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Diversified International Account (Prospectus Summary) | Diversified International Account
Diversified International Account
Objective:
The Account seeks long-term growth of capital.
Fees and Expenses of the Account
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the Account. These fees and expenses do not reflect the fees and
expenses of any variable insurance contract that may invest in the Account and
would be higher if they did.
Annual Account Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses Diversified International Account
Class 1
Class 2
Management Fees 0.82% 0.82%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees    0.25%
Other Expenses 0.07% 0.07%
Total Annual Account Operating Expenses 0.89% 1.14%
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the
Account with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Account for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The
Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the
Account's operating expenses remain the same. If separate account expenses and
contract level expenses were included, expenses would be higher. Although your
actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would
be:
Expense Example Diversified International Account (USD $)
Expense Example, With Redemption, 1 Year
Expense Example, With Redemption, 3 Years
Expense Example, With Redemption, 5 Years
Expense Example, With Redemption, 10 Years
Class 1
91 284 493 1,096
Class 2
116 362 628 1,386
Portfolio Turnover
The Account pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in
annual Account operating expenses or in the example, affect the Account's
performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Account's portfolio
turnover rate was 68.5% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Account invests primarily in equity securities of companies domiciled in any
of the nations of the world, including those in countries with emerging markets,
which are:

· companies with their principal place of business or principal office outside   
   the U.S. or                                                                    

· companies whose principal securities trading market is outside the U.S.

The Account has no limitation on the percentage of assets that are invested in
any one country or denominated in any one currency, but the Account typically
invests in at least 30 countries. Primary consideration is given to securities
of corporations of developed areas, such as Western Europe, Canada, and
Australasia; however, the Account may also invest in emerging market securities.
The Account will invest in equity securities of small, medium, and large
capitalization companies.
Principal Risks
The Account may be an appropriate investment for investors seeking long-term
growth of capital in markets outside of the U.S., including emerging markets,
who are able to assume the increased risks of higher price volatility and
currency fluctuations associated with investments in international equity
securities which trade in non-U.S. currencies.

The value of your investment in the Account changes with the value of the
Account's investments. Many factors affect that value, and it is possible to
lose money by investing in the Account. An investment in the Account is not a
deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks of
investing in the Account, in alphabetical order, are:
  
Currency Risk.  Risks of investing in securities denominated in, or that trade
in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies include changes in foreign exchange rates and
foreign exchange restrictions.

Emerging Market Risk. Investments in emerging market countries may have more
risk than those in developed market countries because the emerging markets are
less developed and more illiquid. Emerging market countries can also be subject
to increased social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can
be extremely volatile.

Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities (common, convertible preferred stocks
and other securities whose values are tied to the price of stocks, such as
rights, warrants and convertible debt securities) could decline in value if the
issuer's financial condition declines or in response to overall market and
economic conditions. A fund's principal market segment(s), such as large cap,
mid cap or small cap stocks, or growth or value stocks, may underperform other
market segments or the equity markets as a whole. Investments in smaller
companies and mid-size companies may involve greater risk and price volatility
than investments in larger, more mature companies.

Foreign Securities Risk. The risks of foreign securities include loss of value
as a result of: political or economic instability; nationalization,
expropriation or confiscatory taxation; settlement delays; and limited
government regulation (including less stringent reporting, accounting, and
disclosure standards than are required of U.S. companies).

Risk of Being an Underlying Fund. An underlying fund of a fund of funds may
experience relatively large redemptions or investments as the fund of funds
periodically reallocates or rebalances its assets. These transactions may cause
the underlying fund to sell portfolio securities to meet such redemptions, or to
invest cash from such investments, at times it would not otherwise do so, and
may as a result increase transaction costs and adversely affect underlying fund
performance.
Performance
The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in
the Account by showing changes in the Account's performance from year to year
and by showing how the Account's average annual returns for 1, 5, and 10 years
(or, if shorter, the life of the Account) compare with those of one or more
broad measures of market performance. Past performance is not necessarily an
indication of how the Account will perform in the future. Performance figures
for the Accounts do not include any separate account expenses, cost of
insurance, or other contract-level expenses; total returns for the Accounts
would be lower if such expenses were included.

Performance of the Class 2 shares for periods prior to inception of the class
reflects performance of the Class 1 shares, which have the same investments as
Class 2 shares, but has been adjusted downward to reflect the higher expenses of
Class 2 shares.

Effective June 30, 2011, the benchmark changed. The Investment Advisor and
Sub-Advisor believe the MSCI EAFE Index NDTR D is more widely used for funds in
the foreign large blend category than the MSCI ACWI Ex-US Index.
Calendar Year Total Returns (%) as of 12/31 each year (Class 1 Shares)
Bar Chart
Highest return for a quarter during the period of the bar              
chart above:                                                    Q2 '09    21.14%
Lowest return for a quarter during the period of the bar               
chart above:                                                    Q3 '08   -24.01%
Average Annual Total Returns (%) For the periods ended December 31, 2011
Average Annual Total Returns Diversified International Account
Average Annual Returns, Label
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Class 1
Diversified International - Class 1 (11.17%) (4.39%) 5.46% May 02, 1994
Class 2
Diversified International - Class 2 (11.36%) (4.64%) 5.21% Jan. 08, 2007
MSCI - EAFE Index NDTR D
MSCI EAFE Index NDTR D (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) (12.14%) (4.72%) 4.67%  
MSCI ACWI Ex-US Index
MSCI ACWI Ex-US Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) (13.71%) (2.92%) 6.31%