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International Growth and Income Fund (First Prospectus Summary) | International Growth and Income Fund
INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME FUND(SM)
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The fund's investment objective is to provide you with long-term growth of
capital while providing current income.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and
hold an interest in Class 1 shares of the fund. It does not reflect insurance
contract fees and expenses. If insurance contract fees and expenses were
reflected, expenses shown would be higher.
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
International Growth and Income Fund
Class 1
Management fee 0.69%
Other expenses 0.04%
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.73%
EXAMPLE
The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
Class 1 shares of the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem your shares at the end of the periods. The example
also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund's
operating expenses remain the same. The example does not reflect insurance
contract expenses. If insurance contract expenses were reflected, expenses
shown would be higher.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
Expense Example (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
International Growth and Income Fund Class 1
75 233 406 906
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
The fund 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 and may result in higher taxes when fund
shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in
annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment
results. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate
was 48% of the average value of its portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The fund invests primarily in stocks of larger, well-established companies
domiciled outside of the United States, including in emerging and developing
countries, that the investment adviser believes have the potential for growth
and/or to pay dividends. The fund currently intends to invest at least 90% of
its assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States and
whose securities are primarily listed on exchanges outside the United States.
The fund therefore expects to be invested in numerous countries outside the
United States. Although the fund focuses on investments in medium to larger
capitalization comapnies, the fund's investments are not limited to a
particular capitalization size.
  
The fund is designed for investors seeking both capital appreciation and
income. In pursuing its objective, the fund focuses on stocks of companies with
strong earnings that pay dividends. The fund's investment adviser believes that
these stocks will be more resistant to market declines than stocks of companies
that do not pay dividends.

The investment adviser uses a system of multiple portfolio counselors in
managing the fund's assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the fund is
divided into segments managed by individual counselors who decide how their
respective segments will be invested.

The fund relies on the professional judgment of its investment adviser to
make decisions about the fund's portfolio investments. The basic investment
philosophy of the investment adviser is to seek to invest in attractively
valued companies that, in its opinion, represent good, long-term investment
opportunities. The investment adviser believes that an important way to
accomplish this is through fundamental analysis, which may include meeting
with company executives and employees, suppliers, customers and competitors.
Securities may be sold when the investment adviser believes that they no longer
represent relatively attractive investment opportunities.
PRINCIPAL RISKS
THIS SECTION DESCRIBES THE PRINCIPAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES.

YOU MAY LOSE MONEY BY INVESTING IN THE FUND. THE LIKELIHOOD OF LOSS MAY BE GREATER
IF YOU INVEST FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.

Investors in the fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to
tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.

MARKET CONDITIONS -- The prices of, and income generated by, the common
stocks and other securities held by the fund may decline due to market conditions
and other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of securities
held by the fund.
  
INVESTING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES -- Securities of issuers domiciled
outside the United States, or with significant operations outside the United States,
may lose value because of political, social, economic or market developments or
instability in the countries or regions in which the issuer operates. These
securities may also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange
rates against the U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Securities
markets in certain countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those
in the United States. Investments outside the United States may also be subject
to different settlement and accounting practices and different regulatory,
legal and reporting standards, and may be more difficult to value, than those
in the United States. The risks of investing outside the United States may be
heightened in connection with investments in emerging and developing countries.

INVESTING IN EMERGING AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- Investing in countries  
with developing economies and/or markets may involve risks in addition to
and greater than those generally associated with investing in developed countries.
For instance, emerging and developing countries may have less developed legal
and accounting systems than those in developed countries. The governments of
these countries may be more unstable and more likely to impose capital
controls, nationalize a company or industry, place restrictions on foreign
ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country,
and/or impose punitive taxes that could adversely affect the prices of
securities. In addition, the economies of these countries may be dependent on
relatively few industries that are more susceptible to local and global
changes. Securities markets in these countries can also be relatively small and
have substantially lower trading volumes. As a result, securities issued in
these countries may be more volatile and less liquid, and may be more difficult
to value, than securities issued in countries with more developed economies or
markets. Additionally, because these markets may not be as mature, there may be
increased settlement risks for transactions in local securities.

INVESTING IN INCOME-ORIENTED STOCKS -- Income provided by the fund may
be reduced by changes in the dividend policies of, and the capital resources
available at, the companies in which the fund invests.
  
INVESTING IN GROWTH-ORIENTED STOCKS -- Growth-oriented stocks may involve
larger price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of
investments.
  
MANAGEMENT -- The investment adviser to the fund actively manages the fund's
investments. Consequently, the fund is subject to the risk that the methods and
analyses employed by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the
desired results. This could cause the fund to lose value or its investment
results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.
  
Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, entity or person.
INVESTMENT RESULTS
The following information shows how the investment results of the Class 1
shares of the fund have varied from year to year and how the fund's average
annual total returns for various periods compare with different broad measures
of market performance. This information provides some indication of the risks
of investing in the fund. The fund has selected the MSCI All Country World ex
USA Index to replace the MSCI World ex USA Index as its broad-based securities
market index. The fund's investment adviser believes that the MSCI All Country
World ex USA Index better reflects the market sectors and securities in which
the fund primarily invests than the MSCI World ex USA Index. The Lipper
International Funds Index includes mutual funds that disclose investment
objectives and/or strategies reasonably comparable to those of the fund. Past
results are not predictive of future results. Figures shown reflect fees and
expenses associated with an investment in the fund, but do not reflect
insurance contract fees and expenses. If insurance contract fees and expenses
were included, results would have been lower.
The following information shows how the investment results of the Class 1
shares of the fund have varied from year to year and how the fund's average
annual total returns for various periods compare with different broad measures
of market performance.
Calendar year total returns.
Bar Chart
The fund's highest/lowest quarterly results during this time period were:
  
HIGHEST   22.63% (quarter ended June 30, 2009)
LOWEST   -17.46% (quarter ended September 30, 2011)
For periods ended December 31, 2011: AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
Average Annual Total Returns International Growth and Income Fund
Average Annual Returns, Label
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Class 1
INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME FUND (8.51%) 14.01% Nov. 18, 2008
Lipper International Funds Index
Lipper International Funds Index (reflects no deduction for sales charges, account fees or taxes) (14.48%) 11.85% Nov. 18, 2008
MSCI All Country World ex USA Index
MSCI All Country World ex USA Index (reflects no deduction for sales charges, account fees, expenses or taxes) (13.33%) 13.98% Nov. 18, 2008
MSCI World ex USA Index
MSCI World ex USA Index (reflects no deduction for sales charges, account fees, expenses or taxes) (11.78%) 11.60% Nov. 18, 2008