As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2007

Registration Nos. 333-            

811-05068

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-6

REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.     

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No.     

Farm Bureau Life Variable Account

(Exact Name of Registrant)

Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company

(Name of Depositor)

5400 University Avenue

West Des Moines, Iowa 50266

(515) 225-5400

(Address and Telephone Number of Principal Executive Office)

Richard J. Kypta, Esquire

5400 University Avenue

West Des Moines, Iowa 50266

(Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process)

Copy to:

Stephen E. Roth, Esquire

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2415

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 (check appropriate box)

¨ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 

¨ on May 1, 2007 pursuant to paragraph (b)

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

¨ on May 1, 2007 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: Variable Universal Life Insurance Policies

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.

Farm Bureau Life Variable Account

VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE POLICY

PROSPECTUS

May 1, 2008

Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company (“Farm Bureau,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is offering a variable universal life insurance policy (the “Policy”) described in this Prospectus. Farm Bureau designed the Policy: (1) to provide insurance protection to age 121; and (2) to permit the purchaser of a Policy (“you” or “your”) to vary premium payments and adjust the death proceeds payable under the Policy.

While the Policy is in force, we will pay:

· death benefit proceeds upon the Insured’s death, and

· a Net Surrender Value or Net Accumulated Value upon complete surrender or partial withdrawal of the Policy.

You may allocate premiums to one or more of the Subaccounts available under the Policy. Death benefit proceeds may, and Accumulated Value will, vary with the investment performance of the Farm Bureau Life Variable Account (the “Variable Account”). Each Subaccount invests exclusively in shares of the Investment Options listed below. Current prospectuses that describe the investment objectives and risks of each Investment Option must accompany or precede this Prospectus.

Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust International Fund—Class A Mid Cap Value Fund—Class B Small Cap Value Fund—Class B Small Company Growth Fund—Class B DWS Investments VIT Funds DWS Global Opportunities VIP DWS Variable Series II DWS Global Thematic VIP EquiTrust Variable Insurance Series Fund Blue Chip Portfolio—Service Class High Grade Bond Portfolio—Service Class Managed Portfolio—Service Class Money Market Portfolio—Service Class Strategic Yield Portfolio—Service Class Value Growth Portfolio—Service Class Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Funds Contrafund Portfolio—Service Class 2 Growth Portfolio—Service Class 2 High Income Portfolio—Service Class 2 Index 500 Portfolio—Service Class 2 Mid Cap Portfolio—Service Class 2 Real Estate Portfolio—Service Class 2 Franklin Templeton Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund—Class 2 Franklin U.S. Government Fund—Class 2 Mutual Shares Securities Fund—Class 2 Templeton Global Income Securities—Class 2 JPMorgan Insurance Trust Diversified Mid Cap Growth Fund Intrepid Growth Fund Intrepid Mid Cap Fund Small Cap Equity Fund 2 Summit Pinnacle Series Nasdaq—100 Index Portfolio Russell 2000 Small Cap Index Portfolio—Class 2 S&P MidCap 400 Index Portfolio—Class 2 EAFE International Index Portfolio—Class 2 T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc. Equity Income Portfolio New America Growth Portfolio Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolio T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc. International Stock Portfolio

You may also allocate premiums to the Declared Interest Option, which is supported by our General Account. We credit amounts allocated to the Declared Interest Option with at least a 3% annual interest rate.

Please note that the Policies and Investment Options are not bank deposits, are not federally insured, are not guaranteed to achieve their goals and are subject to risks, including loss of the amount invested. We do not guarantee the amount and/or duration of insurance coverage under the Policy.

This Prospectus provides basic information that you should know before purchasing the Policy. You should consider the Policy in conjunction with other insurance you own. 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 maintenance of this Policy through a loan or through withdrawals from another policy. Please consult your registered representative or financial adviser.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved these securities or determined that this Prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Please read this Prospectus carefully and retain it for future reference.

Issued By:

Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company

5400 University Avenue

West Des Moines, Iowa 50266

(800) 247-4170

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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POLICY BENEFITS/RISKS SUMMARY	3
Policy Benefits	3
Policy Risks	5
Portfolio Risks	7
FEE TABLES	8
FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT	16
Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company	16
IMSA	16
The Variable Account	16
Investment Options	16
Addition, Deletion or Substitution of Investments	23
THE POLICY	24
Purchasing the Policy	24
Premiums	24
Examination of Policy (Cancellation Privilege)	26
Policy Lapse and Reinstatement	26
POLICY BENEFITS	28
Accumulated Value Benefits	28
Transfers	31
Loan Benefits	34
Death Proceeds	36
Accelerated Payments of Death Proceeds	38
Benefits at Maturity	38
CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS	38
Monthly Deduction	38
Transfer Charge	41
Partial Withdrawal Fee	41
Surrender Charge	41
Variable Account Charges	42
THE DECLARED INTEREST OPTION	43
Transfers, Partial Withdrawals, Surrenders and Policy Loans	43
ADDITIONAL INSURANCE BENEFITS	43
Accelerated Payments of Death Proceeds	45
GENERAL PROVISIONS	46
Change of Provisions	46
Ownership	46
The Beneficiary	46
Change of Address	46
DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES	46
FEDERAL TAX MATTERS	48
Introduction	48
Tax Status of the Policy	48
Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits	48
Possible Tax Law Changes	52
Taxation of the Company	53

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	53
Voting Rights	53
Electronic Transactions	53
Postponement of Payments	54
Legal Proceedings	54
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	55
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	55
GLOSSARY	G-1
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS	SAI-TOC

The Policy is not available in all States.

This Prospectus constitutes an offering only in those jurisdictions where such offering may lawfully be made.

Farm Bureau has not authorized any dealer, salesman or other person to give any information or make any representations in connection with this offering other than those contained in this Prospectus. Do not rely on any such other information or representations.

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POLICY BENEFITS/RISKS SUMMARY

This summary describes the Policy’s important benefits and risks. The sections in the Prospectus following this summary discuss the Policy’s benefits and other provisions in more detail. The Glossary at the end of the Prospectus defines certain words and phrases used in this Prospectus.

POLICY BENEFITS

Your Policy is a variable universal life insurance policy that provides life insurance protection in the event of the death of the Insured. The death benefit proceeds payable to the Beneficiary may, and your Accumulated Value under the Policy will, vary based on the investment performance of the Subaccounts you choose and the amount of interest credited in the Declared Interest Option. You may make withdrawals and loans from your Accumulated Value under the Policy subject to certain conditions described in this Prospectus. You may surrender your Policy at any time, however, a surrender charge may apply.

Death Benefit

· Death Benefit Proceeds: We pay the death benefit (less any Policy Debt plus any unearned loan interest and any premiums paid after the date of death) to the Beneficiary when the Insured dies. We will increase the death benefit by the amount of any additional insurance provided by optional benefit rider(s).

· Death Benefit Options: You may choose between two death benefit options under the Policy. After the first Policy Year, you may change death benefit options and the Specified Amount (which is the amount of insurance you select) while the Policy is in force. Changing the death benefit option or Specified Amount may have tax consequences. We calculate the amount available under each death benefit option monthly and as of the Insured’s date of death.

· Increasing Death Benefit Option is equal to the greater of: (1) the sum of the current Specified Amount and the Accumulated Value; or (2) the Accumulated Value multiplied by a specified amount factor for the Insured’s Attained Age, as set forth in the Policy (referred to hereinafter as the “Corridor Death Benefit”).

· Level Death Benefit Option is equal to the greater of: (1) the current Specified Amount; or (2) the Corridor Death Benefit.

· Living Benefit (Accelerated Death Benefit) Rider: Under the living benefit rider, which is available at no charge, you may receive accelerated payment of part of your death benefit if the Insured develops a terminal illness. Requesting an accelerated benefit payment under this rider may have tax consequences.

Surrenders, Partial Withdrawals, Transfers and Policy Loans

· Surrenders: At any time while your Policy is in force, you may make a written request to us at our Home Office to surrender your Policy and receive the Net Surrender Value. The Net Surrender Value is the Surrender Value less any Policy Debt plus any unearned loan interest. A surrender may have tax consequences.

· Partial Withdrawals: At any time while your Policy is in force, you may make a written request to withdraw part of the Net Surrender Value. The partial withdrawal must be at least $500 and may not exceed the lesser of Net Surrender Value less $500 or 90% of Net Surrender Value (unless a higher percentage is permitted in your state). Partial withdrawals may have tax consequences.

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· Transfers: Subject to certain limitations, you may transfer amounts among the Subaccounts an unlimited number of times in a Policy Year. The initial transfer in each Policy Year will be completed without charge. We may assess a $10 charge for each transfer after the first transfer in a Policy Year. (The Company has extended this privilege to allow the first twelve transfers in a Policy Year to be completed without charge. The Company may assess a $10 charge for the thirteenth and each subsequent transfer. This privilege may be terminated at any time). You may only make one transfer per Policy Year from the Declared Interest Option to the Variable Account.

· Loans: You may take a loan from your Policy at any time. The maximum loan amount you may take is 90% of the Net Surrender Value of the Policy at the end of the Valuation Period during which we receive your request for a loan (unless a higher percentage is permitted in your state). We assess interest on the balance of any outstanding policy loan. The rate of interest we charge, the loan interest rate, is an annual fixed rate of interest that we determine at the time we issue the Policy. We may assess a loan interest rate of up to 7.4%, as described under “POLICY BENEFITS—Loan Benefits—Loan Interest Charged” on page 37. We credit interest on amounts transferred from the Variable Account and held as security for the loan at an effective annual rate equal to the greater of 3% or the current effective loan interest rate minus no more than 3%, as determined by the Company. After the tenth Policy Year, we may allow you to take a loan in an amount equal to or less than the gain under the Policy with a net annual interest rate of 0%. Loans may have tax consequences.

Premiums

· Flexibility of Premiums: After you pay the initial premium, you may pay subsequent premiums at any time (prior to the Maturity Date) and in any amount (although we reserve the right to require a minimum of $100), subject to a certain maximum. You may select a premium payment plan to pay premiums monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. You are not required to pay premiums according to the plan.

· Cancellation Privilege: When you receive your Policy, the free-look period begins. You may return your Policy during this period and receive a refund. We will refund an amount equal to the greater of: (1) the premiums paid; or (2) the Accumulated Value on the Business Day we receive the Policy at our Home Office plus any charges deducted. The free-look period expires at midnight on the 30th day after you receive the Policy. This period will be longer if required by state law.

The Policy

· Ownership Rights: While the Insured is living, you, as the owner of the Policy, may exercise all of the rights and options described in the Policy. These rights include selecting and changing the Beneficiary (subject to the rights of any irrevocable beneficiary), changing the Policyowner and assigning the Policy. Changing the Policyowner or assigning the Policy may have tax consequences.

· Variable Account: You may direct the money in your Policy to any of the Subaccounts of the Variable Account available under the Policy. Each Subaccount invests exclusively in one of the Investment Options listed on the first page of this Prospectus.

· Declared Interest Option: You may place money in the Declared Interest Option where it is guaranteed to earn at least 3% annual interest. We may declare higher rates of interest, but are not obligated to do so.

· Accumulated Value: Accumulated Value is the sum of the values of your Policy in the Subaccounts and the Declared Interest Option. Accumulated Value varies from day to day

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depending on the investment performance of the Subaccounts you choose, interest we credit to

the Declared Interest Option, charges we deduct and any other transactions (e.g., transfers, partial withdrawals and loans). We do not guarantee a minimum Accumulated Value for amounts in the subaccounts.

· Payment Options: There are several ways of receiving proceeds under the death benefit, surrender, partial withdrawal and maturity provisions of the Policy, other than in a lump sum. None of the available payment options vary with the investment performance of the Variable Account. Other options may be available. More detailed information concerning these payment options is available on request from our Home Office.

Supplemental Benefits and Riders

We generally deduct any monthly charges for optional benefit riders from Accumulated Value as part of the monthly deduction. Your registered representative can help you determine whether any of these riders are suitable for you. These riders may not be available in all states. Please contact us for further details. See “ADDITIONAL INSURANCE BENEFITS” for a description of each rider available under the Policy.

POLICY RISKS

Investment Risk

If you invest your Accumulated Value in one or more Subaccounts, you will be subject to the risk that the investment performance of the Subaccounts will be unfavorable and that, due both to the unfavorable performance and the resulting higher insurance charges, the Accumulated Value will decrease. You will also be subject to the risk that the investment performance of the Subaccounts you select may be less favorable than that of other Subaccounts. In order to keep the Policy in force, you may be required to pay more premiums than originally planned. You could lose everything you invest.

If you allocate premiums to the Declared Interest Option, we will credit your Accumulated Value (in the Declared Interest Option) with a declared rate of interest. However, you assume the risk that the rate may decrease, although it will never be lower than the guaranteed annual rate of 3%.

Risk of Lapse

If your Net Surrender Value during the first ten Policy Years is not enough to pay the charges deducted each month, your Policy may enter a 61-day Grace Period. We will notify you that the Policy will lapse (terminate without value) at the end of the Grace Period unless you make a sufficient payment. Your Policy will generally not lapse at the end of a Grace Period if you make a premium payment that will be at least equal to three times the monthly charges under the Policy immediately preceding the Grace Period. You may reinstate a lapsed Policy subject to certain conditions.

Tax Risks

In order to qualify as a life insurance contract for federal income tax purposes and receive the tax treatment normally accorded life insurance contracts under federal tax law, a life insurance policy must satisfy certain requirements which are set forth in the Internal Revenue Code. Guidance as to how these requirements are to be applied is limited. Nevertheless, we believe that a Policy issued on the basis of a standard rate class should satisfy the applicable requirements. There is less guidance, however, with respect to a Policy issued on a substandard basis (i.e., an underwriting class involving higher than standard mortality risk.) It is not clear whether such a Policy will in all cases satisfy the applicable requirements, particularly if you pay the full amount of premiums permitted under the

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Policy. Assuming that a Policy qualifies as a life insurance contract for federal income tax purposes, you should not be deemed to be in constructive receipt of Accumulated Value under a Policy until there is a distribution from the Policy. Moreover, death benefits payable under a Policy generally should be excludable from the gross income of the Beneficiary. As a result, the Beneficiary generally should not be taxed on these proceeds.

Depending on the total amount of premiums you pay, the Policy may be treated as a modified endowment contract (“MEC”) under federal tax laws. If a Policy is treated as a MEC, any surrenders, partial withdrawals and loans under the 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 surrenders, partial withdrawals and loans taken before you reach age 59 ¹/2. If the Policy is not a MEC, distributions generally will be treated first as a return of basis or investment in the contract and then as taxable income. Moreover, loans will generally not be treated as distributions. However, the tax consequences associated with loans on Policies in force for ten years or more is unclear. Finally, neither distributions nor loans from a Policy that is not a MEC are subject to the 10% penalty tax.

See “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.” You should consult a qualified tax adviser for assistance in all Policy-related tax matters.

Partial Withdrawal and Surrender Risks

The Surrender Charge under the Policy applies for the first ten Policy Years in the event you surrender your Policy and may be considerable. (The Surrender Charge also applies to an increase in Specified Amount if a surrender occurs within ten Policy Years following the increase in Specified Amount.) It is possible that you will receive no Net Surrender Value if you surrender your Policy in the first few Policy Years. 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 not purchase the Policy if you intend to surrender all or part of the Accumulated Value in the near future. We designed the Policy to meet long-term financial goals. The Policy is not suitable as a short-term investment.

Even if you do not ask to surrender your Policy, Surrender Charges may play a role in determining whether your Policy will lapse (terminate without value), because Surrender Charges affect the Net Surrender Value which is a measure we use to determine whether your Policy will enter a Grace Period (and possibly lapse). “See Risk of Lapse” above.

Partial withdrawals must be at least $500 and may not exceed the lesser of (1) the Net Surrender Value less $500; or (2) 90% of the Net Surrender Value. Partial withdrawals are assessed a charge equal to the lesser of $25 or 2% of the Accumulated Value withdrawn.

A partial withdrawal or surrender may have tax consequences.

Policy Loan Risks

A Policy Loan, whether or not repaid, will affect Accumulated Value over time because we subtract the amount of the Policy Loan from the Subaccounts and/or Declared Interest Option as collateral, and this loan collateral does not participate in the investment performance of the Subaccounts or receive any higher interest rate credited to the Declared Interest Option.

We reduce the amount we pay on the Insured’s death by any outstanding Policy Debt. Your Policy may lapse (terminate without value) if Policy Debt plus any unearned loan interest reduces your Net Surrender Value to zero.

If you surrender the Policy or allow it to lapse while a Policy Loan is outstanding, the amount of the loan, to the extent it has not previously been taxed, will be added to any amount you receive and taxed accordingly.

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Risk of An 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 to keep the Policy in force.

PORTFOLIO RISKS

A comprehensive discussion of the risks of each Investment Option may be found in the respective Fund’s prospectus. Please refer to each Fund’s prospectus for more information.

There is no assurance that any Fund will achieve its stated investment objective.

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FEE TABLES

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that are payable when buying, owning and surrendering the Policy.

The first table describes the fees and expenses that are payable at the time you buy the Policy, surrender the Policy or transfer Accumulated Value among the Subaccounts and Declared Interest Option.

Transaction Fees

Charge	When Charge is Deducted	Amount Deducted— Maximum Guaranteed Charge*	Amount Deducted— Current Charge
Partial Withdrawal Fee	Upon partial withdrawal	2% of the Accumulated Value withdrawn, not to exceed $25	2% of the Accumulated Value withdrawn, not to exceed $25
Surrender Charge(1)	Upon a full surrender of your Policy during the first ten Policy Years, and for the first ten Policy Years following an increase in Specified Amount to the extent of the increase
Minimum Charge(2)		$12.96 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase	$12.96 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase
Maximum Charge(3)		$51.10 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase	$51.10 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase
Charge for Male, Attained Age 30, Non-Tobacco in first Policy Year		$20.58 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase	$20.58 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase
Transfer Charge	Upon transfer	First twelve transfers in a Policy Year are free, $10 for each subsequent transfer	First twelve transfers in a Policy Year are free, $10 for each subsequent transfer
Illustrative Report	Upon request for each additional report in a Policy Year	$25 per report	$0 per report

*    We may charge fees and use rates that are lower than the maximum guaranteed charge. Current charges are the fees and rates currently in effect. Any changes in current charges will be prospective and will never exceed the maximum charge.

(1)  The Surrender Charge equals a charge per $1,000 of Specified Amount, and varies based on the Insured’s Issue Age, sex, underwriting class and Policy Year. The Surrender Charge shown in the table may not be representative of the charge you will pay. Your Policy’s data page indicates the Surrender Charge applicable to your Policy. More detailed information concerning your Surrender Charge is available upon request at our Home Office. This charge is assessed during the first ten Policy Years, and during the first ten Policy Years following an increase in Specified Amount to the extent of the increase. The Surrender Charge decreases annually over the Surrender Charge period.

(2)  The minimum shown is the Policy Year Surrender Charge in Policy Years 1-5 for Insureds with the following characteristics: Female, Issue Ages 0, Non-Tobacco.

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(3)  The maximum shown is the Policy Year Surrender Charge in Policy Years 1-5 for Insureds with the following characteristics: Female, Issue Ages 61, Tobacco or Preferred Tobacco.

The next tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time that you own your Policy, not including expenses of each Investment Option.

Periodic Charges

(Other than Investment Option Operating Expenses)

Charge	When Charge is Deducted	Amount Deducted— Maximum Guaranteed Charge	Amount Deducted— Current Charge
Cost of Insurance Charge(4)	Monthly, on the Monthly Deduction Day
Minimum Charge(5)		$0.015 per $1,000 of net amount at risk(7)	$0.013 per $1,000 of net amount at risk
Maximum Charge(6)		$83.333 per $1,000 of net amount at risk	$83.333 per $1,000 of net amount at risk
Charge for Male, Attained Age 30, Non-Tobacco, $250,000 Specified Amount Band		$0.085 per $1,000 of net amount at risk	$0.063 per $1,000 of net amount at risk
Monthly Policy Expense Charge	Monthly, on the Monthly Deduction Day	$15	$10 for first 10 Policy Years, $0 thereafter
Monthly Per $1,000 Charge(8)	Monthly, on the Monthly Deduction Day for the first 10 Policy Years and for the first 10 Policy Years following an increase in Specified Amount to the extent of the increase
Minimum Charge(9)		$0.15 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase	$0.04 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase
Maximum Charge(10)		$0.15 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase	$0.12 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase
Charge for Male, Issue Age 30, $250,000 Specified Amount Band		$0.15 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase	$0.10 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase
Risk Charge	Monthly, on the Monthly Deduction Date	0.12% of average net assets of each Subaccount in which you are invested	0.12% for first 10 Policy Years, and 0.03% thereafter, of average net assets of each Subaccount in which you are invested
Policy Loan Interest Charge	On each Policy Anniversary or earlier as applicable(11)	7.4% (effective annual rate)	5.66% (effective annual rate)

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Periodic Charges

(Optional Benefit Riders Only)

Charge(12)	When Charge is Deducted	Amount Deducted— Maximum Guaranteed Charge	Amount Deducted— Current Charge
Universal Cost of Living Increase Rider	Monthly, on the Monthly Deduction Day
Minimum Charge(13)		$0.0008 per $1,000 of Specified Amount	$0.0008 per $1,000 of Specified Amount
Maximum Charge(14)		$4.9992 per $1,000 of Specified Amount	$4.9992 per $1,000 of Specified Amount
Charge for Male, Attained Age 30, Non-Tobacco		$0.0050 per $1,000 of Specified Amount	$0.0050 per $1,000 of Specified Amount
Universal Waiver of Charges Rider(15)	Monthly, on the Monthly Deduction Day
Minimum Charge(16)		4.6% of cost of insurance charge	4.6% of cost of insurance charge
Maximum Charge(17)		29.0% of cost of insurance charge	29.0% of cost of insurance charge
Charge for Male, Attained Age 30, Non-Tobacco		4.8% of cost of insurance charge	4.8% of cost of insurance charge
Universal Children’s Term Life Insurance Rider	Monthly, on the Monthly Deduction Day	$0.25 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount	$0.25 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Universal Guaranteed Insurability Option Rider	Monthly, on the Monthly Deduction Day
Minimum Charge(18)		$0.01 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount	$0.01 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Maximum Charge(19)		$0.14 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount	$0.14 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Charge for Male, Attained Age 0, Non-Tobacco		$0.01 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount	$0.01 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Universal Convertible Term Life Insurance Rider	Monthly, on the Monthly Deduction Day
Minimum Charge(20)		$0.130 per $1000 of rider coverage amount	$0.068 per $1000 of rider coverage amount
Maximum Charge(21)		$1.482 per $1000 of rider coverage amount	$1.482 per $1000 of rider coverage amount
Charge for Male, Attained Age 30, Non-Tobacco for $100,000 of Term Rider		$0.187 per $1000 of rider coverage amount	$0.128 per $1000 of rider coverage amount

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Charge(12)	When Charge is Deducted	Amount Deducted— Maximum Guaranteed Charge	Amount Deducted— Current Charge
Universal Daily Living Benefit Rider	Monthly, on the Monthly Deduction Day
Minimum Charge(22)		$.12 per $1000 of rider coverage amount	$.06 per $1000 of rider coverage amount
Maximum Charge(23)		$.54 per $1000 of rider coverage amount	$.27 per $1000 of rider coverage amount
Charge for Male, Issue Age 30, Non-Tobacco		$.12 per $1000 of rider coverage amount	$.06 per $1000 of rider coverage amount
Overloan Protection Rider	Upon exercise	3.5% of Accumulated Value	3.5% of Accumulated Value

(4)  The cost of insurance charge will vary based on the Insured’s Attained Age, sex and underwriting class and the net amount at risk. The cost of insurance charges shown in the table may not be typical of the charges you will pay. Your Policy’s data page indicates the guaranteed cost of insurance charge applicable to your Policy. More detailed information concerning your cost of insurance charge is available on request from our Home Office. Also, before you purchase the Policy, we can provide you hypothetical illustrations of Policy values based upon the Insured’s age and risk class, the death benefit option, Specified Amount, planned periodic premiums and riders requested. Please consult your registered representative for information about your cost of insurance charge.

(5)  The minimum guaranteed cost of insurance charge assumes that the Insured has the following characteristics: Female, Attained Age 5, Non-Tobacco. The minimum current cost of insurance charge assumes that the Insured has the following characteristics: Female, Attained Age 5, Non-Tobacco with a Specified Amount of $1,000,000 or greater.

(6)  The maximum guaranteed and maximum current cost of insurance charge assumes that the Insured has the following characteristics: Male, Female or Unisex, Attained Age 119, Non-Tobacco or Tobacco, and Attained Age 120, Non-Tobacco, Preferred Non-Tobacco, Super Preferred Non-Tobacco, Tobacco and Preferred Tobacco. The current maximum guaranteed cost of insurance charge assumes a Specified Amount of $249,999 or less.

(7)  The net amount at risk represents the financial risk to the Company in providing the death benefit under the Policy. Under the Increasing Death Benefit Option, the net amount at risk for a Policy Month is equal to the Specified Amount divided by 1.0024663. Under the Level Death Benefit Option, the net amount at risk for a Policy Month is equal to the Specified Amount divided by 1.0024663, minus the Accumulated Value.

(8)  The monthly per $1,000 charge equals a charge per $1,000 of Specified Amount, and varies based on the Insured’s Issue Age and Specified Amount Band. The monthly per $1,000 charge shown in the table may not be representative of the charge you will pay. Your Policy’s data page indicates the monthly per $1,000 charge applicable to your Policy. More detailed information concerning your monthly per $1,000 charge is available upon request at our Home Office. This charge is assessed during the first ten Policy Years, and during the first ten Policy Years following an increase in Specified Amount to the extent of the increase.

(9)  The minimum guaranteed monthly per $1,000 charge is the same for all and the minimum current monthly per $1,000 charge assume an Insured with an Issue Age of 15 or less and a Specified Amount of at least $1,000,000.

(10)  The maximum guaranteed monthly per $1,000 charge is the same for all and the maximum minimum current monthly per $1,000 charge assume an Insured with an Issue Age of 16 or greater and a Specified Amount of $249,999 or less.

(11)  While a Policy Loan is outstanding, loan interest is payable in advance on each Policy Anniversary or, if earlier, on the date of loan repayment, Policy lapse, surrender, termination or the Insured’s death. For Policies that have been in force ten years, we may allow a loan interest spread of 0% on a loan in an amount equal to or less than the gain under the Policy. The loan interest spread is the difference between the loan interest rate we charge for a loan and the interest rate we credit on the amount held in the Declared Interest Option as security for Policy Debt.

(12)  Charges for the Universal Cost of Living Increase Rider, Universal Waiver of Charges Rider and Universal Convertible Term Life Insurance Rider vary based on the Insured’s Attained Age, sex and underwriting class. The charge for the Universal Guaranteed Insurability Option Rider varies based on the Insured’s Attained Age and sex. The charge for the Universal Daily Living Benefit Rider varies based on the Insured’s Issue Age and underwriting class. The charges shown in the table may not be typical of the charges you will pay. More detailed information regarding these rider charges is available upon request from our Home Office.

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(13)  The minimum Universal Cost of Living Increase Rider charge assumes that the Insured has the following characteristics: Male and Unisex, attained ages 2–12, Non-Tobacco, Preferred Non-Tobacco or Super Preferred Non-Tobacco, Female attained ages 1–14, Non-Tobacco, Preferred Non-Tobacco or Super Preferred Non-Tobacco.

(14)  The maximum guaranteed and maximum current Universal Cost of Living Increase Rider charge assumes that the Insured has an Attained Age 119,120 (Male, Female or Unisex; Non-Tobacco, Preferred Non-Tobacco, Super Preferred Non-Tobacco, Tobacco or Preferred Tobacco).

(15)  The cost of insurance charge on the Universal Waiver of Charges Rider also takes into account charges for all additional benefit riders attached to the Policy.

(16)  The minimum Universal Waiver of Charges Rider charge assumes that the Insured has the following characteristics: Male, Attained Ages 18-25, Non-Tobacco, Preferred Non-Tobacco or Super Preferred Non-Tobacco.

(17)  The maximum Universal Waiver of Charges Rider charge assumes that the Insured has the following characteristics: Female, Attained Age 64, Tobacco or Preferred Tobacco.

(18)  The minimum Universal Guaranteed Insurability Option Rider charge assumes that the Insured has the following characteristics: Male, Female or Unisex; Age 0, Non-Tobacco.

(19)  The maximum Universal Guaranteed Insurability Option Rider charge assumes that the Insured has the following characteristics: Male or Unisex; Attained Age 39, Non-Tobacco, Preferred Non-Tobacco, Super Preferred Non-Tobacco, Tobacco or Preferred Tobacco.

(20)  The minimum Universal Convertible Term Life Insurance Rider charge assumes a 20-year term period. The minimum guaranteed charge is for a Female, Non-Tobacco for issue ages 16-25. The minimum current charge is for a Female, Super Preferred Non-Tobacco for issue ages 16-25 with a specified amount of $250,000+. Less expensive 10-year and 15-year term riders are also available.

(21)  The maximum Universal Convertible Term Life Insurance Rider charge assumes a 20-year term period. The maximum guaranteed charge is for a Male, Tobacco, age 50. The maximum current charge is for a Male, Tobacco, age 50 with a specified amount of less than $100,000.

(22)  The minimum guaranteed and the minimum current Universal Daily Living Benefit charges assume that the Insured has the following characteristics: Issue Age 21-35, Non-Tobacco.

(23)  The maximum guaranteed and the maximum current Universal Daily Living Benefit charges assume that the Insured has the following characteristics: Issue Age 65, Tobacco.

The next table shows the minimum and maximum fees and expenses (both before and after contractual fee waivers and expense reimbursements) charged by any of the Investment Options for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. More detail concerning each Investment Option’s fees and expenses is contained in the prospectus for each Investment Option.

Annual Investment Option Operating Expenses

(expenses that are deducted from Investment Option assets)⁽²⁴⁾

	Minimum		Maximum
Total Annual Investment Option Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Investment Option assets, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other expenses)	—	%	—	%
Total Annual Investment Option Operating Expenses After Contractual Fee Waiver or Reimbursement(25)	—	%	—	%

(24)  For certain Investment Options, certain expenses were reimbursed or fees waived during 2007. It is anticipated that these voluntary expense reimbursement and fee waiver arrangements will continue past the current year, although they may be terminated at any time. After taking into account these arrangements and any contractual expense reimbursement and fee waiver arrangements, annual Investment Option operating expenses would have been:

	Minimum		Maximum
Total Annual Investment Option Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Investment Option assets, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other expenses)	—	%	—	%

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(25)  The “Total Annual Investment Option Operating Expenses After Contractual Fee Waiver or Reimbursement” line in the above table shows the minimum and maximum fees and expenses charged by any of the Investment Options after taking into account contractual fee waiver or reimbursement arrangements in place. Those contractual arrangements are designed to reduce total annual portfolio operating expenses for Policyowners and will continue past the current year.          Investment Options currently have contractual reimbursement or fee waiver arrangements in place. See the “Annual Investment Option Operating Expenses” table beginning below for a description of the fees and expenses charged by each of the Investment Options available under the Policy as well as any applicable contractual fee waiver or reimbursement arrangements.

The following table indicates the Investment Options’ fees and expenses for the year ended

December 31, 2007, both before and after any contractual fee waiver or reimbursement. Current and future expenses may be higher or lower than those shown.

Annual Investment Option Operating Expenses

(expenses that are deducted from Investment Option assets)

Investment Option

Advisory Fee

Other Expenses

12b-1 Fee

Total Expenses (before contractual fee waivers and reimbursements)

Total Amount of contractual fee waiver or reimbursement

Total Expenses (after contractual fee waivers and reimbursements)

Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust

International Fund—Class A

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Mid Cap Value Fund—Class B

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Small Cap Value Fund—Class B

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Small Company Growth Fund—Class B

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

DWS Investments VIT Funds

DWS Global Opportunities VIP

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

DWS Variable Series II

DWS Global Thematic VIP

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

EquiTrust Variable Insurance Series Fund

Blue Chip Portfolio—Service Class

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

High Grade Bond Portfolio—Service Class

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Managed Portfolio—Service Class

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Money Market Portfolio—Service Class

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Strategic Yield Portfolio—Service Class

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Value Growth Portfolio—Service Class

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

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Investment Option	Advisory Fee		Other Expenses		12b-1 Fee		Total Expenses (before contractual fee waivers and reimbursements)		Total Amount of contractual fee waiver or reimbursement		Total Expenses (after contractual fee waivers and reimbursements)
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Funds
VIP Contrafund® Portfolio—Service Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(1)
VIP Growth Portfolio—Service Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(1)
VIP High Income Portfolio—Service Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
VIP Index 500 Portfolio—Service Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(2)
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio—Service Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(1)
VIP Real Estate Portfolio—Service Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(1)
Franklin Templeton
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund—Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(3)
Franklin U.S. Government Fund—Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(4)
Mutual Shares Securities Fund—Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
Templeton Global Income Securities—Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
Diversified Mid Cap Growth Fund	—	%	—	%(5)	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(6)
Intrepid Growth Fund	—	%	—	%(5)	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(6)
Intrepid Mid Cap Fund	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
Small Cap Equity 2 Fund	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%

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Investment Option	Advisory Fee		Other Expenses		12b-1 Fee		Total Expenses (before contractual fee waivers and reimbursements)		Total Amount of contractual fee waiver or reimbursement		Total Expenses (after contractual fee waivers and reimbursements)
Summit Pinnacle Series
Nasdaq-100® Index Portfolio	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(7)
Russell 2000® Small Cap Index Portfolio—Class 2	—	%	—	%(5)	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
S&P MidCap 400® Index Portfolio—Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
EAFE International Index Portfolio—Class 2	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc.
Equity Income Portfolio	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(8)
New America Growth Portfolio	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(8)
Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolio	—	%	—	%(5)	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(8)(9)
T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc.
International Stock Portfolio	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%(8)

(1)  Total expenses were lower than those shown because a portion of the brokerage commissions that the Fund paid was used to reduce the Fund’s expenses, and/or because through arrangements with the Fund’s custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce a portion of the Fund’s custodian expenses. Including these reductions, total expenses would have been: Contrafund Portfolio     %, Growth Portfolio     %, Growth & Income Portfolio     %, Mid Cap Portfolio     % and Overseas Portfolio     %. This arrangement may be discontinued by the Fund’s manager at any time.

(2)  Management fees for the Fund have been reduced to     %, and total Fund expenses were limited to     % (these limits do not apply to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, securities lending fees, or extraordinary expenses). This expense limit may not be increased without approval of the fund’s shareholders and board of trustees.

(3)  The Fund’s manager has agreed in advance to reduce its fees from assets invested by the Fund in a Franklin Templeton money market fund. This reduction is required by the Fund’s Board of Trustees and an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(4)  The Fund administration fee is paid indirectly through the management fee.

(5)  Other expenses include acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.01% for the Mid Cap Value and Small Company Portfolios, and 0.02% for the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index and Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolios.

(6)  Total expenses reflect a written agreement pursuant to which the Portfolio’s administrator agrees that it will reimburse the Portfolio to the extent total annual operating expenses of the Portfolio (excluding acquired Fund fees and expenses, dividend expenses related to short sales, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses, and expenses related to the Board of Trustees’ deferred compensation plan) exceed 1.25% and 1.15% of its average daily net assets through April 30, 2008 for the Mid Cap Value and Small Company Portfolios, respectively. In addition, the Portfolio’s administrator may voluntarily waive or reimburse certain of its fees, as it may determine, from time to time. Taking these voluntary waiver and reimbursement arrangements into account, total expenses for the Mid Cap Value Portfolio would be     %.

(7)  The Fund’s adviser has contractually agreed to limit total expenses to the extent they exceed 0.65% of the average net assets of the Nasdaq-100 Index Portfolio. This expense limit may not be changed without approval of the Portfolio’s shareholders.

(8)  Total Annual Investment Option expenses are an all-inclusive fee and pay for investment management services and ordinary, recurring operating expenses, but does not cover interest, taxes, brokerage, non-recurring and extraordinary items or fees and expenses for the portfolio’s independent directors. The fee is based on fund average daily net assets and is calculated and accrued daily.

(9)  The Portfolio’s manager has voluntarily agreed to reduce its management fee by the amount of expenses incurred as a result of the Portfolio’s investment in other T. Rowe Price portfolios. Including this reduction, total expenses would have been     %.

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FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT

Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company

Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company is a stock life insurance company which was incorporated in the State of Iowa on October 30, 1944. At December 31, 2007, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation owned shares of various classes representing         % of the outstanding voting power of FBL Financial Group, Inc., which owns 100% of our voting shares. Our principal offices are at 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

IMSA

The Company is a member of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (“IMSA”). IMSA members subscribe to a set of ethical standards involving the sales and service of individually sold life insurance and annuities. As a member of IMSA, the Company may use the IMSA logo and language in advertisements.

The Variable Account

We established the Variable Account as a separate account on March 3, 1987. The Variable Account receives and invests the premiums under the Policy, and may receive and invest net premiums for any other variable life insurance policies we issue. Income, gains, and losses, whether or not realized, from assets allocated to the Variable Account will be credited to or charged against the Variable Account without regard to our other income, gains or losses.

The Variable Account’s assets are our property, and they are available to cover our general liabilities only to the extent that the Variable Account’s assets exceed its liabilities arising under the Policies and any other policies it supports. The portion of the Variable Account’s assets attributable to the Policies generally are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business that we may conduct. We may transfer to the General Account any Variable Account assets which are in excess of such reserves and other Policy liabilities. We are obligated to pay any amounts due under the Policy.

The Variable Account currently has 34 Subaccounts available under this Policy but may, in the future, include fewer or additional subaccounts. Each Subaccount invests exclusively in shares of a single corresponding Investment Option. Income and realized and unrealized gains or losses from the assets of each Subaccount are credited to or charged against, that Subaccount without regard to income, gains or losses from any other Subaccount.

We registered the Variable Account as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Variable Account meets the definition of a separate account under the federal securities laws. Registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) does not mean that the Commission supervises the management or investment practices or policies of the Variable Account or the Company. The Variable Account is also subject to the laws of the State of Iowa which regulate the operations of insurance companies domiciled in Iowa.

Investment Options

Under this Policy the Variable Account invests in shares of the Investment Options described below. Each of these Investment Options was formed as an investment vehicle for insurance company separate accounts. Each Investment Option is part of a mutual fund that is registered with the SEC as an open-end management investment company. This registration does not involve supervision of the management or investment practices or policies of the portfolios or mutual funds by the SEC. Each Investment Option has its own investment objectives and separately determines the income and losses

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for that Investment Option. While you may be invested in up to sixteen Investment Options at any one time, including the Declared Interest Option, each premium payment you submit may be directed to a maximum of 12 Investment Options, including the Declared Interest Option.

The investment objectives and policies of certain Investment Options are similar to the investment objectives and policies of other portfolios that the same investment adviser, investment sub-adviser or manager may manage. The investment results of the Investment Options, however, may be higher or lower than the results of such other portfolios. There can be no assurance, and no representation is made, that the investment results of any of the Investment Options will be comparable to the investment results of any other portfolio, even if the other portfolio has the same investment adviser, investment sub-adviser or manager.

The paragraphs below summarize each Investment Option’s investment objectives and policies. There is no assurance that any Investment Option will achieve its stated objectives. In addition, no single Investment Option, by itself, constitutes a balanced investment plan. Please refer to the prospectus for each Investment Option for more detailed information, including a description of risks, for each Investment Option. The Investment Option prospectuses accompany this Prospectus. You should read them carefully and retain them for future reference.

Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust.  Columbia Management Advisors, LLC is the investment advisor to each of the Funds listed below.

Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
International Fund	·      The Fund seeks to provide long-term growth by investing primarily in equity securities of growth companies located outside of the United States. The Fund may invest in: equity securities of companies of any size and market capitalization that are located in any foreign country, including emerging market countries; and in high-quality foreign government debt securities. The Fund also may invest up to 10% of its assets in shares of other investment companies.
Mid Cap Value Fund	·      The Fund seeks long-term growth. Under normal conditions, the Fund invests primarily in middle capitalization (“mid-cap”) stocks with capitalizations similar in size to those companies in the Russell Midcap® Value Index.
Small Cap Value Fund	·      The Fund seeks long-term growth by investing primarily in smaller capitalization (“small cap”) equities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in small-cap stocks, which are stocks of small-size companies that have market capitalizations similar in size to those companies in the Russell 2000 Value Index.
Small Company Growth Fund	·      The Fund seeks long-term growth. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in common stocks of small cap equities that compete within large and growing markets and (in the advisor’s judgment) have the ability to increase their market share.

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DWS Investments VIT Funds and DWS Variable Series II.  Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (“DIMA”) is the investment advisor for each portfolio of DWS Investments VIT Funds and DWS Variable Series II. Deutsche Asset Management is the marketing name in the U.S. for the asset management activities of DIMA. DWS Scudder is the designation given to the products and services provided by DIMA and its affiliates to the DWS mutual funds (including the Funds listed below).

Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
Global Opportunities VIP	·      This Fund seeks above-average capital appreciation over the long term. The Fund invests at least 65% of total assets in common stocks and other equities of small companies throughout the world. While the Fund may invest in securities in any country, it generally focuses on countries with developed economies. Companies in which the Fund invests typically have a market capitalization of between $500 million and $5 billion; however the Fund may own stocks even though they exceed the market capitalization level.
Global Thematic VIP	·      This Fund seeks long-term capital growth. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in common stocks and other equities of companies throughout the world that the portfolio manager considers to be “blue chip” companies. Blue chip companies are large, well-known companies typically with established earnings and dividends history, easy access to credit, solid positions in their industries and strong management.

EquiTrust Variable Insurance Series Fund.  EquiTrust Investment Management Services, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Portfolios.

Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
Blue Chip Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks growth of capital and income. The Portfolio pursues this objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of well-capitalized, established companies.
High Grade Bond Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with an investment in a diversified portfolio of high grade income-bearing debt securities. The Portfolio will pursue this objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets in debt securities rated AAA, AA or A by Standard & Poor’s or Aaa, Aa or A by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and in securities issued or guaranteed by the United States government or its agencies or instrumentalities.
Managed Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks the highest level of total return through income and capital appreciation. The Portfolio pursues this objective through a fully managed investment policy consisting of investment in the following three market sectors: (i) common stocks and other equity securities; (ii) high grade debt securities and preferred stocks of the type in which the High Grade Bond Portfolio may invest; and (iii) money market instruments of the type in which the Money Market Portfolio may invest.

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Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
Money Market Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks maximum current income consistent with liquidity and stability of principal. The Portfolio will pursue this objective by investing in high quality short-term money market instruments. An investment in the Money Market Portfolio is neither insured nor guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any government agency. There can be no assurance that the Portfolio will be able to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. During extended periods of low interest rates, the yield of a money market subaccount may also become extremely low and possibly negative.
Strategic Yield Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks as a primary objective, as high a level of current income as is consistent with investment in a diversified portfolio of lower-rated, higher-yielding income-bearing securities. As a secondary objective, the Portfolio seeks capital appreciation when consistent with its primary objective. The Portfolio pursues these objectives by investing primarily in debt and income-bearing securities rated Baa or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and/or BBB or lower by Standard & Poor’s, or in unrated securities of comparable quality (i.e., junk bonds). An investment in this Portfolio may entail greater than ordinary financial risk. (See the Fund prospectus “HIGHER RISK SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES—Lower-Rated Debt Securities.”)
Value Growth Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation. The Portfolio pursues this objective by investing primarily in equity securities of companies that the investment adviser believes have a potential to earn a high return on capital and/or in equity securities that the investment adviser believes are undervalued by the marketplace. Such equity securities may include common stock, preferred stock and securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock.

Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Funds.  Fidelity Management & Research Company serves as the investment adviser to these Portfolios.

Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
Fidelity VIP Contrafund® Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation. The Portfolio normally invests primarily in common stocks. The Portfolio invests in securities of companies whose value the adviser believes is not fully recognized by the public.
Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks capital appreciation. The Portfolio invests primarily in common stocks. The Portfolio invests in securities of companies the adviser believes have above-average growth potential.

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Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
Fidelity VIP High Income Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks a high level of current income, while also considering growth of capital. The Portfolio normally invests primarily in domestic and foreign income-producing debt securities, preferred stocks and convertible securities, with an emphasis on lower-quality debt securities.
Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks investment results that correspond to the total return of common stocks publicly traded in the United States, as represented by the S&P 500. To achieve this objective, the Portfolio normally invests at least 80% of its assets in common stocks included in the S&P 500.
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks long-term growth of capital. The Portfolio normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities of companies with medium market capitalizations. The investment adviser invests primarily in common stocks.
Fidelity VIP Real Estate Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks above-average income and long-term capital growth, consistent with reasonable investment risk primarily through investment in companies principally engaged in the real estate industry and other real estate related investments. The Portfolio seeks to provide a yield that exceeds the composite yield of the S&P 500 Index.

Franklin Templeton.  Franklin Advisers, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities and U.S. Government Funds; Franklin Advisory Services, LLC serves as the investment adviser to the Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund; Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC serves as the investment adviser to the Mutual Shares Securities Fund; Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC serves as the investment adviser to the Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund; and Templeton Global Advisors Limited serves as the investment adviser to the Templeton Growth Securities Fund.

Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund	·      This Fund seeks long-term total return. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in investments of small capitalization companies and normally invests predominantly in equity securities. The Fund invests mainly in equity securities of companies that the manager believes are undervalued.
Franklin U.S. Government Fund	·      This Fund seeks income. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. government securities and normally invests primarily in fixed and variable rate mortgage-backed securities, a substantial portion of which is Ginnie Maes.
Mutual Shares Securities Fund	·      This Fund seeks capital appreciation with income as a secondary goal. The Fund normally invests primarily in equity securities of companies the manager believes are undervalued. The Fund also invests, to a lesser extent, in risk arbitrage securities and distressed companies.
Templeton Global Income Securities	·      This Fund seeks long-term capital growth. The Fund normally invests primarily in equity securities of companies located anywhere in the world, including those in the U.S. and in emerging markets.

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JPMorgan Insurance Trust.  J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Funds listed below.

Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
Diversified Mid Cap Growth Fund	·       The Fund seeks to provide growth of capital and, secondarily, current income. The Fund pursues this objective through investment in the securities of companies that the Fund’s advisor believes are capable of achieving sustained growth. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, will be invested in equity securities—including common stocks, and preferred stocks that are convertible to common stocks—of companies with market capitalizations similar to those of companies in the Russell Midcap® Growth Index, and in debt securities.
Intrepid Growth Fund	·       The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth. The Fund pursues this objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of mid-capitalization ($1 billion to $10 billion) and/or large-capitalization (over $10 billion) companies which the advisor believes have above-average growth potential over a long-term investment horizon and the potential for capital appreciation.
Intrepid Mid Cap Fund	·       The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth. The Fund pursues this objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in common and preferred stocks, rights, warrants, convertible securities, and other equity securities of companies with market capitalizations similar to those of companies in the Russell Midcap® Index. The Fund’s advisor may select securities of companies that it believes are undervalued and/or have a strong growth potential.
Small Cap Equity Fund 2	·       The Fund seeks to provide capital growth over the long-term. The Fund pursues this objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations similar to those of companies in the Russell 2000® Index. The Fund’s advisor may select securities of companies that it believes are undervalued and have a strong growth potential.

Summit Pinnacle Series of Summit Mutual Funds, Inc.  Summit Investment Partners, Inc. serves as the investment adviser to the Portfolios.

Portfolio

Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments

Nasdaq-100® Index Portfolio

·       This Portfolio seeks investment results that correspond to the investment performance of U.S. common stocks, as represented by the Nasdaq-100® Index. The strategy employed is a passive strategy, where the Manager attempts to create a portfolio so that there is a strong correlation or relationship to that of a broad market index, such as the Nasdaq-100® Index. This passive strategy also attempts to keep transaction costs and portfolio turnover to an absolute minimum.

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Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
Russell 2000® Small Cap Index Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks investment results that correspond to the investment performance of U.S. common stocks, as represented by the Russell 2000® Index. The strategy employed is a passive strategy, where the Manager attempts to create a portfolio so that there is a strong correlation or relationship to that of a broad market index, such as the Russell 2000® Index. This passive strategy also attempts to keep transaction costs and portfolio turnover to an absolute minimum.
S&P MidCap 400® Index Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks investment results that correspond to the total return performance of U.S. common stocks, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400® Index. The strategy employed is a passive strategy, where the Manager attempts to create a portfolio so that there is a strong correlation or relationship to that of a broad market index, such as the S&P MidCap 400® Index. This passive strategy also attempts to keep transaction costs and portfolio turnover to an absolute minimum.
EAFE International Index Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks investment results that correspond to the total return performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE Index. The Portfolio pursues its objective by investing primarily in the common stocks of companies that trade on major markets in Europe, Australasia and the Far East.

T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc.  T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Portfolios.

Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
Equity Income Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks to provide substantial dividend income and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in dividend-paying common stocks of established companies considered by the adviser to have favorable prospects for both increasing dividends and capital appreciation.
New America Growth Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks to provide long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in the common stocks of companies operating in sectors the investment adviser believes will be the fastest growing in the U.S. Fast-growing companies can be found across an array of industries in today’s “new America”.
Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks the highest total return over time consistent with an emphasis on both capital appreciation and income. The Portfolio pursues its objective by investing in a diversified portfolio typically consisting of approximately 60% stocks, 30% bonds and 10% money market securities.

T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc.  T. Rowe Price International, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Portfolio.

Portfolio	Investment Objective(s) and Principal Investments
International Stock Portfolio	·      This Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation through investments primarily in common stocks of established companies based outside the United States.

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We select the Investment Options offered through this Policy based on several criteria, including asset class coverage, the strength of the investment adviser’s reputation and tenure, brand recognition, performance, and the capability and qualification of each investment firm. Another factor we consider during the selection process is whether the Investment Option’s investment adviser or an affiliate will make payments to us or our affiliates. We review the Investment Options periodically and may remove an Investment Option or limit its availability to new premiums and/or transfers of Accumulated Value if we determine that the Investment Option no longer meets one or more of the selection criteria, and/or if the Investment Option has not attracted significant allocations from Policyowners.

We do not provide any investment advice and do not recommend or endorse any particular Investment Option. You bear the risk of any decline in the Accumulated Value of your Policy resulting from the performance of the Investment Option you have chosen.

We may receive different amounts of compensation from an investment adviser, distributor and/or affiliate(s) of one or more of the Funds based upon an annual percentage of the average assets we hold in the Investment Options. These amounts, which may vary by adviser, distributor and/or Fund affiliate(s), are intended to compensate us for administrative and other services we provide to the Funds and/or affiliate(s) and may be significant. The amounts we currently receive on an annual basis range from 0.05% to 0.25% of the annual average assets we hold in the Investment Options. In addition, EquiTrust Marketing Services, LLC, the principal underwriter of the Policies, receives 12b-1 fees deducted from certain portfolio assets attributable to the Policy for providing distribution and shareholder support services to some Investment Options. The Company and its affiliates may profit from these payments.

Addition, Deletion or Substitution of Investments

We reserve the right, subject to compliance with applicable law, to make additions to, deletions from or substitutions for the shares of the Investment Options that the Variable Account holds or that the Variable Account may purchase. If the shares of an Investment Option are no longer available for investment or if, in our judgment, further investment in any Investment Option should become inappropriate in view of the purposes of the Variable Account, we reserve the right to dispose of the shares of any Investment Option and to substitute shares of another Investment Option. We may substitute shares of funds with fees and expenses that are different from the Funds. We will not substitute any shares attributable to a Policyowner’s Accumulated Value in the Variable Account without notice to and prior approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to the extent required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 or other applicable law. In the event of any such substitution or change, we may, by appropriate endorsement, make such changes in these and other policies as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect such substitution or change. Nothing contained in this Prospectus shall prevent the Variable Account from purchasing other securities for other series or classes of policies, or from permitting a conversion between series or classes of policies on the basis of requests made by Policyowners.

We also reserve the right to establish additional subaccounts of the Variable Account, each of which would invest in shares of a new Investment Option, with a specified investment objective. We may limit the availability of any new Investment Option to certain classes of purchasers. We may establish new subaccounts when, in our sole discretion, marketing, tax or investment conditions warrant, and we may make any new subaccounts available to existing Policyowners on a basis we determine. Subject to obtaining any approvals or consents required by applicable law, we may transfer the assets of one or more Subaccounts to any other Subaccount(s), or one or more Subaccounts may be eliminated or combined with any other Subaccount(s) if, in our sole discretion, marketing, tax or investment conditions warrant.

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If we deem it to be in the best interests of persons having voting rights under the Policies, we may

· operate the Variable Account as a management company under the Investment Company Act of 1940,

· deregister the Variable Account under that Act in the event such registration is no longer required, or,

· subject to obtaining any approvals or consents required by applicable law, combine the Variable Account with other Company separate accounts.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may also transfer the Variable Account’s assets associated with the Policies to another separate account. In addition, we may, when permitted by law, restrict or eliminate any voting rights of Policyowners or other persons who have voting rights as to the Variable Account. (See “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—Voting Rights.”)

THE POLICY

Purchasing the Policy

In order to issue a Policy, we must receive a completed application, including payment of the initial premium, at our Home Office. We ordinarily will issue a Policy only for Insureds who are 0 to 80 years of age at their last birthday and who supply satisfactory evidence of insurability to the Company. Acceptance is subject to our underwriting rules and we may, in our sole discretion, reject any application or premium for any lawful reason. The minimum Specified Amount for which we will issue standard-rated and preferred-rated Policies is $50,000 and $100,000, respectively.

The effective date of insurance coverage under the Policy will be the latest of:

· the Policy Date,

· the date the Insured signs the last of any amendments to the initial application required by our underwriting rules, or

· the date when we receive the full initial premium at our Home Office.

The Policy Date is the date the Company approves the Policy for issuance.

The Policy Date may also be any other date mutually agreed to by you and the Company. If the later of (1) or (2) above is the 29th, 30th or 31st of any month, the Policy Date will be the 28th of such month. We use the Policy Date to determine Policy Years, Policy Months and Policy Anniversaries. The Policy Date may, but will not always, coincide with the effective date of insurance coverage under the Policy.

Although we do not anticipate delays in our receipt and processing of applications, premium payments or transaction requests, we may experience such delays to the extent registered representatives fail to forward applications, premium payments and transaction requests to our Home Office on a timely basis.

Premiums

Subject to certain limitations, you have flexibility in determining the frequency and amount of premiums.

Premium Flexibility.  We do not require you to pay premiums in accordance with a rigid and inflexible premium schedule. We may require you to pay an initial premium that will be sufficient to pay the monthly deduction for the first Policy Month. Thereafter, subject to the minimum and maximum premium limitations described below, you may also make unscheduled premium payments at any time prior to the Maturity Date. You should forward all premium payments to our Home Office.

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If mandated under applicable law, the Company may be required to reject a premium payment. We may also be required to provide additional information about you and your account to government regulators.

Planned Periodic Premiums.  You determine a planned periodic premium schedule that provides for the payment of a level premium over a specified period of time on a quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. We may, at our discretion, permit you to make planned periodic premium payments on a monthly basis. We ordinarily will send you periodic reminder notices for each planned periodic premium. Depending on the duration of the planned periodic premium schedule, the timing of planned payments could affect the tax status of your Policy. (See “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.”)

You are not required to pay premiums in accordance with the planned periodic premium schedule. Furthermore, you have considerable flexibility to alter the amount, frequency and the time period over which you pay planned periodic premiums; however, we must consent to any planned periodic payment less than $100. Changes in the planned premium schedule may have federal income tax consequences. (See “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.”)

Paying a planned periodic premium will not guarantee that your Policy remains in force. Thus, even if you pay planned periodic premiums, the Policy will nevertheless lapse if, during the first three Policy years, Net Accumulated Value (Net Surrender Value if you’ve taken a loan on your Policy) or, after three Policy Years, Net Surrender Value is insufficient on a Monthly Deduction Day to cover the monthly deduction (see “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction”) and a Grace Period expires without a sufficient payment (see “THE POLICY—Policy Lapse and Restatement—Lapse”).

Unscheduled Premiums.  Each unscheduled premium payment must be at least $100; however, we may, in our discretion, waive this minimum requirement. We reserve the right to limit the number and amount of unscheduled premium payments. An unscheduled premium payment may have federal income tax consequences. (See “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.”)

Premium Limitations.  In no event may the total of all premiums paid, both planned periodic and unscheduled, exceed the applicable maximum premium limitation imposed by federal tax laws.

Because the maximum premium limitation is in part dependent upon the Specified Amount for each Policy, changes in the Specified Amount may affect this limitation. If at any time you pay a premium that would result in total premiums exceeding the applicable maximum premium limitation, we will accept only that portion of the premium which will make total premiums equal the maximum. We will return any part of the premium in excess of that amount and we will not accept further premiums until allowed by the applicable maximum premium limitation.

Payment of Premiums.  We will treat any payments you make first as payment of any outstanding Policy Debt unless you indicate that the payment should be treated otherwise. Where you make no indication, we will treat any portion of a payment that exceeds the amount of any outstanding Policy Debt as a premium payment. The premium payment is the amount available for investment.

Allocating premiums.  In your application for a Policy, you can allocate premiums or portions thereof to the Subaccounts, to the Declared Interest Option, or both. We will allocate premiums to the Declared Interest Option if we receive them either:

(1) before the date we obtain, at our Home Office, a signed notice from you that you have received the Policy, or

(2) before the end of 25 days after the Delivery Date.

Upon the earlier of (1) or (2) above, we will automatically allocate the Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option, without charge, among the Subaccounts and Declared Interest Option in accordance with your allocation instructions.

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We allocate premiums received on or after (1) or (2) above in accordance with your instructions, to the Variable Account, the Declared Interest Option, or both. You do not waive your cancellation privilege by sending us the signed notice of receipt of the Policy (see “THE POLICY—Examination of Policy (Cancellation Privilege)”).

The following additional rules apply to premium allocations:

· You must allocate at least 1% of each premium to any Subaccount of the Variable Account available under the Policy or to the Declared Interest Option (we reserve the right to raise the minimum allocation requirement, up to 10%, at our sole discretion).

· Your allocation percentages must be in whole numbers (we do not permit fractional percentages).

· Each premium payment you submit may be directed to a maximum of 12 Investment Options available under the Policy, including the Declared Interest Option.

· You may change the allocation percentages for future premiums without charge, at any time while the Policy is in force, by providing us with a Written Notice signed by you on a form we accept. The change will take effect on the date we receive the Written Notice at the Home Office and will have no effect on prior Accumulated Values.

Examination of Policy (Cancellation Privilege)

You may cancel the Policy by delivering or mailing Written Notice or sending a facsimile to us at the Home Office, and returning the Policy to us at the Home Office before midnight of the 30th day after you receive the Policy. Notice given by mail and return of the Policy by mail are effective on being postmarked, properly addressed and postage prepaid.

We will refund, within seven days after receipt of satisfactory notice of cancellation and the returned Policy at our Home Office, an amount equal to the greater of premiums paid, or the sum of:

· the Accumulated Value on the Business Day we receive the Policy at the Home Office, plus

· monthly deductions made on the Policy Date and any Monthly Deduction Day, plus

· amounts equal to the daily charges against the Variable Account.

Policy Lapse and Reinstatement

Your Policy may lapse (terminate without value) if the Net Surrender Value is insufficient on a Monthly Deduction Day to cover the monthly deduction (see “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction”), the Policy is not eligible for the No Lapse Guarantee (available only during the first ten Policy Years) AND a Grace Period expires without a sufficient payment.

Insurance coverage will continue during the Grace Period, but we will deem the Policy to have no Accumulated Value for purposes of Policy Loans, partial withdrawals and surrenders during such Grace Period. The death proceeds payable during the Grace Period will equal the amount of the death proceeds payable immediately prior to the commencement of the Grace Period, reduced by any due and unpaid monthly deductions.

A Grace Period of 61 days will commence on the date we send you a notice of any insufficiency, at which time the Accumulated Value in each Subaccount will be automatically transferred without charge to the Declared Interest Option.

To avoid lapse and termination of the Policy without value, we must receive from you during the Grace Period a premium payment that will be at least equal to three times the monthly deduction due on the Monthly Deduction Day immediately preceding the Grace Period (see “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction”). If your Policy enters a Grace Period, the amount transferred to the Declared Interest Option will remain there unless and until you provide us with allocation instructions.

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No Lapse Guarantee.  During the first ten Policy Years, your Policy will not lapse (expire without value) even if the Net Surrender Value is insufficient on a Monthly Deduction Day to cover the monthly deduction due provided you have paid the cumulative no lapse guarantee monthly premiums. On each Monthly Deduction Day during the first ten Policy Years, we will compare the cumulative actual premiums you have paid with the cumulative no lapse guarantee monthly premiums to see if the no lapse guarantee provision will prevent your Policy from lapsing. If you meet the no lapse guarantee premium requirement, the Policy will not enter a grace period. The no lapse guarantee premium requirement is met when (a) is equal to or greater than (b) where:

(a) is the sum of all premiums paid on the Policy (accumulated from the date of payment at the prepayment interest rate shown on the Policy data page), less the sum of all partial withdrawals (accumulated from the date of each withdrawal at the prepayment interest rate), and less any Policy Loans and unpaid loan interest; and

(b) is the sum of the no lapse guarantee monthly premiums since the Policy Date accumulated at the prepayment interest rate assuming that the premiums are paid on each Monthly Deduction Day.

Your Policy must satisfy the no lapse guarantee premiums test on each Monthly Deduction Day to keep the No Lapse Guarantee in effect.

The amount of the no lapse guarantee monthly premium is determined when we issue a Policy, and it depends upon the age and other insurance risk characteristics of the Insured, as well as the amount of coverage and additional features you select. The no lapse guarantee monthly premium will change if you alter either the Policy’s Specified Amount or death benefit option, add or delete a Policy rider, or change underwriting class. We will send you a new Policy data page reflecting any change in the no lapse guarantee premium.

Reinstatement.  Prior to the Maturity Date, you may apply to reinstate a lapsed Policy at any time within five years of the Monthly Deduction Day immediately preceding the Grace Period which expired without payment of the required premium. You must submit the following items to us at our Home Office:

· A written application for reinstatement signed by the Policyowner and the Insured;

· Evidence of insurability we deem satisfactory; and

· A premium that is at least sufficient to keep the Policy in force for three months.

State law may limit the premium to be paid on reinstatement to an amount less than that described. (See “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction.”) We will not reinstate a Policy surrendered for its Net Surrender Value. The lapse of a Policy with loans outstanding may have adverse tax consequences (see “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS”).

The effective date of the reinstated Policy will be the Monthly Deduction Day coinciding with or next following the date we approve the application for reinstatement. Upon reinstatement of your Policy, the amount transferred to the Declared Interest Option during the Grace Period will remain there unless and until you provide us with allocation instructions.

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POLICY BENEFITS

While a Policy is in force, it provides for certain benefits prior to the Maturity Date. Subject to certain limitations, you may at any time obtain all or a portion of the Net Accumulated Value by surrendering or taking a partial withdrawal from the Policy. (See “POLICY BENEFITS—Accumulated Value Benefits—Surrender and Withdrawal Privileges.”) In addition, you have certain policy loan privileges under the Policies. (See “POLICY BENEFITS—Loan Benefits—Policy Loans.”) The Policy also provides for the payment of death proceeds upon the death of the Insured under one of two death benefit options selected by you (see “POLICY BENEFITS—Death Proceeds—Death Benefit Options”), and benefits upon the maturity of a Policy (see “POLICY BENEFITS—Benefits at Maturity”).

Accumulated Value Benefits

Surrender and Withdrawal Privileges.  At any time prior to the Maturity Date while the Policy is in force, you may surrender the Policy or make a partial withdrawal by sending Written Notice to the Company at our Home Office. If we receive your Written Notice to surrender or make a partial withdrawal from your Policy prior to 3:00 p.m. central time, we will process your request at the Unit Values calculated as of 3:00 p.m. central time that Business Day. If we receive your Written Notice to surrender or make a partial withdrawal from your Policy at or after 3:00 p.m. central time, we will process your request at the Unit Values calculated as of 3:00 p.m. central time on the following Business Day.

A Surrender Charge will apply to any surrender during the first ten Policy Years, as well as during the first ten Policy Years following an increase in Specified Amount. A Partial Withdrawal Fee equal to the lesser of $25 or 2% of the Accumulated Value withdrawn will be payable upon each partial withdrawal. (See “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Surrender Charge, and—Partial Withdrawal Fee”). We ordinarily mail surrender and withdrawal proceeds to the Policyowner within seven days after we receive a signed request at our Home Office, although we may postpone payments under certain circumstances. (See “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—Postponement of Payments.”)

You may request a partial withdrawal from or surrender of your Policy via facsimile.

· Facsimile requests must be directed to 1-515-226-6844 at our Home Office. We are not liable for the timely processing of any misrouted facsimile request.

· A request must identify your name and Policy number. We may require your address or social security number be provided for verification purposes.

· We will compare your signature to your original Policy application. If there is any question as to the validity of the signature, we may require a signature guarantee or notarization be provided.

· Upon satisfactory receipt of transaction instructions, your partial withdrawal or surrender will be effective as of the end of the Valuation Period during which we receive the request at our Home Office. We treat facsimile requests as having been received based upon the time noted at the beginning of the transmission.

· A separate confirmation letter will be sent to you upon completion of the transaction. If your request is accompanied by a change of address or is received within 30 days of a prior address change, we will send a confirmation letter to both the old and new addresses.

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· We will employ reasonable procedures to confirm that facsimile requests are genuine. We are not liable for any loss, damage or expense from complying with facsimile requests we reasonably believe to be authentic.

CAUTION: Facsimile privileges may not always be available. Telephone systems can experience outages or slowdowns for a variety of reasons. These outages or slowdowns may prevent or delay our receipt of your request. If you are experiencing problems, you should submit a written request to our Home Office. We are not liable for any processing delays related to a failure of the telephone system.

· We reserve the right to deny any transaction request made by facsimile.

We may terminate this privilege at any time.

Surrenders.  The amount payable upon surrender of the Policy is the Net Surrender Value at the end of the Valuation Period when we receive the request. We may pay the Net Surrender Value in a lump sum or under one of the payment options specified in the Policy, as requested by the Policyowner. (See “ADDITIONAL POLICY PROVISIONS—Payment Options” in the Statement of Additional Information.) If you surrender the entire Policy, all insurance in force will terminate and you cannot reinstate the Policy. See “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS” for a discussion of the tax consequences associated with complete surrenders. The Surrender Charge will be deducted from the amount surrendered.

Partial Withdrawals.  You may obtain a portion of the Policy’s Net Surrender Value as a partial withdrawal from the Policy.

· A partial withdrawal must be at least $500.

· A partial withdrawal cannot exceed the lesser of (1) the Net Surrender Value less $500 or (2) 90% of the Net Surrender Value.

We deduct the Partial Withdrawal Fee from the remaining Accumulated Value. You may request that we pay the proceeds of a partial surrender in a lump sum or under one of the payment options specified in the Policy. (See “ADDITIONAL POLICY PROVISIONS—Payment Options” in the Statement of Additional Information.)

We will allocate a partial withdrawal (together with the Partial Withdrawal Fee) among the Subaccounts and the Declared Interest Option in accordance with your written instructions. If we do not receive any such instructions with the request for partial withdrawal, we will allocate the partial withdrawal among the Subaccounts and the Declared Interest Option in the same proportion that the Accumulated Value in each of the Subaccounts and the Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option, reduced by any outstanding Policy Debt, bears to the total Accumulated Value, reduced by any outstanding Policy Debt, on the date we receive the request at the Home Office.

Partial withdrawals will affect both the Policy’s Accumulated Value and the death proceeds payable under the Policy. (See “POLICY BENEFITS—Death Proceeds.”)

· The Policy’s Accumulated Value will be reduced by the amount of the partial withdrawal.

· If the death benefit payable under either death benefit option both before and after the partial withdrawal is equal to the Accumulated Value multiplied by the specified amount factor set forth in the Policy, a partial withdrawal will result in a reduction in death proceeds equal to the amount of the partial withdrawal, multiplied by the specified amount factor then in effect.

· If the death benefit is not so affected by the specified amount factor, the reduction in death proceeds will be equal to the partial withdrawal.

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If the Increasing Death Benefit Option is in effect at the time of the withdrawal, there will be no effect on Specified Amount. If the Level Death Benefit Option is in effect at the time of withdrawal, the Policy’s Specified Amount will be reduced by the amount of Accumulated Value withdrawn. (See “POLICY BENEFITS—Death Proceeds—Death Benefit Options.”) The Specified Amount remaining in force after a partial withdrawal may not be less than the minimum Specified Amount for the Policy in effect on the date of the partial withdrawal, as published by the Company. As a result, we will not process any partial withdrawal that would reduce the Specified Amount below this minimum.

If increases in the Specified Amount previously have occurred, a partial withdrawal will first reduce the Specified Amount of the most recent increase, then the next most recent increases successively, then the coverage under the original application. Thus, a partial withdrawal may either increase or decrease the amount of the cost of insurance charge, depending upon the particular circumstances. (See “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction—Cost of Insurance.”) For a discussion of the tax consequences associated with partial withdrawals, see “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.”

Net Accumulated Value.  Net Accumulated Value equals the Policy’s Accumulated Value reduced by any outstanding Policy Debt and increased by any unearned loan interest.

On the Business Day coinciding with or immediately following the earlier of the date we receive notice at our Home Office that you have received the Policy, or 25 days after the Delivery Date, we will automatically transfer the Accumulated Value (all of which is in the Declared Interest Option) among the Subaccounts and the Declared Interest Option in accordance with your percentage allocation instructions. At the end of each Valuation Period thereafter, the Accumulated Value in a Subaccount will equal:

· The total Subaccount units represented by the Accumulated Value at the end of the preceding Valuation Period, multiplied by the Subaccount’s unit value for the current Valuation Period; PLUS

· Any Net Premiums received during the current Valuation Period which are allocated to the Subaccount; PLUS

· All Accumulated Values transferred to the Subaccount from the Declared Interest Option or from another Subaccount during the current Valuation Period; MINUS

· All Accumulated Values transferred from the Subaccount to another Subaccount or to the Declared Interest Option during the current Valuation Period, including amounts transferred to the Declared Interest Option to secure Policy Debt; MINUS

· All partial withdrawals (and any portion of the Surrender Charge) from the Subaccount during the current Valuation Period; MINUS

· The portion of any monthly deduction charged to the Subaccount during the current Valuation Period to cover the Policy Month following the Monthly Deduction Day.

The Policy’s total Accumulated Value in the Variable Account equals the sum of the Policy’s Accumulated Value in each Subaccount.

Unit Value.  Each Subaccount has a Unit Value. When you allocate Net Premiums or transfer other amounts into a Subaccount, we purchase a number of units based on the Unit Value of the Subaccount as of the end of the Valuation Period during which the allocation or transfer is made. Likewise, when amounts are transferred out of a Subaccount, units are redeemed on the same basis. On any day, a Policy’s Accumulated Value in a Subaccount is equal to the number of units held in such Subaccount, multiplied by the Unit Value of such Subaccount on that date.

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Transfers

The following features apply to transfers under the Policy:

· Subject to certain limitations, you may transfer amounts among the Subaccounts an unlimited number of times in a Policy Year; however, you may only make one transfer per Policy Year between the Declared Interest Option and the Variable Account.

· You may make transfers by written request to our Home Office or, if you elected the “Telephone Transfer Authorization” on the supplemental application, by calling the Home Office toll-free at the phone number shown on the cover of the Prospectus. We reserve the right to suspend telephone transfer privileges at any time. We will use reasonable procedures to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. We are not liable for any loss, damage or expense from complying with telephone instructions we reasonably believe to be authentic.

CAUTION: Telephone transfer privileges may not always be available. Telephone systems, whether yours, your service provider’s or your registered representative’s, can experience outages or slowdowns for a variety of reasons. These outages or slowdowns may prevent or delay our receipt of your request. If you are experiencing problems, you should make a written request to our Home Office.

· The amount of the transfer must be at least $100; or if less than $100, the total Accumulated Value in the Subaccount or in the Declared Interest Option (reduced, in the case of the Declared Interest Option, by any outstanding Policy Debt). The Company may, at its discretion, waive the $100 minimum requirement.

· We process transfers at the Unit Values next determined after we receive your request at our Home Office. This means that if we receive your written or telephone request for transfer prior to 3:00 p.m. central time, we will process the transfer at the Unit Values calculated as of 3:00 p.m. central time that Business Day. If we receive your written or telephone request for transfer at or after 3:00 p.m. central time, we will process the transfer at the Unit Values calculated as of 3:00 p.m. central time on the following Business Day. We treat telephone requests as having been received based upon the time noted at the beginning of the transmission.

· The Company waives the transfer fee for the first twelve transfers during a Policy Year.

· We may assess a transfer charge of $10 for the 13th and each subsequent transfer during a Policy Year. (See “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Transfer Charge.”) The Company reserves the right to increase the transfer charge.

· For purposes of these limitations and charges, we consider all transfers effected on the same day as a single transfer.

Automatic Rebalancing.  Under the special programs rider, we offer an asset rebalancing program under which we will automatically transfer amounts to maintain a particular percentage allocation among the Subaccounts and the Declared Interest Option. The asset rebalancing program automatically reallocates the Accumulated Value in the Subaccounts and the Declared Interest Option quarterly, semi-annually or annually to match your Policy’s then-effective premium allocation instructions. The asset rebalancing program will transfer Accumulated Value from those Subaccounts that have increased in value to those Subaccounts that have declined in value (or not increased as much). The asset rebalancing program does not guarantee gains, nor does it assure that any Subaccount will not have losses.

· Under the asset rebalancing program the maximum number of Investment Options which you may select at any one time is ten, including the Declared Interest Option.

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· This feature is free and is not considered in the twelve free transfers during a Policy Year.

· This feature cannot be utilized in combination with the dollar cost averaging program.

Dollar Cost Averaging.  Under the special programs rider, you may elect to participate in a dollar cost averaging program. Dollar Cost Averaging is an investment strategy designed to reduce the investment risks associated with market fluctuations. The strategy spreads the allocation of your Net Premium into the Subaccounts or Declared Interest Option over a period of time. This allows you to potentially reduce the risk of investing most of your Net Premium into the Subaccounts at a time when prices are high. We do not assure the success of this strategy. Implementation of the dollar cost averaging program does not guarantee profits, nor protect you against losses. You should carefully consider your financial ability to continue the program over a long enough period of time to purchase units when their value is low as well as when it is high.

In order to establish this program, you must elect this option on your initial application or complete and submit the applicable request form at a later date, and have money available in a single “source account.” Provided there is no outstanding Policy Debt, we will automatically transfer equal amounts from the source account to your designated “target accounts” each month.

· The minimum amount of each transfer is $100.

· Under the dollar cost averaging program, the maximum number of Investment Options which you may select at any one time is ten, including the Declared Interest Option.

· You select the date to implement this program which will occur on the same date each month, or on the next Business Day.

· We will terminate this option when monies in the source account are inadequate, or upon receipt of a written request at our Home Office.

· Each dollar cost averaging transfer counts against the twelve free transfer limit in a Policy Year. All transfers made on the same date count as one transfer.

· The one transfer limit between the Declared Interest Option and the Variable Account is waived under this program.

· There is no charge to participate in this program. We reserve the right to discontinue this program at any time.

· This feature cannot be utilized in combination with the automatic rebalancing program.

Additional Limitations on Transfers.  When you make a request to transfer Accumulated Value from one Subaccount to another, your request triggers the purchase and redemption of shares of the affected Investment Options. Therefore, a Policyowner who makes frequent transfers among the Subaccounts available under this Policy causes frequent purchases and redemptions of shares of the Investment Options.

Frequent purchases and redemptions of shares of the Investment Options may dilute the value of the shares if the frequent trading involves an effort to take advantage of the possibility of a lag between a change in the value of an Investment Option’s portfolio securities and the reflection of that change in the Investment Option’s share price. This strategy, sometimes referred to as “market timing,” involves an attempt to buy shares of an Investment Option at a price that does not reflect the current market value of the portfolio securities of the Investment Option, and then to realize a profit when the shares are sold the next Business Day or thereafter. In addition, frequent purchases and redemptions of shares of the Investment Options may increase brokerage and administrative costs of the Investment Options, and may disrupt an Investment Option’s portfolio management strategy, requiring it to maintain a high cash position and possibly resulting in lost opportunity costs and forced liquidations.

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For the reasons discussed, frequent transfers by a Policyowner between the Subaccounts may adversely affect the long-term performance of the Investment Options, which may, in turn, adversely affect other Policyowners and other persons who may have material rights under the Policy (e.g., Beneficiaries). We endeavor to protect long-term Policyowners by maintaining policies and procedures to discourage frequent transfers among Subaccounts under the Policies, and have no arrangements in place to permit any Policyowner to engage in frequent transfer activity. If you wish to engage in such strategies, do not purchase this Policy.

If we determine that you are engaging in frequent transfer activity among Subaccounts, we may, without prior notice, limit your right to make transfers. We monitor for frequent transfer activity among the Subaccounts based upon established parameters that are applied consistently to all Policyowners. Such parameters may include, without limitation, the length of the holding period between transfers into a Subaccount and transfers out of the Subaccount, the number of transfers in a specified period, the dollar amount of transfers, and/or any combination of the foregoing. For purposes of applying the parameters used to detect frequent transfers, we may aggregate transfers made in two or more Policies that we believe are related (e.g., two Policies with the same owner or owned by spouses or by different partnerships or corporations that are under common control). We do not apply our policies and procedures to discourage frequent transfers to the dollar cost averaging or asset rebalancing programs.

If transfer activity violates our established parameters, we will apply restrictions that we reasonably believe will prevent any disadvantage to other Policyowners and persons with material rights under a Policy. We will not grant waivers or make exceptions to, or enter into special arrangements with, any Policyowners who violate these parameters. If we impose any restrictions on your transfer activity, we will notify you in writing. The restrictions that we would impose would be to discontinue your telephone transfer privileges and to require you to make all transfer requests in writing through the U.S. Postal Service. Notwithstanding this, because our policies and procedures are discretionary and may differ among variable annuity contracts and variable insurance policies (“variable contracts”) and separate accounts it is possible that some Policyowners may engage in frequent transfer activity while others may bear the harm associated with such activity.

Please note that the limits and restrictions described here are subject to the Company’s ability to monitor transfer activity. Our ability to detect harmful transfer activity may be limited by operational and technological systems, as well as by our ability to predict strategies employed by Policyowners (or those acting on their behalf) to avoid detection. As a result, despite our efforts to prevent frequent transfers among the Subaccounts available under this Policy, there is no assurance that we will be able to detect and/or to deter the frequent transfers of such Policyowners or intermediaries acting on behalf of Policyowners. Moreover, our ability to discourage and restrict frequent transfer activity may be limited by provisions of the Policy.

We may revise our policies and procedures in our sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice, as we deem necessary or appropriate to better detect and deter harmful trading activity that may adversely affect other Policyowners, other persons with material rights under the Policies, or Investment Option shareholders generally, to comply with state or federal regulatory requirements, or to impose additional or alternative restrictions on Policyowners engaging in frequent transfer activity among the Subaccounts under the Policy. In addition, we may not honor transfer requests if any Subaccount that would be affected by the transfer is unable to purchase or redeem shares of its corresponding Investment Option. If an Investment Option’s policies and procedures require it to restrict or refuse transactions by the Variable Account as a result of activity initiated by you, we will inform you (and any third party acting on your behalf) of actions taken to affect your transfer activity.

The Investment Options may have adopted their own policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of their respective shares. The prospectuses for the Investment Options describe any such policies and procedures. Such policies and procedures may provide for

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the imposition of a redemption fee and may require us to provide to the Fund or its designee, promptly upon request, certain information about the transfer activity of individual policy owners, and to restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by specific policy owners identified by the Fund or its designee as violating the Fund’s policies and procedures.

The frequent trading policies and procedures of an Investment Option may be different, and more or less restrictive, than the frequent trading policies and procedures of other Investment Options and the policies and procedures we have adopted to discourage frequent transfers among the Subaccounts. Policyowners should be aware that we may not have the contractual obligation or the operational capacity to monitor Policyowners’ transfer requests and apply the frequent trading policies and procedures of the respective Investment Options that would be affected by the transfers. Accordingly, Policyowners and other persons who have material rights under the Policies should assume that the sole protection they may have against potential harm from frequent transfers is the protection, if any, provided by the policies and procedures we have adopted to discourage frequent transfers among the Subaccounts.

Policyowners and other persons with material rights under the Policies also should be aware that the purchase and redemption orders received by the Investment Options generally are “omnibus” orders from intermediaries such as retirement plans or insurance company separate accounts funding variable contracts. The omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual retirement plan participants and/or individual owners of variable contracts. The omnibus nature of these orders may limit the Investment Options’ ability to apply their respective frequent trading policies and procedures. We cannot guarantee that the Investment Options will not be harmed by transfer activity relating to the retirement plans and/or insurance companies that may invest in the Investment Options. These other insurance companies are responsible for establishing their own policies and procedures to monitor for frequent transfer activity. If any of these companies’ policies and procedures fail to successfully discourage frequent transfer activity, it will affect other insurance companies which own the Investment Option shares, as well as the contract owners of all of the insurance companies, including the Company, whose Subaccounts correspond to the affected Investment Options. In addition, if an Investment Option believes that an omnibus order we submit may reflect one or more transfer requests from Policyowners engaged in frequent transfer activity, the Investment Option may reject the entire omnibus order and thereby interfere with the Company’s ability to satisfy its contractual obligations to Policyowners.

We may apply the restrictions in any manner reasonably designed to prevent transfers that we consider disadvantageous to other Policyowners.

In our sole discretion, we may revise our Market Timing Procedures at any time without prior notice. We also reserve the right to implement and administer redemption fees imposed by one or more of the Funds in the future.

Loan Benefits

Policy Loans.  So long as the Policy remains in force and has a positive Net Surrender Value, you may borrow money from the Company at any time using the Policy as the sole security for the Policy Loan. A loan taken from, or secured by, a Policy may have federal income tax consequences. (See “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.”)

The maximum amount that you may borrow at any time is 90% of the Net Surrender Value as of the end of the Valuation Period during which we receive the request for the Policy Loan at our Home Office, less any previously outstanding Policy Debt. (Certain states may permit you to borrow up to 100% of the Policy’s Net Surrender Value.) The Company’s claim for repayment of Policy Debt has priority over the claims of any assignee or other person.

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During any time that there is outstanding Policy Debt, we will treat payments you make first as payment of outstanding Policy Debt, unless you indicate that we should treat the payment otherwise. Where no indication is made, we will treat as a premium payment any portion of a payment that exceeds the amount of any outstanding Policy Debt.

Allocation of Policy Loan.  When you take a Policy Loan, we segregate an amount equal to the Policy Loan (including interest) within the Declared Interest Option as security for the Policy Loan. If, immediately prior to the Policy Loan, the Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option less Policy Debt outstanding is less than the amount of such Policy Loan, we will transfer the difference from the Subaccounts of the Variable Account, which have Accumulated Value, in the same proportions that the Policy’s Accumulated Value in each Subaccount bears to the Policy’s total Accumulated Value in the Variable Account. We will determine Accumulated Values as of the end of the Valuation Period during which we receive the request for the Policy Loan at the Home Office.

We normally will mail loan proceeds to you within seven days after receipt of a written request. Postponement of a Policy Loan may take place under certain circumstances. (See “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—Postponement of Payments.”)

Amounts segregated within the Declared Interest Option as security for Policy Debt will bear interest at an effective annual rate set by the Company. This rate may be different than that used for other amounts within the Declared Interest Option. (See “POLICY BENEFITS—Loan Benefits—Effect on Investment Performance.”)

Loan Interest Charged.  We assess interest on the balance of any outstanding policy loan. The rate of interest we charge, the loan interest rate, is an annual fixed rate of interest that we determine at the time we issue the Policy. Once determined, the loan interest rate will not change while the Policy is in force. Loan interest is payable in advance on each Policy Anniversary. If not paid when due, outstanding loan interest will be added to the principal balance of the policy loan and accrue interest at the loan interest rate.

Effect on Investment Performance.  Amounts transferred from the Variable Account as security for Policy Debt will no longer participate in the investment performance of the Variable Account. We will credit all amounts held in the Declared Interest Option as security for Policy Debt with interest on each Monthly Deduction Day at a minimum effective annual rate of 3%, as determined and declared by the Company. We will not credit additional interest to these amounts. The interest credited will remain in the Declared Interest Option unless and until transferred by the Policyowner to the Variable Account, but will not be segregated within the Declared Interest Option as security for Policy Debt.

For Policies that have been in force ten years, we may allow a loan interest spread (loan interest rate less the interest rate credited on amount held in Declared Interest Option as security for Policy Debt) of 0% on a loan in an amount equal to or less than the gain under the Policy.

Even though you may repay Policy Debt in whole or in part at any time prior to the Maturity Date if the Policy is still in force, Policy Loans will affect the Accumulated Value of a Policy and may affect the death proceeds payable. The effect could be favorable or unfavorable depending upon whether the investment performance of the Subaccount(s) from which the Accumulated Value was transferred is less than or greater than the interest rates actually credited to the Accumulated Value segregated within the Declared Interest Option as security for Policy Debt while Policy Debt is outstanding. In comparison to a Policy under which no Policy Loan was made, Accumulated Value will be lower where such interest rates credited were less than the investment performance of the Subaccount(s), but will be higher where such interest rates were greater than the performance of the Subaccount(s). In addition, death proceeds will reflect a reduction of the death benefit by any outstanding Policy Debt.

Policy Debt.  Policy Debt equals the sum of all unpaid Policy Loans and any due and unpaid policy loan interest. Policy Debt reduces the Net Surrender Value, which is equal to Surrender Value less

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Policy Debt plus any unearned loan interest. If, the Net Surrender Value, is insufficient on a Monthly Deduction Day to cover the monthly deduction (see “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction”), we will notify you. To avoid lapse and termination of the Policy without value if the No Lapse Guarantee is not in effect (see “THE POLICY—Policy Lapse and Reinstatement—Lapse”), you must, during the Grace Period, make a premium payment that, when reduced by the premium expense charge (see “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Premium Expense Charge”), will be at least equal to three times the monthly deduction due on the Monthly Deduction Day immediately preceding the Grace Period (see “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction”). Therefore, the greater the Policy Debt under a Policy, the more likely it would be to lapse.

Repayment of Policy Debt.  You may repay Policy Debt in whole or in part any time during the Insured’s life and before the Maturity Date so long as the Policy is in force. We subtract any Policy Debt not repaid from the death benefit payable at the Insured’s death, from Accumulated Value upon complete surrender or from the maturity benefit. Any payments made by a Policyowner will be treated first as the repayment of any outstanding Policy Debt, unless the Policyowner indicates otherwise. Upon partial or full repayment of Policy Debt, we will no longer segregate within the Declared Interest Option the portion of the Accumulated Value securing the repaid portion of the Policy Debt, but that amount will remain in the Declared Interest Option unless and until transferred to the Variable Account by the Policyowner. We will notify you when your Policy Debt is repaid in full.

For a discussion of the tax consequences associated with Policy Loans and lapses, see “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.”

Death Proceeds

So long as the Policy remains in force, the Policy provides for the payment of death proceeds upon the death of the Insured.

· You may name one or more primary Beneficiaries or contingent Beneficiaries and we will pay proceeds to the primary Beneficiary or a contingent Beneficiary as described in the Policy.

· If no Beneficiary survives the Insured, we will pay the death proceeds to the Policyowner or his estate. We may pay death proceeds in a lump sum or under a payment option. (See “ADDITIONAL POLICY PROVISIONS—Payment Options” in the Statement of Additional Information.)

To determine the death proceeds, we will reduce the death benefit by any outstanding Policy Debt and increase it by any unearned loan interest and any premiums paid after the date of death. We will ordinarily mail proceeds within seven days after receipt by the Company of Due Proof of Death. We may postpone payment, however, under certain circumstances. (See “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—Postponement of Payments.”) We pay interest on those proceeds, at an annual rate of no less than 3% or any rate required by law, from the date of death to the date payment is made.

Death Benefit Options.  Policyowners designate in the initial application one of two death benefit options offered under the Policy. The amount of the death benefit payable under a Policy will depend upon the option in effect at the time of the Insured’s death.

Under the Increasing Death Benefit Option, the death benefit will be equal to the greater of

(1) the sum of the current Specified Amount and the Accumulated Value, or

(2) the Corridor Death Benefit

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We will determine Accumulated Value as of the end of the Business Day coinciding with or immediately following the date of death. Under the Increasing Death Benefit Option, the death proceeds will always vary as the Accumulated Value varies (but will never be less than the Specified Amount). If you prefer to have favorable investment performance and additional premiums reflected in increased death benefits, you generally should select the Increasing Death Benefit Option.

Under the Level Death Benefit Option, the death benefit will be equal to the greater of:

· the current Specified Amount, or

· the Corridor Death Benefit

Under the Level Death Benefit Option, the death benefit will remain level at the Specified Amount unless the Accumulated Value multiplied by the specified amount factor exceeds the current Specified Amount, in which case the amount of the death benefit will vary as the Accumulated Value varies. If you are satisfied with the amount of your insurance coverage under the Policy and prefer to have favorable investment performance and additional premiums reflected in higher Accumulated Value rather than increased death benefits, you generally should select the Level Death Benefit Option.

Changing the Death Benefit Option.  You may change the death benefit option in effect at any time by sending a written request to us at our Home Office. The effective date of such a change will be the Monthly Deduction Day coinciding with or immediately following the date we approve the change. A change in death benefit options may have federal income tax consequences. (See “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.”)

If you change from the Increasing Death Benefit Option to the Level Death Benefit Option, the death benefit will not change and the current Specified Amount will be increased by the Accumulated Value on the effective date of the change. If you change from the Level Death Benefit Option to the Increasing Death Benefit Option, we will reduce the current Specified Amount by an amount equal to the Accumulated Value on the effective date of the change provided the Insured meets the Company’s underwriting requirements. You may not make a change in the death benefit option if it would result in a Specified Amount which is less than the minimum Specified Amount in effect on the effective date of the change, or if after the change the Policy would no longer qualify as life insurance under federal tax law.

We impose no charges in connection with a change in death benefit option; however, a change in death benefit option will affect the cost of insurance charges. (See “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction—Cost of Insurance.”)

Change in Existing Coverage.  After a Policy has been in force for one Policy Year, you may adjust the existing insurance coverage by increasing or decreasing the Specified Amount. To make a change, you must send us a written request at our Home Office. Any change in the Specified Amount may affect the cost of insurance rate and the net amount at risk, both of which will affect your cost of insurance charge. (See “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction—Cost of Insurance Rate, and—Net Amount at Risk.”) If decreases in the Specified Amount cause the premiums paid to exceed the maximum premium limitations imposed by federal tax law (see “THE POLICY—Premiums—Premium Limitations”), the decrease will be limited to the extent necessary to meet these requirements. A change in existing coverage may have federal income tax consequences. (See “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.”)

Any decrease in the Specified Amount will become effective on the Monthly Deduction Day coinciding with or immediately following the date we approve the request. The decrease will first reduce the Specified Amount provided by the most recent increase, then the next most recent increases successively, then the Specified Amount under the original application. The Specified Amount

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following a decrease can never be less than the minimum Specified Amount for the Policy in effect on the date of the decrease. A Specified Amount decrease will not reduce the Surrender Charge.

To apply for an increase, you must provide us with evidence of insurability we deem satisfactory. Any approved increase will become effective on the Monthly Deduction Day coinciding with or immediately following the date we approve the request. An increase will not become effective, however, if the Policy’s Accumulated Value on the effective date would not be sufficient to cover the deduction for the increased cost of the insurance for the next Policy Month. A Specified Amount increase is subject to its own Surrender Charge.

Accelerated Payments of Death Proceeds

In the event that the Insured becomes terminally ill (as defined below), you may (if residing in a state that has approved such rider), by written request and subject to the conditions stated below, have the Company pay all or a portion of the accelerated death benefit immediately to you. There is no separate charge for this Endorsement.

For this purpose, an Insured is terminally ill when a physician (as defined by the rider) certifies that he or she has a life expectancy of 12 months or less.

The accelerated death benefit is equal to the Policy’s death benefit up to a maximum of $250,000 (the $250,000 maximum applies in aggregate to all policies issued by the Company on the Insured),

less an amount representing a discount for 12 months at the interest rate charged for loans under the Policy. The accelerated death benefit does not include the amount of any death benefit payable under a rider that covers the life of someone other than the Insured. Requesting an accelerated death benefit under this rider may have tax consequences (see “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS”).

Benefits at Maturity

The Maturity Date is Attained Age 121. If the Insured is alive and the Policy is in force on the Maturity Date, the Company will pay to the Policyowner the Policy’s Accumulated Value as of the end of the Business Day coinciding with or immediately following the Maturity Date, reduced by any outstanding Policy Debt. (See “POLICY BENEFITS—Loan Benefits—Repayment of Policy Debt.”) We may pay benefits at maturity in a lump sum or under a payment option. The tax consequences associated with continuing a Policy beyond age 100 are unclear. Consult a tax adviser on this issue.

CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS

We deduct certain charges in connection with the Policy to compensate us for (1) the services and benefits we provide; (2) the costs and expenses we incur; and (3) the risks we assume. The nature and amount of these charges are described more fully below.

Monthly Deduction

We deduct certain charges monthly from the Accumulated Value of each Policy (“monthly deduction”) to compensate us for the cost of insurance coverage and any additional benefits added by rider (see “ADDITIONAL INSURANCE BENEFITS”), for underwriting and start-up expenses in connection with issuing a Policy and for certain administrative costs. We deduct the monthly deduction on the Policy Date and on each Monthly Deduction Day. For purposes of making deductions from the Declared Interest Option and the Subaccounts, we determine Accumulated Values as of the end of the Business Day coinciding with or immediately following the Monthly Deduction Day. Because portions of the monthly deduction, such as the cost of insurance, can vary from month to month, the monthly deduction itself will vary in amount from month to month.

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We make the monthly deduction on the Business Day coinciding with or immediately following each Monthly Deduction Day and it will equal:

· the cost of insurance for the Policy; plus

· the cost of any optional insurance benefits added by rider; plus

· the monthly policy expense charge; plus

· the monthly per $1,000 charge; plus

· the monthly risk charge.

Cost of Insurance.  This charge is designed to compensate us for the anticipated cost of paying death proceeds to Beneficiaries of those Insureds who die prior to the Maturity Date. We determine the cost of insurance on a monthly basis, and we determine it separately for the initial Specified Amount and for any subsequent increases in Specified Amount. We will determine the monthly cost of insurance charge by dividing the applicable cost of insurance rate, or rates, by 1,000 and multiplying the result by the net amount at risk for each Policy Month. We may realize a profit from this charge and may use such profit for any lawful purpose, including paying our distribution expenses.

Net Amount at Risk.  The net amount at risk may be affected by investment performance, payment of premiums, fees and charges under the Policy, death benefit option chosen, partial withdrawals and decreases in Specified Amount. Under the Increasing Death Benefit Option, the net amount at risk for a Policy Month is equal to (a) divided by (b); and under the Level Death Benefit Option, the net amount at risk for a Policy Month is equal to (a) divided by (b), minus (c), where:

(a) is the Specified Amount;

(b) is 1.0024663¹; and

(c) is the Accumulated Value.

We determine the Specified Amount and the Accumulated Value as of the end of the Business Day coinciding with or immediately following the Monthly Deduction Day.

We determine the net amount at risk separately for the initial Specified Amount and any increases in Specified Amount. In determining the net amount at risk for each Specified Amount, we first consider the Accumulated Value a part of the initial Specified Amount. If the Accumulated Value exceeds the initial Specified Amount, we will consider it to be a part of any increase in the Specified Amount in the same order as the increases occurred.

Cost of Insurance Rate.  We base the cost of insurance rate for the initial Specified Amount on the Insured’s sex, underwriting class, Specified Amount Band and Attained Age. For any increase in Specified Amount, we base the cost of insurance rate on the Insured’s sex, underwriting class, Specified Amount Band and age at last birthday on the effective date of the increase. Actual cost of insurance rates may change and we will determine the actual monthly cost of insurance rates by the Company based on its expectations as to future mortality experience. However, the actual cost of insurance rates will never be greater than the guaranteed maximum cost of insurance rates set forth in the Policy. These guaranteed rates are based on the 2001 Commissioners’ Standard Ordinary Non-Smoker and Smoker Mortality Table. Current cost of insurance rates are generally less than the guaranteed maximum rates. Any change in the cost of insurance rates will apply to all persons of the same age, sex and underwriting class, Specified Amount Band whose Policies have been in force the same length of time.

¹ Dividing by this number reduces the net amount at risk, solely for the purposes of computing the cost of insurance, by taking into account assumed monthly earnings at an annual rate of 3%.

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The cost of insurance rates generally increase as the Insured’s Attained Age increases. The underwriting class of an Insured also will affect the cost of insurance rate. The Company currently places Insureds into a standard underwriting class or into underwriting classes involving a higher mortality risk. In an otherwise identical Policy, Insureds in the standard underwriting class will have a lower cost of insurance rate than those in underwriting class involving higher mortality risk. The standard underwriting class is also divided into two categories: tobacco and non-tobacco. Non-tobacco using Insureds will generally have a lower cost of insurance rate than similarly situated Insureds who use tobacco. The Company may offer preferred and super-preferred classes in addition to the standard tobacco and non-tobacco classes. Insureds who fall under a preferred or super-preferred class will generally have a lower cost of insurance rate than Insureds who receive a standard classification. (An Insured must meet more stringent medical requirements than those established for the preferred class in order to qualify for the Company’s super-preferred class of insurance rates.)

We determine the cost of insurance rate separately for the initial Specified Amount and for the amount of any increase in Specified Amount. In calculating the cost of insurance charge, we apply the rate for the underwriting class on the Policy Date to the net amount at risk for the initial Specified Amount; for each increase in Specified Amount, we use the rate for the underwriting class applicable to the increase. However, if we calculate the death benefit as the Accumulated Value times the specified amount factor, we will use the rate for the underwriting class for the most recent increase that required evidence of insurability for the amount of death benefit in excess of the total Specified Amount.

Additional Insurance Benefits.  The monthly deduction will include charges for any additional benefits provided by rider. (See “ADDITIONAL INSURANCE BENEFITS.)

Monthly Policy Expense Charge.  We have primary responsibility for the administration of the Policy and the Variable Account. Administrative expenses include premium billing and collection, recordkeeping, processing death benefit claims, cash withdrawals, surrenders and Policy changes, and reporting and overhead costs. As reimbursement for administrative expenses related to the maintenance of each Policy and the Variable Account, we assess a $10 monthly administrative charge against each Policy for the first 10 Policy Years. We guarantee this charge will not exceed $15 per Policy Month for the life of the Policy.

Monthly Per $1,000 Charge.  We deduct a charge from Accumulated Value as part of the monthly deduction during the first 10 Policy Years and during the first 10 Policy Years immediately following an increase in Specified Amount. The charge will compensate us for underwriting, processing, start-up expenses and administrative expenses incurred in connection with the Policy and the Variable Account. These expenses include the cost of processing applications, conducting medical examinations, determining insurability and the Insured’s premium class, establishing and maintaining policy records, processing death benefit claims, Policy changes, and reporting and overhead costs. Your monthly per $1,000 charge depends upon your Issue Age and Specified Amount Band. We have listed below the monthly per $1,000 charge for ages in each Specified Amount Band.

Issue Age	Specified Amount Band
0-15	$0 - $249,999	$250,000 - $999,999	$1,000,000 and above
	$0.06 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase	$0.05 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase	$0.04 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase
16 and over	$0.12 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase	$0.10 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase	$0.08 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase

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We guarantee that this charge will not exceed $0.15 per $1,000 of Specified Amount or Specified Amount increase.

Risk Charge.  We deduct a monthly risk charge at a rate of 0.12% from the net assets of the Subaccounts for the first 10 Policy Years, then 0.03% monthly thereafter to cover our mortality and expense risks. We may realize a profit from this charge and may use such profit for any lawful purpose, including payment of our distribution expenses. The guaranteed maximum is 0.12% monthly for the life of the Policy.

The mortality risk we assume is that Insureds may die sooner than anticipated and therefore, we may pay an aggregate amount of life insurance proceeds greater than anticipated. The expense risk assumed is that expenses incurred in issuing and administering the Policies will exceed the amounts realized from the administrative charges assessed against the Policies.

Transfer Charge

The Company waives fees for the first twelve transfers during a Policy Year. We may impose a transfer charge of $10 for any subsequent transfers during that Policy Year to compensate us for the costs in making the transfer.

· Once we issue a Policy, we will not increase this charge for the life of the Policy.

· We will not impose a transfer charge on transfers that occur as a result of Policy Loans, the exercise of the special transfer privilege or the initial allocation of Accumulated Value among the Subaccounts and the Declared Interest Option following acceptance of the Policy by the Policyowner.

· The Company reserves the right to increase the transfer charge.

Currently, there is no charge for changing the premium allocation instructions.

Partial Withdrawal Fee

Upon partial withdrawal from a Policy, we assess a charge equal to the lesser of $25 or 2% of the Accumulated Value withdrawn to compensate us for costs incurred in accomplishing the withdrawal. We deduct this fee from Accumulated Value.

Surrender Charge

We apply a Surrender Charge during the first ten Policy Years, as well as during the first ten Policy Years following an increase in Specified Amount to the extent of the increase. This charge is an amount per $1,000 of Specified Amount which declines to $0 in the eleventh year and varies based on the Insured’s Issue Age, sex, underwriting class and Policy Year. We have listed below the maximum Surrender Charge per $1,000 of Specified Amount for select ages in various underwriting classes in the first Policy Year.

Issue Age	Male, Tobacco	Female, Tobacco	Unisex, Tobacco
30	$23.18	$21.73	$22.59
50	$39.24	$36.27	$38.03
70	$47.70	$48.95	$48.35

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The maximum Surrender Charge for any Policy is $51.10 per $1,000 of Specified Amount. (See “APPENDIX B—Maximum Surrender Charges” in the Statement of Additional Information.) The Surrender Charge is level within each Policy Year. The Surrender Charge will be deducted from the amount surrendered.

Under the waiver of surrender charges rider, we waive the Surrender Charge after the first Policy Year if the Insured is:

· terminally ill,

· chronically ill,

· under 65 years of age and totally disabled, or

· stays in a qualified nursing care center for 90 consecutive days or more.

Variable Account Charges

Federal Taxes.  Currently, no charge is made to the Variable Account for federal income taxes that may be attributable to the Variable Account. We may, however, make such a charge in the future. Charges for other taxes, if any, attributable to the Account may also be made. (See “FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.”)

Investment Option Expenses.  The value of net assets of the Variable Account will reflect the investment advisory fee and other expenses incurred by each Investment Option. The investment advisory fee and other expenses applicable to each Investment Option are listed on page      and described in the prospectus for each Investment Option.

Illustrative Report Fee.  Upon your request, we will provide you with one set of illustrations of Policy values free of charge. We reserve the right to assess a fee of $25 for each additional set of illustrations you request in a Policy Year. However, we currently do not assess such a fee.

Compensation. For information concerning compensation paid for the sale of the Policies, see “DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES.”

Allocation of Charges and Deductions

You may instruct us to deduct all charges under the Policy solely from your Accumulated Value in the EquiTrust Money Market Subaccount or the Declared Interest Option, or pro rata based on your Accumulated Value in each Subaccount and the Declared Interest Option. You may provide us with instructions or change your instructions at any time by sending Written Notice to us at our Home Office subject to the conditions described below. If your Accumulated Value in the EquiTrust Money Market Subaccount or the Declared Interest Option is not sufficient to cover the deductions of charges when due, we will deduct the charges under the Policy pro rata based on your Accumulated Value in each Subaccount and the Declared Interest Option. If you do not provide us with instructions, we will deduct the charges pro rata based on your Accumulated Value in each Subaccount and the Declared Interest Option.

You may change your instructions for the allocation of charges under the Policy at any time, subject to the following conditions:

· the Policy must be in force;

· the Policy must have Accumulated Value;

· we must receive Written Notice of any change signed by all Policyowners; and

· any change will take effect no later than the Business Day after we receive Written Notice at our Home Office.

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THE DECLARED INTEREST OPTION

You may allocate premiums and transfer Accumulated Value to the Declared Interest Option, which is part of the General Account. We own the assets in the General Account, and we use these assets to support our insurance and annuity obligations other than those funded by our separate accounts. These assets are subject to our general liabilities from business operations. Subject to applicable law, we have sole discretion over investment of the Declared Interest Option’s assets. We bear the full investment risk for all amounts allocated or transferred to the Declared Interest Option. We guarantee that the amounts allocated to the Declared Interest Option may be credited interest daily at a net effective annual interest rate of at least 3%. These amounts, after charges and deductions, are also guaranteed. We determine any interest rate credited in excess of the guaranteed rate at our sole discretion.

The Declared Interest Option 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 Declared Interest Option may be credited with different current interest rates. You assume the risk that interest credited to amounts in the Declared Interest Option may not exceed the minimum 3% guaranteed rate.

Because of exemptive and exclusionary provisions, we have not registered interests in the Declared Interest Option under the Securities Act of 1933 and we have not registered the Declared Interest Option as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Accordingly, neither the Declared Interest Option nor any interests therein are subject to the provisions of these Acts and, as a result, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has not reviewed the disclosures in this Prospectus relating to the Declared Interest Option. Disclosures regarding the Declared Interest Option may, however, be subject to certain generally applicable provisions of the federal securities laws relating to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in prospectuses.

Please refer to the Policy and the Statement of Additional Information for complete details regarding the Declared Interest Option.

Transfers, Partial Withdrawals, Surrenders and Policy Loans

You may transfer amounts between the Subaccounts and the Declared Interest Option. Only one transfer from the Declared Interest Option to the Variable Account is permitted in each Policy Year. We may impose a transfer charge in connection with such transfer (see “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Transfer Charge”). No more than 50% of the Net Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option may be transferred from the Declared Interest Option unless the balance in the Declared Interest Option immediately after the transfer would be less than $1,000. If the balance in the Declared Interest Option after a transfer would be less than $1,000, you may transfer the full Net Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option. A Policyowner may also make surrenders and obtain Policy Loans from the Declared Interest Option at any time prior to the Policy’s Maturity Date.

We may delay transfers, payment of partial withdrawals and surrenders from, and payments of Policy Loans allocated to, the Declared Interest Option for up to six months.

ADDITIONAL INSURANCE BENEFITS

Subject to certain requirements, you may add one or more of the following additional insurance benefits to a Policy by rider:

· Special Programs Rider. This rider makes available the dollar cost averaging and the asset rebalancing programs described in this Prospectus. See “POLICY BENEFITS—Transfers-

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Dollar Cost Averaging-and Automatic Rebalancing.” There is no charge for the special programs rider.

· Universal Cost of Living Increase. This rider automatically increases the Specified Amount under the Policy on every third Policy Anniversary without requiring evidence of insurability. The amount of each increase will equal the lesser of: (1) the initial Specified Amount plus any prior increases under the rider adjusted for changes in the Consumer Price Index; (2) 20% of the initial Specified Amount; or (3) $25,000.

· Universal Waiver of Charges. This rider provides that, in the event of the Insured’s total disability (as defined in the rider) before the Policy Anniversary on which the Insured is age 65 and continuing for at least 90 days, the Company will waive the monthly deduction until the end of the disability or age 65, whichever comes first. The rider terminates on the earliest of: (1) the Policy Anniversary on which the Insured is age 65; (2) surrender, lapse or other termination of the Policy; or (3) the continuation of the Policy in force under a cash value option. If you elect this rider, we will add a monthly cost of insurance charge based on a separate schedule of rates.

· Universal Convertible Term Life Insurance. This rider provides term insurance coverage on your life or the life of an additional adult Insured. If you elect this rider, we will increase the monthly deduction. The amount of the increase will be based on the cost of insurance rate for the Insured multiplied by the amount of term insurance coverage under the rider.

· Universal Daily Living Benefit Rider. This rider provides that, in the event the Insured becomes chronically ill (as defined in the rider) for at least 90 consecutive days and is expected to remain chronically ill for at least 90 consecutive days into the future, upon a one time election of the chronic illness benefit by the Policyowner, the Company will make a payment(s) of an amount up to the Specified Amount under the rider, subject to conditions set forth in the rider. If you elect this rider, the monthly deduction will be increased based upon a specified dollar rate per $1,000 of chronic illness benefit coverage.

· Universal Children’s Term Life Insurance. This rider provides term insurance coverage on each of the Insured’s eligible children, until the earliest of: (1) cancellation or conversion of the Policy or rider; (2) lapse of the Policy; (3) the insured child reaches age 23 or is otherwise no longer eligible for coverage; or (4) expiration, maturity or termination of the Policy. Before expiration of the term insurance on the life of a child and subject to certain conditions, the insured child may elect that the coverage be converted without evidence of insurability to certain other plans of insurance the Company offers. If you elect this rider, we will add a monthly charge.

· Universal Guaranteed Insurability Option. This rider allows the coverage on the Insured under the Policy to be increased up to seven times without new evidence of insurability. If this rider is added, the monthly deduction will be increased based on a specified dollar rate per every $1,000 of guaranteed insurance benefit. A schedule of rates based on the Attained Age of the Insured accompanies this rider.

· Waiver of Surrender Charges Rider. This rider allows us to waive the Surrender Charge after the first Policy Year if the Insured: (1) is terminally ill; (2) is chronically ill; (3) is under 65 years of age and totally disabled; or (4) stays in a qualified nursing care center for 90 consecutive days or more. See “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Surrender Charge.” There is no charge for the waiver of surrender charges rider.

· Overloan Protection Rider. This rider provides that the Policy will not terminate because of a Policy Loan even where the Accumulated Value is insufficient to cover Policy charges. For a Policy to be eligible for the overloan protection benefit, the following conditions must be met: (1) the Insured must be age 75 or older; (2) the Policy must be in force for at least

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fifteen Policy Years; (3) all premiums paid under the Policy must have been withdrawn by partial withdrawal; (4) Policy Debt must equal or exceed 96 percent of the Accumulated Value; and (5) Policy Debt must exceed the Specified Amount and any other rider term insurance coverage on the Insured. Upon exercise of the overloan protection rider, we will waive the monthly deduction for the remaining life of the Policy, change the death benefit option to the Level Death Benefit Option, if that death benefit option is not in effect, and reduce the Specified Amount to equal 101 percent of the Accumulated Value under the Policy. If you exercise this rider, we will assess a one time charge equal to 3.5% of the Accumulated Value at the time you exercise the rider.

Not all riders are available in all states, and state variations may apply.

We will deduct the cost of any additional insurance benefits as part of the monthly deduction. (See “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction” in the Prospectus.) You may obtain detailed information concerning available riders, and their suitability for inclusion in your Policy, from the registered representative selling the Policy.

Accelerated Payments of Death Proceeds

The living benefit (accelerated death benefit) rider (available at no charge) provides for the payment of all or a portion of the accelerated death benefit immediately in the event that the Insured becomes terminally ill.

For this purpose, an Insured is terminally ill when a physician (as defined by the rider) certifies that he or she has a life expectancy of 12 months or less.

In the event that there is a loan outstanding under the Policy on the date that the Policyowner requests a payment under the rider, we reduce the accelerated death benefit by a portion of the outstanding loan in the same proportion that the requested payment under the rider bears to the total death benefit under the Policy. If the amount you request to be paid under the rider is less than the total death benefit under the Policy and the Specified Amount of the Policy is equal to or greater than the minimum Specified Amount, the Policy will remain in force with all values and benefits under the Policy being reduced in the same proportion that the new Policy benefit bears to the Policy benefit before exercise of the rider.

There are several other restrictions associated with the rider. These are:

(1) the rider is not valid if the Policy is within five years of being matured,

(2) the consent of any irrevocable beneficiary or assignee is required to exercise the rider,

(3) we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to require the consent of the Insured or of any beneficiary, assignee, spouse or other party of interest before permitting the exercise of the rider,

(4) we reserve the right to obtain the concurrence of a second medical opinion as to whether any Insured is terminally ill, and

(5) the rider is not effective where:

(a) you or the Insured would be otherwise required by law to use the rider to meet the claims of creditors, or

(b) the Insured would be otherwise required by any government agency to exercise the rider in order to apply for, obtain or keep a government benefit or entitlement.

The rider will terminate at the earlier of the end of the Grace Period for which any premium is unpaid, upon receipt in our Home Office of your written request to cancel the rider or upon termination of the Policy.

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The Company believes that for federal income tax purposes, an accelerated death benefit payment received under a living benefit rider should be fully excludable from the gross income of the Beneficiary, except in certain business contexts. However, you should consult a qualified tax adviser about the consequences of adding this rider to a Policy or requesting an accelerated death benefit payment under this rider.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Change of Provisions

We reserve the right to change the Policy, in the event of future changes in the federal tax law, to the extent required to maintain the Policy’s qualification as life insurance under federal tax law.

Except as provided in the foregoing paragraph, no one can change any part of the Policy except the Policyowner and an officer of the Company. Both must agree to any change and such change must be in writing. No agent may change the Policy or waive any of its provisions.

Ownership

The Policy belongs to the Policyowner. The original Policyowner is the person named as owner in the application. Ownership of the Policy may change according to the ownership option selected as part of the original application or by a subsequent endorsement to the Policy. During the Insured’s lifetime, all rights granted by the Policy belong to the Policyowner, except as otherwise provided for in the Policy. Changing the Policyowner may have tax consequences.

Special ownership rules may apply if the Insured is under legal age (as defined by state law in the state in which the Policy is delivered) on the Policy Date.

The Beneficiary

The Policyowner designates the primary Beneficiaries and contingent Beneficiaries in the application. If changed, the primary Beneficiary or contingent Beneficiary is as shown in the latest change filed with the Company. One or more primary or contingent Beneficiaries may be named in the application. In such case, the proceeds will be paid in equal shares to the survivors in the appropriate beneficiary class, unless requested otherwise by the Policyowner.

Unless a payment option is chosen, we will pay the proceeds payable at the Insured’s death in a lump sum to the primary Beneficiary. If the primary Beneficiary dies before the Insured, we will pay the proceeds to the contingent Beneficiary. If no Beneficiary survives the Insured, we will pay the proceeds to the Policyowner or the Policyowner’s estate.

Change of Address

We confirm all Policyowner change of address requests by sending a confirmation to both the old and new addresses.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES

We have entered into a distribution agreement with our affiliate, EquiTrust Marketing Services, LLC (“EquiTrust Marketing”) for the distribution and sale of the Policies. EquiTrust Marketing may sell the Policies through its registered representatives, or through other broker-dealers (“selling firms”) that have entered into a selling agreement with EquiTrust Marketing.

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EquiTrust Marketing receives a 0.25% fee from the following Investment Options in the form of 12b-1 fees based on Policy assets allocated to the Investment Option: Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund; Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund, VIP High Income Portfolio and VIP Mid Cap Portfolio; and Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund, Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund, Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund, Franklin U.S. Government Fund, Mutual Shares Securities Fund and Templeton Growth Securities Fund. 12b-1 class shares of these Investment Options have adopted distribution plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which allows the Investment Options to pay fees out of Investment Option assets to those who sell and distribute Investment Option shares.

We pay commissions to EquiTrust Marketing for the sale of the Policies by its registered representatives as well as by selling firms. The maximum commissions payable for Policy sales are: 110% of premiums up to the Threshold Premium and 4% of premiums above that amount paid in the first Policy Year; 5% of Threshold Premiums in each Policy Year after the first Policy Year and 4% of premiums above that amount paid in the Policy Year. For each premium received following an increase in Specified Amount, a commission on such premiums will be paid up to 110% of the increase in Threshold Premium for the first year following the increase in Specified Amount. Managers of EquiTrust Marketing’s registered representatives may also receive commission overrides on the registered representatives’ commissions. We also pay commissions for substandard risk and rider premiums based on our rules at the time of payment. Additional amounts may be paid and expenses may be reimbursed based on various factors.

EquiTrust Marketing passes through all commissions it receives to its registered representatives and to selling firms, and does not retain any override as distributor for the Policies. Under the distribution agreement with EquiTrust Marketing, we pay the following sales expenses: supervisor and registered representative manager compensation; registered representative training allowances; deferred compensation and insurance benefits of registered representatives; advertising expenses; and all other expenses of distributing the Policies.

Because registered representatives of EquiTrust Marketing are also insurance agents of the Company, they and their managers are eligible for various cash benefits, such as bonuses, insurance benefits and financing arrangements, such as loans and advances, and non-cash compensation programs that the Company offers. These programs include conferences, seminars, meals, sporting events, theater performances, payment for travel, lodging and entertainment, prizes and awards, subject to applicable regulatory requirements. Sales of the Policies may help registered representatives and their managers qualify for such benefits. Registered representatives and their managers may receive other payments from the Company 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. In addition, EquiTrust Marketing’s registered representatives and their managers who meet certain Company productivity, persistency and length of service standards may be eligible for additional compensation.

We also pay commissions for substandard risk and rider premiums based on our rules at the time of payment. EquiTrust Marketing may pay additional compensation from its own resources to selling firms based on Policy sales or premium payment amounts. A portion of the payments made to selling firms may be passed on to their sales representatives in accordance with their internal compensation programs. Those programs may include other types of cash and non-cash compensation and other benefits. Ask your sales representative for further information about what your sales representative and the selling firm for which he or she works may receive in connection with your purchase of a Policy.

Sales charges deducted from premium payments, as well as proceeds from the Surrender Charge on the Policies are retained by us and used to defray the expenses we incur in paying for distribution-related services under the distribution agreement, such as the payment of commissions.

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See “DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES” in the Statement of Additional Information for more information concerning compensation paid for the sale of the Policies.

Under the Public Disclosure Program, the NASD provides certain information regarding the disciplinary history of NASD member broker-dealers and their associated persons in response to written, electronic or telephonic inquiries. NASD’s toll-free Public Disclosure Hotline telephone number is 1-800-289-9999 and their Web site address is www.nasd.com. An investor brochure that includes information describing the Public Disclosure Program is available from the NASD.

FEDERAL TAX MATTERS

Introduction

The following summary provides a general description of the Federal income tax considerations associated with the policy and does not purport to be complete or to cover all tax situations. This discussion is not intended as tax advice. Counsel or other competent tax advisors should be consulted for more complete information. This discussion is based upon our understanding of the present Federal income tax laws. No representation is made as to the likelihood of continuation of the present Federal income tax laws or as to how they may be interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Tax Status of the Policy

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, a life insurance policy must satisfy certain requirements which are set forth in the Internal Revenue Code. Guidance as to how these requirements are to be applied is limited. Nevertheless, we believe that a Policy issued on the basis of a standard rate class should satisfy the applicable requirements. There is less guidance, however, with respect to a Policy issued on a substandard basis (i.e., a premium class involving higher than standard mortality risk). It is not clear whether such a Policy will in all cases satisfy the applicable requirements, particularly if you pay the full amount of premiums permitted under the Policy. 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 modify the Policy as necessary in order to do so.

In some circumstances, Policyowners who retain excessive control over the investment of the underlying Variable Account assets 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 Policyowner should not be treated as the owner of the Variable Account assets. We reserve the right to modify the Policies to bring them into conformity with applicable standards should such modifications be necessary to prevent Policyowners from being treated as the owners of the underlying Variable Account assets.

In addition, the Code requires that the investments of the Subaccounts be “adequately diversified” in order for the Policy to be treated as a life insurance contract for Federal income tax purposes. It is intended that the Subaccounts, through the funds, 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.  The Company believes that the death benefit under a Policy should generally be excludible from the gross income of the beneficiary. Federal, state and local estate, inheritance, transfer, and other

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tax consequences of ownership or receipt of policy proceeds depend on the circumstances of each Policyowner or beneficiary. A tax adviser should be consulted on these consequences.

Generally, a Policyowner will not be deemed to be in constructive receipt of the Accumulated Value until there is a distribution. When distributions from a Policy occur, or when loans are taken out from or secured by a Policy, the tax consequences depend on whether the Policy is classified as a modified endowment contract (“MEC”).

Modified Endowment Contracts.  Under the Internal Revenue code, certain life insurance contracts are classified as “Modified Endowment Contracts,” with less favorable 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 generally 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.

In some circumstances where there is a reduction in the benefits under the Policy at any time (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 at any time, the Policy may have to be re-tested as if it were a newly issued Policy. A material change may occur, for example, when there is an increase in the death benefit 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. In addition, a Policy will also be treated as a MEC if it is received in exchange for another life insurance contract that is a MEC at the time of the exchange. 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 Policyowner should consult a tax adviser to determine whether a transaction will cause the Policy to be classified as a MEC.

Distributions Other Than Death Benefits from Modified Endowment Contracts.  Policies classified as MECs are subject to the following tax rules:

(1) 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 Policyowner’s investment in the Policy only after all gain has been distributed.

(2) Loans taken from or secured by a Policy classified as a MEC are treated as distributions and taxed accordingly.

(3) A 10 percent additional income tax is imposed on the amount subject to tax except where the distribution or loan is made when the Policyowner has attained age 59¹/₂ or is disabled, or where the distribution is part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments for the life (or life expectancy) of the Policyowner or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Policyowner and the Policyowner’s beneficiary or designated beneficiary.

(4) 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 made from a Policy that is not a MEC 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 classified as a MEC, including surrenders and partial withdrawals, are generally treated first as a recovery of the Policyowner’s investment in the Policy, and only after the recovery of all investment in the Policy, as taxable income. However, certain

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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 will generally not be treated as taxable distributions. However, the tax treatment of a loan taken out of a Policy where there is no spread (difference between the interest rate charged to you and the interest rate credited to amounts securing the loan), as the case may be on loans for Policies in force ten years or more, or a minimal spread is unclear. You should consult your tax adviser about any such loan.

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

Policy Loans.  In general, interest on a Policy Loan will not be deductible. If a loan from a Policy is outstanding when the Policy is cancelled or lapses, then the amount of the outstanding indebtedness will be added to the amount treated as a distribution from the Policy and will be taxed accordingly Before taking out a Policy Loan, you should consult your tax adviser as to the tax consequences.

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

Accelerated Death Benefits.  The Company believes that for federal income tax purposes, an accelerated death benefit payment received under an accelerated death benefit endorsement should be fully excludable from the gross income of the beneficiary, except in certain business contexts. However, you should consult a qualified tax adviser about the consequences of adding this Endorsement to a Policy or requesting an accelerated death benefit payment under this Endorsement.

Continuation of Policy Beyond Age 100.  The tax consequences of continuing the Policy beyond the Insured’s 100th year are unclear. You should consult a tax adviser if you intend to keep the Policy in force beyond the Insured’s 100th year.

Exchanges.  The Company believes that an exchange of a fixed-benefit policy issued by the Company for a Policy as provided under “THE POLICY—Exchange Privilege” generally should be treated as a non-taxable exchange of life insurance policies within the meaning of section 1035 of the Code. However, in certain circumstances, the exchanging owner may receive a cash distribution that might have to be recognized as income to the extent there was gain in the fixed-benefit policy. Moreover, to the extent a fixed-benefit policy with an outstanding loan is exchanged for an unencumbered Policy, the exchanging owner could recognize income at the time of the exchange up to an amount of such loan (including any due and unpaid interest on such loan). An exchanging Policyowner should consult a tax adviser as to whether an exchange of a fixed-benefit policy for the Policy will have adverse tax consequences.

Other Policyowner Tax Matters.  Businesses can use the Policy in various arrangements, including nonqualified deferred compensation or salary continuance plans, split dollar insurance plans, executive bonus plans, tax exempt and nonexempt welfare benefit plans, retiree medical benefit plans and others. The tax consequences of such plans may vary depending on the particular facts and circumstances. If you are purchasing the Policy for any arrangement the value of which depends in part on its tax consequences, you should consult a qualified tax adviser. In recent years, moreover, Congress has adopted additional rules relating to life insurance owned by businesses. Any business contemplating the purchase of a new Policy or a change in an existing Policy should consult a tax adviser.

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Employer-owned Life Insurance Contracts.  Pursuant to recently enacted 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 (i) 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) and (ii) to satisfy certain annual tax reporting requirements in respect of employer-owned life insurance contracts that are also imposed under the Code. 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 Policyowners 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 advisor 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 IRS and the Treasury Department have issued guidance that substantially affects split-dollar arrangements. Consult a qualified tax adviser before entering into or paying additional premiums with respect to such arrangements.

Additionally, on July 30, 2002, President Bush signed into law significant accounting and corporate governance reform legislation, known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Act”). The Act 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.

Although the prohibition on loans is generally effective as of July 30, 2002, there is an exception for loans outstanding as of the date of enactment, provided there is no material modification to the loan terms and the loan is 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 insurance arrangement should consult legal counsel.

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 Policyowner is subject to that tax.

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 Policyowner’s estate for purposes of federal estate tax if the Insured owned the policy. If the Policyowner was not the Insured, the fair market value of the Policy would be included in the Policyowner’s estate upon the Policyowner’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.

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Moreover, under certain circumstances, the 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 Policyowner. Regulations issued under the 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 Policyowner 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.

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.  The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (“EGTRRA”) repeals the federal estate tax and replaces it with a carryover basis income tax regime effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2009. EGTRRA also repeals the generation skipping transfer tax, but not the gift tax, for transfers made after December 31, 2009. EGTRRA contains a sunset provision, which essentially returns the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes to their pre-EGTRRA form, beginning in 2011. Congress may or may not enact permanent repeal between now and then.

During the period prior to 2010, EGTRRA provides for periodic decreases in the maximum estate tax rate coupled with periodic increases in the estate tax exemption. For 2007, the maximum estate tax rate is 45% and the estate tax exemption is $2,000,000.

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 advisor to help ensure that your estate plan adequately addresses your needs and that of your Beneficiaries under all possible scenarios.

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 Rican branch of a United States life insurance company is U.S.-source income that is generally subject to United States Federal income tax.

Life Insurance Purchases by Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Corporations.  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 taxation with respect to a life insurance policy purchase.

Foreign Tax Credits.  To the extent permitted under the federal tax law, the Company may claim the benefit of certain foreign tax credits attributable to taxes paid by certain Portfolios to foreign jurisdictions.

Possible Tax Law Changes

Although the likelihood of legislative changes is uncertain, there is always the possibility that the tax treatment of the Policy could change by legislation or otherwise. Consult a tax adviser with respect to legislative developments and their effect on the Policy.

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Taxation of the Company

At the present time, the Company makes no charge for any Federal, state or local taxes (other than the charge for state premium taxes) that may be attributable to the Variable Account or to the policies. The Company reserves the right to charge the Subaccounts of the Variable Account for any future taxes or economic burden the Company may incur.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Voting Rights

To the extent required by law, the Company will vote the Fund shares held in the Variable Account at regular and special shareholder meetings of the Funds in accordance with instructions received from persons having voting interests in the corresponding Subaccounts. If, however, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or any regulation thereunder should be amended or if the present interpretation thereof should change, and, as a result, we determine that it is permitted to vote the Fund shares in its own right, we may elect to do so.

The number of votes which a Policyowner has the right to instruct are calculated separately for each Subaccount and are determined by dividing the Policy’s Accumulated Value in a Subaccount by the net asset value per share of the corresponding Investment Option in which the Subaccount invests. Fractional shares will be counted. The number of votes of the Investment Option which you have the right to instruct will be determined as of the date coincident with the date established by that Investment Option for determining shareholders eligible to vote at such meeting of the Fund.

The Company will vote Fund shares attributable to Policies as to which no timely instructions are received (as well as any Fund shares held in the Variable Account which are not attributable to Policies) in proportion to the voting instructions which are received with respect to all Policies participating in each Investment Option. Voting instructions to abstain on any item to be voted upon will be applied on a pro rata basis to reduce the votes eligible to be cast on a matter. Proportional voting may result in a small number of owners determining the outcome of a vote.

Fund shares may also be held by separate accounts of other affiliated and unaffiliated insurance companies. The Company expects that those shares will be voted in accordance with instructions of the owners of insurance policies and contracts issued by those other insurance companies. Voting instructions given by owners of other insurance policies will dilute the effect of voting instructions of Policyowners.

Electronic Transactions

You are entitled to change the allocation of your Subaccount selection or transfer monies among the Subaccounts electronically, to the extent available. We cannot guarantee that you will always be able to reach us to complete an electronic transaction; for example, our website may be busy during certain periods, such as periods of substantial market fluctuations or other drastic economic or market change, or the internet may be out of service during severe weather conditions or other emergencies. If you are experiencing problems, you should send your Written Notice to our Home Office via mail or facsimile. Transaction instructions will be effective as of the end of the Valuation Period during which we receive the request at our Home Office. We will provide you confirmation of each electronic transaction.

We have established procedures reasonably designed to confirm that instructions communicated electronically are genuine. These procedures may require any person requesting an electronic transaction to provide certain personal identification upon our request. We may also record all or part of any telephone conversation with respect to transaction instructions. We reserve the right to

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deny any transaction request made electronically. You are authorizing us to accept and to act upon instructions received electronically with respect to your Policy, and you agree that, so long as we comply with our procedures, neither we, any of our affiliates, nor the Fund, or any of their trustees or officers will be liable for any loss, liability, cost or expense (including attorney’s fees) in connection with requests that we believe to be genuine. This policy means that provided we comply with our procedures, you will bear the risk of loss arising out of the electronic transaction privileges of your Policy.

Postponement of Payments

The Company will usually mail the proceeds of complete surrenders, partial withdrawals and Policy Loans within seven days after we receive the Policyowner’s signed request at our Home Office. The Company will usually mail death proceeds within seven days after receipt of Due Proof of Death and maturity benefits within seven days of the Maturity Date. However, we may postpone payment of any amount upon complete surrender or partial withdrawal, payment of any Policy Loan, and payment of death proceeds or benefits at maturity whenever:

· the New York Stock Exchange is closed other than customary weekend and holiday closings, or trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission;

· the Securities and Exchange Commission by order permits postponement for the protection of Policyowners; or

· an emergency exists, as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as a result of which disposal of the securities is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable to determine the value of the net assets of the Variable Account.

We also may postpone transfers under these circumstances.

Payments under the Policy which are derived from any amount paid to the Company by check or draft may be postponed until such time as the Company is satisfied that the check or draft has cleared the bank upon which it is drawn.

If mandated under applicable law, the Company may be required to block a Policyowner’s account and thereby refuse to pay any request for transfer, partial withdrawal, complete surrender, loan or death proceeds until instructions are received from the appropriate regulator. We may also be required to provide additional information about you and your account to government regulators.

Legal Proceedings

The Company, like other insurance companies, is involved in lawsuits. Currently, there are no class action lawsuits naming us as a defendant or involving the Variable Account. In some lawsuits involving other insurers, substantial damages have been sought and/or material settlement payments have been made. Although the outcome of any litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe that at the present time, there are no pending or threatened lawsuits that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse impact on the Variable Account, the ability of EquiTrust Marketing Services, LLC to perform its contract with the Variable Account or the ability of the Company to meet its obligations under the Policies.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Variable Account’s statements of net assets as of December 31, 2007 and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for the periods disclosed in the financial statements, as well as the related report of Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, are contained in the Statement of Additional Information.

The audited balance sheets of the Company at December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related statements of income, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, and financial statement schedules as well as the related reports of Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, are contained in the Statement of Additional Information.

The Company’s financial statements should be considered only as bearing on the Company’s ability to meet its obligations under the Policies. They should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the assets held in the Variable Account.

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”) contains more detailed information about the Policies than is contained in this Prospectus. The SAI is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and is legally a part of this Prospectus. The table of contents for the SAI appears on the last page of this Prospectus. For a free copy of the SAI, please call us toll-free at 1-800-247-4170, or write to us at 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

You may also call us toll-free or write to us if you wish to receive a free personalized illustration of your Policy’s death benefit, Accumulated Value and Surrender Value, to request additional information and to ask questions about your Policy. We reserve the right to assess an Illustrative Report Fee of $25 for each additional copy of personalized illustrations that a Policyowner requests in a Policy Year. We do not currently assess such a charge.

The SAI has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. The SEC maintains an Internet website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains the SAI and other information about us and the Policy. Information about us and the Policy (including the SAI) may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., or may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing the Public Reference Section of the SEC, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Additional information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 202-551-8090.

Investment Company Act of 1940, File Number 811-05068

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GLOSSARY

Accumulated Value: The total amount invested under the Policy. It is the sum of the values of the Policy in each subaccount of the Variable Account, the value of the Policy in the Declared Interest Option and any amounts transferred to the Declared Interest Option to secure any outstanding Policy Debt.

Attained Age: The Insured’s age on his or her last birthday on the Policy Date plus the number of Policy Years since the Policy Date.

Beneficiary: The person or entity the Policyowner named in the application, or by later designation, to receive the death proceeds upon the Insured’s death.

Business Day: Each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. Assets are valued at the close of each Business Day (3:00 p.m. central time).

Company, we, us, our: Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company.

Corridor Death Benefit: The Accumulated Value multiplied by the specified amount factor for the Insured’s Attained Age, as set forth in the Policy.

Declared Interest Option: A part of the Company’s General Account. Policyowners may allocate Net Premiums and transfer Accumulated Value to the Declared Interest Option. The Company credits Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option with interest at an annual rate guaranteed to be at least 3%.

Delivery Date: The date when the Company issues the Policy and mails it to the Policyowner.

Due Proof of Death: Proof of death that is satisfactory to the Company. Such proof may consist of the following:

(a) A certified copy of the death certificate;

(b) A certified copy of a court decree reciting a finding of death;

(c) the Beneficiary’s statement of election;

(d) a copy of the Beneficiary’s Form W-9; or

(e) Any other proof satisfactory to the Company.

Fund: An investment company registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end, diversified management investment company or unit investment trust in which the Variable Account invests.

General Account: The assets of the Company other than those allocated to the Variable Account or any other separate account.

Grace Period: The 61-day period beginning on the date we send notice to the Policyowner that Net Accumulated Value or Net Surrender Value is insufficient to cover the monthly deduction.

Home Office: The Company’s principal office at 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

Insured: The person upon whose life the Company issues a Policy.

Investment Option: A Fund, or a separate investment portfolio of a Fund in which a Subaccount invests.

Maturity Date: The Insured’s Attained Age 121. It is the date when the Policy terminates and the Policy’s Accumulated Value less Policy Debt becomes payable to the Policyowner or the Policyowner’s estate.

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Monthly Deduction Day: The same date in each month as the Policy Date. The Company makes the monthly deduction on the Business Day coinciding with or immediately following the Monthly Deduction Day. (See “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS—Monthly Deduction.”)

Net Accumulated Value: The Accumulated Value of the Policy reduced by any outstanding Policy Debt and increased by any unearned loan interest.

Net Asset Value: The total current value of each Subaccount’s securities, cash, receivables and other assets less liabilities.

Net Surrender Value: The Surrender Value minus any Policy Debt plus any unearned loan interest.

Partial Withdrawal Fee: A fee we assess at the time of any partial withdrawal equal to the lesser of $25 or 2% of the Accumulated Value withdrawn.

Policy: The variable universal life insurance policy we offer and describe in this Prospectus, which term includes the Policy described in this Prospectus, the Policy application, any supplemental applications and any endorsements or additional benefit riders or agreements.

Policy Anniversary: The same date in each year as the Policy Date.

Policy Date: The date set forth on the Policy data page which we use to determine Policy Years, Policy Months and Policy Anniversaries. The Policy Date may, but will not always, coincide with the effective date of insurance coverage under the Policy. (See “THE POLICY—Purchasing the Policy.”)

Policy Debt: The sum of all outstanding Policy Loans and any due and unpaid Policy Loan interest.

Policy Loan: An amount the Policyowner borrows from the Company using the Policy as the sole security.

Policy Month: A one-month period beginning on a Monthly Deduction Day and ending on the day immediately preceding the next Monthly Deduction Day.

Policyowner, you, your: The person who owns a Policy. The Policyowner is named in the application.

Policy Year: A twelve-month period that starts on the Policy Date or on a Policy Anniversary.

Specified Amount: The minimum death benefit payable under a Policy so long as the Policy remains in force. The Specified Amount as of the Policy Date is set forth on the data page in each Policy.

Subaccount: A subdivision of the Variable Account which invests exclusively in shares of a designated Investment Option of a Fund.

Surrender Charge: A charge we assess at the time of any surrender during the first ten Policy Years and for ten years following an increase in Specified Amount.

Surrender Value: The Accumulated Value minus the Surrender Charge.

Threshold Premium: A premium amount specified by the Company. We use the Threshold Premium to calculate registered representatives’ compensation.

Unit Value: The value determined by dividing each Subaccount’s Net Asset Value by the number of units outstanding at the time of calculation.

Valuation Period: The period between the close of business (3:00 p.m. central time) on a Business Day and the close of business on the next Business Day.

Variable Account: Farm Bureau Life Variable Account, a separate investment account the Company established to receive and invest the Net Premiums paid under the Policies.

Written Notice: A written request or notice signed by the Policyowner on a form satisfactory to the Company which the Company receives at our Home Office.

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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY	1
Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company	1
Safekeeping of the Variable Account’s Assets	1
State Regulation of the Company	1
Material Irreconcilable Conflicts	1
ADDITIONAL POLICY PROVISIONS	2
The Policy	2
Special Transfer Privilege	2
Assignment	2
Changing the Policyowner or Beneficiary	2
Incontestability	2
Misstatement of Age or Sex	3
Suicide Exclusion	3
Continuance of Insurance	3
Annual Report	3
Policy Loans	3
Voting Rights	4
Nonparticipation	4
Ownership of Assets	4
Written Notice	4
Payment Options	4
Employment-Related Benefit Plans	5
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	6
THE DECLARED INTEREST OPTION	6
General Description	6
Declared Interest Option Accumulated Value	6
CALCULATION OF VALUES	7
Accumulated Value	7
Unit Value	7
PERFORMANCE DATA	8
Average Annual Total Return Calculations	8
DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES	8
LEGAL MATTERS	9
EXPERTS	9
OTHER INFORMATION	10
DEATH BENEFIT OPTIONS	Appendix A
MAXIMUM SURRENDER CHARGES	Appendix B

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PART B

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

5400 University Avenue

West Des Moines, Iowa 50266

1-800-247-4170

FARM BUREAU LIFE VARIABLE ACCOUNT

VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE POLICY

This Statement of Additional Information contains additional information to the Prospectus for the variable universal life insurance policy (the “Policy”) offered by Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company (the “Company”). This Statement of Additional Information is not a Prospectus, and it should be read only in conjunction with the Prospectus for the Policy and the prospectuses for the Investment Options. The Prospectus for the Policy is dated the same date as this Statement of Additional Information. Unless otherwise indicated, all terms used in this Statement of Additional Information have the same meaning as when used in the Prospectus. You may obtain a copy of the Prospectus by writing us at our address or calling the toll-free number shown above.

May 1, 2008

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY	1
Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company	1
Safekeeping of the Variable Account’s Assets	1
State Regulation of the Company	1
Material Irreconcilable Conflicts	1
ADDITIONAL POLICY PROVISIONS	2
The Policy	2
Special Transfer Privilege	2
Assignment	2
Changing the Policyowner or Beneficiary	2
Incontestability	2
Misstatement of Age or Sex	3
Suicide Exclusion	3
Continuance of Insurance	3
Annual Report	3
Policy Loans	3
Voting Rights	4
Nonparticipation	4
Ownership of Assets	4
Written Notice	4
Payment Options	4
Employment-Related Benefit Plans	5
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	6
THE DECLARED INTEREST OPTION	6
General Description	6
Declared Interest Option Accumulated Value	6
CALCULATION OF VALUES	7
Accumulated Value	7
Unit Value	7
PERFORMANCE DATA	8
Average Annual Total Return Calculations	8
DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES	8
LEGAL MATTERS	9
EXPERTS	9
OTHER INFORMATION	10
DEATH BENEFIT OPTIONS	Appendix A
MAXIMUM SURRENDER CHARGES	Appendix B

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY

Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company

Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company is a stock life insurance company which was incorporated in the State of Iowa on October 30, 1944. At December 31, 2007, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation owned shares of various classes representing         % of the outstanding voting power of FBL Financial Group, Inc., which owns 100% of our voting shares. Our principal offices are at 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

Our principal business is offering life insurance policies and annuity contracts. We are admitted to do business in 18 states—Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation is an Iowa not-for-profit corporation located at 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266, the members of which are county Farm Bureau organizations and their individual members. Through various divisions and subsidiaries, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation engages in the formulation, analysis and promotion of programs designed to foster the educational, social and economic advancement of its members.

Safekeeping of the Variable Account’s Assets

The Company holds the assets of the Variable Account. The assets are kept physically segregated and held separate and apart from the General Account. We maintain records of all purchases and redemptions of shares by each Investment Option for each corresponding Subaccount. Additional protection for the assets of the Variable Account is afforded by a blanket fidelity bond issued by St. Paul Travelers Company Inc. in the amount of $5,000,000 covering all the officers and employees of the Company.

State Regulation of the Company

The Company, a stock life insurance company organized under the laws of Iowa, is subject to regulation by the Iowa Insurance Department. An annual statement is filed with the Iowa Insurance Department on or before March lst of each year covering the operations and reporting on the financial condition of the Company as of December 31 of the preceding year. Periodically, the Iowa Insurance Department examines the liabilities and reserves of the Company and the Variable Account and certifies their adequacy, and a full examination of operations is conducted periodically by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

In addition, the Company is subject to the insurance laws and regulations of other states within which it is licensed or may become licensed to operate. Generally, the insurance department of any other state applies the laws of the state of domicile in determining permissible investments.

Material Irreconcilable Conflicts

The Funds currently sell shares: (1) to the Variable Account as well as to separate accounts of insurance companies that may or may not be affiliated with the Company or each other; and (2) to separate accounts to serve as the underlying investment for both variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts. We currently do not foresee any disadvantage to Policyowners arising from the sale of shares to support variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts, or from shares being sold to separate accounts of insurance companies that may or may not be affiliated with the Company. However, we will monitor events in order to identify any material irreconcilable conflicts that might possibly arise. In that event, we would determine what action, if

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any, should be taken in response to those events or conflicts. In addition, if we believe that a Fund’s response to any of those events or conflicts insufficiently protects Policyowners, we will take appropriate action on our own, including withdrawing the Variable Account’s investment in that Fund. (See the Fund prospectuses for more detail.)

ADDITIONAL POLICY PROVISIONS

The Policy

We issue the Policy in consideration of the statements in the application and the payment of the initial premium. The Policy, the application, and any supplemental applications and endorsements make up the entire contract. In the absence of fraud, we will treat the statements made in an application or supplemental application as representations and not as warranties. We will not use any statement to void the Policy or in defense of a claim unless the statement is contained in the application or any supplemental application.

Special Transfer Privilege

You may, at any time prior to the Maturity Date while the Policy is in force, operate the Policy as a flexible premium fixed-benefit life insurance policy by requesting that we transfer all of the Accumulated Value in the Variable Account to the Declared Interest Option. You may exercise this special transfer privilege once each Policy Year. Once you exercise the special transfer privilege, we automatically will credit all future premium payments to the Declared Interest Option, until you request a change in allocation to convert the Policy back to a flexible premium variable life insurance policy. The Company will not impose any charge for transfers resulting from the exercise of the special transfer privilege.

Assignment

The Policyowner may assign the Policy as collateral security. The Company assumes no responsibility for the validity or effect of any collateral assignment of the Policy. No assignment will bind us unless in writing and until we receive notice of the assignment at the Home Office. The assignment is subject to any payment or action we may have taken before we received notice of the assignment at our Home Office. Assigning the Policy may have federal income tax consequences.

Changing the Policyowner or Beneficiary

During the Insured’s lifetime, the Policyowner and the Beneficiary may be changed. To make a change, you must send a written request to us at our Home Office. The request for the change must be in a form satisfactory to the Company and we must actually receive and record the request. The change will take effect as of the date you sign the request and will be subject to any payment made before we recorded the change. We may require return of the Policy for endorsement. Changing the Policyowner may have tax consequences.

Incontestability

The Policy is incontestable after it has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for two years from the Policy Date or date of reinstatement. Any increase in Specified Amount will be incontestable only after it has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for two years from the effective date of the increase. Depending upon individual state replacement requirements, if we replace your Policy with another life insurance policy issued by us or one of our affiliates, we will credit the amount of time you held your Policy when calculating incontestability provisions under the new policy.

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Misstatement of Age or Sex

If the Insured’s age or sex was misstated in the application, we will adjust each benefit and any amount to be paid under the Policy to reflect the correct age and sex.

Suicide Exclusion

If the Policy is in force and the Insured commits suicide, while sane or insane, within two years from the Policy Date (within one year in certain states), we will limit life insurance proceeds payable under the Policy to all premiums paid, reduced by any outstanding Policy Debt and any partial withdrawals, and increased by any unearned loan interest. If the Policy is in force and the Insured commits suicide, while sane or insane, within two years from the effective date of any increase in Specified Amount (within one year in certain states), we will not pay any increase in the death benefit resulting from the requested increase in Specified Amount. Instead, we will refund to the Policyowner an amount equal to the total cost of insurance applied to the increase. Depending upon individual state replacement requirements, if we replace your Policy with another life insurance policy issued by us or one of our affiliates, we will credit the amount of time you held your Policy when calculating benefits under the suicide provisions of the new policy.

Continuance of Insurance

The insurance under a Policy will continue until the earlier of:

· the end of the Grace Period if insufficient premiums are received;

· the date the Policyowner surrenders the Policy for its entire Net Surrender Value;

· the death of the Insured; or

· the Maturity Date.

Any rider to a Policy will terminate on the date specified in the rider.

Annual Report

At least once each year, we will send an annual report to each Policyowner. The report will show

· the current death benefit,

· the Accumulated Value in each Subaccount and in the Declared Interest Option,

· outstanding Policy Debt, and

· premiums paid, partial withdrawals made and charges assessed since the last report.

The report will also include any other information required by state law or regulation. Further, the Company will send the Policyowner the reports required by the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Policy Loans

Interest is payable in advance at the time you make any Policy Loan (for the remainder of the Policy Year) and on each Policy Anniversary thereafter (for the entire Policy Year) so long as there is Policy Debt outstanding. We will subtract interest payable at the time you make a Policy Loan from the loan proceeds. Thereafter, we will add interest not paid when due to the existing Policy Debt and it will bear interest at the same rate charged for Policy Loans. We will segregate the amount equal to unpaid interest within the Declared Interest Option in the same manner that amounts for Policy Loans are segregated within the Declared Interest Option. (See “POLICY BENEFITS—Loan Benefits—Allocation of Policy Loan” in the Prospectus.)

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Because we charge interest in advance, we will add any interest that has not been earned to the death benefit payable at the Insured’s death and to the Accumulated Value upon complete surrender, and we will credit it to the Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option upon repayment of Policy Debt.

Voting Rights

The Company may, when required by state insurance regulatory authorities, disregard voting instructions if the instructions require that the shares be voted so as to cause a change in the sub-classification or investment objective of an Investment Option or to approve or disapprove an investment advisory contract for an Investment Option. In addition, the Company itself may disregard voting instructions in favor of changes initiated by a Policyowner in the investment policy or the investment adviser of an Investment Option if the Company reasonably disapproves of such changes. A change would be disapproved only if the proposed change is contrary to state law or prohibited by state regulatory authorities, or the Company determined that the change would have an adverse effect on the General Account in that the proposed investment policy for an Investment Option may result in overly speculative or unsound investments. In the event the Company does disregard voting instructions, a summary of that action and the reasons for such action will be included in the next annual report to Policyowners.

Nonparticipation

The Policy does not participate in the Company’s profits or surplus earnings. No dividends are payable.

Ownership of Assets

The Company shall have the exclusive and absolute ownership and control over assets, including the assets of the Variable Account.

Written Notice

You should send any Written Notice to the Company at our Home Office. The notice should include the Policy number and the Insured’s full name. Any notice we send to a Policyowner will be sent to the address shown in the application unless you filed an appropriate address change form with the Company.

Payment Options

We may pay death proceeds and Accumulated Value due at maturity, or upon surrender or partial withdrawal of a Policy, in whole or in part under a payment option as described below. We also may make payments under any new payment option available at the time proceeds become payable. In addition, we may pay proceeds in any other manner acceptable to us.

You may designate an option in your application or notify us in writing at our Home Office. During the life of the Insured, you may select a payment option; in addition, during that time you may change a previously selected option by sending Written Notice to us requesting the cancellation of the prior option and the designation of a new option. If you have not chosen an option prior to the Insured’s death, the Beneficiary may choose an option. The Beneficiary may change a payment option by sending a written request to us, provided that a prior option chosen by you is not in effect.

If you have not elected a payment option, we will pay the proceeds of the Policy in one sum. We will also pay the proceeds in one sum if,

(1) the proceeds are less than $2,000;

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(2) periodic payments would be less than $20; or

(3) the payee is an assignee, estate, trustee, partnership, corporation or association.

You may also choose a lump sum payment under a Living Tradition Account^TM (“LTA”). The LTA is similar to a checking account, except it is not FDIC insured, but is backed by the claims paying ability of the Company. The LTA is part of our general account and is subject to the claims of our creditors. We receive a benefit from all amounts left in the LTA. We pay interest on proceeds held in the LTA.

Amounts paid under a payment option are paid pursuant to a payment contract and will not vary. Proceeds applied under a payment option earn interest at a rate guaranteed to be no less than 3% compounded yearly. The Company may be crediting higher interest rates on the effective date of the payment contract, but is not obligated to declare that such additional interest be applied to such funds.

If a payee dies, any remaining payments will be paid to a contingent payee. At the death of the last payee, the commuted value of any remaining payments will be paid to the last payee’s estate. A payee may not withdraw funds under a payment option unless the Company has agreed to such withdrawal in the payment contract. We reserve the right to defer a withdrawal for up to six months and to refuse to allow partial withdrawals of less than $250.

Payments under Option A will begin at the end of the first interest period after the date proceeds are otherwise payable. Payments under Options B, C or D will begin as of the date of the Insured’s death, on surrender or on the Maturity Date.

Option A—Proceeds Left at Interest.  Periodic payments of interest earned from the proceeds will be paid. Payments can be annual, semi-annual, quarterly or monthly, as selected by the payee, and will begin at the end of the first period chosen. Proceeds left under this plan will earn interest at a rate determined by the Company, in no event less than 3% compounded yearly. The payee may withdraw all or part of the proceeds at any time.

Option B—Payment for a Designated Number of Years.  Periodic payments will be made for a fixed period not longer than 30 years. Payments can be annual, semi-annual, quarterly or monthly. Guaranteed amounts payable under the plan will earn interest at a rate determined by the Company, in no event less than 3% compounded yearly.

Option C—Payment of Life Income.  Equal periodic payments will be made for a guaranteed minimum period elected. If the payee lives longer than the minimum period, payments will continue for his or her life. The minimum period can be 10, 15 or 20 years. Guaranteed amounts payable under this plan will earn interest at a rate determined by the Company, in no event less than 3% compounded yearly.

Option D—Payment of a Designated Amount.  Equal periodic payments of a definite amount will be paid. Payments can be annual, semi-annual, quarterly or monthly. The amount paid each period must be at least $20 for each $1,000 of proceeds. Payments will continue until the proceeds are exhausted. The last payment will equal the amount of any unpaid proceeds. Unpaid proceeds will earn interest at a rate determined by the Company, in no event less than 3% compounded yearly.

Alternate Payment Options.  The Company may make available alternative payment options.

A tax adviser should be consulted with respect to the tax consequences associated with a payment option.

Employment-Related Benefit Plans

The Supreme Court held in Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris that optional annuity benefits provided under an employer’s deferred compensation plan could not, under Title VII of the Civil

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Rights Act of 1964, vary between men and women on the basis of sex. In addition, legislative, regulatory or decisional authority of some states may prohibit use of sex-distinct mortality tables under certain circumstances. The Policy described in the Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information contains guaranteed cost of insurance rates and guaranteed purchase rates for certain payment options that distinguish between men and women. Employers and employee organizations should consider, in consultation with legal counsel, the impact of Norris, and Title VII generally, on any employment-related insurance or benefit program for which a Policy may be purchased.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Company’s financial statements included in this Statement of Additional Information should be considered only as bearing on the Company’s ability to meet its obligations under the Policies. They should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the assets held in the Account.

THE DECLARED INTEREST OPTION

General Description

Our General Account supports the Declared Interest Option. The General Account consists of all assets we own other than those in the Variable Account and other separate accounts. Subject to applicable law, we have sole discretion over the investment of the General Account’s assets.

You may elect to allocate Net Premiums to the Declared Interest Option, the Variable Account, or both. You may also transfer Accumulated Value from the Subaccounts to the Declared Interest Option, or from the Declared Interest Option to the Subaccounts. Allocating or transferring funds to the Declared Interest Option does not entitle you to share in the investment experience of the General Account. Instead, we guarantee that Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option will accrue interest at an effective annual rate of at least 3%, independent of the actual investment performance of the General Account.

Declared Interest Option Accumulated Value

Net Premiums allocated to the Declared Interest Option are credited to the Policy. The Company bears the full investment risk for these amounts. We guarantee that interest credited to each Policyowner’s Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option will not be less than an effective annual rate of 3%. The Company may, in its sole discretion, credit a higher rate of interest, although it is not obligated to credit interest in excess of 3% per year, and might not do so. Any interest credited on the Policy’s Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option in excess of the guaranteed rate of 3% per year will be determined in the sole discretion of the Company and may be changed at any time by the Company, in its sole discretion. The Policyowner assumes the risk that the interest credited may not exceed the guaranteed minimum rate of 3% per year. The interest credited to the Policy’s Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option that equals Policy Debt may be greater than 3%, but will in no event be greater than the current effective loan interest rate minus no more than 3%. For Policies that have been in force ten years, we may allow a loan spread of 0% on the gain. The Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option will be calculated no less frequently than each Monthly Deduction Day.

The Company guarantees that, at any time prior to the Maturity Date, the Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option will not be less than the amount of the Net Premiums allocated or Accumulated Value transferred to the Declared Interest Option, plus interest at the rate of 3% per

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year, plus any excess interest which we credit, less the sum of all Policy charges allocable to the Declared Interest Option and any amounts deducted from the Declared Interest Option in connection with partial withdrawals or transfers to the Variable Account.

CALCULATION OF VALUES

Accumulated Value

The Accumulated Value of the Policy is equal to the sum of the Accumulated Values in each Subaccount, plus the Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option, including amounts transferred to the Declared Interest Option to secure outstanding Policy Debt. We determine Accumulated Value on each Business Day, and there is no guaranteed minimum Accumulated Value.

· Accumulated Value will reflect a number of factors, including

· premiums paid,

· partial withdrawals,

· Policy Loans,

· charges assessed in connection with the Policy,

· interest earned on the Accumulated Value in the Declared Interest Option, and

· investment performance of the Subaccounts to which the Accumulated Value is allocated.

As of the Policy Date, the Accumulated Value equals the initial premium less the monthly deduction made on the Policy Date.

Unit Value

For each Subaccount, we initially set the Unit Value at $10 when the Subaccount first purchased shares of the designated Investment Option. We calculate the Unit Value for each subsequent valuation period by dividing (a) by (b) where:

(a) is (1) the Net Asset Value of the Subaccount at the end of the preceding Valuation Period, PLUS

(2) the investment income and capital gains, realized or unrealized, credited to the net assets of that Subaccount during the Valuation Period for which the Unit Value is being determined, MINUS

(3) the capital losses, realized or unrealized, charged against those assets during the Valuation Period, MINUS

(4) any amount charged against the Subaccount for taxes, or any amount we set aside during the Valuation Period as a provision for taxes attributable to the operation or maintenance of that Subaccount.

(b) is the number of units outstanding at the end of the preceding Valuation Period.

The Unit Value for a Valuation Period applies for each day in the period. We value the assets in the Variable Account at their fair market value in accordance with accepted accounting practices and applicable laws and regulations. We will not value the assets in the Variable Account on the days on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed for trading.

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PERFORMANCE DATA

Average Annual Total Return Calculations

Subaccount Performance.  Each Subaccount may advertise its average annual total return. We calculate each Subaccount’s average annual total return quotation under the following method:

· A hypothetical $1,000 investment in each Subaccount on the first day of the period at the maximum offering price (“initial investment”) is assumed.

· We calculate the ending value (“ending value”) of that investment at the end of 1-, 5- and 10-year periods. If average annual total return for a Subaccount is not available for a stated period, we may show average annual total return since Subaccount inception. The ending value reflects the effect of the mortality and expense risk charge and all other Investment Option operating expenses. We do not reflect any cost of insurance charges, premium taxes, surrender charges or any other insurance-related charges in the calculation. If those charges had been included, the average annual total returns shown would have been lower.

· The ending value is divided by the initial investment.

· This quotient is taken to the Nth root (N representing the number of years in the period), 1 is subtracted from the result and the result is expressed as a percentage to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent.

Investment Option Performance.  Each Subaccount may advertise the performance of the corresponding Investment Option in which it invests, based on the calculations described above, where all or a portion of the actual historical performance of the corresponding Investment Option in which the Subaccount invests may pre-date the effective date of the Subaccount being offered in the Policy.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES

EquiTrust Marketing Services, LLC (“EquiTrust Marketing”) is responsible for distributing the Policies pursuant to a distribution agreement with us. EquiTrust Marketing serves as principal underwriter for the Policies. EquiTrust Marketing, a Delaware corporation organized in 1970 and a wholly-owned subsidiary of FBL Financial Services, Inc., an affiliate of the Company, is located at 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266. EquiTrust Marketing is registered as a broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”), as well as with the securities commissions in the states in which it operates, and is a member of the NASD.

We offer the Policies to the public on a continuous basis. We anticipate continuing to offer the Policies, but reserve the right to discontinue the offering. We intend to recoup commissions and other sales expenses through fees and charges imposed under the Policy. Commissions paid on the Policy, including other incentives or payments, are not charged directly to the Policyowners or the Variable Account.

EquiTrust Marketing offers the Policies through its registered representatives, who must be licensed as insurance agents and appointed by the Company. EquiTrust Marketing also may enter into selling agreements with other broker-dealers (“selling firms”) and compensate those selling firms up to the amounts disclosed in the Prospectus for their services.

EquiTrust Marketing passes through commissions it receives to its registered representatives and selling firms and does not retain any override as distributor for the Policies. However, under the distribution agreement with EquiTrust Marketing, we pay the following sales expenses: supervisor

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and registered representative manager compensation; registered representative training allowances; deferred compensation and insurance benefits of registered representatives; advertising expenses; and all other expenses of distributing the Policies.

The following Investment Options have adopted Distribution Plans in connection with their 12b-1 shares and pay EquiTrust Marketing for its costs in distributing those shares: Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund; Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund, VIP High Income Portfolio and VIP Mid Cap Portfolio; and Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund, Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund, Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund, Franklin U.S. Government Fund, Mutual Shares Securities Fund and Templeton Growth Securities Fund. Each Distribution Plan has been adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which allows funds to pay fees out of fund assets to those who sell and distribute fund shares. The 12b-1 fees are in consideration of distribution services and expenses incurred in the performance of EquiTrust Marketing’s obligations under an agreement with these Investment Options. Under each Distribution Plan, 0.25% is paid to EquiTrust Marketing for its distribution-related services and expenses under the agreement. Each Investment Option’s investment adviser may, from time to time use its management fee revenue, as well as its past profits or its other resources as may be permitted by regulatory rules, to make payments for distribution services to EquiTrust Marketing, which may in turn pay part or all of such compensation to a broker-dealer of record with whom it has entered into a selling agreement.

LEGAL MATTERS

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP of Washington, D.C. has provided advice on certain legal matters relating to federal securities laws applicable to the issuance of the variable universal life insurance policy described in the Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information. All matters of Iowa law pertaining to the Policy, including the validity of the Policy and the Company’s right to issue the Policy under Iowa Insurance Law, have been passed upon by Richard J. Kypta, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company.

EXPERTS

Actuarial matters included in this Prospectus have been examined by Christopher G. Daniels, FSA, MAAA, Life Product Development and Pricing Vice President, as stated in the opinion filed as an exhibit to the registration statement.

The Variable Account’s statements of assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2007 and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for the periods disclosed in the financial statements, and the balance sheets of the Company at December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related statements of income, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007 and the financial statement schedules, appearing herein, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, 801 Grand Avenue, Suite 3000, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, as set forth in their respective reports thereon appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance upon such reports given upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

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OTHER INFORMATION

A registration statement has been filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, with respect to the Contract discussed in this Statement of Additional Information. Not all the information set forth in the registration statement, amendments and exhibits thereto has been included in this Statement of Additional Information. Statements contained in this Statement of Additional Information as to the contents of the Policy and other legal instruments are summaries. For a complete statement of the terms of these documents, reference is made to such instruments as filed.

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APPENDIX A

Death Benefit Options

Appendix A shows examples illustrating the two death benefit options. The specified amount factor is 2.50 for an Insured Attained Age 40 or below on the date of death. For Insureds with an Attained Age over 40 on the date of death, the factor declines with age as shown in the following table.

Increasing Death Benefit Option Example.  For purposes of this example, assume that the Insured’s Attained Age is between 0 and 40 and that there is no outstanding Policy Debt. Under the Increasing Death Benefits Option, a Policy with a Specified Amount of $50,000 will generally provide a death benefit of $50,000 plus Accumulated Value. Thus, for example, a Policy with an Accumulated Value of $5,000 will have a death benefit of $55,000 ($50,000 + $5,000); an Accumulated Value of $10,000 will provide a death benefit of $60,000 ($50,000 + $10,000). The death benefit, however, must be at least 2.50 multiplied by the Accumulated Value. As a result, if the Accumulated Value of the Policy exceeds $33,333, the death benefit will be greater than the Specified Amount plus Accumulated Value. Each additional dollar of Accumulated Value above $33,333 will increase the death benefit by $2.50. A Policy with a Specified Amount of $50,000 and an Accumulated Value of $40,000 will provide a death benefit of $100,000 ($40,000 x 2.50); an Accumulated Value of $60,000 will provide a death benefit of $150,000 ($60,000 x 2.50).

Similarly, any time Accumulated Value exceeds $33,333, each dollar taken out of Accumulated Value will reduce the death benefit by $2.50. If, for example, the Accumulated Value is reduced from $40,000 to $35,000 because of partial surrenders, charges, or negative investment performance, the death benefit will be reduced from $100,000 to $87,500. If at any time, however, Accumulated Value multiplied by the specified amount factor is less than the Specified Amount plus the Accumulated Value, then the death benefit will be the current Specified Amount plus Accumulated Value of the Policy.

The specified amount factor becomes lower as the Insured’s Attained Age increases. If the Attained Age of the Insured in the example above were, for example, 50 (rather than under 40), the specified amount factor would be 1.85. The amount of the death benefit would be the sum of the Accumulated Value plus $50,000 unless the Accumulated Value exceeded $58,824 (rather than $33,333), and each dollar then added to or taken from the Accumulated Value would change the death benefit by $1.85 (rather than $2.50).

Level Death Benefit Option Example.  For purposes of this example, assume that the Insured’s Attained Age is between 0 and 40 and that there is no outstanding Policy Debt. Under the Level Death Benefit Option, a Policy with a $50,000 Specified Amount will generally pay $50,000 in death benefits. However, because the death benefit must be equal to or be greater than 2.50 multiplied by the Accumulated Value, any time the Accumulated Value of the Policy exceeds $20,000, the death benefit will exceed the $50,000 Specified Amount. Each additional dollar added to Accumulated Value above $20,000 will increase the death benefit by $2.50. A Policy with a $50,000 Specified Amount and an Accumulated Value of $30,000 will provide death proceeds of $75,000 ($30,000 x 2.50); an Accumulated Value of $40,000 will provide a death benefit of $100,000 ($40,000 x 2.50); an Accumulated Value of $50,000 will provide a death benefit of $125,000 ($50,000 x 2.50).

Similarly, so long as Accumulated Value exceeds $20,000, each dollar taken out of Accumulated Value will reduce the death benefit by $2.50. If, for example, the Accumulated Value is reduced from $25,000 to $20,000 because of partial surrenders, charges, or negative investment performance, the death benefit will be reduced from $62,500 to $50,000. If at any time, however, the Accumulated Value multiplied by the specified amount factor is less than the Specified Amount, the death benefit will equal the current Specified Amount of the Policy.

The specified amount factor becomes lower as the Insured’s Attained Age increases. If the Attained Age of the Insured in the example above were, for example, 50 (rather than between 0 and 40), the

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specified amount factor would be 1.85. The death proceeds would not exceed the $50,000 Specified Amount unless the Accumulated Value exceeded approximately $27,028 (rather than $20,000), and each dollar then added to or taken from the Accumulated Value would change the life insurance proceeds by $1.85 (rather than $2.50).

Attained Age	Specified Amount Factor
40 or younger	2.50
41	2.43
42	2.36
43	2.29
44	2.22
45	2.15
46	2.09
47	2.03
48	1.97
49	1.91
50	1.85
51	1.78
52	1.71
53	1.64
54	1.57
55	1.50
56	1.46
57	1.42
58	1.38
59	1.34
60	1.30
61	1.28
62	1.26
63	1.24
64	1.22
65	1.20
66	1.19
67	1.18
68	1.17
69	1.16
70	1.15
71	1.13
72	1.11
73	1.09
74	1.07
75 to 90	1.05
91	1.04
92	1.03
93	1.02
94 to 114	1.01
115	1.00

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APPENDIX B

Maximum Surrender Charges

The chart below reflects the maximum surrender charge per $1,000 of Specified Amount for selected issue ages as Policy Years increase.

Male, Non-Tobacco
Policy Year
Issue Age	1-5	6	7	8	9	10	11+
10	15.13	12.61	10.09	7.57	5.04	2.52	0.00
20	17.41	14.51	11.61	8.71	5.80	2.90	0.00
30	20.58	17.15	13.72	10.29	6.86	3.43	0.00
40	25.55	21.29	17.03	12.78	8.52	4.26	0.00
50	33.42	27.85	22.28	16.71	11.14	5.57	0.00
60	46.77	38.98	31.18	23.39	15.59	7.80	0.00
70	47.55	39.63	31.70	23.78	15.85	7.93	0.00
80	44.71	37.26	29.81	22.36	14.90	7.45	0.00
Male, Tobacco
Policy Year
Issue Age	1-5	6	7	8	9	10	11+
10	16.36	13.63	10.91	8.18	5.45	2.73	0.00
20	19.28	16.07	12.85	9.64	6.43	3.21	0.00
30	23.18	19.32	15.45	11.59	7.73	3.86	0.00
40	29.38	24.48	19.59	14.69	9.79	4.90	0.00
50	39.24	32.70	26.16	19.62	13.08	6.54	0.00
60	50.45	42.04	33.63	25.23	16.82	8.41	0.00
70	47.70	39.75	31.80	23.85	15.90	7.95	0.00
80	45.35	37.79	30.23	22.68	15.12	7.56	0.00
Female, Non-Tobacco
Policy Year
Issue Age	1-5	6	7	8	9	10	11+
10	14.36	11.97	9.57	7.18	4.79	2.39	0.00
20	16.36	13.63	10.91	8.18	5.45	2.73	0.00
30	19.24	16.03	12.83	9.62	6.41	3.21	0.00
40	23.55	19.63	15.70	11.78	7.85	3.93	0.00
50	30.30	25.25	20.20	15.15	10.10	5.05	0.00
60	40.93	34.11	27.29	20.47	13.64	6.82	0.00
70	49.21	41.01	32.81	24.61	16.40	8.20	0.00
80	45.97	38.31	30.65	22.99	15.32	7.66	0.00

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Female, Tobacco
Policy Year
Issue Age	1-5	6	7	8	9	10	11+
10	15.50	12.92	10.33	7.75	5.17	2.58	0.00
20	18.05	15.04	12.03	9.03	6.02	3.01	0.00
30	21.73	18.11	14.49	10.87	7.24	3.62	0.00
40	27.29	22.74	18.19	13.65	9.10	4.55	0.00
50	36.27	30.23	24.18	18.14	12.09	6.05	0.00
60	50.27	41.89	33.51	25.14	16.76	8.38	0.00
70	48.95	40.79	32.63	24.48	16.32	8.16	0.00
80	47.09	39.24	31.39	23.55	15.70	7.85	0.00
Unisex, Non-Tobacco
Policy Year
Issue Age	1-5	6	7	8	9	10	11+
10	14.82	12.35	9.88	7.41	4.94	2.47	0.00
20	16.99	14.16	11.33	8.50	5.66	2.83	0.00
30	20.03	16.69	13.35	10.02	6.68	3.34	0.00
40	24.73	20.61	16.49	12.37	8.24	4.12	0.00
50	32.14	26.78	21.43	16.07	10.71	5.36	0.00
60	44.34	36.95	29.56	22.17	14.78	7.39	0.00
70	48.42	40.35	32.28	24.21	16.14	8.07	0.00
80	45.86	38.22	30.57	22.93	15.29	7.64	0.00
Unisex, Tobacco
Policy Year
Issue Age	1-5	6	7	8	9	10	11+
10	16.02	13.35	10.68	8.01	5.34	2.67	0.00
20	18.78	15.65	12.52	9.39	6.26	3.13	0.00
30	22.59	18.83	15.06	11.30	7.53	3.77	0.00
40	28.53	23.78	19.02	14.27	9.51	4.76	0.00
50	38.03	31.69	25.35	19.02	12.68	6.34	0.00
60	50.85	42.38	33.90	25.43	16.95	8.48	0.00
70	48.35	40.29	32.23	24.18	16.12	8.06	0.00
80	46.60	38.83	31.07	23.30	15.53	7.77	0.00

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PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 26. Exhibits

a.	Certified Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company establishing the Variable Account.(1)
b.	None.
c.	(1)	Underwriting Agreement.(3)
	(2)	Career Agent’s Contract.(3)
	(3)	Commission Schedules. (See Exhibit 3(b) above.)(3)
	(4)	Paying Agent Agreement.(3)
d.	(1)	Policy Form.(10)
	(2)	Universal Cost of Living Increase Rider.(5)
	(3)	Universal Waiver of Charges Rider.(5)
	(4)	Universal Convertible Term Life Insurance Rider.(5)
	(5)	Universal Children’s Term Life Insurance Rider.(5)
	(6)	Universal Guaranteed Insurability Option Rider.(5)
	(7)	Universal Daily Living Benefit Rider.(5)
	(8)	Overloan Protection Rider.(11)
e.	(1)	Application Form.(5)
	(2)	Suitability Supplement.(5)
f.	(1)	Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.(1)
	(2)	By-Laws of the Company.(1)
g.	(1)	Reinsurance Agreement between Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and Hanover Life Reassurance Company of America.(6)
	(2)	Reinsurance Agreement between Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and Business Men’s Assurance Company of America.(6)
	(3)	Reinsurance Agreement between Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company.(6)
	(4)	Reinsurance Agreement between Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and Generali USA Life Reassurance Company.(8)
	(5)	Reinsurance Agreement between Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and RGA Reinsurance Company.(8)
	(6)	Reinsurance Agreement between Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and Munich American Reassurance Company.(8)
h.	(1)	Participation Agreement relating to Equitrust Variable Insurance Series Fund.(1)
		(a)    Amended Participation Agreement.(9)
	(2)	Participation Agreement relating to Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund.(2)
		(a)    Amended Schedule to Participation Agreement.(4)
	(3)	Participation Agreement relating to Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund II.(2)
		(a)    Amended Schedule to Participation Agreement.(4)
	(4)	Participation Agreement relating to Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund III.(2)
		(a)    Amended Schedule to Participation Agreement.(4)
		(b)    Service Contract.(4)
	(5)	Participation Agreement relating to T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc. Fund and T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc.(2)
		(a)    Amended Schedule to Participation Agreement.(4)

	(6)	Participation Agreement relating to Franklin Templeton Funds.(4)
		(a)    Amendment to Participation Agreement.(7)
	(7)	Participation Agreement relating to JP Morgan Series Trust II.(4)
		(a)    Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement.(9)
	(8)	Participation Agreement relating to Summit Pinnacle Series.(4)
	(9)	Participation Agreement with Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust.(11)
	(10)	Participation Agreement with DWS Investments VIT Funds and DWS Variable Series II.(11)
i.	None.
j.	(1)	Fidelity Shareholder Information Agreement (Rule 22c-2).(9)
	(2)	T. Rowe Price Shareholder Information Agreement (Rule 22c-2).(9)
	(3)	Franklin Templeton Shareholder Information Agreement (Rule 22c-2).(9)
	(4)	Summit Shareholder Information Agreement (Rule 22c-2).(9)
k.	Opinion and Consent of Richard J. Kypta, Esquire.(11)
l.	Opinion and Consent of Christopher G. Daniels, FSA, MAAA, Life Product Development and Pricing Vice President.(11)
m.	None.
n.	(1)	Consentof Ernst & Young LLP(11)
	(2)	Consentof Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP(11)
o.	Financial Statement Schedules.(11)
	Schedule I—Summary of Investments
	Schedule III—Supplementary Insurance Information
	Schedule IV—Reinsurance
	All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted.
p.	None.
q.	Memorandum describing the Company’s issuance, transfer and redemption procedures for the Policy.(11)
r.	Power of Attorney.(10)

(1) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 (File No. 33-12789) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 1998.

(2) Incorporated herein by reference to the Initial Filing to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 (File No. 333-31444) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2000.

(3) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 (File No. 33-12789) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2001.

(4) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 (File No. 33-12789) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2001.

(5) Incorporated herein by reference to the Initial Filing to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 (File No. 333-87766) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2002.

(6) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 333-87766) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2003.

(7) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 333-87766) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2005.

(8) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 333-87766) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2006.

(9) Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 333-87766) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2007.

(10) Filed herein.

(11) To be filed by amendment.

Item 27. Directors and Officers of the Depositor

Name and Principal Business Address*	Positions and Offices
Eric K. Aasmundstad	Director
Steve L. Baccus	Director
William C. Bruins	Director
Alan L. Foutz	Director
Doug Gronau	Director
Daniel L. Johnson	Director
G. Steven Kouplen	Director
Perry E. Livingston	Director
David L. McClure	Director
Charles E. Norris	Director
Keith R. Olsen	Director
Kevin D. Paap	Director
Frank S. Priestley	Director
Kevin G. Rogers	Director
Calvin Rozenboom	Director
Phillip J. Sundblad	Director
Scott E. VanderWal	Director
Michael S. White	Director
Craig A. Lang	President and Director
Leland J. Hogan	Vice President and Director
James W. Noyce	Chief Executive Officer
Dennis J. Presnall	Senior Vice President and Secretary
Richard J. Kypta	Senior Vice President and General Counsel
JoAnn Rumelhart	Executive Vice President
James P. Brannen	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Treasurer
Douglas W. Gumm	Vice President—Information Technology
John M. Paule	Vice President
Lou Ann Sandburg	Vice President—Investments and Assistant Treasurer
David T. Sebastian	Vice President—Sales and Marketing
Donald J. Seibel	Vice President—Finance
Bruce A. Trost	Vice President

Name and Principal Business Address*	Positions and Offices
Paul Grinvalds	Vice President—Life Administration
Dwayne McGraw	Vice President—Corporate Actuarial, Appointed Actuary
David A. McNeill	Vice President—Assistant General Counsel—Life
Dennis M. Marker	Vice President—Investment Administration
James M. Mincks	Vice President—Human Resources
James A. Pugh	Vice President—Assistant General Counsel
Scott S. Shuck	Vice President—Marketing Services
Robert A. Simons	Vice President—Assistant General Counsel—Securities
James J. Streck	Vice President—Life Underwriting/Issue/Alliance Administration
Cyrus S. Winters	Vice President—Agency and Administration
Rod Babbitt	Regional Vice President
Laura Kellen Beebe	Securities Vice President
Christopher G. Daniels	Life Product Development and Pricing Vice President
Rich Duryea	Regional Vice President
Charles T. Happel	Securities Vice President
Gary D. Harms	Agency Administration Vice President
Mark Jorgensen	Agency Development Vice President
Steven M. Knutzen	Life, P/C Sales Support Vice President
Danielle Kuhn	Accounting Vice President
Ronnie G. Lee	Regional Vice President
John F. Mottet	Regional Vice President
Richard Murdock	Regional Vice President
Gregory J. Ongna	Director Life Sales
Kenneth (Kip) G. Peters	Enterprise Information Protection Vice President
Larry Riley	Regional Vice President
Robert J. Rummelhart	Investment Vice President
Jan Sewright	Accounting Vice President
Douglas V. Shelton	Tax and Benefits Vice President
Christopher T. Shryack	Life Sales Vice President
Roger PJ Soener	Investment Vice President, Real Estate
Blake D. Weber	Sales Services Vice President

Name and Principal Business Address*	Positions and Offices
Scott Yerington	Regional Vice President
Ronald R. Tryon	Vice President

* The principal business address of all persons listed, unless otherwise indicated, is 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

Item 28. Persons Controlled By Or Under Common Control With The Depositor Or Registrant

The registrant is a segregated asset account of the Company and is therefore owned and controlled by the Company. All of the Company’s outstanding voting common stock is owned by FBL Financial Group, Inc. This Company and its affiliates are described more fully in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information included in this registration statement. Various companies and other entities controlled by FBL Financial Group, Inc., may therefore be considered to be under common control with the registrant or the Company. Such other companies and entities, together with the identity of the owners of their common stock (where applicable), are set forth on the following diagram.

SEE ORGANIZATION CHART ON FOLLOWING PAGE

FBL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

Ownership Chart

01/01/08

Item 29. Indemnification

Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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) EquiTrust Marketing Services, LLC is the registrant’s principal underwriter and also serves as the principal underwriter to Farm Bureau Life Annuity Account and the separate accounts of EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, an affiliate of the Company, including EquiTrust Life Annuity Account, EquiTrust Life Annuity Account II, EquiTrust Life Variable Account and EquiTrust Life Variable Account II.

(b) Officers and Managers of EquiTrust Marketing Services, LLC

Name and Principal Business Address*	Positions and Offices
David T. Sebastian	President and Manager
James W. Noyce	Chief Executive Officer and Manager
James P. Brannen	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Manager
JoAnn Rumelhart	Executive Vice President and Manager
Richard J. Kypta	Senior Vice President and General Counsel
John M. Paule	Executive Vice President and Manager
Lou Ann Sandburg	Vice President—Investments, Assistant Treasurer and Manager
Dennis M. Marker	Chief Compliance Officer, Vice President—Investment Administration and Manager
Robert A. Simons	Vice President—Assistant General Counsel—Securities
Kenneth (Kip) G. Peters	Enterprise Information Protection Vice President
Douglas V. Shelton	Tax and Benefits Vice President
Kristi Rojohn	Investment Compliance Vice President and Secretary
Deborah K. Peters	Broker/Dealer Compliance and Market Conduct Vice President
Lisa Altes	Director, Mutual Funds Business Development
Rob Ruisch	Mutual Fund Accounting Director
Barbara A. Bennett	Director, Treasury Services
Thomas J. Faulconer	OSJ Principal (Indiana)

Name and Principal Business Address*	Positions and Offices
Karen Garza	Assistant Secretary
Jennifer Morgan	Assistant Secretary
Sara Welp	Assistant Secretary
Jodi Winslow	Assistant Secretary

* The principal business address of all of the persons listed above is 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

(c) Compensation from the Registrant

(1) Name of Principal Underwriter	(2) Net Underwriting Discounts and Commissions	(3) Compensation on Events Occasioning the Deduction of a Deferred Sales Load	(4) Brokerage Commissions	(5) Other Compensation*
EquiTrust Marketing Services, LLC	—	NA	NA	—

* Registered representative fees.

Item 31. Location of Books and Records

All of the accounts, books, records or other documents required to be kept by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules thereunder, are maintained by the Company at 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

Item 32. Management Services

All management contracts are discussed in Part A or Part B of this registration statement.

Item 33. Fee Representation

The Company represents that the aggregate charges under the Policies are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses to be incurred and the risks assumed by the Company.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act, the Registrant, Farm Bureau Life Variable Account has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of West Des Moines, State of Iowa, on the 20^th day of December, 2007.

FARM BUREAU LIFE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
By:	/s/ Craig A. Lang
	Craig A. Lang
	President
	Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company
FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:	/s/ Craig A. Lang
	Craig A. Lang
	President
	Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates set forth below.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Craig A. Lang	President and Director [Principal Executive Officer]	December 20, 2007
Craig A. Lang
/s/ James P. Brannen	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Treasurer [Principal Financial and Accounting Officer]	December 20, 2007
James P. Brannen
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Eric K. Aasmundstad
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Steve L. Baccus
*	Director	December 20, 2007
William C. Bruins
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Alan L. Foutz
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Doug Gronau
*	Vice President and Director	December 20, 2007
Leland J. Hogan
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Daniel L. Johnson

Signature	Title	Date
*	Director	December 20, 2007
G. Steven Kouplen
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Perry E. Livingston
*	Director	December 20, 2007
David L. McClure
	Director	December 20, 2007
Charles E. Norris
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Keith R. Olsen
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Kevin J. Paap
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Frank S. Priestley
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Kevin G. Rogers
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Calvin Rozenboom
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Phillip J. Sundblad
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Scott E. VanderWal
*	Director	December 20, 2007
Michael S. White

*By:	/s/ Richard J. Kypta
	Richard J. Kypta
	Attorney-In-Fact
	Pursuant to Power of Attorney.