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For each withdrawal or Partial Annuitization taken before the second Contract Anniversary, a GPV or GAV adjusted partial withdrawal is equal to: a x b

For each withdrawal or Partial Annuitization taken on or after the second Contract Anniversary, a GVP or GAV adjusted partial withdrawal is equal to: c + ( d x b)

For GMIB Partial Annuitizations, a GAV adjusted partial withdrawal is equal to: …………………………………..

GMIBPA x GAV1

PART A – PROSPECTUS

THE ALLIANZ HIGH FIVE® L

VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT

ISSUED BY

ALLIANZ LIFE® VARIABLE ACCOUNT B

AND

ALLIANZ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA

This prospectus describes an individual flexible purchase payment variable deferred annuity contract (Contract) issued by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life, we, us, our).

The Contract is a “flexible purchase payment” contract because you (the Owner) can make more than one Purchase Payment, subject to certain restrictions. The Contract is “variable” because the Contract Value and any variable Annuity Payments you receive will increase or decrease depending on the performance of the Investment Options you select (in this prospectus, the term “Investment Options” refers only to the variable Investment Choices listed on the following page, and not to any fixed Investment Choices). The Contract is “deferred” because you do not begin receiving regular Annuity Payments immediately.

Please read this prospectus before investing and keep it for future reference. It contains important information about your annuity and Allianz Life that you ought to know before investing. This prospectus is not an offering in any state, country, or jurisdiction in which we are not authorized to sell the Contracts. You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different.

Additional information about the Separate Account has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is available upon written or oral request without charge on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov). A Statement of Additional Information (SAI) dated the same date as this prospectus includes additional information about the annuity offered by this prospectus. The SAI is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The SAI is filed with the SEC and is available without charge by contacting us at the telephone number or address listed at the back of this prospectus. The SAI’s table of contents appears after the Privacy and Security Statement in this prospectus. The prospectus, SAI and other Contract information are also available on the EDGAR database.

The SEC has not approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. An investment in this Contract is not a deposit of a bank or financial institution and is not federally insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other federal government agency. An investment in this Contract involves investment risk including the possible loss of principal. Variable annuity contracts are complex insurance and investment vehicles. Before you invest, be sure to ask your Financial Professional about the Contract’s features, benefits, risks and fees, and whether the Contract is appropriate for you based upon your financial situation and objectives.

Dated: May 1, 2011

This prospectus discusses two versions of the same Contract. The Original Contract first became available on April 29, 2005 and was replaced in most states by the May 2007 Contract. The product features and expenses of Original and May 2007 Contracts differ in certain respects, as described in this prospectus. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, all prospectus language applies equally to both Original and May 2007 Contracts.

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We currently offer the Investment Options listed below. You can invest in up to 15 Investment Options at any one time. Currently, the only fixed Investment Choices we offer under our general account are the Fixed Period Accounts (FPAs). You can only allocate up to 50% of any Purchase Payment to the FPAs. However, if your Contract includes the Living Guarantees we will make transfers to and from the FPAs to support these guarantees and we may transfer more than 50% of the total Purchase Payments to the FPAs beginning on the second Contract Anniversary. One or more of the Investment Choices may not be available in your state. We may add, substitute or remove Investment Choices in the future.

Contracts with the Guaranteed Principal Value (GPV) Benefit or the Guaranteed Account Value (GAV) Benefit are subject to systematic transfers between your selected Investment Options and the FPAs. This means that you may not always be able to fully participate in any upside potential returns available from the Investment Options and your Contract Value may potentially be less than the Contract Value you would have had without the GPV or GAV Benefit. Transfers out of the FPAs may be subject to a Market Value Adjustment that may increase or decrease your Contract Value and/or the amount of the transfer.

INVESTMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONTRACT

ALLIANZ FUND OF FUNDS	FRANKLIN TEMPLETON (continued)
AZL Balanced Index StrategySM Fund	Mutual Global Discovery Securities Fund
AZL FusionSM Balanced Fund	Mutual Shares Securities Fund
AZL FusionSM Growth Fund	Templeton Foreign Securities Fund
AZL FusionSM Moderate Fund	Templeton Global Bond Securities Fund
AZL Growth Index StrategySM Fund	Templeton Growth Securities Fund

ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS CAPITAL	INVESCO
AZL® Allianz AGIC Opportunity Fund	AZL® Invesco Equity and Income Fund
	AZL® Invesco Growth and Income Fund
BLACKROCK	AZL® Invesco International Equity Fund
AZL® BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund
AZL® International Index Fund	J.P. MORGAN
AZL® Mid Cap Index Fund	AZL® JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund
AZL® Money Market Fund	AZL® JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund
AZL® S&P 500 Index Fund
AZL® Small Cap Stock Index Fund	MFS
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund	AZL® MFS Investors Trust Fund

COLUMBIA	MORGAN STANLEY
AZL® Columbia Mid Cap Value Fund	AZL® Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund
AZL® Columbia Small Cap Value Fund	AZL® Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Fund

DAVIS	OPPENHEIMER FUNDS
AZL® Davis NY Venture Fund	Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA
Davis VA Financial Portfolio
	PIMCO
DREYFUS	PIMCO EqS Pathfinder Portfolio
AZL® Dreyfus Equity Growth Fund	PIMCO VIT All Asset Portfolio
	PIMCO VIT CommodityRealReturn® Strategy Portfolio
EATON VANCE	PIMCO VIT Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio
AZL® Eaton Vance Large Cap Value Fund	PIMCO VIT Global Bond Portfolio (Unhedged)
	PIMCO VIT High Yield Portfolio
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON	PIMCO VIT Real Return Portfolio
AZL® Franklin Small Cap Value Fund	PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund
Franklin Growth and Income Securities Fund	PRUDENTIAL
Franklin High Income Securities Fund	Jennison Portfolio
Franklin Income Securities Fund	SP International Growth Portfolio
Franklin Large Cap Growth Securities Fund
Franklin Rising Dividends Securities Fund	SCHRODER
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund	AZL® Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund
Franklin U.S. Government Fund	TURNER
	AZL® Turner Quantitative Small Cap Growth Fund

NOTE: Contracts issued in the state of Oregon are issued as individual modified single payment variable deferred annuity contracts. Contracts issued in the state of Massachusetts are issued as individual limited payment variable deferred annuity contracts.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Glossary		4		Distributions – Non-Qualified Contracts	46
Fee Tables		6		Distributions – Qualified Contracts	47
	Contract Owner Transaction Expenses	6		Assignments, Pledges and Gratuitous Transfers	48
	Contract Owner Periodic Expenses	7		Death Benefits	48
	Annual Operating Expenses of the Investment Options	7		Withholding	48
	Examples	8		Federal Estate Taxes	49
				Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax	49
1.	The Variable Annuity Contract	9		Foreign Tax Credits	49
	Ownership	10		Annuity Purchases by Nonresident Aliens and
				Foreign Corporations	49
2.	Purchase	12		Possible Tax Law Changes	49
	Purchase Payments	12		Diversification	49
	Automatic Investment Plan (AIP)	12		Required Distributions	50
	Allocation of Purchase Payments	12
	Tax-Free Section 1035 Exchanges	13	9.	Access to Your Money	50
	Accumulation Units/ Computing the Contract Value	13		Partial Withdrawal Privilege	51
				Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (GWB)	51
3.	The Annuity Phase	14		Systematic Withdrawal Program	54
	Income Date	14		Minimum Distribution Program and Required
	Annuity Payments	14		Minimum Distribution (RMD) Payments	54
	Annuity Options	15		Suspension of Payments or Transfers	54
	Partial Annuitization	18
			10.	Death Benefit	55
4.	Investment Options	18		Traditional Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit
	Substitution and Limitation on Further Investments	24		(Traditional GMDB)	55
	Transfers Between Investment Choices	25		Enhanced Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit
	Excessive Trading and Market Timing	26		(Enhanced GMDB)	55
	Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) Program	28		GMDB Adjusted Partial Withdrawal Formula	56
	Flexible Rebalancing	28		When the Death Benefit Ends	56
	Financial Advisers – Asset Allocation Programs	29		Death of the Owner and/or Annuitant Under
	Voting Privileges	29		All Other Contracts	57
				Death Benefit Payment Options During the
5.	Our General Account	29		Accumulation Phase	60
	Fixed Period Accounts (FPAs)	30
	Market Value Adjustment (MVA)	31	11.	Other Information	61
				Allianz Life	61
6.	Guaranteed Values Under the Living Guarantees	34		The Separate Account	61
	Calculating the GPV and GAV	35		Distribution	61
	GPV and GAV Transfers	37		Additional Credits for Certain Groups	62
	The GPV and GAV Fixed Account Minimum	39		Administration/Allianz Service Center	63
	Resetting the GPV and GAV Benefit	39		Legal Proceedings	63
	Other Information on the GPV and GAV Benefit	40		Financial Statements	63
				Status Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934	63
7.	Expenses	40
	Mortality and Expense Risk (M&E) Charge	40	12.	Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional
	Contract Maintenance Charge	41		Information (SAI)	64
	Withdrawal Charge	41
	Transfer Fee	44	13.	Privacy and Security Statement	65
	Premium Tax	44
	Income Tax	44	Appendix A – Condensed Financial Information		67
	Investment Option Expenses	44	Appendix B – GAV Calculation Examples		74
			Appendix C – Death Benefit Calculation Examples		76
8.	Taxes	44	Appendix D – Withdrawal Charge Examples		78
	Annuity Contracts in General	45	For Service or More Information		80
	Qualified Contracts	45
	Multiple Contracts	46
	Partial 1035 Exchanges	46

The Allianz High Five® L Variable Annuity Contract Prospectus – May 1, 2011

GLOSSARY

This prospectus is written in plain English. However, there are some technical words or terms that are capitalized throughout the prospectus. For your convenience, we included this glossary to define these terms.

The following is a list of common abbreviations used in this prospectus:

FPA	=	Fixed Period Account	GWB	=	Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit
GAV	=	Guaranteed Account Value	MAV	=	Maximum Anniversary Value
GPV	=	Guaranteed Principal Value	MVA	=	Market Value Adjustment
GMDB	=	Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit

Account Period – the length of time for a Fixed Period Account. Account Periods range from one to ten years.

Accumulation Phase – the initial phase of your Contract before you apply your total Contract Value to Annuity Payments. The Accumulation Phase begins on the Issue Date and may occur at the same time as the Annuity Phase if you take Partial Annuitizations.

Accumulation Unit – the units into which we convert amounts invested in the subaccounts that invest in the Investment Options during the Accumulation Phase.

Annuitant – the individual upon whose life we base the Annuity Payments. Subject to our approval, the Owner designates the Annuitant and can add a joint Annuitant for the Annuity Phase if they take a Full Annuitization.

Annuity Options – the income options available to you under the Contract.

Annuity Payments – payments made by us to the Payee pursuant to the chosen Annuity Option.

Annuity Phase – the phase the Contract is in once Annuity Payments begin. This may occur at the same time as the Accumulation Phase if you take a Partial Annuitization.

Annuity Unit – the units into which we convert amounts invested in the subaccounts that invest in the Investment Options during the Annuity Phase.

Beneficiary – the person(s) or entity the Owner designates to receive any death benefit.

Business Day – each day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading, except when an Investment Option does not value its shares. Allianz Life is open for business on each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. Our Business Day closes when regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange closes, which is usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Contract – the deferred annuity contract described by this prospectus.

Contract Anniversary – a 12-month anniversary of the Issue Date or any subsequent 12-month Contract Anniversary.

Contract Value – on any Business Day it is equal to the sum of the values in your selected Investment Choices. It does not include amounts applied to Annuity Payments.

Contract Year – any period of 12 months beginning on the Issue Date or a subsequent Contract Anniversary.

Financial Professional – the person who advises you regarding the Contract.

Fixed Account Value – the portion of your Contract Value that is in our general account during the Accumulation Phase.

FPAs (Fixed Period Accounts) – a type of Investment Choice under our general account that earns interest and is only available during the Accumulation Phase.

Full Annuitization – the application of the total Contract Value to Annuity Payments.

Good Order – a request is in “Good Order” if it contains all of the information we require to process the request. If we require information to be provided in writing, “Good Order” also includes provision of information on the correct form, with any required certifications or guarantees, sent to and received at the correct mailing address. If you have questions about the information we require, please contact the Service Center.

GAV (Guaranteed Account Value) Benefit – an optional benefit under the Living Guarantees that provides a level of protection for the principal you have invested in the Contract as well as locking in investment gains from prior anniversaries.

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GMDB (Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit) – you were asked to select one of two GMDBs at Contract issue that may provide different guaranteed death benefit values.

GPV (Guaranteed Principal Value) Benefit – an optional benefit under the Living Guarantees that provides a level of protection for the principal you have invested in the Contract.

GPV and GAV Fixed Account Minimums – if your Contract includes the Living Guarantees, this is the minimum amount of Contract Value that we determine must be allocated to an FPA to support the GPV or GAV Benefits.

GPV and GAV Transfers – if your Contract includes the Living Guarantees, these are the transfers we make between your selected Investment Options and the FPAs as a result of our monitoring your daily Contract Value in order to support the GPV and GAV Benefits.

GWB (Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit) – a benefit under the Living Guarantees that provides a guaranteed income through partial withdrawals, regardless of your Contract Value, beginning on the second Contract Anniversary.

Income Date – the date we begin making Annuity Payments to the Payee from the Contract. Because the Contract allows for Partial Annuitizations there may be multiple Income Dates.

Investment Choices – the Investment Options and any general account Investment Choices available under the Contract for Purchase Payments or transfers.

Investment Options – the variable investments available to you under the Contract whose performance is based on the securities in which they invest.

Issue Date – the date shown on the Contract that starts the first Contract Year. Contract Anniversaries and Contract Years are measured from the Issue Date.

Joint Owners – two Owners who own a Contract.

Living Guarantees – a benefit package that includes either the GPV or GAV Benefit and the GWB.

MAV (Maximum Anniversary Value) – a calculation used in determining the Enhanced GMDB value.

May 2007 Contract – this Contract replaced the Original Contract in most states. The primary difference between the May 2007 and Original Contracts is that the May 2007 Contract has a four-year withdrawal charge schedule. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, all prospectus language applies equally to both Original and May 2007 Contracts.

MVA (Market Value Adjustment) – a positive or negative adjustment to amounts withdrawn or transferred from an FPA unless they are made within 30 days of the end of an Account Period.

Non-Qualified Contract – a Contract that is not purchased under a pension or retirement plan qualified under sections of the Internal Revenue Code.

Original Contract – this Contract first became available on April 29, 2005 and was replaced in most states by the May 2007 Contract. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, all prospectus language applies equally to both Original and May 2007 Contracts.

Owner – “you,” “your” and “yours.” The person(s) or entity designated at Contract issue and named in the Contract who may exercise all rights granted by the Contract.

Partial Annuitization – the application of only part of the Contract Value to Annuity Payments.

Payee – the person or entity you designate (subject to our approval) to receive Annuity Payments during the Annuity Phase.

Purchase Payment – the money you put into the Contract.

Qualified Contract – a Contract purchased under a pension or retirement plan qualified under sections of the Internal Revenue Code (for example, 401(a) and 401(k) plans), Individual Retirement Annuities (IRAs), or Tax-Sheltered Annuities (referred to as TSA or 403(b) contracts).

Separate Account – Allianz Life Variable Account B is the Separate Account that issues your Contract. It is a separate investment account of Allianz Life. The Separate Account holds the assets invested in the Investment Options that underlie the Contracts. The Separate Account is divided into subaccounts, each of which invests exclusively in a single Investment Option.

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Separate Account Value – the portion of your Contract Value that is in the subaccounts of the Separate Account during the Accumulation Phase. We calculate the Separate Account Value by multiplying the Accumulation Unit value in each subaccount by the number of Accumulation Units for each subaccount and then adding those results together.

Service Center – the Allianz Service Center. Our Service Center address and telephone number are listed in the following section.

True Up – an amount we may pay into your Contract under the GAV/GPV Benefits.

Withdrawal Charge Basis – the total amount under your Contract that is subject to a withdrawal charge.

FEE TABLES

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you pay when owning and taking a withdrawal from the Contract. For more information, see section 7, Expenses.

The first tables describe the fees and expenses that you pay if you take a withdrawal from the Contract during the Accumulation Phase or if you make transfers.

CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES(1)

Withdrawal Charge During the Accumulation Phase(2),(3)

(as a percentage of each Purchase Payment withdrawn)

May 2007 Contract		Original Contract (first issued April 29, 2005)
Number of Complete Years Since We Received Your Purchase Payment	Charge	Number of Complete Years Since We Received Your Purchase Payment	Charge
0	8.5%	0	8%
1	7.5%	1	7%
2	5.5%	2	5%
3	3.0%	3 years or more	0%
4 years or more	0%

Transfer Fee(4)………………………………….......	$25
Premium Tax(5)……………………………………...	0% to 3.5%
(as a percentage of each Purchase Payment)

(1)	Amounts withdrawn or transferred out of a FPA may be subject to an MVA. This MVA may increase or decrease your Contract Value and/or your transfer or withdrawal amount. For more information, please see section 5, Our General Account – Market Value Adjustment (MVA).

( 2)

The partial withdrawal privilege for each Contract Year is equal to 10% of your total Purchase Payments, less any previous withdrawals taken under the partial withdrawal privilege, GWB, or as a required minimum distribution payment in the same Contract Year and before any MVA. We do not deduct a withdrawal charge from amounts withdrawn under the partial withdrawal privilege, but an MVA may apply. There is no partial withdrawal privilege during the Annuity Phase. Any unused partial withdrawal privilege in one Contract Year is not added to the amount that is available in the next Contract Year. For more details and additional information on other penalty-free withdrawal options, please see the discussion of the partial withdrawal privilege and other information that appears in section 9, Access to Your Money.

(3)	The total amount under your Contract that is subject to a withdrawal charge is the Withdrawal Charge Basis. The Withdrawal Charge Basis is equal to the total Purchase Payments, less any Purchase Payments withdrawn (excluding any penalty-free withdrawals), less any withdrawal charges.

(4)

The first twelve transfers in a Contract Year are free. We count all transfers made in the same Business Day as one transfer. The following transfers are not subject to a transfer fee and do not count against any free transfers we allow: dollar cost averaging transfers, flexible rebalancing transfers, and GPV or GAV Transfers. Currently, we deduct this fee only during the Accumulation Phase, but we reserve the right to deduct this fee during the Annuity Phase. For more information, please see section 7, Expenses – Transfer Fee.

(5)	It is our current practice not to make deductions from the Contract Value to reimburse ourselves for premium tax that we pay, although we reserve the right to make such a deduction in the future. For more information, please see section 7, Expenses – Premium Tax.

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CONTRACT OWNER PERIODIC EXPENSES

The next tables describe the fees and expenses that you pay periodically during the time that you own your Contract, not including the Investment Options’ fees and expenses. The Separate Account annual expenses include the mortality and expense risk (M&E) charge.

During the Accumulation Phase:

Contract Maintenance Charge(6)………………...	$40
(per Contract per year)

Separate Account Annual Expenses

The annualized rate is realized on a daily basis as a percentage of each Investment Option’s net asset value.

	M&E Charge
	Traditional GMDB	Enhanced GMDB
No Living Guarantees or Living Guarantees with the GPV Benefit	1.65%	1.85%
Living Guarantees with the GAV Benefit	1.75%	1.95%

During the Annuity Phase:

Contract Maintenance Charge(6)………………...	$40
(per Contract per year)

Separate Account Annual Expenses – if you request variable Annuity Payments

The annualized rate is realized on a daily basis as a percentage of the net asset value of an Investment Option.

M&E Charge(7)……………….................................

1.65%

(6)	We waive the contract maintenance charge if the Contract Value is at least $75,000 at the time we are to deduct the charge. For more information, please see section 7, Expenses – Contract Maintenance Charge.

(7)

Because the Contract allows Partial Annuitization, it is possible for different portions of the Contract to be in both the Accumulation and Annuity Phases at the same time. It is also possible to have a different M&E charge on different portions of the Contract at the same time if you request variable Annuity Payments under a Partial Annuitization. For more information, please see section 3, The Annuity Phase – Partial Annuitization.

ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE INVESTMENT OPTIONS

This table describes the total annual operating expenses associated with the Investment Options and shows the minimum and maximum expenses for the period ended December 31, 2010, charged by any of the Investment Options before the effect of any contractual expense reimbursement or fee waiver. We show the expenses as a percentage of an Investment Option’s average daily net assets.

	Minimum	Maximum
Total annual Investment Option operating expenses* (including management fees, distribution or 12b-1 fees, and other expenses) before fee waivers and expense reimbursements	0.54%	1.70%

Some of the Investment Options or their affiliates may also pay service fees to us or our affiliates. The amount of these fees may be different for each Investment Option. The maximum current fee is 0.25%. The amount of these fees, if deducted from Investment Option assets, is reflected in the above table.

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EXAMPLES

The expenses for your Contract may be different from those shown in the examples below depending upon which Investment Option(s) you select and the benefits that apply.

These examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in a Contract with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. These costs include Contract Owner transaction expenses, Contract Owner periodic expenses, and the annual operating expenses of the Investment Options before the effect of reimbursements and waivers. You should not consider the examples below as a representation of past or future expenses. Actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown.

We deduct the total $40 contract maintenance charge in the examples at the end of each year during the Accumulation Phase. Please note that this charge does not apply during the Accumulation Phase if your Contract Value at the end of year is at least $75,000, or during the Annuity Phase if your Contract Value on the Income Date is at least $75,000 (see section 7, Expenses – Contract Maintenance Charge). A transfer fee may apply, but is not reflected in these examples (see section 7, Expenses – Transfer Fee).

If you take a full withdrawal at the end of each time period, and assuming a $10,000 investment and a 5% annual return on your money, you may pay expenses as follows.

May 2007 Contract with the Enhanced GMDB and the Living Guarantees with the GAV Benefit

(the highest M&E charge of 1.95%).

May 2007 Contract with the Traditional GMDB and either no Living Guarantees or the Living Guarantees with the GPV Benefit (the lowest M&E charge of 1.65%).

Original Contract with the Enhanced GMDB and the Living Guarantees with the GAV Benefit

(the highest M&E charge of 1.95%).

Total annual Investment Option operating expenses before any fee waivers or expense reimbursements of:		1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
1.70% (the maximum Investment Option operating expense)	a)	$1,257	$1,787	$2,088	$4,306
	b)	$1,228	$1,700	$1,945	$4,040
	c)	$1,207	$1,737	$2,088	$4,306
0.54% (the minimum Investment Option operating expense)	a)	$1,142	$1,446	$1,526	$3,226
	b)	$1,112	$1,355	$1,375	$2,924
	c)	$1,092	$1,396	$1,526	$3,226

If you do not take a full withdrawal or if you take a Full Annuitization* of the Contract at the end of each time period and assuming a $10,000 investment and a 5% annual return on your money, you may pay expenses as follows.

Total annual Investment Option operating expenses before any fee waivers or expense reimbursements of:		1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
1.70% (the maximum Investment Option operating expense)	a)	$ 407	$1,237	$2,088	$4,306
	b)	$ 378	$1,150	$1,945	$4,040
	c)	$ 407	$1,237	$2,088	$4,306
0.54% (the minimum Investment Option operating expense)	a)	$ 292	$ 896	$1,526	$3,226
	b)	$ 262	$ 805	$1,375	$2,924
	c)	$ 292	$ 896	$1,526	$3,226

*	Annuity Payments are generally not available until the second Contract Anniversary in most states.

See Appendix A for condensed financial information regarding the Accumulation Unit values (AUVs) for the highest and lowest M&E charge. See the appendix to the Statement of Additional Information for condensed financial information regarding the AUVs for other expense levels.

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1.	THE VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT

The Contract is no longer offered for sale. However, as an existing Owner, you can make additional Purchase Payments to your Contract during the Accumulation Phase subject to certain restrictions.

An annuity is a contract between you (the Owner), and an insurance company (in this case Allianz Life), where you make payments to us and, in turn, we promise to make regular periodic payments (Annuity Payments) to the Payee.

The Contract is tax deferred. You generally are not taxed on any earnings or appreciation on the assets in your Contract until you take money out of your Contract. For Qualified Contracts, the tax deferral is provided through compliance with specialized tax-qualification rules, and you do not receive any additional tax benefit by purchasing the Contract.

The Contract has an Accumulation Phase and an Annuity Phase. You can take withdrawals from the Contract during the Accumulation Phase and, subject to certain restrictions, you can make additional Purchase Payments.

The Accumulation Phase begins on the Issue Date and ends upon the earliest of the following.

·	The Business Day before the Income Date if you take a Full Annuitization.

·	The Business Day we process your request for a full withdrawal.

Upon the death of any Owner (or the Annuitant if the Contract is owned by a non-individual), the Accumulation Phase ends on the Business Day we receive in Good Order at our Service Center, both due proof of death and an election of the death benefit payment option, unless the spouse of the deceased continues the Contract.

The Annuity Phase is the period during which we make Annuity Payments from the Contract. Annuity Payments must begin on a designated date (the Income Date) that is at least two years after your Issue Date. If you apply the entire Contract Value to Annuity Payments, we call that a Full Annuitization, and if you apply only part of the Contract Value to Annuity Payments, we call that a Partial Annuitization. The maximum number of annuitizations you can have at any one time is five. Because the Contract allows Partial Annuitization, it is possible that some portions of the Contract are in the Accumulation Phase and other portions are in the Annuity Phase at the same time. The Annuity Phase begins on the Income Date (or the first Income Date if you take any Partial Annuitizations) and ends when all portion(s) of the Contract that you apply to Annuity Payments have ended, as indicated in section 3, The Annuity Phase.

Your Investment Choices include the Investment Options and any available general account Investment Choice. You cannot invest in more than 15 Investment Options at any one time. Depending upon market conditions, you can gain or lose value in the Contract based on the investment performance of the Investment Options. The Investment Options are designed to offer the opportunity for a better return than any available general account Investment Choice; however, this is not guaranteed. The amount of Contract Value you are able to accumulate in your Contract during the Accumulation Phase and the amount of any variable Annuity Payments we make during the Annuity Phase depend in large part upon the investment performance of any Investment Options you select.

The only general account Investment Choices available during the Accumulation Phase are the Fixed Period Accounts (FPAs). You can allocate up to 50% of any Purchase Payment to the FPAs during the Accumulation Phase. However, in some states, the FPAs may only be available for GPV and GAV Transfers we make if your Contract includes the Living Guarantees. In addition, we may transfer more than 50% of the total Purchase Payments to the FPAs beginning on the second Contract Anniversary in order to support the Living Guarantees. The FPAs have Account Periods ranging from one to ten years. Only one FPA is available for Purchase Payments or transfers in each Contract Year. Amounts allocated to the FPAs earn interest that we declare periodically. If you have money invested in the FPAs, the amount of Contract Value you are able to accumulate in your Contract during the Accumulation Phase depends in part upon the total interest credited to your Contract. Withdrawals or transfers from the FPAs may be subject to a Market Value Adjustment. For more information, please see section 5, Our General Account – Market Value Adjustment (MVA).

We do not make any changes to your Contract without your permission except as may be required by law.

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The Contract ends when:

·	the Accumulation Phase ends,

·	the Annuity Phase, if any, ends and/or

·	all applicable death benefit payments have been made.

For example, if you purchased a Contract and later take a full withdrawal of the entire Contract Value, both the Accumulation Phase and the Contract end although the Annuity Phase never began and we did not make any death benefit payments.

State Specific Contract Restrictions

The Contract is subject to the law of the state in which it was issued. Some of the terms of your Contract may differ from the terms of a Contract delivered in another state because of state-specific legal requirements. Areas in which there may be state-specific Contract provisions may include the following.

·	The withdrawal charge schedule.

·	Availability of Investment Options, Annuity Options, DCA programs, endorsements, and/or riders.

·	Selection of certain Income Dates.

·	Restrictions on your ability to make additional Purchase Payments.

·	Selection of certain assumed investment rates for variable Annuity Payments.

·	Our ability to restrict transfer rights.

All material state variations in the Contract are disclosed in this prospectus. If you would like more information regarding state-specific Contract provisions, you should contact your Financial Professional or contact our Service Center at the toll free number listed at the back of this prospectus.

OWNERSHIP

Owner

You, as the Owner, have all the rights under the Contract. The Owner was designated at Contract issue. You can change Owners at any time subject to our approval. However, Qualified Contracts can only have one Owner and there may be Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or other restrictions on changing the ownership of a Qualified Contract. Upon our approval, any ownership change becomes effective as of the date you sign the request. Changing ownership may be a taxable event. You should consult with your tax adviser before doing this.

Joint Owner

A Non-Qualified Contract can be owned by up to two Owners. Upon the death of either Joint Owner, the surviving Joint Owner becomes the sole primary Beneficiary. We then treat any other Beneficiary designation on record at the time of death as a contingent Beneficiary. You can change Joint Owners under the same conditions as described for an Owner. If a Contract has Joint Owners, we generally require the signature of both Owners on any forms that are submitted to our Service Center.

NOTE FOR PARTIAL ANNUITIZATIONS: Partial Annuitizations are not available to Joint Owners. There can be only one Owner, the Owner must be the Annuitant, and we do not allow the Owner to add a joint Annuitant.

Annuitant

The Annuitant is the individual on whose life we base Annuity Payments. You designated an Annuitant when you purchased a Contract. For Qualified Contracts, before the Income Date the Owner must be the Annuitant unless the Contract is owned by a qualified plan or is part of a custodial arrangement. You can change the Annuitant on an individually owned Non-Qualified Contract at any time before the Income Date, but you cannot change the Annuitant if the Owner is a non-individual (for example, a qualified plan or trust). Subject to our approval, you can add a joint Annuitant on the Income Date if you take a Full Annuitization. For Qualified Contracts, the ability to add a joint Annuitant is subject to any plan requirements associated with the Contract, and the joint Annuitants must be spouses. If the Annuitant of a jointly, individually owned Contract dies before the Annuity Date, the younger Owner automatically becomes the new Annuitant, but the Owner can subsequently name another Annuitant.

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Designating different persons as Owner(s) and Annuitant(s) can have important impacts on whether a death benefit is paid, and on who would receive it. For example, if a sole Owner dies during the Accumulation Phase of the Contract, we pay a death benefit to the Beneficiary(s). If the Annuitant is not an Owner and he/she dies during the Accumulation Phase of the Contract, the Owner can name a new Annuitant (subject to our approval) and we do not pay a death benefit. If a sole Owner who is not an Annuitant dies during the Annuity Phase, the Beneficiary becomes the Owner, Annuity Payments continue and we do not pay a death benefit. If an Annuitant dies after a Full Annuitization under an Annuity Option with a guaranteed period, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue until the Contract ends and are paid at least as rapidly as they were being paid at the time of the Annuitant’s death. Use care when designating Owners and Annuitants, and consult your Financial Professional if you have questions.

Payee

The Payee is the person you designate (subject to our approval) to receive Annuity Payments during the Annuity Phase. The Owner receives tax reporting on those payments. For Non-Qualified Contracts, an Owner or Annuitant can be the Payee, but it is not required. For Qualified Contracts owned by a qualified plan, the qualified plan must be the Payee. For all other Qualified Contracts, the Owner is not required to be the Payee, but the Owner cannot transfer or assign his or her rights under the Contract to someone else. If you do not designate a Payee by the Income Date, we make Annuity Payments to the Owner. The Owner can change the Payee at any time, subject to our approval, provided that designation of a Payee is consistent with federal and state laws and regulations.

Beneficiary

The Beneficiary is the person(s) or entity you designated at Contract issue to receive any death benefit. You can change the Beneficiary or contingent Beneficiary at any time before your death unless you name an irrevocable Beneficiary. If you do not designate a Beneficiary, any death benefit is paid to your estate.

NOTE FOR JOINT OWNERS: For jointly owned Contracts, the sole primary Beneficiary is the surviving Joint Owner. For Contracts that are jointly owned by spouses, if both spousal Joint Owners die before we pay the death benefit, we pay the death benefit to the contingent Beneficiaries, or to the estate of the Joint Owner who died last if there are no named contingent Beneficiaries. However, if the Joint Owners were not spouses and both Joint Owners die before we pay the death benefit, we pay the death benefit to the estate of the Joint Owner who died last.

Assignment, Changes of Ownership and Other Transfers of a Contract

An authorized request specifying the terms of an assignment (including any assignment, change of ownership or other transfer) of a Contract must be provided to our Service Center and approved by us. To the extent permitted by state law, we reserve the right to refuse to consent to any assignment at any time on a nondiscriminatory basis. We withhold our consent if the assignment would violate or result in noncompliance with any applicable state or federal law or regulation. We are not liable for any payment made or action taken before we consent and record the assignment. An assignment may be a taxable event. We are not responsible for the validity or tax consequences of any assignment. After the death benefit has become payable, an assignment can only be made with our consent. If the Contract is assigned, your rights may only be exercised with the consent of the assignee of record. Qualified Contracts generally cannot be assigned.

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PURCHASE

PURCHASE PAYMENTS

A Purchase Payment is the money you put into the Contract. The Purchase Payment requirements for this Contract are as follows.

·	You can make additional Purchase Payments of $50 or more during the Accumulation Phase.

You cannot make any additional Purchase Payments to the Contract after the Income Date that you take a Full Annuitization (including a required Full Annuitization on the maximum permitted Income Date). In certain states, additional Purchase Payments can only be made during the first Contract Year or may be otherwise restricted.

·	The maximum total amount we accept without our prior approval is $1 million (including amounts already invested in other Allianz Life variable annuities).

If you purchased this Contract as an Inherited IRA, the death benefit proceeds of the previous tax-qualified investment were directly transferred into this Contract (see section 9, Access to Your Money – The Minimum Distribution Program and Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Payments). A beneficiary can apply the death benefit proceeds from multiple tax-qualified investments that were owned by the same owner to the purchase of an Inherited IRA Contract. We do not accept any other forms of Purchase Payment on an Inherited IRA Contract. The death benefit proceeds cannot be received by the beneficiary and then applied to an Inherited IRA Contract. For more information on Inherited IRA Contracts, see section 8, Taxes – Qualified Contracts – Inherited IRA.

Purchase Payments to Qualified Contracts are limited by federal law and must be from earned income or a qualified transfer or rollover. Purchase Payments to Qualified Contracts other than from a qualified transfer may be restricted after the Owner reaches age 70½.

We reserve the right to decline any Purchase Payment, and if mandated under applicable law, we may be required to reject a Purchase Payment.

AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN (AIP)

The automatic investment plan (AIP) is a program that allows you to make additional Purchase Payments to your Contract during the Accumulation Phase on a monthly or quarterly basis by electronic transfer of money from your savings, checking or brokerage account. You may participate in this program by completing the appropriate form. Our Service Center must receive your form in Good Order by the first of the month in order for AIP to begin that same month. Investments take place on the 20th of the month or the next Business Day if the 20th is not a Business Day. The minimum investment that you can make by AIP is $50. You may stop or change AIP at any time. We must be notified by the first of the month in order to stop or change AIP for that month. If AIP is used for a Qualified Contract, you should consult your tax adviser for advice regarding maximum contributions. AIP is not available if the Qualified Contract is funding a plan that is tax qualified under Section 401of the Internal Revenue Code.

AIP is no longer available to you after the Income Date on which you take a Full Annuitization.

ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENTS

We allocate your Purchase Payments to the Investment Choices you select. We ask that you allocate your money in whole percentages. Transfers of Contract Value between Investment Choices do not change the future allocation instructions. If you do not change your allocation instructions, we allocate any additional Purchase Payments according to your future Purchase Payment allocation instructions. You can only allocate up to 50% of any Purchase Payment to the FPAs during the Accumulation Phase. In some states you cannot make allocations to the FPAs and they may only be available for GPV or GAV Transfers we make. In addition, if your Contract includes the Living Guarantees, we may transfer more than 50% of the total Purchase Payments to the FPAs beginning on the second Contract Anniversary.

You can change your future allocation instructions at any time without fee, penalty or other charge upon written notice or telephone instructions to our Service Center, or by our website. We do not currently accept future Purchase Payment allocation instructions from you via email or other electronic communications, other than our website. These other communication methods may be available to you in the future. Changes to your future allocation instructions we receive in Good Order, in writing or by telephone at our Service Center, or by our website, are effective on the Business Day that we receive them. If you change your future allocation instructions by writing or telephone, and you are participating in the automatic investment plan, dollar cost averaging program or the flexible rebalancing program, your instructions must

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include directions for the plan/program. If you change your future allocation instructions on our website and you are participating in a plan/program, you must contact us to change direction for the plan/program. We accept changes to future allocation instructions from any Owner unless you instruct otherwise. We may allow you to authorize someone else to change allocation instructions on your behalf.

We reserve the right to limit the number of Investment Options that you can invest in at any one time. Currently, you can invest in up to 15 of the Investment Options at any one time. We may change this in the future; however, we always allow you to invest in at least five Investment Options.

If you make additional Purchase Payments, we add this money to your Contract on the Business Day we receive it in Good Order. Our Business Day closes when regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange closes. If you submit a Purchase Payment to your Financial Professional, we do not begin processing the Purchase Payment until it is received at our Service Center. We consider a Purchase Payment to be “received” when it is received at our Service Center regardless of how or when you made the payment.

TAX-FREE SECTION 1035 EXCHANGES

Subject to certain restrictions, you can make a “tax-free” exchange under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code for all or a portion of one annuity contract for another, or all of a life insurance policy for an annuity contract. Before making an exchange, you should compare both contracts carefully. Remember that if you exchange a life insurance policy or annuity contract for the Contract described in this prospectus:

·	you might have to pay a withdrawal charge on your previous contract,

·	there is a new withdrawal charge period for this Contract,

·	other charges under this Contract may be higher (or lower),

·	the benefits may be different, and

·	you no longer have access to any benefits from your previous contract.

If the exchange does not qualify for Section 1035 treatment, you also may have to pay federal income tax, including a possible federal penalty tax, on the exchange. You should not exchange an existing life insurance policy or another annuity contract for this Contract unless you determine the exchange is in your best interest and not just better for the person selling you the Contract who generally earns a commission on each sale. You should consult a tax adviser to discuss the potential tax effects before making a 1035 exchange.

ACCUMULATION UNITS/COMPUTING THE CONTRACT VALUE

Your Contract Value in the subaccounts (Separate Account Value) increase and decrease based upon the investment performance of the Investment Option(s) you choose. Your Contract Value is also affected by the charges of the Contract, any interest you earn on any general account Investment Choices, and any MVAs made due to amounts removed from the FPAs. In order to keep track of your Separate Account Value, we use a measurement called an Accumulation Unit. If you request variable Annuity Payments during the Annuity Phase of the Contract, we call this measurement an Annuity Unit.

When we receive a Purchase Payment, we credit your Contract with Accumulation Units for any portion of your Purchase Payment allocated to an Investment Option at the daily price next determined after receipt of the Purchase Payment at our Service Center. The daily purchase price is normally determined at the end of each Business Day, and any Purchase Payment received at or after the end of the current Business Day receives the next Business Day’s price. The Purchase Payments you allocate to the Investment Options are actually placed into subaccounts. Each subaccount invests exclusively in one Investment Option. We determine the number of Accumulation Units we credit to your Contract by dividing the amount of the Purchase Payment allocated to a subaccount by the value of the corresponding Accumulation Unit.

Every Business Day, we determine the value of an Accumulation Unit for each subaccount by multiplying the Accumulation Unit value for the previous Business Day by the net investment factor for the current Business Day. We determine the net investment factor by:

·	Adding accrued but unpaid distributions (daily interest, dividends, long term gains and short term gains) for an Investment Option to its net asset value (NAV), then subtracting the NAV at the end of the prior business day.

·	That change is then divided by the NAV the end of the prior business day to determine the overall daily performance in the Investment Option.

·	That calculation is then multiplied by one minus the current Business Day’s mortality and expense risk charge and any additional calendar days since the prior Business Day.

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We calculate the value of each Accumulation Unit after regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange closes each Business Day. The value of an Accumulation Unit may go up or down from Business Day to Business Day. We calculate your Separate Account Value by multiplying the Accumulation Unit value in each subaccount by the number of Accumulation Units for each subaccount and then adding those results together. (For example, the Contract Value on any Contract Anniversary reflects the number and value of the Accumulation Units at the end of the previous Business Day.)

Example

·	On Wednesday, we receive at our Service Center an additional Purchase Payment of $3,000 from you before the end of the Business Day.

·	When the New York Stock Exchange closes on that Wednesday, we determine that the value of an Accumulation Unit based on the Investment Option you chose is $13.25.

We then divide $3,000 by $13.25 and credit your Contract on Wednesday night with 226.415094 subaccount Accumulation Units for the Investment Option you chose. If the $3,000 payment had been received at or after the end of the current Business Day, it would have received the next Business Day’s price.

3.	THE ANNUITY PHASE

You can apply your Contract Value to regular periodic payments (Annuity Payments). A Full Annuitization occurs when you apply the entire Contract Value to Annuity Payments. A Partial Annuitization occurs when you apply only part of your Contract Value to Annuity Payments. The Payee receives the Annuity Payments. You receive tax reporting on the payments, whether or not you are the Payee. We may require proof of the Annuitant(s)’ age before we make any life contingent Annuity Payment. If you misstate the Annuitant(s)’ age or gender, the amount payable is the amount that would have been provided at the true age or gender.

INCOME DATE

The Income Date is the date Annuity Payments begin. Your scheduled Income Date in your Contract is the maximum permitted Income Date allowed for your Contract, which is the first day of the calendar month following the later of: a) the Annuitant’s 90th birthday, or b) the tenth Contract Anniversary. Your scheduled Income Date may be different if the Contract is issued to a charitable remainder trust. An earlier Income Date or a withdrawal may be required to satisfy minimum required distribution rules under certain Qualified Contracts. You can make an authorized request for a different Income Date, but any such request is subject to applicable law and our approval. The extension available to you may vary depending on the Financial Professional you purchased your Contract through and your state of residence. Your Income Date must be the first day of a calendar month and must be at least two years after the Issue Date. Some states may require us to allow you to select an earlier Income Date. The Income Date cannot be later than what is permitted under applicable law.

Your election to start Annuity Payments may involve an MVA if any of your Contract Value is in a FPA on the Income Date.

NOTE: You must take a Full Annuitization of your total Contract Value on the maximum permitted Income Date if, at that time, your Contract Value is greater than zero. We base your Annuity Payments on your Contract Value. If you have not selected an Annuity Option we make payments under the default option described in the “Annuity Payments” discussion of this section. Upon Full Annuitization you no longer have a Contract Value, any periodic withdrawal or payments (other than Annuity Payments) stop, and the death benefit ends. In addition, if your Contract includes the Living Guarantees, the FPAs and the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit are no longer available to you and you no longer receive any True Ups.

ANNUITY PAYMENTS

Annuity Payments offer a guaranteed income stream with certain tax advantages and are designed for Owners who are not concerned with continued access to Contract Value.

You can request Annuity Payments under Annuity Options 1-5 as:

·	a variable payout,

·	a fixed payout, or

·	a combination of both.

We base Annuity Payments on your Contract Value.

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Under a fixed payout, all of the Annuity Payments are the same dollar amount (equal installments) except as provided under Annuity Option 3. Guaranteed fixed Annuity Payments are based on an interest rate and mortality table specified in your Contract. The payout rates for fixed Annuity Payments provided by your Contract are guaranteed and in no event do we use lower fixed payout rates to calculate your fixed Annuity Payments. However, we may use higher fixed payout rates to calculate fixed Annuity Payments than the guaranteed rates provided by your Contract.

If you choose a variable payout, the dollar amount of the payments depend upon the following factors.

·	The Contract Value (adjusted for any applicable MVA) on the Income Date.

·	The age of the Annuitant and any joint Annuitant on the Income Date.

·	The gender of the Annuitant and any joint Annuitant, where permitted.

·	The Annuity Option you select.

·	The assumed investment rate (AIR) you select.

·	Your Contract’s mortality table.

·	The future performance of the Investment Option(s) you select.

You can choose a 3%, 5% or 7% AIR. The 5% and 7% AIRs are not available in all states. Using a higher AIR results in a higher initial variable Annuity Payment, but later payments increase more slowly when investment performance rises and decrease more rapidly when investment performance declines. If the actual performance of your Investment Options exceeds the AIR you selected, the variable Annuity Payments increase. Similarly, if the actual performance is less than the AIR you selected, the variable Annuity Payments decrease.

If you choose a variable payout, you can continue to invest in up to 15 of the available Investment Options. We may change this in the future, but we always allow you to invest in at least five Investment Options. If you do not tell us otherwise, we base variable Annuity Payments on the investment allocations that were in place on the Income Date. We do not allow you to apply amounts of less than $5,000 to an Annuity Option. If your Contract Value, adjusted for any applicable MVA is less than $5,000 on the Income Date, we refund that amount to you. Currently, it is our business practice that your initial Annuity Payment must be more than $50.

Each portion of the Contract that you apply to Annuity Payments ends upon the earliest of the following.

·	Under Annuity Options 1 and 3, the death of the last surviving Annuitant.

·	Under Annuity Options 2 and 4, the death of the last surviving Annuitant and expiration of the guaranteed period. If we make a lump sum payment of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments at the death of the last surviving Annuitant, this portion of the Contract ends upon payment of the lump sum.

·	Under Annuity Option 5, the death of the Annuitant and payment of any lump sum refund.

·	Under Annuity Option 6, the expiration of the specified period certain.

·	When the Contract ends.

ANNUITY OPTIONS

You can choose one of the Annuity Options described below or any other payment option to which we agree. Before the Income Date, you can select and/or change the Annuity Option with at least 30 days written notice to us. After Annuity Payments begin, you cannot change the Annuity Option.

Annuity Payments usually are lower if you select an Annuity Option that requires us to make more frequent Annuity Payments or to make payments over a longer period of time. If you choose life contingent Annuity Payments, payout rates for a younger Annuitant are lower than the payout rates for an older Annuitant and payout rates for life with a guaranteed period are typically lower than life only payments. Monthly payout rates are lower than annual payout rates, payout rates for a 20-year guaranteed period are less than payout rates for a 10-year guaranteed period, and payout rates for a 50-year-old Annuitant are less than payout rates for a 70-year-old Annuitant.

If you do not choose an Annuity Option before the Income Date, we make variable Annuity Payments to the Payee under Annuity Option 2 with five years of guaranteed monthly payments.

Option 1. Life Annuity. We make Annuity Payments during the life of the Annuitant, and the last payment is the one that is due before the Annuitant’s death. If the Annuitant dies shortly after the Income Date, the Payee may receive less than your investment in the Contract.

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Option 2. Life Annuity with Payments Over 5, 10, 15 or 20 Years Guaranteed. We make Annuity Payments during the life of the Annuitant. If you take one single Full Annuitization and the Annuitant dies before the end of the selected guaranteed period, we continue to make Annuity Payments to the Payee for the rest of the guaranteed period. If the Payee and Annuitant were the same person, we make payments to the Owner. If the Payee, Annuitant and Owner were the same person, we make payments to the Beneficiary(s). If the Annuitant dies after the selected guaranteed period, the last payment is the one that is due before the Annuitant’s death. Alternatively, the Owner may elect to receive a lump sum payment. Under a Partial Annuitization, if the Annuitant dies before the end of the selected guaranteed period, we make a lump sum payment to the Beneficiary. The lump sum payment is equal to the present value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments as of the date we receive proof of the Annuitant’s death and a payment election form at our Service Center. For variable Annuity Payments, in most states, we base the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments on the current value of the Annuity Units and we use the assumed investment rate to calculate the present value. For fixed payouts, in most states, we calculate the present value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments using the Statutory Calendar Year Interest Rate based on the NAIC Standard Valuation Law for Single Premium Immediate Annuities corresponding to the Income Date. However, some states require us to use different interest rates for variable and fixed payouts for the present value calculation. We require proof of the Annuitant’s death and return of the Contract before we make any lump sum payment on a Full Annuitization. There are no additional costs associated with a lump sum payment.

Option 3. Joint and Last Survivor Annuity. We make Annuity Payments during the lifetimes of the Annuitant and the joint Annuitant. Upon the death of one Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue during the lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant, at a level of 100%, 75% or 50% of the previous amount, as selected by the Owner. Annuity Payments stop with the last payment that is due before the last surviving joint Annuitant’s death. If both Annuitants die shortly after the Income Date, the Payee may receive less than your investment in the Contract. This Annuity Option is not available to you under a Partial Annuitization.

Option 4. Joint and Last Survivor Annuity with Payments Over 5, 10, 15 or 20 Years Guaranteed. We make Annuity Payments during the lifetimes of the Annuitant and the joint Annuitant. Upon the death of one Annuitant, Annuity Payments continue to the Payee during the lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant at 100% of the amount that was paid when both Annuitants were alive. However, if both joint Annuitants die before the end of the selected guaranteed period, we continue to make Annuity Payments to the Payee for the rest of the guaranteed period. If the Payee and Annuitant were the same person, we make payments to the Owner. If the Payee, Annuitant and Owner were the same person, we make payments to the Beneficiary(s). If the Annuitant dies after the selected guaranteed period, the last payment is the one that is due before the Annuitant’s death. Alternatively, the Owner may elect to receive a lump sum payment equal to the present value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments as of the date we receive proof of the last surviving joint Annuitant’s death and a payment election form at our Service Center. For variable Annuity Payments, in most states, we base the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments on the current value of the Annuity Units and we use the assumed investment rate to calculate the present value. For fixed payouts, in most states, we calculate the present value of the remaining guaranteed Annuity Payments using the Statutory Calendar Year Interest Rate based on the NAIC Standard Valuation Law for Single Premium Immediate Annuities corresponding to the Income Date. However, some states require us to use different interest rates for variable and fixed payouts for the present value calculation. We require proof of death of both joint Annuitants and return of the Contract before we make any lump sum payment. There are no additional costs associated with a lump sum payment. This Annuity Option is not available to you under a Partial Annuitization.

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Option 5. Refund Life Annuity. We make Annuity Payments during the lifetime of the Annuitant, and the last payment is the one that is due before the Annuitant’s death. After the Annuitant’s death, the Payee may receive a lump sum refund. For a fixed payout, the amount of the refund equal the amount applied to this Annuity Option minus the total of all Annuity Payments made under this option.

For variable Annuity Payments, the amount of the refund depends on the current Investment Option allocation and is the sum of refund amounts attributable to each Investment Option. We calculate the refund amount for a given Investment Option using the following formula.

(A) x {[(B) x (C) x (D)/(E)] - [(D) x (F)]}

where:

(A)

Annuity Unit value of the subaccount for that given Investment Option when due proof of the Annuitant’s death is received at our Service Center.

(B)

The amount applied to variable Annuity Payments on the Income Date.

(C)

Allocation percentage in a given subaccount (in decimal form) when due proof of the Annuitant’s death is received at our Service Center.

(D)

The number of Annuity Units used in determining each variable Annuity Payment attributable to that given subaccount when due proof of the Annuitant’s death is received at our Service Center.

(E)

Dollar value of first variable Annuity Payment.

(F)

Number of variable Annuity Payments made since the Income Date.

We base this calculation upon the allocation of Annuity Units actually in force at the time due proof of the Annuitant’s death is received at our Service Center. We do not pay a refund if the total refund determined using the above calculation is less than or equal to zero.

EXAMPLE

·	The Contract has one Owner who is a 65-year-old male. He elects variable Annuity Payments under Annuity Option 5 based on a Contract Value of $100,000 (item “B”).

·	The Owner who is also the Annuitant allocates all the Contract Value to one Investment Option, so the allocation percentage in this subaccount is 100% (item “C”).

·	The purchase rate for the selected assumed investment rate is $6.15 per month per thousand dollars of Contract Value annuitized. Therefore, the first variable Annuity Payment is: $6.15 x ($100,000 / $1,000) = $615 (item “E”).

·	Assume the Annuity Unit value on the Income Date is $12, then the number of Annuity Units used in determining each Annuity Payment is: $615 / $12 = 51.25 (item “D”).

·	The Owner who is also the Annuitant dies after receiving 62 Annuity Payments (item “F”) and the Annuity Unit value for the subaccount on the date the Service Center receives due proof of death is $10 (item “A”).

We calculate the refund as follows:

(A) x {[(B) x (C) x (D)/(E)] – [(D) x (F)]} = 10 x {[100,000 x 1.00 x (51.25 / 615)] – [51.25 x 62]} =

10 x {[100,000 x 0.083333] – 3,177.50} = 10 x {8,333.33 – 3,177.50} = 10 x 5,155.83 = $51,558.30

Option 6. Specified Period Certain Annuity. This option is only available for fixed Annuity Payments in the state of Florida. Under this option, we make Annuity Payments for a specified period of time. You select the specified period, which must be a whole number of years from ten to 30. If the last Annuitant dies before the end of specified period certain, then we continue to make Annuity Payments to the Payee for the rest of the period certain. If the Payee and Annuitant were the same person, we make payments to the Owner. If the Payee, Annuitant and Owner were the same person, we make payments to the Beneficiary(s). If the Annuitant dies after the selected period, the last payment is the one that is due before the Annuitant’s death. This Annuity Option is not available to you under a Partial Annuitization.

NOTE FOR OWNERS THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN AGE 59½: Your Annuity Payments under Annuity Option 6 may be subject to a 10% federal penalty tax if the specified period certain you select is less than your life expectancy.

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PARTIAL ANNUITIZATION

Partial Annuitizations are not available to everyone. There can be only one Owner, the Owner must be the Annuitant, and we do not allow the Owner to add a joint Annuitant.

You can take Partial Annuitizations as Annuity Payments after the second Contract Anniversary. Partial Annuitizations are not available after you take a Full Annuitization. If you take a Full Annuitization, the Accumulation Phase of the Contract ends.

You can take one Partial Annuitization every 12 months. The maximum number of annuitizations we allow at any one time is five. We do not allow you to allocate additional Contract Value to an existing stream of Annuity Payments. You also cannot transfer any amounts allocated to a stream of Annuity Payments to any other portion of the Contract. If you have four Partial Annuitizations and you would like to take a fifth, you must take a Full Annuitization and apply the entire remaining Contract Value to Annuity Payments, and the Accumulation Phase of the Contract ends. The amounts you apply to a Partial Annuitization and Annuity Payments we make under a Partial Annuitization are not subject to the withdrawal charge.

A Partial Annuitization decreases the Contract Value, the Withdrawal Charge Basis, the GMDB value, and for Contracts with the Living Guarantees, it also decreases the GPV or GAV. This decreases the amounts available for withdrawals, additional Annuity Payments, and payment of the death benefit. For more information, see section 6, Guaranteed Values Under the Living Guarantees; section 7, Expenses – Withdrawal Charge; and see section 10, Death Benefit – GMDB Adjusted Partial Withdrawal Formula.

For tax purposes, Annuity Payments we make under a Partial Annuitization are treated as partial withdrawals and not as annuity payments. However, once the entire Contract Value has been reduced to zero, we intend to treat all Annuity Payments we make after that as annuity payments (and not withdrawals) for tax purposes. If you take a Partial Annuitization(s) and subsequently take a full withdrawal of the entire remaining Contract Value, all Annuity Payments we make on or after the Business Day you take the withdrawal, should be treated as annuity payments (and not withdrawals) for tax purposes.

NOTE: A recent tax law change allows a Partial Anuitization under a life Annuity Option on a Non-Qualified Contract to receive the same income tax treatment as a Full Annuitization. However, this income tax treatment does not apply to a Partial Annuitization on a Qualified Contract. You should consult a tax adviser before requesting a Partial Annuitization.

4.	INVESTMENT OPTIONS

The Contract offers the Investment Options listed in the following table. Each Investment Option has its own investment objective. In the future, we may add, eliminate or substitute Investment Options. Depending on market conditions, you can gain or lose value by investing in the Investment Options.

You should read the Investment Options’ prospectuses carefully. The Investment Options invest in different types of securities and follow varying investment strategies. There are potential risks associated with each of these types of securities and investment strategies. For example, an Investment Option’s performance may be affected by risks specific to certain types of investments, such as foreign securities, derivative investments, non-investment grade debt securities, initial public offerings (IPOs) or companies with relatively small market capitalizations. IPOs and other investment techniques may have a magnified performance impact on an Investment Option with a small asset base. An Investment Option may not experience similar performance as its assets grow. The operation of the Investment Options and the various risks associated with the Investment Options are described in the Investment Options’ prospectuses. To obtain a current prospectus for any of the Investment Options, contact your Financial Professional or call us at the toll free telephone number listed at the back of this prospectus.

Certain Investment Options issue two or more classes of shares and certain share classes may have Rule 12b-1 fees. For more information about share classes, see the Investment Options’ prospectuses.

Currently, the Investment Options are not publicly traded mutual funds. They are available only as investment options in variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies issued by life insurance companies or in some cases, through participation in certain qualified pension or retirement plans.

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The names, investment objectives and policies of certain Investment Options may be similar to the names, investment objectives and policies of other portfolios that the same investment advisers manage. Although the names, objectives and policies may be similar, the investment results of the Investment Options may be higher or lower than the results of such portfolios. The investment advisers cannot guarantee, and make no representation, that the investment results of similar funds will be comparable even though the Investment Options have the same names, investment advisers, objectives and policies.

Each of the Investment Options offered by the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (Allianz VIP Fund of Funds Trust), is a “fund of funds” and diversifies its assets by investing primarily in the shares of several other affiliated mutual funds.

The underlying funds may pay 12b-1 fees to the distributor of the Contracts, our affiliate, Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC, for distribution and/or administrative services. The underlying funds do not pay service fees or 12b-1 fees to the Allianz VIP Fund of Funds Trust and the Allianz VIP Fund of Funds Trust does not charge service fees or 12b-1 fees. The underlying funds of the Allianz VIP Fund of Funds Trust or their advisers may pay service fees to us and our affiliates for providing customer service and other administrative services to Contract Owners. The amount of such service fees may vary depending on the underlying fund.

We offer other variable annuity contracts that may invest in the same Investment Options. These contracts may have different charges and may offer different benefits more appropriate to your needs. For more information about these contracts, please contact our Service Center.

The following advisers and subadvisers are affiliated with us: Allianz Investment Management LLC, Allianz Global Investors Capital and Pacific Investment Management Company LLC. The following is a list of the Investment Options available under the Contract, the investment advisers and subadvisers for each Investment Option, the investment objectives for each Investment Option, and the primary investments of each Investment Option.

INVESTMENT OPTIONS

Investment Management Company and Adviser/Subadviser	Name of Investment Option	Asset Category	Objective(s)	Primary Investments (Normal market conditions)
ALLIANZ FUND OF FUNDS
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC	AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund	A “Fund of Funds” Model Portfolio	Long-term capital appreciation with preservation of capital as an important consideration	Invests primarily in a combination of five underlying bond and equity index funds, to achieve a range generally from 40% to 60% of assets in the underlying equity index funds and 40% to 60% in the underlying bond index fund.
	AZL Fusion Balanced Fund	A “Fund of Funds” Model Portfolio	Long-term capital appreciation with preservation of capital as an important consideration	Allocation among the underlying investments, to achieve a range generally from 40% to 60% of assets in equity funds and approximately 40% to 60% invested in fixed income funds.
	AZL Fusion Growth Fund	A “Fund of Funds” Model Portfolio	Long-term capital appreciation	Allocation among the underlying investments, to achieve a range generally from 70% to 90% of assets in equity funds and approximately 10% to 30% invested in fixed income funds.
	AZL Fusion Moderate Fund	A “Fund of Funds” Model Portfolio	Long-term capital appreciation	Allocation among the underlying investments, to achieve a range generally from 55% to 75% of assets in equity funds and approximately 25% to 45% invested in fixed income funds.
	AZL Growth Index Strategy Fund	A “Fund of Funds” Model Portfolio	Long-term capital appreciation	Invests primarily in a combination of five underlying bond and equity index funds, to achieve a range generally from 65% to 85% of assets in the underlying equity index funds and 15% to 35% in the underlying bond index fund.

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Investment Management Company and Adviser/Subadviser	Name of Investment Option	Asset Category	Objective(s)	Primary Investments (Normal market conditions)
ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS CAPITAL
Managed by Allianz Global Investors Capital	AZL Allianz AGIC Opportunity Fund	Small Cap	Capital appreciation	At least 65% of its assets in common stocks of “growth” companies (believed by the subadviser to have above-average growth prospects), with market capitalizations of less than $2 billion at the time of investment.
BLACKROCK
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/BlackRock Capital Management, Inc.	AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund	Large Growth	Long-term growth of capital	Invests at least 80% of total assets in common and preferred stock and securities convertible into common and preferred stock of mid-size and large-size companies.
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	AZL International Index Fund	International	Match the performance of the MSCI EAFE® Index as closely as possible	Invests at least 80% of its assets in a statistically selected sampling of equity securities of companies included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia and Far East Index (MSCI EAFE) and in derivative instruments linked to the MSCI EAFE Index.
	AZL Mid Cap Index Fund	Mid Cap	Match the performance of the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400® Index (“S&P 400 Index”) as closely as possible	Invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets in a statistically selected sampling of equity securities of companies included in the S&P 400 Index and in derivative instruments linked to the S&P 400 Index, primarily futures contracts.
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation	AZL Money Market Fund	Cash Equivalent	Current income consistent with stability of principal	Invests in a broad range of short-term, high quality U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments, including government, U.S. and foreign bank, commercial and other obligations. During extended periods of low interest rates, and due in part to contract fees and expenses, the yield of the AZL Money Market Fund may also become extremely low and possibly negative.
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	AZL S&P 500 Index Fund	Large Blend	Match total return of the S&P 500®	Normally invests in all 500 stocks in the S&P 500® in proportion to their weighting in the index.
	AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund	Small Cap	Match performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index®	Invests in a representative sample of stocks included in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index®, and in futures whose performance is related to the index, rather than attempting to replicate the index.
Managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC/BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and BlackRock International Limited	BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund	Specialty	High total investment return	Invests in both equity and debt securities, including money market securities, of issuers located around the world. Seeks diversification across markets, industries, and issuers. May invest in securities of companies of any market capitalization and in REITs.
COLUMBIA
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/ Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	AZL Columbia Mid Cap Value Fund	Mid Cap	Long-term growth of capital	Invests at least 80% of net assets in equity securities of companies that have market capitalizations in the range of the companies in the Russell Midcap® Value Index at the time of purchase that the fund’s subadviser believes are undervalued and have the potential for long-term growth.
	AZL Columbia Small Cap Value Fund	Small Cap	Long-term capital appreciation	Invests at least 80% of net assets in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations in the range of the companies in the Russell 2000 Value Index® at the time of purchase that the subadviser believes are undervalued.
DAVIS
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.	AZL Davis NY Venture Fund	Large Value	Long-term growth of capital	Invests the majority of assets in equity securities issued by large companies with market capitalizations of at least $10 billion.

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Investment Management Company and Adviser/Subadviser	Name of Investment Option	Asset Category	Objective(s)	Primary Investments (Normal market conditions)
Managed by Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.	Davis VA Financial Portfolio	Specialty	Long-term growth of capital	At least 80% of net assets in securities issued by companies principally engaged in the financial services sector.
DREYFUS
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/The Dreyfus Corporation	AZL Dreyfus Equity Growth Fund	Large Growth	Long-term growth of capital and income	Primarily invests in common stocks of large, well-established and mature companies. Normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in stocks that are included in a widely recognized index of stock market performance. May invest in non-dividend paying companies and up to 30% of its total assets in foreign securities.
EATON VANCE
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/Eaton Vance Management	AZL Eaton Vance Large Cap Value Fund	Large Value	Total Return	Invests at least 80% of net assets in equity securities, primarily in dividend-paying stocks, of large-cap companies with market capitalizations equal to or greater than the median capitalization of companies included in the Russell 1000 Value Index. May invest up to 25% of total assets in foreign securities, including emerging market securities.
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/Franklin Advisory Services, LLC	AZL Franklin Small Cap Value Fund	Small Cap	Long-term total return	Under normal market conditions, invests at least 80% of its net assets in investments of small capitalization companies with market capitalizations under $3.5 billion at the time of investment.
Managed by Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC	Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund	Specialty	High Total Return	At least 80% of net assets in investments of companies located anywhere in the world that operate in the real estate sector.
Managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc.	Franklin Growth and Income Securities Fund	Large Value	Capital appreciation, with current income as a secondary goal	Invests predominantly in equity securities, including securities convertible into common stock.
	Franklin High Income Securities Fund	High-Yield Bonds	High current income with capital appreciation as a secondary goal	Invests primarily to predominantly in high yield, lower-rated debt securities (“junk bonds”) and preferred stocks.
	Franklin Income Securities Fund	Specialty	Maximize income while maintaining prospects for capital appreciation	Normally invests in debt and equity securities.
	Franklin Large Cap Growth Securities Fund	Large Growth	Capital appreciation	At least 80% of net assets in investments of large capitalization companies.
Managed by Franklin Advisory Services, LLC	Franklin Rising Dividends Securities Fund	Mid Cap	Long-term capital appreciation with preservation of capital as an important consideration	At least 80% of net assets in investments of companies that have paid rising dividends.
Managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc.	Franklin Small–Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund	Mid Cap	Long-term capital growth	At least 80% of net assets in investments of small capitalization and mid capitalization companies.
Administered by Franklin Templeton Services, LLC	Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund	Model Portfolio (Fund of Funds)	Capital appreciation with income as a secondary goal.	Invests equal portions in Class 1 shares of the Franklin Income Securities Fund, Mutual Shares Securities Fund, and Templeton Growth Securities Fund.
Managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc.	Franklin U.S. Government Fund	Intermediate-Term Bonds	Income	At least 80% of its net assets in U.S. government securities.

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Investment Management Company and Adviser/Subadviser	Name of Investment Option	Asset Category	Objective(s)	Primary Investments (Normal market conditions)
Managed by Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC	Mutual Global Discovery Securities Fund	International Equity	Capital appreciation	Invests primarily in U.S. and foreign equity securities that the manager believes are undervalued.
	Mutual Shares Securities Fund	Large Value	Capital appreciation, with income as a secondary goal	Invests primarily in U.S. and foreign equity securities that the manager believes are undervalued.
Managed by Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC	Templeton Foreign Securities Fund	International Equity	Long-term capital growth	Normally invests at least 80% of net assets in investments of issuers located outside the U.S., including those in emerging markets.
Managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc.	Templeton Global Bond Securities Fund	Intermediate-Term Bonds	High current income, consisent with preservation of capital, with capital appreciation as a secondary consideration	Normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds, which include debt securities of any maturity, such as bonds, notes, bills and debentures.
Managed by Templeton Global Advisors Limited	Templeton Growth Securities Fund	International Equity	Long-term capital growth	Normally invests primarily in equity securities of companies located anywhere in the world, including those in the U.S. and in emerging markets.
INVESCO
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/Invesco Advisers, Inc.	AZL Invesco Equity and Income Fund	Specialty	Highest possible income consistent with safety of principal. Secondary objective of long-term growth of capital	Invests at least 65% of its total assets in income-producing equity securities and also invests in investment grade quality debt securities. May invest up to 25% ot total assets in foreign securities, including emerging market securities.
	AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund	Large Value	Income and long-term growth of capital	Invests primarily in income-producing equity securities, including common stocks and convertible securities; also in non-convertible preferred stocks and debt securities rated “investment grade.” May invest up to 25% of total assets in foreign securities, including emerging markets.
	AZL Invesco International Equity Fund	International	Long-term growth of capital	At least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of foreign issuers that are considered by the fund’s subadviser to have strong earnings growth.
J.P. MORGAN
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.	AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund	International	Long term capital appreciation	Invests at least 80% of assets in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of issuers primarily from developed countries other than the U.S.
	AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund	Large Blend	High total return	Invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, primarily in equity securities of large- and medium-capitalization U.S. companies.
MFS
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/Massachusetts Financial Services Company	AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund	Large Blend	Capital appreciation	Invests primarily in equity securities of companies with large capitalizations that the subadviser believes has above average earnings growth potential, are undervalued, or in a combination of growth and value companies.
MORGAN STANLEY
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc.	AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund	Specialty	Income and capital appreciation	Invests at least 80% of assets in equity securities of companies in the real estate industry located throughout the world, including real estate investment trusts and real estate operating companies established outside the U.S.

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Investment Management Company and Adviser/Subadviser	Name of Investment Option	Asset Category	Objective(s)	Primary Investments (Normal market conditions)
	AZL Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Fund	Mid Cap	Capital growth	At least 80% of net assets in common stocks and other equity securities of mid capitalization growth companies, with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell Midcap Growth Index.
OPPENHEIMERFUNDS
Managed by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.	Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA	High-Yield Bonds	High level of current income	Invests in a variety of high-yield debt securities of domestic and foreign issuers with at least 65% of total assets in high-yield, lower-grade fixed income securities commonly known as “junk” bonds.
PIMCO
Managed by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC	PIMCO EqS Pathfinder Portfolio	International Equity	Capital appreciation	Normally invests in equity securities, including common and preferred stock, of issuers that PIMCO believes are undervalued by the market in comparison to PIMCO’s own determination of the company’s value. May invest in securities and instruments that are economically tied to foreign countries.
	PIMCO VIT All Asset Portfolio	Specialty (Fund of Funds)	Maximum real return consistent with preservation of real capital and prudent investment management	Invests substantially all of its assets in institutional class shares of the underlying PIMCO Funds.
	PIMCO VIT CommodityReal Return® Strategy Portfolio	Specialty	Maximum real return consistent with prudent investment management	Invests in commodity linked derivative instruments backed by a portfolio of inflation-indexed securities and other fixed income securities.
	PIMCO VIT Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio	Intermediate-Term Bonds	Maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management	At least 80% of its assets in fixed income instruments of issuers that economically are tied to emerging markets countries.
	PIMCO VIT Global Bond Portfolio (Unhedged)	Intermediate-Term Bonds	Maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management	At least 80% of its assets in fixed income instruments of issuers in at least three countries (one of which may be the U.S.), which may be represented by forwards or derivatives. May invest, without limitation, in securities economically tied to emerging market countries.
	PIMCO VIT High Yield Portfolio	High-Yield Bonds	Maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management	At least 80% of assets in a diversified portfolio of high-yield securities (“junk bonds”) rated below investment grade, but at least Caa by Moody’s or equivalently rated by S&P or Fitch. May invest up to 20% of total asets in securities denominated in foreign currencies.
	PIMCO VIT Real Return Portfolio	Intermediate-Term Bonds	Maximum real return, consistent with preservation of real capital and prudent investment management	At least 80% of its net assets in inflation-indexed bonds of varying maturities issued by the U.S. and non-U.S. governments, their agencies or instrumentalities and corporations.
	PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio	Intermediate-Term Bonds	Maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management	At least 65% of total assets in a diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments of varying maturities, which may be represented by forwards or derivatives such as options, futures contracts, or swap agreements.

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Investment Management Company and Adviser/Subadviser	Name of Investment Option	Asset Category	Objective(s)	Primary Investments (Normal market conditions)
PRUDENTIAL
Managed by Prudential Investments LLC/Jennison Associates LLC	Jennison Portfolio	Large Growth	Long-term growth of capital	At least 65% of total assets in equity and equity-related securities of U.S. companies that the adviser believes to have above average growth prospects.
Managed by Prudential Investments LLC/William Blair & Company LLC and Marsico Capital Management LLC	SP International Growth Portfolio	International Equity	Long-term growth of capital	Invests primarily in equity-related securities of foreign issuers with at least 65% of its total assets in common stocks of foreign companies operating or based in at least five different countries.
SCHRODER
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.	AZL Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund	Specialty	Capital appreciation	Invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies that the subadviser believes to be “emerging market” issuers. May invest remainder of assets in securities of issuers located anywhere in the world.
TURNER
Managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC/Turner Investment Partners, Inc.	AZL Turner Quantitative Small Cap Growth Fund	Small Cap	Long-term growth of capital	At least 80% of its net assets in common stocks and other equity securities of U.S. companies with small market capitalizations (in the range of companies included in the Russell 2000® Growth Index), that the subadviser believes have strong earnings growth potential.

Shares of the Investment Options may be offered in connection with certain variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies of various insurance companies that may or may not be affiliated with us. Certain Investment Options may also be sold directly to pension and retirement plans that qualify under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, a material conflict of interest may arise between insurance companies, owners of different types of contracts and retirement plans or their participants. Each Investment Option’s Board of Directors monitor for the existence of any material conflicts, and determine what action, if any, should be taken.

We may enter into certain arrangements under which we, or our affiliate Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC, the principal underwriter for the Contracts, are compensated by the Investment Options’ advisers, distributors and/or affiliates for the administrative services and benefits that we provide to the Investment Options. The amount of the compensation usually is based on the aggregate assets of the Investment Options or other investment portfolios that are attributable to contracts that we issue or administer. Some advisers may pay us more or less than others. The maximum fee that we currently receive is at the annual rate of 0.50% of the average aggregate amount invested by us in the Investment Options. In addition, our affiliate Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC, may receive Rule 12b-1 fees deducted from certain Investment Option assets attributable to the Contract for providing distribution and support services to some Investment Options. Because 12b-1 fees are paid out of an Investment Option’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time they increase the cost of an investment in the Investment Option.

SUBSTITUTION AND LIMITATION ON FURTHER INVESTMENTS

We may substitute another Investment Option for one of your selected Investment Options, for any reason in our sole discretion. To the extent required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 or other applicable law, we do not substitute any shares without SEC approval and providing you notice. We may make substitutions with respect to your existing allocations, future Purchase Payment allocations, or both. New or substitute Investment Options may have different fees and expenses, and their availability may be limited to certain purchaser classes. We may limit further Investment Option allocations if marketing, tax or investment considerations warrant, or for any reason in our sole discretion. We may also close Investment Options to additional allocations. The fund companies that sell Investment Option shares to us, pursuant to participation agreements, may end those agreements and discontinue offering us their shares.

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TRANSFERS BETWEEN INVESTMENT CHOICES

You can make transfers among the Investment Choices, subject to certain restrictions. Currently there is no maximum limit on the number of transfers we allow, but we may change this in the future. Transfers may be subject to a transfer fee. For more information, see section 7, Expenses – Transfer Fee. Also, transfers from the FPAs may be subject to an MVA. There is no minimum required transfer amount.

The following applies to any transfer.

·	Your request for a transfer must clearly state:

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which Investment Choices are involved in the transfer; and

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how much you wish to transfer.

·	Transfers from a FPA may be subject to an MVA.

If your Contract includes the Living Guarantees, you can make transfers from the FPAs to the extent that the GPV or GAV Fixed Account Minimum is met (see section 6, Guaranteed Values Under the Living Guarantees – The GPV and GAV Fixed Account Minimums). These transfers may be subject to an MVA unless the transfers are made within 30 days before the end of the Account Period. In some states you cannot make allocations to the FPAs and they may only be available for GPV and GAV Transfers we make.

·	After the Income Date, you cannot make a transfer from a fixed Annuity Payment stream to a variable Annuity Payment stream.

·	After the Income Date, you can make a transfer from a variable Annuity Payment stream to establish a new fixed Annuity Payment stream.

·	Your right to make transfers is subject to the Excessive Trading and Market Timing policy discussed later in this section.

·	Transfer instructions apply equally to the accumulation and annuitization portions of the Contract. You cannot make transfers selectively within different portions of the Contract.

·	Transfers of Contract Value between Investment Options do not change the allocation instructions for any future Purchase Payments.

When you make a transfer request, we process the request based on the Accumulation Unit values and/or Annuity Unit values next determined after receipt of the request in Good Order at our Service Center. The Accumulation Unit values and Annuity Unit values are normally determined at the end of each Business Day and any transfer request received at or after the end of the current Business Day receives the next Business Day’s Accumulation Unit values and/or Annuity Unit values.

Electronic Transfers

You can currently request transfers by telephone, fax, or by website at http:// www.allianzlife.com. We do not currently accept transfer instructions from you through any other form of electronic communication. Unless you instruct us not to, we accept transfer instructions from any Owner. We may also allow you to authorize someone else to request transfers on your behalf. We use reasonable procedures to confirm that electronic instructions given to us are genuine. If we do not use such procedures, we may be liable for any losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent instructions. We record all telephone instructions and log all website instructions. We reserve the right to deny any transfer request and to discontinue or modify our electronic transfer privileges at any time and for any reason.

When you make an electronic transfer request, we process the request based on the Accumulation Unit values next determined after receipt of the request at our Service Center. If a Service Center representative does not receive your transfer request before the end of the current Business Day, even if due to our delay in answering your call or a delay caused by our electronic systems, you receive the next Business Day’s Accumulation Unit values.

Please note that telephone, fax and/or the website may not always be available. Any electronic system, whether it is ours, yours, your service provider’s, or your Financial Professional’s, can experience outages or slowdowns for a variety of reasons, which may delay or prevent our processing of your request or allocation instruction change. Although we have taken precautions to help our systems handle heavy use, we cannot promise complete reliability. If you are experiencing problems, you should submit your transfer request in writing to our Service Center.

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By authorizing electronic transfers, you authorize us to accept and act upon such instructions for your Contract. There are risks associated with electronic transactions that do not occur if you submit a written request. Anyone authorizing or making such requests bears those risks. You should protect your website password, because the website is available to anyone who provides your password; we cannot verify that the person providing electronic transfer instructions via the website is you or is authorized by you.

EXCESSIVE TRADING AND MARKET TIMING

We may restrict or modify your right to make transfers to prevent any use that we consider to be part of a market timing program.

Frequent transfers, programmed transfers, transfers into and then out of an Investment Option in a short period of time, and transfers of large amounts at one time (collectively referred to as “potentially disruptive trading”) may have harmful effects for other Owners, Annuitants and Beneficiaries. These risks and harmful effects include the following.

·	Dilution of the interests of long-term investors in an Investment Option, if market timers or others transfer into an Investment Option at prices that are below their true value, or transfer out at prices above their true value.

·	An adverse effect on portfolio management, such as causing an Investment Option to maintain a higher level of cash or causing an Investment Option to liquidate investments prematurely.

·	Increased brokerage and administrative expenses.

We attempt to protect our Owners and the Investment Options from potentially disruptive trading through our excessive trading and market timing policies and procedures. Under these policies and procedures, we could modify your transfer privileges for some or all of the Investment Options. Unless prohibited by your Contract or applicable state law, we may:

·	Limit transfer frequency (for example, prohibit more than one transfer a week, or more than two a month, etc.).

·	Restrict the transfer method (for example, requiring all transfers be sent by first class U.S. mail and rescinding electronic transfer privileges).

Require a minimum time period between each transfer into or out of the same Investment Option. Our current policy, which is subject to change without notice, prohibits “round trips” within 14 calendar days. We do not include transfers into and/or out of the following Investment Options when available in your Contract: any fixed option, the AZL Money Market Fund, and Investment Options offered through the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust. Round trips are transfers into and back out of the same Investment Option, or transfers out of and back into the same Investment Option.

·	Refuse transfer requests made on your behalf by an asset allocation and/or market timing service.

·	Limit the dollar amount of any single Purchase Payment or transfer request to an Investment Option.

·	Impose redemption fees on short-term trading (or implement and administer an Investment Option’s redemption fees).

·	Prohibit transfers into specific Investment Options.

·	Impose other limitations or restrictions.

We also reserve the right to reject any specific Purchase Payment allocation or transfer request from any person if in the investment adviser’s, subadviser’s or our judgment, an Investment Option may be unable to invest effectively in accordance with its investment objectives and policies.

Currently, we attempt to deter disruptive trading as follows. If a transfer(s) is/are identified as potentially disruptive trading, we may (but are not required to) send a warning letter. If the conduct continues and we determine it constitutes disruptive trading, we also impose transfer restrictions. Transfer restrictions may include refusing electronic transfers and requiring all transfers be sent by first-class U.S. mail. We do not enter into agreements permitting market timing and would not permit activities determined to be disruptive trading to continue. We also reserve the right to impose transfer restrictions if we determine, in our sole discretion, that transfers disadvantage other Owners. We notify you in writing if we impose transfer restrictions on you.

We do not include automatic transfers made under any of our programs or Contract features when applying our market timing policy.

We adopted these policies and procedures as a preventative measure to protect all Owners from the potential effects of disruptive trading, while also abiding by your legitimate interest in diversifying your investment and making periodic asset re-allocations based on your personal situation or overall market conditions. We attempt to protect your interests in making legitimate transfers by providing reasonable and convenient transfer methods that do not harm other Owners.

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We may make exceptions when imposing transfer restrictions if we determine a transfer is appropriate, although it may technically violate our policies and procedures discussed here. In determining if a transfer is appropriate, we may, but are not required to, take into consideration its relative size, whether it was purely a defensive transfer into the AZL Money Market Fund, and whether it involved an error or similar event. We may also reinstate electronic transfer privileges after we revoke them, but we do not reinstate these privileges if we believe they might be used for future disruptive trading.

We cannot guarantee the following.

·	Our monitoring will be 100% successful in detecting all potentially disruptive trading activity.

·	Revoking electronic transfer privileges will successfully deter all potentially disruptive trading.

In addition, some of the Investment Options are available to other insurance companies and we do not know if they adopted policies and procedures to detect and deter potentially disruptive trading, or what their policies and procedures might be. Because we may not be completely successful at detecting and preventing market timing activities, and other insurance companies that offer the Investment Options may not have adopted adequate market timing procedures, there is some risk that market timing activity may occur and negatively affect other Owners.

We may, without prior notice to any party, take whatever action we deem appropriate to comply with any state or federal regulatory requirement. In addition, purchase orders for an Investment Option’s shares are subject to acceptance by that Investment Option’s manager. We reserve the right to reject, without prior notice, any Investment Option transfer request or Purchase Payment if the purchase order is rejected by the investment manager. We have entered into agreements required under SEC Rule 22c-2 (Rule 22c-2 agreements) whereby, upon request by an underlying fund or its designee, we must provide information about you and your trading activities to the underlying fund or its designee. Under the terms of the Rule 22c-2 agreements, we are required to: (1) provide details concerning every purchase, redemption, transfer, or exchange of Investment Options during a specified period; and (2) restrict your trading activity if the party receiving the information so requests. Under certain Rule 22c-2 agreements, if we fail to comply with a request to restrict trading activity, the underlying fund or its designee may refuse to accept buy orders from us until we comply.

Investment Options may add or change policies designed to restrict market timing activities. For example, Investment Options may impose restrictions on transfers between Investment Options in an affiliated group if the investment adviser to one or more of the Investment Options determines that the person requesting the transfer has engaged, or is engaging in, market timing or other abusive trading activities. In addition, an Investment Option may impose a short-term trading fee on purchases and sales within a specified period. You should review the Investment Options’ prospectuses regarding any applicable transfer restrictions and the imposition of any fee to discourage short-term trading. The imposition of these restrictions would occur as a result of Investment Option restrictions and actions taken by the Investment Options’ managers.

NOTE: This Contract is not designed for professional market timing organizations, other entities or persons using programmed, large, or frequent transfers, and we may restrict excessive or inappropriate transfer activity.

We retain some discretion in determining what actions constitute potentially disruptive trading and in determining when and how to impose trading restrictions. Therefore, persons engaging in potentially disruptive trading may be subjected to some uncertainty as to when and how we apply trading restrictions, and persons not engaging in potentially disruptive trading may not know precisely what actions will be taken against a person engaging in potentially disruptive trading. For example, if we determine a person is engaging in potentially disruptive trading, we may revoke that person’s electronic transfer privileges and require all future requests to be sent by first class U.S. mail. In the alternative, if the disruptive trading affects only a single Investment Option, we may prohibit transfers into or Purchase Payment allocations to that Investment Option. We notify the person or entity making the potentially disruptive trade when we revoke any transfer privileges.

The retention of some level of discretion by us may result in disparate treatment among persons engaging in potentially disruptive trading, and it is possible that some persons could experience adverse consequences if others are able to engage in potentially disruptive trading practices that have negative effects.

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DOLLAR COST AVERAGING (DCA) PROGRAM

The dollar cost averaging (DCA) program allows you to systematically transfer a set amount of money each month or quarter from any one Investment Option to other Investment Options. The Investment Option you transfer from may not be the Investment Option you transfer to in this program. You cannot dollar cost average to or from a general account Investment Choice. By allocating amounts on a regularly scheduled basis, as opposed to allocating the total amount at one particular time, your Contract Value may be less susceptible to the impact of market fluctuations. However, dollar cost averaging does not directly result in a Contract Value gain or protect against a market loss. You may only participate in this program during the Accumulation Phase. Generally, the DCA program requires a $1,500 minimum allocation and participation for at least six months.

All DCA transfers are made on the tenth of the month or the next Business Day if the tenth is not a Business Day. We must receive your DCA program form in Good Order at our Service Center by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the Business Day before we process these transfers, or your program participation does not begin until next month. You can elect this program by properly completing the DCA form provided by us.

Your participation in the program ends when any of the following occurs.

·	The number of desired transfers has been made.

·	You do not have enough money in the Investment Options to make the transfer (if less money is available, that amount is dollar cost averaged and the program ends).

·	You request to end the program (your request must be received at our Service Center by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Business Day immediately before the tenth to end that month).

·	your Contract ends.

If you participate in the DCA program, there are no fees for the transfers made under this program and we do not currently count these transfers against the free transfers that we allow. We reserve the right to discontinue or modify the DCA program at any time and for any reason.

FLEXIBLE REBALANCING

You can choose to have us rebalance your account. Once your money has been invested, the performance of the Investment Options may cause your chosen allocation to shift. Flexible rebalancing is designed to help you maintain your specified allocation mix among the different Investment Options. The general account Investment Choices are not part of the flexible rebalancing program. You can direct us to automatically readjust your balance in the Investment Options on a quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis to return to your selected Investment Option allocations. Flexible rebalancing transfers are made on the 20th of the month or the previous Business Day if the 20th is not a Business Day. We must receive your flexible rebalancing program form in Good Order at our Service Center by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the Business Day before we process this rebalancing, or you program does not begin until next month. If you participate in the flexible rebalancing program, there are no fees for the transfers made under this program and we do not currently count these transfers against any free transfers that we allow. If your Contract includes the Living Guarantees, the automatic transfers that we make (GPV or GAV Transfers) in and out of the FPAs to support the Living Guarantees may affect your flexible rebalancing program. We reserve the right to discontinue or modify the flexible rebalancing program at any time and for any reason. To end your participation in this program, your request must also be received at our Service Center by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Business Day immediately before the 20th to end that month.

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FINANCIAL ADVISERS – ASSET ALLOCATION PROGRAMS

If you have an investment adviser and want to pay their fees from this Contract, you can submit a written request to our Service Center on a form satisfactory to us. If we approve your request, we withdraw the fee and pay it to your adviser. We treat this fee payment as a withdrawal. For tax purposes, withdrawals from Non-Qualified Contracts are considered to come from earnings first, not Purchase Payments. If any Owner is under age 59½ it may be subject to a 10% federal penalty tax. You should consult a tax adviser regarding the tax treatment of adviser fee payments.

Your investment adviser acts on your behalf, not ours. We are not party to your advisory agreement or responsible for your adviser’s actions. We do not set your adviser’s fee or receive any part of it. Any adviser fee you pay is in addition to this Contract’s fees and expenses. You should ask your adviser about compensation they receive for this Contract.

You can submit a written request to our Service Center on a form satisfactory to us to allow your adviser to make Investment Option transfers on your behalf. However, we reserve the right to review an adviser’s trading history before allowing him or her to make transfers. If, in our sole discretion, we believe the adviser's trading history indicates excessive trading, we can deny your request. If we approve it, your adviser is subject to the same trading restrictions that apply to Owners. We can deny or revoke trading authority in our sole discretion.

VOTING PRIVILEGES

We legally own the Investment Option shares. However, when an Investment Option holds a shareholder vote that affects your investment, we ask you to give us voting instructions. We then vote all of our shares, including any we own on our behalf, in proportion to those instructions. Because most Owners do not give us instructions and we vote shares proportionally, a small number of Owners may determine a vote’s outcome. If we determine we no longer need to get your voting instructions, we decide how to vote the shares. Only Owners have voting privileges. Annuitants, Beneficiaries, Payees and other persons have no voting privileges unless they are also Owners.

We determine your voting interest in an Investment Option as follows.

·	You can cast votes based on the dollar value of Investment Option’s shares in your Contract’s subaccount. We calculate this value based on the number and value of accumulation/annuity units for your Contract on the record date. We count fractional votes.

·	We determine the number of shares you can vote.

·	You receive proxy materials, a voting instruction form, and periodic reports on your selected Investment Options.

5.	OUR GENERAL ACCOUNT

Our general account holds all our assets other than our separate account assets. We own our general account assets and use them to support our insurance and annuity obligations, other than those funded by our separate accounts. These assets are subject to our general business operation liabilities, and may lose value. Subject to applicable law, we have sole investment discretion over our general account assets.

We have not registered our general account as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, nor have we registered our general account interests under the Securities Act of 1933. As a result, the SEC has not reviewed our general account prospectus disclosures.

Currently, the only general account Investment Choices we offer under this Contract during the Accumulation Phase are the Fixed Period Accounts (FPAs). Any amounts you allocate to the FPAs, as well as any amounts we transfer to the FPAs under the Living Guarantees become part of our general account. Additionally, any amounts that you allocate to provide fixed Annuity Payments during the Annuity Phase become part of our general account. Any guaranteed values provided by this Contract that are in excess of the Contract Value are subject to our claims paying ability. We may change the terms of the general account Investment Choices in the future. Please contact us for the most current terms.

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FIXED PERIOD ACCOUNTS (FPAs)

FPAs are a type of Investment Choice available under our general account. We will credit any amount in the FPAs with interest. FPAs are available only during the Accumulation Phase. Money removed from an FPA may be subject to an MVA, which may increase or decrease your Contract Value and/or the amount of the withdrawal or transfer.

FPAs have Account Periods of anywhere from one to ten years. An Account Period is the amount of time we expect money to remain in an FPA. Only one FPA of a specific Account Period is available for Purchase Payments or transfers in each Contract Year.

You can allocate up to 50% of any Purchase Payment to an FPA. However, in some states the FPAs may only be available for GPV or GAV Transfers we make under the Living Guarantees. In addition, under the Living Guarantees we may transfer more than 50% of the total Purchase Payments to the FPAs beginning on the second Contract Anniversary. If you allocated any portion of the initial Purchase Payment to an FPA on the Issue Date, we applied that amount to an FPA with a ten-year Account Period. We will also apply any additional transfers or portions of Purchase Payments allocated to an FPA during the first Contract Year to this ten-year Account Period. Similarly, a nine-year Account Period is available for allocations in the second Contract Year, an eight-year Account Period is available in the third year, and so on. After the tenth Contract Year, there are five-year rolling Account Periods. In the 11th through the 15th Contract Years, allocations can be made to an FPA with an Account Period equal to one plus the remaining number of complete Contract Years to the end of the 15th Contract Year. For example, in the 11th Contract Year a five-year Account Period is available; in the 12th Contract Year a four-year Account Period is available, and so on until the 16th Contract Year when a new five-year Account Period is again available. Please see the following table for more information.

Contract Year	FPA Account Period	Contract Year	FPA Account Period	Contract Year	FPA Account Period
1	10 years	6	5 years	11	5 years
2	9 years	7	4 years	12	4 years
3	8 years	8	3 years	13	3 years
4	7 years	9	2 years	14	2 years
5	6 years	10	1 year	15	1 year

Allocations to the FPAs are credited with interest rates that vary based on the Account Period and when the allocation was made. Generally, the longer the Account Period, the higher the interest rate. The interest rate on the FPAs will be greater than zero, but it could be less than 1% and it could be less than the interest rate applied to the FPA guaranteed minimum value (see the “Market Value Adjustment (MVA)” discussion later in this section).

Generally, the initial interest rate is set on the date the first allocation is made to an FPA and will remain in effect until the second Contract Anniversary following the allocation. On that Contract Anniversary, the amount initially allocated to the FPA (plus interest) is then credited with the interest rate that we declare for all FPAs with the same Account Period and duration. This interest rate remains in effect for that entire Contract Year. On every Contract Anniversary we can set a new rate for the next Contract Year for all FPAs with the same Account Period and duration. For FPAs with a one-year Account Period, the interest rate is set at the start of the Account Period and is effective for any amounts allocated to the FPAs during the Contract Year. The interest rate for new allocations to an FPA may be different from the interest rate declared for amounts already in the FPAs. For example, new transfers to an FPA later in the third Contract Year may receive a different interest rate than the rate applied to amounts that were allocated to an FPA earlier in that Contract Year.

Any withdrawal or transfer (whether through your request or through the GPV or GAV Transfers we make to maintain the Living Guarantees) from an FPA may be subject to a Market Value Adjustment. Any MVA we make, whether it is upon partial withdrawal/transfer or complete withdrawal/transfer, is also subject to a minimum and a maximum.

PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS DURING THE ACCUMULATION PHASE: We will first take any partial withdrawal proportionately from the Investment Options. If the Contract Value in the Investment Options is less than the partial withdrawal you request, the remaining amount will come from the FPAs on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis. That is, a partial withdrawal from the FPAs will reduce the Contract Value in the oldest FPA, then the next oldest, and so on. If your Contract includes the Living Guarantees and you take a partial withdrawal that eliminates your Contract Value in the Investment Options, your Contract Value will remain in the FPAs until such time as the mathematical model that supports the Living Guarantees initiates a GAV Transfer from the FPAs to the Investment Options.

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IF YOUR CONTRACT INCLUDES THE LIVING GUARANTEES: Your ability to make transfers from the FPAs is subject to the GPV or GAV Fixed Account Minimum. You can request a transfer from the FPAs that would reduce the Fixed Account Value in the FPAs below this minimum by resetting the GPV or GAV Benefit (see “The GPV and GAV Fixed Account Minimums” and “Resetting the GPV and GAV Benefits” discussions in section 6, Guaranteed Values Under the Living Guarantees).

IF YOUR CONTRACT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LIVING GUARANTEES: If you request a partial transfer or partial withdrawal from the FPAs and the amount you request to receive is greater than the Fixed Account Value in the FPAs after adjustment for any applicable MVA, we will treat your request as a request for a complete transfer or full withdrawal from the FPAs. Additionally, we will treat any request for a partial withdrawal from the FPAs that would reduce the Fixed Account Value in the FPAs below $1,000 as a request for a full withdrawal from the FPAs.

FOR CONTRACTS ISSUED IN MINNESOTA: We hold amounts allocated to the FPAs in a nonunitized separate account that we established under Minnesota insurance law. This separate account provides an additional measure of assurance that we will make full payment of amounts due under the FPAs. State insurance law prohibits us from charging this separate account with the liabilities of any other separate account or of our general business. We own the assets of this separate account as well as any favorable investment performance of those assets. You do not participate in the performance of the assets held in this separate account. We guarantee all benefits relating to your value in the FPAs. This guarantee is based on the continued claims paying ability of Allianz Life.

FOR CONTRACTS ISSUED IN ALABAMA, PENNSYLVANIA, UTAH AND WASHINGTON: The FPAs are not directly available to you and they are not subject to a Market Value Adjustment. The FPAs are only available to receive GPV or GAV Transfers that we make during the Accumulation Phase if your Contract includes the Living Guarantees. You cannot allocate Purchase Payments to the FPAs and you cannot transfer Contract Value to or from the FPAs. You also cannot request withdrawals directly from the FPAs. If your Contract includes Living Guarantees and you request a partial withdrawal, we will take the partial withdrawal proportionately from the Investment Options. If the amount in the Investment Options is less than the partial withdrawal you request, the remaining amount will come from the FPAs on a FIFO basis.

MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT (MVA)

An MVA is an adjustment we make for transfers or withdrawals from an FPA that occur at any time other than 30 days before the end of an Account Period. There will be no MVA for transfers or withdrawals that occur within 30 days before the end of the Account Period. The end of the Account Period will first occur on your tenth Contract Anniversary and then on every fifth Contract Anniversary after that (for example, the 15th Contract Anniversary, the 20th Contract Anniversary, etc.). You will receive a notice mailed at least 30 days in advance of the period in which we will not apply an MVA. We will allocate any amounts (including the GPV or GAV Fixed Account Minimum, if applicable) for which we have not received instructions at the end of the Account Period to another FPA with a five-year Account Period.

We also will not apply MVAs to amounts withdrawn for withdrawal charges, the contract maintenance charge, death claims, or for amounts you receive if you return the Contract under the free look/right to examine provision. We determine any withdrawal charges based on market value adjusted withdrawals.

Upon a transfer or withdrawal of Contract Value from the FPAs we will apply the MVA to the amount of the withdrawal or transfer. At the time of transfer or withdrawal, the MVA formula compares the interest rate that applies to the FPA from which amounts are being removed to the current interest rate offered on new allocations to an FPA of the same Account Period. An MVA can be either positive or negative depending on the interest rate currently offered on an FPA as shown in the following table. Any MVA we make, whether it is upon partial withdrawal/transfer or complete withdrawal/transfer, is also subject to a minimum and a maximum.

If the interest rate on the FPA from which amounts are being removed is…	then the MVA is…
Less than the current interest rate for new allocations to an FPA of the same Account Period	negative
Equal to the current interest rate for new allocations to an FPA of the same Account Period	zero
Greater than the current interest rate for new allocations to an FPA of the same Account Period	positive

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The MVA formula is [(1 + I) / (1 + J)]N where:
I	=	Current interest rate earned in the FPA from which amounts are being transferred or withdrawn.
J	=	Current interest rate for new allocations to an FPA with an Account Period equal to the remaining term (rounded up) in the current Account Period.
N	=	Number of days from the date of transfer/withdrawal from the FPA to the next Contract Anniversary divided by 365, plus the number of whole years remaining in the Account Period.

The MVA is also subject to a minimum and a maximum. The minimum and maximum apply upon partial withdrawal/transfer or complete withdrawal/transfer.

The MVA minimum is equal to the greater of (a) or (b), with the result then divided by (c), where:
	(a)		=	The FPA guaranteed minimum value.
	(b)		=	All allocations to the FPAs less previous partial withdrawals (including any withdrawal charges) and transfers from the FPAs.
	(c)		=	The Fixed Account Value.

The MVA maximum is equal to (a) divided by the greater of (b) or (c), where:
	(a)		=	The Fixed Account Value.
	(b)		=	The FPA guaranteed minimum value
	(c)		=	All allocations to the FPAs, less previous partial withdrawals (including any withdrawal charges) and transfers from the FPAs.

The FPA guaranteed minimum value is equal to:

87.5% of all allocations to the FPAs, less all partial withdrawals (including any withdrawal charges) and transfers from the FPAs, accumulated at the FPA guaranteed minimum value interest rate (which is also the state nonforfeiture rate) specified in the Contract (which is currently 1%–3% depending on your state).

Plus

Upon a full withdrawal, the amount of the withdrawal charge that we assign to the FPAs. We base this amount on the percentage of Contract Value in the FPAs (for example, if 25% of the Contract Value is in the FPAs, then upon a full withdrawal we would assign 25% of any withdrawal charge to the FPAs).

All previous partial withdrawals and transfers in this calculation of the FPA guaranteed minimum value do not reflect any MVA.

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MVA Examples

The following examples show the effect of the MVA on a Contract.

·	You purchased a May 2007 Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000 on January 1. You did not select the Living Guarantees. The FPA guaranteed minimum value interest rate is 3%.

·	You allocate $10,000 to an FPA with a ten-year Account Period and an interest rate of 6%.

·	You make no additional Purchase Payments.

·	On July 1 of your sixth Contract Year, your Fixed Account Value in the FPA is $13,774.58. The sixth Contract Year is not a leap year.

·	The withdrawal charge period for your initial Purchase Payment has expired by the sixth Contract Year, so there will be no withdrawal charge on amounts withdrawn from the Contract during the sixth Contract Year.

The FPA guaranteed minimum value on July 1 of the sixth Contract Year is equal to:
	87.5% of all allocations to the FPAs less partial withdrawals and transfers accumulated at the FPA
		guaranteed minimum value interest rate for 5 years and 181 days =
		((87.5% x $10,000) – $0) x 1.03((181/365) + 5) = ………………………………………………………………………………..	$10,293.43

The MVA minimum on July 1 of the sixth Contract Year is equal to:
	The greater of (a) the FPA guaranteed minimum value, or (b) all allocations to the FPAs less partial
		withdrawals and transfers, divided by (c) the Fixed Account Value = $10,293.43 / $13,774.58 = …………...	0.747277

The MVA maximum on July 1 of the sixth Contract Year is equal to:
	(a) The Fixed Account Value divided by the greater of (b) the FPA guaranteed minimum value, or (c)
		all allocations to the FPAs less partial withdrawals and transfers = $13,774.58 / $10,293.43 = ……………..	1.338191

Example of a positive MVA on full withdrawal from the Fixed Period Account on July 1 of the sixth Contract Year:

Assume that the current interest rate for an FPA with a five-year Account Period is 5%.

The MVA on July 1 of the sixth Contract Year is: [1.06 / 1.05]((184/365) + 4) = 1.043618.

Because the MVA is less than the MVA maximum (1.338191), we will use the MVA to calculate the amount you will receive after we withdraw all of the Fixed Account Value from the FPA which is $13,774.58 x 1.043618 = $14,375.40. In other words, the amount we would withdraw from the FPA is $13,774.58, and the amount you would receive after application of the MVA is $14,375.40.

Example of a negative MVA on a partial withdrawal or transfer from a Fixed Period Account on July 1 of the sixth Contract Year:

Assume that the current interest rate for an FPA with a five-year Account Period is 7%. You request that we withdraw $4,000 from the FPA and send you a check.

The MVA on July 1 of the sixth Contract Year is: [1.06 / 1.07]((184/365) + 4) = 0.958589.

Because the MVA is more than the MVA minimum (0.747277), we will use the MVA to calculate the amount we will withdraw from the FPA in order to send you a check for $4,000 after we apply the MVA. The amount we would withdraw from the FPA is: $4,000 / 0.958589 = $4,172.80. In other words, we would withdraw $4,172.80 from the FPA, and you would receive $4,000 after application of the MVA.

If you had instead requested we transfer $4,000 from the FPA to the Investment Option(s), we would apply the MVA to the amount transferred, instead of applying the MVA to the Fixed Account Value in the FPA. The amount we would transfer into the Investment Options is: $4,000 x 0.958589 = $3,834.36. In other words, we would transfer $4,000 out of the FPA, and we would transfer $3,834.36 into your selected Investment Option(s).

NOTE REGARDING APPLICATION OF MVAs TO GAV AND GPV TRANSFERS: We will not apply MVAs to GAV or GPV Transfers out of the FPAs initiated by us, effective for all Contracts issued on or after December 1, 2006 or such later date as this change is approved in your state. For Contracts issued before this date, you can opt out of having MVAs applied to GAV or GPV Transfers from the FPAs. An opt out will be effective as of the Business Day we receive your request in good order at our Service Center.

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6.	GUARANTEED VALUES UNDER THE LIVING GUARANTEES

Your Separate Account Value will increase or decrease depending on the performance of the underlying Investment Options you selected. Depending on market conditions, you can gain or lose value in the Investment Options, including your principal. However, for Contracts with the Living Guarantees, the GPV and GAV Benefits are intended to provide a level of protection for the principal you invested five or more years ago and, if you select the GAV Benefit, to lock in any investment gains from five or more Contract Anniversaries ago.

The Living Guarantees were only available at Contract issue. The Living Guarantees cannot be added or changed for an existing Contract after it is issued, or removed from your Contract. The Living Guarantees provide a long term GPV or GAV Benefit during the Accumulation Phase. Under the GPV Benefit, the guarantee is based on Purchase Payments we have had for at least five years. Under the GAV Benefit, the guarantee is based on the highest Contract Value that occurred five or more Contract Anniversaries ago. There are no additional fees or charges for selecting the Living Guarantees with the GPV Benefit. However, there is an additional M&E charge for selecting the guarantees provided by the GAV Benefit. To maintain these guarantees, we will periodically transfer amounts between your selected Investment Options and the FPAs according to a mathematical model (see the “GPV and GAV Transfers” discussion later in this section).

The GPV and GAV Benefits guarantee that, beginning on your fifth Contract Anniversary (and on each subsequent Contract Anniversary until the Income Date that you take a Full Annuitization or when the Contract ends) your Contract Value will at least equal the GPV or GAV established five years ago, less all GPV or GAV adjusted partial withdrawals taken in the last five years. If your Contract Value is less than this guaranteed amount on the fifth and each subsequent Contract Anniversary, we will make a payment to your Contract equal to that difference.

You do not have any protection under the GPV or GAV Benefits unless you hold the Contract for at least five years. Your Purchase Payments are not protected under the GPV or GAV Benefits until we have had them for at least five years.

Assuming no partial withdrawals, the GPV and GAV Benefits have the effect of guaranteeing that, beginning with your fifth Contract Anniversary (and on each subsequent anniversary until the Income Date that you take a Full Annuitization or when the Contract ends), your Contract Value will be at least equal to the initial GPV or GAV, or the GPV or GAV from any Contract Anniversary that occurred at least five years ago. This type of guarantee is sometimes referred to as a “high water mark.” For example, assuming no withdrawals, on your 12th Contract Anniversary, the GPV and GAV Benefits guarantee your Contract Value will be at least the highest GPV or GAV established on the Issue Date, or on any Contract Anniversary, up to and including the seventh Contract Anniversary: that is, the “high water mark” from that period. However, the GPV and GAV Benefits do not provide any protection until the fifth Contract Anniversary. In addition, the GPV and GAV do not lock in any gains until five years after they occur, and the GPV and GAV do not automatically lock in any gains that occur between anniversaries.

As noted above, if on a Contract Anniversary, your Contract Value is less than the GPV or GAV established five years ago, we will pay into your Contract an amount equal to that difference. We will allocate this amount to your Investment Options in proportion to the amount of Separate Account Value in each of the Investment Options on the date of allocation. We refer to the application of this payment as a “True Up.” Because the True Ups increase your Contract Value, they will also increase the total dollar amount (but not the percentage) of the M&E charge you pay.

An additional Purchase Payment will immediately increase your Contract Value, but does not become part of the value guaranteed by the GPV and GAV Benefits until it is at least five years old. Therefore, a large additional Purchase Payment may diminish the advantage of the GPV and GAV Benefits by decreasing the likelihood that you would receive a True Up to your Contract. For example, if on the fifth Contract Anniversary your Contract Value is less than the GPV or GAV from five years ago, then we True Up your Contract Value to equal that GPV or GAV. If, however, you made a large additional Purchase Payment in the fourth Contract Year that increases your Contract Value on the fifth Contract Anniversary so that it is greater than the GPV or GAV from five years ago, then we would not make a True Up to your Contract. This example assumes you take no partial withdrawals. Any withdrawals you take may reduce the GPV or GAV by an amount greater than the withdrawal itself. If the Contract Value at the time of withdrawal is greater than the GPV/GAV, the GPV/GAV will be reduced by the dollar amount of the withdrawal. If the Contract Value at the time of withdrawal is less than the GPV/GAV, the GPV/GAV will be reduced by more than the withdrawal amount.

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NOTE: You will be required to take a Full Annuitization of your Contract on or before the maximum permitted Income Date. (For more information see section 3, The Annuity Phase.) Upon such a Full Annuitization the FPAs will no longer be available to you and you will no longer receive any True Ups under the Living Guarantees.

CALCULATING THE GPV AND GAV

The initial GPV or GAV is equal to all Purchase Payments received during the first 90 days of your Contract less any GPV or GAV adjusted partial withdrawals taken during this period. Adjusted partial withdrawals include withdrawals and any amounts applied to Partial Annuitizations. Additional Purchase Payments will increase the GPV and GAV on a dollar for dollar basis, but partial withdrawals and Partial Annuitizations will decrease the GPV and GAV proportionately. We also recalculate the GVP or GAV on every Contract Anniversary as follows.

GPV Benefit: On the first Contract Anniversary, the GPV is equal to the initial GPV plus any additional Purchase Payments received during the remainder of the first Contract Year and minus any GPV adjusted partial withdrawals taken during the remainder of the first Contract Year. On the second and any subsequent Contract Anniversaries, the GPV is equal to the GPV from the previous Contract Anniversary plus any additional Purchase Payments received in the previous Contract Year and minus any GPV adjusted partial withdrawals you made in the previous Contract Year.

GAV Benefit: On the first Contract Anniversary, the GAV is equal to the greater of A or B, where:

	A		=		The initial GAV, plus any additional Purchase Payments received during the remainder of the first Contract Year and minus any GAV adjusted partial withdrawals taken during the remainder of the first Contract Year.
	B		=		Your Contract Value on the first Contract Anniversary.

On the second and any subsequent Contract Anniversaries, the GAV is equal to the greater of C or D, where:
	C	=	The GAV from the previous Contract Anniversary plus any additional Purchase Payments received in the previous Contract Year and minus any GAV adjusted partial withdrawals taken in the previous Contract Year.
	D	=	Your Contract Value on that Contract Anniversary.

(a)	=	The amount of Contract Value (before any MVA) applied to a Partial Annuitization or withdrawn (including any applicable withdrawal charge).
(b)	=	The greater of one, or the ratio of (e) divided by (f) where:
		(e)	=	The GPV or GAV on the day of (but before) the Partial Annuitization or partial withdrawal.
		(f)	=	The Contract Value on the day of (but before) the Partial Annuitization or partial withdrawal, adjusted for any applicable MVA.
(c)	=	The amount of the partial withdrawal (before any MVA) that, together with any other previous partial withdrawals (before any MVA) taken during the Contract Year does not exceed 10% of total Purchase Payments received (the partial withdrawal privilege). However, if you take a Partial Annuitization, the entire amount of any Contract Value (before any MVA) applied to the Partial Annuitization will be included in part (d) of this formula.
(d)	=	The remaining amount of the partial withdrawal including any applicable withdrawal charge, but before any MVA.

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GAV Example

You purchased a May 2007 Contract and selected the Living Guarantees with the GAV Benefit. You made only one initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. You make no additional Purchase Payments. Therefore, the calculations of the GAV that follows will not include reference to additional Purchase Payments.

You take no partial withdrawals or Partial Annuitizations. Therefore, the calculations of the GAV that follows will only take into account the previous GAV and the current Contract Value on the Contract Anniversary. For information on how these calculation would be effected by a partial withdrawal, please see Appendix B.

·	The Contract Value on the first Contract Anniversary is $120,000; on the second Contract Anniversary it is $115,000; on the third Contract Anniversary it is $119,000; and on the fourth Contract Anniversary it is $121,000.

The initial GAV…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...		$100,000
The GAV on the first Contract Anniversary equals the greater of: (A) the initial GAV, which is the initial Purchase
	Payment of $100,000; or (B) the Contract Value on the first Contract Anniversary, which is $120,000…………………	$120,000
The GAV on the second Contract Anniversary equals the greater of: (C) the GAV from the first Contract Anniversary
	($120,000); or (D) the Contract Value on the second Contract Anniversary, which is $115,000…………………………	$120,000
The GAV on the third Contract Anniversary equals the greater of: (C) the GAV from the second Contract Anniversary
	($120,000); or (D) the Contract Value on the third Contract Anniversary, which is $119,000…………………………….	$120,000
The GAV on the fourth Contract Anniversary equals the greater of: (C) the GAV from the third Contract Anniversary
	($120,000); or (D) the Contract Value on the third Contract Anniversary, which is $121,000…………………………….	$121,000

Applying the GAV Benefit

·	On the fifth Contract Anniversary the Contract Value is $105,000. The initial GAV established five years ago is $100,000. The fifth anniversary Contract Value is greater than the initial GAV, so there is no True Up on the fifth Contract Anniversary.

On the sixth Contract Anniversary the Contract Value is $108,000. The GAV established five years ago on the first Contract Anniversary is $120,000. The sixth anniversary Contract Value is less than the GAV from the first Contract Anniversary, so we will True Up the Contract Value to equal this amount by applying $12,000 to the Investment Options on the sixth Contract Anniversary.

On the seventh Contract Anniversary the Contract Value is $122,000. The GAV from five years ago (the second Contract Anniversary) is $120,000. The seventh anniversary Contract Value is greater than the GAV established five years ago on the second Contract Anniversary so there is no True Up on the seventh Contract Anniversary.

Application of the GAV Benefit in tabular form:

	Contract Value	GAV	Contract Value guaranteed under the GAV Benefit (does not apply until the 5th Contract Anniversary)	Amount of GAV True Up (does not apply until the 5th Contract Anniversary)	Contract Value after any GAV True Up
Issue	$100,000	$100,000	-	-	$100,000
1st Contract Anniversary	$120,000	$120,000	-	-	$120,000
2nd Contract Anniversary	$115,000	$120,000	-	-	$115,000
3rd Contract Anniversary	$119,000	$120,000	-	-	$119,000
4th Contract Anniversary	$121,000	$121,000	-	-	$121,000
5th Contract Anniversary	$105,000	$121,000	$100,000	None	$105,000
6th Contract Anniversary	$108,000	$121,000	$120,000	$12,000	$120,000
7th Contract Anniversary	$122,000	$122,000	$120,000	None	$122,000

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GPV AND GAV TRANSFERS

To make the GPV and GAV Benefits available, we monitor your Contract daily as it relates to the GPV or GAV and periodically transfer amounts between your selected Investment Options and the FPAs (GPV Transfers or GAV Transfers). You will still have complete discretion over the selection of and allocation to the Investment Options for any portion of your Contract Value that is not required to be in the FPAs. Selecting Investment Options that have a higher volatility is likely to result in changes to Contract Value that, if negative, will, in turn, increase the amount and/or frequency of GPV or GAV Transfers to the FPAs.

We will transfer amounts between the Investment Options and the FPAs according to a mathematical model. This mathematical model will not change during the life of your Contract. We will transfer amounts to the FPAs proportionately from all of your selected Investment Options. GPV or GAV Transfers from the FPAs to the Investment Options will be allocated according to your future Purchase Payment allocation instructions. During the first two Contract Years, the Fixed Account Value immediately after any GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs is limited to 50% of total Purchase Payments received, but we may transfer more than 50% of your total Purchase Payments to the FPAs beginning on the second Contract Anniversary. GPV and GAV Transfers are not subject to any transfer fee and do not count against any free transfers we allow.

The mathematical model we use to determine GPV and GAV Transfers includes a number of interrelated factors. The following table sets forth the most influential of these factors and indicates how each one by itself could trigger a GPV or GAV Transfer.

Change In One Factor, Assuming All Other Factors Remain Constant
Factor	Direction of the GPV or GAV Transfer
Contract Value increases	To the Investment Options
GPV or GAV increases	To the FPAS
Credited interest rate on the FPAs increases	To the Investment Options
Time until application of the GPV or GAV Benefit decreases	To the FPAS

The amount of the GPV or GAV Transfer will vary depending on the magnitude and direction of the change in these factors and their impact on your Contract Value. Most importantly, GPV or GAV Transfers out of the Investment Options into the FPAs occur as the Contract Value falls relative to the GPV or GAV, as applicable. GPV and GAV Transfers to the FPAs generally first occur when the Contract Value drops below the most recently established GPV or GAV by an amount that typically ranges between 1% to 4%. If the Contract Value continues to fall, more GPV or GAV Transfers to the FPAs will occur. The amount of the first GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs will typically be significant, and will involve a transfer to the FPAs of an amount that ranges between 39% and 44% of your Contract Value. Subsequent transfer amounts to the FPAs typically range between 6% and 10% of your Contract Value. Concentrating Contract Value in Investment Options with higher volatility is likely to result in greater changes in Contract Value relative to the GPV or GAV. If those changes are negative, they will, in turn, result in higher amounts of and/or more frequent GPV or GAV Transfers to the FPAs. In addition, as the time remaining until application of the GPV or GAV True Up shortens, the frequency and amount of GPV or GAV Transfers to the FPAs will increase, particularly in poorly performing markets.

Transactions you make may also affect the number of GPV or GAV Transfers including:

·	additional Purchase Payments,

·	partial withdrawals, and

·	Partial Annuitizations.

Additional Purchase Payments, withdrawals and Partial Annuitizations will change the Contract Value relative to the GPV or GAV, and may result in additional GPV or GAV Transfers.

When a GPV or GAV Transfer occurs, we allocate the transferred Contract Value to the available FPA. In general the Contract Value allocated to the FPA will remain in the FPA until the performance of your Investment Options recovers sufficiently to support the guarantees provided by the GPV or GAV Benefits. It can be expected that, in some instances, Contract Value will transfer out of the FPAs more slowly than it was transferred in, particularly as the time until the application of the GPV or GAV True Up shortens. As this time shortens:

·	GPV or GAV Transfers to the FPAs become more likely, and

·	Contract Value relative to the GPV or GAV must increase in order for GAV Transfers from the FPAs to occur.

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After the second Contract Anniversary, it is possible that substantially all of your Contract Value (for example, more than 95%) will be in the FPAs, especially approaching a Contract Anniversary when we may need to True Up your Contract Value to equal the GPV or GAV. This can be true even if your Contract Value exceeds the GPV or GAV.

The Daily Rebalancing Formula Under the Mathematical Model: As noted above, to limit our exposure under the GPV or GAV Benefit, we transfer Contract Value from the Investment Options to the FPAs, to the extent called for by a mathematical model that will not change during the life of your Contract. We do this in order to minimize the need to provide a True Up (for example, we will pay into your Contract an amount by which the Contract Value falls short of the GPV or GAV as of the Contract Anniversary date when that GPV or GAV becomes available), or to reduce the amount of any True Up that is required. (Generally, amounts allocated to the Investment Options have a greater potential for gain or loss than amounts allocated to the FPAs.) We will determine a GPV or GAV for each Contract Anniversary and we may need to provide a True Up to any GPV or GAV five or more Contract Years after it was established. When a True Up becomes more likely, including when your Contract Value is less than any GPV or GAV, the mathematical model will tend to allocate more Contract Value to the FPAs. If, on the other hand, the Contract Value is much higher than each of these GPVs or GAVs, then a True Up may not be necessary, and therefore, the mathematical model will tend to allocate more Contract Value to the Investment Options.

Each Business Day the mathematical model computes a "target allocation," which is the portion of the Contract Value that is to be allocated to the Investment Options.

The target allocation depends on several factors – the Owner's current Contract Value as compared to the Owner's GPV or GAV, the time until the GPV or GAV becomes available, and the rate credited to the FPAs. However, as time passes, these factors change. Therefore, the target allocation changes from one Business Day to the next.

The mathematical model could theoretically call for a daily reallocation of Contract Value so that the Owner's actual allocation between the Investment Options and FPAs always equals that Owner's target allocation. However, to avoid the constant reallocations that this approach would require, the model calls for a rebalancing only when the target allocation differs sufficiently from a “baseline allocation,” which is the target allocation determined at issue or upon the most recent GPV or GAV Transfer adjusted for performance.

In other words, at issue, the target and baseline allocations are the same; on each Business Day going forward the target allocation will change with the Contract’s changing characteristics, while the baseline allocation will not change until the first GPV or GAV Transfer. When the target allocation to the Investment Options differs from the baseline allocation to the Investment Options by more than a specified margin, a GPV or GAV Transfer takes place that makes the Owner’s actual allocation equal to the target allocation, and the mathematical model establishes a new baseline allocation to the Investment Options equal to the target allocation at the time of the transfer for use in future comparisons.

In practice, we find that for a newly-issued Contract, no GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs will occur until the target allocation to the Investment Options has fallen to about 60% of Contract Value. Therefore, the initial GPV or GAV Transfer will transfer enough Contract Value so that approximately 40% of the Contract Value will be in the FPAs after the GPV or GAV Transfer.

Once the first GAV Transfer has occurred, if the target allocation to the Investment Options rises above the baseline allocation by more than the specified margin, a GPV or GAV Transfer will transfer Contract Value from the FPAs to the Investment Options. If the target allocation to the Investment Options falls below the baseline allocation by more than the specified margin, the GPV or GAV Transfer will transfer Contract Value from the Investment Options to the FPAs. As with the initial GPV or GAV Transfer, a subsequent GPV or GAV Transfer results in the establishment of a new baseline allocation equal to the target allocation at the time of the transfer for use in future comparisons. In practice, we find that GPV or GAV Transfers after the first typically range between 6% and 10% of the Contract Value.

The specified margin is set on the Issue Date and cannot be changed for the life of a Contract.

See the SAI for more detail regarding the workings of the mathematical model, including the formula used to compute the target allocation on a daily basis.

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We will transfer Contract Value from the Investment Options to the FPAs, and from the FPAs to the Investment Options, according to the mathematical model in order to support the Living Guarantees. You should view the GPV and GAV Benefits as a way to permit you to invest in the Investment Options to the extent permitted by the mathematical model, while still having your principal (and some of your investment gains) protected to the extent provided by the GPV or GAV Benefits. You should not view the GPV and GAV Benefits as a “market timing” or other type of investment program designed to enhance your earnings under the Contract. If we make transfers from your chosen Investment Options to the FPAs during a market downturn, less (or potentially none) of your Contract Value will be available to participate in any upside potential of the Investment Options if there is a subsequent recovery. This means that if most or all of your Contract Value is allocated to the FPAs, a subsequent market recovery will benefit only that portion, if any, of your Contract Value which remains in the Investment Options. If a recovery is sustained enough to result in amounts being transferred back from the FPAs into your selected Investment Options, progressively more of your Contract Value may be able to participate in the recovery, but the Contract Value as a whole will always recover more slowly than had it been more fully allocated to the Investment Options. This may potentially provide less Contract Value to you than if your Contract did not include the Living Guarantees.

THE GPV AND GAV FIXED ACCOUNT MINIMUMS

The GPV and GAV Fixed Account Minimums are the amount we require to be kept in the FPAs to maintain the guarantee protection provided by the GPV or GAV Benefits. You can transfer amounts into or out of the FPAs subject to the GPV or GAV Fixed Account Minimums. You can only make a transfer from the FPAs that would reduce the amount in the FPAs below these minimums by resetting the GPV or GAV Benefits. If you allocate or transfer amounts to the FPAs, the amounts we need to transfer to the FPAs in order to maintain the guarantee provided by the GPV and GAV Benefits will be less. If you transfer amounts out of the FPAs (subject to the GPV and GAV Fixed Account Minimums), the amounts we need to transfer to the FPAs in order to maintain the guarantee provided by the GPV and GAV Benefits will be greater.

RESETTING THE GPV AND GAV BENEFITS

For Contracts issued in Alabama, Pennsylvania, Utah and Washington: The reset feature is not available.

You may reset the operation of the GPV or GAV Benefits at any time, as long as the reset date is at least 90 days from any earlier reset date and the reset provision is available in your state. Upon a reset, we will transfer 100% of your Contract Value to the Investment Choices on the reset date according to your most recent allocation instructions unless you instruct us otherwise. If you reset the operation of the GPV or GAV Benefits, the first Contract Anniversary on which your Contract Value will be guaranteed under the GPV and GAV Benefits will be the Contract Anniversary occurring five years after the Contract Anniversary that occurs on or after the reset date. This means that we will not make a True Up to the Contract any time between the reset date and the sixth Contract Anniversary after the reset date (or the fifth Contract Anniversary if you reset on a Contract Anniversary). The GPV or GAV on the reset date is the greater of:

·	the last GPV or GAV calculated before the reset date, plus any additional Purchase Payments received on or after the last GPV/GAV calculation, and minus any GPV/GAV adjusted partial withdrawals taken on or after that calculation, or

·	your Contract Value.

If your Contract Value on the reset date is less than the GPV or GAV at that time, the GPV or GAV Transfers to the FPAs will occur more rapidly and at a larger amount than those for a new Contract with Purchase Payments equal to the Contract Value on the reset date. This occurs because the guarantee available to you on the reset date is larger than the guarantees available for a new Contract.

On the Contract Anniversary that occurs on or after the reset date, the GPV under the GPV Benefit is equal to the:

·	the GPV established on the reset date,

·	plus any additional Purchase Payments received on or after the reset date, and

·	minus any GPV adjusted partial withdrawals taken on or after the reset date.

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On the Contract Anniversary that occurs on or after the reset date, the new GAV under the GAV Benefit is equal to the greater of:

·	the GAV established on the reset date, plus any additional Purchase Payments received on or after the reset date, and minus any GAV adjusted partial withdrawals taken on or after the reset date; or

·	your Contract Value.

On each subsequent Contract Anniversary, the new GPV or GAV is calculated as previously described (see the “Calculating the GPV and GAV” discussion that appears earlier in this section).

OTHER INFORMATION ON THE GPV AND GAV BENEFITS

Once we pay a GPV or GAV True Up to your Contract Value as a result of the GPV and GAV Benefits, the True Ups become part of your Contract Value and are available for immediate withdrawal. Also, any True Ups will be allocated proportionately to the Investment Options you chose, and will immediately begin to participate in the investment performance of those Investment Options. For tax purposes, your True Up will be treated as earnings under the Contract. However, if your Contract Value at the time of a True Up is less than your net Purchase Payments (total Purchase Payments received less any prior payments withdrawn) then we may treat some or all of the True Up as a Purchase Payment when applying the withdrawal charge if the entire Contract Value is then withdrawn. This is no different than when the Contract Value is less than your net Purchase Payments, but the Contract Value then experiences a gain immediately before you take a complete withdrawal. We assess withdrawal charges against Purchase Payments withdrawn in the manner described in section 7, Expenses – Withdrawal Charge.

The GPV or GAV Benefits end upon the earliest of the following.

·	The Income Date that you take a Full Annuitization, including a required Full Annuitization on the maximum permitted Income Date. For more information, see section 3, The Annuity Phase.

·	When the Contract ends.

Example of the Treatment of a True Up Upon Full Withdrawal

Assume you purchased a May 2007 Contract and selected the Living Guarantees with the GAV Benefit. You made only one initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. The initial GAV that will be available on the fifth Contract Anniversary is $100,000. On the fifth Contract Anniversary, if the Contract Value is $98,000, the GAV Benefit would provide a True Up of $2,000. Assume on the fifth anniversary that you request a full withdrawal of the entire Contract Value. For purposes of calculating the withdrawal charge we would first withdraw Purchase Payments that are beyond the withdrawal charge period, which would be the initial $100,000 payment. We need not go any further in the calculation of the withdrawal charge because you have now withdrawn the entire Withdrawal Charge Basis. In this example, when we applied the True Up to your Contract it was treated as earnings, however, for the purpose of calculating the withdrawal charge it was treated as a Purchase Payment.

EXPENSES

There are charges and other expenses associated with the Contract that reduce your investment return. These charges and expenses are described in detail in this section.

MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK (M&E) CHARGE

Each Business Day, during the Accumulation and Annuity Phases, we make a deduction from your Separate Account assets for the mortality and expense risk (M&E) charge. We do this as part of our calculation of the value of the Accumulation and Annuity Units. The M&E charge is an annualized rate that is realized on a daily basis as a percentage of the net asset value of an Investment Option, and we use that net asset value to calculate the Accumulation Unit value during the Accumulation Phase and the Annuity Unit value during the Annuity Phase. We assess an M&E charge during the Annuity Phase on any Contract Value you apply to variable Annuity Payments; there is no M&E charge during the Annuity Phase on any Contract Value you apply to fixed Annuity Payments. The amount of the M&E charge during the Accumulation Phase depends on the benefit options that apply. During the Accumulation Phase, the M&E charge is as follows:

	M&E Charge
	Traditional GMDB	Enhanced GMDB
No Living Guarantees or Living Guarantees with the GPV Benefit	1.65%	1.85%
Living Guarantees with the GAV Benefit	1.75%	1.95%

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During the Annuity Phase, if you request variable Annuity Payments, the M&E charge is equal, on an annual basis, to 1.65%. Because the Contract allows Partial Annuitization, it is possible for one portion of the Contract to be in the Accumulation Phase and other portions to be in the Annuity Phase at the same time. It is also possible to have a different M&E charge on different portions of the Contract at the same time if you request a variable Partial Annuitization.

This charge compensates us for all the insurance benefits provided by your Contract, for example:

·	our contractual obligation to make Annuity Payments,

·	the death benefits, income benefits, withdrawal benefits and Living Guarantees under the Contract,

·	certain expenses related to the Contract, and

·	for assuming the risk (expense risk) that the current charge is insufficient in the future to cover the cost of administering the Contract.

If the M&E charge is sufficient to cover such costs and risks, any excess is profit to us. We anticipate making such a profit, and using it to cover distribution expenses as well as the cost of providing certain features under the Contract.

CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHARGE

We deduct $40 from the Contract annually as a contract maintenance charge during the Accumulation and Annuity Phases. The charge is for the expenses associated with the administration and maintenance of the Contract. We deduct this charge on the last day of each Contract Year and we deduct it proportionately from the Investment Options. If there is an insufficient amount in the Investment Options, the charge is deducted first from the Investment Options, and any remaining amount is deducted from the FPAs. During the Annuity Phase, we collect a portion of the charge out of each variable Annuity Payment.

During the Accumulation Phase, we waive this charge for all your High Five L Contracts registered with the same social security or tax identification number if their total Contract Value is at least $75,000 at the time we are to deduct the charge. We also will waive this charge during the Annuity Phase if the Contract Value on the Income Date is at least $75,000. If you select fixed Annuity Payments and do not qualify for the waiver, we only deduct this charge once on the Income Date. If you take a full withdrawal from your Contract (other than on a Contract Anniversary), we deduct the full contract maintenance charge.

If the Contract is owned by a non-individual (for example, a qualified plan or trust), we look to the Annuitant to determine if we assess the charge.

WITHDRAWAL CHARGE

You can take withdrawals from the portion of the Contract that is in the Accumulation Phase. A withdrawal charge applies if any part of the withdrawal comes from a Purchase Payment that is still within four complete years before the withdrawal for the May 2007 Contract, or three complete years before the withdrawal for the Original Contract. The withdrawal charge compensates us for expenses associated with selling the Contract. We do not assess the withdrawal charge on: amounts deducted to pay a transfer fee or the contract maintenance charge, Annuity Payments, death benefits, or amounts paid as part of a required minimum distribution payment under our minimum distribution program. (For more information, see section 9, Access to Your Money – The Minimum Distribution Program and Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Payments.)

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The total amount under your Contract that is subject to a withdrawal charge is the Withdrawal Charge Basis. The Withdrawal Charge Basis is equal to the total Purchase Payments, less any Purchase Payment withdrawn (excluding any penalty-free withdrawals), and less any applicable withdrawal charge. We do not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis for any penalty-free withdrawals or the deduction of a transfer fee or the contract maintenance charge. This means that if you take a full withdrawal while the withdrawal charge applies, and you have taken penalty-free withdrawals, you may be assessed a withdrawal charge on more than the amount you are withdrawing. Penalty-free withdrawals include the following amounts: withdrawals under the GWB, withdrawals under the partial withdrawal privilege, and any amounts paid as part of a required minimum distribution. We also do not adjust the Withdrawal Charge Basis for any gains or losses on your Investment Options. This means that on a full withdrawal, if the Contract Value has declined due to poor performance of your selected Investment Options, the withdrawal charge may be greater than the amount available for withdrawal. Because we assess the withdrawal charge against the Withdrawal Charge Basis, in some instances, the Contract Value may be positive, but you will not receive a distribution due to the amount of the withdrawal charge. For more information please see the examples in Appendix D.

NOTE REGARDING PARTIAL ANNUITIZATIONS: Amounts applied to Partial Annuitizations reduce each Purchase Payment proportionately by the percentage of Contract Value you annuitize. This reduction also applies to the Withdrawal Charge Basis.

NOTE FOR CONTRACTS ISSUED IN WASHINGTON: We reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis for penalty-free withdrawals and the partial withdrawal privilege is available upon a full withdrawal. In Washington the Withdrawal Charge Basis is equal to the total Purchase Payments, less any withdrawals from the Contract (including any withdrawal charge).

For purposes of calculating any withdrawal charge, we withdraw Purchase Payments on a “first-in-first-out” (FIFO) basis and we make withdrawals from your Contract in the following order.

1 .

First, we withdraw any Purchase Payments that are beyond your Contract’s withdrawal charge period (for example, on an Original Contract, Purchase Payments that we have had for three or more complete years). We do not assess a withdrawal charge on these Purchase Payments. This withdrawal reduces the Withdrawal Charge Basis.

Then, we withdraw any Purchase Payments that are under the partial withdrawal privilege and we do not assess a withdrawal charge. However, the partial withdrawal privilege is not available if you are taking a full withdrawal. For more information, see section 9, Access to Your Money – Partial Withdrawal Privilege. This withdrawal does not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis.

Next, on a FIFO basis, we withdraw Purchase Payments that are within the withdrawal charge period shown in your Contract. We do assess a withdrawal charge on these Purchase Payments, but we withdraw them on a FIFO basis, which may help reduce the total withdrawal charge you pay because the withdrawal charge declines over time. We determine your total withdrawal charge by multiplying each of these payments by the applicable withdrawal charge percentage and then totaling the charges. This withdrawal reduces the Withdrawal Charge Basis.

Finally, we withdraw any Contract earnings. We do not assess a withdrawal charge on Contract earnings. We consider any True Ups we make to your Contract Value under the GPV or GAV Benefit to be earnings. However, if the Contract Value at the time of a True Up is less than your net Purchase Payments (total Purchase Payments received less any prior payments withdrawn) some or all of the True Up may, in effect, be treated as a Purchase Payment when applying the withdrawal charge if the entire Contract Value is then withdrawn. For more information see the example in section 6, Guaranteed Values Under the Living Guarantees – Other Information on the GPV and GAV Benefits. This withdrawal does not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis.

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We keep track of each Purchase Payment we receive. The amount of the withdrawal charge depends upon the length of time since we received each Purchase Payment. The charge as a percentage of each Purchase Payment withdrawn is as follows.

May 2007 Contract		Original Contract
Number of Complete Years Since We Received Your Purchase Payment	Charge	Number of Complete Years Since We Received Your Purchase Payment	Charge
0	8.5%	0	8%
1	7.5%	1	7%
2	5.5%	2	5%
3	3.0%	3 years or more	0%
4 years or more	0%

After we have had a Purchase Payment for four complete years (for the May 2007 Contract) or three complete years (for the Original Contract), there is no charge when you withdraw that Purchase Payment. However, withdrawals from the FPAs may be subject to an MVA.

We calculate the charge at the time of each withdrawal. For a full withdrawal that is subject to a withdrawal charge, we deduct the withdrawal charge as a percentage of the Withdrawal Charge Basis from the amount withdrawn. For a partial withdrawal that is subject to a withdrawal charge, the amount we deduct from your Contract will be the amount you request plus any applicable withdrawal charge. We apply the withdrawal charge to this total amount and we pay you the amount you requested. For partial withdrawals, we deduct the charge from the Contract Value and we deduct it proportionately from the selected Investment Options. However, if there is not enough Contract Value in the Investment Options, we deduct the remaining amount of the charge proportionately from any other available Investment Choices. Partial withdrawals from a general account Investment Choice may involve an MVA, which may increase or decrease your Contract Value and/or the proceeds you receive.

Example: You purchased a May 2007 Contract with the Living Guarantees. You made an initial Purchase Payment of $30,000 and made another Purchase Payment in the first month of the second Contract Year of $70,000. In the third month of the third Contact Year, your Contract Value is $110,000 and you request a withdrawal of $52,000. There is no MVA at the time of the withdrawal. We would withdraw money from the Contract Value and compute the withdrawal charge as follows.

1)	Purchase Payments that are beyond the withdrawal charge period. All payments are still within the withdrawal charge period so this does not apply.

2)	Amounts available under the partial withdrawal privilege. You have not taken any other withdrawals this year so you can withdraw up to 10% of your total payments (or $10,000) without incurring a withdrawal charge.

3)	Purchase Payments on a FIFO basis. The total amount we deduct from the first Purchase Payment is $30,000, which is subject to a 5.5% withdrawal charge, and you will receive $28,350. We determine this amount as follows:

(amount withdrawn) x (1 – withdrawal charge) = the amount you receive, or:

$30,000 x 0.945 = $28,350.

Next we determine how much we need to deduct from the second Purchase Payment. So far we have deducted $38,350 ($10,000 under the partial withdrawal privilege and $28,350 from the first Purchase Payment), so we would need to deduct $13,650 from the second Purchase Payment to get you the $52,000 you requested. The second Purchase Payment is subject to a 7.5% withdrawal charge. We calculate the total amount withdrawn and the withdrawal charge you pay on this amount as follows:

(the amount you receive) ÷ (1 – withdrawal charge) = amount withdrawn, or:

$13,650 ÷ 0.925 = $14,757

4)	Contract earnings. As we have already withdrawn your requested amount, this does not apply.

In total we withdrew $54,757 from your Contract, of which you received $52,000 and paid a withdrawal charge of $2,757.

NOTE: Withdrawals may have tax consequences and, if taken before age 59½, may be subject to a 10% federal penalty tax. For tax purposes, under Non-Qualified Contracts, withdrawals are considered to have come from the last money you put into the Contract. Thus, for tax purposes, earnings are considered to come out first.

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Reduction or Elimination of the Withdrawal Charge

We may have reduced or eliminated the withdrawal charge when the Contract was sold under circumstances that reduced its sales expenses. For example, if a large group of individuals purchased the Contract, or if a purchaser already had a relationship with us. We may choose not to deduct a withdrawal charge under a Contract issued to an officer, director, or employee of Allianz Life or any of its affiliates. Also, we may reduce or waive the withdrawal charge for a Contract sold by a Financial Professional appointed with Allianz Life to any members of his or her immediate family and the Financial Professional waives their commission. We require our prior approval for any reduction or elimination of the withdrawal charge.

TRANSFER FEE

You can currently make 12 free transfers every Contract Year. If you make more than 12 transfers in a Contract Year, we deduct a transfer fee of $25 for each additional transfer. Currently, we deduct this fee only during the Accumulation Phase, but we reserve the right to deduct it during the Annuity Phase. The deduction of a transfer fee decreases your Contract Value on a dollar for dollar basis, but it does not decrease your free withdrawal privilege, the Withdrawal Charge Basis, or any of the guaranteed values available under the optional benefits. Transfers from a FPA may be subject to an MVA, which may increase or decrease the value of your Contract and/or the amount transferred. We deduct a transfer fee from the Investment Choice from which the transfer is made. If you transfer the entire amount in the Investment Choice, then we deduct a transfer fee from the amount transferred. If you are transferring from multiple Investment Choices, we treat the transfer as a single transfer and we deduct any transfer fee proportionately from the Investment Choices if you transfer less than the entire amount that is in the Investment Choice. If the transfer is a GPV or GAV Transfer or is made under the dollar cost averaging or flexible rebalancing programs, there is no fee for the transfer and we currently do not count these transfers against any free transfers we allow.

PREMIUM TAX

Some states and other governmental entities (for example, municipalities) assess a tax (premium tax) on us based on Purchase Payments or amounts applied to Annuity Payments. We are responsible for paying this tax. Your Contract may indicate that we deduct this tax from your Contract Value. Currently, we do not deduct this tax, although we reserve the right to do so in the future. Premium tax normally ranges from 0% to 3.5% of the Purchase Payment, depending on the state or governmental entity.

INCOME TAX

Currently, we do not deduct any Contract related income tax we incur, although we reserve the right to do so in the future.

INVESTMENT OPTION EXPENSES

There are deductions from the assets of the various Investment Options for operating expenses (including management fees) that are described in the Fee Tables in this prospectus and in the prospectuses for the Investment Options. These charges apply during the Accumulation and Annuity Phases if you make allocations to the Investment Options. These expenses reduce the performance of the Investment Options and, therefore, negatively affect your Contract Value and the amounts available for withdrawals and Annuity Payments. They may also negatively impact the death benefit proceeds. The investment advisers for the Investment Options provided the fee and expense information and we did not independently verify it.

TAXES

NOTE: We have prepared the following information on taxes as a general discussion of the subject. The Contract offers flexibility regarding how distributions can be taken. Not all of these distributions (or their attendant tax consequences) are discussed in this section. This information is not intended as tax advice. You should, therefore, consult your own tax adviser about your own circumstances. We have included additional information regarding taxes in the Statement of Additional Information. For more information on the taxation of Annuity Payments made under a Partial Annuitization, see section 3, The Annuity Phase – Partial Annuitization.

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ANNUITY CONTRACTS IN GENERAL

Annuity contracts are a means of setting aside money for future needs – usually retirement. Congress recognized how important saving for retirement was and provided special rules in the Internal Revenue Code (Code) for annuities.

These rules generally provide that you are not taxed on any earnings on the money held in your annuity until you take the money out. This is called tax deferral. There are different rules regarding how you are taxed, depending upon how you take the money out and whether the annuity is Qualified or Non-Qualified (see the following discussion in this section).

If you did not purchase the Contract under a tax qualified retirement plan, the Contract is referred to as a Non-Qualified Contract. When a Non-Qualified Contract is owned by a non-individual (for example, a corporation or certain other entities other than a trust holding the Contract as an agent for an individual), the Contract generally is not treated as an annuity for tax purposes. This means that the Contract may not receive the benefits of tax deferral and Contract earnings may be taxed as ordinary income every year.

QUALIFIED CONTRACTS

If you purchased the Contract under a pension or retirement plan that is qualified under the Code, the Contract is referred to as a Qualified Contract. Qualified Contracts are subject to special rules. Adverse tax consequences may result if contributions, distributions, and transactions in connection with the Qualified Contract do not comply with the law.

A Qualified Contract does not provide any necessary or additional tax deferral if it is used to fund a qualified plan that is tax deferred. However, the Contract has features and benefits other than tax deferral that may make it an appropriate investment for a qualified plan.

We may have issued the following types of Qualified Contracts.

Traditional Individual Retirement Annuity. Section 408 of the Code permits eligible individuals to maintain Individual Retirement Annuities (IRAs). IRA contributions are limited each year to the lesser of a dollar amount specified in the Code or 100% of the amount of earned income included in the Owner’s income. You cannot make contributions once the Owner reaches age 70½. Contributions may be tax deductible based on the Owner’s income. The limit on the amount contributed to an IRA does not apply to distributions from certain other types of qualified plans that are “rolled over” on a tax-deferred basis into an IRA.

Roth IRA. Section 408A of the Code permits certain eligible individuals to contribute to a Roth IRA. Contributions to a Roth IRA are limited each year to the lesser of a dollar amount specified in the Code or 100% of the amount of earned income included in the Owner’s income. Contributions are also limited or prohibited if the Owner’s income is above certain limits. Contributions must be made in cash or as a rollover or transfer from another Roth IRA.

Conversions to a Roth IRA from a Traditional IRA or other eligible qualified retirement plan are permitted regardless of an individual’s income. A conversion to a Roth IRA results in a taxable event, but not a 10% federal penalty tax for early withdrawal if certain qualifications are met (please consult your tax adviser for more details).

Distributions from a Roth IRA generally are not subject to income tax if the Roth IRA has been held for five years (starting with the year in which the first contribution is made to any Roth IRA) and the Owner satisfies a triggering event such as attaining age 59½, death, disability or a first time homebuyer (subject to a $10,000 lifetime limit).

Distribution before satisfying the five year period or triggering event requirement may subject the distribution to ordinary income tax and the 10% federal penalty tax for early withdrawal. Please be aware that each Roth IRA conversion has its own five year holding period requirement.

Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA. Employers may establish Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRAs under Code Section 408(k) to provide IRA contributions on behalf of their employees. In addition to all of the general rules governing IRAs, such plans are subject to additional requirements and different contribution limits.

·	TSAs or 403(b) Contracts. Section 403(b) of the Code allows employees of certain Section 501(c)(3) organizations and public schools to exclude from their gross income the purchase payments made, within certain limits, on a contract that provides an annuity for the employee’s retirement.

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Qualified Plans. A qualified plan is a retirement or pension plan that meets the requirements for tax qualification under the Code. If the Contract is an investment for assets of a qualified plan under Section 401 of the Code, the plan is both the Owner and the Beneficiary. The authorized signatory or plan trustee for the plan must have made representations to us that the plan was qualified under the Code on the Issue Date and is intended to continue to be qualified for the entire Accumulation Phase of the Contract, or as long as the qualified plan owns the Contract. The qualified plan may designate a third party administrator to act on its behalf. All tax reporting is the responsibility of the plan. In the event the qualified plan instructs us to roll the plan assets into an IRA for the Annuitant under this Contract, we change the qualification type of the Contract to an IRA and make the Annuitant the Owner. The qualified plan is responsible for any reporting required for the rollover transactions.

MULTIPLE CONTRACTS

Section 72(e)(12) of the Code provides that multiple Non-Qualified deferred annuity contracts that are issued within a calendar year period to the same owner by one company or its affiliates are treated as one annuity contract for purposes of determining the tax consequences of any distribution. Such treatment may result in adverse tax consequences, including more rapid taxation of the distributed amounts from such combination of contracts. For purposes of this rule, contracts received in a Section 1035 exchange are considered issued in the year of the exchange.

PARTIAL 1035 EXCHANGES

Section 1035 of the Code provides that an annuity contract may be exchanged in a tax-free transaction for another annuity contract. Historically, it was presumed that only the exchange of an entire contract (as opposed to a partial exchange) would be accorded tax-free status. Guidance from the IRS, however, confirmed that the direct transfer of a portion of an annuity contract into another annuity contract can qualify as a non-taxable exchange. IRS guidance provides that this direct transfer can go into an existing annuity contract as well as a new annuity contract. If you perform a partial 1035 exchange, please be aware that no distributions or withdrawals can occur from the old or new annuity contract within 12 months of the partial exchange, unless you qualify for an exception to this rule. IRS guidance also provides that certain partial exchanges may not qualify as tax-free exchanges. Therefore, Owners should consult their own tax advisers before entering into a partial exchange of an annuity contract.

DISTRIBUTIONS – NON-QUALIFIED CONTRACTS

You, as the Owner, generally are not taxed on increases in the value of the Contract until an actual or deemed distribution occurs – either as a withdrawal or as Annuity Payments.

Section 72 of the Code governs treatment of distributions. When a withdrawal from a Non-Qualified Contract occurs, the amount received generally is treated as ordinary income subject to tax up to an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Contract Value immediately before the distribution over your investment in the Contract (generally, the Purchase Payments or other consideration paid for the Contract, reduced by any amount previously distributed from the Contract that was not subject to tax) at that time. In the case of a full withdrawal under a Non-Qualified Contract, the amount received generally is taxable only to the extent it exceeds your investment in the Contract.

If you take an annuitization, different rules apply. Periodic installments (for example, Annuity Payments) scheduled to be received at regular intervals (for example, monthly) should be treated as annuity payments (and not withdrawals) for tax purposes. Upon annuitization, a portion of each Annuity Payment may be treated as a partial return of your Purchase Payment and is not taxed. The remaining portion of the payment is treated as ordinary income. How the Annuity Payment is divided between taxable and non-taxable portions depends upon the period over which we expect to make the payments. Once we have paid out all of your Purchase Payment(s), the entire Annuity Payment is taxable as ordinary income.

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Section 72 of the Code further provides that any amount received under an annuity contract, which is included in income, may be subject to a federal penalty tax. The amount of the federal penalty tax is equal to 10% of the amount that is included in income. Some distributions are exempt from the federal penalty tax. There is an exception to this 10% federal penalty tax for amounts:

1)	paid on or after you reach age 59½;

2)	paid after you die;

3)	paid if you become totally disabled (as that term is defined in Section 72(m)(7) of the Code);

4)	paid in a series of substantially equal payments made annually (or more frequently) under a lifetime annuity;

5)	paid as annuity payments under an immediate annuity; or

6)	that come from Purchase Payments made before August 14, 1982.

With respect to (4) above, if the series of substantially equal periodic payments is modified before the later of your attaining age 59½ or the close of the five year period that began on the Income Date, then the tax for the year of the modification is increased by the 10% federal penalty tax, plus interest, for the tax years in which the exception was used. A partial withdrawal taken after a series of substantially equal periodic payments has begun, will result in the modification of the series of substantially equal payments and therefore result in the imposition of the 10% federal penalty tax and interest for the period as described above. Adding Purchase Payments to a Contract that is making substantially equal periodic payments also results in a modification of the payments.

NOTE: Beginning in 2013, distributions from Non-Qualified Contracts will be considered investment income for purposes of the newly enacted Medicare tax on investment income. Thus, in certain circumstances, a 3.8% tax may apply to some or all of the taxable portion of distributions (e.g. earnings) to individuals whose income exceeds certain threshold amounts ($200,000 for filing single, $250,000 for married filing jointly and $125,000 for married filing separately.) Please consult a tax advisor for more information.

DISTRIBUTIONS – QUALIFIED CONTRACTS

Distributions from Qualified Contracts are subject to ordinary income tax. Special rules may apply to withdrawals from certain types of Qualified Contracts, including Roth IRAs. You should consult with your qualified plan sponsor and tax adviser to determine how these rules affect the distribution of your benefits.

Section 72(t) of the Code provides that any amount received under a Qualified Contract, which is included in income, may be subject to a federal penalty tax. The amount of the federal penalty tax is equal to 10% of the amount that is included in income. Some distributions are exempt from the federal penalty tax. There is an exception to this 10% federal penalty tax for:

1)	distributions made on or after the date you (or the Annuitant as applicable) reach age 59½;

2)	distributions following your death or disability (or the Annuitant as applicable) (for this purpose disability is as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of the Code);

3)	after separation from service, paid in a series of substantially equal payments made annually (or more frequently) under a lifetime annuity;

4)	distributions made to you to the extent such distributions do not exceed the amount allowed as a deduction under Code Section 213 for amounts paid during the tax year for medical care;

5)	distributions made on account of an IRS levy upon the Qualified Contract;

distributions from an IRA for the purchase of medical insurance (as described in Section 213(d)(1)(D) of the Code) for you and your spouse and dependents if you have received unemployment compensation for at least 12 weeks (this exception no longer applies after you have been re-employed for at least 60 days);

7)	distributions from an IRA made to you, to the extent such distributions do not exceed your qualified higher education expenses (as defined in Section 72(t)(7) of the Code) for the tax year;

8)	distributions from an IRA which are qualified first-time homebuyer distributions (as defined in Section 72(t)(8) of the Code);

9)	distributions made to an alternate Payee pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (does not apply to an IRA); and

10)	a reservist called to active duty during the period between September 11, 2001 and December 31, 2007, for a period in excess of 179 days (or for an indefinite period), distributions from IRAs or amounts attributable to elective deferrals under a 401(k) plan made during such active period.

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The exception stated in (3) above applies to an IRA without the requirement that there be a separation from service. With respect to (3) above, if the series of substantially equal periodic payments is modified before the later of the Annuitant attaining age 59½ or the close of the five year period that began on the Income Date, then the tax for the year of the modification is increased by the 10% federal penalty tax, plus interest for the tax years in which the exception was used. A partial withdrawal taken after a series of substantially equal periodic payments has begun, will result in the modification of the series of substantially equal payments and therefore result in the imposition of the 10% federal penalty tax and interest for the period as described above, unless another exception to the federal penalty tax applies. You should obtain competent tax advice before you take any partial withdrawals from your Contract. Adding Purchase Payments to a Contract that is making substantially equal periodic payments also results in a modification of the payments.

Distributions from a Qualified Contract must commence no later than the required beginning date. For Roth IRAs, no distributions are required during the Owner’s lifetime. For IRAs other than Roth IRAs, the required beginning date is April 1 of the calendar year following the year in which you attain age 70½. Under a qualified plan, the required beginning date is generally April 1 of the calendar year following the later of the calendar year in which you reach age 70½ or retire. Generally, required minimum distributions must be made over a period not exceeding the life or life expectancy of the individual or the joint lives or life expectancies of the individual and his or her designated Beneficiary. If the required minimum distributions are not made, a 50% federal penalty tax is imposed as to the amount not distributed. It is unclear whether a partial withdrawal taken after an Income Date has an adverse impact on the determination of required minimum distributions. If you are attempting to satisfy these rules through partial withdrawals, the present value of future benefits provided under the Contract may need to be included in calculating the amount required to be distributed. If you are receiving Annuity Payments or are age 70½ or older, you should consult with a tax adviser before taking a partial withdrawal.

ASSIGNMENTS, PLEDGES AND GRATUITOUS TRANSFERS

Other than in the case of Qualified Contracts (which generally cannot be assigned or pledged), any assignment or pledge of (or agreement to assign or pledge) the Contract Value is treated for federal income tax purposes as a full withdrawal. The investment in the Contract is increased by the amount includible as income with respect to such amount or portion, though it is not affected by any other aspect of the assignment or pledge (including its release). If an Owner transfers a Contract without adequate consideration to a person other than the Owner’s spouse (or to a former spouse incidental to divorce), the Owner is taxed on the difference between his or her Contract Value and the investment in the Contract at the time of transfer and for each subsequent year until the assignment is released. In such case, the transferee’s investment in the Contract is increased to reflect the increase in the transferor’s income.

The transfer or assignment of ownership of the Contract, the designation of an Annuitant, the selection of certain Income Dates, or the exchange of the Contract may result in certain other tax consequences that are not discussed here. An Owner contemplating any such transfer, assignment, or exchange should consult a tax adviser as to the tax consequences.

DEATH BENEFITS

Any death benefits paid under the Contract are taxable to the recipient as ordinary income. The rules governing the taxation of payments from an annuity contract generally apply to the payment of death benefits and depend on whether the death benefits are paid as a lump sum or as Annuity Payments. Estate taxes may also apply.

WITHHOLDING

Annuity distributions are generally subject to withholding for the recipient’s federal income tax liability. Recipients can, however, generally elect not to have tax withheld from distributions unless they are subject to mandatory state withholding.

“Eligible rollover distributions” from qualified plans are subject to a mandatory federal income tax withholding of 20%. An eligible rollover distribution is any distribution to an employee (or employee’s spouse or former spouse as Beneficiary or alternate Payee) from such a plan, except required minimum distributions as required by the Code, a series of substantially equal periodic payments made for life or a period of ten years or more, or hardship distributions. The 20% withholding does not apply, however, to nontaxable distributions or if the employee chooses a “direct rollover” from the Contract plan to a qualified plan, IRA, TSA or 403(b) plan, or to a governmental Section 457 plan that agrees to separately account for rollover contributions.

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FEDERAL ESTATE TAXES

While no attempt is being made to discuss the federal estate tax implications of the Contract, an Owner should keep in mind that the value of an annuity contract owned by a decedent and payable to a Beneficiary by virtue of surviving the decedent is included in the decedent’s gross estate. Depending on the terms of the annuity contract, the value of the annuity included in the gross estate may be the value of the lump sum payment payable to the designated Beneficiary or the actuarial value of the payments to be received by the Beneficiary. Consult an estate planning adviser for more information.

GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX

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

FOREIGN TAX CREDITS

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

ANNUITY PURCHASES BY NONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS

The preceding discussion provides general information regarding federal income tax consequences to Owners that are U.S. citizens or residents. Owners that are not U.S. citizens or residents generally are subject to federal withholding tax on taxable distributions from annuity contracts at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies. In addition, Owners may be subject to state and/or municipal taxes and taxes that may be imposed by the Owners’ country of citizenship or residence.

POSSIBLE TAX LAW CHANGES

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

We have the right to modify the Contract in response to legislative or regulatory changes that could otherwise diminish the favorable tax treatment that annuity owners currently receive. We make no guarantee regarding the tax status of any contract and do not intend the above discussion as tax advice.

DIVERSIFICATION

The Code provides that the underlying investments for a Non-Qualified variable annuity must satisfy certain diversification requirements in order to be treated as an annuity contract. We believe that the Investment Options are being managed so as to comply with the requirements.

In some circumstances, owners of variable annuities who retain excessive control over the investment of the underlying separate 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 Owner should not be treated as the owner of the Separate Account assets. We reserve the right to modify the Contract to bring it into conformity with applicable standards should such modification be necessary to prevent Owners from being treated as the owners of the underlying Separate Account assets.

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REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 72(s) of the Code requires that, to be treated as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes, a Non-Qualified Contract must contain certain provisions specifying how amounts are distributed in the event of the death of an Owner of the Contract. Specifically, Section 72(s) requires that: (a) if any Owner dies on or after you take a Full Annuitization, but before the time the entire interest in the Contract has been distributed, the entire interest in the Contract must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of the Owner’s death; and (b) if any Owner dies before you take a Full Annuitization, the entire interest in the Contract must be distributed within five years after the date of the Owner’s death. These requirements are considered satisfied as to any portion of an Owner’s interest that is payable to or for the benefit of a designated Beneficiary and that is distributed over the life of such designated Beneficiary, or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of that Beneficiary, provided that such distributions begin within one year of the Owner’s death. The designated Beneficiary refers to an individual designated by the Owner as a Beneficiary and to whom ownership of the Contract passes by reason of death. However, if the designated Beneficiary is the surviving spouse of the deceased Owner, the Contract may be continued with the surviving spouse as the new Owner.

Non-Qualified Contracts contain provisions that are intended to comply with these Code requirements.

Other rules may apply to Qualified Contracts.

9.	ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

The money in the Contract is available under the following circumstances:

·	by taking a withdrawal (including GWB withdrawals);

·	by taking required minimum distributions (Qualified Contracts only);

·	by taking Annuity Payments; or

·	when we pay a death benefit.

You can only take withdrawals during the Accumulation Phase. We process any request for a withdrawal based on the Accumulation Unit values next determined after receipt of the request in Good Order at our Service Center. The Accumulation Unit values are normally determined at the end of each Business Day. Any withdrawal request received at or after the end of the current Business Day receives the next Business Day’s Accumulation Unit values.

When you take a full withdrawal, we process the withdrawal on the Business Day we receive the request in Good Order at our Service Center:

·	based upon the number of Accumulation Units held by the Contract on that Business Day and valued at the next available daily price,

·	adjusted for any applicable MVA,

·	less any applicable withdrawal charge, and

·	less any contract maintenance charge.

See the Fee Tables and section 7, Expenses for a discussion of the charges.

There is no minimum associated with requesting a partial withdrawal and there is no minimum amount of Contract Value that we require to remain in the Contract after requesting a partial withdrawal for as long as you hold the Contract. In the future, if we require a minimum amount of Contract Value to remain in the Contract, we reserve the right to treat a request for a partial withdrawal that would reduce the Contract Value below this minimum as a request for a full withdrawal of the Contract. Unless you instruct us otherwise, we deduct any partial withdrawal (including any withdrawal charge) proportionately from the Investment Options. If the amount in the Investment Options is less than the partial withdrawal, then the remaining amount comes proportionately from any other available Investment Choices. Partial withdrawals from a general account Investment Choice may involve an MVA, which may increase or decrease your Contract Value and/or the proceeds you receive.

We pay the amount of any withdrawal from the Investment Options within seven days of when we receive your request in Good Order at our Service Center, unless the suspension of payments or transfers provision is in effect (see the “Suspension of Payments or Transfers” discussion later in this section).

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Upon withdrawal, we assess the withdrawal charge against the Withdrawal Charge Basis. Penalty-free withdrawals and amounts withdrawn to pay transfer fees or the contract maintenance charge do not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis,* but any other withdrawals of Purchase Payments reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis. Penalty-free withdrawals include the following amounts: withdrawals under the GWB, withdrawals under the partial withdrawal privilege, and any amounts paid as part of a required minimum distribution. We also do not adjust the Withdrawal Charge Basis for any gains or losses on your Investment Options. This means that if you take a full withdrawal while the withdrawal charge applies and you have taken penalty-free withdrawals or you have had losses in your Investment Options, you may be assessed a withdrawal charge on more than the amount you are withdrawing. In some instances, you will not receive a distribution due to the amount of the withdrawal charge. For more information, please see section 7, Expenses – Withdrawal Charge and the examples in Appendix D.

*	For Contracts issued in Washington, we do reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis for penalty-free withdrawals.

We may be required to provide information about you or your Contract to government regulators. We may also be required to stop disbursements from your Contract and thereby refuse any request for transfers, and refuse to pay any withdrawals, surrenders, or death benefits until instructions are received from the appropriate regulator. If, pursuant to SEC rules, the AZL Money Market Fund suspends payment of redemption proceeds in connection with a fund liquidation, we will delay payment of any transfer, partial withdrawal, surrender, or death benefit from the AZL Money Market Fund subaccount until the fund is liquidated.

Ordinary income taxes, tax penalties and certain restrictions may apply to any withdrawal you take.

PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL PRIVILEGE

The partial withdrawal privilege for each Contract Year is equal to 10% of your total Purchase Payments, less previous withdrawals taken under the partial withdrawal privilege, GWB, or as a required minimum distribution payment in the same Contract Year, and before any MVA. We do not deduct a withdrawal charge from amounts withdrawn under the partial withdrawal privilege, but an MVA may apply to amounts withdrawn from a FPA. Any unused partial withdrawal privilege in one Contract Year is not added to the amount that is available in the next Contract Year. There is no partial withdrawal privilege during the Annuity Phase.

If you withdraw Purchase Payments that are beyond the withdrawal charge period, those withdrawals are not subject to a withdrawal charge and they do not reduce your partial withdrawal privilege. If you withdraw a Purchase Payment that is subject to a withdrawal charge and the withdrawal is more than the partial withdrawal privilege, the excess amount is subject to a withdrawal charge and reduces the Withdrawal Charge Basis unless the excess amount is part of a penalty-free withdrawal. If you take a full withdrawal, we assess a withdrawal charge with no reduction for any partial withdrawal privilege in that year. Amounts withdrawn under the partial withdrawal privilege do not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis.*

*	For Contracts issued in Washington, we do reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis for amounts withdrawn under the partial withdrawal privilege and the partial withdrawal privilege is available upon a full withdrawal.

The minimum distribution program allows you to take withdrawals without the deduction of the withdrawal charge under certain circumstances. For more information, see “The Minimum Distribution Program and Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Payments” discussion later in this section.

GUARANTEED WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT (GWB)

Contracts with Living Guarantees will include the GWB. The Living Guarantees were only available at Contract issue. The Living Guarantees cannot be added or changed for an existing Contract after it is issued, or removed from your Contract. There is no additional charge for the GWB. However, we monitor your Contract Value daily and systematically transfer amounts between your selected Investment Options and the FPAs to support the Living Guarantees. This benefit provides guaranteed income through partial withdrawals regardless of your Contract Value beginning on the second Contract Anniversary. The GWB is not available before the second Contract Anniversary.

The GWB value is equal to total Purchase Payments less GWB adjusted partial withdrawals. The maximum amount available for GWB withdrawals each Contract Year is the lesser of:

·	10% of your total Purchase Payments before any MVA (the partial withdrawal privilege amount), or

·	the remaining GWB value.

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We will not deduct a withdrawal charge from amounts withdrawn under the GWB, but an MVA may apply to amounts withdrawn from a FPA. Amounts withdrawn under the GWB will not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis,* but withdrawals in excess of the maximum amount available annually under the GWB will be subject to a withdrawal charge and will reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis. Amounts withdrawn under the GWB will count against the partial withdrawal privilege. Any unused GWB withdrawal amount in one Contract Year does not carry over to the next Contract Year. GWB withdrawals will be treated as withdrawals for tax purposes and if any Owner is younger than age 59½, the GWB withdrawal may also be subject to a 10% federal penalty tax.

*	For Contracts issued in Washington, amounts withdrawn under the GWB will reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis.

Withdrawals and Partial Annuitizations you take in excess of the maximum allowable GWB withdrawal in a Contract Year may reduce the GWB value by more than the amount withdrawn or annuitized. If the Contract Value at the time of withdrawal or annuitization is less than the remaining GWB value, the GWB value may be reduced by more than the amount withdrawn or annuitized.

For each withdrawal* or Partial Annuitization taken before the second Contract Anniversary, a GWB adjusted partial withdrawal is equal to: PW x GWBV.

For each withdrawal* or Partial Annuitization taken on or after the second Contract Anniversary, a GWB adjusted partial withdrawal is equal to: GWBA + (RPWA x GWBV).

*	Includes any amounts paid as part of a required minimum distribution.

PW	=	The amount of Contract Value (before any MVA) applied to a Partial Annuitization or withdrawn (including any applicable withdrawal charge).
GWBA	=	The amount of the partial withdrawal* (before any MVA) that, together with any previous partial withdrawals* taken during the Contract Year, does not exceed the maximum allowable GWB withdrawal for the Contract Year. However, if you take a Partial Annuitization the entire amount of any Contract Value (before any MVA) applied to the Partial Annuitization will be included in the RPWA portion of this formula. * Includes GWB withdrawals.
RPWA	=	The remaining amount of the partial withdrawal including any applicable withdrawal charge, but before any MVA.
GWBV	=	The greater of one, or the ratio of (a) divided by (b) where:
		(a)	=	The remaining GWB value on the day of (but before) the Partial Annuitization or partial withdrawal.
		(b)	=	The Contract Value on the day of (but before) the Partial Annuitization or partial withdrawal adjusted for any applicable MVA.

You can continue to take GWB withdrawals until you have withdrawn all of the GWB value. This means that under the GWB, if you have no remaining Contract Value, your Contract will continue until you have withdrawn all the Purchase Payments less GWB adjusted partial withdrawals.

NOTE: You will be required to take a Full Annuitization of your Contract on or before the maximum permitted Income Date. (For more information see section 3, The Annuity Phase.) Upon such a Full Annuitization the Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit will no longer be available to you.

The GWB ends upon the earliest of the following.

·	When the Contract ends.

·	The Income Date that you take a Full Annuitization, including a required Full Annuitization on the maximum permitted Income Date. For more information, see section 3, The Annuity Phase.

·	The GWB value is zero.

·	The death of the Owner (unless the spouse continues the Contract as the new Owner).

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GWB Adjusted Partial Withdrawal Example

·	You purchased a May 2007 Contract and selected the Living Guarantees with the GAV Benefit. You made only one initial Purchase Payment of $100,000.

·	The GWB value at issue is equal to the total Purchase Payments less GWB adjusted partial withdrawals, which is $100,000.

·	The maximum amount you can withdraw under the GWB after the second Contract Anniversary is 10% of the total Purchase Payments before any MVA, which is 0.10 x $100,000 = $10,000.

·	During the third Contract Year you take a partial withdraw of $11,000 (including any withdrawal charge) when the Contract Value on the day (but before) the withdrawal is $95,000. There is no MVA on the partial withdrawal.

We calculate the GWB adjusted partial withdrawal as: GWBA + (RPWA x GWBV), where:
	GWBA	=	The amount of the partial withdrawal that does not exceed the maximum allowable GWB withdrawal for the Contract Year………………………………………………………………………..		$10,000
	RPWA	=	The remaining amount of the partial withdrawal (including any withdrawal charge) = $11,000 - $10,000 = …………………………………………………………………………………………….		+ ($1,000
	GWBV	=	The greater of one, or the ratio of (a) divided by (b), where:
			(a) The remaining GWB value on the day of (but before) the partial withdrawal…………..	$100,000
			(b) The Contract Value on the day of (but before) the partial withdrawal…………………...	÷ $95,000
				1.052632
			GWBV……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..		x 1.052632)
	GWB adjusted partial withdrawal……………………………………………………………………………………………..				$11,053

After this partial withdrawal, the remaining GWB value is $100,000 – $11,053 = …………………………………………					$88,947

·	During the fourth Contract Year you take another partial withdrawal of $12,000 (including any withdrawal charge) when the Contract Value on the day (but before) the withdrawal is $92,500. There is no MVA on the partial withdrawal.

We calculate the GWB adjusted partial withdrawal as: GWBA + (RPWA x GWBV), where:
	GWBA	=	The amount of the partial withdrawal that does not exceed the maximum allowable GWB withdrawal for the Contract Year………………………………………………………………………..		$10,000
	RPWA	=	The remaining amount of the partial withdrawal (including any withdrawal charge) = $12,000 – $10,000 = …………………………………………………………………………………………….		+ ($2,000
	GWBV	=	The greater of one, or the ratio of (a) divided by (b), where:
			(a) The remaining GWB value on the day of (but before) the partial withdrawal…………...	$88,947
			(b) The Contract Value on the day of (but before) the partial withdrawal…………………...	÷ $92,500
				0.961589
			GWBV……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..		x 1)
	GWB adjusted partial withdrawal……………………………………………………………………………………………..				$12,000

After this partial withdrawal, the remaining GWB value is $88,947 – $12,000 = …………………………………………..					$76,947

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SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

If your Contract Value is at least $25,000, the systematic withdrawal program provides automatic monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments to you. The minimum amount you can withdraw under this program is $100. There is no restriction on the maximum you may withdraw under this program if your Purchase Payments are no longer subject to a withdrawal charge. While the withdrawal charge is in effect, the systematic withdrawal program is subject to the partial withdrawal privilege. The total systematic withdrawals that you can take each Contract Year without incurring a withdrawal charge is limited to your partial withdrawal privilege amount for that Contract Year. With the exception of penalty-free withdrawals, any withdrawals in a Contract Year (including systematic withdrawals) are subject to any applicable withdrawal charge. For more information, see section 7, Expenses – Withdrawal Charge and the “Partial Withdrawal Privilege” discussion that appears earlier in this section.

All systematic withdrawals are made on the ninth of the month, or the Business Day before if the ninth is not a Business Day. We must receive your systematic withdrawal program form instructions in Good Order at our Service Center by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the Business Day before we process these withdrawals, or your program will not begin until the next month.

Ordinary income taxes, tax penalties and certain restrictions may apply to systematic withdrawals. You cannot participate in the systematic withdrawal program and the minimum distribution program at the same time.

MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM AND REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION (RMD) PAYMENTS

If you own a Qualified Contract, you may participate in the minimum distribution program during the Accumulation Phase of the Contract. Under this program, we make payments to you from your Contract designed to meet the applicable minimum distribution requirements imposed by the Code for this Qualified Contract. We can make payments to you on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis. However, if your Contract Value is less than $25,000, we only make annual payments. RMD payments from this Contract are not subject to a withdrawal charge and do not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis.* However, they count against your partial withdrawal privilege. You cannot aggregate RMD payments between this Contract and other qualified contracts that you own. Any RMD payments from this Contract that exceed the RMD amount calculated for this Contract are subject to any applicable withdrawal charge. If your Contract includes Living Guarantees, RMD payments also count against the maximum amount available for GWB withdrawals. RMD payments reduce your GPV, GAV, GWB value, GMDB value, GMIB value, MAV (if applicable) and amounts available under your partial withdrawal privilege.

*	For Contracts issued in Washington, we do reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis for RMD payments.

You cannot participate in systematic withdrawal and minimum distribution programs at the same time.

SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS OR TRANSFERS

We may be required to suspend or postpone transfers or payments for withdrawals or transfers for any period when:

·	the New York Stock Exchange is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings);

·	trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted;

·	an emergency (as determined by the SEC) exists as a result of which disposal of the Investment Option shares is not reasonably practicable or we cannot reasonably value the Investment Option shares; or

·	during any other period when the SEC, by order, so permits for the protection of Owners.

We reserve the right to defer payment for a withdrawal or transfer from any general account Investment Choice for the period permitted by law, but not for more than six months.

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10.	DEATH BENEFIT

At Contract issue, you were asked to select a death benefit. If you did not make a selection, you received the Traditional GMDB. The death benefit is only available during the Accumulation Phase of the Contract.

The use of the term “you” in this section refers to the Owner, or the Annuitant if the Contract is owned by a non-individual.

If you die during the Accumulation Phase, we process the death benefit based on the Accumulation Unit values determined after we receive both due proof of death and an election of the death benefit payment option in Good Order at our Service Center. We consider due proof of death to be any of the following: a copy of the certified death certificate, a decree of court of competent jurisdiction as to the finding of death, or any other proof that we consider to be satisfactory. The Accumulation Unit values are normally determined at the end of each Business Day and due proof of death and an election of the death benefit payment option received at or after the end of the current Business Day receives the next Business Day’s Accumulation Unit values.

If there are multiple Beneficiaries, each Beneficiary receives the portion of the death benefit they are entitled to when we receive their required information in Good Order at our Service Center. Also, any part of the death benefit amount that had been invested in the Investment Options remains in the Investment Options until distribution begins. From the time the death benefit is determined until we make a complete distribution, any amount in the Investment Options continues to be subject to investment risk that is borne by the recipient. Once we receive notification of death, we no longer accept additional Purchase Payments and we do not process requested transfers.

TRADITIONAL GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT (TRADITIONAL GMDB)

If the Traditional GMDB applies, the amount of the death benefit is the greater of 1 or 2.

1.	The Contract Value, determined as of the end of the Business Day during which we receive in good order at our Service Center both due proof of death and an election of the death benefit payment option.

2.	The Traditional GMDB value, which is the total of all Purchase Payments received, reduced for each GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal taken.

ENHANCED GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT (ENHANCED GMDB)

If the Enhanced GMDB applies, the amount of the death benefit is the greater of 1, 2 or 3.

1.	The Contract Value, determined as of the end of the Business Day during which we receive in good order at our Service Center both due proof of death and an election of the death benefit payment option.

2.	The Traditional GMDB value, which is the total of all Purchase Payments received, reduced for each GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal taken.

3.	The Enhanced GMDB value, which is the Maximum Anniversary Value (MAV). We determine the MAV as of the end of the Business Day during which we receive in good order at our Service Center both due proof of death and an election of the death benefit payment option.

Maximum Anniversary Value (MAV)

We only calculate the MAV until the date of any Owner’s death.

The MAV on the Issue Date is equal to your initial Purchase Payment received on the Issue Date.

On each Business Day other than a Contract Anniversary, the MAV is equal to:

·	its value on the immediately preceding Business Day,

·	plus any additional Purchase Payments received that day, and

·	reduced for each GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal taken that day.

On each Contract Anniversary before the older Owner’s 81st birthday (or the Annuitant’s 81st birthday if the Contract is owned by a non-individual) the MAV is equal to the greater of its value on the immediately preceding Business Day, or the Contract Value that occurs on that Contract Anniversary before we process any transactions. We then process any transactions received on that Contract Anniversary (such as additional Purchase Payments, withdrawals and Partial Annuitizations) in the same way that we do on each Business Day other than a Contract Anniversary.

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Beginning with the Contract Anniversary that occurs on or after the older Owner’s 81st birthday (or the Annuitant’s 81st birthday if the Contract is owned by a non-individual) we calculate the MAV in the same way that we do on each Business Day other than a Contract Anniversary.

GMDB ADJUSTED PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL FORMULA

For each withdrawal or Partial Annuitization taken, a GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal is equal to: (a) x (b)

(a)	=	The amount of Contract Value (before any MVA) applied to a Partial Annuitization or withdrawn (including any applicable withdrawal charge).
(b)	=	The greater of one, or the ratio of (c) divided by (d) where:
		(c)	=	The death benefit on the day of (but before) the Partial Annuitization or partial withdrawal.
		(d)	=	The Contract Value on the day of (but before) the Partial Annuitization or partial withdrawal, adjusted for any applicable MVA.

Any withdrawals or Partial Annuitizations you take in a Contract Year may reduce the GMDB value by more than the amount withdrawn or annuitized. If the Contract Value at the time of withdrawal or annuitization is less than the death benefit, we will deduct more than the amount withdrawn or annuitized from the GMDB value.

Please see Appendix C for examples of calculations of the death benefit.

WHEN THE DEATH BENEFIT ENDS

The GMDB that applies to your Contract ends upon the earliest of the following.

·	The Business Day before the Income Date that you take a Full Annuitization.

·	The Business Day that the GMDB value and Contract Value are both zero.

·	When the Contract ends.

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DEATH OF THE OWNER AND/OR ANNUITANT UNDER ALL OTHER CONTRACTS

The following tables are intended to help you better understand what happens upon the death of any Owner and/or Annuitant under the different portions of the Contract. For Qualified Contracts, there can be only one Owner and the Owner must be the Annuitant, unless the Contract is owned by a qualified plan or is part of a custodial arrangement. Partial Annuitizations are not available to Joint Owners. If you take a Partial Annuitization, there can be only one Owner; the Owner must be the Annuitant, and we do not allow the Owner to add a joint Annuitant. Designating different persons as Owner(s) and Annuitant(s) can have an important impact on whether a death benefit is paid, and on who would receive it. Use care when designating Owners and Annuitants, and consult your Financial Professional if you have questions.

UPON THE DEATH OF A SOLE OWNER
Action under the portion of the Contract that is in the Accumulation Phase		Action under any portion of the Contract applied to Annuity Payments
·	We pay a death benefit to the Beneficiary.(1) For a description of the payout options, see the “Death Benefit Payment Options” discussion later in this section.	·	The Beneficiary becomes the Owner.
		·	If the deceased was not an Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue. No death benefit is payable.
·	If the GWB was in effect, it ends unless the deceased Owner’s spouse continues the Contract.	·	If the deceased was the only surviving Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue until that portion of the Contract ends and are paid at least as rapidly as they were being paid at the Annuitant’s death. For more information on when any portion of the Contract applied to Annuity Payments ends, see section 3, The Annuity Phase. No death benefit is payable under Annuity Options 1, 3, or 6. However, there may be a lump sum available under Annuity Options 2, 4, or 5. For more information, see section 3, The Annuity Phase – Annuity Options.

		·	If the deceased was an Annuitant and there is a surviving joint Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue during the lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant. No death benefit is payable.
(1)	If the Beneficiary is the spouse of the deceased Owner, he or she may be able to continue the Contract instead of receiving a death benefit payout. If the Contract continues, we increase the Contract Value to equal the death benefit if that amount is greater than the Contract Value as of the Business Day we receive in Good Order at our Service Center both due proof of death and an election to continue the Contract on the death claim form.

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UPON THE DEATH OF A JOINT OWNER (NOTE: We do not allow Joint Owners to take Partial Annuitizations)
Action under the portion of the Contract that is in the Accumulation Phase		Action under any portion of the Contract applied to Annuity Payments
·	The surviving Joint Owner is the sole primary Beneficiary. If the Joint Owners were spouses there may also be contingent Beneficiaries.	·	The surviving Joint Owner becomes the sole Owner.
·	We pay a death benefit to the surviving Joint Owner.(1) For a description of the payout options available, see the “Death Benefit Payment Options” discussion later in this section.	·	If the deceased was not an Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue. No death benefit is payable.
·	If the GWB was in effect, it ends unless the Joint Owners were spouses and the surviving spouse who is also the Joint Owner continues the Contract.	·	If the deceased was the only surviving Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue until that portion of the Contract ends and are paid at least as rapidly as they were being paid at the Annuitant’s death. For more information on when any portion of the Contract applied to Annuity Payments ends, see section 3, The Annuity Phase. No death benefit is payable under Annuity Options 1, 3, or 6. However, there may be a lump sum available under Annuity Options 2, 4, or 5. For more information, see section 3, The Annuity Phase – Annuity Options.
		·	If the deceased was an Annuitant and there is a surviving joint Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue during the lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant. No death benefit is payable.
(1)	If the surviving Joint Owner is the spouse of the deceased Owner, he or she may be able to continue the Contract instead of receiving a death benefit payout. If the Contract continues, we increase the Contract Value to equal the death benefit if that amount is greater than the Contract Value as of the Business Day we receive in Good Order at our Service Center both due proof of death and an election to continue the Contract on the death claim form. If both spousal Joint Owners die before we pay the death benefit, we pay any contingent Beneficiaries or the estate of the Joint Owner who died last if there are no contingent Beneficiaries. If the Joint Owners were not spouses and they both die before we pay the death benefit, for tax reasons, we pay the estate of the Joint Owner who died last.

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UPON THE DEATH OF THE ANNUITANT AND THERE IS NO SURVIVING JOINT ANNUITANT
Action under the portion of the Contract that is in the Accumulation Phase		Action under any portion of the Contract applied to Annuity Payments
·	If the Contract is owned by a non-individual (for example, a qualified plan or a trust), we treat the death of the Annuitant as the death of an Owner; we pay the Beneficiary(1) a death benefit, and a new Annuitant cannot be named. If the GWB was in effect, it ends unless the deceased Annuitant’s spouse continues the Contract.	·	Annuity Payments to the Payee continue until that portion of the Contract ends and are paid at least as rapidly as they were being paid at the Annuitant’s death. For more information on when any portion of the Contract applied to Annuity Payments ends, see section 3, The Annuity Phase. No death benefit is payable under Annuity Options 1, 3, or 6. However, there may be a lump sum available under Annuity Options 2, 4, or 5. For more information, see section 3, The Annuity Phase – Annuity Options.
·	If the deceased Annuitant was not an Owner, and the Contract is owned only by an individual(s), no death benefit is payable. The Owner can name a new Annuitant subject to our approval. If the GWB was in effect, it continues.
·	If the deceased Annuitant was a sole Owner, we pay the Beneficiary(1) a death benefit. If the GWB was in effect, it ends unless the deceased Owner’s spouse continues the Contract.	·	If the deceased was a sole Owner, the Beneficiary becomes the Owner if the Contract continues.
		·	If the deceased was a Joint Owner, the surviving Joint Owner becomes the sole Owner if the Contract continues.
·	If the deceased Annuitant was a Joint Owner and there is a surviving Joint Owner, the surviving Joint Owner is the sole primary Beneficiary. If the Joint Owners were spouses, there may also be contingent Beneficiaries. We pay a death benefit to the surviving Joint Owner.(2) If the GWB was in effect, it ends unless the Joint Owners were spouses and the surviving spouse who is also the Joint Owner continues the Contract.
·	For a description of the payout options, see the “Death Benefit Payment Options” discussion later in this section.
(1)	If the Beneficiary is the spouse of the deceased Owner, he or she may be able to continue the Contract instead of receiving a death benefit payout. If the Contract continues, we increase the Contract Value to equal the death benefit if that amount is greater than the Contract Value as of the Business Day we receive in Good Order at our Service Center both due proof of death and a death benefit payment election. If the deceased was the Annuitant and the Owner was a non-individual, the surviving spouse becomes the new Owner upon Contract continuation.
(2)	If the surviving Joint Owner is the spouse of the deceased Owner, he or she may be able to continue the Contract instead of receiving a death benefit payout. If the Contract continues, we increase the Contract Value to equal the death benefit if that amount is greater than the Contract Value as of the Business Day we receive in Good Order at our Service Center both due proof of death and an election to continue the Contract on the death claim form. If both spousal Joint Owners die before we pay the death benefit, we pay any contingent Beneficiaries or the estate of the Joint Owner who died last if there are no contingent Beneficiaries. If the Joint Owners were not spouses and they both die before we pay the death benefit, for tax reasons, we pay the estate of the Joint Owner who died last.

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UPON THE DEATH OF THE ANNUITANT AND THERE IS A SURVIVING JOINT ANNUITANT (NOTE: We only allow joint Annuitants on Full Annuitization)
Action under the portion of the Contract that is in the Accumulation Phase		Action under any portion of the Contract applied to Annuity Payments
·	Only Annuity Options 3 and 4 allow joint Annuitants. Under Annuity Options 3 and 4, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue during the lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant and, for Annuity Option 4, during any remaining specified period of time. For more information, see section 3, The Annuity Phase – Annuity Options.	·	No death benefit is payable.
		·	If the deceased was a sole Owner, the Beneficiary becomes the Owner.
		·	If the deceased was a Joint Owner, the surviving Joint Owner becomes the sole Owner.

DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENT OPTIONS DURING THE ACCUMULATION PHASE

If you have not previously designated a death benefit payment option, a Beneficiary must request the death benefit be paid under one of the death benefit payment options below. If the Beneficiary is the spouse of the deceased Owner, he/she can choose to continue the Contract in his/her own name. Spouses must qualify as such under federal law to continue the Contract. An election by the spouse to continue the Contract must be made on the death claim form before we pay the death benefit. If the surviving spouse continues the Contract, we increase the Contract Value to equal the death benefit if that amount is greater than the Contract Value as of the Business Day we receive in Good Order at our Service Center both due proof of death and an election of the death benefit payment option. If the surviving spouse continues the Contract, he or she may exercise all of the Owner’s rights under this Contract, including naming a new Beneficiary or Beneficiaries. If the surviving spouse continues the Contract, any optional benefits also continue. If a lump sum payment is requested, we pay the amount within seven days of our receipt of proof of death and a valid election of a death benefit payment option, including any required governmental forms, unless the suspension of payments or transfers provision is in effect. Payment of the death benefit may be delayed, pending receipt of any applicable tax consents and/or state forms. If the spouse continues the Contract, the spouse will be subject to any remaining withdrawal charge.

Option A: Lump sum payment of the death benefit. We do not deduct the contract maintenance charge at the time of a full withdrawal if the distribution is due to death.

Option B: Payment of the entire death benefit within five years of the date of any Owner’s death.

Option C: For a Nonqualified Contract, if the Beneficiary is an individual, payment of the death benefit as an Annuity Payment under an Annuity Option is over the lifetime of the Beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Beneficiary. For a Qualified Contract, if the Beneficiary is an individual, Annuity Payments can be made over a period not extending beyond the Beneficiary’s life expectancy. Distribution under this option must begin within one year of the date of any Owner’s death. We waive the contract maintenance charge if we make fixed Annuity Payments or if the Contract Value on the Income Date is at least $75,000. We continue to assess the full contract maintenance charge on each Beneficiary’s portion proportionately if we make variable Annuity Payments that do not qualify for the waiver.

Any portion of the death benefit not applied to an Annuity Option within one year of the date of the Owner’s death must be distributed within five years of the date of death.

If the Contract is owned by a non-individual, then we treat the death of any Annuitant as the death of an Owner for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code’s distribution at death rules, which are set forth in Section 72(s) of the Code.

In all events, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Contract or this prospectus, the Contract is interpreted and administered in accordance with Section 72(s) of the Code.

Other rules may apply to Qualified Contracts.

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11.	OTHER INFORMATION

ALLIANZ LIFE

Allianz Life is a stock life insurance company organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota in 1896. Our address is 5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55416. We offer fixed and variable annuities and individual life insurance. We are licensed to do direct business in 49 states and the District of Columbia. We are a subsidiary of Allianz SE, a provider of integrated financial services.

THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT

We established Allianz Life Variable Account B (the Separate Account) as a separate account under Minnesota insurance law on May 31, 1985. The Separate Account is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The SEC does not supervise our management of the Separate Account.

The Separate Account holds the assets that underlie the Contracts, except assets allocated to our general account. We keep the Separate Account assets separate from the assets of our general account and other separate accounts. The Separate Account is divided into subaccounts, each of which invests exclusively in a single Investment Option.

We own the assets of the Separate Account. We credit gains to or charge losses against the Separate Account, whether or not realized, without regard to the performance of other investment accounts. The Separate Account’s assets may not be used to pay any of our liabilities, other than those arising from the Contracts.

If the Separate Account’s assets exceed the required reserves and other liabilities, we may transfer the excess to our general account, to the extent of seed money invested by us or earned fees and charges. The obligations under the Contracts are obligations of Allianz Life.

DISTRIBUTION

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (Allianz Life Financial), a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, serves as principal underwriter for the Contracts. Allianz Life Financial, a limited liability company organized in Minnesota, is located at 5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55416. Allianz Life Financial is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC 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 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Allianz Life Financial is not a member of Securities Investors Protection Corporation. More information about Allianz Life Financial is available at http://www.finra.org or by calling 1-800-289-9999. You also can obtain an investor brochure from FINRA describing its Public Disclosure Program.

We have entered into a distribution agreement with our affiliate Allianz Life Financial for the distribution and sale of the Contracts. Allianz Life Financial also may perform various administrative services on our behalf. Allianz Life Financial does not itself sell the Contracts on a retail basis. Rather, Allianz Life Financial enters into selling agreements with other broker/dealers registered under the 1934 Act (selling firms) for the sale of the Contracts. These selling firms include third party broker/dealers and Questar Capital Corporation, an affiliated broker/dealer. We pay sales commissions to the selling firms and their Financial Professionals. Investment Options that assess Rule 12b-1 fees make payments of the fees to Allianz Life Financial as consideration for providing certain services and incurring certain expenses permitted under the Investment Option’s plan. These payments typically equal 0.25% of an Investment Option’s average daily net assets for the most recent calendar year. The investment adviser and/or subadviser (and/or their affiliates) of an Investment Option may from time to time make payments for administrative services to Allianz Life Financial or its affiliates.

The maximum commission payable to the selling firms for Contract sales is expected to not exceed 5.50% of Purchase Payments. Sometimes, we enter into an agreement with a selling firm to pay commissions as a combination of a certain amount of the commission at the time of sale and a trail commission which, when totaled, could exceed 5.50% of Purchase Payments.

We may fund Allianz Life Financial’s operating and other expenses, including: overhead; legal and accounting fees; Financial Professional training; compensation for the Allianz Life Financial management team; and other expenses associated with the Contracts. Financial Professionals and their managers are also eligible for various benefits, such as production incentive bonuses, insurance benefits, and non-cash compensation items that we may provide jointly with Allianz Life Financial. Non-cash items include conferences, seminars and trips (including travel, lodging and meals in connection therewith), entertainment, awards, merchandise and other similar items.

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Selling firms and their Financial Professionals and managers may receive other payments from us for administrative issues and for services that do not directly involve the sale of the Contracts, including payments made for the recruitment and training of personnel, production of promotional literature and similar services. In addition, certain firms and their representatives may receive compensation for distribution and administrative services when acting in a wholesaling capacity and working with retail firms.

We and/or Allianz Life Financial may pay certain selling firms additional marketing support allowances for:

·	marketing services and increased access to Financial Professionals;

·	sales promotions relating to the Contracts;

·	costs associated with sales conferences and educational seminars for their Financial Professionals;

·	the cost of client meetings and presentations; and

·	other sales expenses incurred by them.

We retain substantial discretion in determining whether to grant a marketing support payment to a particular broker/dealer firm and the amount of any such payment. However, we do consider a number of specific factors in determining marketing support payments, which may include a review of the following:

·	the level of existing sales and assets held in contracts issued by us that are sold through the broker/dealer firm and the potential for new or additional sales;

·	the organizational “fit” between the broker/dealer firm and the type of wholesaling and marketing force we operate;

·	whether the broker/dealer firm’s operational, IT, and support services structure and requirements are compatible with our method of operation;

·	whether the broker/dealer firm’s product mix is oriented toward our core markets;

·	whether the broker/dealer firm has a structure facilitating a marketing support arrangement, such as frequent Financial Professional meetings and training sessions;

·	the potential return on investment of investing in a particular firm’s system;

·	our potential ability to obtain a significant level of the market share in the broker/dealer firm’s distribution channel;

·	the broker/dealer firm’s Financial Professional and customer profiles; and

·	the prominence and reputation of the broker/dealer firm in its marketing channel.

We may also make payments for marketing and wholesaling support to broker/dealer affiliates of Investment Options that are available through the variable annuities we offer. Additional information regarding marketing support payments can be found in the Distributor section of the Statement of Additional Information.

We and/or Allianz Life Financial may make bonus payments to certain selling firms based on aggregate sales of our variable insurance contracts (including this Contract) or persistency standards, or as part of a special promotion. These additional payments are not offered to all selling firms, and the terms of any particular agreement governing the payments may vary among selling firms. In some instances, the amount paid may be significant.

A portion of the payments made to selling firms may be passed on to their Financial Professionals in accordance with their internal compensation programs. Those programs may also include other types of cash and non-cash compensation and other benefits. Ask your Financial Professional for further information about what your Financial Professional and the selling firm for which he or she works may receive in connection with your purchase of a Contract.

We intend to recover commissions and other sales expenses through fees and charges imposed under the Contract. Commissions paid on the Contract, including other incentives or payments, are not charged directly to the Owners or the Separate Account.

We offer the Contracts to the public on a continuous basis. We anticipate continuing to offer the Contracts but reserve the right to discontinue the offering.

ADDITIONAL CREDITS FOR CERTAIN GROUPS

We may credit additional amounts to a Contract instead of modifying charges because of special circumstances that result in lower sales or administrative expenses or better than expected mortality or persistency experience.

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ADMINISTRATION/ALLIANZ SERVICE CENTER

The Allianz Service Center performs certain administrative services regarding the Contracts and is located at 5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Service Center mailing address and telephone number are listed at the back of this prospectus. The administrative services performed by our Service Center include:

·	issuance and maintenance of the Contracts,

·	maintenance of Owner records,

·	processing and mailing of account statements and other mailings to Owners, and

·	routine customer service including:

–

responding to Owner correspondence and inquiries,

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processing of Contract changes,

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processing withdrawal requests (both partial and total) and

–

processing annuitization requests.

To reduce expenses, only one copy of most financial reports and prospectuses, including reports and prospectuses for the Investment Options, are mailed to your household, even if you or other persons in your household have more than one contract issued by us or our affiliate. Call us at the toll-free telephone number listed at the back of this prospectus if you need additional copies of financial reports, prospectuses, or annual and semiannual reports, or if you would like to receive one copy for each contract in future mailings.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We and our subsidiaries, like other life insurance companies, from time to time are involved in legal proceedings of various kinds, including regulatory proceedings and individual and class action lawsuits. In some legal proceedings involving insurers, substantial damages have been sought and/or material settlement payments have been made. Although the outcome of any such proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe that, at the present time, there are no pending or threatened legal proceedings to which we, the Separate Account, or Allianz Life Financial is a party that are reasonably likely to materially affect the Separate Account, our ability to meet our obligations under the Contracts, or Allianz Life Financial’s ability to perform its obligations.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The consolidated financial statements of Allianz Life and the financial statements of the Separate Account have been included in Part C of the Registration Statement.

STATUS PURSUANT TO SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Allianz Life hereby relies on the exemption provided by Rule 12h-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from the requirement to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of that Act.

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12.	TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI)

Allianz Life……………………………………………………...........	2
Experts………………………………………………………….…....…	2
Legal Opinions……………………………………………………….	2
Distributor……………………………………………………….……….	2
Reduction or Elimination of the Withdrawal Charge………………..	3
Federal Tax Status…………………………………………..….…..	3
General…………………………………………………………...…	3
Diversification…………………………………………….…......….	4
Owner Control………………………………………………..….	5
Contracts Owned by Non-Individuals……………………..…..	5
Income Tax Withholding………………………………..….......	5
Required Distributions…………………………………..………	5
Qualified Contracts……………………………………………...	6
Guaranteed Principal Value (GAV) and
Guaranteed Account Value (GAV) Transfers…………………	7
Annuity Provisions……………………………………………..........	14
Annuity Units/Calculating Annuity Payments…………….….	14
Mortality and Expense Risk Guarantee………………………..….	14
Financial Statements…………………………………..…..……….	14
Appendix – Condensed Financial Information…...……..………..	15

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13.	PRIVACY AND SECURITY STATEMENT

2011

Your privacy is a high priority for Allianz. Our pledge to protect your privacy is reflected in our Privacy and Security Statement. This statement outlines our principles for collecting, using and protecting information that we maintain about you.

This statement applies to all of the companies within the Allianz family of companies that issue insurance policies. The law allows us to share your information among our insurance companies. The law does not allow you to prevent these disclosures. A list of our companies can be found at the end of this notice.

Information about you that Allianz collects

Allianz collects information about you so that we can process the insurance transactions you request. We limit the amount of your information collected to what we feel is needed to maintain your account. We may collect your information from the following sources:

·	From you, either directly or through your agent. This may include information on your insurance application or other forms you may complete, such as your name, address and telephone number.

·	From others, through the process of handling a claim. This may include information from medical or accident reports.

·	From your doctor or during a home visit by a health assessment professional. This may include medical information about you gathered with your written authorization.

·	From your relationship with us, such as the number of years you have been a customer or the types of insurance products you purchased.

·	From a consumer reporting agency such as a medical, credit, or motor vehicle report. The information in these reports may be kept by the agency and shared with others.

Information about you that Allianz shares

Allianz does not share information about current or former customers with anyone, except as “allowed by law.” “Allowed by law” means that we may share your information, such as your name, address, and policy information, as follows:

·	With affiliates and other third parties in order to administer or service your policy.

·	With consumer reporting agencies to obtain a medical report, credit report, or motor vehicle report. These reports are used to determine eligibility for coverage or to process your requested transactions.

·	With your insurance agent so that they can perform services for you.

·	With medical professionals in order to process your claim.

·	With a state Department of Insurance in order to examine our records or business practices.

·	With a state or federal law enforcement agency, as required by law or to report suspected fraud activities.

·	With research groups to conduct studies on claims results. No individual is identified in any study or report.

We advise the vendors with whom we legally share your information of our privacy policy. We make every effort to use vendors whose privacy policy reflects our own.

Allianz does not sell your information to anyone

We do not share your information with anyone for their own marketing purposes. For this reason, we are not required to obtain an “opt-in election,” an “opt-out election” or an authorization from you. We also do not share your information with any of our affiliated companies except to administer or service your policy.

Allianz policies and practices regarding security of your information

Allianz uses computer hardware and software tools to maintain physical and electronic safeguards. These safeguards comply with applicable federal and state regulations. We use state of the art technology to secure our websites and protect the information that may be shared over these sites. We restrict access to information about you to those employees who need the information to service your policy.

If you visit one of our websites, we may use “cookies” (small text files sent from our site to your hard drive). These cookies help us to recognize repeat visitors and allow easy access to and use of the site. We do not use cookies to gather your information. The cookies only enable you to use our website more easily.

Your ability to access and correct your information

You have the right to access and obtain a copy of your information. This does not include the right to access and copy your information related to a claim or civil or criminal proceeding. If you wish to review your information, please write us at the address below. Provide your full name, address and policy number(s). For your protection, please have your request notarized.

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This will ensure the identity of the person requesting your information. You may also make your request through our secure website.

Within 30 working days of our receipt of your written request, you may see and get a copy of your information in person. If you prefer, we will send you a copy of your information. If medical information is contained in your file, we may request that you name a medical professional to whom we will send your information.

If you believe any of your information is incorrect, notify us in writing at the address below. Within 30 working days, we will let you know if our review has resulted in a correction of your information. If we do not agree there is an error, you may file a statement disputing our finding. We will attach the statement to your file. We will send any corrections we make, or your statement, to anyone we shared your information with over the past two years, and to anyone who may receive your information from us in the future. We do not control the information about you obtained from a consumer reporting agency or a Department of Motor Vehicles. We will provide you with the names and addresses of these agencies so that you can contact them directly.

Montana residents: You may write to us and also ask for a record of any disclosure of your medical information made within the last three years.

Notification of change

Your trust is one of our most important assets. If we revise our privacy practices in the future, we will notify you prior to introducing any changes. This Privacy and Security Statement is also displayed on our website (http://www.allianzlife.com).

For more information or if you have questions

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policies or procedures, please call the Corporate Compliance Department at 800.328.5600, write us at the following address or contact us via the secured website.

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

PO Box 1344

Minneapolis, MN 55440-1344

Allianz family of companies:

·	Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

·	Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC

M40018 (12/2010)

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APPENDIX A – CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The consolidated financial statements of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and the financial statements of Allianz Life Variable Account B are included in Part C of the Registration Statement.

Accumulation Unit value (AUV) information corresponding to the highest and lowest combination of charges for the Contract described by this prospectus is listed in the tables below. You can find AUV information corresponding to additional combinations of charges in the appendix to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI), which is available without charge by contacting us at the telephone number or address listed at the back of this prospectus.

This information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes of the Separate Account included in Part C of the Registration Statement.

* Key to Benefit Option	M&E Charge
Allianz High Five L with Traditional GMDB and No Living Guarantees or Living Guarantees with GPV Benefit…………	1.65%
Allianz High Five L with Enhanced GMDB and Living Guarantees with GAV Benefit……………………………………….	1.95%

(Number of Accumulation Units in thousands)

Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period	Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
AZL Allianz AGIC Opportunity Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	13.971	3	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	13.818	11
	12/31/2006	13.971	15.348	22		12/31/2006	13.818	15.134	27
	12/31/2007	15.348	16.437	45		12/31/2007	15.134	16.159	46
	12/31/2008	16.437	8.544	33		12/31/2008	16.159	8.374	15
	12/31/2009	8.544	13.287	25		12/31/2009	8.374	12.985	23
	12/31/2010	13.287	15.525	18		12/31/2010	12.985	15.126	12
AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund
1.65%	12/31/2009	N/A	10.030	52	1.95%	12/31/2009	N/A	10.024	81
	12/31/2010	10.030	10.901	44		12/31/2010	10.024	10.863	74
AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.947	26	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.923	38
	12/31/2006	11.947	11.937	70		12/31/2006	11.923	11.877	57
	12/31/2007	11.937	13.023	86		12/31/2007	11.877	12.918	54
	12/31/2008	13.023	8.150	49		12/31/2008	12.918	8.061	29
	12/31/2009	8.150	10.859	159		12/31/2009	8.061	10.708	104
	12/31/2010	10.859	12.732	150		12/31/2010	10.708	12.517	75
AZL Columbia Mid Cap Value Fund
1.65%	12/31/2006	N/A	10.060	24	1.95%	12/31/2006	N/A	10.040	12
	12/31/2007	10.060	10.276	52		12/31/2007	10.040	10.224	58
	12/31/2008	10.276	4.836	22		12/31/2008	10.224	4.798	43
	12/31/2009	4.836	6.294	16		12/31/2009	4.798	6.225	29
	12/31/2010	6.294	7.594	21		12/31/2010	6.225	7.488	25
AZL Columbia Small Cap Value Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.243	26	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.182	8
	12/31/2006	12.243	13.657	69		12/31/2006	12.182	13.548	46
	12/31/2007	13.657	12.326	113		12/31/2007	13.548	12.191	44
	12/31/2008	12.326	8.233	51		12/31/2008	12.191	8.119	13
	12/31/2009	8.233	10.098	32		12/31/2009	8.119	9.928	11
	12/31/2010	10.098	12.509	32		12/31/2010	9.928	12.261	13
AZL Davis NY Venture Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.629	116	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.484	91
	12/31/2006	11.629	13.030	333		12/31/2006	11.484	12.830	202
	12/31/2007	13.030	13.347	450		12/31/2007	12.830	13.103	270
	12/31/2008	13.347	7.811	198		12/31/2008	13.103	7.645	155
	12/31/2009	7.811	10.129	120		12/31/2009	7.645	9.884	102
	12/31/2010	10.129	11.163	114		12/31/2010	9.884	10.860	81

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Appendix A

Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period	Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
AZL Dreyfus Equity Growth Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	9.552	13	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	9.433	6
	12/31/2006	9.552	10.611	47		12/31/2006	9.433	10.448	28
	12/31/2007	10.611	11.350	264		12/31/2007	10.448	11.142	126
	12/31/2008	11.350	6.516	100		12/31/2008	11.142	6.377	81
	12/31/2009	6.516	8.637	55		12/31/2009	6.377	8.428	116
	12/31/2010	8.637	10.444	48		12/31/2010	8.428	10.160	81
AZL Eaton Vance Large Cap Value Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.122	128	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	10.968	73
	12/31/2006	11.122	12.665	190		12/31/2006	10.968	12.452	165
	12/31/2007	12.665	12.181	288		12/31/2007	12.452	11.939	306
	12/31/2008	12.181	7.646	106		12/31/2008	11.939	7.472	157
	12/31/2009	7.646	9.516	64		12/31/2009	7.472	9.271	157
	12/31/2010	9.516	10.280	76		12/31/2010	9.271	9.986	116
AZL Franklin Small Cap Value Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	16.185	52	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	16.056	48
	12/31/2006	16.185	18.375	151		12/31/2006	16.056	18.173	119
	12/31/2007	18.375	17.282	238		12/31/2007	18.173	17.042	136
	12/31/2008	17.282	11.265	99		12/31/2008	17.042	11.075	55
	12/31/2009	11.265	14.473	43		12/31/2009	11.075	14.186	39
	12/31/2010	14.473	18.095	30		12/31/2010	14.186	17.683	33
AZL Fusion Balanced Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	10.612	273	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	10.590	230
	12/31/2006	10.612	11.429	561		12/31/2006	10.590	11.372	338
	12/31/2007	11.429	12.041	1042		12/31/2007	11.372	11.944	500
	12/31/2008	12.041	8.593	504		12/31/2008	11.944	8.499	381
	12/31/2009	8.593	10.710	419		12/31/2009	8.499	10.561	274
	12/31/2010	10.710	11.701	397		12/31/2010	10.561	11.503	224
AZL Fusion Growth Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.087	355	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.064	417
	12/31/2006	11.087	12.237	1009		12/31/2006	11.064	12.175	1017
	12/31/2007	12.237	12.728	1867		12/31/2007	12.175	12.626	1485
	12/31/2008	12.728	7.644	907		12/31/2008	12.626	7.560	637
	12/31/2009	7.644	9.940	533		12/31/2009	7.560	9.802	316
	12/31/2010	9.940	11.039	471		12/31/2010	9.802	10.853	199
AZL Fusion Moderate Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	10.790	559	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	10.768	529
	12/31/2006	10.790	11.751	1200		12/31/2006	10.768	11.692	997
	12/31/2007	11.751	12.313	1935		12/31/2007	11.692	12.215	1614
	12/31/2008	12.313	8.144	706		12/31/2008	12.215	8.055	606
	12/31/2009	8.144	10.368	488		12/31/2009	8.055	10.223	434
	12/31/2010	10.368	11.396	457		12/31/2010	10.223	11.203	362
AZL Growth Index Strategy Fund
1.65%	12/31/2009	N/A	10.062	101	1.95%	12/31/2009	N/A	10.056	132
	12/31/2010	10.062	11.225	103		12/31/2010	10.056	11.185	108
AZL International Index Fund
1.65%	12/31/2009	N/A	9.756	12	1.95%	12/31/2009	N/A	9.750	9
	12/31/2010	9.756	10.279	14		12/31/2010	9.750	10.243	6
AZL Invesco Equity and Income Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.332	28	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.276	75
	12/31/2006	11.332	12.543	127		12/31/2006	11.276	12.443	181
	12/31/2007	12.543	12.715	265		12/31/2007	12.443	12.575	335
	12/31/2008	12.715	9.515	116		12/31/2008	12.575	9.382	186
	12/31/2009	9.515	11.497	96		12/31/2009	9.382	11.303	179
	12/31/2010	11.497	12.637	74		12/31/2010	11.303	12.387	143

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Appendix A

Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period	Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.212	37	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.042	43
	12/31/2006	12.212	13.922	107		12/31/2006	12.042	13.687	134
	12/31/2007	13.922	14.055	147		12/31/2007	13.687	13.776	182
	12/31/2008	14.055	9.282	122		12/31/2008	13.776	9.071	104
	12/31/2009	9.282	11.289	56		12/31/2009	9.071	10.999	103
	12/31/2010	11.289	12.478	45		12/31/2010	10.999	12.121	83
AZL Invesco International Equity Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	13.877	27	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	13.725	16
	12/31/2006	13.877	17.342	122		12/31/2006	13.725	17.101	106
	12/31/2007	17.342	19.551	145		12/31/2007	17.101	19.221	144
	12/31/2008	19.551	11.248	52		12/31/2008	19.221	11.025	64
	12/31/2009	11.248	14.862	70		12/31/2009	11.025	14.524	92
	12/31/2010	14.862	16.449	46		12/31/2010	14.524	16.027	70
AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	14.852	44	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	14.734	67
	12/31/2006	14.852	17.715	129		12/31/2006	14.734	17.521	195
	12/31/2007	17.715	19.135	234		12/31/2007	17.521	18.868	262
	12/31/2008	19.135	13.445	87		12/31/2008	18.868	13.218	138
	12/31/2009	13.445	16.706	92		12/31/2009	13.218	16.374	137
	12/31/2010	16.706	17.410	69		12/31/2010	16.374	17.013	93
AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.141	14	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.086	20
	12/31/2006	11.141	12.559	41		12/31/2006	11.086	12.459	46
	12/31/2007	12.559	12.821	59		12/31/2007	12.459	12.681	51
	12/31/2008	12.821	7.733	39		12/31/2008	12.681	7.625	20
	12/31/2009	7.733	10.171	48		12/31/2009	7.625	9.999	31
	12/31/2010	10.171	11.302	45		12/31/2010	9.999	11.078	24
AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.225	61	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.201	54
	12/31/2006	12.225	13.563	132		12/31/2006	12.201	13.496	149
	12/31/2007	13.563	14.772	181		12/31/2007	13.496	14.654	175
	12/31/2008	14.772	8.702	97		12/31/2008	14.654	8.607	77
	12/31/2009	8.702	12.994	64		12/31/2009	8.607	12.813	50
	12/31/2010	12.994	14.189	49		12/31/2010	12.813	13.949	31
AZL Mid Cap Index Fund
1.65%	12/31/2010	N/A	10.652	22	1.95%	12/31/2010	N/A	10.631	20
AZL Money Market Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	10.299	182	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	10.118	116
	12/31/2006	10.299	10.581	572		12/31/2006	10.118	10.364	384
	12/31/2007	10.581	10.907	1505		12/31/2007	10.364	10.651	570
	12/31/2008	10.907	10.990	1315		12/31/2008	10.651	10.700	486
	12/31/2009	10.990	10.834	938		12/31/2009	10.700	10.516	302
	12/31/2010	10.834	10.657	764		12/31/2010	10.516	10.314	241
AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund
1.65%	12/31/2006	N/A	12.032	74	1.95%	12/31/2006	N/A	12.007	77
	12/31/2007	12.032	10.806	167		12/31/2007	12.007	10.752	127
	12/31/2008	10.806	5.758	80		12/31/2008	10.752	5.711	74
	12/31/2009	5.758	7.940	50		12/31/2009	5.711	7.852	56
	12/31/2010	7.940	9.439	41		12/31/2010	7.852	9.307	57
AZL Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.335	37	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.163	39
	12/31/2006	12.335	13.251	115		12/31/2006	12.163	13.028	152
	12/31/2007	13.251	15.925	261		12/31/2007	13.028	15.609	267
	12/31/2008	15.925	8.064	99		12/31/2008	15.609	7.880	132
	12/31/2009	8.064	12.506	77		12/31/2009	7.880	12.184	93
	12/31/2010	12.506	16.299	67		12/31/2010	12.184	15.832	66

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Appendix A

Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period	Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
AZL S&P 500 Index Fund
1.65%	12/31/2007	N/A	9.865	142	1.95%	12/31/2007	N/A	9.846	17
	12/31/2008	9.865	6.053	187		12/31/2008	9.846	6.023	42
	12/31/2009	6.053	7.464	279		12/31/2009	6.023	7.404	140
	12/31/2010	7.464	8.412	203		12/31/2010	7.404	8.320	103
AZL Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund
1.65%	12/31/2006	N/A	10.454	69	1.95%	12/31/2006	N/A	10.433	31
	12/31/2007	10.454	13.399	162		12/31/2007	10.433	13.332	117
	12/31/2008	13.399	6.341	109		12/31/2008	13.332	6.290	74
	12/31/2009	6.341	10.714	82		12/31/2009	6.290	10.597	52
	12/31/2010	10.714	11.846	78		12/31/2010	10.597	11.681	49
AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund
1.65%	12/31/2007	N/A	9.314	17	1.95%	12/31/2007	N/A	9.295	6
	12/31/2008	9.314	6.326	79		12/31/2008	9.295	6.294	52
	12/31/2009	6.326	7.768	68		12/31/2009	6.294	7.706	29
	12/31/2010	7.768	9.589	67		12/31/2010	7.706	9.484	27
AZL Turner Quantitative Small Cap Growth Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.106	24	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.084	25
	12/31/2006	11.106	12.161	51		12/31/2006	11.084	12.100	61
	12/31/2007	12.161	12.687	48		12/31/2007	12.100	12.585	46
	12/31/2008	12.687	7.069	20		12/31/2008	12.585	6.992	23
	12/31/2009	7.069	9.137	19		12/31/2009	6.992	9.010	20
	12/31/2010	9.137	11.579	19		12/31/2010	9.010	11.383	25
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund
1.65%	12/31/2008	N/A	7.906	132	1.95%	12/31/2008	N/A	7.890	176
	12/31/2009	7.906	9.403	219		12/31/2009	7.890	9.356	356
	12/31/2010	9.403	10.152	231		12/31/2010	9.356	10.071	263
Davis VA Financial Portfolio
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	14.409	18	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	14.156	21
	12/31/2006	14.409	16.797	45		12/31/2006	14.156	16.452	52
	12/31/2007	16.797	15.522	87		12/31/2007	16.452	15.157	38
	12/31/2008	15.522	8.189	61		12/31/2008	15.157	7.972	43
	12/31/2009	8.189	11.372	17		12/31/2009	7.972	11.038	32
	12/31/2010	11.372	12.427	17		12/31/2010	11.038	12.026	24
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	55.341	18	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	52.624	24
	12/31/2006	55.341	65.643	26		12/31/2006	52.624	62.235	39
	12/31/2007	65.643	51.094	21		12/31/2007	62.235	48.295	26
	12/31/2008	51.094	28.951	4		12/31/2008	48.295	27.283	5
	12/31/2009	28.951	33.912	2		12/31/2009	27.283	31.862	3
	12/31/2010	33.912	40.352	4		12/31/2010	31.862	37.799	2
Franklin Growth and Income Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	33.716	19	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	30.530	11
	12/31/2006	33.716	38.723	36		12/31/2006	30.530	34.959	18
	12/31/2007	38.723	36.674	38		12/31/2007	34.959	33.009	25
	12/31/2008	36.674	23.395	9		12/31/2008	33.009	20.994	9
	12/31/2009	23.395	29.123	2		12/31/2009	20.994	26.056	4
	12/31/2010	29.123	33.424	3		12/31/2010	26.056	29.814	2
Franklin High Income Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	22.287	24	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	21.193	16
	12/31/2006	22.287	23.976	76		12/31/2006	21.193	22.731	35
	12/31/2007	23.976	24.222	136		12/31/2007	22.731	22.895	51
	12/31/2008	24.222	18.255	56		12/31/2008	22.895	17.203	23
	12/31/2009	18.255	25.623	63		12/31/2009	17.203	24.074	22
	12/31/2010	25.623	28.545	53		12/31/2010	24.074	26.739	19

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Appendix A

Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period	Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
Franklin Income Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	38.980	125	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	37.066	76
	12/31/2006	38.980	45.337	426		12/31/2006	37.066	42.983	207
	12/31/2007	45.337	46.266	747		12/31/2007	42.983	43.732	314
	12/31/2008	46.266	32.012	289		12/31/2008	43.732	30.167	137
	12/31/2009	32.012	42.696	144		12/31/2009	30.167	40.115	64
	12/31/2010	42.696	47.319	105		12/31/2010	40.115	44.325	45
Franklin Large Cap Growth Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	17.967	18	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	17.453	19
	12/31/2006	17.967	19.599	45		12/31/2006	17.453	18.982	36
	12/31/2007	19.599	20.478	58		12/31/2007	18.982	19.773	39
	12/31/2008	20.478	13.187	20		12/31/2008	19.773	12.695	13
	12/31/2009	13.187	16.828	7		12/31/2009	12.695	16.152	4
	12/31/2010	16.828	18.471	6		12/31/2010	16.152	17.675	2
Franklin Rising Dividends Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	32.335	36	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	31.011	34
	12/31/2006	32.335	37.254	71		12/31/2006	31.011	35.621	62
	12/31/2007	37.254	35.656	56		12/31/2007	35.621	33.990	51
	12/31/2008	35.656	25.567	14		12/31/2008	33.990	24.300	11
	12/31/2009	25.567	29.511	16		12/31/2009	24.300	27.964	5
	12/31/2010	29.511	35.020	18		12/31/2010	27.964	33.085	4
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	21.000	23	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	20.369	17
	12/31/2006	21.000	22.453	49		12/31/2006	20.369	21.713	17
	12/31/2007	22.453	24.566	48		12/31/2007	21.713	23.685	15
	12/31/2008	24.566	13.895	10		12/31/2008	23.685	13.357	3
	12/31/2009	13.895	19.623	6		12/31/2009	13.357	18.806	1
	12/31/2010	19.623	24.634	8		12/31/2010	18.806	23.538	2
Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund
1.65%	12/31/2007	N/A	9.235	115	1.95%	12/31/2007	N/A	9.221	60
	12/31/2008	9.235	5.825	379		12/31/2008	9.221	5.799	142
	12/31/2009	5.825	7.463	342		12/31/2009	5.799	7.407	169
	12/31/2010	7.463	8.093	290		12/31/2010	7.407	8.009	128
Franklin U.S. Government Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	24.413	30	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	22.106	18
	12/31/2006	24.413	24.979	74		12/31/2006	22.106	22.551	28
	12/31/2007	24.979	26.192	89		12/31/2007	22.551	23.574	54
	12/31/2008	26.192	27.717	63		12/31/2008	23.574	24.872	42
	12/31/2009	27.717	28.107	59		12/31/2009	24.872	25.146	28
	12/31/2010	28.107	29.108	48		12/31/2010	25.146	25.964	28
Jennison Portfolio
1.65%	12/31/2010	N/A	10.433	1	1.95%	12/31/2010	N/A	10.412	0
Mutual Global Discovery Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	21.805	60	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	21.214	63
	12/31/2006	21.805	26.394	223		12/31/2006	21.214	25.602	167
	12/31/2007	26.394	29.036	456		12/31/2007	25.602	28.080	227
	12/31/2008	29.036	20.433	205		12/31/2008	28.080	19.701	103
	12/31/2009	20.433	24.784	126		12/31/2009	19.701	23.825	81
	12/31/2010	24.784	27.294	90		12/31/2010	23.825	26.159	63
Mutual Shares Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	19.832	221	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	19.295	100
	12/31/2006	19.832	23.094	758		12/31/2006	19.295	22.402	335
	12/31/2007	23.094	23.505	1217		12/31/2007	22.402	22.731	502
	12/31/2008	23.505	14.540	461		12/31/2008	22.731	14.019	200
	12/31/2009	14.540	18.027	200		12/31/2009	14.019	17.330	91
	12/31/2010	18.027	19.717	161		12/31/2010	17.330	18.897	63

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Appendix A

Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period	Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.042	0	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.830	0
	12/31/2006	12.042	12.962	0		12/31/2006	11.830	12.695	0
	12/31/2007	12.962	12.735	1		12/31/2007	12.695	12.436	0
	12/31/2008	12.735	2.672	2		12/31/2008	12.436	2.601	0
	12/31/2009	2.672	3.293	0		12/31/2009	2.601	3.197	1
	12/31/2010	3.293	3.719	0		12/31/2010	3.197	3.599	0
PIMCO EqS Pathfinder Portfolio
1.65%	12/31/2010	N/A	10.320	11	1.95%	12/31/2010	N/A	10.299	0
PIMCO VIT All Asset Portfolio
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.391	101	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.329	58
	12/31/2006	12.391	12.757	224		12/31/2006	12.329	12.655	78
	12/31/2007	12.757	13.592	140		12/31/2007	12.655	13.443	55
	12/31/2008	13.592	11.251	87		12/31/2008	13.443	11.094	82
	12/31/2009	11.251	13.454	82		12/31/2009	11.094	13.227	86
	12/31/2010	13.454	14.966	92		12/31/2010	13.227	14.669	86
PIMCO VIT CommodityRealReturn Strategy Portfolio
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.018	53	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	10.996	38
	12/31/2006	11.018	10.502	128		12/31/2006	10.996	10.450	98
	12/31/2007	10.502	12.730	171		12/31/2007	10.450	12.629	103
	12/31/2008	12.730	7.038	130		12/31/2008	12.629	6.961	70
	12/31/2009	7.038	9.798	199		12/31/2009	6.961	9.662	76
	12/31/2010	9.798	12.001	179		12/31/2010	9.662	11.799	52
PIMCO VIT Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	10.909	29	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	10.887	18
	12/31/2006	10.909	11.727	49		12/31/2006	10.887	11.668	34
	12/31/2007	11.727	12.205	64		12/31/2007	11.668	12.108	36
	12/31/2008	12.205	10.253	29		12/31/2008	12.108	10.140	17
	12/31/2009	10.253	13.170	36		12/31/2009	10.140	12.986	27
	12/31/2010	13.170	14.530	37		12/31/2010	12.986	14.285	25
PIMCO VIT Global Bond Portfolio (Unhedged)
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	9.333	23	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	9.314	16
	12/31/2006	9.333	9.608	95		12/31/2006	9.314	9.560	41
	12/31/2007	9.608	10.371	145		12/31/2007	9.560	10.288	93
	12/31/2008	10.371	10.114	87		12/31/2008	10.288	10.003	53
	12/31/2009	10.114	11.627	75		12/31/2009	10.003	11.465	23
	12/31/2010	11.627	12.770	76		12/31/2010	11.465	12.554	19
PIMCO VIT High Yield Portfolio
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.363	33	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.146	22
	12/31/2006	12.363	13.269	94		12/31/2006	12.146	12.997	34
	12/31/2007	13.269	13.509	126		12/31/2007	12.997	13.192	39
	12/31/2008	13.509	10.159	72		12/31/2008	13.192	9.891	25
	12/31/2009	10.159	14.034	79		12/31/2009	9.891	13.622	48
	12/31/2010	14.034	15.806	78		12/31/2010	13.622	15.296	41
PIMCO VIT Real Return Portfolio
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.296	88	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	11.206	71
	12/31/2006	11.296	11.191	168		12/31/2006	11.206	11.068	118
	12/31/2007	11.191	12.181	219		12/31/2007	11.068	12.011	134
	12/31/2008	12.181	11.136	115		12/31/2008	12.011	10.948	79
	12/31/2009	11.136	12.968	149		12/31/2009	10.948	12.711	101
	12/31/2010	12.968	13.791	114		12/31/2010	12.711	13.477	57

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Appendix A

Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period	Benefit Option*	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	13.092	104	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	12.861	47
	12/31/2006	13.092	13.374	259		12/31/2006	12.861	13.099	94
	12/31/2007	13.374	14.306	348		12/31/2007	13.099	13.970	151
	12/31/2008	14.306	14.747	180		12/31/2008	13.970	14.358	132
	12/31/2009	14.747	16.547	277		12/31/2009	14.358	16.062	206
	12/31/2010	16.547	17.597	211		12/31/2010	16.062	17.030	228
SP International Growth Portfolio
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	7.226	0	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	7.118	0
	12/31/2006	7.226	8.542	6		12/31/2006	7.118	8.389	4
	12/31/2007	8.542	10.008	100		12/31/2007	8.389	9.799	14
	12/31/2008	10.008	4.874	1		12/31/2008	9.799	4.758	2
	12/31/2009	4.874	6.542	1		12/31/2009	4.758	6.366	2
	12/31/2010	6.542	7.323	1		12/31/2010	6.366	7.106	2
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	22.812	20	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	21.877	16
	12/31/2006	22.812	27.252	67		12/31/2006	21.877	26.057	36
	12/31/2007	27.252	30.946	83		12/31/2007	26.057	29.501	38
	12/31/2008	30.946	18.148	22		12/31/2008	29.501	17.248	11
	12/31/2009	18.148	24.464	8		12/31/2009	17.248	23.181	3
	12/31/2010	24.464	26.086	5		12/31/2010	23.181	24.644	2
Templeton Global Bond Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2007	N/A	30.931	65	1.95%	12/31/2007	N/A	29.282	16
	12/31/2008	30.931	32.312	41		12/31/2008	29.282	30.497	13
	12/31/2009	32.312	37.721	37		12/31/2009	30.497	35.496	30
	12/31/2010	37.721	42.464	35		12/31/2010	35.496	39.839	23
Templeton Growth Securities Fund
1.65%	12/31/2005	N/A	23.679	152	1.95%	12/31/2005	N/A	22.855	49
	12/31/2006	23.679	28.372	493		12/31/2006	22.855	27.303	180
	12/31/2007	28.372	28.560	899		12/31/2007	27.303	27.401	313
	12/31/2008	28.560	16.203	341		12/31/2008	27.401	15.498	149
	12/31/2009	16.203	20.894	142		12/31/2009	15.498	19.926	52
	12/31/2010	20.894	22.072	109		12/31/2010	19.926	20.986	35

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APPENDIX B – GAV CALCULATION EXAMPLE

·	You purchased a May 2007 Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. You selected the Living Guarantees with the GAV Benefit. You make no additional Purchase Payments, therefore, the calculations of the GAV that follows will not include reference to additional Purchase Payments.

·	The Contract Value on the first Contract Anniversary is $120,000; on the second Contract Anniversary it is $135,000; on the third Contract Anniversary it is $150,000; and on the fourth Contract Anniversary it is $135,000.

·	You take a partial withdrawal of $20,000 (including the withdrawal charge) in the third Contract Year when the Contract Value on the date of (but before) the partial withdrawal is $160,000. There is no MVA at the time of the partial withdrawal. You take no other partial withdrawals.

The initial GAV………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….				$100,000
The GAV on the first Contract Anniversary equals the greater of A or B:
	(A)	the initial GAV = $100,000
	(B)	the Contract Value on the first Contract Anniversary = $120,000
The GAV on the first Contract Anniversary…………………………………………………………………………............				$120,000

The GAV on the second Contract Anniversary equals the greater of C or D:
	(C)	the GAV from the first Contract Anniversary = $120,000
	(D)	the Contract Value on the second Contract Anniversary = $135,000
The GAV on the second Contract Anniversary……………………………………………………………………………..				$135,000

Calculating the GAV adjusted partial withdrawal taken in the third Contract Year:
	The amount of the partial withdrawal subject to the partial withdrawal privilege
		(10% of total Purchase Payments) = 0.10 x $100,000 = …………………………………………...	$10,000
	Plus
	The remaining amount of the partial withdrawal (including any withdrawal charge)		+ (10,000
	Multiplied by the greater of a) or b) where:
	(a)	= one, or
	(b)	the GAV divided by the Contract Value on the date of (but before) the partial withdrawal =
		$135,000/$160,000 = 0.84……………………………………………………………………………	x 1)
	Total GAV adjusted partial withdrawal………………………………………………………………………		$20,000

The GAV on the third Contract Anniversary equals the greater of C or D:
	(C)	the GAV from the second Contract Anniversary, minus the GAV adjusted partial withdrawal taken in the
		third Contract Year = $135,000 – $20,000 = $115,000
	(D)	the Contract Value on the third Contract Anniversary = $150,000
The GAV on the third Contract Anniversary				$150,000

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Applying the GAV Benefit:

On the fifth Contract Anniversary, the Contract Value is $105,000. The initial GAV is $100,000. We subtract all the GAV adjusted partial withdrawals taken in the last five years ($20,000), for a total of $80,000. The fifth anniversary Contract Value is greater than the initial GAV adjusted for the partial withdrawal taken in the third year, so there is no True Up on the fifth Contract Anniversary.

On the sixth Contract Anniversary, the Contract Value is $108,000. The GAV established five years ago on the first Contract Anniversary is $120,000. We subtract all the GAV adjusted partial withdrawals taken in the last five years ($20,000), for a total of $100,000. The sixth anniversary Contract Value is greater than the GAV from the first Contract Anniversary adjusted for the partial withdrawal taken in the third year, so there is no True Up on the sixth Contract Anniversary.

On the seventh Contract Anniversary, the Contract Value is $110,000. The GAV established five years ago on the second Contract Anniversary is $135,000. We subtract all the GAV adjusted partial withdrawals taken in the last five years ($20,000), for a total of $115,000. The seventh anniversary Contract Value is less than the GAV from the second Contract Anniversary adjusted for the partial withdrawal taken in the third year, so we will True Up the Contract Value to equal this amount by applying $5,000 to the Investment Options on the seventh Contract Anniversary.

Application of the GAV Benefit in tabular form:

	Contract Value	GAV	Contract Value guaranteed under the GAV Benefit (does not apply until the 5th Contract Anniversary)	GAV True Up (does not apply until the 5th Contract Anniversary)	Contract Value after GAV True Up
Initial	$100,000	$100,000	–	–	–
1st Contract Anniversary	$120,000	$120,000	–	–	–
2nd Contract Anniversary	$135,000	$135,000	–	–	–
3rd Contract Anniversary	$150,000	$150,000	–	–	–
4th Contract Anniversary	$135,000	$150,000	–	–	–
5th Contract Anniversary	$105,000	$150,000	$ 80,000	None	$105,000
6th Contract Anniversary	$108,000	$150,000	$100,000	None	$108,000
7th Contract Anniversary	$110,000	$150,000	$115,000	$5,000	$115,000

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APPENDIX C – DEATH BENEFIT CALCULATION EXAMPLES

You purchased a May 2007 Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000. You chose not to include the Living Guarantees and you allocated your entire Purchase Payment to the Investment Options. You are the only Owner and are age 69 or younger on the Issue Date. You make no additional Purchase Payments.

·	You take a partial withdrawal of $20,000 in the tenth Contract Year when the Contract Value on the date of (but before the partial withdrawal) is $160,000. The withdrawal charge period on the initial Purchase Payment has expired so there is no withdrawal charge on this partial withdrawal.

·	The Contract Value on the tenth Contract Anniversary is $140,000.

NOTE: We calculate the MAV only for Contracts with Enhanced GMDB. The M&E charges are higher for Contracts with Enhanced GMDB than for Contracts with Traditional GMDB. If the differences in these charges were reflected in these examples, the Contract Values would be lower for Contracts with Enhanced GMDB than for Contracts with Traditional GMDB.

If you selected Traditional GMDB:
We calculate the death benefit on the tenth Contract Anniversary as the greater of:
1)	Contract Value………………………………………………………………………………………………………...			$140,000
2)	The Traditional GMDB value:
	Total Purchase Payments received…………………………………………………………………………………			$100,000
		Reduced by the GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal…………………………………………………………..		– 20,000
				$80,000
The GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal for (2) above is equal to:
	The amount of the partial withdrawal………………………………………………………………...		$20,000
	Multiplied by the greater of a) or b) where:
		a) is one, and
		b) is the ratio of the death benefit divided by the Contract Value
		on the day of (but before) the partial withdrawal = $160,000 / $160,000 = 1……….…….	x 1
	Total GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal……………………………………………………….……		$20,000
Therefore, the death benefit payable as of the tenth Contract Anniversary is the $140,000 Contract Value.

If you selected Enhanced GMDB:
The following details how we calculate the MAV on the first nine Contract Anniversaries:

	Contract Value	MAV
1st Contract Anniversary	$110,000	$110,000
2nd Contract Anniversary	$118,000	$118,000
3rd Contract Anniversary	$116,000	$118,000
4th Contract Anniversary	$122,000	$122,000
5th Contract Anniversary	$120,000	$122,000
6th Contract Anniversary	$141,000	$141,000
7th Contract Anniversary	$147,000	$147,000
8th Contract Anniversary	$155,000	$155,000
9th Contract Anniversary	$162,000	$162,000

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·	On the Issue Date, the MAV is equal to total Purchase Payments ($100,000).

·	On the first Contract Anniversary the Contract Value is $110,000, which is greater than the MAV from the immediately preceding Business Day ($100,000), so the MAV increases to $110,000.

·	On the second Contract Anniversary the Contract Value is $118,000, which is greater than the MAV from the immediately preceding Business Day ($110,000), so the MAV increases to $118,000.

·	On the third Contract Anniversary the Contract Value is $116,000, which is less than the MAV from the immediately preceding Business Day ($118,000), so the MAV does not change.

·	On the fourth Contract Anniversary the Contract Value is $122,000, which is greater than the MAV from the immediately preceding Business Day ($118,000), so the MAV increases to $122,000.

·	On the fifth Contract Anniversary the Contract Value is $120,000, which is less than the MAV from the immediately preceding Business Day ($122,000), so the MAV does not change.

·	On the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth Contract Anniversaries the Contract Value is greater than the MAV from the immediately preceding Business Day, so the MAV increases to equal the Contract Value.

We calculate the death benefit on the tenth Contract Anniversary as the greater of:
1)	Contract Value………………………………………………………………………………………………………...			$140,000
2)	The Traditional GMDB value:
	Total Purchase Payments received…………………………………………………………………………………			$100,000
		Reduced by the GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal…………………………………………………………..		– 20,250
				$79,750
3)	The Enhanced GMDB value:
	The MAV on the ninth Contract Anniversary……………………………………………………………………….			$162,000
		Reduced by the GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal…………………………………………………………...		– 20,250
				$141,750
The GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal for (2) and (3) above is equal to:
	The amount of the partial withdrawal………………………………………………………………...		$20,000
	Multiplied by the greater of a) or b) where:
		a) is one, and
		b) is the ratio of the death benefit divided by the Contract Value
		on the date of (but before) the partial withdrawal = $162,000 / $160,000 = 1.0125…….	x 1.0125
	Total GMDB adjusted partial withdrawal…………………………………………………………….		$20,250
Therefore, the death benefit payable as of the tenth Contract Anniversary is the $141,750 MAV.

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APPENDIX D – WITHDRAWAL CHARGE EXAMPLES

All of the following examples assume you purchased a May 2007 Contract with an initial Purchase Payment of $100,000, you selected Living Guarantees with the GAV Benefit, and you made no additional Purchase Payments. The partial withdrawal privilege for each Contract Year is 10% of your total Purchase Payments, less previous withdrawals taken under the partial withdrawal privilege, GWB, or as a RMD payment in the same Contract Year, and before any MVA. Any unused partial withdrawal privilege in one Contract Year does not carry over to the next Contract Year. This means at the beginning of each Contract Year, there would be at least $10,000 available under the partial withdrawal privilege. The maximum amount available under the GWB is the lesser of the partial withdrawal privilege ($10,000) or the remaining GWB value (total Purchase Payments less GWB adjusted partial withdrawals). There is no MVA to any of the withdrawals in the following examples.

Full withdrawal when the Contract Value has declined due to a loss in your selected Investment Options:

·	You take a full withdrawal in the third Contract Year when the Contract Value is $90,000 and the withdrawal charge is 5.5%. You have taken no other withdrawals from the Contract.

·	There are no Purchase Payments that are beyond the withdrawal charge period and the partial withdrawal privilege does not apply upon a full withdrawal. Because this is a full withdrawal, we assess the withdrawal charge against the entire Withdrawal Charge Basis.

We calculate the withdrawal charge as follows:
	The Withdrawal Charge Basis is equal to total Purchase Payments, less any Purchase Payments withdrawn
	(excluding any penalty-free withdrawals), less any withdrawal charge = $100,000 – $0 – $0 =..……………....…	$100,000
	Multiplied by the withdrawal charge………………………………………………………………………………….…...	x 5.5%
		$5,500

Therefore, we withdraw $90,000 from the Contract and pay you $84,500 ($90,000 less the $5,500 withdrawal charge). The full withdrawal reduces the total amount available under the GWB to zero.

Partial withdrawal under the partial withdrawal privilege followed by a full withdrawal:

You take a partial withdrawal of $9,000 in the third Contract Year. The total amount available under the partial withdrawal privilege at this time is $10,000. The $9,000 withdrawn is not subject to a withdrawal charge and does not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis. The partial withdrawal reduces the total amount available under the GWB by $9,000.

You take a full withdrawal in the fourth Contract Year when the Contract Value is $90,000 and the withdrawal charge is 3%. At this time there are no Purchase Payments that are beyond the withdrawal charge period. Because this is a full withdrawal, the partial withdrawal privilege does not apply and we assess the withdrawal charge against the entire Withdrawal Charge Basis.

We calculate the withdrawal charge for the full withdrawal as follows:
	The Withdrawal Charge Basis is equal to total Purchase Payments, less any Purchase Payments withdrawn
	(excluding any penalty-free withdrawals), less any withdrawal charge = $100,000 – $0 – $0 =..…………………	$100,000
	Multiplied by the withdrawal charge………………………………………………………………………………….…...	x 3%
		$3,000

Therefore, upon the full withdrawal, we withdraw $90,000 from the Contract and pay you $87,000 ($90,000 less the $3,000 withdrawal charge). In this example, your total distributions from the Contract after deducting the withdrawal charge are $96,000. The full withdrawal reduces the total amount available under the GWB to zero.

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Partial withdrawal in excess of the partial withdrawal privilege followed by a full withdrawal:

·	You take a partial withdrawal of $15,000 in the third Contract Year when the withdrawal charge is 5.5%. The total amount available under the partial withdrawal privilege at this time is $10,000, so $5,000 of the withdrawal is subject to a withdrawal charge and reduces the Withdrawal Charge Basis.

We calculate the withdrawal charge for the partial withdrawal as follows:
	The amount you receive that is subject to a withdrawal charge…………………………………………….	$5,000
	Divided by (1 minus the withdrawal charge percentage)…………………………………………………………	¸ 0.945
	Total amount withdrawn……………………………………………………………………………………………...	$5,291
	Total withdrawal charge (amount withdrawn minus the amount requested) = $5,291 - $5,000 =…………...	$291

Therefore, we withdraw $15,291 from the Contract and pay you $15,000. The partial withdrawal reduces the GWB by a minimum of $15,291. The reduction is greater if the Contract Value on the day of (but before) the partial withdrawal is less than $100,000.

Continuing the example, assume you take a full withdrawal in the fourth Contract Year when the Contract Value is $90,000 and the withdrawal charge is 3%. At this time there are no Purchase Payments that are beyond the withdrawal charge period. Because this is a full withdrawal, the partial withdrawal privilege does not apply and we assess the withdrawal charge against the entire Withdrawal Charge Basis.

We calculate the withdrawal charge for the full withdrawal as follows:
	The Withdrawal Charge Basis is equal to total Purchase Payments, less any Purchase Payments withdrawn
	(excluding any penalty-free withdrawals), less any withdrawal charge = $100,000 – $5,000 – $291 =…………..	$94,709
	Multiplied by the withdrawal charge………………………………………………………………………………….…...	x 3%
		$2,841

Therefore, upon the full withdrawal, we withdraw $90,000 from the Contract and pay you $87,159 ($90,000 less the $2,841 withdrawal charge). In this example, your total distributions from the Contract after deducting the withdrawal charge are $102,159. The full withdrawal reduces the total amount available under the GWB to zero.

A series of partial withdrawals under the partial withdrawal privilege followed by a full withdrawal:

You take the maximum amount available under the partial withdrawal privilege each year in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth Contract Years (total distributions = $40,000). The $40,000 withdrawn is not subject to a withdrawal charge and does not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis. However, the initial Purchase Payment is beyond its withdrawal charge period beginning on the fourth Contract Anniversary, so from that point forward the Withdrawal Charge Basis is zero. These partial withdrawals are guaranteed by the GWB, and reduce the GWB by $40,000. The total amount available under the GWB after these partial withdrawals is equal to $100,000 – $40,000 = $60,000.

In the seventh Contract Year, the Contract Value is $9,000 and the maximum amount available under the GWB is $10,000. If you withdraw $10,000 under the GWB in the seventh Contract Year, your Contract Value would drop to zero, but you could continue to take $10,000 each year for the next five years without incurring a withdrawal charge.

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FOR SERVICE OR MORE INFORMATION

You can review and copy information about us, the Separate Account, the prospectus and the SAI at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You may obtain information about the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling (202) 551-8090.

The SEC also maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov). The prospectus, the SAI and other information about the Contract are available on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website. If you do not have access to the website, you can get copies of information from the website upon payment of a duplication fee by writing to:

Public Reference Section of the Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

You can contact us at:

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

5701 Golden Hills Drive

Minneapolis, MN 55416

(800) 624-0197

If you need service (such as changes in Contract information, information on Contract Values, requesting a withdrawal or transfer, changing your allocation instructions, etc.), please contact our Service Center:

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

P.O. Box 561

Minneapolis, MN 55440-0561

(800) 624-0197

If you are sending us a check for an additional Purchase Payment, please mail it to the following address as appropriate.

Checks for additional Purchase Payments
Regular Mail	Overnight, certified or registered mail
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America	Wells Fargo LBX Services
NW 5989	NW 5989 Allianz
P.O. Box 1450	1350 Energy Lane, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55485-5989	St. Paul, MN 55108-5254

NOTE: Checks for additional Purchase Payments you send to the wrong address are forwarded to the address listed above for overnight, certified or registered mail, which may delay processing.

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PART B – SAI

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ALLIANZ HIGH FIVE® L

INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PURCHASE PAYMENT

VARIABLE DEFERRED ANNUITY CONTRACT

ISSUED BY

ALLIANZ LIFE® VARIABLE ACCOUNT B (THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT)

AND

ALLIANZ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA

(ALLIANZ LIFE, WE, US, OUR)

MAY 1, 2011

This is not a prospectus. This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) should be read in conjunction with the prospectus for the Contract, which is dated the same date as this SAI. Definitions of capitalized terms can be found in the glossary in the prospectus. The prospectus is incorporated in this SAI by reference.

The prospectus for the Contract concisely sets forth information that a prospective investor ought to know before investing. For a copy of the Contract’s prospectus, call or write us at:

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

5701 Golden Hills Drive

Minneapolis, MN 55416

(800) 624-0197

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Allianz Life……………………………………………………...........	2
Experts………………………………………………………….…....…	2
Legal Opinions……………………………………………………….	2
Distributor……………………………………………………….……….	2
Reduction or Elimination of the Withdrawal Charge………………..	3
Federal Tax Status…………………………………………..….…..	3
General…………………………………………………………...…	3
Diversification…………………………………………….…......….	4
Owner Control………………………………………………..….	5
Contracts Owned by Non-Individuals……………………..…..	5
Income Tax Withholding………………………………..….......	5
Required Distributions…………………………………..………	5
Qualified Contracts……………………………………………...	6
Guaranteed Principal Value (GAV) and
Guaranteed Account Value (GAV) Transfers…………………	7
Annuity Provisions……………………………………………..........	14
Annuity Units/Calculating Annuity Payments…………….….	14
Mortality and Expense Risk Guarantee………………………..….	14
Financial Statements…………………………………..…..……….	14
Appendix – Condensed Financial Information…...……..………..	15

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ALLIANZ LIFE

Allianz Life is a stock life insurance company organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota in 1896. We are a subsidiary of Allianz of America, Inc. (AZOA), a financial holding company. AZOA is a subsidiary of Allianz SE, a provider of integrated financial services. Allianz SE is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and has sales outlets throughout the world. We offer fixed and variable annuities and individual life insurance.

Allianz Life does not have a separate custodian for the assets owned through the Separate Account. Most mutual fund shares are not in certificated form, and as such, Allianz Life in effect acts as self custodian for the non-certificated shares we own through the Separate Account.

EXPERTS

The financial statements of Allianz Life Variable Account B as of and for the year or period ended December 31, 2010 (including the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years or periods in the two year period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented) and the consolidated financial statements and supplemental schedules of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, are included in Part C of the Registration Statement in reliance upon the report of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, also included in Part C, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The audit report covering the December 31, 2010 financial statements and supplemental schedules of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America refers to a change in the method of evaluating other-than-temporary impairments of fixed maturity securities due to the adoption of accounting requirements issued by the Financial Statement Standards Board (FASB), as of January 1, 2009. The principal business address of KPMG LLP is 4200 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, MN.

LEGAL OPINIONS

Stewart D. Gregg, Senior Securities Counsel of Allianz Life, has provided legal advice on certain matters in connection with the issuance of the Contracts.

DISTRIBUTOR

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (Allianz Life Financial (previously USAllianz Investor Services, LLC)), a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, acts as the distributor. Allianz Life Financial does not sell the Contracts on a retail basis. Rather, Allianz Life Financial enters into selling agreements with other third-party broker/dealers registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (selling firms) for the sale of the Contracts.

We pay commissions for sales of the Contracts. Allianz Life Financial passes through most of the commissions it receives to selling firms for their sales. Allianz Life Financial received sales compensation with respect to the Contracts issued under Allianz Life Variable Account B in the following amounts during the last three calendar years:

Calendar Year	Aggregate Amount of Commissions Paid to Allianz Life Financial	Aggregate Amount of Commissions Retained by Allianz Life Financial After Payments to Selling Firms
2008	$198,319,091.42	$0
2009	$169,464,504.26	$0
2010	$220,761,073.60	$0

We may fund Allianz Life Financial’s operating and other expenses including: overhead; legal and accounting fees; registered representative training; deferred compensation and insurance benefits for registered representatives; compensation for the Allianz Life Financial management team; and other expenses associated with the Contracts. We also pay for Allianz Life Financial’s operating and other expenses, including overhead, legal and accounting fees.

As described above, Allianz Life Financial sells its Contracts primarily through “wholesaling,” in which Allianz Life Financial sells contracts through a large group of mostly non-affiliated broker/dealer firms. Currently, Allianz Life Financial has agreements with approximately 975 retail broker/dealers to sell its contracts. All of the broker/dealer firms except one are non-affiliated. As described in the prospectus, Allianz Life Financial may pay marketing support payments to certain of these firms for providing marketing support services in the sale of the contracts. Currently, Allianz Life Financial makes marketing support payments to approximately 46 firms. These payments vary in amount. In 2010, the five firms receiving the largest payments, ranging from $484,593 to $3,290,452, are listed below. Marketing support payments may also be made to managers of Investment Options or their affiliates for providing Investment Option information and marketing support.

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Firm Name

Cetera Financial Group

LPL Financial Network

National Planning Holdings

The Advisor Group

Wells Fargo Network

REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF THE WITHDRAWAL CHARGE

We may reduce or eliminate the amount of the withdrawal charge on the Contracts when Contract sales are made to individuals or to a group of individuals in a manner that results in savings of sales expenses. We determine the entitlement to a reduction of the withdrawal charge after examination of the following factors:

·	the size of the group;

·	the total amount of Purchase Payments expected to be received from the group;

·	the nature of the group for which the Contracts are purchased, and the persistency expected in that group (for example, the expectation that the Owners continue to hold the Contracts for a certain period of time);

·	the purpose for which the Contracts are purchased and whether that purpose makes it likely that expenses are reduced; and

·	any other circumstances which we believe to be relevant to determining whether reduced sales or administrative expenses may be expected.

None of these reductions are contractually guaranteed. We may eliminate the withdrawal charge when the Contracts are issued to an officer, director or employee of Allianz Life or any of its affiliates. We may reduce or eliminate the withdrawal charge when the Contract is sold by a registered representative appointed with Allianz Life to any members of his or her immediate family and the commission is waived. In no event is any reduction or elimination of the withdrawal charge permitted where the reduction or elimination is unfairly discriminatory to any person.

FEDERAL TAX STATUS

NOTE: The following description is based upon our understanding of current federal income tax law applicable to annuities in general. We cannot predict the probability that any changes in such laws will be made. Purchasers are cautioned to seek competent tax advice regarding the possibility of such changes. We do not guarantee the tax status of the Contracts. Purchasers bear the complete risk that the Contracts may not be treated as “annuity contracts” under federal income tax laws. It should be further understood that the following discussion is not exhaustive and that special rules not described herein may be applicable in certain situations. Moreover, no attempt has been made to consider any applicable state or other tax laws.

General

Section 72 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) governs taxation of annuities in general. An Owner is generally not taxed on increases in the value of a Contract until distribution occurs, either in the form of a lump sum payment or as Annuity Payments. For a lump sum payment received as a full withdrawal (total redemption) or death benefit, the recipient is taxed on the portion of the payment that exceeds the cost basis of the Contract (your investment). For Non-Qualified Contracts, this cost basis is generally the Purchase Payments, while for Qualified Contracts there may be no cost basis. The taxable portion of the lump sum payment is taxed at ordinary income tax rates. A partial withdrawal results in tax on any gain in the Contract (for example, the difference, if any, between the Contract Value immediately before the withdrawal, unreduced by any charges, and the Contract’s cash basis). Lump sum withdrawals, whether partial or full, may also be subject to a federal penalty tax equal to 10% of the taxable amount.

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For Annuity Payments, the portion of each payment included in income equals the excess of the payment over the exclusion amount. The exclusion amount for Annuity Payments based on a variable Annuity Option is determined by dividing the investment in the Contract (adjusted for any period certain or refund guarantee) by the number of years over which the annuity is expected to be paid (which is determined by Treasury Regulations). The exclusion amount for Annuity Payments based on a fixed Annuity Option is determined by multiplying the Annuity Payment by the ratio that the investment in the Contract (adjusted for any period certain or refund guarantee) bears to the expected return under the Contract. Annuity Payments received after the investment in the Contract has been recovered (for example, when the total of the excludable amounts equal the investment in the Contract) are fully taxable. The taxable portion of an Annuity Payment is taxed at ordinary income tax rates. For certain types of Qualified Contracts there may be no cost basis in the Contract within the meaning of Section 72 of the Code. Owners, Annuitants and Beneficiaries under the Contracts should seek competent financial advice about the tax consequences of any distributions.

We are taxed as a life insurance company under the Code. For federal income tax purposes, the Separate Account is not a separate entity from us, and its operations form a part of Allianz Life.

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

We have the right to modify the Contract in response to legislative changes that could otherwise diminish the favorable tax treatment that annuity Owners currently receive. We make no guarantee regarding the tax status of any contract and do not intend the above discussion as tax advice.

Diversification

Section 817(h) of the Code imposes certain diversification standards on the underlying assets of variable annuity contracts. The Code provides that a variable annuity contract will not be treated as an annuity contract for any period (and any subsequent period) for which the investments are not adequately diversified in accordance with regulations prescribed by the United States Treasury Department (Treasury Department). Disqualification of the Contract as an annuity contract would result in the imposition of federal income tax to the Owner with respect to earnings allocable to the Contract before the receipt of Annuity Payments under the Contract. The Code contains a safe harbor provision which provides that annuity contracts, such as the Contract, meet the diversification requirements if, as of the end of each quarter, the underlying assets meet the diversification standards for a regulated investment company and no more than 55% of the total assets consist of cash, cash items, U.S. government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies.

On March 2, 1989, the Treasury Department issued regulations (Treas. Reg. 1.817-5) which established diversification requirements for the Investment Options underlying variable contracts such as the Contract. The regulations amplify the diversification requirements for variable contracts set forth in the Code and provide an alternative to the safe harbor provision described above. Under these regulations, an Investment Option will be deemed adequately diversified if:

·	no more than 55% of the value of the total assets of the Investment Option is represented by any one investment;

·	no more than 70% of the value of the total assets of the Investment Option is represented by any two investments;

·	no more than 80% of the value of the total assets of the Investment Option is represented by any three investments; and

·	no more than 90% of the value of the total assets of the Investment Option is represented by any four investments.

The Code provides that for purposes of determining whether or not the diversification standards imposed on the underlying assets of variable contracts by Section 817(h) of the Code have been met, “each United States government agency or instrumentality shall be treated as a separate issuer.”

We intend that all Investment Options underlying the Contracts be managed by the investment advisers in such a manner as to comply with these diversification requirements.

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Owner Control

The Treasury Department has indicated that the diversification regulations do not provide guidance regarding the circumstances in which Owner control of the investments of the Separate Account cause the Owner to be treated as the owner of the assets of the Separate Account, thereby resulting in the loss of favorable tax treatment for the Contract. In certain circumstances, owners of variable annuity contracts have been considered for federal income tax purposes to be the owners of the assets of the separate account, supporting their contracts due to their ability to exercise investment control over those assets. When this is the case, the contract owners have been currently taxed on income and gains attributable to the variable account assets. There is little guidance in this area, and some features of our Contracts, such as the flexibility of an Owner to allocate Purchase Payments and transfer amounts among the investment divisions of the Separate Account, have not been explicitly addressed in published rulings. While we believe that the Contracts do not give Owners investment control over Separate Account assets, we reserve the right to modify the Contracts as necessary to prevent an Owner from being treated as the owner of the Separate Account assets supporting the Contract.

Contracts Owned by Non-Individuals

Under Section 72(u) of the Code, the investment earnings on Purchase Payments for the Contracts are taxed currently to the Owner if the Owner is a non-individual, for example, a corporation or certain other entities. Such Contracts generally are not treated as annuities for federal income tax purposes. However, this treatment is not applied to Contracts held by a trust or other entity as an agent for an individual or to Contracts held by qualified retirement plans. Purchasers should consult a tax adviser before purchasing a Contract to be owned by a non-individual.

Income Tax Withholding

All distributions or the portion thereof which is included in the gross income of the Owner are subject to federal income tax withholding. Generally, amounts are withheld from periodic payments at the same rate as wages and at the rate of 10% from non-periodic payments. However, the Owner, in most cases, may elect not to have taxes withheld or to have withholding done at a different rate.

Certain distributions from retirement plans qualified under Section 401 of the Code, which are not directly rolled over to another eligible retirement plan or individual retirement account or Individual Retirement Annuity, are subject to a mandatory 20% withholding for federal income tax. The 20% withholding requirement generally does not apply to:

·	a series of substantially equal payments made at least annually for the life or life expectancy of the participant or joint and last survivor expectancy of the participant and a designated Beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; or

·	distributions which are required minimum distributions; or

·	the portion of the distributions not included in gross income (for example, returns of after-tax contributions); or

·	hardship withdrawals.

Participants should consult a tax adviser regarding withholding requirements.

Required Distributions

In order to be treated as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes, Section 72(s) of the Code requires any non-qualified contract to contain certain provisions specifying how your interest in the contract is distributed in the event of the death of an owner. Specifically, with regard to this Contract, Section 72(s) requires that:

·	if any Owner dies on or after the Income Date, but before the time the entire interest in the Contract has been distributed, the entire interest in the Contract is distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of such Owner’s death; and

·	if any Owner dies before the Income Date, the entire interest in the Contract is distributed within five years after the date of such Owner’s death.

These requirements are considered satisfied as to any portion of an Owner’s interest which is payable to or for the benefit of a designated Beneficiary and which is distributed over the life of such designated Beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of that Beneficiary, provided that such distributions begin within one year of the Owner’s death. The designated Beneficiary refers to an individual designated by the Owner as a Beneficiary and to whom ownership of the Contract passes by reason of death. However, if the designated Beneficiary is the surviving spouse of the deceased Owner, the Contract may be continued with the surviving spouse as the new Owner. If the Owner is a non-individual, then the death or change of an Annuitant is treated as the death of the Owner.

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Non-Qualified Contracts contain provisions that are intended to comply with these Code requirements.

Other rules may apply to Qualified Contracts.

Qualified Contracts

The Contract is designed to be used under various types of qualified plans. Because of the minimum Purchase Payment requirements, these Contracts may not be appropriate for some periodic payment retirement plans. Taxation of participants in each Qualified Contract varies with the type of plan and terms and conditions of each specific plan. Owners, Annuitants and Beneficiaries are cautioned that benefits under a Qualified Contract may be subject to the terms and conditions of the plan regardless of the terms and conditions of the Contracts issued pursuant to the plan. Some retirement plans are subject to distribution and other requirements that are not incorporated into our administrative procedures. We are not bound by the terms and conditions of such plans to the extent such terms conflict with the terms of a Contract, unless we specifically consent to be bound. Owners, participants and Beneficiaries are responsible for determining that contributions, distributions and other transactions with respect to the Contracts comply with applicable law.

General descriptions of the types of qualified plans with which the Contracts may be used can be found in the prospectus. Such descriptions are not exhaustive and are for general informational purposes only. The tax rules regarding qualified plans are very complex and have differing applications, depending on individual facts and circumstances. Each purchaser should obtain competent tax advice before purchasing a Contract issued under a qualified plan.

On July 6, 1983, the Supreme Court decided 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 Rights Act of 1964, vary between men and women. The Contracts sold by us in connection with qualified plans may utilize annuity tables that do not differentiate on the basis of sex.

Qualified plans include special provisions restricting Contract provisions that may otherwise be available and described in this SAI. Generally, Contracts issued pursuant to qualified plans are not transferable except upon withdrawal or annuitization. Various penalty and excise taxes may apply to contributions or distributions made in violation of applicable limitations. Furthermore, certain withdrawal penalties and restrictions may apply to withdrawals from Qualified Contracts.

Many withdrawals from Qualified Contracts can be rolled over to an IRA or another qualified retirement plan. If you receive a withdrawal from a Qualified Contract that could be rolled over and you do not elect to make a direct rollover of that amount to an IRA or qualified plan, by law 20% of the taxable amount must be withheld by us for taxes. In situations where this mandatory tax withholding does not apply, other tax amounts may be withheld unless you elect out of the withholding. You may request more detailed information about income tax withholding at the time of a withdrawal. For more information see prospectus section 8, Taxes – Distributions – Qualified Contracts.

Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans. Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Code permit employers, including self-employed individuals, to establish various types of retirement plans for employees. These retirement plans may permit the purchase of the Contracts to provide benefits under the plan. Contributions to the plan for the benefit of employees are not included in the gross income of the employee until distributed from the plan. The tax consequences to participants may vary, depending upon the particular plan design. However, the Code places limitations and restrictions on all plans, including on such items as: amount of allowable contributions; form, manner and timing of distributions; transferability of benefits; vesting and nonforfeitability of interests; nondiscrimination in eligibility and participation; and the tax treatment of distributions and withdrawals. Participant loans are not allowed under the Contracts purchased in connection with these plans. For more information see prospectus section 8, Taxes – Qualified Contracts.

Purchasers of Contracts for use with pension or profit-sharing plans should obtain competent tax advice as to the tax treatment and suitability of such an investment. We may choose not to allow pension or profit-sharing plans to purchase this Contract.

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GUARANTEED PRINCIPAL VALUE (GPV) AND GUARANTEED ACCOUNT VALUE (GAV) TRANSFERS

To make the GPV and GAV Benefits available we monitor your Contract Value daily and periodically transfer amounts between your selected Investment Options and the FPAs. We determine the amount and timing of GPV or GAV Transfers between the Investment Options and the FPAs according to a mathematical model.

The mathematical model uses the following formula to compute d, the percentage of Contract Value to be allocated to the Investment Options:

d = N{[ln (C / G) + (r + s2 / 2) ´ t] / [s ´ Öt]}

where:

Notation	Description
C	Contract Value
G	Adjusted Guarantee
r	Credited Rate
s	Adjusted Volatility
t	Time Remaining
d	Percentage of Contract Value in Investment Options
N	Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution function
ln	Natural Logarithm function

Following is a more detailed discussion of the values used in the formula.

The Contract Value includes Contract Value both in the Investment Options and in the FPAs.

The Adjusted Guarantee for a given GPV or GAV, is the dollar value of the GPV or GAV adjusted upward to reflect the current anticipated price of the guarantee. This adjustment takes into account the following factors: the time (in years) until the guarantee (the GPV or GAV) becomes available; the rate currently credited to the FPAs; and the current Contract Value as compared to the GPV or GAV. In mathematical terms, the adjusted guarantee (G) equals g multiplied by w, where g represents the dollar value of the GPV or GAV, and w is a factor that we use to incorporate the current anticipated price of the guarantee into the GPV or GAV Benefit.

·	w is based upon a guarantee ratio, m, that we use to measure how "low" a Contract Value is relative to the GPV or GAV.

m is the ratio of (a) the difference of the GPV or GAV minus the Contract Value, and (b) the difference of the GPV or GAV minus the present value of the GPV or GAV, discounted for the time (in years) until the GPV or GAV becomes available, at the interest rate credited to the FPAs. In mathematical terms, m = (g – C) / [g – (g / (1 + r)t)]. The value of w and the corresponding guarantee ratio, m, are presented in Table 1 which appears later in this section. The values for w set forth in Table 1 are established on the Issue Date and are not changed for the life of the Contract. The values for w may change, however, for new Contracts issued in the future.

The Credited Rate is the interest rate credited to the currently available FPA. The interest rate is never less than the guaranteed rate stated in your Contract.

The Adjusted Volatility represents the volatility of the returns of Contract Value for all in force Contracts – that is, all Separate Account assets plus all general account assets that are allocated to the FPAs. This number is fixed at Contract issue and does not change for the duration of the Contract. However we may change the number for new Contracts issued in the future. You may contact our Service Center to find out the Adjusted Volatility number that applies to your Contract.

The Time Remaining for a given GPV or GAV is the number of years (including any fraction) which remain until that GPV or GAV is applied and any True Up based on that GPV or GAV is made.

The Percentage of Contract Value to be allocated to the Investment Options is computed for each future GPV or GAV. Ultimately the allocation for a Contract takes into account each future GPV or GAV, the limit on allocations to the FPAs during the first two Contract Years, and whether the allocation materially differs from previously computed allocations.

The Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution function assumes that random events are distributed according to the classic bell curve. For a given value it computes the percentage of such events which can be expected to be less than that value.

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The Natural Logarithm function for a given value, computes the power to which e must be raised, in order to result in that value. Here, e is the base of the natural logarithms, or approximately 2.718282.

The mathematical model uses d as follows.

If you have not reset the GPV or GAV, then during the first Contract Year there is one GPV or GAV available on the fifth Contract Anniversary, during the second Contract Year there is a second GPV or GAV available on sixth Contract Anniversary, and so on. Beginning with the fifth Contract Year there are five future GPVs or GAVs, each available on a different Contract Anniversary.

We compute d for each future GPV or GAV (which can be as many as five). We take the smallest of these ds and execute a GPV or GAV Transfer based on the following.

·	Whether the allocation differs sufficiently from the allocation we previously computed according to a specified margin that is set on the issue date and cannot be changed for the life of the Contract. (You may contact our Service Center to find out the margin that applies to your Contract.)

·	Whether a GPV or GAV Transfer would exceed the limit of 50% of Purchase Payments that exists in the first two Contract Years.

·	The number of transfers which have already occurred.

If you have not reset the GPV or GAV, then:

·	At issue we compute d and use it as a baseline for comparison with allocations we compute on subsequent Business Days.

·	After issue, and before the first GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs, on each Business Day we compute d and execute a GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs if d is lower than the baseline by more than the specified margin.

After issue, and after the first GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs has already occurred, on each Business Day we compute d and execute a GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs if d is lower than or higher than the baseline by the specified margin. If d is sufficiently below the baseline, the GPV or GAV Transfer is to the FPAs. If d is sufficiently above the baseline, the GPV or GAV Transfer is to the Investment Options.

If you have reset the GPV or GAV, then:

·	On the reset date we compute d and use it as a baseline for comparison with allocations we compute on subsequent Business Days.

·	After the reset date, and before the first GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs that occurs after the reset date, on each Business Day we compute d and execute a GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs if d is lower than the baseline by more than the specified margin.

After the reset date, and after the first GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs that occurs after the reset date, on each Business Day we compute d and execute a GPV or GAV Transfer to the FPAs if d is lower than or higher than the baseline by the specified margin. If d is sufficiently below the baseline, the GPV or GAV Transfer is to the FPAs. If d is sufficiently above the baseline, the GPV or GAV Transfer is to the Investment Options.

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Example 1: At issue, establish the baseline.

You purchase a May 2007 Contract with a single Purchase Payment of $100,000 and select the Living Guarantees and the GAV Benefit. The first GAV is $100,000, which becomes available on the fifth anniversary. Assume the following additional values.

·	The interest rate credited to the ten-year FPA is 3%.

·	The adjusted volatility of the Investment Options you selected is 16%.

·	The specified margin is 5%.

For this example we have:

Variable	Value	Description
C	$100,000	Contract Value
g	$100,000	The dollar value of the GAV
r	0.03	Credited Rate
s	0.16	Adjusted Volatility
t	5	Time Remaining

First, we compute m and w and G as follows.

m = (g – C) / [g – (g / (1 + r)t)]

= ($100,000 – $100,000) / [$100,000 – ($100,000 / (1 + 0.03)5)]

= 0 / [$100,000 – ($100,000 / 1.159274)]

= 0 / [$100,000 – $86,260.88]

= 0 / $13,739.12

= 0

We use the value of m (which is zero) to look up this value of w in Table 1 (which appears later in this section) and find that w is 1.08. The Adjusted Guarantee G is w ´ g; or 1.08 ´ $100,000 = $108,000.

Now, we compute d as follows.

d = N{[ln (C / G) + (r + s2 / 2) ´ t] / [s ´ Öt]}

= N{[ln ($100,000 / $108,000) + (0.03 + 0.162 / 2) ´ 5] / [0.16 ´ Ö5]}

= N{[ln (0.925926) + 0.0428 ´ 5] / [0.16 ´ 2.236068]}

= N{[–0.076961 + 0.214] / [0.357771]}

= N{0.383036}

= 0.649153 (approximately 65%).

Thus, at issue, the mathematical model has established a baseline allocation to the Investment Options of about 65% of Contract Value.

Starting at issue we compute d daily and compare it to the baseline allocation. Before the first GAV Transfer, the mathematical model calls for no allocation to the FPAs until d on a given day falls below the baseline by more than the specified margin of 5%.

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Example 2: The first GAV Transfer to the FPAs.

Continuing Example 1, assume that 6 months after issue there have been no GAV Transfers and that the Contract Value has fallen to $96,990.

Since there have been no GAV Transfers, the baseline remains 0.649153 (approximately 65%), as computed in Example 1.

For this example we have:

Variable	Value	Description
C	$96,990	Contract Value
g	$100,000	The dollar value of the GAV
r	0.03	Credited Rate
s	0.16	Adjusted Volatility
t	4.5	Time Remaining

First, we compute m and w and G as follows.

m = (g – C) / [g – (g / (1 + r)t)]

= ($100,000 – $96,990) / [$100,000 – ($100,000 / (1 + 0.03)4.5)]

= $3,010 / [$100,000 – ($100,000 / 1.142267)]

= $3,010 / [$100,000 – $87,543.23]

= $3,010 / $12,454.77

= 0.241674

We use the value of m (which is 0.241674) to look up this value of w in Table 1 and find that w is 1.08. The Adjusted Guarantee G is w ´ g; or 1.08 ´ $100,000 = $108,000.

Now we compute d as follows.

d = N{[ln (C / G) + (r + s2 / 2) ´ t] / [s ´ Öt]}

= N{[ln ($96,990 / $108,000) + (0.03 + 0.162 / 2) ´ 4.5] / [0.16 ´ Ö4.5]}

= N{[ln (0.898056) + 0.0428 ´ 4.5] / [0.16 ´ 2.121320]}

= N{[–0.107523 + 0.1926] / [0.339411]}

= N{0.250659}

= 0.598961 (approximately 60%).

As computed, d is less than the baseline by 0.598961 – 0.649153 = -0.050192, or approximately -5.02%. Since there have been no previous GAV Transfers, and since d is lower than the baseline by more than the specified margin of 5%, the mathematical model calls for an first GAV Transfer to the FPAs.

The amount of the transfer is such that, after the transfer, the percentage Contract Value in the variable Investment Options is d, approximately 60%.

The mathematical model calls for 0.598961 ´ $96,990 = $58,093.26 to be allocated to the Investment Options and the remaining Contract Value ($96,990 – $58,093.26 = $38,896.74) to be allocated to the FPAs. The GAV Transfer to the FPAs in the amount of $38,896.74 represents approximately 40.10% (i.e., $38,896.74 / $96,990) of Contract Value.

We establish a new baseline allocation for this Contract equal to d, or 0.598961.

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Example 3: An additional GAV Transfer to the Investment Options.

Continuing Examples 1 and 2, assume that 10 months after issue the Contract Value has risen to $102,470.

The amount of the Contract Value allocated to the FPAs has grown to $41,094.47 since that of Example 2, the baseline is now 0.598961.

In this example we have:

Variable	Value	Description
C	$102,470	Contract Value
g	$100,000	The dollar value of the GAV
r	0.03	Credited Rate
s	0.16	Adjusted Volatility
t	4.166667	Time Remaining

First, we compute m and w and G as follows.

m = (g – C) / [g – (g / (1 + r)t)]

= ($100,000 – $102,470) / [$100,000 – ($100,000 / ( 1 + 0.03)4.166667)]

= –$2,470 / [$100,000 – ($100,000 / 1.131067)]

= –$2,470 / [$100,000 – $88,412.07]

= –$2,470 / $11,587.93

= –0.213153

We use the value of m (which is – 0.213153) to look up this value of w in Table 1 and find that w is 1.08. The Adjusted Guarantee G is w ´ g or 1.08 ´ $100,000 = $108,000.

d = N{[ln (C / G) + (r + s2 / 2) ´ t] / [s ´ Öt]}

= N{[ln($102,470 / $108,000) + (0.03 + 0.162 / 2) ´ 4.166667] / [0.16 ´ Ö4.166667]}

= N{[ln (0.948796) + 0.0428 ´ 4.166667] / [0.16 ´ 2.041241]}

= N{[–0.052561 + 0.178333] / [0.326599]}

= N{0.385097}

= 0.649917 (approximately 65%).

As computed, d differs from the baseline by 0.649917 – 0.598961 = 0.050956 or approximately 5.10%. Because d differs from the baseline by more than the specified margin of 5%, the mathematical model calls for a GAV Transfer. Because d is higher than the baseline, the GAV Transfer is to the Investment Options.

The amount of the transfer is such that after the transfer the percentage of Contract Value in the variable Investment Options is d, namely 64.99%.

The mathematical model calls for 0.649917 ´ $102,470 = $66,597.02 to be allocated to the Investment Options and the remaining $102,470 – $66,597.02 = $35,872.98 to be allocated to the FPAs.

As mentioned above, the FPAs are now at $41,094.47.

The GAV Transfer to the Investment Options in the amount of $41,094.47 – $35,872.98 = $5,221.49 represents approximately 5.10% (i.e., $5,221.49 / $102,470) of Contract Value.

We establish a new baseline allocation for this Contract equal to d, or 0.649917.

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Example 4: Expanding on the computation of w.

In the first three examples w has always been 1.08. This example shows how w may differ from 1.08. Assume the following:

Variable	Value	Description
C	$85,111	Contract Value
g	$100,000	The dollar value of the GAV
r	0.03	Credited Rate
t	2	Time Remaining

In this example we compute m and w and G as follows.

m = (g – C) / [g – (g / (1 + r)t)]

= ($100,000 – $85,111) / [$100,000 – ($100,000 / (1 + 0.03)2)]

= $14,889 / [$100,000 – ($100,000 / 1.060900)]

= $14,889 / [$100,000 – $94,259.59]

= $14,889 / $5,740.41

= 2.593718

This value of m falls between 2.55 and 2.60 in Table 1. Therefore, w falls between the two corresponding values of w, namely 2.0958 and 2.1558. Linear interpolation reveals w to be approximately 2.148261. The Adjusted Guarantee G is w ´ g, or 2.148261 ´ $100,000 = $214,826.10.

d = N{[ln (C / G) + (r + s2 / 2) ´ t] / [s ´ Öt]}

= N{[ln ($85,111 / $214,826.10) + (0.03 + 0.162 / 2) ´ 2] / [0.16 ´ Ö2]}

= N{[ln (0.396186) + 0.0428 ´ 2] / [0.16 ´ 1.414214]}

= N{[ –0.925873 + 0.085600] / [0.226274]}

= N{–3.713515}

= 0.000102 (approximately 0%).

This low value of d results both because the Contract Value of $84,111 is substantially lower than the initial GAV of $100,000, and only two years remain before this GAV becomes available. Therefore the mathematical model calls for an allocation of 0.01% of Contract Value to the Investment Options, and an allocation of 99.99% of Contract Value to the FPAs. Note that the model does not call for a GAV Transfer unless d differs from the previously established baseline by more than the specified margin (in these examples, 5%). Note also that GAV Transfers to the FPAs happen more often and there may be more Contract Value allocated to the FPAs, than if we had not applied the adjustment.

In practice it is unlikely that the Contract Value would fall so far below the GAV, because as a Contract Value falls toward and below the GAV, the mathematical model calls for increasing allocations to the FPAs. Such allocations mitigate the decline in the Contract Value relative to the decline in the values of the Investment Options. However, in the event of a one-day market crash, a Contract Value may fall precipitously relative to the guarantee and such a low d could result. Additionally, when there is very little time remaining until the GAV becomes available, such a low d may result even if the Contract Value is not much lower than the guarantee.

TABLE 1

We compute the Adjusted Guarantee to be the product of the guarantee times w:

G = g ´ w

where w is derived from the following table based on m. In turn m is given by:

m = (g – C) / [g – (g / (1 + r)t)]

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where:

Notation	Description
w	Worth Adjustment Applied to the Guarantee
m	Guarantee Ratio
G	Adjusted Guarantee
C	Contract Value
g	The dollar value of the GAV
r	Credited Rate
t	Time Remaining

For any m less than 0.725, use w = 1.08. For any m greater than five, use w = 8.6650.

m	w	m	w	m	w
0.000	1.0800	1.50	1.2893	3.5	3.6812
0.700	1.0800	1.55	1.3114	3.6	3.9095
0.725	1.0800	1.60	1.3349	3.7	4.1510
0.750	1.0827	1.65	1.3597	3.8	4.4060
0.775	1.0867	1.70	1.3860	3.9	4.6751
0.800	1.0909	1.75	1.4137	4.0	4.9584
0.825	1.0951	1.80	1.4430	4.1	5.2565
0.850	1.0996	1.85	1.4738	4.2	5.5696
0.875	1.1042	1.90	1.5062	4.3	5.8983
0.900	1.1089	1.95	1.5402	4.4	6.2428
0.925	1.1139	2.00	1.5760	4.5	6.6036
0.950	1.1190	2.05	1.6135	4.6	6.9811
0.975	1.1243	2.10	1.6529	4.7	7.3755
1.000	1.1298	2.15	1.6940	4.8	7.7874
1.025	1.1355	2.20	1.7371	4.9	8.2171
1.050	1.1414	2.25	1.7821	5.0	8.6650
1.075	1.1475	2.30	1.8291
1.100	1.1538	2.35	1.8782
1.125	1.1604	2.40	1.9294
1.150	1.1671	2.45	1.9826
1.175	1.1742	2.50	2.0381
1.200	1.1814	2.55	2.0958
1.225	1.1889	2.60	2.1558
1.250	1.1966	2.65	2.2182
1.275	1.2046	2.70	2.2829
1.300	1.2129	2.75	2.3500
1.325	1.2214	2.80	2.4196
1.350	1.2303	2.85	2.4918
1.375	1.2394	2.90	2.5665
1.400	1.2487	2.95	2.6438
1.425	1.2584	3.00	2.7238
1.450	1.2684	3.05	2.8065
1.475	1.2787	3.10	2.8920
1.500	1.2893	3.15	2.9803
		3.20	3.0714
		3.25	3.1655
		3.30	3.2625
		3.35	3.3626
		3.40	3.4657
		3.45	3.5718
		3.50	3.6812

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ANNUITY PROVISIONS

We base Annuity Payments upon the following:

·	Whether you request fixed payments, variable payments, or a combination of both fixed and variable Annuity Payments.

·	The adjusted Contract Value (Contract Value adjusted for any MVA) on the Income Date.

·	The Annuity Option you select.

·	The age of the Annuitant and any joint Annuitant.

·	The sex of the Annuitant and any joint Annuitant where allowed.

We guarantee fixed Annuity Payments as to dollar amount and the amount does not vary with the investment experience of an Investment Option. If you request fixed Annuity Payments, the amount of adjusted Contract Value that you apply to fixed Annuity Payments is placed in our general account and does not participate in the investment experience of the Investment Options.

Variable payments are not predetermined as to dollar amount and vary in amount with the investment experience of the Investment Option(s) you select. We use Annuity Units to determine the amount of any variable Annuity Payments you elect to receive.

Annuity Units/Calculating Variable Annuity Payments

The first Annuity Payment is equal to the amount of Contract Value you are applying to variable Annuity Payments on the Income Date, divided first by $1,000 and then multiplied by the appropriate variable annuity payout factor for each $1,000 of value for the Annuity Option you selected.

We then purchase a fixed number of Annuity Units on the Income Date for each subaccount of the Investment Options you select. We do this by dividing the amount of the first Annuity Payment among the subaccounts for your selected Investment Options according to your most recent allocation instructions. We then divide the amount in each subaccount by the Annuity Unit value for each subaccount on the Income Date.

We determine the Annuity Unit value on each Business Day as follows:

·	multiply the Annuity Unit value for the immediately preceding Business Day by the net investment factor for the current Business Day; and

·	divide by the assumed net investment factor for the current Business Day.

The assumed net investment factor for the current Business Day is one plus the annual AIR adjusted to reflect the number of calendar days that have elapsed since the immediately preceding Business Day. We allow an AIR of 3%, 5% or 7% based on your selection and applicable law.

Thereafter, the number of Annuity Units in each subaccount generally remains unchanged unless you make a transfer. However, the number of Annuity Units changes if Annuity Option 3 is in effect, one Annuitant dies, and the Owner requests Annuity Payments at 75% or 50% of the previous payment amount. All calculations appropriately reflect the payment frequency you selected.

The Annuity Payment on each subsequent payment date is equal to the sum of the Annuity Payments for each subaccount. We determine the Annuity Payment for each subaccount by multiplying the number of Annuity Units allocated to the subaccount by the Annuity Unit value for that subaccount on the payment date.

MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK GUARANTEE

Allianz Life guarantees that the dollar amount of each Variable Annuity Payment after the first Annuity Payment not affected by variations in mortality and expense experience.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The audited consolidated financial statements of Allianz Life as of and for the year ended December 31, 2010 are included in Part C of the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference. The financial statements should be considered only as bearing upon the ability of Allianz Life to meet its obligations under the Contracts. The audited financial statements of the Separate Account as of and for the year ended December 31, 2010 are also included in Part C of the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.

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APPENDIX – CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Accumulation Unit value (AUV) information corresponding to the highest and lowest combination of charges for Contracts is found in Appendix A to the prospectus. AUV information listing the additional combinations of charges is found below.

This information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes of the Separate Account included in Part C of the Registration Statement.

Key to Benefit Option*		M&E Charge
HI5L 2	Allianz High Five L – Contract with the Enhanced GMDB and No Living Guarantees or Living Guarantees with the GPV Benefit	1.85%
HI5L 3	Allianz High Five L – Contract with the Traditional GMDB and Living Guarantees with the GAV Benefit	1.75%

(Number of Accumulation Units in thousands)

Benefit Option *	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
Investment Option

AZL Allianz AGIC Opportunity Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 13.865 1

12/31/2006 13.865 15.201 4

12/31/2007 15.201 16.247 7

12/31/2008 16.247 8.428 1

12/31/2009 8.428 13.081 2

12/31/2010 13.081 15.253 2

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 13.909 15

12/31/2006 13.909 15.264 39

12/31/2007 15.264 16.331 64

12/31/2008 16.331 8.480 32

12/31/2009 8.480 13.175 57

12/31/2010 13.175 15.378 55

AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2009 N/A 10.026 0

12/31/2010 10.026 10.876 0

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2009 N/A 10.028 129

12/31/2010 10.028 10.888 106

AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.931 0

12/31/2006 11.931 11.897 6

12/31/2007 11.897 12.953 10

12/31/2008 12.953 8.091 4

12/31/2009 8.091 10.758 18

12/31/2010 10.758 12.588 21

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.939 22

12/31/2006 11.939 11.917 79

12/31/2007 11.917 12.988 106

12/31/2008 12.988 8.120 75

12/31/2009 8.120 10.809 326

12/31/2010 10.809 12.660 274

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Investment Option

AZL Columbia Mid Cap Value Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2006 N/A 10.046 2

12/31/2007 10.046 10.241 3

12/31/2008 10.241 4.810 2

12/31/2009 4.810 6.248 1

12/31/2010 6.248 7.523 8

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2006 N/A 10.053 66

12/31/2007 10.053 10.259 126

12/31/2008 10.259 4.823 63

12/31/2009 4.823 6.271 63

12/31/2010 6.271 7.558 68

AZL Columbia Small Cap Value Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.199 1

12/31/2006 12.199 13.581 3

12/31/2007 13.581 12.232 4

12/31/2008 12.232 8.154 8

12/31/2009 8.154 9.982 6

12/31/2010 9.982 12.340 8

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.212 25

12/31/2006 12.212 13.610 80

12/31/2007 13.610 12.271 84

12/31/2008 12.271 8.188 51

12/31/2009 8.188 10.033 57

12/31/2010 10.033 12.416 64

AZL Davis NY Venture Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.529 20

12/31/2006 11.529 12.893 37

12/31/2007 12.893 13.180 45

12/31/2008 13.180 7.698 11

12/31/2009 7.698 9.962 15

12/31/2010 9.962 10.958 22

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Benefit Option *	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
Investment Option

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.571 112

12/31/2006 11.571 12.953 360

12/31/2007 12.953 13.255 451

12/31/2008 13.255 7.749 340

12/31/2009 7.749 10.039 316

12/31/2010 10.039 11.053 282

AZL Dreyfus Equity Growth Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 9.470 0

12/31/2006 9.470 10.499 2

12/31/2007 10.499 11.208 18

12/31/2008 11.208 6.422 6

12/31/2009 6.422 8.495 5

12/31/2010 8.495 10.251 5

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 9.505 21

12/31/2006 9.505 10.548 81

12/31/2007 10.548 11.271 235

12/31/2008 11.271 6.464 167

12/31/2009 6.464 8.560 115

12/31/2010 8.560 10.340 96

AZL Eaton Vance Large Cap Value Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.016 13

12/31/2006 11.016 12.519 31

12/31/2007 12.519 12.016 43

12/31/2008 12.016 7.527 16

12/31/2009 7.527 9.350 12

12/31/2010 9.350 10.080 21

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.062 142

12/31/2006 11.062 12.584 314

12/31/2007 12.584 12.090 471

12/31/2008 12.090 7.581 268

12/31/2009 7.581 9.426 195

12/31/2010 9.426 10.173 160

AZL Franklin Small Cap Value Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 16.094 9

12/31/2006 16.094 18.235 24

12/31/2007 18.235 17.117 26

12/31/2008 17.117 11.135 6

12/31/2009 11.135 14.277 3

12/31/2010 14.277 17.814 4

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 16.129 67

12/31/2006 16.129 18.293 229

12/31/2007 18.293 17.188 268

12/31/2008 17.188 11.192 153

12/31/2009 11.192 14.365 112

12/31/2010 14.365 17.942 104

Benefit Option *	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
Investment Option

AZL Fusion Balanced Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 10.598 3

12/31/2006 10.598 11.391 22

12/31/2007 11.391 11.976 61

12/31/2008 11.976 8.530 36

12/31/2009 8.530 10.610 10

12/31/2010 10.610 11.569 8

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 10.605 466

12/31/2006 10.605 11.410 986

12/31/2007 11.410 12.009 1208

12/31/2008 12.009 8.561 633

12/31/2009 8.561 10.660 1068

12/31/2010 10.660 11.635 986

AZL Fusion Growth Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.072 42

12/31/2006 11.072 12.196 125

12/31/2007 12.196 12.660 136

12/31/2008 12.660 7.588 23

12/31/2009 7.588 9.848 26

12/31/2010 9.848 10.914 26

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.079 885

12/31/2006 11.079 12.216 2624

12/31/2007 12.216 12.694 2976

12/31/2008 12.694 7.616 1228

12/31/2009 7.616 9.894 756

12/31/2010 9.894 10.977 608

AZL Fusion Moderate Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 10.775 20

12/31/2006 10.775 11.711 57

12/31/2007 11.711 12.248 88

12/31/2008 12.248 8.085 29

12/31/2009 8.085 10.271 80

12/31/2010 10.271 11.267 21

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 10.783 1134

12/31/2006 10.783 11.731 2537

12/31/2007 11.731 12.280 3976

12/31/2008 12.280 8.114 1817

12/31/2009 8.114 10.320 1446

12/31/2010 10.320 11.331 1283

AZL Growth Index Strategy Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2009 N/A 10.058 15

12/31/2010 10.058 11.199 14

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2009 N/A 10.060 383

12/31/2010 10.060 11.212 345

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Investment Option

AZL International Index Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2009 N/A 9.752 0

12/31/2010 9.752 10.255 0

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2009 N/A 9.754 32

12/31/2010 9.754 10.267 30

AZL Invesco Equity and Income Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.292 16

12/31/2006 11.292 12.473 32

12/31/2007 12.473 12.618 36

12/31/2008 12.618 9.424 17

12/31/2009 9.424 11.365 16

12/31/2010 11.365 12.466 14

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.304 60

12/31/2006 11.304 12.500 192

12/31/2007 12.500 12.658 284

12/31/2008 12.658 9.463 178

12/31/2009 9.463 11.423 191

12/31/2010 11.423 12.543 171

AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.095 3

12/31/2006 12.095 13.761 10

12/31/2007 13.761 13.865 14

12/31/2008 13.865 9.138 4

12/31/2009 9.138 11.092 3

12/31/2010 11.092 12.235 4

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.145 73

12/31/2006 12.145 13.832 166

12/31/2007 13.832 13.950 231

12/31/2008 13.950 9.204 128

12/31/2009 9.204 11.182 117

12/31/2010 11.182 12.348 97

AZL Invesco International Equity Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 13.772 1

12/31/2006 13.772 17.176 21

12/31/2007 17.176 19.325 23

12/31/2008 19.325 11.096 7

12/31/2009 11.096 14.632 9

12/31/2010 14.632 16.162 9

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 13.815 26

12/31/2006 13.815 17.248 133

12/31/2007 17.248 19.425 236

12/31/2008 19.425 11.164 128

12/31/2009 11.164 14.737 192

12/31/2010 14.737 16.294 128

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Investment Option

AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 14.769 13

12/31/2006 14.769 17.581 42

12/31/2007 17.581 18.951 41

12/31/2008 18.951 13.289 15

12/31/2009 13.289 16.480 20

12/31/2010 16.480 17.140 17

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 14.801 57

12/31/2006 14.801 17.636 182

12/31/2007 17.636 19.030 324

12/31/2008 19.030 13.358 163

12/31/2009 13.358 16.581 155

12/31/2010 16.581 17.263 118

AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.101 2

12/31/2006 11.101 12.489 3

12/31/2007 12.489 12.724 5

12/31/2008 12.724 7.659 2

12/31/2009 7.659 10.053 3

12/31/2010 10.053 11.149 8

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.114 24

12/31/2006 11.114 12.515 91

12/31/2007 12.515 12.764 150

12/31/2008 12.764 7.691 57

12/31/2009 7.691 10.105 141

12/31/2010 10.105 11.217 106

AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.209 5

12/31/2006 12.209 13.518 17

12/31/2007 13.518 14.693 22

12/31/2008 14.693 8.638 8

12/31/2009 8.638 12.873 12

12/31/2010 12.873 14.028 11

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.217 79

12/31/2006 12.217 13.541 194

12/31/2007 13.541 14.733 251

12/31/2008 14.733 8.670 255

12/31/2009 8.670 12.933 184

12/31/2010 12.933 14.108 139

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2010 N/A 10.638 9

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2010 N/A 10.645 113

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Investment Option

AZL Money Market Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 10.175 9

12/31/2006 10.175 10.433 59

12/31/2007 10.433 10.733 148

12/31/2008 10.733 10.793 132

12/31/2009 10.793 10.618 84

12/31/2010 10.618 10.424 53

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 10.230 368

12/31/2006 10.230 10.500 648

12/31/2007 10.500 10.812 1375

12/31/2008 10.812 10.884 1550

12/31/2009 10.884 10.718 1117

12/31/2010 10.718 10.533 748

AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2006 N/A 12.015 11

12/31/2007 12.015 10.770 17

12/31/2008 10.770 5.727 6

12/31/2009 5.727 7.881 4

12/31/2010 7.881 9.351 5

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2006 N/A 12.024 147

12/31/2007 12.024 10.788 251

12/31/2008 10.788 5.742 131

12/31/2009 5.742 7.910 96

12/31/2010 7.910 9.395 105

AZL Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.217 1

12/31/2006 12.217 13.098 15

12/31/2007 13.098 15.709 28

12/31/2008 15.709 7.939 12

12/31/2009 7.939 12.287 10

12/31/2010 12.287 15.982 6

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.268 53

12/31/2006 12.268 13.166 180

12/31/2007 13.166 15.806 349

12/31/2008 15.806 7.996 204

12/31/2009 7.996 12.388 183

12/31/2010 12.388 16.129 180

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2007 N/A 9.852 1

12/31/2008 9.852 6.033 7

12/31/2009 6.033 7.424 16

12/31/2010 7.424 8.350 16

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2007 N/A 9.859 45

12/31/2008 9.859 6.043 264

12/31/2009 6.043 7.444 660

12/31/2010 7.444 8.381 497

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Investment Option

AZL Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2006 N/A 10.440 5

12/31/2007 10.440 13.354 30

12/31/2008 13.354 6.307 11

12/31/2009 6.307 10.636 16

12/31/2010 10.636 11.736 14

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2006 N/A 10.447 76

12/31/2007 10.447 13.377 209

12/31/2008 13.377 6.324 214

12/31/2009 6.324 10.675 219

12/31/2010 10.675 11.791 222

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2007 N/A 9.301 0

12/31/2008 9.301 6.305 12

12/31/2009 6.305 7.727 6

12/31/2010 7.727 9.519 6

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2007 N/A 9.307 20

12/31/2008 9.307 6.316 153

12/31/2009 6.316 7.748 215

12/31/2010 7.748 9.554 183

AZL Turner Quantitative Small Cap Growth Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.091 5

12/31/2006 11.091 12.120 8

12/31/2007 12.120 12.619 9

12/31/2008 12.619 7.017 1

12/31/2009 7.017 9.052 1

12/31/2010 9.052 11.448 4

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.099 28

12/31/2006 11.099 12.140 66

12/31/2007 12.140 12.653 67

12/31/2008 12.653 7.043 34

12/31/2009 7.043 9.094 38

12/31/2010 9.094 11.513 55

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2008 N/A 7.895 37

12/31/2009 7.895 9.372 31

12/31/2010 9.372 10.098 20

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2008 N/A 7.901 271

12/31/2009 7.901 9.388 837

12/31/2010 9.388 10.125 850

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Investment Option

Davis VA Financial Portfolio

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 14.236 2

12/31/2006 14.236 16.562 4

12/31/2007 16.562 15.274 4

12/31/2008 15.274 8.042 6

12/31/2009 8.042 11.145 3

12/31/2010 11.145 12.155 1

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 14.313 5

12/31/2006 14.313 16.668 30

12/31/2007 16.668 15.387 31

12/31/2008 15.387 8.110 58

12/31/2009 8.110 11.250 40

12/31/2010 11.250 12.282 38

Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 53.500 4

12/31/2006 53.500 63.334 4

12/31/2007 63.334 49.197 4

12/31/2008 49.197 27.821 1

12/31/2009 27.821 32.523 0

12/31/2010 32.523 38.622 1

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 54.377 21

12/31/2006 54.377 64.435 44

12/31/2007 64.435 50.103 24

12/31/2008 50.103 28.362 5

12/31/2009 28.362 33.188 3

12/31/2010 33.188 39.451 2

Franklin Growth and Income Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 31.038 2

12/31/2006 31.038 35.576 4

12/31/2007 35.576 33.626 3

12/31/2008 33.626 21.408 0

12/31/2009 21.408 26.596 0

12/31/2010 26.596 30.463 0

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 31.546 18

12/31/2006 31.546 36.195 43

12/31/2007 36.195 34.245 43

12/31/2008 34.245 21.824 15

12/31/2009 21.824 27.140 6

12/31/2010 27.140 31.117 5

Benefit Option *	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
Investment Option

Franklin High Income Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 21.546 0

12/31/2006 21.546 23.133 2

12/31/2007 23.133 23.323 8

12/31/2008 23.323 17.542 3

12/31/2009 17.542 24.573 4

12/31/2010 24.573 27.321 4

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 21.899 21

12/31/2006 21.899 23.535 141

12/31/2007 23.535 23.753 186

12/31/2008 23.753 17.883 79

12/31/2009 17.883 25.076 91

12/31/2010 25.076 27.907 72

Franklin Income Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 37.683 9

12/31/2006 37.683 43.742 25

12/31/2007 43.742 44.549 41

12/31/2008 44.549 30.762 11

12/31/2009 30.762 40.946 6

12/31/2010 40.946 45.290 5

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 38.301 147

12/31/2006 38.301 44.503 528

12/31/2007 44.503 45.369 885

12/31/2008 45.369 31.359 405

12/31/2009 31.359 41.784 255

12/31/2010 41.784 46.262 213

Franklin Large Cap Growth Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 17.618 4

12/31/2006 17.618 19.180 13

12/31/2007 19.180 20.000 8

12/31/2008 20.000 12.854 2

12/31/2009 12.854 16.370 1

12/31/2010 16.370 17.932 1

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 17.780 25

12/31/2006 17.780 19.376 74

12/31/2007 19.376 20.224 82

12/31/2008 20.224 13.011 21

12/31/2009 13.011 16.586 9

12/31/2010 16.586 18.187 9

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Investment Option

Franklin Rising Dividends Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 31.438 4

12/31/2006 31.438 36.147 6

12/31/2007 36.147 34.528 6

12/31/2008 34.528 24.708 1

12/31/2009 24.708 28.463 1

12/31/2010 28.463 33.709 2

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 31.862 47

12/31/2006 31.862 36.672 94

12/31/2007 36.672 35.064 74

12/31/2008 35.064 25.117 16

12/31/2009 25.117 28.963 11

12/31/2010 28.963 34.335 8

Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 20.572 2

12/31/2006 20.572 21.951 3

12/31/2007 21.951 23.969 5

12/31/2008 23.969 13.530 1

12/31/2009 13.530 19.070 0

12/31/2010 19.070 23.891 2

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 20.771 19

12/31/2006 20.771 22.186 41

12/31/2007 22.186 24.250 28

12/31/2008 24.250 13.702 6

12/31/2009 13.702 19.332 4

12/31/2010 19.332 24.244 5

Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2007 N/A 9.225 0

12/31/2008 9.225 5.808 10

12/31/2009 5.808 7.426 8

12/31/2010 7.426 8.037 8

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2007 N/A 9.230 96

12/31/2008 9.230 5.816 295

12/31/2009 5.816 7.444 417

12/31/2010 7.444 8.065 372

Franklin U.S. Government Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 22.474 4

12/31/2006 22.474 22.949 6

12/31/2007 22.949 24.015 5

12/31/2008 24.015 25.362 6

12/31/2009 25.362 25.668 4

12/31/2010 25.668 26.528 4

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 22.842 34

12/31/2006 22.842 23.348 79

12/31/2007 23.348 24.457 132

12/31/2008 24.457 25.855 196

12/31/2009 25.855 26.193 147

12/31/2010 26.193 27.098 120

Benefit Option *	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
Investment Option

Jennison Portfolio

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2010 N/A 10.419 0

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2010 N/A 10.426 2

Mutual Global Discovery Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 21.404 6

12/31/2006 21.404 25.857 20

12/31/2007 25.857 28.387 57

12/31/2008 28.387 19.937 24

12/31/2009 19.937 24.134 23

12/31/2010 24.134 26.525 13

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 21.589 89

12/31/2006 21.589 26.107 317

12/31/2007 26.107 28.691 484

12/31/2008 28.691 20.170 223

12/31/2009 20.170 24.441 203

12/31/2010 24.441 26.889 187

Mutual Shares Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 19.467 37

12/31/2006 19.467 22.624 80

12/31/2007 22.624 22.980 66

12/31/2008 22.980 14.187 22

12/31/2009 14.187 17.555 11

12/31/2010 17.555 19.162 9

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 19.636 268

12/31/2006 19.636 22.843 953

12/31/2007 22.843 23.225 1470

12/31/2008 23.225 14.353 694

12/31/2009 14.353 17.778 396

12/31/2010 17.778 19.425 305

Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.897 0

12/31/2006 11.897 12.780 0

12/31/2007 12.780 12.532 0

12/31/2008 12.532 2.624 0

12/31/2009 2.624 3.228 0

12/31/2010 3.228 3.638 0

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.961 0

12/31/2006 11.961 12.862 0

12/31/2007 12.862 12.625 0

12/31/2008 12.625 2.646 7

12/31/2009 2.646 3.258 0

12/31/2010 3.258 3.676 6

PIMCO EqS Pathfinder World Portfolio

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2010 N/A 10.306 5

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2010 N/A 10.313 4

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PIMCO VIT All Asset Portfolio

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.346 9

12/31/2006 12.346 12.685 15

12/31/2007 12.685 13.489 10

12/31/2008 13.489 11.143 6

12/31/2009 11.143 13.299 9

12/31/2010 13.299 14.764 8

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.360 544

12/31/2006 12.360 12.713 732

12/31/2007 12.713 13.531 611

12/31/2008 13.531 11.189 274

12/31/2009 11.189 13.367 296

12/31/2010 13.367 14.855 232

PIMCO VIT CommodityRealReturn Strategy Portfolio

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.003 12

12/31/2006 11.003 10.467 18

12/31/2007 10.467 12.662 19

12/31/2008 12.662 6.987 6

12/31/2009 6.987 9.707 7

12/31/2010 9.707 11.866 11

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.011 76

12/31/2006 11.011 10.485 240

12/31/2007 10.485 12.696 368

12/31/2008 12.696 7.012 213

12/31/2009 7.012 9.752 214

12/31/2010 9.752 11.933 178

PIMCO VIT Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 10.895 5

12/31/2006 10.895 11.687 4

12/31/2007 11.687 12.140 7

12/31/2008 12.140 10.178 6

12/31/2009 10.178 13.047 2

12/31/2010 13.047 14.366 3

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 10.902 44

12/31/2006 10.902 11.707 117

12/31/2007 11.707 12.172 129

12/31/2008 12.172 10.215 36

12/31/2009 10.215 13.108 53

12/31/2010 13.108 14.448 76

Benefit Option *	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
Investment Option

PIMCO VIT Global Bond Portfolio (Unhedged)

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 9.321 5

12/31/2006 9.321 9.576 22

12/31/2007 9.576 10.315 15

12/31/2008 10.315 10.040 4

12/31/2009 10.040 11.518 7

12/31/2010 11.518 12.626 7

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 9.327 38

12/31/2006 9.327 9.592 109

12/31/2007 9.592 10.343 248

12/31/2008 10.343 10.077 134

12/31/2009 10.077 11.572 88

12/31/2010 11.572 12.698 79

PIMCO VIT High Yield Portfolio

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.215 1

12/31/2006 12.215 13.083 3

12/31/2007 13.083 13.293 5

12/31/2008 13.293 9.977 2

12/31/2009 9.977 13.754 1

12/31/2010 13.754 15.460 1

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.281 38

12/31/2006 12.281 13.167 128

12/31/2007 13.167 13.392 193

12/31/2008 13.392 10.061 82

12/31/2009 10.061 13.884 157

12/31/2010 13.884 15.622 115

PIMCO VIT Real Return Portfolio

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.233 6

12/31/2006 11.233 11.106 8

12/31/2007 11.106 12.064 13

12/31/2008 12.064 11.007 7

12/31/2009 11.007 12.793 13

12/31/2010 12.793 13.577 10

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 11.257 119

12/31/2006 11.257 11.141 221

12/31/2007 11.141 12.114 305

12/31/2008 12.114 11.064 204

12/31/2009 11.064 12.872 308

12/31/2010 12.872 13.674 243

The Allianz High Five® L Variable Annuity Contract SAI – May 1, 2011

Appendix

Benefit Option *	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
Investment Option

PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 12.934 22

12/31/2006 12.934 13.187 26

12/31/2007 13.187 14.078 30

12/31/2008 14.078 14.482 18

12/31/2009 14.482 16.218 22

12/31/2010 16.218 17.212 20

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 13.004 134

12/31/2006 13.004 13.271 347

12/31/2007 13.271 14.182 449

12/31/2008 14.182 14.604 354

12/31/2009 14.604 16.371 644

12/31/2010 16.371 17.392 582

SP International Growth Portfolio

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 7.152 0

12/31/2006 7.152 8.437 10

12/31/2007 8.437 9.866 10

12/31/2008 9.866 4.795 0

12/31/2009 4.795 6.422 0

12/31/2010 6.422 7.175 0

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 7.184 0

12/31/2006 7.184 8.484 0

12/31/2007 8.484 9.930 26

12/31/2008 9.930 4.831 2

12/31/2009 4.831 6.477 1

12/31/2010 6.477 7.244 1

Benefit Option *	Period or Year Ended	AUV at Beginning of Period	AUV at End of Period	Number of Accumulation Units Outstanding at End of Period
Investment Option

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 22.179 1

12/31/2006 22.179 26.442 2

12/31/2007 26.442 29.967 4

12/31/2008 29.967 17.539 1

12/31/2009 17.539 23.595 0

12/31/2010 23.595 25.109 0

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 22.478 28

12/31/2006 22.478 26.826 86

12/31/2007 26.826 30.432 87

12/31/2008 30.432 17.829 31

12/31/2009 17.829 24.009 8

12/31/2010 24.009 25.576 3

Templeton Global Bond Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2007 N/A 29.822 5

12/31/2008 29.822 31.090 6

12/31/2009 31.090 36.222 3

12/31/2010 36.222 40.696 2

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2007 N/A 30.371 37

12/31/2008 30.371 31.695 66

12/31/2009 31.695 36.964 121

12/31/2010 36.964 41.570 119

Templeton Growth Securities Fund

HI5L 2 1.85%

12/31/2005 N/A 23.120 11

12/31/2006 23.120 27.648 25

12/31/2007 27.648 27.775 38

12/31/2008 27.775 15.725 15

12/31/2009 15.725 20.239 8

12/31/2010 20.239 21.337 8

HI5L 3 1.75%

12/31/2005 N/A 23.382 187

12/31/2006 23.382 27.989 680

12/31/2007 27.989 28.146 1057

12/31/2008 28.146 15.952 504

12/31/2009 15.952 20.550 250

12/31/2010 20.550 21.687 189

The Allianz High Five® L Variable Annuity Contract SAI – May 1, 2011

Appendix

485BPOS				File Nos. 333-120181
Allianz High Five L				811-05618
		UNITED STATES
		SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
		WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
		FORM N-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No.			10		X
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No.			306		X

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
ALLIANZ LIFE VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
(Exact Name of Registrant)

ALLIANZ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA
(Name of Depositor)

5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55416-1297
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(763) 765-2913
(Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Stewart D. Gregg, Senior Securities Counsel
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
5701 Golden Hills Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55416-1297
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check the appropriate box):
	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
x	on May 1, 2011 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following:
	this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
Approximate Date of the Proposed Public Offering: May 1, 2011
Titles of Securities Being Registered: Individual Flexible Purchase Payment Variable Deferred Annuity Contracts

a.	Financial Statements
The following financial statements of the Company(19) are incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.A.
1.	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
2.	Consolidated Balance Sheets – December 31, 2010 and 2009
3.	Consolidated Statements of Operations – Years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008
4.	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008
5.	Consolidated Statements of Stockholder's Equity – Years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008
6.	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008
7.	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – December 31, 2010 and 2009
8.	Supplemental Schedules:
	–	Schedule I – Summary of Investments – Other than Investments in Related Parties
	–	Schedule II – Supplementary Insurance Information
	–	Schedule III – Reinsurance
The following financial statements of the Variable Account(19) are incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.A.
1.	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
2.	Statements of Assets and Liabilities – December 31, 2010
3.	Statements of Operations – For the year ended December 31, 2010
4.	Statements of Changes in Net Assets – For the year ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
5.	Notes to the Financial Statements – December 31, 2010
b.	Exhibits
1.	Resolution of Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the establishment of the Separate Account, dated May 31, 1985(1) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B1.
2.	Not Applicable
3.	a.	Principal Underwriter Agreement by and between North American Life and Casualty Company on behalf of NALAC Financial Plans, Inc. dated September 14, 1988.(2) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B3.a. (North American Life and Casualty Company is the predecessor to Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. NALAC Financial Plans, Inc., is the predecessor to USAllianz Investor Services, LLC, which is the predecessor to Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.)
	b.	Broker-Dealer Agreement between North American Life and Casualty Company and NALAC Financial Plans, Inc. dated November 19, 1987; Amendment #1 dated April 12, 2000; Amendment #2 dated September 30, 2002; Amendment #3 dated October 1, 2003.(13) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B3.b. (North American Life and Casualty Company is the predecessor to Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. NALAC Financial Plans, Inc, is the predecessor to USAllianz Investor Services, LLC, which is the predecessor to Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.)
	c.	The current specimen of the selling agreement between Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC, the principal underwriter for the Contracts, and retail brokers which offer and sell the Contracts to the public is incorporated by reference(11) as exhibit EX-99.B3.b. The underwriter has executed versions of the agreement with approximately 2,100 retail brokers.
4.	a.	Individual Variable Annuity Contract - L40432(6) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B4.a.
	b.	Contract Schedule Page - S40694(8) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B4.b.
	c.	GAV Benefit Endorsement - S40693(8) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B4.c.
	d.	GPV Benefit Endorsement - S40692(8) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B4.d.
	e.	Fixed Account with a MVA Endorsement - S40695(8) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B4.e.
	f.	Traditional GMDB Endorsement - S40251(6) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B4.d.
	g.	Enhanced GMDB Endorsement - S40250(6) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B4.e.
	h.	GWB Endorsement - S40254(8) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B4.h.
	i.	Contract Amendment Endorsement - S40697(9) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B4.i.
	j.	MVA Amendment Endorsement - S40740(14) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B4.j.
5.	a.	Application for Individual Variable Annuity Contract - F40456(8) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B5.a.
6.	(i).	The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (as amended August 1, 2006)(18) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B6.i.
	(ii).	The Restated Bylaws of the Company (as amended August 1, 2006)(18) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B6.ii.
7.	Not Applicable
8.	a.	22c-2 Agreements (15)incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.a.
	b.	22c-2 Agreement-BlackRock Distributors, Inc.(16)incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.b.
	c.	Participation Agreement between BlackRock Series Fund, Inc., BlackRock Distributors, Inc., Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America, and Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (16) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.c.
	d.	Administrative Services Agreement between BlackRock Advisors, LLC and Allianz Life, dated May 1, 2008(16) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.d.
	e.	Participation Agreement between Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc., Davis Distributors, LLC and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 11/1/1999(3) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.e.
	f.	Amendment to Participation Agreement between Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc., Davis Distributors, LLC and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America dated 5/1/08(16) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.f.
	g.	Administrative Services Agreement between The Dreyfus Corporation and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 5/1/2002(13) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.f.
	h.	Amendments to Administrative Services Agreement between The Dreyfus Corporation and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 8/7/02, 10/16/06(13) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.g.
	i.	Disribution/12 b-1 Letter Agreement between Dreyfus Service Corporation and USAllianz Investor Services, LLC (predecessor to Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.), dated 5/1/2002(13) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.h.
	j.	Fund Participation Agreement between Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, Dreyfus Investment Portfolios and The Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, dated 5/1/2002(5) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.h.
	k.	Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement between Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, Dreyfus Investment Portfolios and the Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc., dated 5/1/2007(15) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.j.
	l.	Administrative Services Agreement between Franklin Templeton Services LLC and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 10/1/2003(10) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.ac.
	m.	Amendment to Administrative Services Agreement between Franklin Templeton Services LLC and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 8/8/2008(16) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.h.
	n.	Participation Agreement between Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc., Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and USAllianz Investor Services, LLC (the predecessor to Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.), and dated 10/1/2003(10) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.h.
	o.	Amendment to Participation Agreement between Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc., Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and USAllianz Investor Services, LLC (the predecessor to Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.), dated 5/1/08(16) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.j.
	p.	Participation Agreement between Premier VIT, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC, dated 5/1/2006(12) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.ai.
	q.	Administrative Service Agreement between OpCap Advisors LLC and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 5/1/2006(12) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.aj.
	r.	Administrative Support Service Agreement between OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 12/1/1999(7) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.u.
	s.	Amendment to Administrative Support Service Agreement between OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 2/1/00(13) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.r.
	t.	Participation Agreement between Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 12/1/1999(3) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.h.
	u.	Amendments to Participation Agreement between Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 2/1/00, 5/1/02, 4/30/04, 4/29/05, 5/1/06(13) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.t.
	v.	Amended and Restated Services Agreement between Pacific Investment Management Company LLC and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 01/01/2007(13) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.u.
	w.	Amendment dated May 1, 2011 to Investor Services Agreement between Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and Pacific Investment Management Company dated June 1, 2009(20) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.n.
	x.	Participation Agreement between Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, and PIMCO Funds Distributors LLC, dated 12/1/1999(3) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.i.
	y.	Amendments to Participation Agreement between Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, and PIMCO Funds Distributors LLC, dated 4/1/00, 11/5/01, 5/1/02, 5/1/03, 4/30/04, 4/29/05(13) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.w.
	z.	Amendment dated May 1, 2011 to Participation Agreement between Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust and PIMCO Investments LLC (formerly Allianz Global Investors Distributiors LLC) dated December 1, 1999(20) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.q.
	aa.	Distribution Services Agreement between Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and Allianz Global Investors Distributors, LLC, dated 01/01/2007(13) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.x.
	ab.	Services Agreement between Prudential Investment Management Services LLC and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 12/15/2000(7) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.w.
	ac.	Amendment to Services Agreement between Prudential Investment Management Services LLC and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, dated 9/9/2002(13) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.z.
	ad.	Fund Participation Agreement between Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, The Prudential Series Fund, Inc., Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC, and Prudential Investment Management Services, LLC, dated 12/15/2000(4) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B8.k.
9.	Opinion and Consent of Counsel*
10.	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*
11.	Not Applicable
12.	Not Applicable
13.	Power of Attorney(17) incorporated by reference as exhibit EX-99.B13.

*	Filed herewith

(1)	Incorporated by reference from Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-06709 and 811-05618) electronically filed on June 25, 1996.
(2)	Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-06709 and 811-05618) electronically filed on December 13, 1996.
(3)	Incorporated by reference from Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-82329 and 811-05618) electronically filed December 30, 1999.
(4)	Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-82329 and 811-05618) electronically filed on December 15, 2000.
(5)	Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registrant's Allianz Life Variable Account A's Form N-6 (File Nos. 333-60206 and 811-04965) electronically filed on January 6, 2003.
(6)	Incorporated by reference from Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-90260 and 811-05618) electronically filed on September 9, 2002.
(7)	Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-95729 and 811-05618) electronically filed on April 26, 2004.
(8)	Incorporated by reference from Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-120181 and 811-05618) electronically filed on November 3, 2004.
(9)	Incorporated by reference from Pre-Effective Amendment No.1 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-120181 and 811-05618) electronically filed on December 28, 2004.
(10)	Incorporated by reference from Pre-Effective Amendment No.2 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-120181 and 811-05618) electronically filed on March 30, 2005.
(11)	Incorporated by reference from the Initial Registration Statement to Registrant's Form N-4 (file Nos. 333-134267 and 811-05618 electronically filed on May 19, 2006.
(12)	Incorporated by reference from Pre-Effective Amendment No.1 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-134267 and 811-05618) electronically filed on September 25, 2006.
(13)	Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-82329 and 811-05618) electronically filed on April 23, 2007.
(14)	Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-120181 and 811-05618) electronically filed on April 23, 2007.
(15)	Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-82329 and 811-05618) electronically filed on April 24, 2008.
(16)	Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-139701 and 811-05618) electronically filed on April 3, 2009.
(17)	Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-139701 and 811-05618) electronically filed on February 10, 2010.
(18)	Incorporated by reference from Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-166408 and 811-05618) electronically filed on September 24, 2010.
(19)	Incorporated by reference from Pre-Effective Amendment No.1 to Registrant’s Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-171427 and 811-05618) electronically filed on April 7, 2011.
(20)	Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to Registrant’s Form N-4 (File Nos. 333-139701 and 811-05618) electronically filed on April 26, 2011.

Unless noted otherwise, all officers and directors have the following principal business address:
5701 Golden Hills Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55416-1297
The following are the Officers and Directors of the Company:

Name and Principal Business Address	Positions and Offices with Depositor
Gary C. Bhojwani	Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Giulio Terzariol	Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Thomas P. Burns	Senior Vice President, Chief Distribution Officer
Neil H. McKay	Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary
Maureen A. Phillips	Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Axel Zehren	Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer
Walter R. White	Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
Nancy E. Jones	Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Patrick L. Nelson	Vice President, Chief Suitability Officer
Nicole Scanlon	Vice President, Controller
Jay Ralph Allianz SE Koniginstr. 28 80802 Munchen Germany	Director and Chairman of the Board
Dr. Helmut Perlet Koniginstr. 80802 Munchen Germany	Director
Michael P. Sullivan 500 IDS Center 80 South 8th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402	Director
Dale E. Lauer 14103 205th Ave. NE Woodinville, WA 98077	Director

The Bylaws of the Insurance Company provide:
ARTICLE XI. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 1. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION:
(a)	Subject to the conditions of this Article and any conditions or limitations imposed by applicable law, the Corporation shall indemnify any employee, director or officer of the Corporation (an "Indemnified Person") who was, is, or in the sole opinion of the Corporation, may reasonably become a party to or otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that such Indemnified Person is or was:
	(i)	a director of the Corporation; or
	(ii)	acting in the course and scope of his or her duties as an officer or employee of the Corporation; or
	(iii)	rendering Professional Services at the request of and for the benefit of the Corporation; or
	(iv)	serving at the request of the Corporation as an officer, director, fiduciary or member of another corporation, association, committee, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (an "Outside Organization").
(b)	Notwithstanding the foregoing, no officer, director or employee shall be indemnified pursuant to these bylaws under the following circumstances:
	(i)	in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person, in his or her own personal capacity, unless such initiation was authorized by the Board of Directors;
	(ii)	if a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that any indemnification hereunder is unlawful;
	(iii)	for acts or omissions involving intentional misconduct or knowing and culpable violation of law;
	(iv)	for acts or omissions that the Indemnified Person believes to be contrary to the best interests of the Corporation or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the Indemnified Person;
	(v)	for any transaction for which the Indemnified Person derived an improper personal benefit;
	(vi)	for acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the Indemnified Person's duty to the Corporation or its shareholders in circumstances in which the Indemnified Person was aware or should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing the Indemnified Person's duties, of the risk of serious injury to the Corporation or its shareholders;
	(vii)	for acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the Indemnified Person's duties to the Corporation or its shareholders;
	(viii)	in circumstances where indemnification is prohibited by applicable law;
	(ix)	in the case of service as an officer, director, fiduciary or member of an Outside Organization, where the Indemnified Person was aware or should have been aware that the conduct in question was outside the scope of the assignment as contemplated by the Corporation.
SECTION 2. SCOPE OF INDEMNIFICATION:
(a)	Indemnification provided pursuant to Section 1(a)(iv) shall be secondary and subordinate to indemnification or insurance provided to an Indemnified Person by an Outside Organization or other source, if any.
(b)	Indemnification shall apply to all reasonable expenses, liability and losses, actually incurred or suffered by an Indemnified Person in connection with a Proceeding, including without limitation, attorneys' fees and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification or advancement under this article, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such expense, liability and loss.
(c)	Such indemnification shall continue as to any Indemnified Person who has ceased to be an employee, director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, estate, executors and administrators.
SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS:
(a)	"Corporation" for the purpose of Article XI shall mean Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and all of its subsidiaries.
(b)	"Proceeding" shall mean any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, including actions by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor.
(c)	"Professional Services" shall mean services rendered pursuant to (i) a professional actuarial designation, (ii) a license to engage in the practice of law issued by a State Bar Institution or (iii) a Certified Public Accountant designation issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted for directors and officers or controlling persons of the Insurance Company pursuant to the foregoing, or otherwise, the Insurance Company 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, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Insurance Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Insurance Company 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 Company 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.

a.	Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (previously USAllianz Investor Services, LLC) is the principal underwriter for the Contracts. It also is the principal underwriter for:
Allianz Life Variable Account A
Allianz Life of NY Variable Account C
b.	The following are the officers (managers) and directors (Board of Governors) of Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC. All officers and directors have the following principal business address:
5701 Golden Hills Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55416-1297

Name			Positions and Offices with Underwriter
Robert DeChellis			Chief Executive Officer, President and Governor
Thomas Burns			Governor
Angela Forsman			Chief Financial Officer and Vice President
Kristine Klitzke			Chief Compliance Officer
Stewart D. Gregg			Vice President and Secretary
Theodore C. Cadwell, Jr.			Assistant Secretary

c.	For the period 1-1-2010 to 12-31-2010
Name of Principal Underwriter		Net Underwriting Discounts and Commissions		Compensation on Redemption	Brokerage Commissions	Compensation
Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC		$220,761,073.60		$0	$0	$0
The $220,761,073.60 that Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC received from Allianz Life as commissions on the sale of Contracts issued under Allianz Life Variable Account B was subsequently paid entirely to the third party broker/dealers that perform the retail distribution of the Contracts and, therefore, no commission or compensation was retained by Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.

Signature	Title

Gary C. Bhojwani*	Director, President & Chief Executive Officer
Giulio Terzariol*	Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Helmut Perlet*	Director
Jay S Ralph*	Director and Chairman of the Board

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-99.B9.	Opinion and Consent of Counsel
EX-99.B10.	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm