52,851        20,940   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (601,537     (423,175     (239,855     (178,505     -        (9     -        (9     (86     (9

Contract maintenance charges

    (1,391,547     (1,406,064     (734,399     (671,800     (3,396     (2,890     (5,979     (2,277     (25,253     (8,384

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

    (118,151     (109,153     (67,796     (103,571     160        724        650        1,511        2,766        3,731   
                                                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    772,050        1,114,430        396,894        471,771        4,075        4,664        5,264        2,232        30,278        16,278   
                                                                               

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    2,085,177        2,891,303        1,633,250        1,610,897        4,907        5,347        6,081        2,923        34,707        17,495   

Net assets

                   

Beginning of period

    8,829,174        5,937,871        4,247,339        2,636,442        5,388        41        3,017        94        17,818        323   
                                                                               

End of period

  $ 10,914,351      $ 8,829,174      $ 5,880,589      $ 4,247,339      $ 10,295      $ 5,388      $ 9,098      $ 3,017      $ 52,525      $ 17,818   
                                                                               

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

                   

Units issued

    119,318        172,790        36,840        45,230        565        726        712        412        4,247        2,567   

Units redeemed

    (39,621     (27,189     (11,597     (10,885     (172     (190     (200     (120     (1,315     (800
                                                                               

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

    79,697        145,601        25,243        34,345        393        536        512        292        2,932        1,767   

Beginning units

    923,169        777,568        221,786        187,441        541        5        303        11        1,808        41   
                                                                               

Ending units

    1,002,866        923,169        247,029        221,786        934        541        815        303        4,740        1,808   
                                                                               

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

    Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – Service Class 2 Shares, Continued  
  VIP Freedom 2020
Portfolio
    VIP Freedom 2025
Portfolio
    VIP Freedom 2030
Portfolio
    VIP Freedom
Income Portfolio
 
  2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

               

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 2,689      $ 1,383      $ 3,256      $ 1,346      $ 11,419      $ 3,452      $ 1,448      $ 836   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (467     (93     (431     (132     (2,390     (727     (88     (34

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    10,027        3,886        13,399        4,333        52,500        24,402        605        681   
                                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    12,249        5,176        16,224        5,547        61,529        27,127        1,965        1,483   
                                                               

Increase (decrease) in net assets Contract transactions

               

Payments received from contract owners

    97,805        49,448        155,395        41,114        511,337        208,417        33,675        30,573   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (4,730     (113     (4,008     (45     (32,929     (1,896     (3,316     (595

Contract maintenance charges

    (50,452     (22,037     (76,900     (23,570     (279,996     (112,078     (20,328     (14,828

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

    20,822        8,894        13,901        19,872        114,170        47,512        2,808        3,733   
                                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    63,445        36,195        88,388        37,371        312,582        141,955        12,839        18,883   
                                                               

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    75,694        41,368        104,612        42,918        374,111        169,082        14,804        20,366   

Net assets

               

Beginning of period

    42,387        1,019        44,627        1,709        185,741        16,659        22,095        1,729   
                                                               

End of period

  $ 118,081      $ 42,387      $ 149,239      $ 44,627      $ 559,852      $ 185,741      $ 36,899      $ 22,095   
                                                               

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

               

Units issued

    8,961        5,631        10,569        4,846        38,092        19,973        1,897        2,181   

Units redeemed

    (2,560     (1,334     (1,604     (372     (5,580     (2,134     (702     (245
                                                               

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

    6,401        4,297        8,965        4,474        32,512        17,839        1,195        1,936   

Beginning units

    4,433        136        4,708        234        20,209        2,370        2,126        190   
                                                               

Ending units

    10,834        4,433        13,673        4,708        52,721        20,209        3,321        2,126   
                                                               

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

    Fidelity VIP FundsManager Portfolios – Service Class 2 Shares  
  VIP
FundsManager
20% Portfolio
    VIP
FundsManager
50% Portfolio
    VIP FundsManager
70% Portfolio
    VIP FundsManager
85% Portfolio
 
  2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

               

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 419      $ 166      $ 1,926      $ 1,055      $ 7,149      $ 2,241      $ 5,068      $ 2,389   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (23     (17     (237     (191     (765     (333     (2,068     (510

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    1,093        805        10,682        7,302        57,434        19,685        59,920        35,173   
                                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    1,489        954        12,371        8,166        63,818        21,593        62,920        37,052   
                                                               

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

               

Payments received from contract owners

    32,912        14,419        144,035        74,607        480,722        196,098        488,009        252,719   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (2,228     (204     (7,650     (2,013     (10,748     (1,520     (31,215     (2,390

Contract maintenance charges

    (19,559     (9,735     (84,975     (44,017     (260,319     (105,008     (275,521     (142,453

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

    4,720        7,635        8,315        29,966        133,626        46,132        66,926        49,521   
                                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    15,845        12,115        59,725        58,543        343,281        135,702        248,199        157,397   
                                                               

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    17,334        13,069        72,096        66,709        407,099        157,295        311,119        194,449   

Net assets

               

Beginning of period

    13,618        549        70,786        4,077        177,792        20,497        219,328        24,879   
                                                               

End of period

  $ 30,952      $ 13,618      $ 142,882      $ 70,786      $ 584,891      $ 177,792      $ 530,447      $ 219,328   
                                                               

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

               

Units issued

    1,978        1,482        7,546        7,783        38,105        17,993        30,459        22,049   

Units redeemed

    (485     (214     (1,733     (1,109     (2,554     (1,890     (4,387     (1,625
                                                               

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

    1,493        1,268        5,813        6,674        35,551        16,103        26,072        20,424   

Beginning units

    1,326        58        7,162        488        18,789        2,686        23,893        3,469   
                                                               

Ending units

    2,819        1,326        12,975        7,162        54,340        18,789        49,965        23,893   
                                                               

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust – Class 2 Shares  
   Developing Markets Securities
Fund
    Global Asset Allocation
Fund (4)
    Small –Mid Cap Growth
Securities Fund
    Small Cap Value Securities
Fund
 
           2010                     2009             2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 22,301      $ 70,845      $ 117,605      $ 62,867      $ (16,883   $ (12,297   $ (1,295   $ 64,774   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (77,478     (147,299     (246,905     (76,543     (26,076     (45,693     (75,601     (52,523

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     585,825        1,288,330        161,615        148,137        537,395        571,023        556,635        336,141   
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     530,648        1,211,876        32,315        134,461        494,436        513,033        479,739        348,392   
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

                

Payments received from contract owners

     975,293        1,101,341        138,902        362,366        544,510        488,720        717,834        729,378   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

     (193,384     (143,323     (32,256     (28,863     (106,149     (84,952     (178,991     (67,492

Contract maintenance charges

     (496,366     (520,825     (62,308     (165,456     (291,111     (242,086     (335,944     (322,056

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

     (78,611     (151,707     (933,107     20,532        (37,333     (17,556     (30,020     2,510   
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     206,932        285,486        (888,769     188,579        109,917        144,126        172,879        342,340   
                                                                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     737,580        1,497,362        (856,454     323,040        604,353        657,159        652,618        690,732   

Net assets

                

Beginning of period

     2,977,886        1,480,524        856,454        533,414        1,778,216        1,121,057        1,618,921        928,189   
                                                                

End of period

   $ 3,715,466      $ 2,977,886      $ -      $ 856,454      $ 2,382,569      $ 1,778,216      $ 2,271,539      $ 1,618,921   
                                                                

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

                

Units issued

     18,874        32,651        6,711        19,983        23,396        26,709        33,625        48,012   

Units redeemed

     (7,965     (9,548     (63,845     (4,146     (12,070     (7,813     (16,336     (7,058
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

     10,909        23,103        (57,134     15,837        11,326        18,896        17,289        40,954   

Beginning units

     154,458        131,355        57,134        41,297        178,432        159,536        151,072        110,118   
                                                                

Ending units

     165,367        154,458        -        57,134        189,758        178,432        168,361        151,072   
                                                                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust – Institutional Class Shares  
   Mid Cap Value Fund     Strategic Growth Fund (5)     Structured Small Cap  Equity
Fund
 
   2010     2009     2010     2009             2010                     2009          

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

            

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (9,577   $ 41,867      $ (35,798   $ (24,982   $ (3,760   $ 4,983   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (126,368     (152,916     (53,779     (116,548     (52,904     (46,161

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     1,297,579        1,307,611        899,748        2,587,957        454,121        313,478   
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     1,161,634        1,196,562        810,171        2,446,427        397,457        272,300   
                                                

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

            

Payments received from contract owners

     1,016,985        1,149,614        2,160,356        2,427,890        579,108        653,796   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

     (293,355     (241,804     (546,569     (404,128     (100,773     (61,761

Contract maintenance charges

     (563,305     (583,681     (1,085,523     (1,180,495     (267,518     (280,679

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

     (275,653     (125,921     (187,341     (267,557     (75,395     (20,477
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (115,328     198,208        340,923        575,710        135,422        290,879   
                                                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     1,046,306        1,394,770        1,151,094        3,022,137        532,879        563,179   

Net assets

            

Beginning of period

     4,911,789        3,517,019        7,919,973        4,897,836        1,261,412        698,233   
                                                

End of period

   $ 5,958,095      $ 4,911,789      $ 9,071,067      $ 7,919,973      $ 1,794,291      $ 1,261,412   
                                                

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

            

Units issued

     13,544        27,990        78,058        114,673        21,051        38,800   

Units redeemed

     (19,977     (12,944     (39,861     (31,919     (9,163     (5,274
                                                

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

     (6,433     15,046        38,197        82,754        11,888        33,526   

Beginning units

     286,650        271,604        876,147        793,393        114,058        80,532   
                                                

Ending units

     280,217        286,650        914,344        876,147        125,946        114,058   
                                                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

    Janus Aspen Series  
  Balanced Portfolio (Service
Shares)
    Enterprise Portfolio (Service
Shares) (6)
    Forty Portfolio (Institutional
Shares)
 
        2010                 2009                 2010                 2009                 2010                 2009        

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 33,129      $ 63,189      $ (14,228   $ (10,872   $ (65,191   $ (86,679

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (6,603     (22,921     (2,793     (113,104     (8,726     (116,834

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    101,854        211,703        395,536        589,341        854,559        4,014,467   
                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    128,380        251,971        378,515        465,365        780,642        3,810,954   
                                               

Increase (decrease) in net assets from

           

From contract transactions

           

Payments received from contract owners

    776,559        580,835        343,725        380,482        3,118,807        3,262,630   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (81,071     (81,432     (100,062     (99,698     (749,761     (599,787

Contract maintenance charges

    (374,688     (263,974     (184,308     (200,700     (1,644,912     (1,710,447

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

    161,069        95,741        (75,065     (110,104     (120,233     (329,102
                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    481,869        331,170        (15,710     (30,020     603,901        623,294   
                                               

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    610,249        583,141        362,805        435,345        1,384,543        4,434,248   

Net assets

           

Beginning of period

    1,439,938        856,797        1,552,334        1,116,989        12,512,831        8,078,583   
                                               

End of period

  $ 2,050,187      $ 1,439,938      $ 1,915,139      $ 1,552,334      $ 13,897,374      $ 12,512,831   
                                               

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

           

Units issued

    45,857        38,751        13,549        17,816        143,745        171,143   

Units redeemed

    (6,818     (8,780     (14,664     (21,166     (70,450     (75,732
                                               

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

    39,039        29,971        (1,115     (3,350     73,295        95,411   

Beginning units

    104,612        74,641        142,959        146,309        1,517,752        1,422,341   
                                               

Ending units

    143,651        104,612        141,844        142,959        1,591,047        1,517,752   
                                               

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

    PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust – Administrative Class Shares     Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares – Equity
Funds
 
  VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio (U.S.
Dollar-Hedged)
    VIT Low Duration Portfolio     Capital Appreciation Account (7)     Diversified International
Account
 
      2010             2009             2010             2009             2010             2009             2010             2009      

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

               

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 111,849      $ 320,594      $ 37,429      $ 228,040      $ 44,336      $ 2,910      $ 3,926      $ 18,399   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (6,903     (6,433     (2,358     (8,234     (41,070     (74,042     357        (10,480

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    94,573        7,008        112,676        126,745        241,737        433,246        79,685        125,288   
                                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    199,519        321,169        147,747        346,551        245,003        362,114        83,968        133,207   
                                                               

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

               

Payments received from contract owners

    731,035        768,719        883,625        946,277        507,311        588,259        173,123        222,059   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (165,216     (148,798     (194,868     (180,521     (120,399     (83,952     (63,316     (52,647

Contract maintenance charges

    (402,903     (428,735     (469,096     (529,585     (200,776     (241,294     (71,099     (97,776

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

    35,105        2,235        (2,618     16,871        (92,617     (77,327     (52,646     (81,042
                                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    198,021        193,421        217,043        253,042        93,519        185,686        (13,938     (9,406
                                                               

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    397,540        514,590        364,790        599,593        338,522        547,800        70,030        123,801   

Net assets

               

Beginning of period

    2,630,599        2,116,009        3,328,062        2,728,469        1,631,404        1,083,604        696,758        572,957   
                                                               

End of period

  $ 3,028,139      $ 2,630,599      $ 3,692,852      $ 3,328,062      $ 1,969,926      $ 1,631,404      $ 766,788      $ 696,758   
                                                               

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

               

Units issued

    23,246        22,531        26,939        29,981        19,425        30,381        6,954        9,719   

Units redeemed

    (10,271     (8,497     (11,749     (11,755     (12,681     (11,703     (7,741     (11,243
                                                               

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

    12,975        14,034        15,190        18,226        6,744        18,678        (787     (1,524

Beginning units

    171,499        157,465        223,892        205,666        116,062        97,384        42,569        44,093   
                                                               

Ending units

    184,474        171,499        239,082        223,892        122,806        116,062        41,782        42,569   
                                                               

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

    Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares – Equity Funds , Continued  
    Equity Income Account     LargeCap Blend Account II     LargeCap Growth Account     MidCap Blend Account (8)  
          2010                 2009                 2010                 2009                 2010                 2009                 2010                 2009        

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

               

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 96,410      $ 148,171      $ 2,172      $ 804      $ (1,380   $ (557   $ 66,543      $ 311,890   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

    (227,495     (240,364     (3,561     (10,302     (5,561     (5,231     (260     (111,089

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    757,630        762,427        21,251        47,585        38,737        45,764        886,445        652,659   
                                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    626,545        670,234        19,862        38,087        31,796        39,976        952,728        853,460   
                                                               

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

               

Payments received from contract owners

    1,204,172        1,406,583        47,411        59,033        53,548        63,273        1,491,314        1,694,449   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (391,166     (232,083     (43,111     (14,001     (30,002     (2,284     (299,169     (206,883

Contract maintenance charges

    (544,382     (625,240     (16,767     (22,752     (17,135     (23,033     (721,631     (782,547

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

    (237,149     (155,576     (2,226     (11,711     (12,956     (11,870     (248,987     (73,525
                                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    31,475        393,684        (14,693     10,569        (6,545     26,086        221,527        631,494   
                                                               

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    658,020        1,063,918        5,169        48,656        25,251        66,062        1,174,255        1,484,954   

Net assets

               

Beginning of period

    4,113,382        3,049,464        164,956        116,300        198,441        132,379        4,055,701        2,570,747   
                                                               

End of period

  $ 4,771,402      $ 4,113,382      $ 170,125      $ 164,956      $ 223,692      $ 198,441      $ 5,229,956      $ 4,055,701   
                                                               

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

               

Units issued

    39,444        62,230        3,456        3,799        2,812        4,022        10,579        144,894   

Units redeemed

    (36,160     (26,654     (4,517     (2,551     (3,424     (1,474     (6,180     (290,778
                                                               

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

    3,284        35,576        (1,061     1,248        (612     2,548        4,399        (145,884

Beginning units

    289,506        253,930        13,157        11,909        15,922        13,374        86,222        232,106   
                                                               

Ending units

    292,790        289,506        12,096        13,157        15,310        15,922        90,621        86,222   
                                                               

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Principal Variable Contracts
Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares  –
Equity Funds, Continued
    Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares  – Fixed Income Funds  
   SmallCap Growth Account II     Government & High Quality
Bond Account (9)
    Income Account     Money Market Account  
   2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (10,825   $ (8,447   $ 199      $ 921      $ 9,241      $ 12,380      $ (174   $ (134

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (9,456     (42,045     20        (147     (497     (1,304     -        -   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     319,880        324,542        153        (146     2,940        10,365        -        -   
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     299,599        274,050        372        628        11,684        21,441        (174     (134
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

                

Payments received from contract owners

     267,861        306,669        3,507        5,605        36,932        31,372        9,419        8,993   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

     (85,839     (72,769     (945     (9,201     (12,544     (2,413     (1,698     (1,490

Contract maintenance charges

     (134,303     (144,611     (891     (1,835     (15,834     (23,692     (7,602     (6,902

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

     (77,917     (39,764     (1,883     (570     (3,482     1,400        (5,133     23,308   
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (30,198     49,525        (212     (6,001     5,072        6,667        (5,014     23,909   
                                                                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     269,401        323,575        160        (5,373     16,756        28,108        (5,188     23,775   

Net assets

                

Beginning of period

     1,188,878        865,303        8,065        13,438        148,832        120,724        26,306        2,531   
                                                                

End of period

   $ 1,458,279      $ 1,188,878      $ 8,225      $ 8,065      $ 165,588      $ 148,832      $ 21,118      $ 26,306   
                                                                

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

                

Units issued

     10,595        19,997        248        369        2,345        1,897        778        3,497   

Units redeemed

     (13,244     (11,086     (266     (859     (1,960     (1,366     (1,236     (1,334
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

     (2,649     8,911        (18     (490     385        531        (458     2,163   

Beginning units

     157,176        148,265        647        1,137        11,034        10,503        2,392        229   
                                                                

Ending units

     154,527        157,176        629        647        11,419        11,034        1,934        2,392   
                                                                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Principal Variable Contracts
Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares  –
Fixed Income Funds, Continued
    Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares  – Strategic Asset Management (“SAM”) Portfolios  
     Short-Term Income Account     SAM Balanced Portfolio     SAM Conservative Balanced
Portfolio
    SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio  
     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

                

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 93      $ 461      $ 238,395      $ 417,794      $ 46,267      $ 36,168      $ 513,048      $ 1,644,129   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     -        (7     (197,475     (263,183     (14,969     (35,098     (559,106     (646,257

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     196        187        1,118,931        1,399,074        112,439        193,110        3,258,134        3,068,096   
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     289        641        1,159,851        1,553,685        143,737        194,180        3,212,076        4,065,968   
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

                

Payments received from contract owners

     145        846        3,723,088        3,386,473        511,754        452,748        8,497,036        8,155,527   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

     -        (1     (624,753     (617,358     (63,378     (93,362     (1,414,749     (1,201,107

Contract maintenance charges

     (255     (305     (1,896,704     (1,662,405     (265,680     (239,977     (4,218,560     (3,906,163

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

     -        -        (95,925     66,264        8,120        47,961        (264,242     (173,848
                                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     (110     540        1,105,706        1,172,974        190,816        167,370        2,599,485        2,874,409   
                                                                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     179        1,181        2,265,557        2,726,659        334,553        361,550        5,811,561        6,940,377   

Net assets

                

Beginning of period

     7,946        6,765        8,624,765        5,898,106        1,210,023        848,473        21,160,616        14,220,239   
                                                                

End of period

   $ 8,125      $ 7,946      $ 10,890,322      $ 8,624,765      $ 1,544,576      $ 1,210,023      $ 26,972,177      $ 21,160,616   
                                                                

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

                

Units issued

     11        70        138,670        151,862        23,950        27,083        292,101        346,862   

Units redeemed

     (20     (23     (42,843     (41,303     (8,142     (11,534     (76,132     (75,554
                                                                

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

     (9     47        95,827        110,559        15,808        15,549        215,969        271,308   

Beginning units

     664        617        608,204        497,645        88,316        72,767        1,492,376        1,221,068   
                                                                

Ending units

     655        664        704,031        608,204        104,124        88,316        1,708,345        1,492,376   
                                                                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares  – Strategic
Asset Management (“SAM”) Portfolios, Continued
 
     SAM Flexible Income
Portfolio
    SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio  
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 30,926      $ 27,168      $ 420,933      $ 862,615   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions

     (18,165     (29,325     (1,103,494     (895,138

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     63,380        105,140        5,089,988        5,596,109   
                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     76,141        102,983        4,407,427        5,563,586   
                                

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

        

Payments received from contract owners

     231,672        211,441        10,064,335        10,128,247   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

     (42,669     (30,626     (2,027,884     (1,475,745

Contract maintenance charges

     (130,644     (107,619     (4,993,442     (4,742,383

Transfers between subaccounts (including fixed account), net

     36,407        5,187        (829,706     (233,618
                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

     94,766        78,383        2,213,303        3,676,501   
                                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     170,907        181,366        6,620,730        9,240,087   

Net assets

        

Beginning of period

     687,110        505,744        27,380,751        18,140,664   
                                

End of period

   $ 858,017      $ 687,110      $ 34,001,481      $ 27,380,751   
                                

Analysis of increase (decrease) in units outstanding

        

Units issued

     24,660        14,247        330,754        424,322   

Units redeemed

     (16,918     (7,624     (138,829     (84,801
                                

Increase (decrease) in units outstanding

     7,742        6,623        191,925        339,521   

Beginning units

     50,732        44,109        1,918,419        1,578,898   
                                

Ending units

     58,474        50,732        2,110,344        1,918,419   
                                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Periods Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

  (1)

The Calvert Social Mid Cap Growth Portfolio changed its name to VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, effective April 30, 2010.

  (2)

The Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio changed its name to Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio, effective February 8, 2010.

  (3)

The DWS Dreman High Return Equity changed its name to Strategic Value VIP, effective June 1, 2009.

  (4)

The Franklin Templeton Global Asset Allocation Fund Portfolio was liquidated, effective April 30, 2010. Funds transferred to DWS Money Market VIP.

  (5)

The Goldman Sachs Capital Growth Fund changed its name to Strategic Growth Fund, effective April 30, 2010.

  (6)

The Janus Aspen Mid Cap Growth Portfolio changed its name to Enterprise Portfolio, effective May 1, 2009.

  (7)

The PVC West Coast Equity Account changed its name to Capital Appreciation Account, effective June 30, 2009.

  (8)

The PVC MidCap Stock Account changed its name to MidCap Blend Account, effective October 23, 2009.

  (9)

The PVC Mortgage Securities Account changed its name to Government & High Quality Bond Account, effective July 16, 2010.

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010

 

 

1. The Company

The Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A (the “Account”), a unit investment trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, was established by Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (the “Company”) during 2000 and exists in accordance with the regulations of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Washington. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc. (“FGI”), whose ultimate parent is Zurich Financial Services Group. FGI, an insurance holding company that provides management services, is attorney-in-fact for three inter-insurance exchanges and their subsidiaries and a reinsurance company, Farmers Reinsurance Company.

Under applicable insurance law, the assets and liabilities of the Account are clearly identified and distinguished from the Company’s other assets and liabilities. The portion of the Account’s assets applicable to the Variable Universal Life and Life Accumulator policies is not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business the Company may conduct, but the obligations of the Account, including benefits related to variable life insurance, are obligations of the Company.

The Account is a funding vehicle for individual variable universal life policies, which may consist of optional riders for additional insurance benefits. Investments are made in the underlying mutual fund portfolios and are valued at the reported net asset values of such portfolios, which value their investment securities at fair value. Investment transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. The deposits collected for these policies are invested at the direction of the policyholders in the sub-accounts that comprise the Account. The Account is currently composed of fifty-five sub-accounts. The value of each sub-account will increase or decrease, depending on the investment performance of the corresponding portfolio. The sub-accounts invest in the following underlying mutual fund portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”).

The Variable Universal Life portfolio includes:

Calvert Variable Series, Inc.

VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund – Service Class Shares

Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio

Quality Bond Portfolio

Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. – Service Class Shares

Socially Responsible Growth Fund

DWS Variable Series I – Class A Shares

Bond VIP

Global Opportunities VIP

Growth & Income VIP

International VIP

DWS Variable Series II – Class A Shares

Government & Agency Securities VIP

High Income VIP

Money Market VIP (1 )

Small Cap Growth VIP

Strategic Value VIP

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (“VIP”) Funds – Service Class Shares

VIP Growth Portfolio

VIP Index 500 Portfolio

VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust – Class 2 Shares

Developing Markets Securities Fund

Small – Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund

Small Cap Value Securities Fund

Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust – Institutional Class Shares

Mid Cap Value Fund

Strategic Growth Fund

Structured Small Cap Equity Fund

Janus Aspen Series

Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares)

Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares)

Forty Portfolio (Institutional Shares)

PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust – Administrative Class Shares

VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio (U.S. Dollar-Hedged)

VIT Low Duration Portfolio

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) – Class 2 Shares – Equity Funds

Capital Appreciation Account

Equity Income Account I

MidCap Blend Account (2 )

SmallCap Growth Account II

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) – Class 2 Shares – Strategic Asset

Management (“SAM”) Portfolios

SAM Balanced Portfolio

SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio

SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio

SAM Flexible Income Portfolio

SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio

The Life Accumulator portfolio includes:

DWS Investments VIT Funds – Class B Shares

Equity 500 Index VIP

DWS Variable Series II – Class A Shares

Strategic Value VIP

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (“VIP”) Funds – Service Class Shares

VIP Growth Portfolio

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust – Class 2 Shares

Small Cap Value Securities Fund

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust – Institutional Class Shares

Mid Cap Value Fund

Structured Small Cap Equity Fund

Janus Aspen Series

Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares)

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) – Class 2 Shares – Equity Funds

Capital Appreciation Account

Diversified International

Account Equity Income Account

LargeCap Blend Account II

LargeCap Growth Account

MidCap Blend Account (2)

SmallCap Growth Account II

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) – Class 2 Shares – Fixed Income Funds

Income Account

Government & High Quality Bond Account

Money Market Account

Short-Term Income Account

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) – Class 2 Shares – Strategic

Asset Management (“SAM”) Portfolios

SAM Balanced Portfolio

SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio

SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio

SAM Flexible Income Portfolio

SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio

The EssentialLife Variable Universal Life portfolio includes :

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund – Service Class Shares

Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio

Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. – Service Class Shares

Socially Responsible Growth Fund

DWS Variable Series I – Class A Shares

Bond VIP

Global Opportunities VIP

International VIP

DWS Variable Series II – Class A Shares

Government & Agency Securities VIP

High Income VIP

Money Market VIP(1 )

Strategic Value VIP

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (“VIP”) Funds – Service Class Shares

VIP Growth Portfolio

VIP Index 500 Portfolio

VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – Service Class 2 Shares

VIP Freedom 2005 Portfolio

VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio

VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio

VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio

VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio

VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio

VIP Freedom Income Portfolio

Fidelity VIP FundsManager Portfolios – Service Class 2 Shares

VIP FundsManager 20% Portfolio

VIP FundsManager 50% Portfolio

VIP FundsManager 70% Portfolio

VIP FundsManager 85% Portfolio

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust – Class 2 Shares

Small – Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund

Small Cap Value Securities Fund

Janus Aspen Series

Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares)

Forty Portfolio (Institutional Shares)

PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust – Administrative Class Shares

VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio (U.S. Dollar-Hedged)

VIT Low Duration Portfolio

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) – Class 2 Shares – Strategic Asset

Management (“SAM”) Portfolios

SAM Balanced Portfolio

SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio

SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio

SAM Flexible Income Portfolio

SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio

 

(1) The Franklin Templeton Global Asset Allocation Fund Portfolio was liquidated, effective April 30, 2010. Funds were transferred to DWS Money Market VIP.

 

(2) PVC MidCap Stock Account changed its name to MidCap Blend Account, effective October 2009.

The Company owns the assets in the Account, and is obligated to pay all benefits under the policies the Company issues. The Company provides insurance and administrative services to the policyholders for a fee. The Company also maintains a fixed account (the “Fixed Account”), to which policyholders may direct their deposits and receive a fixed rate of return.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

The Company has sole discretion to invest the assets of the Fixed Account, subject to applicable law. Certain officers of the Account are also officers and directors of the Company.

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Valuation of Investments and Accumulation Unit Values

Investments consist of shares of the Funds and are stated at fair value based on the reported net asset value per share of the respective portfolios at December 31, 2010. Accumulation unit values are computed daily based on total net assets of the Account.

Realized Gains and Losses

Realized gains and losses represent the difference between the proceeds from sales of shares and the cost of such shares, which are determined using the specific identified cost method.

Payable to Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

Amounts payable to the Company consist of unsettled transactions. The amounts are due from the respective portfolios to the Company for asset-based charges.

Federal Income Tax

The operations of the Account are included in the federal income tax return of the Company, which is taxed as a life insurance company under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). Under the current provisions of the IRC, the Company does not expect to incur federal income taxes on the earnings of the Account to the extent the earnings are credited under the policies. Therefore, no charge is being made currently to the Account for federal income taxes. The Company will review periodically the status of this policy in the event of changes in tax law. A charge may be made in future years for any federal income taxes that would be attributable to the policies.

Dividends and Capital Gain Distributions

Dividend income and capital gain distributions received by the Funds are reinvested in additional Fund shares and are recognized on the ex-distribution date.

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

Accounting Standard Update (“ASU” or “Update”) No. 2010-06 — Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures — Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.

In January of 2010, Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2010-06 – Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures – Improving Disclosure about Fair Value Measurements. This Update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that requires the following new disclosures: 1) A reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the transfers; 2) In the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity should present separately information about purchases, sales,

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

issuances, and settlements (that is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number). In addition, this Update provides amendments to clarify existing fair value measurement disclosures with respect to the required level of detail (i.e. class of assets and liabilities) and inputs and valuation techniques used for Level 2 and Level 3 investments. This Update became effective for the Account in 2010, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. This Update did not have an impact on the Account’s financial statements.

ASU No. 2009-17 — Consolidations — Improvements to Financial Reporting by Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities.

In December of 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-17 which incorporates FASB Statement No. 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R) (“SFAS No. 167”) into the Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”). SFAS No. 167 was issued by the Board on June 12, 2009. This Update provides guidance for determining whether variable interest entities should be consolidated, and the Account has a scope exemption which is provided for in this pronouncement. The adoption of this Update did not have an impact on the Account’s financial statements.

Fair Value Measurements

Effective January 1, 2008, the Account determined the fair value of its financial instruments based on the fair value hierarchy established in ACS 820-10, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. See Note 7 for additional details and fair value disclosures.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

3. Expenses

 

Fees and Charges   

Variable

Universal Life

 

Life

Accumulator

  

Farmers

Essential Life

Variable

Universal Life

Expenses

       

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge

       

Basic charges are assessed through reduction of unit values.

  

0.90

  0.25% - 0.70%    0.30% - 0.60%

Contract Charges

       

Premium Charge

       

Charge is deducted upon payment of each premium.

   3.50%   4.25%    3% - 7%

Partial Withdrawal Charge

       

Charge is deducted upon cash withdrawal.

   2.0% not to

exceed $25

  2.0% not to

exceed $25

   2.0% not to

exceed $25

Surrender Charge

       

Charges are deducted upon full surrender

     $11.52 - $51.68

per $1,000 of

face amount

  

Deferred Sales Charge Component

   $50 - $75 per $1,000 of
face amount
     $3 - $44.40 per $1,000 of
face amount

Administrative Component

   $5.32 - $17.50

per $1,000 of

face amount

     $3 - $44.40

per $1,000 of

face amount

Increase in Principal sum charge

       

Charge is deducted upon increase in principal sum.

   $1.50 per $1,000, not to
exceed $300
  N/A    N/A

Transfer Charge

       

This charge is assessed through the redemption of units.

   $0 - $25   $0 - $25    $0 - $25

Additional Annual Report Fee

       

This charge is assessed through the redemption of units.

   $5   $5    $0 - $25

Monthly Administrative Charge

       

This charge is assessed monthly through the redemption of units, on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   $5 - $8   $7 - $10    $12

Cost of Insurance

       

This charge is assessed monthly through the redemption of units, on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   $0.06 - $83.07 per $1,000 of
benefit amount
  $0.03 - $83.33 per $1,000 of
benefit amount
   $0.01 - $37.12 per $1,000 of
benefit amount

Table Rating Factor Charge

       

This factor is multiplied by Cost of Insurance Charge monthly on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   N/A   N/A    N/A

Monthly Special Premium Class Charge

       

This charge is assessed monthly through the redemption of units, on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   Up to five times the cost

of insurance charge. The

Special premium Class

charge for most

policies is $0.

  Up to five times the cost

of insurance charge. The
Special premium Class
charge for most

policies is $0.

   Up to five times the cost

of insurance charge. The
Special premium Class

charge for most

policies is $0.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

    

Variable

Universal Life

  

Life

Accumulator

  

Farmers

Essential Life

Variable

Universal Life

Fees and Charges

        

Contract Charges

        

Flat Extra Monthly Charge

        

This charge is assessed monthly through the redemption of units, on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   $0 - $1000 per $1,000 of

benefit amount

   $0 - $1000 per $1,000 of
benefit amount
   $0 - $1.25 per $1,000 of

benefit amount

Monthly Underwriting and Sales Charge

        

This charge is assessed monthly through the redemption of units, on the issue date and on each monthly due date during the first five years and within five years after any increase in principal sum.

   N/A    $0.24 - $0.88 per $1,000

of benefit amount

   $0.06 - $2.21 per $1,000

of benefit amount

Loan Interest Spread

        

Assessed at the end of each policy year, at which point interest is added to the outstanding loan balance and a smaller amount of interest is credited to the policy’s fixed account.

   1.5% - 5.0% of the policy

loan balance

   0.25% of the of the
policy loan balance
   2% - 4% of the policy
loan balance

Accidental Death Benefit Rider

        

This charge is assessed monthly through the redemption of units, on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   $0.04 - $0.38 per $1,000

of rider

   N/A    $0.04 - $0.56 per $1,000

of rider

Accelerated Benefit Rider for Terminal Illness

        

This charge is assessed when benefit is paid under this rider.

   $0 - $250 plus the

actuarial discount

   $0 - $250 plus the

actuarial discount

   $0 - $250 plus the

actuarial discount

Monthly Disability Benefit Rider

        

This charge is assessed monthly through the redemption of units, on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   $4 - $40 per $100 of

monthly benefit

   $4 - $40 per $100 of
monthly benefit
   $4 - $62 per $100 of

monthly benefit

Disability Waiver Rider

        

This charge is assessed monthly on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   4% - 40% of all other

monthly charges

   N/A    N/A

Waiver of Deduction Rider

        

This charge is assessed monthly on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   N/A    N/A    4% - 60% of all other

monthly charges

Children’s Term Rider

        

This charge is assessed monthly through the redemption of units, on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   $0.78 - $0.87 per $1,000

of rider amount

   N/A    $0.78 - $0.87 per $1,000

of rider amount

Additional Insured Term Rider

        

This charge is assessed monthly through the redemption of units, on the issue date and on each monthly due date.

   $0.09 - $4.35 per $1,000

of rider amount

   N/A    N/A

Accelerated Death Benefit Rider

        

This charge is deducted upon benefit payment.

   Charge per $1,000 of the

amount of death benefit
accelerated plus the

actuarial discount

   N/A    N/A

Portfolio Operating Expenses

The value of the net assets of each sub-account is reduced by the investment management, 12b-1 fees and service fees in some cases, and other expenses incurred by the corresponding portfolio in which the sub-account invests. These fees and expenses are paid indirectly by the policyholders, which currently ranges up to 2%.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments

The aggregate cost of the shares acquired and the aggregate proceeds from shares sold during the period ended December 31, 2010 consist of the following:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Calvert Variable Series, Inc.

     

VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (1)

   $           14,286       $           14,856   

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund – Service Class Shares

     

Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio (2)

     237,392         193,353   

Quality Bond Portfolio

     117,950         66,076   

Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. – Service Class Shares

     

Socially Responsible Growth Fund

     39,436         14,970   

DWS Investments VIT Funds

     

Equity 500 Index VIP

     347,112         148,674   

DWS Variable Series I – Class A Shares

     

Bond VIP

     830,156         316,944   

Global Opportunities VIP

     619,735         295,294   

Growth & Income VIP

     149,938         196,408   

International VIP

     1,191,681         281,597   

DWS Variable Series II – Class A Shares

     

Government & Agency Securities VIP

     197,616         116,074   

High Income VIP

     544,710         183,758   

Money Market VIP

     1,140,697         219,349   

Small Cap Growth VIP

     22,776         33,888   

Strategic Value VIP

     2,183,839         695,126   

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (VIP) Funds – Service Class Shares

     

VIP Growth Portfolio

     1,002,518         604,026   

VIP Index 500 Portfolio

     1,500,903         453,744   

VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

     646,373         261,695   

Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – Service Class 2 Shares

     

VIP Freedom 2005 Portfolio

     6,115         1,799   

VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio

     7,635         2,081   

VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio

     45,140         13,467   

VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio

     92,153         25,998   

VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio

     107,697         16,027   

VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio

     376,936         52,838   

VIP Freedom Income Portfolio

     21,813         7,521   

Fidelity VIP FundsManager Portfolios – Service Class 2 Shares

     

VIP FundsManager 20% Portfolio

     21,392         5,122   

VIP FundsManager 50% Portfolio

     79,458         17,788   

VIP FundsManager 70% Portfolio

     376,265         25,732   

VIP FundsManager 85% Portfolio

     295,002         41,655   

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments (Continued)

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust – Class 2 Shares

     

Developing Markets Securities Fund

   $ 406,525       $ 176,738   

Global Asset Allocation Fund (3)

     202,558         974,326   

Small – Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund

     236,433         143,002   

Small Cap Value Securities Fund

     377,843         205,847   

Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust – Institutional Class Shares

     

Mid Cap Value Fund

     277,685         401,782   

Strategic Growth Fund (4)

     736,342         430,341   

Structured Small Cap Equity Fund

     251,280         119,224   

Janus Aspen Series

     

Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares)

     618,040         102,755   

Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares)

     155,609         185,276   

Forty Portfolio (Institutional Shares)

     1,213,073         673,434   

PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust – Administrative Class Shares

     

VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio (U.S. Dollar-Hedged)

     494,236         184,270   

VIT Low Duration Portfolio

     456,651         201,594   

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares – Equity Funds

     

Capital Appreciation Account

     334,364         196,281   

Diversified International Account

     119,755         129,728   

Equity Income Account

     708,740         580,401   

LargeCap Blend Account II

     47,867         60,381   

LargeCap Growth Account

     36,211         44,121   

MidCap Blend Account

     632,881         343,918   

SmallCap Growth Account II

     86,297         127,113   

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. – Class 2 Shares – Fixed Income Funds

     

Government & High Quality Bond Account (5)

     3,463         3,476   

Income Account

     42,717         28,397   

Money Market Account

     8,520         13,710   

Short-Term Income Account

     280         296   

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares – Strategic Asset Management (“SAM”) Portfolios

     

SAM Balanced Portfolio

     2,024,263         678,928   

SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio

     354,832         117,574   

SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio

     4,373,457         1,257,353   

SAM Flexible Income Portfolio

     368,045         242,170   

SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio

     4,871,790         2,233,244   
                 
   $ 31,656,481       $ 14,161,540   
                 

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

5. Units Issued and Redeemed

 

     Variable Universal Life  
   Year      Units
Outstanding
December 31,
Prior Year
     Units
Issued
     Units
Redeemed
    Units
Outstanding
     Accumulation
Unit Value
December 31,
Year End
 

Calvert Variable Series, Inc. subaccount

  

             

VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (1)

     2010         9,183         1,408         (1,265     9,326       $ 12.52   
     2009         8,200         1,952         (969     9,183         9.61   

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund subaccounts

                

Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio (2)

     2010         282,236         21,458         (18,318     285,376         10.46   
     2009         249,207         41,770         (8,741     282,236         8.07   

Quality Bond Portfolio

     2010         77,133         5,774         (4,201     78,706         14.25   
     2009         75,816         6,397         (5,080     77,133         13.29   

Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. subaccounts

                

Socially Responsible Growth Fund

     2010         9,529         2,350         (1,080     10,799         8.92   
     2009         8,930         2,708         (2,109     9,529         7.86   

DWS Variable Series I subaccounts

                

Bond VIP

     2010         302,426         46,639         (20,995     328,070         13.64   
     2009         240,984         72,890         (11,448     302,426         12.89   

Global Opportunities VIP

     2010         358,699         33,767         (16,194     376,272         17.03   
     2009         312,536         57,974         (11,811     358,699         13.57   

Growth & Income VIP

     2010         254,604         13,800         (20,891     247,513         9.49   
     2009         253,693         21,528         (20,617     254,604         8.37   

International VIP

     2010         1,046,049         150,583         (32,809     1,163,823         7.15   
     2009         911,415         171,709         (37,075     1,046,049         7.10   

DWS Variable Series II subaccounts

                

Government & Agency Securities VIP

     2010         91,399         5,862         (6,041     91,220         16.75   
     2009         91,101         7,663         (7,365     91,399         15.85   

High Income VIP

     2010         186,512         14,916         (9,569     191,859         16.82   
     2009         176,234         23,938         (13,660     186,512         14.89   

Money Market VIP

     2010         32,937         79,276         (13,162     99,051         11.87   
     2009         36,686         8,916         (12,665     32,937         11.97   

Small Cap Growth VIP

     2010         69,638         6,190         (8,279     67,549         4.56   
     2009         66,640         10,781         (7,783     69,638         3.56   

Strategic Value VIP (3)

     2010         1,132,037         131,549         (40,307     1,223,279         14.87   
     2009         945,815         215,441         (29,219     1,132,037         13.33   

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (“VIP”) Funds subaccounts

                

VIP Growth Portfolio

     2010         1,113,688         97,196         (55,068     1,155,816         9.38   
     2009         948,353         192,460         (27,125     1,113,688         7.63   

VIP Index 500 Portfolio

     2010         909,255         99,813         (36,822     972,246         10.90   
     2009         777,020         158,625         (26,390     909,255         9.57   

VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

     2010         213,067         22,123         (9,630     225,560         24.95   
     2009         186,726         36,519         (10,178     213,067         19.56   

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust subaccounts

                

Developing Markets Securities Fund

     2010         154,458         18,874         (7,965     165,367         22.47   
     2009         131,355         32,651         (9,548     154,458         19.28   

Global Asset Allocation Fund (4)

     2010         49,538         3,165         (52,703     -         -   
     2009         40,084         13,181         (3,727     49,538         15.77   

Small – Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund

     2010         170,459         11,600         (10,430     171,629         12.65   
     2009         158,532         19,186         (7,259     170,459         10.00   

Small Cap Value Securities Fund

     2010         110,362         16,684         (12,432     114,614         13.79   
     2009         83,556         30,064         (3,258     110,362         10.85   

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Variable Universal Life  
   Year      Units
Outstanding
December 31,
Prior Year
     Units
Issued
     Units
Redeemed
    Units
Outstanding
    

Accumulation

Unit Value

December 31,

Year End

 

Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust subaccounts

                

Mid Cap Value Fund

     2010         276,365         12,692         (17,670     271,387       $ 21.50   
     2009         261,974         26,687         (12,296     276,365         17.36   

Strategic Growth Fund (5)

     2010         876,147         78,058         (39,861     914,344         9.92   
     2009         793,393         114,673         (31,919     876,147         9.04   

Structured Small Cap Equity Fund

     2010         93,365         15,689         (6,645     102,409         14.92   
     2009         64,260         31,052         (1,947     93,365         11.57   

Janus Aspen Series subaccounts

                

Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares)

     2010         87,543         18,814         (5,577     100,780         15.35   
     2009         73,819         22,081         (8,357     87,543         14.33   

Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares) (6)

     2010         124,150         10,038         (10,534     123,654         13.09   
     2009         122,772         12,926         (11,548     124,150         10.52   

Forty Portfolio (Institutional Shares)

     2010         1,494,215         115,587         (68,805     1,540,997         8.71   
     2009         1,415,387         153,708         (74,880     1,494,215         8.23   

PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust subaccounts

  

             

VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio (U.S. Dollar-Hedged)

     2010         169,200         19,250         (9,652     178,798         16.55   
     2009         157,433         19,825         (8,058     169,200         15.40   

VIT Low Duration Portfolio

     2010         221,792         22,401         (11,370     232,823         15.55   
     2009         205,619         27,545         (11,372     221,792         14.90   

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) subaccounts

                

Capital Appreciation Account (7)

     2010         62,769         10,112         (6,188     66,693         13.36   
     2009         47,971         19,058         (4,260     62,769         11.71   

Equity Income Account

     2010         211,333         25,494         (17,768     219,059         15.88   
     2009         175,613         47,016         (11,296     211,333         13.83   

MidCap Blend Account (8)

     2010         80,960         9,324         (4,694     85,590         57.46   
     2009         215,334         136,840         (271,214     80,960         46.82   

SAM Balanced Portfolio

     2010         455,028         49,685         (28,456     476,257         16.44   
     2009         397,632         83,269         (25,873     455,028         14.63   

SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio

     2010         50,620         6,908         (5,691     51,837         15.76   
     2009         46,862         10,332         (6,574     50,620         14.23   

SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio

     2010         1,243,063         136,278         (58,878     1,320,463         16.58   
     2009         1,054,087         223,514         (34,538     1,243,063         14.56   

SAM Flexible Income Portfolio

     2010         30,251         6,546         (3,356     33,441         15.13   
     2009         27,339         6,824         (3,912     30,251         13.84   

SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio

     2010         1,545,534         171,889         (71,160     1,646,263         16.72   
     2009         1,308,012         288,487         (50,965     1,545,534         14.52   

SmallCap Growth Account II

     2010         146,589         9,147         (10,440     145,296         8.95   
     2009         137,568         17,503         (8,482     146,589         7.12   

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     Life Accumulator  
   Year      Units
Outstanding
December 31,
Prior Year
     Units
Issued
     Units
Redeemed
    Units
Outstanding
     Accumulation
Unit Value
December 31,
Year End
 

DWS Investments VIT Funds subaccount

                

Equity 500 Index VIP

     2010         83,077         24,624         (10,900     96,801       $ 14.60   
     2009         78,185         18,774         (13,882     83,077         12.84   

DWS Variable Series II subaccount

                

Strategic Value VIP (3)

     2010         17,227         2,334         (2,115     17,446         9.35   
     2009         13,687         5,403         (1,863     17,227         8.36   

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Funds VIP subaccount

                

VIP Growth Portfolio

     2010         28,194         7,924         (5,898     30,220         12.34   
     2009         22,863         11,010         (5,679     28,194         10.02   

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust subaccount

                

Small Cap Value Securities Fund

     2010         30,042         6,955         (3,486     33,511         13.95   
     2009         22,709         10,622         (3,289     30,042         10.95   

Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust subaccounts

                

Mid Cap Value Fund

     2010         10,285         852         (2,307     8,830         13.89   
     2009         9,630         1,303         (648     10,285         11.19   

Structured Small Cap Equity Fund

     2010         20,693         5,362         (2,518     23,537         11.33   
     2009         16,272         7,748         (3,327     20,693         8.77   

Janus Aspen Series subaccount

                

Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares) (6)

     2010         18,809         3,511         (4,130     18,190         16.29   
     2009         23,537         4,890         (9,618     18,809         13.07   

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) subaccounts

                

Capital Appreciation Account (7)

     2010         53,293         9,313         (6,493     56,113         19.22   
     2009         49,413         11,323         (7,443     53,293         16.81   

Diversified International Account

     2010         42,569         6,954         (7,741     41,782         18.35   
     2009         44,093         9,719         (11,243     42,569         16.37   

Equity Income Account (4)

     2010         78,173         13,950         (18,392     73,731         17.54   
     2009         78,317         15,214         (15,358     78,173         15.24   

LargeCap Blend Account II

     2010         13,157         3,456         (4,517     12,096         14.07   
     2009         11,909         3,799         (2,551     13,157         12.54   

LargeCap Growth Account

     2010         15,922         2,812         (3,424     15,310         14.61   
     2009         13,374         4,022         (1,474     15,922         12.46   

MidCap Blend Account (8)

     2010         5,262         1,255         (1,486     5,031         61.98   
     2009         16,772         8,054         (19,564     5,262         50.41   

SmallCap Growth Account II

     2010         10,587         1,448         (2,804     9,231         17.17   
     2009         10,697         2,494         (2,604     10,587         13.65   

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) subaccounts

                

Government & High Quality Bond Account (9)

     2010         647         248         (266     629         13.09   
     2009         1,137         369         (859     647         12.47   

Income Account

     2010         11,034         2,345         (1,960     11,419         14.50   
     2009         10,503         1,897         (1,366     11,034         13.49   

Money Market Account

     2010         2,392         778         (1,236     1,934         10.92   
     2009         229         3,497         (1,334     2,392         11.00   

Short-Term Income Account

     2010         664         11         (20     655         12.39   
     2009         617         70         (23     664         11.97   

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) subaccounts

                

SAM Balanced Portfolio

     2010         105,167         15,785         (10,999     109,953         16.03   
     2009         97,099         20,977         (12,909     105,167         14.24   

SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio

     2010         30,146         5,500         (570     35,076         15.20   
     2009         24,218         8,962         (3,034     30,146         13.70   

SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio

     2010         149,902         32,423         (13,452     168,873         16.34   
     2009         154,379         32,470         (36,947     149,902         14.32   

SAM Flexible Income Portfolio

     2010         19,548         14,215         (12,315     21,448         14.48   
     2009         16,714         6,210         (3,376     19,548         13.22   

SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio

     2010         291,598         36,780         (63,502     264,876         16.67   
     2009         260,340         59,159         (27,901     291,598         14.45   

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     EssentialLife Variable Universal Life  
     Year      Units
Outstanding
December 31,
Prior Year
     Units
Issued
     Units
Redeemed
    Units
Outstanding
     Accumulation
Unit Value
December 31,
Year End
 

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund subaccounts

                

Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio (2)

     2010         3,552         4,677         (1,042     7,187       $ 10.73   
     2009         318         3,585         (351     3,552         8.23   

Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. subaccount

                

Socially Responsible Growth Fund

     2010         1,441         2,117         (599     2,959         10.78   
     2009         148         1,658         (365     1,441         9.44   

DWS Variable Series I subaccounts

                

Bond VIP

     2010         1,799         3,272         (479     4,592         10.11   
     2009         25         1,928         (154     1,799         9.50   

Global Opportunities VIP

     2010         10,236         13,537         (1,782     21,991         11.20   
     2009         3,470         7,306         (540     10,236         8.87   

International VIP

     2010         3,776         5,046         (895     7,927         8.64   
     2009         147         4,092         (463     3,776         8.53   

DWS Variable Series II subaccounts

                

Government & Agency Securities VIP

     2010         1,375         2,765         (448     3,692         11.73   
     2009         30         1,718         (373     1,375         11.03   

High Income VIP

     2010         3,766         6,992         (857     9,901         12.34   
     2009         156         3,800         (190     3,766         10.86   

Money Market VIP

     2010         3,856         19,583         (5,679     17,760         10.04   
     2009         10         6,772         (2,926     3,856         10.07   

Strategic Value VIP (3)

     2010         8,772         12,685         (1,311     20,146         9.43   
     2009         475         8,665         (368     8,772         8.41   

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (“VIP”) Funds subaccounts

                

VIP Growth Portfolio

     2010         11,092         12,656         (2,144     21,604         10.02   
     2009         779         11,348         (1,035     11,092         8.10   

VIP Index 500 Portfolio

     2010         13,914         19,505         (2,799     30,620         10.26   
     2009         548         14,165         (799     13,914         8.96   

VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

     2010         8,719         14,717         (1,967     21,469         11.81   
     2009         715         8,711         (707     8,719         9.20   

Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds subaccounts

                

VIP Freedom 2005 Portfolio

     2010         541         565         (172     934         11.02   
     2009         5         726         (190     541         9.96   

VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio

     2010         303         712         (200     815         11.16   
     2009         11         412         (120     303         9.96   

VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio

     2010         1,808         4,247         (1,315     4,740         11.08   
     2009         41         2,567         (800     1,808         9.86   

VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio

     2010         4,433         8,961         (2,560     10,834         10.90   
     2009         136         5,631         (1,334     4,433         9.56   

VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio

     2010         4,708         10,569         (1,604     13,673         10.92   
     2009         234         4,846         (372     4,708         9.48   

VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio

     2010         20,209         38,092         (5,580     52,721         10.62   
     2009         2,370         19,973         (2,134     20,209         9.19   

VIP Freedom Income Portfolio

     2010         2,126         1,897         (702     3,321         11.11   
     2009         190         2,181         (245     2,126         10.39   

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     EssentialLife Variable Universal Life  
     Year      Units
Outstanding
December 31,
Prior Year
     Units
Issued
     Units
Redeemed
    Units
Outstanding
     Accumulation
Unit Value
December 31,
Year End
 

Fidelity VIP FundsManager Portfolios subaccounts

                

VIP FundsManager 20% Portfolio

     2010         1,326         1,978         (485     2,819       $ 10.98   
     2009         58         1,482         (214     1,326         10.27   

VIP FundsManager 50% Portfolio

     2010         7,162         7,546         (1,733     12,975         11.01   
     2009         488         7,783         (1,109     7,162         9.88   

VIP FundsManager 70% Portfolio

     2010         18,789         38,105         (2,554     54,340         10.76   
     2009         2,686         17,993         (1,890     18,789         9.46   

VIP FundsManager 85% Portfolio

     2010         23,893         30,459         (4,387     49,965         10.62   
     2009         3,469         22,049         (1,625     23,893         9.18   

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust subaccounts

                

Global Asset Allocation Fund (4)

     2010         7,596         3,546         (11,142     -         -   
     2009         1,213         6,802         (419     7,596         9.93   

Small – Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund

     2010         7,973         11,796         (1,640     18,129         11.62   
     2009         1,004         7,523         (554     7,973         9.13   

Small Cap Value Securities Fund

     2010         10,668         9,986         (418     20,236         11.04   
     2009         3,853         7,326         (511     10,668         8.64   

Janus Aspen Series subaccounts

                

Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares)

     2010         17,069         27,043         (1,241     42,871         11.74   
     2009         822         16,670         (423     17,069         10.89   

Forty Portfolio (Institutional Shares)

     2010         23,537         28,158         (1,645     50,050         9.44   
     2009         6,954         17,435         (852     23,537         8.87   

PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust subaccounts

                

VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio (U.S. Dollar-Hedged)

     2010         2,299         3,996         (619     5,676         12.02   
     2009         32         2,706         (439     2,299         11.11   

VIT Low Duration Portfolio

     2010         2,100         4,538         (379     6,259         11.63   
     2009         47         2,436         (383     2,100         11.07   

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc. (“PVC”) subaccounts

                

SAM Balanced Portfolio

     2010         48,009         73,200         (3,388     117,821         11.04   
     2009         2,914         47,616         (2,521     48,009         9.77   

SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio

     2010         7,550         11,542         (1,881     17,211         11.29   
     2009         1,687         7,789         (1,926     7,550         10.14   

SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio

     2010         99,411         123,400         (3,802     219,009         10.59   
     2009         12,602         90,878         (4,069     99,411         9.24   

SAM Flexible Income Portfolio

     2010         933         3,899         (1,247     3,585         11.59   
     2009         56         1,213         (336     933         10.53   

SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio

     2010         81,287         122,085         (4,167     199,205         10.34   
     2009         10,546         76,676         (5,935     81,287         8.93   

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

  (1) 

The Calvert Social Mid Cap Growth Portfolio changed its name to VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, effective April 30, 2010.

 

  (2) 

The Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio changed its name to Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio, effective February 8, 2010.

 

  (3) 

The DWS Dreman High Return Equity changed its name to Strategic Value VIP, effective June 1, 2009.

 

  (4) 

The Franklin Templeton Global Asset Allocation Fund Portfolio was liquidated, effective April 30, 2010. Funds transferred to DWS Money Market VIP.

 

  (5) 

The Goldman Sachs Capital Growth Fund changed its name to Strategic Growth Fund, effective April 30, 2010.

 

  (6) 

The Janus Aspen Mid Cap Growth Portfolio changed its name to Enterprise Portfolio, effective May 1, 2009.

 

  (7) 

The PVC West Coast Equity Account changed its name to Capital Appreciation Account, effective June 30, 2009.

 

  (8) 

The PVC MidCap Stock Account changed its name to MidCap Blend Account, effective October 23, 2009.

 

  (9) 

The PVC Mortgage Securities Account changed its name to Government & High Quality Bond Account, effective July 16, 2010.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

6. Financial Highlights

The Company sells variable universal life products, which have unique combinations of features and fees that are charges against the policyholder’s account balance. Differences in the fee structures result in a variety of unit values, expense ratios and total returns.

The following table was developed by determining which products offered by the Company have the lowest and highest total return. Only product designs within each sub-account that had units outstanding during the respective periods were considered when determining the lowest and highest total return. The summary may not reflect the minimum and maximum contract charges offered by the Company as policyholders may not have selected all available and applicable contract options as discussed in Note 3.

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     At December 31      For the Period Ended December 31  
   Units     

Unit

Fair Value

     Net
Assets
     Investment
Income
Ratio *
    Expense Ratio **
Lowest to Highest
   

Total Return ***

Lowest to Highest

 

Calvert Variable Series, Inc

                               

VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (1)

                               

2010

     9,326       $ 12.52         to       $ 12.52       $ 116,718         0.00     0.89     to         0.89     30.30     to         30.30

2009

     9,183         9.61         to         9.61         88,207         0.00     0.89     to         0.89     30.84     to         30.84

2008

     8,200         7.34         to         7.34         60,203         0.69     0.90     to         0.90     (113.00 %)      to         (37.76 %) 

2007 (2)

     7,534         11.80         to         11.80         88,872         0.00     0.89     to         0.89     4.53     to         4.53

2006

     6,361         11.29         to         11.29         71,783         0.00     0.88     to         0.88     (0.11 %)      to         (0.11 %) 

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund Service Class Shares

                               

Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio (3)

                               

2010

     292,563         10.46         to         10.73         3,061,154         0.65     0.00     to         0.88     29.65     to         30.42

2009

     285,788         8.07         to         8.23         2,305,501         1.23     0.00     to         0.89     24.64     to         25.39

2008

     249,525         6.47         to         6.56         1,614,616         0.55     0.00     to         0.90     (38.33 %)      to         (34.41 %) 

2007

     222,413         10.49         to         10.49         2,333,585         0.46     0.90     to         0.90     (12.08 %)      to         (12.08 %) 

2006

     187,520         11.93         to         11.93         2,237,696         0.15     0.88     to         0.88     2.60     to         2.60

Quality Bond Portfolio

                               

2010

     78,706         14.25         to         14.25         1,121,576         3.58     0.89     to         0.89     7.24     to         7.24

2009

     77,133         13.29         to         13.29         1,024,981         4.48     0.89     to         0.89     13.60     to         13.60

2008

     75,816         11.70         to         11.70         886,836         4.67     0.90     to         0.90     (5.31 %)      to         (5.31 %) 

2007

     78,008         12.35         to         12.35         963,672         4.60     0.87     to         0.87     2.38     to         2.38

2006

     70,659         12.07         to         12.07         852,620         4.31     0.89     to         0.89     2.98     to         2.98

Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. – Service Class Shares

                               

Socially Responsible Growth Fund

                               

2010

     13,758         8.92         to         10.78         128,242         0.58     0.06     to         0.72     13.52     to         14.20

2009

     10,970         7.86         to         9.44         88,485         0.59     0.03     to         0.80     32.25     to         33.04

2008

     9,078         5.94         to         7.10         54,113         0.40     0.00     to         0.90     (35.17 %)      to         (29.25 %) 

2007

     7,592         9.16         to         9.16         69,573         0.26     0.89     to         0.89     6.53     to         6.53

2006

     6,394         8.60         to         8.60         55,012         0.00     0.88     to         0.88     7.99     to         7.99

DWS Investments VIT Funds – Class B Shares (4)

                               

Equity 500 Index VIP (5)

                               

2010

     96,801         14.60         to         14.60         1,413,354         1.55     0.70     to         0.70     13.72     to         13.72

2009

     83,077         12.84         to         12.84         1,066,632         2.60     0.69     to         0.69     25.15     to         25.15

2008

     78,185         10.26         to         10.26         802,087         2.09     0.70     to         0.70     (37.78 %)      to         (37.78 %) 

2007

     72,075         16.49         to         16.49         1,188,287         1.19     0.69     to         0.69     4.30     to         4.30

2006

     56,846         15.81         to         15.81         898,583         0.83     0.68     to         0.68     14.44     to         14.44

DWS Variable Series I – Class A Shares (6)

                               

Bond VIP (7)

                               

2010

     332,662         10.11         to         13.64         4,522,328         4.25     0.00     to         0.88     5.84     to         6.47

2009

     304,225         9.50         to         12.89         3,915,512         7.60     0.00     to         0.88     9.09     to         9.74

2008

     241,009         8.65         to         11.82         2,847,900         5.25     0.00     to         0.90     (17.51 %)      to         (13.06 %) 

2007

     179,212         14.33         to         14.33         2,567,379         3.95     0.88     to         0.88     3.24     to         3.24

2006

     115,552         13.88         to         13.88         1,603,407         3.60     0.89     to         0.89     3.78     to         3.78

Global Opportunities VIP (8)

                               

2010

     398,263         11.20         to         17.03         6,656,039         0.39     0.01     to         0.87     25.51     to         26.26

2009

     368,935         8.87         to         13.57         4,959,234         1.61     0.00     to         0.87     46.88     to         47.76

2008

     316,006         6.00         to         9.24         2,908,771         0.26     0.00     to         0.90     (50.41 %)      to         (40.65 %) 

2007

     239,198         18.63         to         18.63         4,457,411         1.16     0.89     to         0.89     8.35     to         8.35

2006

     200,036         17.20         to         17.20         3,440,343         0.93     0.88     to         0.88     20.99     to         20.99

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     At December 31      For the Period Ended December 31  
     Units     

Unit

Fair Value

    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio *
   

Expense Ratio **

Lowest to Highest

    Total Return ***
Lowest to Highest
 

DWS Variable Series I (5) – Class A Shares, continued

                               

Growth & Income VIP (9)

                               

2010

     247,513       $ 9.49         to       $ 9.49       $ 2,349,173         1.63     0.90     to         0.90     13.38     to         13.38

2009

     254,604         8.37         to         8.37         2,131,383         2.05     0.89     to         0.89     32.95     to         32.95

2008

     253,693         6.30         to         6.30         1,597,415         2.05     0.90     to         0.90     (38.86 %)      to         (38.86 %) 

2007

     250,251         10.30         to         10.30         2,577,433         1.21     0.90     to         0.90     0.45     to         0.45

2006

     242,391         10.25         to         10.25         2,485,329         0.94     0.89     to         0.89     12.62     to         12.62

International VIP (10)

                               

2010

     1,171,750         7.15         to         8.64         8,386,597         2.11     0.00     to         0.90     0.72     to         1.32

2009

     1,049,825         7.10         to         8.53         7,455,311         4.26     0.00     to         0.89     32.33     to         33.12

2008

     911,562         5.36         to         6.40         4,888,594         1.35     0.00     to         0.90     (48.68 %)      to         (37.18 %) 

2007

     736,926         10.45         to         10.45         7,700,039         2.32     0.89     to         0.89     13.56     to         13.56

2006

     656,497         9.20         to         9.20         6,040,575         1.77     0.88     to         0.88     24.79     to         24.79

DWS Variable Series II (10) – Class A Shares

                               

Government & Agency Securities VIP (12)

                               

2010

     94,912         11.73         to         16.75         1,571,033         4.62     0.01     to         0.88     5.66     to         6.30

2009

     92,774         11.03         to         15.85         1,463,864         4.48     0.00     to         0.89     7.11     to         7.75

2008

     91,131         10.24         to         14.80         1,348,382         4.55     0.00     to         0.90     2.72     to         4.00

2007

     97,713         14.23         to         14.23         1,390,348         4.64     0.90     to         0.90     5.00     to         5.00

2006

     90,722         13.55         to         13.55         1,229,391         3.84     0.89     to         0.89     3.24     to         3.24

High Income VIP (13)

                               

2010

     201,760         12.34         to         16.82         3,349,244         7.51     0.01     to         0.87     12.98     to         13.66

2009

     190,278         10.86         to         14.89         2,817,526         9.86     0.00     to         0.88     38.74     to         39.57

2008

     176,390         7.78         to         10.73         1,892,259         10.59     0.00     to         0.90     (24.62 %)      to         (22.29 %) 

2007

     148,761         14.23         to         14.23         2,117,583         7.41     0.90     to         0.90     0.05     to         0.05

2006

     121,280         14.23         to         14.23         1,725,486         7.21     0.88     to         0.88     9.49     to         9.49

Money Market VIP (14)

                               

2010

     116,811         10.04         to         11.87         1,353,958         0.01     0.03     to         0.74     (0.88 %)      to         (0.29 %) 

2009

     36,793         10.07         to         11.97         433,238         0.32     0.01     to         0.85     (0.56 %)      to         0.03

2008

     36,696         10.07         to         12.04         441,882         2.58     0.00     to         0.89     0.65     to         1.72

2007

     31,410         11.84         to         11.84         371,860         4.81     0.89     to         0.89     4.04     to         4.04

2006

     27,738         11.38         to         11.38         315,621         4.54     0.89     to         0.89     3.68     to         3.68

Small Cap Growth VIP (15)

                               

2010

     67,549         4.56         to         4.56         308,353         0.00     0.90     to         0.90     28.29     to         28.29

2009

     69,638         3.56         to         3.56         247,797         0.00     0.89     to         0.89     39.35     to         39.35

2008

     66,640         2.55         to         2.55         170,165         0.00     0.90     to         0.90     (49.96 %)      to         (49.96 %) 

2007

     61,164         5.10         to         5.10         312,087         0.00     0.90     to         0.90     5.25     to         5.25

2006

     61,033         4.85         to         4.85         295,889         0.00     0.88     to         0.88     4.33     to         4.33

Strategic Value VIP (16)

                               

2010

     1,260,871         9.35         to         14.87         18,544,499         1.91     0.00     to         0.88     11.52     to         12.19

2009

     1,158,036         8.36         to         13.33         15,313,118         4.16     0.00     to         0.88     24.18     to         24.92

2008

     959,977         6.72         to         10.74         10,251,567         2.96     0.00     to         0.89     (46.46 %)      to         (33.16 %) 

2007

     757,991         12.53         to         20.06         15,136,817         1.36     0.00     to         0.89     (2.74 %)      to         (2.55 %) 

2006

     641,132         12.86         to         20.62         13,191,264         1.88     0.00     to         0.88     17.68     to         17.92

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (“VIP”) Funds

                               

VIP Growth Portfolio

                               

2010

     1,207,640         9.38         to         12.34         11,430,418         0.19     0.00     to         0.86     22.95     to         23.69

2009

     1,152,974         7.63         to         10.02         8,868,294         0.37     0.00     to         0.85     27.00     to         27.76

2008

     971,995         6.01         to         7.87         5,881,333         0.82     0.00     to         0.88     (47.71 %)      to         (37.16 %) 

2007

     806,705         11.49         to         15.02         9,312,755         0.58     0.01     to         0.87     25.73     to         25.98

2006

     699,847         9.14         to         11.92         6,407,269         0.25     0.00     to         0.88     5.78     to         5.99

VIP Index 500 Portfolio

                               

2010

     1,002,866         10.26         to         10.90         10,914,351         2.00     0.01     to         0.88     13.89     to         14.57

2009

     923,169         8.96         to         9.57         8,829,174         2.64     0.00     to         0.88     25.36     to         26.11

2008

     777,568         7.10         to         7.64         5,937,871         2.34     0.00     to         0.90     (37.63 %)      to         (29.11 %) 

2007

     646,484         12.24         to         12.24         7,915,928         3.49     0.89     to         0.89     4.40     to         4.40

2006

     527,897         11.73         to         11.73         6,191,713         1.42     0.88     to         0.88     14.59     to         14.59

VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

                               

2010

     247,029         11.81         to         24.95         5,880,589         0.28     0.01     to         0.87     27.56     to         28.32

2009

     221,786         9.21         to         19.56         4,247,339         0.63     0.00     to         0.87     38.77     to         39.60

2008

     187,441         6.59         to         14.09         2,636,442         0.38     0.00     to         0.90     (40.05 %)      to         (34.74 %) 

2007

     148,502         23.51         to         23.51         3,491,212         0.72     0.89     to         0.89     14.45     to         14.45

2006

     117,119         20.54         to         20.54         2,405,749         0.22     0.88     to         0.88     11.59     to         11.59

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     At December 31      For the Period Ended December 31  
     Units     

Unit

Fair Value

     Net
Assets
     Investment
Income
Ratio *
    Expense Ratio **
Lowest to Highest
    Total Return ***
Lowest to Highest
 

Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – Service Class 2 Shares

                               

VIP Freedom 2005 Portfolio (17)

                               

2010

     934       $ 11.02         to       $ 11.02       $ 10,295         2.30     0.30     to         0.30     10.73     to         10.73

2009

     541         9.95         to         9.95         5,388         5.77     0.26     to         0.26     22.41     to         22.41

2008

     5         8.13         to         8.13         41         0.00     0.00     to         0.00     (17.18 %)      to         (17.18 %) 

VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio (18)

                               

2010

     815         11.16         to         11.16         9,098         2.59     0.29     to         0.29     12.21     to         12.21

2009

     303         9.94         to         9.94         3,017         5.16     0.30     to         0.30     23.58     to         23.58

2008

     11         8.05         to         8.05         94         4.00     0.03     to         0.03     (17.95 %)      to         (17.95 %) 

VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio (19)

                               

2010

     4,740         11.08         to         11.08         52,525         2.77     0.28     to         0.28     12.45     to         12.45

2009

     1,808         9.85         to         9.85         17,818         8.18     0.26     to         0.26     24.65     to         24.65

2008

     41         7.91         to         7.91         323         2.09     0.02     to         0.02     (19.25 %)      to         (19.25 %) 

VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio (20)

                               

2010

     10,834         10.90         to         10.90         118,081         2.80     0.29     to         0.29     13.99     to         13.99

2009

     4,433         9.56         to         9.56         42,387         6.67     0.28     to         0.28     28.16     to         28.16

2008

     136         7.46         to         7.46         1,019         6.30     0.05     to         0.05     (23.31 %)      to         (23.31 %) 

VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio (21)

                               

2010

     13,673         10.92         to         10.92         149,239         3.01     0.29     to         0.29     15.12     to         15.12

2009

     4,708         9.48         to         9.48         44,627         5.94     0.28     to         0.28     29.41     to         29.41

2008

     234         7.33         to         7.33         1,709         6.97     0.05     to         0.05     (24.54 %)      to         (24.54 %) 

VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio (22)

                               

2010

     52,721         10.62         to         10.62         559,852         2.61     0.29     to         0.29     15.54     to         15.54

2009

     20,209         9.19         to         9.19         185,741         3.46     0.28     to         0.28     30.79     to         30.79

2008

     2,370         7.03         to         7.03         16,659         6.69     0.04     to         0.04     (27.22 %)      to         (27.22 %) 

VIP Freedom Income Portfolio (23)

                               

2010

     3,321         11.11         to         11.11         36,899         2.10     0.30     to         0.30     6.93     to         6.93

2009

     2,126         10.39         to         10.39         22,095         6.06     0.28     to         0.28     14.30     to         14.30

2008

     190         9.09         to         9.09         1,729         5.64     0.05     to         0.05     (8.57 %)      to         (8.57 %) 

Fidelity VIP FundsManager Portfolios

                               

VIP FundsManager 20% Portfolio (24)

                               

2010

     2,819         10.98         to         10.98         30,952         2.02     0.29     to         0.29     6.92     to         6.92

2009

     1,326         10.27         to         10.27         13,618         2.20     0.28     to         0.28     9.93     to         9.93

2008

     58         9.34         to         9.34         549         3.77     0.03     to         0.03     (6.02 %)      to         (6.02 %) 

VIP FundsManager 50% Portfolio (25)

                               

2010

     12,975         11.01         to         11.01         142,882         1.92     0.30     to         0.30     11.42     to         11.42

2009

     7,162         9.88         to         9.88         70,786         2.70     0.28     to         0.28     18.40     to         18.40

2008

     488         8.35         to         8.35         4,077         3.73     0.03     to         0.03     (15.11 %)      to         (15.11 %) 

VIP FundsManager 70% Portfolio (26)

                               

2010

     54,340         10.76         to         10.76         584,891         1.90     0.29     to         0.29     13.75     to         13.75

2009

     18,789         9.46         to         9.46         177,792         2.62     0.28     to         0.28     24.01     to         24.01

2008

     2,686         7.63         to         7.63         20,497         3.94     0.05     to         0.05     (21.64 %)      to         (21.64 %) 

VIP FundsManager 85% Portfolio (27)

                               

2010

     49,965         10.62         to         10.62         530,447         1.41     0.29     to         0.29     15.65     to         15.65

2009

     23,893         9.18         to         9.18         219,328         2.03     0.29     to         0.29     27.99     to         27.99

2008

     3,469         7.17         to         7.17         24,879         2.85     0.05     to         0.05     (25.79 %)      to         (25.79 %) 

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust – Class 2 Shares

                               

Developing Markets Securities Fund

                               

2010

     165,367         22.47         to         22.47         3,715,466         1.60     0.90     to         0.90     16.54     to         16.54

2009

     154,458         19.28         to         19.28         2,977,886         3.71     0.88     to         0.88     71.05     to         71.05

2008

     131,355         11.27         to         11.27         1,480,524         2.63     0.90     to         0.90     (53.13 %)      to         (53.13 %) 

2007

     98,195         24.05         to         24.05         2,361,327         2.22     0.87     to         0.87     27.63     to         27.63

2006

     65,209         18.84         to         18.84         1,228,635         1.05     0.86     to         0.86     26.95     to         26.95

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     At December 31      For the Period Ended December 31  
   Units     

Unit

Fair Value

    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio *
   

Expense Ratio **

Lowest to Highest

   

Total Return ***

Lowest to Highest

 

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust – Class 2 Shares, continued

                               

Global Asset Allocation Fund

                               

2010 (28)

     -       $ -         to       $ -       $ -         0.00     0.00     to         0.00     0.00     to         0.00

2009

     57,134         15.77         to         15.77         856,454         8.95     0.02     to         0.83     20.72     to         21.44

2008

     41,297         13.06         to         13.06         533,414         10.36     0.00     to         0.89     (25.77 %)      to         (19.38 %) 

2007

     28,621         17.59         to         17.59         503,532         16.52     0.88     to         0.88     9.02     to         9.02

2006

     18,464         16.14         to         16.14         297,941         6.80     0.87     to         0.87     20.03     to         20.03

Small – Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund

                               

2010

     189,758         11.62         to         12.65         2,382,569         0.00     0.02     to         0.84     26.49     to         27.24

2009

     178,432         10.00         to         10.00         1,778,216         0.00     0.01     to         0.86     42.29     to         43.15

2008

     159,536         7.03         to         7.03         1,121,057         0.00     0.00     to         0.90     (43.01 %)      to         (36.42 %) 

2007

     144,893         12.34         to         12.34         1,787,628         0.00     0.90     to         0.90     10.24     to         10.24

2006

     132,150         11.19         to         11.19         1,478,907         0.00     0.88     to         0.88     7.73     to         7.73

Small Cap Value Securities Fund

                               

2010

     168,361         11.04         to         13.95         2,271,539         0.74     0.02     to         0.65     27.08     to         27.84

2009

     151,072         10.95         to         10.95         1,618,921         1.62     0.01     to         0.67     28.00     to         28.77

2008

     110,118         8.54         to         8.54         928,189         1.11     0.00     to         0.69     (33.62 %)      to         (33.34 %) 

2007

     66,583         12.84         to         12.84         851,375         0.64     0.17     to         0.65     (3.26 %)      to         (3.06 %) 

2006

     24,295         13.25         to         13.25         321,071         0.51     0.19     to         0.57     15.94     to         16.17

Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust - Institutional Class Shares

                               

Mid Cap Value Fund

                               

2010

     280,217         13.89         to         21.50         5,958,095         0.71     0.01     to         0.88     23.89     to         24.13

2009

     286,650         11.19         to         17.36         4,911,789         1.93     0.02     to         0.87     32.34     to         32.60

2008

     271,604         8.44         to         13.12         3,517,019         1.12     0.02     to         0.88     (37.79 %)      to         (37.67 %) 

2007

     257,538         13.53         to         21.08         5,367,725         0.82     0.02     to         0.88     2.28     to         2.48

2006

     236,470         13.21         to         20.61         4,823,376         1.04     0.01     to         0.87     15.13     to         15.36

Strategic Growth Fund (29)

                               

2010

     914,344         9.92         to         9.92         9,071,067         0.46     0.90     to         0.90     9.75     to         9.75

2009

     876,147         9.04         to         9.04         7,919,973         0.49     0.89     to         0.89     46.43     to         46.43

2008

     793,393         6.17         to         6.17         4,897,836         0.14     0.90     to         0.90     (42.28 %)      to         (42.28 %) 

2007

     675,309         10.69         to         10.69         7,222,264         0.20     0.89     to         0.89     9.14     to         9.14

2006

     572,365         9.80         to         9.80         5,608,476         0.14     0.88     to         0.88     7.59     to         7.59

Structured Small Cap Equity Fund (30)

                               

2010

     125,946         11.33         to         14.92         1,794,291         0.61     0.10     to         0.76     28.96     to         29.21

2009

     114,058         8.77         to         11.57         1,261,412         1.39     0.11     to         0.75     26.85     to         27.10

2008

     80,532         6.90         to         9.12         698,233         0.94     0.11     to         0.73     (34.77 %)      to         (34.64 %) 

2007

     39,026         10.55         to         13.98         515,227         0.59     0.13     to         0.71     (17.23 %)      to         (17.07 %) 

2006

     12,757         12.72         to         16.89         201,940         0.96     0.10     to         0.71     11.27     to         11.49

Janus Aspen Series

                               

Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares)

                               

2010

     143,651         11.74         to         15.35         2,050,187         2.70     0.06     to         0.72     7.16     to         7.80

2009

     104,612         10.89         to         14.33         1,439,938         2.88     0.02     to         0.82     24.46     to         25.21

2008

     74,641         8.70         to         11.51         856,797         2.60     0.00     to         0.89     (16.81 %)      to         (13.06 %) 

2007

     55,836         13.84         to         13.84         772,536         2.40     0.88     to         0.88     9.30     to         9.30

2006

     38,724         12.66         to         12.66         490,200         2.03     0.88     to         0.88     9.43     to         9.43

Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares) (31)

                               

2010

     141,844         13.09         to         16.29         1,915,139         0.00     0.11     to         0.76     24.40     to         24.65

2009

     142,959         10.52         to         13.07         1,552,334         0.00     0.11     to         0.75     43.16     to         43.44

2008

     146,309         7.35         to         9.11         1,116,989         0.07     0.11     to         0.75     (44.36 %)      to         (44.25 %) 

2007

     129,419         13.21         to         16.35         1,753,552         0.07     0.06     to         0.81     20.65     to         20.89

2006

     113,777         10.95         to         13.52         1,258,525         0.00     0.02     to         0.85     12.30     to         12.52

Forty Portfolio (Institutional Shares)

                               

2010

     1,591,047         8.71         to         9.44         13,897,374         0.37     0.01     to         0.88     5.80     to         6.43

2009

     1,517,752         8.23         to         8.87         12,512,831         0.04     0.00     to         0.88     45.03     to         45.90

2008

     1,422,341         5.68         to         6.08         8,078,583         0.14     0.00     to         0.91     (44.65 %)      to         (39.99 %) 

2007

     1,300,875         10.26         to         10.26         13,344,629         0.36     0.89     to         0.89     35.76     to         35.76

2006

     1,235,760         7.56         to         7.56         9,337,308         0.37     0.88     to         0.88     8.37     to         8.37

PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust – Administrative Class Shares

                               

VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio (US Dollar-Hedged)

                               

2010

     184,474         12.02         to         16.55         3,028,139         1.85     0.00     to         0.87     7.49     to         8.18

2009

     171,499         11.11         to         15.40         2,630,599         3.35     0.00     to         0.88     14.57     to         15.25

2008

     157,465         9.64         to         13.44         2,116,009         3.06     0.00     to         0.90     (3.27 %)      to         (3.04 %) 

2007

     153,233         13.89         to         13.89         2,128,815         3.35     0.89     to         0.89     2.70     to         2.70

2006

     124,075         13.53         to         13.53         1,678,485         3.24     0.88     to         0.88     1.28     to         1.28

VIT Low Duration Portfolio

                               

2010

     239,082         11.63         to         15.55         3,692,852         1.62     0.00     to         0.88     4.36     to         4.97

2009

     223,892         11.08         to         14.90         3,328,062         3.51     0.00     to         0.89     12.31     to         12.98

2008

     205,666         9.81         to         13.27         2,728,469         4.08     0.00     to         0.90     (1.77 %)      to         (1.31 %) 

2007

     186,996         13.44         to         13.44         2,513,830         4.72     0.89     to         0.89     6.40     to         6.40

2006

     154,317         12.63         to         12.63         1,949,772         4.18     0.88     to         0.88     3.04     to         3.04

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     At December 31      For the Period Ended December 31  
   Units     

Unit

Fair Value

     Net
Assets
     Investment
Income
Ratio *
    Expense Ratio **
Lowest to Highest
    Total Return ***
Lowest to Highest
 

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc.

                               

(“PVC”) Class 2 Shares – Equity Funds

                               

Capital Appreciation Account (32)

                               

2010

     122,806       $ 13.36         to       $ 19.22       $ 1,969,926         1.39     0.38     to         0.41     14.09     to         14.31

2009

     116,062         11.71         to         16.81         1,631,404         1.00     0.39     to         0.39     28.38     to         28.64

2008

     97,384         9.12         to         13.07         1,083,604         0.84     0.33     to         0.43     (34.15 %)      to         (34.02 %) 

2007

     76,485         13.86         to         19.81         1,317,018         0.45     0.29     to         0.46     7.49     to         7.70

2006

     50,527         12.89         to         18.40         829,437         0.33     0.20     to         0.52     10.76     to         10.98

Diversified International Account (33)

                               

2010

     41,782         18.35         to         18.35         766,788         1.28     0.70     to         0.70     12.12     to         12.12

2009

     42,569         16.37         to         16.37         696,758         3.93     0.70     to         0.70     25.96     to         25.96

2008

     44,093         12.99         to         12.99         572,957         1.09     0.69     to         0.69     (46.74 %)      to         (46.74 %) 

2007

     29,171         24.40         to         24.40         711,777         1.71     0.66     to         0.66     15.07     to         15.07

2006

     16,736         21.20         to         21.20         354,879         1.29     0.67     to         0.67     19.44     to         19.44

Equity Income Account (34)

                               

2010

     292,790         15.88         to         17.54         4,771,402         3.08     0.20     to         0.65     14.84     to         15.07

2009

     289,506         13.83         to         15.24         4,113,382         5.20     0.21     to         0.62     18.69     to         18.92

2008

     253,930         11.65         to         12.82         3,049,464         2.27     0.24     to         0.59     (34.71 %)      to         (34.58 %) 

2007

     207,651         17.84         to         19.59         3,822,329         0.70     0.24     to         0.58     4.06     to         4.27

2006

     151,669         17.15         to         18.79         2,684,628         1.44     0.24     to         0.55     16.81     to         17.04

LargeCap Blend Account II (35)

                               

2010

     12,096         14.07         to         14.07         170,125         2.01     0.70     to         0.70     12.18     to         12.18

2009

     13,157         12.54         to         12.54         164,956         1.28     0.69     to         0.69     28.38     to         28.38

2008

     11,909         9.77         to         9.77         116,300         0.97     0.70     to         0.70     (36.94 %)      to         (36.94 %) 

2007

     10,688         15.49         to         15.49         165,535         1.18     0.70     to         0.70     4.26     to         4.26

2006

     8,492         14.86         to         14.86         126,142         1.06     0.67     to         0.67     10.89     to         10.89

LargeCap Growth Account (36)

                               

2010

     15,310         14.61         to         14.61         223,692         0.00     0.70     to         0.70     17.23     to         17.23

2009

     15,922         12.46         to         12.46         198,441         0.34     0.69     to         0.69     25.92     to         25.92

2008

     13,374         9.90         to         9.90         132,379         0.20     0.71     to         0.71     (43.80 %)      to         (43.80 %) 

2007

     13,048         17.61         to         17.61         229,828         0.00     0.68     to         0.68     22.17     to         22.17

2006

     9,241         14.42         to         14.42         133,238         0.00     0.68     to         0.68     3.90     to         3.90

MidCap Blend Account (37)

                               

2010

     90,621         57.46         to         61.98         5,229,956         2.35     0.04     to         0.84     22.73     to         22.97

2009

     86,222         46.82         to         50.40         4,055,701         1.53     0.05     to         0.83     3.72     to         3.76

2008

     232,106         11.02         to         11.84         2,570,747         1.38     0.06     to         0.81     (30.36 %)      to         (30.23 %) 

2007

     164,370         15.82         to         16.96         2,617,375         0.61     0.07     to         0.80     (8.92 %)      to         (8.74 %) 

2006

     110,720         17.37         to         18.59         1,936,089         1.47     0.07     to         0.79     15.52     to         15.75

SmallCap Growth Account II (38)

                               

2010

     154,527         8.95         to         17.17         1,458,279         0.00     0.08     to         0.79     25.56     to         25.81

2009

     157,176         7.12         to         13.65         1,188,878         0.00     0.08     to         0.78     30.11     to         30.37

2008

     148,265         5.48         to         10.47         865,303         0.00     0.10     to         0.77     (41.78 %)      to         (41.67 %) 

2007

     134,387         9.41         to         17.95         1,333,293         0.00     0.06     to         0.80     3.78     to         3.99

2006

     118,874         9.06         to         17.26         1,120,250         0.00     0.05     to         0.82     5.63     to         5.84

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc.

                               

(“PVC”) Class 2 Shares – Fixed

                               

Income Funds

                               

Government & High Quality Bond Account (39)

                               

2010

     629         13.09         to         13.09         8,225         3.14     0.69     to         0.69     4.91     to         4.91

2009

     647         12.48         to         12.48         8,065         8.63     0.71     to         0.71     5.48     to         5.48

2008

     1,137         11.83         to         11.83         13,438         6.15     0.69     to         0.69     3.68     to         3.68

2007

     1,152         11.41         to         11.41         13,134         4.74     0.69     to         0.69     5.47     to         5.47

2006

     776         10.82         to         10.82         8,394         4.27     0.68     to         0.68     3.50     to         3.50

Income Account (40)

                               

2010

     11,419         14.50         to         14.50         165,588         6.33     0.69     to         0.69     7.51     to         7.51

2009

     11,034         13.49         to         13.49         148,832         9.71     0.69     to         0.69     17.35     to         17.35

2008

     10,503         11.50         to         11.50         120,724         6.98     0.70     to         0.70     (4.42 %)      to         (4.42 %) 

2007

     8,110         12.03         to         12.03         97,534         5.69     0.69     to         0.69     5.03     to         5.03

2006

     4,835         11.45         to         11.45         55,369         5.17     0.69     to         0.69     3.86     to         3.86

Money Market Account (40)

                               

2010

     1,934         10.92         to         10.92         21,118         0.00     0.71     to         0.71     (0.70 %)      to         (0.70 %) 

2009

     2,392         10.99         to         10.99         26,306         0.12     0.68     to         0.68     (0.52 %)      to         (0.52 %) 

2008

     229         11.05         to         11.05         2,531         2.24     0.00     to         0.70     1.60     to         1.60

2007

     167         10.88         to         10.88         1,822         4.76     0.72     to         0.72     3.86     to         3.86

2006

     7,908         10.47         to         10.47         82,810         3.62     0.57     to         0.57     3.41     to         3.41

Short-Term Income Account (41)

                               

2010

     655         12.39         to         12.39         8,125         1.85     0.69     to         0.69     3.65     to         3.65

2009

     664         11.95         to         11.95         7,946         6.80     0.69     to         0.69     9.04     to         9.04

2008

     617         10.96         to         10.96         6,765         2.55     0.69     to         0.69     (1.52 %)      to         (1.52 %) 

2007

     460         11.13         to         11.13         5,127         4.71     0.71     to         0.71     3.51     to         3.51

2006

     383         10.75         to         10.75         4,122         4.05     0.70     to         0.70     3.52     to         3.52

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

     At December 31      For the Period Ended December 31  
     Units     

Unit

Fair Value

    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio *
    Expense Ratio **
Lowest to Highest
    Total Return ***
Lowest to Highest
 

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc.

  

                            

(“PVC”) Class 2 Shares – Equity

  

                            

Funds, Continued

  

                            

SAM Balanced Portfolio (43)

  

                            

2010

     704,031       $ 11.04         to       $ 16.44       $ 10,890,322         3.33     0.03     to         0.67     12.33     to         13.00

2009

     608,204         9.77         to         14.63         8,624,765         3.66     0.01     to         0.70     22.53     to         23.26

2008

     497,645         7.92         to         11.94         5,898,106         3.85     0.00     to         0.72     (27.07 %)      to         (20.92 %) 

2007

     416,823         15.88         to         16.38         6,783,460         2.22     0.14     to         0.71     7.42     to         7.64

2006

     327,099         14.75         to         15.24         4,951,582         1.84     0.15     to         0.68     9.39     to         9.61

SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio (44)

  

                            

2010

     104,124         11.29         to         15.76         1,544,576         4.16     0.03     to         0.50     10.74     to         11.40

2009

     88,316         10.14         to         14.23         1,210,023         2.85     0.01     to         0.55     19.64     to         20.36

2008

     72,767         8.42         to         11.90         848,473         3.71     0.00     to         0.58     (20.13 %)      to         (15.76 %) 

2007

     60,304         14.28         to         14.89         884,517         3.06     0.25     to         0.57     6.38     to         6.59

2006

     47,571         13.40         to         14.00         655,569         2.38     0.23     to         0.58     7.53     to         7.75

SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio (45)

  

                            

2010

     1,708,345         10.59         to         16.58         26,972,177         3.05     0.02     to         0.75     13.90     to         14.58

2009

     1,492,376         9.24         to         14.56         21,160,616         4.77     0.01     to         0.76     24.24     to         24.98

2008

     1,221,068         7.39         to         11.72         14,220,239         3.62     0.00     to         0.78     (33.89 %)      to         (26.39 %) 

2007

     958,738         17.37         to         17.73         16,948,197         1.38     0.09     to         0.77     8.06     to         8.27

2006

     738,839         16.04         to         16.40         12,080,619         1.32     0.10     to         0.75     10.95     to         11.17

SAM Flexible Income Portfolio (46)

  

                            

2010

     58,474         11.59         to         15.13         858,017         4.59     0.01     to         0.50     9.28     to         9.93

2009

     50,732         10.54         to         13.84         687,110         4.46     0.00     to         0.55     18.57     to         19.28

2008

     44,109         8.84         to         11.68         505,744         6.04     0.00     to         0.54     (14.79 %)      to         (11.48 %) 

2007

     29,711         13.04         to         13.70         399,417         4.38     0.25     to         0.57     4.91     to         5.12

2006

     19,523         12.40         to         13.06         251,194         3.84     0.18     to         0.66     5.66     to         5.87

SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio (47)

  

                            

2010

     2,110,344         10.34         to         16.72         34,001,481         2.27     0.01     to         0.73     15.15     to         15.84

2009

     1,918,419         8.93         to         14.52         27,380,751         3.40     0.01     to         0.73     25.91     to         26.66

2008

     1,578,898         7.05         to         11.53         18,140,664         3.53     0.00     to         0.74     (38.12 %)      to         (29.88 %) 

2007

     1,282,894         18.47         to         18.64         23,869,369         0.91     0.13     to         0.72     8.36     to         8.58

2006

     1,002,856         17.01         to         17.20         17,213,378         0.86     0.12     to         0.71     11.76     to         11.99

 

  (1) The Calvert Social Mid Cap Growth Portfolio changed its name to VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, effective April 30, 2010.

 

  (2) Merged with Social Small Cap Growth Portfolio effective September 27, 2007.

 

  (3) The Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio changed its names to Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio, effective February 8, 2010.

 

  (4) Formerly named Scudder Investments VIT Funds – changed in 2006

 

  (5) Formerly named Scudder VIT Equity 500 Index Fund – changed in 2006

 

  (6) Formerly named Scudder Variable Series I – changed in 2006

 

  (7) Formerly named Scudder Bond Portfolio – changed in 2006

 

  (8) Formerly named Scudder Global Discovery Portfolio – changed in 2006

 

  (9) Formerly named Scudder Growth and Income Portfolio – changed in 2006

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

  (10) Formerly named Scudder International Portfolio – changed in 2006

 

  (11) Formerly named Scudder Variable Series II – changed in 2006

 

  (12) Formerly named Scudder Government & Agency Securities Portfolio – changed in 2006

 

  (13) Formerly named Scudder High Income Portfolio – changed in 2006

 

  (14) Formerly named Scudder Money Market Portfolio, merged from DWS Variable Series I effective November 3, 2006

 

  (15) Formerly named Scudder Small Cap Growth Portfolio – changed in 2006

 

  (16) The DWS Dreman High Return Equity, changed its name to Strategic Value VIP, effective June 1, 2009

 

  (17) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP Freedom 2005 Portfolio

 

  (18) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio

 

  (19) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio

 

  (20) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio

 

  (21) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio

 

  (22) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio

 

  (23) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP Freedom Income Portfolio

 

  (24) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP FundsManager 20% Portfolio

 

  (25) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP FundsManager 50% Portfolio

 

  (26) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP FundsManager 70% Portfolio

 

  (27) For the period (commencement of operations): September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 – Fidelity VIP FundsManager 85% Portfolio

 

  (28) The Franklin Templeton Global Asset Allocation Fund Portfolio was liquidated, effective April 30, 2010. Funds were transferred to DWS Money Market VIP.

 

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of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

  (29) The Goldman Sachs Capital Growth Fund changed its names to Strategic Growth Fund, effective April 30, 2010

 

  (30) Formerly named Goldman Sachs CORE Small Cap Equity Fund – changed in 2006

 

  (31) The Janus Aspen Mid Cap Growth Portfolio changed its name to Enterprise Portfolio, effective May 1, 2009

 

  (32) The PVC West Coast Equity Account (formerly named WM West Coast Equity Fund), changed its name to PVC Capital Appreciation Account, effective June 30, 2009

 

  (33) The WM International Growth Fund changed its name to PVC Diversified International Account, effective January 5, 2007

 

  (34) The PVC Equity Income Account I (formerly named WM Equity Income Fund), changed its name to PVC Equity Income Account, effective May 17, 2008

 

  (35) The PVC LargeCap Blend Account (formerly named WM Growth & Income Fund), changed its name to PVC LargeCap Blend Account II, effective May 17, 2008

 

  (36) The PVC Strategic Growth Portfolio (formerly named WM Strategic Growth Portfolio), changed its name to PVC LargeCap Growth Account, effective May 17, 2008

 

  (37) The PVC MidCap Stock Account (formerly named WM Mid Cap Stock Fund), changed its name to PVC MidCap Blend Account, effective October 23, 2009

 

  (38) The PVC SmallCap Growth Account (formerly named WM Small Cap Growth), changed its name to PVC SmallCap Growth Account II Fund, effective May 17, 2008

 

  (39) Effective July 16, 2010 name was changed to Government & High Quality Bond Account. Previous to this date, effective January 5, 2007 name was changed from The WM U.S. Government Securities Fund to PVC Mortgage Securities Account.

 

  (40) The WM Income Fund changed its name to PVC Income Account, effective January 5, 2007

 

  (41) The WM Short Term Income Fund changed its name to PVC Short Term Income Account, effective January 5, 2007

 

  (42) The WM Money Market Fund changed its name to PVC Money Market Account, effective January 5, 2007

 

  (43) The WM Balanced Portfolio changed its name to PVC SAM Balanced Portfolio, effective January 5, 2007

 

  (44) The WM Conservative Balanced Portfolio changed its name to PVC SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio, effective January 5, 2007

 

  (45) The WM Conservative Growth Portfolio changed its name to PVC SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio, effective January 5, 2007

 

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Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A

of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

  (46) The WM Flexible Income Portfolio changed its name to PVC SAM Flexible Income Portfolio effective, January 5, 2007

 

  (47) The WM Strategic Growth Portfolio changed its name to PVC SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio, effective January 5, 2007

*         These amounts represent the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the sub-account from the underlying mutual fund, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average net assets. These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that are assessed against policyholder accounts either through reductions in the unit values or the redemption of units. The recognition of investment income by the sub-account is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying fund in which the sub-account invests.

**       These amounts represent the annualized contract expenses of the Account, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges, for each period indicated. The ratios include only those expenses that result in a direct reduction to unit values. Charges made directly to policyholder accounts through the redemption of units and expenses of the underlying fund have been excluded.

***      These amounts represent the total return for the period indicated, including changes in value of the underlying fund, and expenses assessed through the reduction of unit values. These ratios do not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units. Investment options with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the variable account. The total return is calculated for each period indicated or from the effective date through the end of the reporting period. As the total return is presented as a range of minimum to maximum values, based on the product grouping representing the minimum and maximum expense ratio amounts, some individual policy total returns are not within the ranges presented.

 

7. Fair Value Measurement

Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value in the Account balance sheet are measured and classified in a hierarchy for disclosure purposes consisting of three “levels” based on the observability of inputs available in the marketplace used to measure the fair values as discussed below. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Account’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgments. In making the assessment, the Account considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

Level 1—Fair value measurements based on quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that the Account has the ability to access for identical assets or liabilities. Market price data generally is obtained from exchange or dealer markets. The Account does not adjust the quoted price for such instruments. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and classified as Level 1 include government and agency securities, actively traded listed common stocks and derivative contracts, most separate account assets and most mutual funds.

Level 2—Fair value measurements based on inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liability in active markets, and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, such as interest rates and yield curves that are

 

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(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

observable at commonly quoted intervals. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and classified as Level 2 generally include certain government securities, most investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, certain asset backed securities, certain listed equities, state, municipal and provincial obligations, hybrid securities, and derivative contracts.

Level 3—Fair value measurements based on valuation techniques that use significant inputs that are unobservable. These measurements include circumstances in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and classified as Level 3 principally include fixed maturities.

Determination of Fair Values

The valuation methodologies used to determine the fair value of the Account assets as of December 31, 2010 under the guidance reflect market-participant assumptions and are based on the application of the fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable market inputs over unobservable inputs. The Account determines the fair value of their financial assets based on quoted market prices. All of the assets listed below are actively-traded, open-ended mutual funds which are valued at the net asset value of the respective underlying portfolios and classified as Level 1. There are no restrictions on purchases or sales of these open-ended mutual funds. As all assets of the Account are classified as level 1, no reconciliation of Level 3 assets and change in unrealized gains (losses) for Level 3 assets still held as of December 31, 2010, is presented.

The following table presents the Account’s hierarchy for its assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2010:

 

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of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

(in thousands of dollars)    Total      Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
Level 1
     Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 2
     Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
 

Assets

           

Calvert Variable Series, Inc.

           

VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

   $ 117       $ 117       $ -       $ -   

Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund – Service Class Shares

           

Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio

     3,063         3,063         -         -   

Quality Bond Portfolio

     1,122         1,122         -         -   

Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. – Service Class Shares

           

Socially Responsible Growth Fund

     128         128         -         -   

DWS Investments VIT Funds – Class B Shares

           

Equity 500 Index VIP

     1,414         1,414         -         -   

DWS Variable Series I – Class A Shares

           

Bond VIP

     4,526         4,526         -         -   

Global Opportunities VIP

     6,661         6,661         -         -   

Growth & Income VIP

     2,351         2,351         -         -   

International VIP

     8,393         8,393         -         -   

DWS Variable Series II – Class A Shares

           

Government & Agency Securities VIP

     1,572         1,572         -         -   

High Income VIP

     3,352         3,352         -         -   

Money Market VIP

     1,355         1,355         -         -   

Small Cap Growth VIP

     309         309         -         -   

Strategic Value VIP

     18,558         18,558         -         -   

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products (VIP) Funds – Service Class Shares

           

VIP Growth Portfolio

     11,439         11,439         -         -   

VIP Index 500 Portfolio

     10,922         10,922         -         -   

VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

     5,885         5,885         -         -   

Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – Service Class 2 Shares

           

VIP Freedom 2005 Portfolio

     10         10         -         -   

VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio

     9         9         -         -   

VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio

     53         53         -         -   

VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio

     118         118         -         -   

VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio

     149         149         -         -   

VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio

     560         560         -         -   

VIP Freedom Income Portfolio

     37         37         -         -   

Fidelity VIP FundsManager Portfolios – Service Class 2 Shares

           

VIP FundsManager 20% Portfolio

     31         31         -         -   

VIP FundsManager 50% Portfolio

     143         143         -         -   

VIP FundsManager 70% Portfolio

     585         585         -         -   

VIP FundsManager 85% Portfolio

     531         531         -         -   

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust – Class 2 Shares

           

Developing Markets Securities Fund

     3,718         3,718         -         -   

Global Asset Allocation Fund

     -         -         -         -   

Small – Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund

     2,384         2,384         -         -   

Small Cap Value Securities Fund

     2,273         2,273         -         -   

Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust – Institutional Class Shares

           

Mid Cap Value Fund

     5,963         5,963         -         -   

Strategic Growth Fund

     9,078         9,078         -         -   

Structured Small Cap Equity Fund

     1,796         1,796         -         -   

Janus Aspen Series

           

Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares)

     2,051         2,051         -         -   

Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares)

     1,917         1,917         -         -   

Forty Portfolio (Institutional Shares)

     13,908         13,908         -         -   

PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust – Administrative Class Shares

           

VIT Foreign Bond Portfolio (U.S. Dollar-Hedged)

     3,030         3,030         -         -   

VIT Low Duration Portfolio

     3,696         3,696         -         -   

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares – Equity Funds

           

Capital Appreciation Account

     1,971         1,971         -         -   

Diversified International Account

     767         767         -         -   

Equity Income Account

     4,775         4,775         -         -   

LargeCap Blend Account II

     170         170         -         -   

LargeCap Growth Account

     224         224         -         -   

MidCap Blend Account

     5,234         5,234         -         -   

SmallCap Growth Account II

     1,459         1,459         -         -   

Principal Variable Contracts Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares – Fixed Income Funds

           

Government & High Quality Bond Account

     8         8         -         -   

Income Account

     166         166         -         -   

Money Market Account

     21         21         -         -   

Short-Term Income Account

     8         8         -         -   

Principal Variable Contracts (“PVC”) Funds, Inc – Class 2 Shares – Strategic Asset Management (“SAM”) Portfolio

           

SAM Balanced Portfolio

     10,898         10,898         -         -   

SAM Conservative Balanced Portfolio

     1,546         1,546         -         -   

SAM Conservative Growth Portfolio

     26,991         26,991         -         -   

SAM Flexible Income Portfolio

     859         859         -         -   

SAM Strategic Growth Portfolio

     34,025         34,025         -         -   
                                   
   $ 222,329       $ 222,329       $ -       $ -   
                                   

 

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of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

(A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Farmers Group, Inc.)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2010 and 2009

 

 

  (1) The Calvert Social Mid Cap Growth Portfolio changed its name to VP SRI Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, effective April 30, 2010.

 

  (2) The Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio changed its name to Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio, effective February 8, 2010.

 

  (3) The Franklin Templeton Global Asset Allocation Fund Portfolio was liquidated, effective April 30, 2010. Funds were transferred to DWS Money Market VIP.

 

  (4) The Goldman Sachs Capital Growth Fund changed its name to Strategic Growth Fund, effective April 30, 2010.

 

  (5) The PVC Mortgage Securities Account changed its name to Government & High Quality Bond Account, effective July 16, 2010.

 

8. Subsequent Events:

The Account has evaluated the effects of events subsequent to December 31, 2010, and through the financial statements report date. All accounting and disclosure requirements related to subsequent events are included in our financial statements.

 

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PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 26.

Exhibits

(a)     Board of Directors Resolutions.

 

  1)

Resolution of the Board of Directors of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company establishing Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A.1

(b)     Custodian Agreements. Not applicable.

(c)     Underwriting Contracts.

 

  1)

Form of Distribution Agreement.2

 

  2)

Form of Investors Brokerage Services, Inc. Registered Representative Agreement.2

 

  3)

Distribution Agreement between Farmers New World Life Insurance Company and Farmers Financial Solutions LLC.6

 

  4)

Registered Representative Agreement Farmers Financial Solutions LLC.6

 

  5)

Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between Farmers New World Life Insurance Company and Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC.17

 

  6)

Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between Farmers New World Life Insurance Company and Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC.21

 

  7)

First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between Farmers New World Life Insurance Company and Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC.26

(d)     Contracts.

 

  1)

Revised Specimen Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policy.3

 

  2)

Revised Monthly Disability Benefit Rider.3, 12

 

  3)

Revised Waiver of Deduction Benefit Rider.3

 

  4)

Revised Accidental Death Benefit Rider.3

 

  5)

Revised Additional Insured Term Insurance Rider.3

 

  6)

Revised Children’s Term Insurance Rider.3

 

  7)

Automatic Increase Benefit Rider.3

 

  8)

Accelerated Benefit Rider.3

 

  9)

Final Contract for the Individual Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policy.14

 

  10)

Accelerated Benefit Rider for Terminal Illness.16

 

  11)

Revised Variable Policy Facing Page (2004).16

(e)     Applications.

 

  1)

Form of Application for Flexible Premium Life Insurance.3

 

  2)

Form of Variable Policy Application Supplement.4

 

  3)

Revised Variable Policy Application Supplement.8, 10

 

  4)

Revised Variable Policy Application Supplement.13

 

  5)

Revised Variable Policy Application Supplement (2007).19

 

  6)

Revised Variable Policy Application Supplement (May 2008).24

(f)     Depositor’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws.

 

  1)

Articles of Incorporation of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.1

 

  2)

By-Laws of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.1

 

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  3)

Amended Articles of Incorporation of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.20

 

  4)

Revised and Restated By-Laws of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.26

 

  5)

Revised and Restated By-Laws of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (July 15, 2010).27

(g)     Reinsurance Contracts.

 

  1)

Facultative Yearly Renewable Term Reinsurance Agreement Between Farmers New World Life Insurance Company and Company A.14

 

  2)

Facultative Yearly Renewable Term Reinsurance Agreement Between Farmers New World Life Insurance Company and Company B.14

(h)     Participation Agreements.

 

  1)

Participation Agreement among Kemper Variable Series, Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc., Kemper Distributors, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.4

 

  2)

Participation Agreement between Scudder Variable Life Investment Fund and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.4

 

  3)

Participation Agreement (Institutional Shares) among Janus Aspen Series, Janus Capital Corporation and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.4

 

  4)

Participation Agreement among Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust and PIMCO Funds Distributors LLC.4

 

  5)

Participation Agreement among Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.2

 

  6)

Amendment No. 1 to Participation Agreement among Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.6

 

  7)

Amendment No. 2 to Participation Agreement among Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.6

 

  8)

Amendment No. 1 to Participation Agreement among Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust and PIMCO Funds Distributors LLC.6

 

  9)

Amendment No. 1 to Participation Agreement between Scudder Variable Life Investment Fund and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.6

 

  10)

Participation Agreement among Calvert Variable Series, Inc., Calvert Distributors, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.6

 

  11)

Participation Agreement between Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund and the Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.6

 

  12)

Participation Agreement among Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.6

 

  13)

Participation Agreement (Service Shares) among Janus Aspen Series, Janus Capital Corporation and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.6

 

  14)

Participation Agreement among Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.6

 

  15)

Participation Agreement among WM Variable Trust, WM Funds Distributor, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.6

 

  16)

Amendment No. 1 to Participation Agreement among WM Variable Trust, WM Funds Distributor, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.8

 

  17)

Amendment No. 2 to Participation Agreement among WM Variable Trust, WM Funds Distributor, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.10

 

  18)

Amendment No. 4 to Participation Agreement among Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.15

 

  19)

Supplement to Participation Agreement among DWS Variable Series II, Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., DWS Scudder Distributors, Inc., and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.19

 

  20)

Form of Rule 22c-2 Shareholder Information Agreement.19

 

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  21)

Letter of Understanding and Extension of WM Participation Agreement, among Principal Funds Distributor, Inc., and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, dated as of January 5, 2007.19

 

  22)

Amendment to the Participation Agreement among Variable Insurance Products Funds, Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Variable Insurance Product Fund III, Variable Insurance Product Fund IV and Variable Insurance Product Fund V, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.23

 

  23)

Amendment to the Participation Agreement among Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc., and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.23

 

  24)

Amendment No. 3 to the Participation Agreement among Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc., and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.23

 

  25)

Participation Agreement among Principal Funds Distributor, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.24

 

  26)

Amendment No. 3 to the Participation Agreement among Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc., DWS Variable Series I (formerly Kemper Variable Series), DWS Scudder Distributors, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.24

 

  27)

Amendment No. 2 to the Participation Agreement among Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc., DWS Variable Series II, DWS Scudder Distributors, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.24

 

  28)

Amendment No. 2 to the Participation Agreement among Variable Insurance Products Funds, Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Variable Insurance Product Fund III, Variable Insurance Product Fund IV and Variable Insurance Product Fund V, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.24

 

  29)

Amendment No. 6 to the Participation Agreement among Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc., and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.24

 

  30)

Amendment No. 1 to the Participation Agreement among Janus Aspen Series (Institutional Shares), Janus Capital Corporation and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.24

 

  31)

Amendment No. 1 to the Participation Agreement among Janus Aspen Series (Service Shares), Janus Capital Corporation and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.24

 

  32)

Amendment No. 2 to the Participation Agreement among PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO Funds Distributors LLC, and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.24

 

  33)

First Amendment to the Participation Agreement among Principal Funds Distributor, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.25

 

  34)

Novation of and Amendment to Participation Agreement among Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC (AGID), PIMCO Investments LLC (PI), PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (March 10, 2011).27

 

  35)

Supplement to Participation Agreement Dated March 10, 2000 among DWS Variable Series II (DWSVS II), Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., DWS Investments Distributors, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.27

 

(i) Administrative Contracts.

 

  1)

Consulting Services Agreement between McCamish Systems, LLC and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.2

 

  2)

Form of Master Administration Agreement between McCamish Systems, LLC and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.2

 

  3)

Master Administration Agreement between McCamish Systems, LLC and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company dated as of April 1, 2001.8

 

(j) Other Material Contracts.

 

  1)

Powers of Attorney.1, 7, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 26, 27

 

(k) Legal Opinion.

 

  1)

Opinion of Patrick J. Carty, Esquire.28

 

(l) Actuarial Opinion.

 

  1)

Opinion of Ryan R. Larson, FSA, MAAA.16

 

(m)

Calculation.12

 

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(n) Other Opinions.

 

  1)

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.28

 

  2)

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.12

 

(o) Omitted Financial Statements. Not applicable.

 

(p) Initial Capital Agreements. Not applicable.

 

(q) Redeemability Exemption.

 

  1)

Description of issuance, transfer and redemption procedures.3

 

  2)

Revised description of issuance, transfer and redemption procedures (May 2000).5

 

  3)

Revised description of issuance, transfer and redemption procedures (May 2001).7

 

  4)

Revised description of issuance, transfer and redemption procedures (May 2002).9

 

  5)

Revised description of issuance, transfer and redemption procedures (May 2004).14

 

  6)

Revised description of issuance, transfer and redemption procedures (May 2005).16

 

  7)

Revised description of issuance, transfer and redemption procedures (September 2008).23

 

1 

Incorporated herein by reference to the initial registration statement on the Form S-6 for this product (File No. 333-84023) filed with the SEC on July 29, 1999.

 

2 

Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form N-4 registration statement for Farmers Annuity Separate Account A (File No. 333-85183) filed with the SEC on November 15, 1999.

 

3 

Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Form S-6 registration statement (File No. 333-84023) filed with the SEC on December 2, 1999.

 

4 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form N-4 registration statement for Farmers Annuity Separate Account (File No. 333-85183) filed with the SEC on April 21, 2000.

 

5 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Form S-6 registration statement (File No. 333-84023) filed with the SEC on April 21, 2000.

 

6 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Form N-4 registration statement for Farmers Annuity Separate Account A (File No. 333-85183) filed with the SEC on April 27, 2001.

 

7 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to this Form S-6 registration statement (File No. 333-84023) filed with the SEC on April 27, 2001.

 

8 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Form N-4 registration statement for Farmers Annuity Separate Account A (File No. 333-85183) filed with the SEC on April 26, 2002.

 

9 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to this Form S-6 registration statement (File No. 333-84023) filed with the SEC on April 26, 2002.

 

10 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Form N-4 registration statement for Farmers Annuity Separate Account A (File No. 333-85183) filed with the SEC on August 27, 2002.

 

11 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to this Form S-6 registration statement (File No. 333-84023) filed with the SEC on August 28, 2002.

 

12 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to this Form N-6 registration statement (File No. 333-84023) filed with the SEC on April 28, 2003.

 

13 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Form N-4 registration statement for Farmers Annuity Separate Account A (File No. 333-85183) filed with the SEC on April 27, 2004.

 

14 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to this Form N-6 registration statement (File No. 333-84023) filed with the SEC on April 27, 2004.

 

15 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Form N-4 registration statement for Farmers Annuity Separate Account A (File No. 333-85183) filed with the SEC on April 28, 2005.

 

16 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to this Form N-6 registration statement (File No. 333-84023) filed with the SEC on April 28, 2005.

 

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17 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Form N-4 registration statement for Farmers Annuity Separate Account A (File No. 333-85183) filed with the SEC on April 26, 2006.

 

18 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to this registration statement on Form N-6 for Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A filed with the SEC on April 26, 2006 (File Nos. 333-84023 and 811-09507).

 

19 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Form N-4 registration statement for Farmers Annuity Separate Account A (File No. 333-85183) filed with the SEC on April 25, 2007.

 

20 

Incorporated herein by reference to the initial registration statement on Form N-6 for Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A filed with the SEC on March 4, 2008 (File Nos. 333-149540 and 811-09507).

 

21 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 on Form N-4 for Farmers Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the SEC on April 29, 2008 (File Nos. 333-85183 and 811-09547).

 

22 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to this registration statement on Form N-6 for Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A filed with the SEC on April 29, 2008 (File Nos. 333-84023 and 811-09507).

 

23 

Incorporated herein by reference to the Pre-effective Amendment No. 1 to the initial registration statement on Form N-6/A for Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A filed with the SEC on August 11, 2008 (File Nos. 333-149540 and 811-09507).

 

24 

Incorporated herein by reference to the Pre-effective Amendment No. 2 to the initial registration statement on Form N-6/A Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A filed with the SEC on August 27, 2008 (File Nos. 333-149540 and 811-09507).

 

25 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 on Form N-4 for Farmers Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the SEC on October 22, 2009 (File Nos. 333-85183 and 811-09547).

 

26 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on Form N-6 for Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A filed with the SEC on April 30, 2010 (File Nos. 333-149540 and 811-09507).

 

27 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to registration statement on Form N-6 for Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A filed with the SEC on April 29, 2011 (File Nos. 333-149540 and 811-09507).

 

Exhibit (f)(5)

   Revised and Restated By-Laws of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (July 15, 2010).

Exhibit (h)(31)

   Novation of and Amendment to Participation Agreement among Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC (AGID), PIMCO Investments LLC (PI), PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (March 10, 2011).

Exhibit (h)(32)

   Supplement to Participation Agreement Dated March 10, 2000 among DWS Variable Series II (DWSVS II), Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., DWS Investments Distributors, Inc. and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.

Exhibit (j)(1)

   Powers of Attorney.

 

28 

Filed herewith.

 

Item 27. Directors and Officers of the Depositor

 

Name and Principal Business Address

  

Position and Office with Depositor

Paul N. Hopkins1

   Chairman of the Board and Director

Jerry J. Carnahan2

   President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

Joachim Masur7

   Director

David J. Dietz8

   Director

Gary R. Severson3

   Director

Stanley R. Smith4

   Director

John F. Sullivan, Jr.5

   Director

Katherine P. Cody2

   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director

Patrick J. Carty2

   Corporate Secretary, Vice President, and General Counsel

David F. Pierce2

   Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President

Randall L. Cooper2

   Vice President of Field Operations

James I. Randolph

   Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary

Leeann G. Badgett2

   Assistant Treasurer

 

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Michelle Douvia2

   Assistant Vice President, Strategic Planning & Performance Management

Rion Groves2

   Vice President of Life Marketing

Gerald A. Dulek6

   Assistant Vice President

Patricia M. Evans1

   Assistant Treasurer

Doren E. Hohl1

   Assistant Secretary

Maragaret Giles1

   Assistant Secretary

Paul F. Hott2

   Assistant Vice President

Peter A. Klute1

   Assistant Treasurer

Deborah M. Kusaka2

   Assistant Treasurer

Scott Lindquist1

   Assistant Treasurer

Edwin Burgos1

   Assistant Secretary

Anthony J. Morris1

   Assistant Treasurer

Harris Mortensen2

   Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary

Dennis J. A. Nibbe2

   Assistant Treasurer

John R. Patton2

   Vice President and Assistant Secretary

Darlene Robertson2

   Vice President and Chief Life Underwriter

Adam G. Morris serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for the Registrant.2

 

1 

The principal business address is 4680 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010.

2 

The principal business address is 3003 77th Ave. SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040.

3 

The principal business address is P.O. Box 1635, Gig Harbor, WA 98335.

4 

The principal business address is 3150 Toulouse Circle, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362.

5 

The principal business address is 725 9th Ave, Apt. 206, Seattle, WA 98104.

6 

The principal business address is 30801 Agoura Road, Bldg. 1, Westlake Village, CA 91301.

7 

The principal business address is Mythenquai 2, 8002 Zurich, Schweiz.

8 

The principal business address is 105 East 17th Street, Second Floor, New York, NY 10003.

 

Item 28. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant

Organizations Affiliated with Zurich U.S. Insurance Group

 

Company

  

Domicile

  

Ownership

  

%

Allied Zurich Holdings Limited

   CI    Zurich Financial Services Ltd    100.00

Allied Zurich Limited UK

   UK    Zurich Financial Services Ltd    100.00

American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company

   NY    Zurich American Insurance Company    100.00

American Zurich Insurance Company

   IL    Steadfast Insurance Company    100.00

Assurance Company of America

   NY    Maryland Casualty Company    100.00

BFP Securities LLC

   DE    Benefit Finance Partners, LLC    100.00

Benefit Finance Partners, LLC

   DE    Zurich Benefit Finance LLC    50.00

Centre Financial Services Holdings Limited

   BDA    Centre Group Holdings Limited    100.00

Centre Group Holdings (U.S.) Limited

   DE    Centre Solutions (Bermuda) Limited    100.00

Centre Group Holdings Limited

   BDA    CMSH Limited    100.00

Centre Insurance Company

   DE    Centre Solutions (U.S.) Limited    100.00

Centre Life Insurance Company

   MA    Centre Solutions (U.S.) Limited    100.00

Centre Reinsurance (U.S.) Limited

   BDA    Centre Group Holdings (U.S.) Limited    100.00

Centre Solutions (Bermuda) Limited

   BDA    Centre Group Holdings Limited    100.00

Centre Solutions (U.S.) Limited

   BDA    Centre Group Holdings (U.S.) Limited    100.00

CMSH Limited

   BDA    Zurich Insurance Company Ltd    100.00

Colonial American Casualty & Surety Co.

   MD    Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland    100.00

Crown Management Services Limited

   DE    CMSH Limited    100.00

Delta Wetlands Property

   IL    KLMLP 2, LLC    90.00

Delta Wetlands Property

   IL    KLMLP 3, LLC    10.00

Disability Management Services, Inc.

   CT    Centre Group Holdings (U.S.) Limited    40.00

Empire Fire & Marine Insurance Company

   NE    Zurich American Insurance Company    100.00

 

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Company

  

Domicile

  

Ownership

  

%

Empire Indemnity Insurance Company

   OK    Zurich American Insurance Company    100.00

Farmers Group, Inc.

   NV    Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.    87.90

Farmers Group, Inc.

   NV    Zurich Financial Services Ltd.    10.38

Farmers Group, Inc.

   NV    Zurich RegCaps II, V and VI    1.73

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

   WA    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00

Farmers Reinsurance Company

   CA    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00

Farmers Services Corporation

   NV    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00

Farmers Services, LLC

   DE    ZFUS Services, LLC    100.00

Farmers Value Added, Inc.

   NV    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00

Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland

   MD    Zurich American Insurance Company    100.00

F.I.G. Holding Company

   CA    Fire Underwriters Association    70.00

F.I.G. Holding Company

   CA    Truck Underwriters Association    30.00

FIG Leasing Company, Inc.

   CA    Farmers Group, Inc.    95.20

FIG Leasing Company, Inc.

   CA    Fire Underwriters Association    1.70

FIG Leasing Company, Inc.

   CA    Truck Underwriters Association    3.10

Fire Underwriters Association

   CA    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00

Zurich American Corporation

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

Zurich American Life Insurance Company

   IL    Zurich American Corporation    100.00

KLMLP, L.P.

   DE    Zurich American Corporation    75.00

KLMLP 2, LLC

   DE    KLMLP, L.P.    100.00

KLMLP 3, LLC

   DE    KLMLP 2, LLC    100.00

L&L Park 80 Investors LLC

   DE    ZI Park 80 West LLC    100.00

Leschi Life Assurance Company

   SC    Farmers New World Life Insurance Company    100.00

Maryland Casualty Company

   MD    Zurich American Insurance Company    100.00

Maunalua Associates, Inc.

   HI    Zurich American Corporation    100.00

MI Administrators, LLC

   DE    FIG Leasing Company, Inc.    100.00

Northern Insurance Company of New York

   NY    Maryland Casualty Company    100.00

Orange Stone Holdings

   IRE    CMSH Limited    100.00

Orange Stone Reinsurance

   IRE    Crown Management Services Limited    100.00

Prematic Service Corporation (CA)

   CA    Farmers Group, Inc.    38.00

Prematic Service Corporation (CA)

   CA    Fire Underwriters Association    9.00

Prematic Service Corporation (CA)

   CA    Truck Underwriters Association    53.00

Prematic Service Corporation (NV)

   NV    Prematic Service Corporation (CA)    100.00

South County Services Company, Inc.

   NY    Sterling Forest LLC    100.00

Steadfast Insurance Company

   DE    Zurich American Insurance Company    100.00

Steadfast Santa Clarita Holding LLC

   DE    Steadfast Insurance Company    100.00

Sterling Forest LLC

   DE    Zurich American Insurance Company    100.00

Truck Underwriters Association

   CA    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00

Universal Underwriters Acceptance Corporation

   KS    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

UUBVI, Limited

   BVI    Universal Underwriters Service Corporation    99.99

Universal Underwriters Insurance Company

   KS    Zurich American Insurance Company    100.00

Universal Underwriters Insurance Services, Inc.

   MA    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

Universal Underwriters Life Insurance Company

   KS    Universal Underwriters Insurance Company    100.00

Universal Underwriters of Texas Insurance Company

   TX    Universal Underwriters Insurance Company    100.00

Universal Underwriters Service Corporation

   MO    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

Vehicle Dealer Solutions, Inc.

   FL    The Zurich Services Corporation    100.00

WVGRR Properties, LLC

   DE    Farmers New World Life Insurance Company    100.00

ZFS Finance (USA) LLC IV

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

 

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Company

  

Domicile

  

Ownership

  

%

ZFS Finance (USA) LLC V

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

ZFS Finance (USA) LLC I

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

ZFS Finance (USA) LLC II

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

ZFS Finance (USA) LLC III

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

ZFUS Services, LLC

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

ZI Park 80 West LLC

   DE    Zurich American Insurance Company    100.00

ZNA Services, LLC

   DE    ZFUS Services, LLC    100.00

ZKS Real Estate Partners, LLC

   DE    Zurich American Corporation    41.67

ZSFH LLC

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

Zurich Agency Services, Inc.

   TX    Maryland Casualty Company    100.00

Zurich Alternative Asset Management, LLC

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

Zurich American Insurance Company

   NY    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

Zurich American Insurance Company of Illinois

   IL    American Zurich Insurance Company    100.00

Zurich American Life Insurance Company of New York

   NY    Zurich American Life Insurance Company    100.00

Zurich Benefit Finance LLC

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

Zurich CZI Management Holding Ltd.

   DE    Zurich Global Investment Management Inc.    100.00

Zurich E&S Insurance Brokerage, Inc.

   CA    Zurich American Insurance Company    100.00

Zurich Finance (USA), Inc.

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America. Inc.    100.00

Zurich Global Investment Management Inc.

   DE    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

Zurich Global, Ltd.

   BDA    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.

   DE    Zurich Insurance Company Ltd    99.87

Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.

   DE    Crown Management Services Limited    0.13

Zurich Insurance Company Ltd

   Switzerland    Zurich Financial Services Ltd    100.00

Zurich International (Bermuda) Ltd.

   BDA    Zurich Insurance Company Ltd    100.00

Zurich Investment Management AG

   Switzerland    Prematic Service Corporation (NV)    80.00

Zurich Investment Management AG

   Switzerland    Zurich Financial Services Ltd    20.00

Zurich Realty, Inc.

   MD    The Zurich Services Corporation    100.00

The Zurich Services Corporation

   IL    Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.    100.00

Zurich Warranty Solutions, Inc.

   IL    American Zurich Insurance Company    100.00

Zurich Latin America Corporation

   DE    The Zurich Services Corporation    100.00

Organizations Affiliated with Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

 

Company

  

Domicile

  

Ownership

  

%

20th Century Insurance Services, Inc.

   NV    21st Century Insurance Group    100.00

21st Century Casualty Company

   CA    21st Century Insurance Group    100.00

21st Century Insurance and Financial Services, Inc.

   DE    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00

21st Century Insurance and Financial Services, Inc.

   DE    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00

21st Century Insurance and Financial Services, Inc.

   DE    Truck Insurance Exchange    10.00

21st Century Insurance Company

   CA    21st Century Insurance Group    100.00

21st Century Insurance Company of the Southwest

   TX    21st Century Insurance Group    100.00

21st Century Insurance Group

   DE    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00

21st Century Insurance Group

   DE    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00

21st Century Insurance Group

   DE    Truck Insurance Exchange    10.00

50th State Risk Management Services, Inc.

   HI    Hawaii Insurance Consultants, Ltd.    100.00

21st Century Advantage Insurance Company

   MN    21st Century North America Insurance Company    100.00

21st Century Auto Insurance Company of New Jersey

   NJ    21st Century Centennial Insurance Company    100.00

 

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Company    Domicile    Ownership    %

21st Century Centennial Insurance Company

   PA    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00

21st Century Centennial Insurance Company

   PA    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00

21st Century Centennial Insurance Company

   PA    Truck Insurance Exchange    10.00

21st Century Indemnity Insurance Company

   PA    21st Century Premier Insurance Company    100.00

21st Century National Insurance Company, Inc.

   NY    21st Century Security Insurance Company    100.00

21st Century Preferred Insurance Company

   PA    21st Century Centennial Insurance Company    100.00

21st Century Premier Insurance Company

   PA    21st Century Centennial Insurance Company    100.00

American Federation Insurance Company

   MI    Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan    100.00

21st Century North America Insurance Company

   NY    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00

21st Century North America Insurance Company

   NY    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00

21st Century North America Insurance Company

   NY    Truck Insurance Exchange    10.00

21st Century Superior Insurance Company.

   CA    21st Century North America Insurance Company    100.00

21st Century Assurance Company

   DE    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00

21st Century Assurance Company

   DE    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00

21st Century Assurance Company

   DE    Truck Insurance Exchange    10.00

21st Century Pinnacle Insurance Company

   NJ    21st Century North America Insurance Company    100.00

21st Century Pacific Insurance Company

   CO    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00

21st Century Pacific Insurance Company

   CO    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00

21st Century Pacific Insurance Company

   CO    Truck Insurance Exchange    10.00

American Pacific Insurance Company, Inc.

   HI    Farmers Insurance Hawaii, Inc.    100.00

APEX Adjustment Bureau, Inc.

   FL    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

Bayview Adjustment Bureau, Inc.

   CA    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

Bristol West Casualty Insurance Company

   OH    Coast National Insurance Company    100.00

Bristol West Holdings, Inc.

   DE    Farmers Insurance Exchange    42.00

Bristol West Holdings, Inc.

   DE    Fire Insurance Exchange    3.75

Bristol West Holdings, Inc.

   DE    Mid-Century Insurance Company    47.50

Bristol West Holdings, Inc.

   DE    Truck Insurance Exchange    6.75

Bristol West Insurance Company

   OH    Coast National Insurance Company    100.00

Bristol West Insurance Services of California, Inc.

   CA    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

Bristol West Insurance Services of Georgia, Inc.

   GA    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

Bristol West Insurance Services of Pennsylvania, Inc.

   PA    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

Bristol West Insurance Services of Texas, Inc.

   TX    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

Bristol West Insurance Services, Inc. of Florida

   FL    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

Bristol West Preferred Insurance Company

   MI    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

BWIS of Nevada, Inc.

   NV    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

Civic Property & Casualty Co.

   CA    Fire Insurance Exchange    80.00

Civic Property & Casualty Co.

   CA    Truck Insurance Exchange    20.00

Coast National General Agency, Inc.

   TX    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

Coast National Holding Company

   CA    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00

Coast National Insurance Company

   CA    Coast National Holding Company    100.00

Exact Property & Casualty Co.

   CA    Fire Insurance Exchange    80.00

Exact Property & Casualty Co.

   CA    Truck Insurance Exchange    20.00

Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC

   NV    FFS Holding, LLC    100.00

Farmers Group, Inc.

   NV    Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.    87.90

Farmers Group, Inc.

   NV    Zurich Financial Services Ltd.    10.38

Farmers Group, Inc.

   NV    Zurich RegCaps II, V and VI    1.73

Farmers Insurance Co. of Arizona

   AZ    Farmers Insurance Exchange    70.00

 

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Domicile

  

Ownership

  

%

Farmers Insurance Co. of Arizona    AZ    Truck Insurance Exchange    20.00
Farmers Insurance Co. of Arizona    AZ    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00
Farmers Insurance Co. of Idaho    ID    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00
Farmers Insurance Co. of Idaho    ID    Truck Insurance Exchange    13.30
Farmers Insurance Co. of Idaho    ID    Fire Insurance Exchange    6.70
Farmers Insurance Co. of Oregon    OR    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00
Farmers Insurance Co. of Oregon    OR    Truck Insurance Exchange    20.00
Farmers Insurance Co. of Washington    WA    Fire Insurance Exchange    80.00
Farmers Insurance Co. of Washington    WA    Truck Insurance Exchange    20.00
Farmers Insurance Co., Inc.    KS    Farmers Insurance Exchange    90.00
Farmers Insurance Co., Inc.    KS    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00
Farmers Insurance Exchange    CA    Interinsurance Exchange   
Farmers Insurance Hawaii, Inc.    HI    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00
Farmers Insurance Hawaii, Inc.    HI    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00
Farmers Insurance Hawaii, Inc.    HI    Truck Insurance Exchange    10.00
Farmers Insurance of Columbus, Inc.    OH    Farmers Insurance Exchange    100.00
Farmers New Century Insurance Company    IL    Illinois Farmers Insurance Co.    100.00
Farmers Reinsurance Company    CA    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00
Farmers Services Corporation    NV    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00
Farmers Services Insurance Agency    CA    Truck Insurance Exchange    100.00
Farmers Texas County Mutual Insurance Company    TX    County Mutual Company   
Farmers Value Added, Inc.    NV    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00
FCOA, LLC    DE    Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, MI    100.00
FFS Holding, LLC    NV    Mid Century Ins. Co.    100.00
F.I.G. Holding Company    CA    Fire Underwriters Association    70.00
F.I.G. Holding Company    CA    Truck Underwriters Association    30.00
FIG Leasing Company, Inc.    CA    Farmers Group, Inc.    95.20
FIG Leasing Company, Inc.    CA    Truck Underwriters Association    3.10
FIG Leasing Company, Inc.    CA    Fire Underwriters Association    1.70
Fire Insurance Exchange    CA    Interinsurance Exchange   
Fire Underwriters Association    CA    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00
Foremost Affiliated Insurance Services, Inc.    MI    FCOA, LLC    100.00
Foremost County Mutual Insurance Company    TX    County Mutual Company   
Foremost Express Insurance Agency, Inc.    MI    FCOA, LLC    100.00
Foremost Financial Services Corporation    DE    FCOA, LLC    100.00
Foremost Home Services Corporation    MI    FCOA, LLC    100.00

Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids,

Michigan

   MI    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00

Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids,

Michigan

   MI    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00

Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids,

Michigan

   MI    Truck Insurance Exchange    10.00
Foremost Lloyds of Texas    TX    Lloyds Company   
Foremost Property and Casualty Insurance Company    MI   

Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids,

Michigan

   100.00
Foremost Signature Insurance Company    MI   

Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids,

Michigan

   100.00
GP, LLC    DE    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    100.00
Hawaii Insurance Consultants, Ltd.    HI    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00
Hawaii Insurance Consultants, Ltd.    HI    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00

 

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Company    Domicile    Ownership    %
Hawaii Insurance Consultants, Ltd.    HI    Truck Insurance Exchange    10.00
i21 Insurance Services    CA    21st Century Insurance Group    100.00
Illinois Farmers Insurance Co.    IL    Farmers Insurance Exchange    100.00
Insurance Data Systems, G.P.    FL    GP, LLC    0.10
Insurance Data Systems, G.P.    FL    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    99.90
Knight Agency, Inc.    KY    Foremost Affiliated Insurance Services, Inc.    100.00
Leschi Life Assurance Company    SC    Farmers New World Life Insurance Company    100.00
MI Administrators, LLC    DE    FIG Leasing Company, Inc.    100.00
Mid Century Insurance Company    CA    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00
Mid Century Insurance Company    CA    Fire Insurance Exchange    12.50
Mid Century Insurance Company    CA    Truck Insurance Exchange    7.50
Mid Century Insurance Company of Texas    TX    Farmers Insurance Exchange    100.00
Neighborhood Spirit Property & Casualty Co.    CA    Fire Insurance Exchange    80.00
Neighborhood Spirit Property & Casualty Co.    CA    Truck Insurance Exchange    20.00
21st Century Security Insurance Company    PA    Farmers Insurance Exchange    80.00
21st Century Security Insurance Company    PA    Fire Insurance Exchange    10.00
21st Century Security Insurance Company    PA    Truck Insurance Exchange    10.00
Pacific Way Insurance Agency, Inc.    WA    Foremost Affiliated Insurance Services, Inc.    100.00
Prematic Service Corporation    CA    Truck Underwriters Association    53.00
Prematic Service Corporation    CA    Farmers Group, Inc.    38.00
Prematic Service Corporation    CA    Fire Underwriters Association    9.00
Prematic Service Corporation    NV    Prematic Service Corporation (CA)    100.00
Security National Insurance Company    FL    Bristol West Holdings, Inc.    75.00
Security National Insurance Company    FL    Insurance Data Systems, G.P.    25.00
Sunrise Insurance Agency of Arizona, Inc.    AZ    Foremost Affiliated Insurance Services, Inc.    100.00
Sunrise Insurance Agency of Texas, Inc.    TX    Foremost Affiliated Insurance Services, Inc.    100.00
Sunrise Insurance Agency, Inc.    NV    Foremost Affiliated Insurance Services, Inc.    100.00
Texas Farmers Insurance Co.    TX    Farmers Insurance Exchange    86.30
Texas Farmers Insurance Co.    TX    Mid Century Ins. Co.    13.70
Truck Insurance Exchange    CA    Interinsurance Exchange   
Truck Underwriters Association    CA    Farmers Group, Inc.    100.00
Veyond Pacific Technology, Inc.    HI    Veyond Pacific Technology Solutions, LLC    100.00
Veyond Pacific Technology Solutions, LLC    HI    Farmers Insurance Hawaii, Inc.    99.92
Veyond Pacific Technology Solutions, LLC    HI    American Pacific Insurance Company, Inc.    0.08
Veyond Technology Solutions, LLC    HI    Farmers Insurance Hawaii, Inc.    92.50
Veyond Technology Solutions, LLC    HI    American Pacific Insurance Company, Inc.    7.50
Veyond Technology, Inc.    HI    Veyond Technology Solutions, LLC    100.00
Western Star Underwriters, Inc.    TX    FCOA, Inc.    100.00

Zurich Financial Services conducts its primary insurance operations in the United States through two property/casualty groups, each operating INDEPENDENTLY with its own staff:

Zurich U.S. Insurance Group

Farmers Insurance Group

 

Item 29. Indemnification

 

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Under its By-Laws, Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, to the full extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act, 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 of Farmers, as provided below.

By-Laws of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (as amended July 15, 2010)

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES

SECTION 58.                         Indemnification. (a) Each person who acts as a Director, Officer or employee of the Corporation shall be indemnified by the Corporation for all sums which he or she becomes obligated to pay (including counsel fees, expenses and court costs actually and necessarily incurred by him or her) in connection with any action, suit or proceeding in which he or she is made a party by reason of his being, or having been a Director, Officer, or employee of the Corporation, except in relation to matters as to which he or she shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding to be liable for bad faith or misconduct in the performance of his or her duties as such Director, Officer or employee, and except any sum paid to the Corporation in settlement of an action, suit or proceeding based upon bad faith or misconduct in the performance of his or her duties.

(b) The right of indemnification in this article provided shall inure to each Director, Officer and employee of the Corporation, whether or not he or she is such Director, Officer or employee at the time he or she shall become obligated to pay such sums, and whether or not the claim asserted against him or her is based on matters which predate the adoption of this article; and in the event of his or her death shall extend to his or her legal representatives. Each person who shall act as a Director, Officer or employee of the Corporation shall be deemed to be doing so in reliance upon such right of indemnification; and such right shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which any such person may be entitled, under any By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders, or otherwise.

(c) The Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting at a meeting at which a majority of the quorum is unaffected by self-interest (notwithstanding that other members of the quorum present but not voting may be so affected), shall determine the propriety and reasonableness of any indemnity claimed under this article, and such determination shall be final and conclusive. If, however, a majority of a quorum of the Board of Directors which is unaffected by self-interest and willing to act is not obtainable, the Board of Directors in its discretion may appoint from among the stockholders who are not Directors or Officers or employees of the Corporation, a committee of two (2) or more persons to consider and determine any such question, and the determination of such committee shall be final and conclusive.

RULE 484 UNDERTAKING

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 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 30. Principal Underwriter

(a) Other Activity. Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC (“FFS”) is the principal underwriter for the Policies. FFS is also the principal underwriter for Farmers Annuity Separate Account A.

(b) Management. The following information is furnished with respect to the officers and directors of FFS:

 

Name and Principal Business Address

  

Positions and Offices with FFS

C. Paul Patsis 2    Chairman of the Board
Donald K. Mealer 1    President, Director
Thomas D. Brown4    Director
Jerry J. Carnahan5    Director
Donnell Reid3    Director
Joseph Conversino1    Assistant Vice President
Bardea C. Huppert1    Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Steven K. Klein1    Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
Steven A. Muramoto1    Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Doren E. Hohl2    Secretary

 

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1 

The principal business address is 30801 Agoura Road, Bldg. 1, Agoura Hills, California 91301.

2 

The principal business address is 4680 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90010.

3 

The principal business address is 1281 Pinrun Dr., Ballwin, Missouri 63011.

4 

The principal business address is 2525 E. Euclid, #214, Des Moines, IA 50317.

5 

The principal business address is 3003 77th Ave. SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040.

(c) Compensation from the Registrant. The following commissions and other compensation were received by the 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

FFS   N/A   N/A   $ 8,650,398   $ 2,183,421

Other Compensation. FFS’ sales representatives and their managers are eligible for various cash benefits, such as production incentive bonuses, insurance benefits and financing arrangements.

 

Item 31. Location of Accounts and Records

All accounts and records required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules thereunder (including Rule 38a-1) are maintained by Farmers New World Life Insurance Company at 3003 77 th Avenue, S.E., Mercer Island, Washington 98040, at 2500 Farmers Way, Columbus, OH 43235, and at McCamish Systems, LLC, Insurance Administrators, 6425 Powers Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30339.

 

Item 32. Management Services

All management contracts are discussed in Part A or Part B.

 

Item 33. Fee Representation

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under the Policy, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Farmers New World Life Insurance Company.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, Farmers Variable Life Separate Account A certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to its registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Mercer Island, and the State of Washington, on the 29th day of April, 2011.

 

        FARMERS VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT A
    (Registrant)
Attest:   /s/ Patrick J. Carty   By:   /s/ Katherine P. Cody
         
  Patrick J. Carty     Katherine P. Cody
 

Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

   

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

    FARMERS NEW WORLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
    (Depositor)
Attest:   /s/ Patrick J. Carty   By:   /s/ Katherine P. Cody
         
  Patrick J. Carty     Katherine P. Cody
 

Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

   

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Farmers New World Life Insurance Company

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

  Signature

   Title

  *

  
  Paul N. Hopkins    Director and Chairman of the Board

  *

  
  Jerry J. Carnahan   

Director and President, Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

  *

  
  Joachim Masur    Director

  /s/ Katherine P. Cody

  
  Katherine P. Cody   

Director and Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  *

  
  David J. Dietz    Director

  *

  
  Gary R. Severson    Director

  *

  
  Stanley R. Smith    Director

  *

  
  John F. Sullivan, Jr.    Director

  /s/ Katherine P. Cody

  
  Katherine P. Cody    Attorney-In-Fact

 

  * Pursuant to Power of Attorney previous filed or filed herewith.


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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit (k)(1) Opinion of Patrick J. Carty, Esquire

Exhibit (n)(1) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP