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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Registration No. 333-28679
Commission on July 25, 2007
Registration No. 811-05626
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.
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 40
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No.
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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
SEPARATE ACCOUNT B
(Exact Name of Registrant)
ING USA ANNUITY AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Depositor)
1475 Dunwoody Drive
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380-1478
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (610) 425-3400
John S. (Scott) Kreighbaum, Esq.
ING Americas (U.S. Legal Services)
1475 Dunwoody Drive, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380-1478
(610) 425-3404
(Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process)
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practical after the effective date of the Registration Statement
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
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on August 20, 2007 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
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this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously
filed post-effective amendment.
Title of Securities Being Registered:
Deferred Combination Variable and Fixed Annuity Contracts
EXPLANATORY NOTE: Each of the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, dated April 30, 2007 and as supplemented, is incorporated into Parts A and B, respectively, of this amendment by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to this Registration Statement, as filed on April 17, 2007 (Accession No. 0000836687-07-000113). This amendment further supplements the prospectus and does not otherwise delete, amend, or supersede any other information in this registration statement, as previously amended, including exhibits and undertaking. |
SUPPLEMENT Dated August 20, 2007 |
To The Prospectuses Dated April 30, 2007 For: |
ING GoldenSelect ESII® Contracts Issued By |
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company |
This supplement updates the prospectus. Please read it carefully and keep it with your copy of |
the prospectus for future reference. If you have any questions, please call our Customer Service |
Center at 1-800-366-0066. |
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The ING LifePay Plus and Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (MGWB) Riders are now available in your state and have replaced our ING LifePay and Joint LifePay MGWB Riders. If you already own a Contract with an ING LifePay rider, you may have an opportunity to replace your existing LifePay rider with the ING LifePay Plus rider. Please contact us for more information and eligibility details. In states where ING LifePay Plus and Joint LifePay Plus MGWB Riders are approved and available, the April 30, 2007 prospectus is modified as follows: |
1. | Under the FEES AND EXPENSES section that begins on page 1, replace the Optional | |
Rider Charges tables with: |
Optional Rider Charges1 |
Earnings Multiplier Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge | Maximum Annual Charge | |
(Charge Deducted Quarterly) | ||
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0.30% of contract value | 0.30% of contract value | |
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Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge | Maximum Annual Charge | |
(Charge Deducted Quarterly) | ||
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0.75% of the MGIB Charge Base2 | 1.50% of the MGIB Charge Base2 | |
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ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge - Currently | Maximum Annual Charge if Reset Benefit | |
(Charge Deducted Quarterly) | Elected3 | |
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0.60% of the ING LifePay Plus Base | 2.00% of the ING LifePay Plus Base | |
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ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge Currently | Maximum Annual Charge if Reset Benefit | |
(Charge Deducted Quarterly) | Elected4 | |
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0.85% of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base | 2.50% of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base | |
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1 An optional rider charge, expressed as a percentage of contract value that is rounded to the nearest |
hundredth of one percent, is deducted from the contract value in your subaccount allocations (and/or your |
Fixed Interest Allocations if there is insufficient contract value in the subaccounts). |
2 For more information about how the MGIB Charge Base is determined, please see Charges and Fees - |
Optional Riders Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit Rider. |
3 Please see ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit ING LifePay Plus Reset. |
4 Please see ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit ING Joint LifePay Plus |
Reset. |
2. | Also under the FEES AND EXPENSES section on page 4, replace the Example with: |
Example This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Contract with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated. The costs reflected are the maximum charges for the Contract with the Max 7 Enhanced Death Benefit and the most expensive combination of riders possible: Earnings Multiplier Benefit and ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, and assumes the maximum Trust or Fund fees and expenses. Excluded are premium taxes and any transfer charges. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be: |
1) | If you surrender or annuitize your contract at the end of the applicable time period: | |||||||
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |||||
$1,432 | $2,517 | $3,632 | $6,656 | |||||
2) | If you do not surrender your contract: | |||||||
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |||||
$632 | $1,917 | $3,232 | $6,656 | |||||
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Compensation is paid for the sale of the Contracts. For information about this compensation, see Other Contract Provisions Selling the Contract. |
3. | Under the CHARGES AND FEES section that begins on page 9, replace the | |
paragraphs about the ING LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING | ||
LifePay) Rider Charge and ING Joint LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal | ||
Benefit (ING Joint LifePay) Rider Charge with: |
ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING LifePay Plus) Rider Charge. The charge for the ING LifePay Plus rider, a living benefit, is deducted quarterly from your contract value: |
Maximum Annual Charge | Current Annual Charge | |
2.00% | 0.60% | |
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This quarterly charge is a percentage of the ING LifePay Plus Base. We deduct the charge in arrears based on the contract date (contract year versus calendar year). In arrears means the first charge is deducted at the end of the first quarter from the contract date. If the rider is added after contract issue, the rider and charges will begin on the next following quarterly contract anniversary. The charge will be pro-rated when the rider is terminated. Charges are deducted through the date your rider enters either the Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status occurs if your contract value is reduced to zero and other conditions are met. The current charge can change upon a reset after your first five contract years. You will never pay more than the maximum annual charge. For more information about how this rider works, including when Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status begins, please see Living Benefit Riders ING LifePay Plus/Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Riders. If the contract value in the subaccounts is insufficient for the charge, then we deduct it from any Fixed Interest Allocations, in which case a Market Value Adjustment may apply. But currently, a Market Value Adjustment would not apply when this charge is deducted from a Fixed Interest Allocation. With Fixed Interest Allocations, we deduct the charge from the Fixed Interest Allocation having the nearest maturity. For more information about the Fixed Interest Allocation, including the Market Value Adjustment, please see Appendix C. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider, subject to the maximum annual charge. If changed, the new charge will only apply to riders issued after the change. ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING Joint LifePay Plus) Rider Charge. The charge for the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, a living benefit, is deducted quarterly from your contract value: |
Maximum Annual Charge | Current Annual Charge | |
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2.50% | 0.85% | |
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This quarterly charge is a percentage of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base. We deduct the charge in arrears based on the contract date (contract year versus calendar year). In arrears means the first charge is deducted at the end of the first quarter from the contract date. If the rider is added after contract issue, the rider and charges will begin on the next following quarterly contract anniversary. The charge will be pro-rated when the rider is terminated. Charges are deducted through the date your rider enters either the Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status occurs if your contract value is reduced to zero and other conditions are met. The current charge can be subject to change upon a reset after your first five contract years. You will never pay more than the maximum annual charge. For more information about how this rider works, including when Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status begins, please see Living Benefit Riders - ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider. If the contract value in the subaccounts is insufficient for the charge, then we deduct it from any Fixed Interest Allocations, in which case a Market Value Adjustment may apply. But currently, a Market Value Adjustment would not apply when this charge is deducted from a Fixed Interest Allocation. With Fixed Interest Allocations, we deduct the charge from the Fixed Interest Allocation having the nearest maturity. For more information about the Fixed Interest Allocation, including the Market Value Adjustment, please see Appendix C. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider, subject to the maximum annual charge. If changed, the new charge will only apply to riders issued after the change. |
4. | Under the LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS section that begins on page 21, replace the | |
third and fourth paragraphs with: |
The Contract has three living benefit riders offering protection against the investment risks with your Contract: |
· | The Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit rider, which you may wish to purchase if you are concerned | |
about having a minimum amount of income in annuitizing your Contract; | ||
· | The ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider, which you may wish to purchase if | |
you are concerned that you may outlive your income; and |
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· | The ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider, which you may wish to | |
purchase if you are married and concerned that you and your spouse may outlive your income. |
These living benefit riders are described further below. You may only add one living benefit rider to your Contract. We do, however, reserve the right to allow the purchase of more than one living benefit rider in the future. You should not purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider with multiple owners, unless the owners are spouses. |
5. | Also under the LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS section beginning on page 29, replace the | |
paragraphs about the ING LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING | ||
LifePay) Rider with: |
ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING LifePay Plus) Rider. The
ING LifePay Plus rider generally provides, subject to the restrictions and limitations below, that we will guarantee a minimum level of annual withdrawals from the Contract for the lifetime of the annuitant, even if these withdrawals deplete your Contract value to zero. You may wish to purchase this rider if you are concerned that you may outlive your income. Purchase. In order to elect the ING LifePay Plus rider, the annuitant must be the owner or one of the owners, unless the owner is a non-natural owner. Joint annuitants are not allowed. The maximum issue age is 80. The issue age is the age of the owner (or the annuitant if there are joint owners or the owner is non-natural) on the Contract anniversary on which the rider is effective. Some broker-dealers may limit the availability of the rider to younger ages. The ING LifePay Plus rider is available for Contracts issued on and after August 20, 2007 (subject to availability and state approvals) that do not already have a living benefit rider. The ING LifePay Plus rider will not be issued if the initial allocation to investment options is not in accordance with the investment option restrictions described in Investment Option Restrictions, below. The Company in its discretion may allow the rider to be elected after a contract has been issued without it, subject to certain conditions. Contact the Customer Service Center for more information. Such election must be received in good order, including compliance with the investment restrictions described below. The rider will be effective as of the following quarterly Contract anniversary. If the ING LifePay Plus rider is not available, or if your Contract has the Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider, then please see Appendix J Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit. |
Rider Date. The rider date is the date the ING LifePay Plus rider becomes effective. If you
purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider when the Contract is issued, the rider date is also the Contract date. No Cancellation. Once you purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider, you many not cancel it unless you cancel the Contract during the Contracts free look period, surrender, annuitize or otherwise terminate the Contract. These events automatically cancel the ING LifePay Plus rider. The Company may, at its discretion, cancel and/or replace the ING LifePay Plus rider at your request in order to renew or reset the rider. Termination. The ING LifePay Plus rider is a living benefit, which means the guaranteed benefits offered are intended to be available to you while you are living and while your Contract is in the accumulation phase. The optional rider automatically terminates if you: |
1) | annuitize, surrender or otherwise terminate your Contract during the accumulation phase; or | |
2) | die during the accumulation phase (first owner to die if there are multiple Contract owners, or death | |
of annuitant if Contract owner is not a natural person), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to | ||
continue the Contract. |
The ING LifePay Plus rider will also terminate if there is a change in Contract ownership (other than a spousal beneficiary continuation on your death). Other circumstances that may cause the ING LifePay Plus rider to terminate automatically are discussed below. |
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Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of the first withdrawal, ONLY IF the quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitant reaching age 59 ½ has not yet passed. This status will then continue until the earliest of: |
1) | quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitant reaching age 59 ½, provided the contract owner | |
does not decline the change to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status; | ||
2) | reduction of the ING LifePay Plus Base to zero, at which time the rider will terminate; | |
3) | the annuity commencement date; | |
4) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal; | ||
5) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
6) | the surrender or annuitization of the Contract; or | |
7) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners; annuitant, in the case of a non-natural | |
person owner), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to continue the Contract. |
Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of your first withdrawal, provided the quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitants age 59 ½ has passed. If your first withdrawal is taken before this date, then the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status will automatically begin on the quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitant reaching age 59 ½. This status continues until the earliest of: |
1) | the annuity commencement date; | |
2) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal; | ||
3) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
4) | the surrender or annuitization of the Contract; or | |
5) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners; annuitant, in the case of a non-natural | |
person owner), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to continue the Contract. |
You will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, if you are in the Guaranteed Withdrawal Status and become eligible for the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This notice will explain the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change. Automatic reset into the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status could result in a lower Maximum Annual Withdrawal. However, this action will also apply to all future resets (see below) and cannot be reversed. As described below, certain features of the ING LifePay Plus rider may differ depending upon whether you are in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. How the ING LifePay Plus Rider Works. The ING LifePay Plus Withdrawal Benefit rider has two phases. The first phase, called the Growth Phase, begins on the effective date of the rider and ends as of the business day before the first withdrawal is taken (or when the annuity commencement date is reached). The second phase is called the Withdrawal Phase. This phase begins as of the date of the first withdrawal or the annuity commencement date, whichever occurs first. |
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Benefits paid under the ING LifePay Plus rider require the calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The ING LifePay Plus Base (referred to as the MGWB Base in the Contract) is used to determine the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and is calculated as follows: |
1) | If you purchased the ING LifePay Plus rider on the Contract date, the initial ING LifePay Plus Base is | |
equal to the initial premium. | ||
2) | If you purchased the ING LifePay Plus rider after the Contract date, the initial ING LifePay Plus Base is | |
equal to the Contract value on the effective date of the rider. |
During the Growth Phase, the initial ING LifePay Plus Base is increased dollar-for-dollar by any premiums received, (eligible premiums). In addition, on each quarterly contract anniversary, the ING LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greater of: |
· | The current ING LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value. This is referred to as a quarterly ratchet. |
Also, on each of the first ten contract anniversaries, the ING LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greatest of: |
· | The current ING LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value; and | |
· | The ING LifePay Plus Base on the previous contract anniversary, increased by 7%, plus any eligible | |
premiums and minus any third-party investment advisory fees paid from your contract during the year. | ||
This is referred to as an annual step-up. |
Please note that if this rider is added after the contract date, then the first opportunity for a step-up will be on the first contract anniversary following a complete contract year after the rider date. The ING LifePay Plus Base has no additional impact on the calculation of annuity payments or withdrawal benefits. Currently, any additional premiums paid during the Withdrawal Phase are not eligible premiums for purposes of determining the ING LifePay Plus Base or the Maximum Annual Withdrawal; however, we reserve the right to treat such premiums as eligible premiums at our discretion, in a nondiscriminatory manner. Premiums received during the Withdrawal Phase do increase the Contract value used to determine the reset Maximum Annual Withdrawal under the benefit reset feature of the ING LifePay Plus rider (see ING LifePay Plus Reset, below). We reserve the right to discontinue allowing premium payments during the Withdrawal Phase. |
Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is determined on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins. It equals a percentage of the greater of 1) the Contract value and 2) the ING LifePay Plus Base as of the last day of the Growth Phase. The first withdrawal after the effective date of the rider (which causes the end of the Growth Phase) is treated as occurring on the first day of the Withdrawal Phase, after calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage, which varies by age of the annuitant on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins, is as follows: |
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76-80 | 6% | |
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*If the Withdrawal Phase begins before the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the annuitant reaches age 59-1/2, withdrawals in a contract year up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will reduce the ING LifePay Plus Base dollar-for-dollar, under what the rider refers to as the Standard Withdrawal Benefit. |
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Then, on the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the annuitant reaches age 59 ½, the ING LifePay Plus Base will automatically be reset to the current Contract value, if greater, and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be recalculated. Once determined, the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage never changes for the Contract, except as provided for under spousal continuation. See Continuation After Death Spouse, below. This is important to keep in mind in deciding when to take your first withdrawal because the younger you are at that time, the lower the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage. If the Contracts annuity commencement date is reached, you may elect a life only annuity option, in lieu of the Contracts other annuity options, under which we will pay the greater of the annuity payout under the Contract and equal annual payments of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. If withdrawals in any Contract year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, then the ING LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. This means that both the ING LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced by the same proportion as the withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal (the excess withdrawal) is of the Contract value determined: |
1) | before the withdrawal, for the excess withdrawal; and | |
2) | after the withdrawal, for the amount withdrawn up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal (without | |
regard to the excess withdrawal). |
When a withdrawal is made, the total withdrawals taken in a Contract year are compared with the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal. To the extent that the withdrawal taken causes the total withdrawals in that year to exceed the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal, that withdrawal is considered excess. For purposes of determining whether the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been exceeded, any applicable Market Value Adjustment or surrender charges will not be applied to the withdrawal. However, for purposes of determining the Maximum Annual Withdrawal reduction after an excess withdrawal, any surrender charges and/or Market Value Adjustment are considered to be part of the withdrawal. See Appendix H, Illustration 1 and 2 for examples of this concept. Required Minimum Distributions. Withdrawals taken from the Contract to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution rules of the Tax Code, that exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for a specific Contract year, will not be deemed excess withdrawals in that Contract year for purposes of the ING LifePay Plus rider, subject to the following rules: |
1) | If your Required Minimum Distribution for a calendar year (determined on a date on or before | |
January 31 of that year), applicable to this Contract, is greater than the Maximum Annual | ||
Withdrawal on that date, an Additional Withdrawal Amount will be set equal to that portion of the | ||
Required Minimum Distribution that exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. | ||
2) | You may withdraw the Additional Withdrawal Amount from this Contract without it being deemed | |
an excess withdrawal. | ||
3) | Any withdrawals taken in a Contract year will count first against the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | |
for that Contract year. | ||
4) | Once the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for the then current Contract year has been taken, additional | |
amounts withdrawn in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will count first against and | ||
reduce any unused Additional Withdrawal Amount for the previous calendar year followed by any | ||
Additional Withdrawal Amount for the current calendar year. | ||
5) | Withdrawals that exceed all available Additional Withdrawal Amounts are excess withdrawals and | |
will reduce the Maximum Annual Withdrawal on a pro-rata basis, as described above. |
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6) | The Additional Withdrawal Amount is reset to zero at the end of the second calendar year from | |
which it was originally calculated. | ||
7) | If the Contract is still in the Growth Phase on the date the Additional Withdrawal Amount is | |
determined, but enters the Withdrawal Phase later during that calendar year, the Additional | ||
Withdrawal Amount will be equal to the amount in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | ||
necessary to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution for that year (if any). |
See Appendix H, Illustration 3. |
Investment Advisory Fees. Withdrawals taken pursuant to a program established by the owner for the
payment of investment advisory fees to a named third party investment adviser for advice on management of the Contracts values will not cause the Withdrawal Phase to begin. During the Growth Phase, such withdrawals reduce the ING LifePay Plus Base on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and during the Withdrawal Phase, these withdrawals are treated as any other withdrawal. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the Contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the rider will enter Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are entitled to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, until the remaining ING LifePay Plus Base is exhausted. |
When the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided under the ING LifePay Plus | |
rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the Contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
During Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. These payments will continue until the ING LifePay Plus Base is reduced to zero, at which time the rider will terminate without value. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract year following the date the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. If, at the time the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the Contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-Contract year or Contract year, as applicable. Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the Contract value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, the Contract and the rider will terminate due to the pro-rata reduction described in Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, above. If the Contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the rider will enter Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are entitled to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
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When the rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided under the ING LifePay Plus | |
rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the Contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
During Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. These payments will cease upon the death of the annuitant at which time both the rider and the Contract will terminate. The rider will remain in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status until it terminates without value upon the annuitants death. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract year following the date the rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. If, at the time the rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the Contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-Contract year or Contract year, as applicable. ING LifePay Plus Reset. Once the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status begins and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been determined, on each quarterly contract anniversary we will increase (or reset) the ING LifePay Plus Base to the current Contract value, if the Contract value is higher. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal will also be recalculated, and the remaining portion of the new Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be available for withdrawal immediately. This reset ONLY occurs when the rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, and is automatic. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider with a reset. In this event, you will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, which explains the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change (and the reset). However, this action will apply to all future resets and cannot be reversed. Investment Option Restrictions. While the ING LifePay Plus rider is in effect, there are limits on the portfolios to which your Contract value may be allocated. Contract value allocated to portfolios other than Accepted Funds will be rebalanced so as to maintain at least 20% of such Contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds. See Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, below. Accepted Funds. Currently, Accepted Funds are: ING Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Growth Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Growth Portfolio; ING MFS Total Return Portfolio; ING T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Portfolio; ING Van Kampen Equity and Income Portfolio; ING Liquid Assets Portfolio; and Fixed Account II. We may change these designations at any time upon 30 days notice to you. If a change is made, the change will apply to Contract value allocated to such portfolios after the date of the change. Fixed Allocation Funds. The ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio and the ING PIMCO Core Bond Portfolio are designated as the Fixed Allocation Funds. On and after April 30, 2007, you may allocate your contract value to one or both Fixed Allocation Funds. We consider the ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio to be the default Fixed Allocation Fund with Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. If the rider is not continued under the spousal continuation right when available, the Fixed Allocation Fund may be reclassified as a Special Fund as of the Contract continuation date if it would otherwise be designated as a Special Fund for purposes of the Contracts death benefits. For purposes of calculating any applicable death benefit guaranteed under the Contract, any allocation of Contract value to the Fixed Allocation Funds will be considered a Covered Fund allocation while the rider is in effect. |
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Other Funds. All portfolios available under the Contract other than Accepted Funds or the Fixed
Allocation Funds are considered Other Funds. Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. If the Contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds is less than 20% of the total Contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds on any ING LifePay Plus Rebalancing Date, we will automatically rebalance the Contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds so that 20% of this amount is allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds. Accepted Funds are excluded from Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. Any rebalancing is done on a pro-rata basis among the Other Funds and will be the last transaction processed on that date. The ING LifePay Plus Rebalancing Dates occur on each Contract anniversary and after the following transactions: |
1) | receipt of additional premiums; | |
2) | transfer or reallocation among the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds, whether automatic or | |
specifically directed by you; and | ||
3) | withdrawals from the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds. |
Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing is separate from any other automatic rebalancing under the Contract. However, if the other automatic rebalancing under the Contract causes the allocations to be out of compliance with the investment option restrictions noted above, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing will occur immediately after the automatic rebalancing to restore the required allocations. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. In certain circumstances, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing may result in a reallocation into the Fixed Allocation Funds even if you have not previously been invested in it. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, Example I. By electing to purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider, you are providing the Company with direction and authorization to process these transactions, including reallocations into the Fixed Allocation Funds. You should not purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider if you do not wish to have your Contract value reallocated in this manner. Death of Owner or Annuitant. The ING LifePay Plus rider and charges will terminate on the date of death of the owner (or in the case of joint owners, the first owner), or the annuitant if there is a non-natural owner. Continuation After Death Spouse. If the surviving spouse of the deceased owner continues the Contract (see Death Benefit Choices Continuation After Death Spouse), the rider will also continue on the next quarterly contract anniversary, provided the spouse becomes the annuitant and sole owner. If the rider is in the Growth Phase at the time of spousal continuation: |
1) | The rider will continue in the Growth Phase; | |
2) | On the date the rider is continued, the ING LifePay Plus Base will be reset to equal the greater of the | |
ING LifePay Plus Base and the then current Contract value; | ||
3) | The ING LifePay Plus charges will restart and be the same as were in effect prior to the claim date; | |
4) | Ratchets, which stop on the claim date, are restarted, effective on the date the rider is continued; | |
5) | Any remaining step-ups will be available, and if the rider is continued before an annual contract | |
anniversary when a step-up would have been available, then that step-up will be available; |
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6) | The Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage will be determined as of the date of the first | |
withdrawal, whenever it occurs, and will be based on the spouses age on that date; and | ||
7) | The riders Standard Withdrawal Benefit will be available until the quarterly contract anniversary on or | |
after the spouse is age 59 ½. |
If the rider is in the Withdrawal Phase at the time of spousal continuation: |
1) | The rider will continue in the Withdrawal Phase. | |||
2) | The riders charges will restart on the date the rider is continued and be the same as were in effect prior | |||
to the claim date. | ||||
3) | On the quarterly Contract anniversary that the date the rider is continued: | |||
(a) | If the surviving spouse was not the annuitant before the owners death, then the ING LifePay | |||
Plus Base will be reset to the current Contract value and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is | ||||
recalculated by multiplying the new ING LifePay Plus Base by the Maximum Annual | ||||
Withdrawal percentage based on the surviving spouses age on that date. Withdrawals are | ||||
permitted pursuant to the other provisions of the rider. Withdrawals causing the Contract value | ||||
to fall to zero will terminate the Contract and the rider. | ||||
(b) | If the surviving spouse was the annuitant before the owners death, then the ING LifePay Plus | |||
Base will be reset to the current Contract value, only if greater, and the Maximum Annual | ||||
Withdrawal is recalculated by multiplying the new ING LifePay Plus Base by the Maximum | ||||
Annual Withdrawal percentage. Withdrawals are permitted pursuant to the other provisions of | ||||
the rider. | ||||
4) | The rider charges will restart on the quarter Contract anniversary that the rider is continued and will be | |||
the same as were in effect prior to the claim date. |
Effect of ING LifePay Plus Rider on Death Benefit. If you die before Lifetime Automatic Periodic
Benefit Status begins under the ING LifePay Plus rider, the death benefit is payable, but the rider terminates. However, if the beneficiary is the owners spouse, and the spouse elects to continue the Contract, the death benefit is not payable until the spouses death. Thus, you should not purchase this rider with multiple owners, unless the owners are spouses. See Death of Owner or Annuitant and Continuation After Death Spouse, above for further information. While in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if the owner who is not the annuitant dies, we will continue to pay the periodic payments that the owner was receiving under the ING LifePay Plus rider to the beneficiary. While in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if an owner who is also the annuitant dies, the periodic payments will stop. No other death benefit is payable. While the rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if the owner dies, the remaining ING LifePay Plus Base will be paid to the beneficiary in a lump sum. Change of Owner or Annuitant. Other than as provided above under Continuation After Death- Spouse, you may not change the annuitant. The rider and rider charges will terminate upon change of owner, including adding an additional owner, except for the following ownership changes: |
1) | spousal continuation as described above; | |
2) | change of owner from one custodian to another custodian; | |
3) | change of owner from a custodian for the benefit of an individual to the same individual; |
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4) | change of owner from an individual to a custodian for the benefit of the same individual; | |
5) | collateral assignments; | |
6) | change in trust as owner where the individual owner and the grantor of the trust are the same | |
individual; | ||
7) | change of owner from an individual to a trust where the individual owner and the grantor of the trust | |
are the same individual; and | ||
8) | change of owner from a trust to an individual where the individual owner and the grantor of the trust | |
are the same individual. |
Surrender Charges. If you elect the ING LifePay Plus rider, your withdrawals will be subject to
surrender charges if they exceed the free withdrawal amount. However, once your Contract value is zero, the periodic payments under the ING LifePay Plus rider are not subject to surrender charges. Loans. No loans are permitted on Contracts with the ING LifePay Plus rider. Taxation. For more information about the tax treatment of amounts paid to you under the ING LifePay Plus Rider, see Federal Tax Considerations Tax Consequences of Living Benefits and Death Benefit. |
6. | Also under the LIVING BENEFITS RIDERS section beginning on page 35, replace | |
the paragraphs about the ING Joint LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit | ||
(ING Joint LifePay) Rider with: |
ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING Joint LifePay Plus) Rider. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider generally provides, subject to the restrictions and limitations below, that we will guarantee a minimum level of annual withdrawals from the Contract for the lifetime of both you and your spouse, even if these withdrawals deplete your contract value to zero. You may wish to purchase this rider if you are married and are concerned that you and your spouse may outlive your income. Purchase. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is only available for purchase by individuals who are married at the time of purchase and eligible to elect spousal continuation (as defined by the Tax Code) when the death benefit becomes payable. We refer to these individuals as spouses. Certain ownership, annuitant, and beneficiary designations are required in order to purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. See Ownership, Annuitant, and Beneficiary Requirements, below. The maximum issue age is 80. Both spouses must meet these issue age requirements on the contract anniversary on which the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is effective. The issue age is the age of the owners on the Contract anniversary on which the rider is effective. Some broker dealers may limit the maximum issue age to ages younger than age 80, but in no event lower than age 55. We reserve the right to change the minimum or maximum issue ages on a nondiscriminatory basis. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is available for Contracts issued on and after August 20, 2007 (subject to availability and state approvals) that do not already have a living benefit rider. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will not be issued if the initial allocation to investment options is not in accordance with the investment option restrictions described in Investment Option Restrictions, below. The Company in its discretion may allow the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider to be elected after a contract has been issued without it, subject to certain conditions. Please contact our Customer Service Center for more information. Such election must be received in good order, including owner, annuitant, and beneficiary designations and compliance with the investment restrictions described below. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will be effective as of the following quarterly contract anniversary. |
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Ownership, Annuitant, and Beneficiary Designation Requirements. Certain ownership, annuitant, and
beneficiary designations are required in order to purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. These designations depend upon whether the contract is issued as a nonqualified contract, an IRA or a custodial IRA. In all cases, the ownership, annuitant, and beneficiary designations must allow for the surviving spouse to continue the contract when the death benefit becomes payable, as provided by the Tax Code. Non-natural, custodial owners are only allowed with IRAs (custodial IRAs). Joint annuitants are not allowed. The necessary ownership, annuitant, and/or beneficiary designations are described below. Applications that do not meet the requirements below will be rejected. We reserve the right to verify the date of birth and social security number of both spouses. Nonqualified Contracts. For a jointly owned contract, the owners must be spouses, and the annuitant must be one of the owners. For a contract with only one owner, the owners spouse must be the sole primary beneficiary, and the annuitant must be one of the spouses. IRAs. There may only be one owner, who must also be the annuitant. The owners spouse must be the sole primary beneficiary. Custodial IRAs. While we do not maintain individual owner and beneficiary designations for IRAs held by an outside custodian, the ownership and beneficiary designations with the custodian must comply with the requirements listed in IRAs, above. The annuitant must be the same as the beneficial owner of the custodial IRA. We require the custodian to provide us the name and date of birth of both the owner and the owners spouse. Rider Date. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider date is the date the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider becomes effective. If you purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider when the contract is issued, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider date is also the contract date. No Cancellation. Once you purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, you many not cancel it unless you cancel the contract during the contracts free look period (or otherwise cancel the contract pursuant to its terms), surrender or annuitize in lieu of payments under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. These events automatically cancel the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. The Company may, at its discretion, cancel and/or replace the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider at your request in order to renew or reset the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. Termination. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is a living benefit, which means the guaranteed benefits offered are intended to be available to you and your spouse while you are living and while your contract is in the accumulation phase. The optional rider automatically terminates if you: |
1) | terminate your contract pursuant to its terms during the accumulation phase, surrender, or begin | |
receiving annuity payments in lieu of payments under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider; | ||
2) | die during the accumulation phase (first owner to die in the case of joint owners, or death of annuitant | |
if the contract is a custodial IRA), unless your spouse elects to continue the contract (and your spouse | ||
is active for purposes of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider); or | ||
3) | change the owner of the contract (other than a spousal continuation by an active spouse). |
See Change of Owner or Annuitant, below. Other circumstances that may cause the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider to terminate automatically are discussed below. |
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Active Status. Once the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider has been issued, a spouse must remain in
active status in order to exercise rights and receive the benefits of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider after the first spouses death by electing spousal continuation. In general, changes to the ownership, annuitant, and/or beneficiary designation requirements noted above will result in one spouse being designated as inactive. Inactive spouses are not eligible to continue the benefits of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider after the death of the other spouse. Once designated inactive, a spouse may not regain active status under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. Specific situations that will result in a spouses designation as inactive include the following: |
1) | For nonqualified contracts where the spouses are joint owners, the removal of a joint owner (if that | |
spouse does not automatically become sole primary beneficiary pursuant to the terms of the contract), | ||
or the change of one joint owner to a person other than an active spouse. | ||
2) | For nonqualified contracts where one spouse is the owner and the other spouse is the sole primary | |
beneficiary, as well as for IRA contracts (including custodial IRAs), the addition of a joint owner who | ||
is not also an active spouse or any change of beneficiary (including the addition of primary | ||
beneficiaries). | ||
3) | In the event of the death of one spouse (in which case the deceased spouse becomes inactive). |
An owner may also request that one spouse be treated as inactive. In the case of joint-owned contracts, both contract owners must agree to such a request. An inactive spouse is not eligible to exercise any rights or receive any benefits under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. However, all charges for the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will continue to apply, even if one spouse becomes inactive, regardless of the reason. You should make sure you understand the impact of beneficiary and owner changes on the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider prior to requesting any such changes. A divorce will terminate the ability of an ex-spouse to continue the contract. See Divorce, below. Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of the first withdrawal, ONLY IF the quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday has not yet passed. This status will then continue until the earliest of: |
1) | quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday, provided the | |
contract owner does not decline the change to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status; | ||
2) | reduction of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base to zero, at which time the rider will terminate; | |
3) | the annuity commencement date; | |
4) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal; | ||
5) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
6) | the surrender or annuitization of the Contract; or | |
7) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners; annuitant, in the case of a non-natural | |
person owner), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to continue the Contract. |
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Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of the first withdrawal, provided the quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday has passed. If the first withdrawal is taken prior to this date, then the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status will automatically begin on the quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday. This status continues until the earliest of: |
1) | the annuity commencement date; | |
2) | reduction of the contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal; | |
3) | reduction of the contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
4) | the surrender of the contract; or | |
5) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners, or the annuitant, in the case of a | |
custodial IRA), unless your active spouse beneficiary elects to continue the contract. |
You will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, if you are in the Guaranteed Withdrawal Status and become eligible for the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This notice will explain the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change. Automatic reset into the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status could result in a lower Maximum Annual Withdrawal. However, this action will also apply to all future resets (see below) and cannot be reversed. As described below, certain features of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider may differ depending upon whether you are in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. How the ING Joint LifePay Plus Rider Works. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider has two phases. The first phase, called the Growth Phase, begins on the effective date of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and ends as of the business day before the first withdrawal is taken (or when the annuity commencement date is reached). The second phase is called the Withdrawal Phase. This phase begins as of the date you take the first withdrawal of any kind under the contract (other than advisory fees, as described below), or the annuity commencement date, whichever occurs first. Benefits paid under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider require the calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The ING Joint LifePay Plus Base (referred to as the MGWB Base in the contract) is used to determine the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and is calculated as follows: |
1) | If you purchased the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider on the contract date, the initial ING Joint LifePay | |
Plus Base is equal to the initial premium. | ||
2) | If you purchased the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider after the contract date, the initial ING Joint LifePay | |
Plus Base is equal to the contract value on the effective date of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. |
During the Growth Phase, the initial ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is increased dollar-for-dollar by any premiums received (eligible premiums). In addition, on each quarterly contract anniversary, the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greater of: |
· | The current ING Joint LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value. This is referred to as a quarterly ratchet. |
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Also, on each of the first ten contract anniversaries, the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greatest of: |
· | The current ING Joint LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value; and | |
· | The ING Joint LifePay Plus Base on the previous contract anniversary, increased by 7%, plus any eligible | |
premiums and minus any third-party investment advisory fees paid from your contract during the year. | ||
This is referred to as an annual step-up. |
Please note that if this rider is added after the contract date, then the first opportunity for a step-up will be on the first contract anniversary following a complete contract year after the rider date. The ING Joint LifePay Plus Base has no additional impact on the calculation of annuity payments or withdrawal benefits. Currently, any additional premiums paid during the Withdrawal Phase are not eligible premiums for purposes of determining the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base or the Maximum Annual Withdrawal; however, we reserve the right to treat such premiums as eligible premiums at our discretion, in a nondiscriminatory manner. Premiums received during the Withdrawal Phase do increase the contract value used to determine the reset Maximum Annual Withdrawal under the benefit reset feature of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider (see ING Joint LifePay Plus Reset, below). We reserve the right to discontinue allowing premium payments during the Withdrawal Phase. Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is determined on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins. It equals the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage multiplied by the greater of the contract value and the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base, as of the last day of the Growth Phase. The first withdrawal after the effective date of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider (which causes the end of the Growth Phase) is treated as occurring on the first day of the Withdrawal Phase, immediately after calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage, which varies by age of the youngest active spouse on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins, is as follows: |
Youngest Active | Maximum Annual | |
Spouses Age | Withdrawal Percentage | |
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0-75* | 5%* | |
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76-80 | 6% | |
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81+ | 7% | |
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*If the Withdrawal Phase begins before the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the younger spouse reaches age 65, withdrawals in a contract year up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will reduce the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base dollar-for-dollar, under what your rider refers to as the Standard Withdrawal Benefit. Then, on the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the younger spouse reaches age 65, the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base will automatically be reset to the current Contract value, if greater, and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be recalculated. Once determined the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage never changes for the contract. This is important to keep in mind in deciding when to take your first withdrawal because the younger you are at that time, the lower the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage. If the Contracts annuity commencement date is reached, you may elect a life only annuity option, in lieu of the Contracts other annuity options, under which we will pay the greater of the annuity payout under the Contract and equal annual payments of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, provided that, if both spouses are active, payments under the life only annuity option will be calculated using the joint life expectancy table for both spouses. If only one spouse is active, payments will be calculated using the single life expectancy table for the active spouse. |
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Withdrawals in a contract year that do not exceed the Maximum Withdrawal Amount do not reduce the Maximum Withdrawal Amount. However, if withdrawals in any contract year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal (an excess withdrawal), the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. This means that both the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced by the same proportion as the excess withdrawal is of the contract value determined after the deduction the amount withdrawn up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal but before deduction of the excess withdrawal. When a withdrawal is made, the total withdrawals taken in a contract year are compared with the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal. To the extent that the withdrawal taken causes the total withdrawals in that year to exceed the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal, that withdrawal is considered excess. For purposes of determining whether the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been exceeded, any applicable Market Value Adjustment or surrender charges will not be considered. However, for purposes of determining the Maximum Annual Withdrawal reduction after an excess withdrawal, surrender charges and/or Market Value Adjustment are considered to be part of the withdrawal, and will be included in the pro-rata adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. See Appendix H, Illustration 1 and 2 for examples of this concept. Required Minimum Distributions. Withdrawals taken from the contract to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution rules of the Tax Code are considered withdrawals for purposes of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, and will begin the Withdrawal Phase if the Withdrawal Phase has not already started. Any such withdrawal which exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for a specific contract year will not be deemed excess withdrawals in that contract year for purposes of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, subject to the following: |
1) | If the contract owners Required Minimum Distribution for a calendar year (determined on a date on or | |
before January 31 of that year), applicable to the contract, is greater than the Maximum Annual | ||
Withdrawal on that date, an Additional Withdrawal Amount will be set equal to that portion of the | ||
Required Minimum Distribution that exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. | ||
2) | You may withdraw the Additional Withdrawal Amount from this contract without it being deemed an | |
excess withdrawal. | ||
3) | Any withdrawals taken in a contract year will count first against the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for | |
that contract year. | ||
4) | Once the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for the then current contract year has been taken, additional | |
amounts withdrawn in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will count first against and reduce | ||
any unused Additional Withdrawal Amount for the previous calendar year followed by any Additional | ||
Withdrawal Amount for the current contract year. | ||
5) | Withdrawals that exceed all available Additional Withdrawal Amounts are excess withdrawals and will | |
reduce the Maximum Annual Withdrawal on a pro-rata basis, as described above. | ||
6) | The Additional Withdrawal Amount is reset to zero at the end of the second calendar year from which | |
it was originally calculated. | ||
7) | If the contract is still in the Growth Phase on the date the Additional Withdrawal Amount is | |
determined, but enters the Withdrawal Phase later during that calendar year, the Additional | ||
Withdrawal Amount will be equal to the amount in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | ||
Amount necessary to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution for that year (if any). |
See Appendix H, Illustration 3. |
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Investment Advisory Fees. Withdrawals taken pursuant to a program established by the owner for the
payment of investment advisory fees to a named third party investment adviser for advice on management of the contracts values will not cause the Withdrawal Phase to begin. During the Growth Phase, such withdrawals reduce the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and during the Withdrawal Phase, these withdrawals are treated as any other withdrawal. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the Contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the rider will enter Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are entitled to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, until the remaining ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is exhausted. |
When the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided under the ING Joint LifePay Plus | |
rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the Contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
During Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. These payments will continue until the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is reduced to zero, at which time the rider will terminate without value. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract year following the date the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. If, at the time the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the Contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-Contract year or Contract year, as applicable. Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the contract value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, the contract and the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will terminate due to the pro-rata reduction described in Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, above. If the contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will enter Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are no longer entitled to make withdrawals. Instead, under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider you will begin to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. When the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the contract will provide no further benefits (including death benefits) other than as provided under the | |
ING Joint LifePay Plus rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
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During Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The time period for which we will make these payments will depend upon whether one or two spouses are active under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider at the time this status begins. If both spouses are active under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, these payments will cease upon the death of the second spouse, at which time both the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and the contract will terminate without further value. If only one spouse is active under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, the payments will cease upon the death of the active spouse, at which time both the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and the contract will terminate without value. If the Maximum Annual Withdrawal exceeds the net withdrawals taken the contract year when the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status (including the withdrawal that results in the contract value decreasing to zero), that difference will be paid immediately to the contract owner. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full contract year following the date the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. You may elect to receive systematic withdrawals pursuant to the terms of the contract. Under a systematic withdrawal, either a fixed amount or an amount based upon a percentage of the contract value will be withdrawn from your contract and paid to you on a scheduled basis, either monthly, quarterly or annually. If, at the time the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-contract year or contract year, as applicable. ING Joint LifePay Plus Reset. Once the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status begins and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been determined, on each quarterly contract anniversary we will increase (or reset) the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base to the current Contract value, if the Contract value is higher. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal will also be recalculated, and the remaining portion of the new Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be available for withdrawal immediately. This reset ONLY occurs when the rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, and is automatic. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider with a reset. In this event, you will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, which explains the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change (and the reset). However, this action will apply to all future resets and cannot be reversed. Investment Option Restrictions. In order to mitigate the insurance risk inherent in our guarantee to provide you and your spouse with lifetime payments (subject to the terms and restrictions of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider), we require that your contract value be allocated in accordance with certain limitations. In general, to the extent that you choose not to invest in the Accepted Funds, we require that 20% of the amount not so invested be invested in the Fixed Allocation Funds. We will require this allocation regardless of your investment instructions to the contract, as described below. While the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is in effect, there are limits on the portfolios to which your contract value may be allocated. Contract value allocated to portfolios other than Accepted Funds will be rebalanced so as to maintain at least 20% of such contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds. See Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, below. Accepted Funds. Currently Accepted Funds are: ING Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Growth Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Growth Portfolio; ING MFS Total Return Portfolio; ING T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Portfolio; ING Van Kampen Equity and Income Portfolio; ING Liquid Assets Portfolio; Fixed Account II; and the Fixed Interest Division. We may change these designations at any time upon 30 days notice to you. If a change is made, the change will apply to contract value allocated to such portfolios after the date of the change. |
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Fixed Allocation Funds. The ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio and the ING PIMCO Core Bond
Portfolio are designated as the Fixed Allocation Funds. On and after April 30, 2007, you may allocate contract value to one or both Fixed Allocation Funds. We consider the ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio to be the default Fixed Allocation Fund with Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. Other Funds. All portfolios available under the contract other than Accepted Funds or the Fixed Allocation Funds are considered Other Funds. Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. If the contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds is less than 20% of the total contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds on any ING Joint LifePay Plus Rebalancing Date, we will automatically rebalance the contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds so that 20% of this amount is allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds. Accepted Funds are excluded from Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. Any rebalancing is done on a pro-rata basis among the Other Funds and will be the last transaction processed on that date. The ING Joint LifePay Plus Rebalancing Dates occur on each contract anniversary and after the following transactions: |
1) | receipt of additional premiums; | |
2) | transfer or reallocation among the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds, whether automatic or | |
specifically directed by you; and | ||
3) | withdrawals from the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds. |
Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing is separate from any other automatic rebalancing under the contract. However, if the other automatic rebalancing under the contract causes the allocations to be out of compliance with the investment option restrictions noted above, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing will occur immediately after the automatic rebalancing to restore the required allocations. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. In certain circumstances, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing may result in a reallocation into the Fixed Allocation Funds even if you have not previously been invested in it. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, Example I. By electing to purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, you are providing the Company with direction and authorization to process these transactions, including reallocations into the Fixed Allocation Funds. You should not purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider if you do not wish to have your contract value reallocated in this manner. Divorce. Generally, in the event of a divorce, the spouse who retains ownership of the contract will continue to be entitled to all rights and benefits of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, while the ex-spouse will no longer have any such rights or be entitled to any such benefits. In the event of a divorce during Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider continues, and terminates upon the death of the owner (first owner in the case of joint owners, or the annuitant in the case of a custodial IRA). Although spousal continuation may be available under the Tax Code for a subsequent spouse, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider cannot be continued by the new spouse. As the result of the divorce, we may be required to withdraw assets for the benefit of an ex-spouse. Any such withdrawal will be considered a withdrawal for purposes of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount. In other words, if a withdrawal incident to a divorce exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount, it will be considered an excess withdrawal. See Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, above. As noted, in the event of a divorce there is no change to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and we will continue to deduct charges for the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. In the event of a divorce during Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, there will be no change to the periodic payments made. Payments will continue until both spouses are deceased. |
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Death of Owner. The death of the owner (or in the case of joint owners, the first owner, or for
custodial IRAs, the annuitant) may cause the termination of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and its charges, depending upon whether one or both spouses are in active status at the time of death, as described below. |
1) | If both spouses are in active status: If the surviving spouse elects to continue the contract and | |
becomes the sole owner and annuitant, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will remain in effect pursuant | ||
to its original terms and ING Joint LifePay Plus coverage and charges will continue. As of the date the | ||
contract is continued, the Joint LifePay Plus Base will be reset to the current Contact value, if greater, | ||
and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will recalculated as the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | ||
percentage multiplied by the new Joint LifePay Plus Base on the date the contract is continued. | ||
However, under no circumstances will this recalculation result in a reduction to the Maximum Annual | ||
Withdrawal. | ||
If the surviving spouse elects not to continue the contract, ING Joint LifePay Plus rider coverage and | ||
charges will cease upon the earlier of payment of the death benefit or notice that an alternative | ||
distribution option has been chosen. | ||
2) | If the surviving spouse is in inactive status: The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider terminates and ING | |
Joint LifePay Plus coverage and charges cease upon the date of death of the last Active Spouse. |
Change of Owner or Annuitant. Other than as a result of spousal continuation, you may not change
the annuitant. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and rider charges will terminate upon change of owner, including adding an additional owner, except for the following ownership changes: |
1) | spousal continuation by an active spouse, as described above; | |
2) | change of owner from one custodian to another custodian for the benefit of the same individual; | |
3) | change of owner from a custodian for the benefit of an individual to the same individual (in order to | |
avoid the owners spouse from being designated inactive, the owners spouse must be named sole | ||
beneficiary under the contract); | ||
4) | change of owner from an individual to a custodian for the benefit of the same individual; | |
5) | collateral assignments; | |
6) | for nonqualified contracts only, the addition of a joint owner, provided that the additional joint owner | |
is the original owners spouse and is active when added as joint owner; | ||
7) | for nonqualified contracts, removal of a joint owner, provided the removed joint owner is active and | |
becomes the primary contract beneficiary; and | ||
8) | change of owner where the owner becomes the sole primary beneficiary and the sole primary | |
beneficiary becomes the owner if both were active spouses at the time of the change. |
Surrender Charges. If you elect the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, your withdrawals will be subject
to surrender charges if they exceed the free withdrawal amount. However, once your contract value is zero, the periodic payments under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider are not subject to surrender charges, nor will these amounts be subject to any other charges under the contract. Federal Tax Considerations. For more information about the tax treatment of amounts paid to you under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, see Federal Tax Considerations Tax Consequences of Living Benefits and Death Benefit. |
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APPENDIX H |
ING LifePay Plus and ING Joint LifePay Plus Partial Withdrawal Amount Examples |
The following are examples of adjustments to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount for withdrawals in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal: |
Illustration 1: Adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount for a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, including surrender and/or MVA charges. |
Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000. |
The first withdrawal taken during the contract year is $3,000 net, with $500 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $300 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded because total net withdrawals, $4,500, do not exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $200 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. Because total net withdrawals taken, $6,000, exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000, then there is an adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Total gross withdrawals during the contract year are $7,000 ($3,000 + $500 + $1,500 + $300 + $1,500 + $200). The adjustment is the lesser of the amount by which the total gross withdrawals for the year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal ($7,000 - $5,000 = $2,000), and the amount of the current gross withdrawal ($1,500 + 200 = $1,700. If the Account Value before this withdrawal is $50,000, then the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is reduced by 3.40% ($1,700 / $50,000) to $4,830 ((1 - 3.40%) * $5,000). |
Illustration 2: Adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount for a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000. |
The first withdrawal taken during the contract year is $3,000 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded because total net withdrawals, $4,500, do not exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. Because total net withdrawals taken, $6,000, exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000, there is an adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
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Total gross withdrawals during the contract year are $6,000 ($3,000 + $1,500 + $1,500). The adjustment is the lesser of the amount by which the total gross withdrawals for the year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $1,000, and the amount of the current gross withdrawal, $1,500. If the Account Value after the part of the gross withdrawal that was within the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $500, is $49,500, then the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is reduced by 2.02% ($1,000 / $49,500) to $4,899 ((1 - 2.02%) * $5,000). |
Illustration 3: A withdrawal exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount but does not exceed the Additional Withdrawal Amount. Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000. The Required Minimum Distribution for the current calendar year applicable to this contract is determined to be $6,000. The Additional Withdrawal Amount is set equal to the excess of this amount above the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $1,000 ($6,000 - $5,000). The first withdrawal taken during the contract year is $3,000 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded because total net withdrawals, $4,500, do not exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. Total net withdrawals taken, $6,000, exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000, however, the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not adjusted until the Additional Withdrawal Amount is exhausted. The amount by which total net withdrawals taken exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $1,000 ($6,000 - $5,000), is the same as the Additional Withdrawal Amount, so no adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is made. If total net withdrawals taken had exceeded the sum of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and the Additional Withdrawal Amount, then an adjustment would be made to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
Illustration 4: The Reset Occurs. |
Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000 and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage is 5%. One year after the first withdrawal is taken, the contract value has increased to $120,000, and the Reset occurs. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is now $6,000 ($120,000 * 5%). One year after the Reset, the contract value has increased further to $130,000. The Reset occurs again, and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is now $6,500 ($130,000 * 5%). |
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SUPPLEMENT Dated August 20, 2007 |
To The Prospectuses Dated April 30, 2007 For: |
ING GoldenSelect Generations Contracts Issued By |
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company |
This supplement updates the prospectus. Please read it carefully and keep it with your copy of |
the prospectus for future reference. If you have any questions, please call our Customer Service |
Center at 1-800-366-0066. |
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The ING LifePay Plus and Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (MGWB) Riders are now available in your state and have replaced our ING LifePay and Joint LifePay MGWB Riders. If you already own a Contract with an ING LifePay rider, you may have an opportunity to replace your existing LifePay rider with the ING LifePay Plus rider. Please contact us for more information and eligibility details. In states where ING LifePay Plus and Joint LifePay Plus MGWB Riders are approved and available, the April 30, 2007 prospectus is modified as follows: |
1. | Under the FEES AND EXPENSES section that begins on page 1, replace the Optional | |
Rider Charges tables with: |
Optional Rider Charges1 |
Earnings Multiplier Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge | Maximum Annual Charge | |
(Charge Deducted Quarterly) | ||
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0.30% of contract value | 0.30% of contract value | |
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Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge | Maximum Annual Charge | |
(Charge Deducted Quarterly) | ||
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0.75% of the MGIB Charge Base2 | 1.50% of the MGIB Charge Base2 | |
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ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge - Currently | Maximum Annual Charge if Reset Benefit | |
(Charge Deducted Quarterly) | Elected3 | |
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0.60% of the ING LifePay Plus Base | 2.00% of the ING LifePay Plus Base | |
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ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge Currently | Maximum Annual Charge if Reset Benefit | |
(Charge Deducted Quarterly) | Elected4 | |
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0.85% of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base | 2.50% of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base | |
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1 An optional rider charge, expressed as a percentage of contract value that is rounded to the nearest |
hundredth of one percent, is deducted from the contract value in your subaccount allocations (and/or your |
Fixed Interest Allocations if there is insufficient contract value in the subaccounts). |
2 For more information about how the MGIB Charge Base is determined, please see Charges and Fees - |
Optional Riders Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit Rider. |
3 Please see ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit ING LifePay Plus Reset. |
4 Please see ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit ING Joint LifePay Plus |
Reset. |
2. | Also under the FEES AND EXPENSES section on page 4, replace the Example with: |
Example This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Contract with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated. The costs reflected are the maximum charges for the Contract with the Max 7 Enhanced Death Benefit and the most expensive combination of riders possible: Earnings Multiplier Benefit and ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, and assumes the maximum Trust or Fund fees and expenses. Excluded are premium taxes and any transfer charges. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be: |
1) | If you surrender or annuitize your contract at the end of the applicable time period: | |||||||
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |||||
$1,431 | $2,514 | $3,628 | $6,648 | |||||
2) | If you do not surrender your contract: | |||||||
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |||||
$631 | $1,914 | $3,628 | $6,648 | |||||
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Compensation is paid for the sale of the Contracts. For information about this compensation, see Other Contract Provisions Selling the Contract. |
3. | Under the CHARGES AND FEES section that begins on page 9, replace the | |
paragraphs about the ING LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING | ||
LifePay) Rider Charge and ING Joint LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal | ||
Benefit (ING Joint LifePay) Rider Charge with: |
ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING LifePay Plus) Rider Charge. The charge for the ING LifePay Plus rider, a living benefit, is deducted quarterly from your contract value: |
Maximum Annual Charge | Current Annual Charge | |
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This quarterly charge is a percentage of the ING LifePay Plus Base. We deduct the charge in arrears based on the contract date (contract year versus calendar year). In arrears means the first charge is deducted at the end of the first quarter from the contract date. If the rider is added after contract issue, the rider and charges will begin on the next following quarterly contract anniversary. The charge will be pro-rated when the rider is terminated. Charges are deducted through the date your rider enters either the Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status occurs if your contract value is reduced to zero and other conditions are met. The current charge can change upon a reset after your first five contract years. You will never pay more than the maximum annual charge. For more information about how this rider works, including when Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status begins, please see Living Benefit Riders ING LifePay Plus/Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Riders. If the contract value in the subaccounts is insufficient for the charge, then we deduct it from any Fixed Interest Allocations, in which case a Market Value Adjustment may apply. But currently, a Market Value Adjustment would not apply when this charge is deducted from a Fixed Interest Allocation. With Fixed Interest Allocations, we deduct the charge from the Fixed Interest Allocation having the nearest maturity. For more information about the Fixed Interest Allocation, including the Market Value Adjustment, please see Appendix C. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider, subject to the maximum annual charge. If changed, the new charge will only apply to riders issued after the change. ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING Joint LifePay Plus) Rider Charge. The charge for the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, a living benefit, is deducted quarterly from your contract value: |
Maximum Annual Charge | Current Annual Charge | |
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This quarterly charge is a percentage of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base. We deduct the charge in arrears based on the contract date (contract year versus calendar year). In arrears means the first charge is deducted at the end of the first quarter from the contract date. If the rider is added after contract issue, the rider and charges will begin on the next following quarterly contract anniversary. The charge will be pro-rated when the rider is terminated. Charges are deducted through the date your rider enters either the Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status occurs if your contract value is reduced to zero and other conditions are met. The current charge can be subject to change upon a reset after your first five contract years. You will never pay more than the maximum annual charge. For more information about how this rider works, including when Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status begins, please see Living Benefit Riders - ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider. If the contract value in the subaccounts is insufficient for the charge, then we deduct it from any Fixed Interest Allocations, in which case a Market Value Adjustment may apply. But currently, a Market Value Adjustment would not apply when this charge is deducted from a Fixed Interest Allocation. With Fixed Interest Allocations, we deduct the charge from the Fixed Interest Allocation having the nearest maturity. For more information about the Fixed Interest Allocation, including the Market Value Adjustment, please see Appendix C. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider, subject to the maximum annual charge. If changed, the new charge will only apply to riders issued after the change. |
4. | Under the LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS section that begins on page 20, replace the | |
third and fourth paragraphs with: |
The Contract has three living benefit riders offering protection against the investment risks with your Contract: |
· | The Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit rider, which you may wish to purchase if you are concerned | |
about having a minimum amount of income in annuitizing your Contract; | ||
· | The ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider, which you may wish to purchase if | |
you are concerned that you may outlive your income; and |
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· | The ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider, which you may wish to | |
purchase if you are married and concerned that you and your spouse may outlive your income. |
These living benefit riders are described further below. You may only add one living benefit rider to your Contract. We do, however, reserve the right to allow the purchase of more than one living benefit rider in the future. You should not purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider with multiple owners, unless the owners are spouses. |
5. | Also under the LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS section beginning on page 28, replace the | |
paragraphs about the ING LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING | ||
LifePay) Rider with: |
ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING LifePay Plus) Rider. The
ING LifePay Plus rider generally provides, subject to the restrictions and limitations below, that we will guarantee a minimum level of annual withdrawals from the Contract for the lifetime of the annuitant, even if these withdrawals deplete your Contract value to zero. You may wish to purchase this rider if you are concerned that you may outlive your income. Purchase. In order to elect the ING LifePay Plus rider, the annuitant must be the owner or one of the owners, unless the owner is a non-natural owner. Joint annuitants are not allowed. The maximum issue age is 80. The issue age is the age of the owner (or the annuitant if there are joint owners or the owner is non-natural) on the Contract anniversary on which the rider is effective. Some broker-dealers may limit the availability of the rider to younger ages. The ING LifePay Plus rider is available for Contracts issued on and after August 20, 2007 (subject to availability and state approvals) that do not already have a living benefit rider. The ING LifePay Plus rider will not be issued if the initial allocation to investment options is not in accordance with the investment option restrictions described in Investment Option Restrictions, below. The Company in its discretion may allow the rider to be elected after a contract has been issued without it, subject to certain conditions. Contact the Customer Service Center for more information. Such election must be received in good order, including compliance with the investment restrictions described below. The rider will be effective as of the following quarterly Contract anniversary. If the ING LifePay Plus rider is not available, or if your Contract has the Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider, then please see Appendix J Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit. |
Rider Date. The rider date is the date the ING LifePay Plus rider becomes effective. If you
purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider when the Contract is issued, the rider date is also the Contract date. No Cancellation. Once you purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider, you many not cancel it unless you cancel the Contract during the Contracts free look period, surrender, annuitize or otherwise terminate the Contract. These events automatically cancel the ING LifePay Plus rider. The Company may, at its discretion, cancel and/or replace the ING LifePay Plus rider at your request in order to renew or reset the rider. Termination. The ING LifePay Plus rider is a living benefit, which means the guaranteed benefits offered are intended to be available to you while you are living and while your Contract is in the accumulation phase. The optional rider automatically terminates if you: |
1) | annuitize, surrender or otherwise terminate your Contract during the accumulation phase; or | |
2) | die during the accumulation phase (first owner to die if there are multiple Contract owners, or death | |
of annuitant if Contract owner is not a natural person), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to | ||
continue the Contract. |
The ING LifePay Plus rider will also terminate if there is a change in Contract ownership (other than a spousal beneficiary continuation on your death). Other circumstances that may cause the ING LifePay Plus rider to terminate automatically are discussed below. |
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Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of the first withdrawal, ONLY IF the
quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitant reaching age 59 ½ has not yet passed. This status will then continue until the earliest of: |
1) | quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitant reaching age 59 ½, provided the contract owner | |
does not decline the change to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status; | ||
2) | reduction of the ING LifePay Plus Base to zero, at which time the rider will terminate; | |
3) | the annuity commencement date; | |
4) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal; | ||
5) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
6) | the surrender or annuitization of the Contract; or | |
7) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners; annuitant, in the case of a non-natural | |
person owner), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to continue the Contract. |
Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of your first withdrawal,
provided the quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitants age 59 ½ has passed. If your first withdrawal is taken before this date, then the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status will automatically begin on the quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitant reaching age 59 ½. This status continues until the earliest of: |
1) | the annuity commencement date; | |
2) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal; | ||
3) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
4) | the surrender or annuitization of the Contract; or | |
5) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners; annuitant, in the case of a non-natural | |
person owner), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to continue the Contract. |
You will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, if you are in the Guaranteed Withdrawal Status and become eligible for the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This notice will explain the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change. Automatic reset into the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status could result in a lower Maximum Annual Withdrawal. However, this action will also apply to all future resets (see below) and cannot be reversed. As described below, certain features of the ING LifePay Plus rider may differ depending upon whether you are in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. How the ING LifePay Plus Rider Works. The ING LifePay Plus Withdrawal Benefit rider has two phases. The first phase, called the Growth Phase, begins on the effective date of the rider and ends as of the business day before the first withdrawal is taken (or when the annuity commencement date is reached). The second phase is called the Withdrawal Phase. This phase begins as of the date of the first withdrawal or the annuity commencement date, whichever occurs first. |
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Benefits paid under the ING LifePay Plus rider require the calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The ING LifePay Plus Base (referred to as the MGWB Base in the Contract) is used to determine the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and is calculated as follows: |
1) | If you purchased the ING LifePay Plus rider on the Contract date, the initial ING LifePay Plus Base is | |
equal to the initial premium. | ||
2) | If you purchased the ING LifePay Plus rider after the Contract date, the initial ING LifePay Plus Base is | |
equal to the Contract value on the effective date of the rider. |
During the Growth Phase, the initial ING LifePay Plus Base is increased dollar-for-dollar by any premiums received (eligible premiums). In addition, on each quarterly contract anniversary, the ING LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greater of: |
· | The current ING LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value. This is referred to as a quarterly ratchet. |
Also, on each of the first ten contract anniversaries, the ING LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greatest of: |
· | The current ING LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value; and | |
· | The ING LifePay Plus Base on the previous contract anniversary, increased by 7%, plus any eligible | |
premiums and minus any third-party investment advisory fees paid from your contract during the year. | ||
This is referred to as an annual step-up. |
Please note that if this rider is added after the contract date, then the first opportunity for a step-up will be on the first contract anniversary following a complete contract year after the rider date. The ING LifePay Plus Base has no additional impact on the calculation of annuity payments or withdrawal benefits. Currently, any additional premiums paid during the Withdrawal Phase are not eligible premiums for purposes of determining the ING LifePay Plus Base or the Maximum Annual Withdrawal; however, we reserve the right to treat such premiums as eligible premiums at our discretion, in a nondiscriminatory manner. Premiums received during the Withdrawal Phase do increase the Contract value used to determine the reset Maximum Annual Withdrawal under the benefit reset feature of the ING LifePay Plus rider (see ING LifePay Plus Reset, below). We reserve the right to discontinue allowing premium payments during the Withdrawal Phase. |
Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is determined on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins. It equals a percentage of the greater of 1) the Contract value and 2) the ING LifePay Plus Base as of the last day of the Growth Phase. The first withdrawal after the effective date of the rider (which causes the end of the Growth Phase) is treated as occurring on the first day of the Withdrawal Phase, after calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage, which varies by age of the annuitant on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins, is as follows: |
Maximum Annual | ||
Annuitant Age | Withdrawal Percentage | |
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0-75* | 5%* | |
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76-80 | 6% | |
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81+ | 7% | |
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*If the Withdrawal Phase begins before the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the annuitant reaches age 59-1/2, withdrawals in a contract year up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will reduce the ING LifePay Plus Base dollar-for-dollar, under what the rider refers to as the Standard Withdrawal Benefit. |
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Then, on the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the annuitant reaches age 59 ½, the ING LifePay Plus Base will automatically be reset to the current Contract value, if greater, and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be recalculated. Once determined, the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage never changes for the Contract, except as provided for under spousal continuation. See Continuation After Death Spouse, below. This is important to keep in mind in deciding when to take your first withdrawal because the younger you are at that time, the lower the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage. If the Contracts annuity commencement date is reached, you may elect a life only annuity option, in lieu of the Contracts other annuity options, under which we will pay the greater of the annuity payout under the Contract and equal annual payments of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. If withdrawals in any Contract year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, then the ING LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. This means that both the ING LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced by the same proportion as the withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal (the excess withdrawal) is of the Contract value determined: |
1) | before the withdrawal, for the excess withdrawal; and | |
2) | after the withdrawal, for the amount withdrawn up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal (without | |
regard to the excess withdrawal). |
When a withdrawal is made, the total withdrawals taken in a Contract year are compared with the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal. To the extent that the withdrawal taken causes the total withdrawals in that year to exceed the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal, that withdrawal is considered excess. For purposes of determining whether the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been exceeded, any applicable Market Value Adjustment or surrender charges will not be applied to the withdrawal. However, for purposes of determining the Maximum Annual Withdrawal reduction after an excess withdrawal, any surrender charges and/or Market Value Adjustment are considered to be part of the withdrawal. See Appendix H, Illustration 1 and 2 for examples of this concept. Required Minimum Distributions. Withdrawals taken from the Contract to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution rules of the Tax Code, that exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for a specific Contract year, will not be deemed excess withdrawals in that Contract year for purposes of the ING LifePay Plus rider, subject to the following rules: |
1) | If your Required Minimum Distribution for a calendar year (determined on a date on or before | |
January 31 of that year), applicable to this Contract, is greater than the Maximum Annual | ||
Withdrawal on that date, an Additional Withdrawal Amount will be set equal to that portion of the | ||
Required Minimum Distribution that exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. | ||
2) | You may withdraw the Additional Withdrawal Amount from this Contract without it being deemed | |
an excess withdrawal. | ||
3) | Any withdrawals taken in a Contract year will count first against the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | |
for that Contract year. | ||
4) | Once the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for the then current Contract year has been taken, additional | |
amounts withdrawn in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will count first against and | ||
reduce any unused Additional Withdrawal Amount for the previous calendar year followed by any | ||
Additional Withdrawal Amount for the current calendar year. | ||
5) | Withdrawals that exceed all available Additional Withdrawal Amounts are excess withdrawals and | |
will reduce the Maximum Annual Withdrawal on a pro-rata basis, as described above. |
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6) | The Additional Withdrawal Amount is reset to zero at the end of the second calendar year from | |
which it was originally calculated. | ||
7) | If the Contract is still in the Growth Phase on the date the Additional Withdrawal Amount is | |
determined, but enters the Withdrawal Phase later during that calendar year, the Additional | ||
Withdrawal Amount will be equal to the amount in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | ||
necessary to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution for that year (if any). |
See Appendix H, Illustration 3. |
Investment Advisory Fees. Withdrawals taken pursuant to a program established by the owner for the
payment of investment advisory fees to a named third party investment adviser for advice on management of the Contracts values will not cause the Withdrawal Phase to begin. During the Growth Phase, such withdrawals reduce the ING LifePay Plus Base on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and during the Withdrawal Phase, these withdrawals are treated as any other withdrawal. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the Contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the rider will enter Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are entitled to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, until the remaining ING LifePay Plus Base is exhausted. |
When the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided under the ING LifePay Plus | |
rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the Contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
During Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. These payments will continue until the ING LifePay Plus Base is reduced to zero, at which time the rider will terminate without value. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract year following the date the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. If, at the time the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the Contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-Contract year or Contract year, as applicable. Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the Contract value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, the Contract and the rider will terminate due to the pro-rata reduction described in Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, above. If the Contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the rider will enter Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are entitled to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
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When the rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided under the ING LifePay Plus | |
rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the Contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
During Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. These payments will cease upon the death of the annuitant at which time both the rider and the Contract will terminate. The rider will remain in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status until it terminates without value upon the annuitants death. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract year following the date the rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. If, at the time the rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the Contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-Contract year or Contract year, as applicable. ING LifePay Plus Reset. Once the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status begins and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been determined, on each quarterly contract anniversary we will increase (or reset) the ING LifePay Plus Base to the current Contract value, if the Contract value is higher. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal will also be recalculated, and the remaining portion of the new Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be available for withdrawal immediately. This reset ONLY occurs when the rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, and is automatic. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider with a reset. In this event, you will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, which explains the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change (and the reset). However, this action will apply to all future resets and cannot be reversed. Investment Option Restrictions. While the ING LifePay Plus rider is in effect, there are limits on the portfolios to which your Contract value may be allocated. Contract value allocated to portfolios other than Accepted Funds will be rebalanced so as to maintain at least 20% of such Contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds. See Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, below. Accepted Funds. Currently, Accepted Funds are: ING Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Growth Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Growth Portfolio; ING MFS Total Return Portfolio; ING T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Portfolio; ING Van Kampen Equity and Income Portfolio; ING Liquid Assets Portfolio; and Fixed Account II. We may change these designations at any time upon 30 days notice to you. If a change is made, the change will apply to Contract value allocated to such portfolios after the date of the change. Fixed Allocation Funds. The ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio and the ING PIMCO Core Bond Portfolio are designated as the Fixed Allocation Funds. On and after April 30, 2007, you may allocate your contract value to one or both Fixed Allocation Funds. We consider the ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio to be the default Fixed Allocation Fund with Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. If the rider is not continued under the spousal continuation right when available, the Fixed Allocation Fund may be reclassified as a Special Fund as of the Contract continuation date if it would otherwise be designated as a Special Fund for purposes of the Contracts death benefits. For purposes of calculating any applicable death benefit guaranteed under the Contract, any allocation of Contract value to the Fixed Allocation Funds will be considered a Covered Fund allocation while the rider is in effect. |
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Other Funds. All portfolios available under the Contract other than Accepted Funds or the Fixed
Allocation Funds are considered Other Funds. Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. If the Contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds is less than 20% of the total Contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds on any ING LifePay Plus Rebalancing Date, we will automatically rebalance the Contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds so that 20% of this amount is allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds. Accepted Funds are excluded from Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. Any rebalancing is done on a pro-rata basis among the Other Funds and will be the last transaction processed on that date. The ING LifePay Plus Rebalancing Dates occur on each Contract anniversary and after the following transactions: |
1) | receipt of additional premiums; | |
2) | transfer or reallocation among the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds, whether automatic or | |
specifically directed by you; and | ||
3) | withdrawals from the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds. |
Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing is separate from any other automatic rebalancing under the Contract. However, if the other automatic rebalancing under the Contract causes the allocations to be out of compliance with the investment option restrictions noted above, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing will occur immediately after the automatic rebalancing to restore the required allocations. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. In certain circumstances, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing may result in a reallocation into the Fixed Allocation Funds even if you have not previously been invested in it. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, Example I. By electing to purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider, you are providing the Company with direction and authorization to process these transactions, including reallocations into the Fixed Allocation Funds. You should not purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider if you do not wish to have your Contract value reallocated in this manner. Death of Owner or Annuitant. The ING LifePay Plus rider and charges will terminate on the date of death of the owner (or in the case of joint owners, the first owner), or the annuitant if there is a non-natural owner. Continuation After Death Spouse. If the surviving spouse of the deceased owner continues the Contract (see Death Benefit Choices Continuation After Death Spouse), the rider will also continue on the next quarterly contract anniversary, provided the spouse becomes the annuitant and sole owner. If the rider is in the Growth Phase at the time of spousal continuation: |
1) | The rider will continue in the Growth Phase; | |
2) | On the date the rider is continued, the ING LifePay Plus Base will be reset to equal the greater of the | |
ING LifePay Plus Base and the then current Contract value; | ||
3) | The ING LifePay Plus charges will restart and be the same as were in effect prior to the claim date; | |
4) | Ratchets, which stop on the claim date, are restarted, effective on the date the rider is continued; | |
5) | Any remaining step-ups will be available, and if the rider is continued before an annual contract | |
anniversary when a step-up would have been available, then that step-up will be available; |
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6) | The Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage will be determined as of the date of the first | |
withdrawal, whenever it occurs, and will be based on the spouses age on that date; and | ||
7) | The riders Standard Withdrawal Benefit will be available until the quarterly contract anniversary on or | |
after the spouse is age 59 ½. |
If the rider is in the Withdrawal Phase at the time of spousal continuation: |
1) | The rider will continue in the Withdrawal Phase. | |||
2) | The riders charges will restart on the date the rider is continued and be the same as were in effect prior | |||
to the claim date. | ||||
3) | On the quarterly Contract anniversary that the date the rider is continued: | |||
(a) | If the surviving spouse was not the annuitant before the owners death, then the ING LifePay | |||
Plus Base will be reset to the current Contract value and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is | ||||
recalculated by multiplying the new ING LifePay Plus Base by the Maximum Annual | ||||
Withdrawal percentage based on the surviving spouses age on that date. Withdrawals are | ||||
permitted pursuant to the other provisions of the rider. Withdrawals causing the Contract value | ||||
to fall to zero will terminate the Contract and the rider. | ||||
(b) | If the surviving spouse was the annuitant before the owners death, then the ING LifePay Plus | |||
Base will be reset to the current Contract value, only if greater, and the Maximum Annual | ||||
Withdrawal is recalculated by multiplying the new ING LifePay Plus Base by the Maximum | ||||
Annual Withdrawal percentage. Withdrawals are permitted pursuant to the other provisions of | ||||
the rider. | ||||
4) | The rider charges will restart on the quarter Contract anniversary that the rider is continued and will be | |||
the same as were in effect prior to the claim date. |
Effect of ING LifePay Plus Rider on Death Benefit. If you die before Lifetime Automatic Periodic
Benefit Status begins under the ING LifePay Plus rider, the death benefit is payable, but the rider terminates. However, if the beneficiary is the owners spouse, and the spouse elects to continue the Contract, the death benefit is not payable until the spouses death. Thus, you should not purchase this rider with multiple owners, unless the owners are spouses. See Death of Owner or Annuitant and Continuation After Death Spouse, above for further information. While in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if the owner who is not the annuitant dies, we will continue to pay the periodic payments that the owner was receiving under the ING LifePay Plus rider to the beneficiary. While in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if an owner who is also the annuitant dies, the periodic payments will stop. No other death benefit is payable. While the rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if the owner dies, the remaining ING LifePay Plus Base will be paid to the beneficiary in a lump sum. Change of Owner or Annuitant. Other than as provided above under Continuation After Death- Spouse, you may not change the annuitant. The rider and rider charges will terminate upon change of owner, including adding an additional owner, except for the following ownership changes: |
1) | spousal continuation as described above; | |
2) | change of owner from one custodian to another custodian; | |
3) | change of owner from a custodian for the benefit of an individual to the same individual; |
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4) | change of owner from an individual to a custodian for the benefit of the same individual; | |
5) | collateral assignments; | |
6) | change in trust as owner where the individual owner and the grantor of the trust are the same | |
individual; | ||
7) | change of owner from an individual to a trust where the individual owner and the grantor of the trust | |
are the same individual; and | ||
8) | change of owner from a trust to an individual where the individual owner and the grantor of the trust | |
are the same individual. |
Surrender Charges. If you elect the ING LifePay Plus rider, your withdrawals will be subject to
surrender charges if they exceed the free withdrawal amount. However, once your Contract value is zero, the periodic payments under the ING LifePay Plus rider are not subject to surrender charges. Loans. No loans are permitted on Contracts with the ING LifePay Plus rider. Taxation. For more information about the tax treatment of amounts paid to you under the ING LifePay Plus Rider, see Federal Tax Considerations Tax Consequences of Living Benefits and Death Benefit. |
6. | Also under the LIVING BENEFITS RIDERS section beginning on page 35, replace | |
the paragraphs about the ING Joint LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit | ||
(ING Joint LifePay) Rider with: |
ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING Joint LifePay Plus) Rider. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider generally provides, subject to the restrictions and limitations below, that we will guarantee a minimum level of annual withdrawals from the Contract for the lifetime of both you and your spouse, even if these withdrawals deplete your contract value to zero. You may wish to purchase this rider if you are married and are concerned that you and your spouse may outlive your income. Purchase. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is only available for purchase by individuals who are married at the time of purchase and eligible to elect spousal continuation (as defined by the Tax Code) when the death benefit becomes payable. We refer to these individuals as spouses. Certain ownership, annuitant, and beneficiary designations are required in order to purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. See Ownership, Annuitant, and Beneficiary Requirements, below. The maximum issue age is 80. Both spouses must meet these issue age requirements on the contract anniversary on which the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is effective. The issue age is the age of the owners on the Contract anniversary on which the rider is effective. Some broker dealers may limit the maximum issue age to ages younger than age 80, but in no event lower than age 55. We reserve the right to change the minimum or maximum issue ages on a nondiscriminatory basis. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is available for Contracts issued on and after August 20, 2007 (subject to availability and state approvals) that do not already have a living benefit rider. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will not be issued if the initial allocation to investment options is not in accordance with the investment option restrictions described in Investment Option Restrictions, below. The Company in its discretion may allow the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider to be elected after a contract has been issued without it, subject to certain conditions. Please contact our Customer Service Center for more information. Such election must be received in good order, including owner, annuitant, and beneficiary designations and compliance with the investment restrictions described below. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will be effective as of the following quarterly contract anniversary. |
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Ownership, Annuitant, and Beneficiary Designation Requirements. Certain ownership, annuitant, and
beneficiary designations are required in order to purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. These designations depend upon whether the contract is issued as a nonqualified contract, an IRA or a custodial IRA. In all cases, the ownership, annuitant, and beneficiary designations must allow for the surviving spouse to continue the contract when the death benefit becomes payable, as provided by the Tax Code. Non-natural, custodial owners are only allowed with IRAs (custodial IRAs). Joint annuitants are not allowed. The necessary ownership, annuitant, and/or beneficiary designations are described below. Applications that do not meet the requirements below will be rejected. We reserve the right to verify the date of birth and social security number of both spouses. Nonqualified Contracts. For a jointly owned contract, the owners must be spouses, and the annuitant must be one of the owners. For a contract with only one owner, the owners spouse must be the sole primary beneficiary, and the annuitant must be one of the spouses. IRAs. There may only be one owner, who must also be the annuitant. The owners spouse must be the sole primary beneficiary. Custodial IRAs. While we do not maintain individual owner and beneficiary designations for IRAs held by an outside custodian, the ownership and beneficiary designations with the custodian must comply with the requirements listed in IRAs, above. The annuitant must be the same as the beneficial owner of the custodial IRA. We require the custodian to provide us the name and date of birth of both the owner and the owners spouse. Rider Date. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider date is the date the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider becomes effective. If you purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider when the contract is issued, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider date is also the contract date. No Cancellation. Once you purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, you many not cancel it unless you cancel the contract during the contracts free look period (or otherwise cancel the contract pursuant to its terms), surrender or annuitize in lieu of payments under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. These events automatically cancel the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. The Company may, at its discretion, cancel and/or replace the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider at your request in order to renew or reset the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. Termination. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is a living benefit, which means the guaranteed benefits offered are intended to be available to you and your spouse while you are living and while your contract is in the accumulation phase. The optional rider automatically terminates if you: |
1) | terminate your contract pursuant to its terms during the accumulation phase, surrender, or begin | |
receiving annuity payments in lieu of payments under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider; | ||
2) | die during the accumulation phase (first owner to die in the case of joint owners, or death of annuitant | |
if the contract is a custodial IRA), unless your spouse elects to continue the contract (and your spouse | ||
is active for purposes of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider); or | ||
3) | change the owner of the contract (other than a spousal continuation by an active spouse). |
See Change of Owner or Annuitant, below. Other circumstances that may cause the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider to terminate automatically are discussed below. |
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Active Status. Once the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider has been issued, a spouse must remain in
active status in order to exercise rights and receive the benefits of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider after the first spouses death by electing spousal continuation. In general, changes to the ownership, annuitant, and/or beneficiary designation requirements noted above will result in one spouse being designated as inactive. Inactive spouses are not eligible to continue the benefits of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider after the death of the other spouse. Once designated inactive, a spouse may not regain active status under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. Specific situations that will result in a spouses designation as inactive include the following: |
1) | For nonqualified contracts where the spouses are joint owners, the removal of a joint owner (if that | |
spouse does not automatically become sole primary beneficiary pursuant to the terms of the contract), | ||
or the change of one joint owner to a person other than an active spouse. | ||
2) | For nonqualified contracts where one spouse is the owner and the other spouse is the sole primary | |
beneficiary, as well as for IRA contracts (including custodial IRAs), the addition of a joint owner who | ||
is not also an active spouse or any change of beneficiary (including the addition of primary | ||
beneficiaries). | ||
3) | In the event of the death of one spouse (in which case the deceased spouse becomes inactive). |
An owner may also request that one spouse be treated as inactive. In the case of joint-owned contracts, both contract owners must agree to such a request. An inactive spouse is not eligible to exercise any rights or receive any benefits under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. However, all charges for the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will continue to apply, even if one spouse becomes inactive, regardless of the reason. You should make sure you understand the impact of beneficiary and owner changes on the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider prior to requesting any such changes. A divorce will terminate the ability of an ex-spouse to continue the contract. See Divorce, below. Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of the first withdrawal, ONLY IF the quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday has not yet passed. This status will then continue until the earliest of: |
1) | quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday, provided the | |
contract owner does not decline the change to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status; | ||
2) | reduction of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base to zero, at which time the rider will terminate; | |
3) | the annuity commencement date; | |
4) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal; | ||
5) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
6) | the surrender or annuitization of the Contract; or | |
7) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners; annuitant, in the case of a non-natural | |
person owner), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to continue the Contract. |
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Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of the first withdrawal,
provided the quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday has passed. If the first withdrawal is taken prior to this date, then the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status will automatically begin on the quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday. This status continues until the earliest of: |
1) | the annuity commencement date; | |
2) | reduction of the contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal; | |
3) | reduction of the contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
4) | the surrender of the contract; or | |
5) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners, or the annuitant, in the case of a | |
custodial IRA), unless your active spouse beneficiary elects to continue the contract. |
You will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, if you are in the Guaranteed Withdrawal Status and become eligible for the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This notice will explain the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change. Automatic reset into the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status could result in a lower Maximum Annual Withdrawal. However, this action will also apply to all future resets (see below) and cannot be reversed. As described below, certain features of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider may differ depending upon whether you are in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. How the ING Joint LifePay Plus Rider Works. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider has two phases. The first phase, called the Growth Phase, begins on the effective date of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and ends as of the business day before the first withdrawal is taken (or when the annuity commencement date is reached). The second phase is called the Withdrawal Phase. This phase begins as of the date you take the first withdrawal of any kind under the contract (other than advisory fees, as described below), or the annuity commencement date, whichever occurs first. Benefits paid under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider require the calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The ING Joint LifePay Plus Base (referred to as the MGWB Base in the contract) is used to determine the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and is calculated as follows: |
1) | If you purchased the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider on the contract date, the initial ING Joint LifePay | |
Plus Base is equal to the initial premium. | ||
2) | If you purchased the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider after the contract date, the initial ING Joint LifePay | |
Plus Base is equal to the contract value on the effective date of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. |
During the Growth Phase, the initial ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is increased dollar-for-dollar by any premiums received (eligible premiums). In addition, on each quarterly contract anniversary, the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greater of: |
· | The current ING Joint LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value. This is referred to as a quarterly ratchet. |
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Also, on each of the first ten contract anniversaries, the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greatest of |
· | The current ING Joint LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value; and | |
· | The ING Joint LifePay Plus Base on the previous contract anniversary, increased by 7%, plus any eligible | |
premiums and minus any third-party investment advisory fees paid from your contract during the year. | ||
This is referred to as an annual step-up. |
Please note that if this rider is added after the contract date, then the first opportunity for a step-up will be on the first contract anniversary following a complete contract year after the rider date. The ING Joint LifePay Plus Base has no additional impact on the calculation of annuity payments or withdrawal benefits. Currently, any additional premiums paid during the Withdrawal Phase are not eligible premiums for purposes of determining the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base or the Maximum Annual Withdrawal; however, we reserve the right to treat such premiums as eligible premiums at our discretion, in a nondiscriminatory manner. Premiums received during the Withdrawal Phase do increase the contract value used to determine the reset Maximum Annual Withdrawal under the benefit reset feature of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider (see ING Joint LifePay Plus Reset, below). We reserve the right to discontinue allowing premium payments during the Withdrawal Phase. |
Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is determined on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins. It equals the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage multiplied by the greater of the contract value and the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base, as of the last day of the Growth Phase. The first withdrawal after the effective date of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider (which causes the end of the Growth Phase) is treated as occurring on the first day of the Withdrawal Phase, immediately after calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage, which varies by age of the youngest active spouse on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins, is as follows: |
Youngest Active | Maximum Annual | |
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*If the Withdrawal Phase begins before the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the younger spouse reaches age 65, withdrawals in a contract year up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will reduce the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base dollar-for-dollar, under what your rider refers to as the Standard Withdrawal Benefit. Then, on the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the younger spouse reaches age 65, the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base will automatically be reset to the current Contract value, if greater, and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be recalculated. Once determined the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage never changes for the contract. This is important to keep in mind in deciding when to take your first withdrawal because the younger you are at that time, the lower the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage. If the Contracts annuity commencement date is reached, you may elect a life only annuity option, in lieu of the Contracts other annuity options, under which we will pay the greater of the annuity payout under the Contract and equal annual payments of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, provided that, if both spouses are active, payments under the life only annuity option will be calculated using the joint life expectancy table for both spouses. If only one spouse is active, payments will be calculated using the single life expectancy table for the active spouse. |
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Withdrawals in a contract year that do not exceed the Maximum Withdrawal Amount do not reduce the Maximum Withdrawal Amount. However, if withdrawals in any contract year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal (an excess withdrawal), the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. This means that both the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced by the same proportion as the excess withdrawal is of the contract value determined after the deduction the amount withdrawn up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal but before deduction of the excess withdrawal. When a withdrawal is made, the total withdrawals taken in a contract year are compared with the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal. To the extent that the withdrawal taken causes the total withdrawals in that year to exceed the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal, that withdrawal is considered excess. For purposes of determining whether the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been exceeded, any applicable Market Value Adjustment or surrender charges will not be considered. However, for purposes of determining the Maximum Annual Withdrawal reduction after an excess withdrawal, surrender charges and/or Market Value Adjustment are considered to be part of the withdrawal, and will be included in the pro-rata adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. See Appendix H, Illustration 1 and 2 for examples of this concept. Required Minimum Distributions. Withdrawals taken from the contract to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution rules of the Tax Code are considered withdrawals for purposes of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, and will begin the Withdrawal Phase if the Withdrawal Phase has not already started. Any such withdrawal which exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for a specific contract year will not be deemed excess withdrawals in that contract year for purposes of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, subject to the following: |
1) | If the contract owners Required Minimum Distribution for a calendar year (determined on a date on or | |
before January 31 of that year), applicable to the contract, is greater than the Maximum Annual | ||
Withdrawal on that date, an Additional Withdrawal Amount will be set equal to that portion of the | ||
Required Minimum Distribution that exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. | ||
2) | You may withdraw the Additional Withdrawal Amount from this contract without it being deemed an | |
excess withdrawal. | ||
3) | Any withdrawals taken in a contract year will count first against the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for | |
that contract year. | ||
4) | Once the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for the then current contract year has been taken, additional | |
amounts withdrawn in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will count first against and reduce | ||
any unused Additional Withdrawal Amount for the previous calendar year followed by any Additional | ||
Withdrawal Amount for the current contract year. | ||
5) | Withdrawals that exceed all available Additional Withdrawal Amounts are excess withdrawals and will | |
reduce the Maximum Annual Withdrawal on a pro-rata basis, as described above. | ||
6) | The Additional Withdrawal Amount is reset to zero at the end of the second calendar year from which | |
it was originally calculated. | ||
7) | If the contract is still in the Growth Phase on the date the Additional Withdrawal Amount is | |
determined, but enters the Withdrawal Phase later during that calendar year, the Additional | ||
Withdrawal Amount will be equal to the amount in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | ||
Amount necessary to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution for that year (if any). |
See Appendix H, Illustration 3. |
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Investment Advisory Fees. Withdrawals taken pursuant to a program established by the owner for the
payment of investment advisory fees to a named third party investment adviser for advice on management of the contracts values will not cause the Withdrawal Phase to begin. During the Growth Phase, such withdrawals reduce the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and during the Withdrawal Phase, these withdrawals are treated as any other withdrawal. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the Contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the rider will enter Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are entitled to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, until the remaining ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is exhausted. |
When the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided under the ING Joint LifePay Plus | |
rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the Contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
During Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. These payments will continue until the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is reduced to zero, at which time the rider will terminate without value. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract year following the date the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. If, at the time the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the Contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-Contract year or Contract year, as applicable. Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the contract value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, the contract and the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will terminate due to the pro-rata reduction described in Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, above. If the contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will enter Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are no longer entitled to make withdrawals. Instead, under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider you will begin to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. When the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the contract will provide no further benefits (including death benefits) other than as provided under the | |
ING Joint LifePay Plus rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
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During Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The time period for which we will make these payments will depend upon whether one or two spouses are active under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider at the time this status begins. If both spouses are active under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, these payments will cease upon the death of the second spouse, at which time both the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and the contract will terminate without further value. If only one spouse is active under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, the payments will cease upon the death of the active spouse, at which time both the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and the contract will terminate without value. If the Maximum Annual Withdrawal exceeds the net withdrawals taken the contract year when the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status (including the withdrawal that results in the contract value decreasing to zero), that difference will be paid immediately to the contract owner. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full contract year following the date the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. You may elect to receive systematic withdrawals pursuant to the terms of the contract. Under a systematic withdrawal, either a fixed amount or an amount based upon a percentage of the contract value will be withdrawn from your contract and paid to you on a scheduled basis, either monthly, quarterly or annually. If, at the time the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-contract year or contract year, as applicable. ING Joint LifePay Plus Reset. Once the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status begins and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been determined, on each quarterly contract anniversary we will increase (or reset) the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base to the current Contract value, if the Contract value is higher. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal will also be recalculated, and the remaining portion of the new Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be available for withdrawal immediately. This reset ONLY occurs when the rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, and is automatic. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider with a reset. In this event, you will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, which explains the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change (and the reset). However, this action will apply to all future resets and cannot be reversed. Investment Option Restrictions. In order to mitigate the insurance risk inherent in our guarantee to provide you and your spouse with lifetime payments (subject to the terms and restrictions of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider), we require that your contract value be allocated in accordance with certain limitations. In general, to the extent that you choose not to invest in the Accepted Funds, we require that 20% of the amount not so invested be invested in the Fixed Allocation Funds. We will require this allocation regardless of your investment instructions to the contract, as described below. While the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is in effect, there are limits on the portfolios to which your contract value may be allocated. Contract value allocated to portfolios other than Accepted Funds will be rebalanced so as to maintain at least 20% of such contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds. See Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, below. Accepted Funds. Currently Accepted Funds are: ING Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Growth Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Growth Portfolio; ING MFS Total Return Portfolio; ING T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Portfolio; ING Van Kampen Equity and Income Portfolio; ING Liquid Assets Portfolio; Fixed Account II; and the Fixed Interest Division. We may change these designations at any time upon 30 days notice to you. If a change is made, the change will apply to contract value allocated to such portfolios after the date of the change. |
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Fixed Allocation Funds. The ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio and the ING PIMCO Core Bond
Portfolio are designated as the Fixed Allocation Funds. On and after April 30, 2007, you may allocate contract value to one or both Fixed Allocation Funds. We consider the ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio to be the default Fixed Allocation Fund with Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. Other Funds. All portfolios available under the contract other than Accepted Funds or the Fixed Allocation Funds are considered Other Funds. Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. If the contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds is less than 20% of the total contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds on any ING Joint LifePay Plus Rebalancing Date, we will automatically rebalance the contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds so that 20% of this amount is allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds. Accepted Funds are excluded from Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. Any rebalancing is done on a pro-rata basis among the Other Funds and will be the last transaction processed on that date. The ING Joint LifePay Plus Rebalancing Dates occur on each contract anniversary and after the following transactions: |
1) | receipt of additional premiums; | |
2) | transfer or reallocation among the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds, whether automatic or | |
specifically directed by you; and | ||
3) | withdrawals from the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds. |
Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing is separate from any other automatic rebalancing under the contract. However, if the other automatic rebalancing under the contract causes the allocations to be out of compliance with the investment option restrictions noted above, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing will occur immediately after the automatic rebalancing to restore the required allocations. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. In certain circumstances, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing may result in a reallocation into the Fixed Allocation Funds even if you have not previously been invested in it. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, Example I. By electing to purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, you are providing the Company with direction and authorization to process these transactions, including reallocations into the Fixed Allocation Funds. You should not purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider if you do not wish to have your contract value reallocated in this manner. Divorce. Generally, in the event of a divorce, the spouse who retains ownership of the contract will continue to be entitled to all rights and benefits of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, while the ex-spouse will no longer have any such rights or be entitled to any such benefits. In the event of a divorce during Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider continues, and terminates upon the death of the owner (first owner in the case of joint owners, or the annuitant in the case of a custodial IRA). Although spousal continuation may be available under the Tax Code for a subsequent spouse, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider cannot be continued by the new spouse. As the result of the divorce, we may be required to withdraw assets for the benefit of an ex-spouse. Any such withdrawal will be considered a withdrawal for purposes of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount. In other words, if a withdrawal incident to a divorce exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount, it will be considered an excess withdrawal. See Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, above. As noted, in the event of a divorce there is no change to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and we will continue to deduct charges for the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. In the event of a divorce during Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, there will be no change to the periodic payments made. Payments will continue until both spouses are deceased. |
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Death of Owner. The death of the owner (or in the case of joint owners, the first owner, or for
custodial IRAs, the annuitant) may cause the termination of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and its charges, depending upon whether one or both spouses are in active status at the time of death, as described below. |
1) | If both spouses are in active status: If the surviving spouse elects to continue the contract and | |
becomes the sole owner and annuitant, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will remain in effect pursuant | ||
to its original terms and ING Joint LifePay Plus coverage and charges will continue. As of the date the | ||
contract is continued, the Joint LifePay Plus Base will be reset to the current Contact value, if greater, | ||
and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will recalculated as the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | ||
percentage multiplied by the new Joint LifePay Plus Base on the date the contract is continued. | ||
However, under no circumstances will this recalculation result in a reduction to the Maximum Annual | ||
Withdrawal. | ||
If the surviving spouse elects not to continue the contract, ING Joint LifePay Plus rider coverage and | ||
charges will cease upon the earlier of payment of the death benefit or notice that an alternative | ||
distribution option has been chosen. | ||
2) | If the surviving spouse is in inactive status: The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider terminates and ING | |
Joint LifePay Plus coverage and charges cease upon the date of death of the last Active Spouse. |
Change of Owner or Annuitant. Other than as a result of spousal continuation, you may not change
the annuitant. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and rider charges will terminate upon change of owner, including adding an additional owner, except for the following ownership changes: |
1) | spousal continuation by an active spouse, as described above; | |
2) | change of owner from one custodian to another custodian for the benefit of the same individual; | |
3) | change of owner from a custodian for the benefit of an individual to the same individual (in order to | |
avoid the owners spouse from being designated inactive, the owners spouse must be named sole | ||
beneficiary under the contract); | ||
4) | change of owner from an individual to a custodian for the benefit of the same individual; | |
5) | collateral assignments; | |
6) | for nonqualified contracts only, the addition of a joint owner, provided that the additional joint owner | |
is the original owners spouse and is active when added as joint owner; | ||
7) | for nonqualified contracts, removal of a joint owner, provided the removed joint owner is active and | |
becomes the primary contract beneficiary; and | ||
8) | change of owner where the owner becomes the sole primary beneficiary and the sole primary | |
beneficiary becomes the owner if both were active spouses at the time of the change. |
Surrender Charges. If you elect the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, your withdrawals will be subject
to surrender charges if they exceed the free withdrawal amount. However, once your contract value is zero, the periodic payments under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider are not subject to surrender charges, nor will these amounts be subject to any other charges under the contract. Federal Tax Considerations. For more information about the tax treatment of amounts paid to you under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, see Federal Tax Considerations Tax Consequences of Living Benefits and Death Benefit. |
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7. Replace APPENDIX H with: |
APPENDIX H |
ING LifePay Plus and ING Joint LifePay Plus Partial Withdrawal Amount Examples |
The following are examples of adjustments to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount for withdrawals in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal: |
Illustration 1: Adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount for a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, including surrender and/or MVA charges. |
Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000. |
The first withdrawal taken during the contract year is $3,000 net, with $500 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $300 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded because total net withdrawals, $4,500, do not exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $200 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. Because total net withdrawals taken, $6,000, exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000, then there is an adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Total gross withdrawals during the contract year are $7,000 ($3,000 + $500 + $1,500 + $300 + $1,500 + $200). The adjustment is the lesser of the amount by which the total gross withdrawals for the year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal ($7,000 - $5,000 = $2,000), and the amount of the current gross withdrawal ($1,500 + 200 = $1,700. If the Account Value before this withdrawal is $50,000, then the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is reduced by 3.40% ($1,700 / $50,000) to $4,830 ((1 - 3.40%) * $5,000). |
Illustration 2: Adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount for a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000. |
The first withdrawal taken during the contract year is $3,000 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded because total net withdrawals, $4,500, do not exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. Because total net withdrawals taken, $6,000, exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000, there is an adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
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Total gross withdrawals during the contract year are $6,000 ($3,000 + $1,500 + $1,500). The adjustment is the lesser of the amount by which the total gross withdrawals for the year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $1,000, and the amount of the current gross withdrawal, $1,500. If the Account Value after the part of the gross withdrawal that was within the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $500, is $49,500, then the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is reduced by 2.02% ($1,000 / $49,500) to $4,899 ((1 - 2.02%) * $5,000). |
Illustration 3: A withdrawal exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount but does not exceed the Additional Withdrawal Amount. Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000. The Required Minimum Distribution for the current calendar year applicable to this contract is determined to be $6,000. The Additional Withdrawal Amount is set equal to the excess of this amount above the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $1,000 ($6,000 - $5,000). The first withdrawal taken during the contract year is $3,000 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded because total net withdrawals, $4,500, do not exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. Total net withdrawals taken, $6,000, exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000, however, the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not adjusted until the Additional Withdrawal Amount is exhausted. The amount by which total net withdrawals taken exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $1,000 ($6,000 - $5,000), is the same as the Additional Withdrawal Amount, so no adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is made. If total net withdrawals taken had exceeded the sum of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and the Additional Withdrawal Amount, then an adjustment would be made to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
Illustration 4: The Reset Occurs. |
Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000 and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage is 5%. One year after the first withdrawal is taken, the contract value has increased to $120,000, and the Reset occurs. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is now $6,000 ($120,000 * 5%). One year after the Reset, the contract value has increased further to $130,000. The Reset occurs again, and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is now $6,500 ($130,000 * 5%). |
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SUPPLEMENT Dated August 20, 2007 |
To The Prospectuses Dated April 30, 2007 For: |
ING GoldenSelect Opportunities® Contracts Issued By |
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company |
This supplement updates the prospectus. Please read it carefully and keep it with your copy of |
the prospectus for future reference. If you have any questions, please call our Customer Service |
Center at 1-800-366-0066. |
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The ING LifePay Plus and Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (MGWB) Riders are now available in your state and have replaced our ING LifePay and Joint LifePay MGWB Riders. If you already own a Contract with an ING LifePay rider, you may have an opportunity to replace your existing LifePay rider with the ING LifePay Plus rider. Please contact us for more information and eligibility details. In states where ING LifePay Plus and Joint LifePay Plus MGWB Riders are approved and available, the April 30, 2007 prospectus is modified as follows: |
1. | Under the FEES AND EXPENSES section that begins on page 1, replace the Optional | |
Rider Charges tables with: |
Optional Rider Charges1 |
Earnings Multiplier Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge | Maximum Annual Charge | |
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Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge | Maximum Annual Charge | |
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0.75% of the MGIB Charge Base2 | 1.50% of the MGIB Charge Base2 | |
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ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge - Currently | Maximum Annual Charge if Reset Benefit | |
(Charge Deducted Quarterly) | Elected3 | |
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ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider: |
As an Annual Charge Currently | Maximum Annual Charge if Reset Benefit | |
(Charge Deducted Quarterly) | Elected4 | |
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0.85% of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base | 2.50% of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base | |
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1 An optional rider charge, expressed as a percentage of contract value that is rounded to the nearest |
hundredth of one percent, is deducted from the contract value in your subaccount allocations (and/or your |
Fixed Interest Allocations if there is insufficient contract value in the subaccounts). |
2 For more information about how the MGIB Charge Base is determined, please see Charges and Fees - |
Optional Riders Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit Rider. |
3 Please see ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit ING LifePay Plus Reset. |
4 Please see ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit ING Joint LifePay Plus |
Reset. |
2. | Also under the FEES AND EXPENSES section on page 4, replace the Example with: |
Example This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Contract with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated. The costs reflected are the maximum charges for the Contract with the Max 7 Enhanced Death Benefit and the most expensive combination of riders possible: Earnings Multiplier Benefit and ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, and assumes the maximum Trust or Fund fees and expenses. Excluded are premium taxes and any transfer charges. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be: |
1) | If you surrender or annuitize your contract at the end of the applicable time period: | |||||||
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |||||
$1,456 | $2,586 | $3,740 | $6,835 | |||||
2) | If you do not surrender your contract: | |||||||
1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | |||||
$656 | $1,986 | $3,340 | $6,835 | |||||
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Compensation is paid for the sale of the Contracts. For information about this compensation, see Other Contract Provisions Selling the Contract. |
3. | Under the CHARGES AND FEES section that begins on page 9, replace the | |
paragraphs about the ING LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING | ||
LifePay) Rider Charge and ING Joint LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal | ||
Benefit (ING Joint LifePay) Rider Charge with: |
ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING LifePay Plus) Rider Charge. The charge for the ING LifePay Plus rider, a living benefit, is deducted quarterly from your contract value: |
Maximum Annual Charge | Current Annual Charge | |
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2.00% | 0.60% | |
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This quarterly charge is a percentage of the ING LifePay Plus Base. We deduct the charge in arrears based on the contract date (contract year versus calendar year). In arrears means the first charge is deducted at the end of the first quarter from the contract date. If the rider is added after contract issue, the rider and charges will begin on the next following quarterly contract anniversary. The charge will be pro-rated when the rider is terminated. Charges are deducted through the date your rider enters either the Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status occurs if your contract value is reduced to zero and other conditions are met. The current charge can change upon a reset after your first five contract years. You will never pay more than the maximum annual charge. For more information about how this rider works, including when Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status begins, please see Living Benefit Riders ING LifePay Plus/Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Riders. If the contract value in the subaccounts is insufficient for the charge, then we deduct it from any Fixed Interest Allocations, in which case a Market Value Adjustment may apply. But currently, a Market Value Adjustment would not apply when this charge is deducted from a Fixed Interest Allocation. With Fixed Interest Allocations, we deduct the charge from the Fixed Interest Allocation having the nearest maturity. For more information about the Fixed Interest Allocation, including the Market Value Adjustment, please see Appendix C. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider, subject to the maximum annual charge. If changed, the new charge will only apply to riders issued after the change. ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING Joint LifePay Plus) Rider Charge. The charge for the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, a living benefit, is deducted quarterly from your contract value: |
Maximum Annual Charge | Current Annual Charge | |
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2.50% | 0.85% | |
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This quarterly charge is a percentage of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base. We deduct the charge in arrears based on the contract date (contract year versus calendar year). In arrears means the first charge is deducted at the end of the first quarter from the contract date. If the rider is added after contract issue, the rider and charges will begin on the next following quarterly contract anniversary. The charge will be pro-rated when the rider is terminated. Charges are deducted through the date your rider enters either the Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status occurs if your contract value is reduced to zero and other conditions are met. The current charge can be subject to change upon a reset after your first five contract years. You will never pay more than the maximum annual charge. For more information about how this rider works, including when Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status begins, please see Living Benefit Riders - ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider. If the contract value in the subaccounts is insufficient for the charge, then we deduct it from any Fixed Interest Allocations, in which case a Market Value Adjustment may apply. But currently, a Market Value Adjustment would not apply when this charge is deducted from a Fixed Interest Allocation. With Fixed Interest Allocations, we deduct the charge from the Fixed Interest Allocation having the nearest maturity. For more information about the Fixed Interest Allocation, including the Market Value Adjustment, please see Appendix C. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider, subject to the maximum annual charge. If changed, the new charge will only apply to riders issued after the change. |
4. | Under the LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS section that begins on page 20, replace the | |
third and fourth paragraphs with: |
The Contract has three living benefit riders offering protection against the investment risks with your Contract: |
· | The Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit rider, which you may wish to purchase if you are concerned | |
about having a minimum amount of income in annuitizing your Contract; | ||
· | The ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider, which you may wish to purchase if | |
you are concerned that you may outlive your income; and |
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· | The ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider, which you may wish to | |
purchase if you are married and concerned that you and your spouse may outlive your income. |
These living benefit riders are described further below. You may only add one living benefit rider to your Contract. We do, however, reserve the right to allow the purchase of more than one living benefit rider in the future. You should not purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider with multiple owners, unless the owners are spouses. |
5. | Also under the LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS section beginning on page 28, replace the | |
paragraphs about the ING LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING | ||
LifePay) Rider with: |
ING LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING LifePay Plus) Rider. The ING LifePay Plus rider generally provides, subject to the restrictions and limitations below, that we will guarantee a minimum level of annual withdrawals from the Contract for the lifetime of the annuitant, even if these withdrawals deplete your Contract value to zero. You may wish to purchase this rider if you are concerned that you may outlive your income. Purchase. In order to elect the ING LifePay Plus rider, the annuitant must be the owner or one of the owners, unless the owner is a non-natural owner. Joint annuitants are not allowed. The maximum issue age is 80. The issue age is the age of the owner (or the annuitant if there are joint owners or the owner is non-natural) on the Contract anniversary on which the rider is effective. Some broker-dealers may limit the availability of the rider to younger ages. The ING LifePay Plus rider is available for Contracts issued on and after August 20, 2007 (subject to availability and state approvals) that do not already have a living benefit rider. The ING LifePay Plus rider will not be issued if the initial allocation to investment options is not in accordance with the investment option restrictions described in Investment Option Restrictions, below. The Company in its discretion may allow the rider to be elected after a contract has been issued without it, subject to certain conditions. Contact the Customer Service Center for more information. Such election must be received in good order, including compliance with the investment restrictions described below. The rider will be effective as of the following quarterly Contract anniversary. If the ING LifePay Plus rider is not available, or if your Contract has the Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit rider, then please see Appendix J Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit. |
Rider Date. The rider date is the date the ING LifePay Plus rider becomes effective. If you purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider when the Contract is issued, the rider date is also the Contract date. No Cancellation. Once you purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider, you many not cancel it unless you cancel the Contract during the Contracts free look period, surrender, annuitize or otherwise terminate the Contract. These events automatically cancel the ING LifePay Plus rider. The Company may, at its discretion, cancel and/or replace the ING LifePay Plus rider at your request in order to renew or reset the rider. Termination. The ING LifePay Plus rider is a living benefit, which means the guaranteed benefits offered are intended to be available to you while you are living and while your Contract is in the accumulation phase. The optional rider automatically terminates if you: |
1) | annuitize, surrender or otherwise terminate your Contract during the accumulation phase; or | |
2) | die during the accumulation phase (first owner to die if there are multiple Contract owners, or death | |
of annuitant if Contract owner is not a natural person), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to | ||
continue the Contract. |
The ING LifePay Plus rider will also terminate if there is a change in Contract ownership (other than a spousal beneficiary continuation on your death). Other circumstances that may cause the ING LifePay Plus rider to terminate automatically are discussed below. |
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Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of the first withdrawal, ONLY IF the
quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitant reaching age 59 ½ has not yet passed. This status will then continue until the earliest of: |
1) | quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitant reaching age 59 ½, provided the contract owner | |
does not decline the change to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status; | ||
2) | reduction of the ING LifePay Plus Base to zero, at which time the rider will terminate; | |
3) | the annuity commencement date; | |
4) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal; | ||
5) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
6) | the surrender or annuitization of the Contract; or | |
7) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners; annuitant, in the case of a non-natural | |
person owner), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to continue the Contract. |
Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of your first withdrawal,
provided the quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitants age 59 ½ has passed. If your first withdrawal is taken before this date, then the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status will automatically begin on the quarterly contract anniversary following the annuitant reaching age 59 ½. This status continues until the earliest of: |
1) | the annuity commencement date; | |
2) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal; | ||
3) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
4) | the surrender or annuitization of the Contract; or | |
5) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners; annuitant, in the case of a non-natural | |
person owner), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to continue the Contract. |
You will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, if you are in the Guaranteed Withdrawal Status and become eligible for the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This notice will explain the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change. Automatic reset into the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status could result in a lower Maximum Annual Withdrawal. However, this action will also apply to all future resets (see below) and cannot be reversed. As described below, certain features of the ING LifePay Plus rider may differ depending upon whether you are in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. How the ING LifePay Plus Rider Works. The ING LifePay Plus Withdrawal Benefit rider has two phases. The first phase, called the Growth Phase, begins on the effective date of the rider and ends as of the business day before the first withdrawal is taken (or when the annuity commencement date is reached). The second phase is called the Withdrawal Phase. This phase begins as of the date of the first withdrawal or the annuity commencement date, whichever occurs first. |
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Benefits paid under the ING LifePay Plus rider require the calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The ING LifePay Plus Base (referred to as the MGWB Base in the Contract) is used to determine the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and is calculated as follows: |
1) | If you purchased the ING LifePay Plus rider on the Contract date, the initial ING LifePay Plus Base is | |
equal to the initial premium. | ||
2) | If you purchased the ING LifePay Plus rider after the Contract date, the initial ING LifePay Plus Base is | |
equal to the Contract value on the effective date of the rider. |
During the Growth Phase, the initial ING LifePay Plus Base is increased dollar-for-dollar by any premiums received, (eligible premiums). In addition, on each quarterly contract anniversary, the ING LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greater of: |
· | The current ING LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value. This is referred to as a quarterly ratchet. |
Also, on each of the first ten contract anniversaries, the ING LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greatest of: |
· | The current ING LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value; and | |
· | The ING LifePay Plus Base on the previous contract anniversary, increased by 7%, plus any eligible | |
premiums and minus any third-party investment advisory fees paid from your contract during the year. | ||
This is referred to as an annual step-up. |
Please note that if this rider is added after the contract date, then the first opportunity for a step-up will be on the first contract anniversary following a complete contract year after the rider date. The ING LifePay Plus Base has no additional impact on the calculation of annuity payments or withdrawal benefits. Currently, any additional premiums paid during the Withdrawal Phase are not eligible premiums for purposes of determining the ING LifePay Plus Base or the Maximum Annual Withdrawal; however, we reserve the right to treat such premiums as eligible premiums at our discretion, in a nondiscriminatory manner. Premiums received during the Withdrawal Phase do increase the Contract value used to determine the reset Maximum Annual Withdrawal under the benefit reset feature of the ING LifePay Plus rider (see ING LifePay Plus Reset, below). We reserve the right to discontinue allowing premium payments during the Withdrawal Phase. |
Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is determined on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins. It equals a percentage of the greater of 1) the Contract value and 2) the ING LifePay Plus Base as of the last day of the Growth Phase. The first withdrawal after the effective date of the rider (which causes the end of the Growth Phase) is treated as occurring on the first day of the Withdrawal Phase, after calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage, which varies by age of the annuitant on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins, is as follows: |
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*If the Withdrawal Phase begins before the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the annuitant reaches age 59-1/2, withdrawals in a contract year up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will reduce the ING LifePay Plus Base dollar-for-dollar, under what the rider refers to as the Standard Withdrawal Benefit. |
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Then, on the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the annuitant reaches age 59 ½, the ING LifePay Plus Base will automatically be reset to the current Contract value, if greater, and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be recalculated. Once determined, the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage never changes for the Contract, except as provided for under spousal continuation. See Continuation After Death Spouse, below. This is important to keep in mind in deciding when to take your first withdrawal because the younger you are at that time, the lower the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage. If the Contracts annuity commencement date is reached, you may elect a life only annuity option, in lieu of the Contracts other annuity options, under which we will pay the greater of the annuity payout under the Contract and equal annual payments of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. If withdrawals in any Contract year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, then the ING LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. This means that both the ING LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced by the same proportion as the withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal (the excess withdrawal) is of the Contract value determined: |
1) | before the withdrawal, for the excess withdrawal; and | |
2) | after the withdrawal, for the amount withdrawn up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal (without | |
regard to the excess withdrawal). |
When a withdrawal is made, the total withdrawals taken in a Contract year are compared with the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal. To the extent that the withdrawal taken causes the total withdrawals in that year to exceed the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal, that withdrawal is considered excess. For purposes of determining whether the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been exceeded, any applicable Market Value Adjustment or surrender charges will not be applied to the withdrawal. However, for purposes of determining the Maximum Annual Withdrawal reduction after an excess withdrawal, any surrender charges and/or Market Value Adjustment are considered to be part of the withdrawal. See Appendix H, Illustration 1 and 2 for examples of this concept. Required Minimum Distributions. Withdrawals taken from the Contract to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution rules of the Tax Code, that exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for a specific Contract year, will not be deemed excess withdrawals in that Contract year for purposes of the ING LifePay Plus rider, subject to the following rules: |
1) | If your Required Minimum Distribution for a calendar year (determined on a date on or before | |
January 31 of that year), applicable to this Contract, is greater than the Maximum Annual | ||
Withdrawal on that date, an Additional Withdrawal Amount will be set equal to that portion of the | ||
Required Minimum Distribution that exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. | ||
2) | You may withdraw the Additional Withdrawal Amount from this Contract without it being deemed | |
an excess withdrawal. | ||
3) | Any withdrawals taken in a Contract year will count first against the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | |
for that Contract year. | ||
4) | Once the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for the then current Contract year has been taken, additional | |
amounts withdrawn in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will count first against and | ||
reduce any unused Additional Withdrawal Amount for the previous calendar year followed by any | ||
Additional Withdrawal Amount for the current calendar year. | ||
5) | Withdrawals that exceed all available Additional Withdrawal Amounts are excess withdrawals and | |
will reduce the Maximum Annual Withdrawal on a pro-rata basis, as described above. |
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6) | The Additional Withdrawal Amount is reset to zero at the end of the second calendar year from | |
which it was originally calculated. | ||
7) | If the Contract is still in the Growth Phase on the date the Additional Withdrawal Amount is | |
determined, but enters the Withdrawal Phase later during that calendar year, the Additional | ||
Withdrawal Amount will be equal to the amount in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | ||
necessary to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution for that year (if any). |
See Appendix H, Illustration 3. |
Investment Advisory Fees. Withdrawals taken pursuant to a program established by the owner for the
payment of investment advisory fees to a named third party investment adviser for advice on management of the Contracts values will not cause the Withdrawal Phase to begin. During the Growth Phase, such withdrawals reduce the ING LifePay Plus Base on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and during the Withdrawal Phase, these withdrawals are treated as any other withdrawal. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the Contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the rider will enter Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are entitled to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, until the remaining ING LifePay Plus Base is exhausted. |
When the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided under the ING LifePay Plus | |
rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the Contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
During Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. These payments will continue until the ING LifePay Plus Base is reduced to zero, at which time the rider will terminate without value. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract year following the date the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. If, at the time the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the Contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-Contract year or Contract year, as applicable. Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the Contract value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, the Contract and the rider will terminate due to the pro-rata reduction described in Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, above. If the Contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the rider will enter Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are entitled to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
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When the rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided under the ING LifePay Plus | |
rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the Contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
During Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. These payments will cease upon the death of the annuitant at which time both the rider and the Contract will terminate. The rider will remain in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status until it terminates without value upon the annuitants death. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract year following the date the rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. If, at the time the rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the Contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-Contract year or Contract year, as applicable. ING LifePay Plus Reset. Once the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status begins and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been determined, on each quarterly contract anniversary we will increase (or reset) the ING LifePay Plus Base to the current Contract value, if the Contract value is higher. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal will also be recalculated, and the remaining portion of the new Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be available for withdrawal immediately. This reset ONLY occurs when the rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, and is automatic. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider with a reset. In this event, you will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, which explains the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change (and the reset). However, this action will apply to all future resets and cannot be reversed. Investment Option Restrictions. While the ING LifePay Plus rider is in effect, there are limits on the portfolios to which your Contract value may be allocated. Contract value allocated to portfolios other than Accepted Funds will be rebalanced so as to maintain at least 20% of such Contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds. See Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, below. Accepted Funds. Currently, Accepted Funds are: ING Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Growth Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Growth Portfolio; ING MFS Total Return Portfolio; ING T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Portfolio; ING Van Kampen Equity and Income Portfolio; ING Liquid Assets Portfolio; and Fixed Account II. We may change these designations at any time upon 30 days notice to you. If a change is made, the change will apply to Contract value allocated to such portfolios after the date of the change. Fixed Allocation Funds. The ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio and the ING PIMCO Core Bond Portfolio are designated as the Fixed Allocation Funds. On and after April 30, 2007, you may allocate your contract value to one or both Fixed Allocation Funds. We consider the ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio to be the default Fixed Allocation Fund with Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. If the rider is not continued under the spousal continuation right when available, the Fixed Allocation Fund may be reclassified as a Special Fund as of the Contract continuation date if it would otherwise be designated as a Special Fund for purposes of the Contracts death benefits. For purposes of calculating any applicable death benefit guaranteed under the Contract, any allocation of Contract value to the Fixed Allocation Funds will be considered a Covered Fund allocation while the rider is in effect. |
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Other Funds. All portfolios available under the Contract other than Accepted Funds or the Fixed
Allocation Funds are considered Other Funds. Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. If the Contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds is less than 20% of the total Contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds on any ING LifePay Plus Rebalancing Date, we will automatically rebalance the Contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds so that 20% of this amount is allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds. Accepted Funds are excluded from Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. Any rebalancing is done on a pro-rata basis among the Other Funds and will be the last transaction processed on that date. The ING LifePay Plus Rebalancing Dates occur on each Contract anniversary and after the following transactions: |
1) | receipt of additional premiums; | |
2) | transfer or reallocation among the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds, whether automatic or | |
specifically directed by you; and | ||
3) | withdrawals from the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds. |
Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing is separate from any other automatic rebalancing under the Contract. However, if the other automatic rebalancing under the Contract causes the allocations to be out of compliance with the investment option restrictions noted above, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing will occur immediately after the automatic rebalancing to restore the required allocations. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. In certain circumstances, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing may result in a reallocation into the Fixed Allocation Funds even if you have not previously been invested in it. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, Example I. By electing to purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider, you are providing the Company with direction and authorization to process these transactions, including reallocations into the Fixed Allocation Funds. You should not purchase the ING LifePay Plus rider if you do not wish to have your Contract value reallocated in this manner. Death of Owner or Annuitant. The ING LifePay Plus rider and charges will terminate on the date of death of the owner (or in the case of joint owners, the first owner), or the annuitant if there is a non-natural owner. Continuation After Death Spouse. If the surviving spouse of the deceased owner continues the Contract (see Death Benefit Choices Continuation After Death Spouse), the rider will also continue on the next quarterly contract anniversary, provided the spouse becomes the annuitant and sole owner. If the rider is in the Growth Phase at the time of spousal continuation: |
1) | The rider will continue in the Growth Phase; | |
2) | On the date the rider is continued, the ING LifePay Plus Base will be reset to equal the greater of the | |
ING LifePay Plus Base and the then current Contract value; | ||
3) | The ING LifePay Plus charges will restart and be the same as were in effect prior to the claim date; | |
4) | Ratchets, which stop on the claim date, are restarted, effective on the date the rider is continued; | |
5) | Any remaining step-ups will be available, and if the rider is continued before an annual contract | |
anniversary when a step-up would have been available, then that step-up will be available; |
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6) | The Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage will be determined as of the date of the first | |
withdrawal, whenever it occurs, and will be based on the spouses age on that date; and | ||
7) | The riders Standard Withdrawal Benefit will be available until the quarterly contract anniversary on or | |
after the spouse is age 59 ½. |
If the rider is in the Withdrawal Phase at the time of spousal continuation: |
1) | The rider will continue in the Withdrawal Phase. | |||
2) | The riders charges will restart on the date the rider is continued and be the same as were in effect prior | |||
to the claim date. | ||||
3) | On the quarterly Contract anniversary that the date the rider is continued: | |||
(a) | If the surviving spouse was not the annuitant before the owners death, then the ING LifePay | |||
Plus Base will be reset to the current Contract value and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is | ||||
recalculated by multiplying the new ING LifePay Plus Base by the Maximum Annual | ||||
Withdrawal percentage based on the surviving spouses age on that date. Withdrawals are | ||||
permitted pursuant to the other provisions of the rider. Withdrawals causing the Contract value | ||||
to fall to zero will terminate the Contract and the rider. | ||||
(b) | If the surviving spouse was the annuitant before the owners death, then the ING LifePay Plus | |||
Base will be reset to the current Contract value, only if greater, and the Maximum Annual | ||||
Withdrawal is recalculated by multiplying the new ING LifePay Plus Base by the Maximum | ||||
Annual Withdrawal percentage. Withdrawals are permitted pursuant to the other provisions of | ||||
the rider. | ||||
4) | The rider charges will restart on the quarter Contract anniversary that the rider is continued and will be | |||
the same as were in effect prior to the claim date. |
Effect of ING LifePay Plus Rider on Death Benefit. If you die before Lifetime Automatic Periodic
Benefit Status begins under the ING LifePay Plus rider, the death benefit is payable, but the rider terminates. However, if the beneficiary is the owners spouse, and the spouse elects to continue the Contract, the death benefit is not payable until the spouses death. Thus, you should not purchase this rider with multiple owners, unless the owners are spouses. See Death of Owner or Annuitant and Continuation After Death Spouse, above for further information. While in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if the owner who is not the annuitant dies, we will continue to pay the periodic payments that the owner was receiving under the ING LifePay Plus rider to the beneficiary. While in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if an owner who is also the annuitant dies, the periodic payments will stop. No other death benefit is payable. While the rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if the owner dies, the remaining ING LifePay Plus Base will be paid to the beneficiary in a lump sum. Change of Owner or Annuitant. Other than as provided above under Continuation After Death- Spouse, you may not change the annuitant. The rider and rider charges will terminate upon change of owner, including adding an additional owner, except for the following ownership changes: |
1) | spousal continuation as described above; | |
2) | change of owner from one custodian to another custodian; | |
3) | change of owner from a custodian for the benefit of an individual to the same individual; |
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4) | change of owner from an individual to a custodian for the benefit of the same individual; | |
5) | collateral assignments; | |
6) | change in trust as owner where the individual owner and the grantor of the trust are the same | |
individual; | ||
7) | change of owner from an individual to a trust where the individual owner and the grantor of the trust | |
are the same individual; and | ||
8) | change of owner from a trust to an individual where the individual owner and the grantor of the trust | |
are the same individual. |
Surrender Charges. If you elect the ING LifePay Plus rider, your withdrawals will be subject to
surrender charges if they exceed the free withdrawal amount. However, once your Contract value is zero, the periodic payments under the ING LifePay Plus rider are not subject to surrender charges. Loans. No loans are permitted on Contracts with the ING LifePay Plus rider. Taxation. For more information about the tax treatment of amounts paid to you under the ING LifePay Plus Rider, see Federal Tax Considerations Tax Consequences of Living Benefits and Death Benefit. |
6. | Also under the LIVING BENEFITS RIDERS section beginning on page 35, replace | |
the paragraphs about the ING Joint LifePay Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit | ||
(ING Joint LifePay) Rider with: |
ING Joint LifePay Plus Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit (ING Joint LifePay Plus) Rider. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider generally provides, subject to the restrictions and limitations below, that we will guarantee a minimum level of annual withdrawals from the Contract for the lifetime of both you and your spouse, even if these withdrawals deplete your contract value to zero. You may wish to purchase this rider if you are married and are concerned that you and your spouse may outlive your income. Purchase. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is only available for purchase by individuals who are married at the time of purchase and eligible to elect spousal continuation (as defined by the Tax Code) when the death benefit becomes payable. We refer to these individuals as spouses. Certain ownership, annuitant, and beneficiary designations are required in order to purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. See Ownership, Annuitant, and Beneficiary Requirements, below. The maximum issue age is 80. Both spouses must meet these issue age requirements on the contract anniversary on which the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is effective. The issue age is the age of the owners on the Contract anniversary on which the rider is effective. Some broker dealers may limit the maximum issue age to ages younger than age 80, but in no event lower than age 55. We reserve the right to change the minimum or maximum issue ages on a nondiscriminatory basis. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is available for Contracts issued on and after August 20, 2007 (subject to availability and state approvals) that do not already have a living benefit rider. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will not be issued if the initial allocation to investment options is not in accordance with the investment option restrictions described in Investment Option Restrictions, below. The Company in its discretion may allow the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider to be elected after a contract has been issued without it, subject to certain conditions. Please contact our Customer Service Center for more information. Such election must be received in good order, including owner, annuitant, and beneficiary designations and compliance with the investment restrictions described below. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will be effective as of the following quarterly contract anniversary. |
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Ownership, Annuitant, and Beneficiary Designation Requirements. Certain ownership, annuitant, and
beneficiary designations are required in order to purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. These designations depend upon whether the contract is issued as a nonqualified contract, an IRA or a custodial IRA. In all cases, the ownership, annuitant, and beneficiary designations must allow for the surviving spouse to continue the contract when the death benefit becomes payable, as provided by the Tax Code. Non-natural, custodial owners are only allowed with IRAs (custodial IRAs). Joint annuitants are not allowed. The necessary ownership, annuitant, and/or beneficiary designations are described below. Applications that do not meet the requirements below will be rejected. We reserve the right to verify the date of birth and social security number of both spouses. Nonqualified Contracts. For a jointly owned contract, the owners must be spouses, and the annuitant must be one of the owners. For a contract with only one owner, the owners spouse must be the sole primary beneficiary, and the annuitant must be one of the spouses. IRAs. There may only be one owner, who must also be the annuitant. The owners spouse must be the sole primary beneficiary. Custodial IRAs. While we do not maintain individual owner and beneficiary designations for IRAs held by an outside custodian, the ownership and beneficiary designations with the custodian must comply with the requirements listed in IRAs, above. The annuitant must be the same as the beneficial owner of the custodial IRA. We require the custodian to provide us the name and date of birth of both the owner and the owners spouse. Rider Date. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider date is the date the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider becomes effective. If you purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider when the contract is issued, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider date is also the contract date. No Cancellation. Once you purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, you many not cancel it unless you cancel the contract during the contracts free look period (or otherwise cancel the contract pursuant to its terms), surrender or annuitize in lieu of payments under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. These events automatically cancel the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. The Company may, at its discretion, cancel and/or replace the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider at your request in order to renew or reset the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. Termination. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is a living benefit, which means the guaranteed benefits offered are intended to be available to you and your spouse while you are living and while your contract is in the accumulation phase. The optional rider automatically terminates if you: |
1) | terminate your contract pursuant to its terms during the accumulation phase, surrender, or begin | |
receiving annuity payments in lieu of payments under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider; | ||
2) | die during the accumulation phase (first owner to die in the case of joint owners, or death of annuitant | |
if the contract is a custodial IRA), unless your spouse elects to continue the contract (and your spouse | ||
is active for purposes of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider); or | ||
3) | change the owner of the contract (other than a spousal continuation by an active spouse). |
See Change of Owner or Annuitant, below. Other circumstances that may cause the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider to terminate automatically are discussed below. |
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Active Status. Once the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider has been issued, a spouse must remain in
active status in order to exercise rights and receive the benefits of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider after the first spouses death by electing spousal continuation. In general, changes to the ownership, annuitant, and/or beneficiary designation requirements noted above will result in one spouse being designated as inactive. Inactive spouses are not eligible to continue the benefits of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider after the death of the other spouse. Once designated inactive, a spouse may not regain active status under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. Specific situations that will result in a spouses designation as inactive include the following: |
1) | For nonqualified contracts where the spouses are joint owners, the removal of a joint owner (if that | |
spouse does not automatically become sole primary beneficiary pursuant to the terms of the contract), | ||
or the change of one joint owner to a person other than an active spouse. | ||
2) | For nonqualified contracts where one spouse is the owner and the other spouse is the sole primary | |
beneficiary, as well as for IRA contracts (including custodial IRAs), the addition of a joint owner who | ||
is not also an active spouse or any change of beneficiary (including the addition of primary | ||
beneficiaries). | ||
3) | In the event of the death of one spouse (in which case the deceased spouse becomes inactive). |
An owner may also request that one spouse be treated as inactive. In the case of joint-owned contracts, both contract owners must agree to such a request. An inactive spouse is not eligible to exercise any rights or receive any benefits under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. However, all charges for the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will continue to apply, even if one spouse becomes inactive, regardless of the reason. You should make sure you understand the impact of beneficiary and owner changes on the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider prior to requesting any such changes. A divorce will terminate the ability of an ex-spouse to continue the contract. See Divorce, below. Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of the first withdrawal, ONLY IF the quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday has not yet passed. This status will then continue until the earliest of: |
1) | quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday, provided the | |
contract owner does not decline the change to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status; | ||
2) | reduction of the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base to zero, at which time the rider will terminate; | |
3) | the annuity commencement date; | |
4) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal; | ||
5) | reduction of the Contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
6) | the surrender or annuitization of the Contract; or | |
7) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners; annuitant, in the case of a non-natural | |
person owner), unless your spouse beneficiary elects to continue the Contract. |
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Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This status begins on the date of the first withdrawal,
provided the quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday has passed. If the first withdrawal is taken prior to this date, then the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status will automatically begin on the quarterly contract anniversary following the youngest active spouses 65th birthday. This status continues until the earliest of: |
1) | the annuity commencement date; | |
2) | reduction of the contract value to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal; | |
3) | reduction of the contract value to zero by a withdrawal less than or equal to the Maximum Annual | |
Withdrawal (see Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, below); | ||
4) | the surrender of the contract; or | |
5) | the death of the owner (first owner, in the case of joint owners, or the annuitant, in the case of a | |
custodial IRA), unless your active spouse beneficiary elects to continue the contract. |
You will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, if you are in the Guaranteed Withdrawal Status and become eligible for the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. This notice will explain the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change. Automatic reset into the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status could result in a lower Maximum Annual Withdrawal. However, this action will also apply to all future resets (see below) and cannot be reversed. As described below, certain features of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider may differ depending upon whether you are in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. How the ING Joint LifePay Plus Rider Works. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider has two phases. The first phase, called the Growth Phase, begins on the effective date of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and ends as of the business day before the first withdrawal is taken (or when the annuity commencement date is reached). The second phase is called the Withdrawal Phase. This phase begins as of the date you take the first withdrawal of any kind under the contract (other than advisory fees, as described below), or the annuity commencement date, whichever occurs first. Benefits paid under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider require the calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The ING Joint LifePay Plus Base (referred to as the MGWB Base in the contract) is used to determine the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and is calculated as follows: |
1) | If you purchased the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider on the contract date, the initial ING Joint LifePay | |
Plus Base is equal to the initial premium. | ||
2) | If you purchased the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider after the contract date, the initial ING Joint LifePay | |
Plus Base is equal to the contract value on the effective date of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. |
During the Growth Phase, the initial ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is increased dollar-for-dollar by any premiums received (eligible premiums). In addition, on each quarterly contract anniversary, the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greater of: |
· | The current ING Joint LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value. This is referred to as a quarterly ratchet. |
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Also, on each of the first ten contract anniversaries, the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is recalculated as the greatest of: |
· | The current ING Joint LifePay Plus Base; or | |
· | The current Contract value; and | |
· | The ING Joint LifePay Plus Base on the previous contract anniversary, increased by 7%, plus any eligible | |
premiums and minus any third-party investment advisory fees paid from your contract during the year. | ||
This is referred to as an annual step-up. |
Please note that if this rider is added after the contract date, then the first opportunity for a step-up will be on the first contract anniversary following a complete contract year after the rider date. The ING Joint LifePay Plus Base has no additional impact on the calculation of annuity payments or withdrawal benefits. Currently, any additional premiums paid during the Withdrawal Phase are not eligible premiums for purposes of determining the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base or the Maximum Annual Withdrawal; however, we reserve the right to treat such premiums as eligible premiums at our discretion, in a nondiscriminatory manner. Premiums received during the Withdrawal Phase do increase the contract value used to determine the reset Maximum Annual Withdrawal under the benefit reset feature of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider (see ING Joint LifePay Plus Reset, below). We reserve the right to discontinue allowing premium payments during the Withdrawal Phase. Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is determined on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins. It equals the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage multiplied by the greater of the contract value and the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base, as of the last day of the Growth Phase. The first withdrawal after the effective date of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider (which causes the end of the Growth Phase) is treated as occurring on the first day of the Withdrawal Phase, immediately after calculation of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage, which varies by age of the youngest active spouse on the date the Withdrawal Phase begins, is as follows: |
Youngest Active | Maximum Annual | |
Spouses Age | Withdrawal Percentage | |
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0-75* | 5%* | |
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76-80 | 6% | |
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81+ | 7% | |
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*If the Withdrawal Phase begins before the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the younger spouse reaches age 65, withdrawals in a contract year up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will reduce the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base dollar-for-dollar, under what your rider refers to as the Standard Withdrawal Benefit. Then, on the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the younger spouse reaches age 65, the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base will automatically be reset to the current Contract value, if greater, and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be recalculated. Once determined the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage never changes for the contract. This is important to keep in mind in deciding when to take your first withdrawal because the younger you are at that time, the lower the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage. If the Contracts annuity commencement date is reached, you may elect a life only annuity option, in lieu of the Contracts other annuity options, under which we will pay the greater of the annuity payout under the Contract and equal annual payments of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, provided that, if both spouses are active, payments under the life only annuity option will be calculated using the joint life expectancy table for both spouses. If only one spouse is active, payments will be calculated using the single life expectancy table for the active spouse. |
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Withdrawals in a contract year that do not exceed the Maximum Withdrawal Amount do not reduce the Maximum Withdrawal Amount. However, if withdrawals in any contract year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal (an excess withdrawal), the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. This means that both the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be reduced by the same proportion as the excess withdrawal is of the contract value determined after the deduction the amount withdrawn up to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal but before deduction of the excess withdrawal. When a withdrawal is made, the total withdrawals taken in a contract year are compared with the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal. To the extent that the withdrawal taken causes the total withdrawals in that year to exceed the current Maximum Annual Withdrawal, that withdrawal is considered excess. For purposes of determining whether the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been exceeded, any applicable Market Value Adjustment or surrender charges will not be considered. However, for purposes of determining the Maximum Annual Withdrawal reduction after an excess withdrawal, surrender charges and/or Market Value Adjustment are considered to be part of the withdrawal, and will be included in the pro-rata adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. See Appendix H, Illustration 1 and 2 for examples of this concept. Required Minimum Distributions. Withdrawals taken from the contract to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution rules of the Tax Code are considered withdrawals for purposes of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, and will begin the Withdrawal Phase if the Withdrawal Phase has not already started. Any such withdrawal which exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for a specific contract year will not be deemed excess withdrawals in that contract year for purposes of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, subject to the following: |
1) | If the contract owners Required Minimum Distribution for a calendar year (determined on a date on or | |
before January 31 of that year), applicable to the contract, is greater than the Maximum Annual | ||
Withdrawal on that date, an Additional Withdrawal Amount will be set equal to that portion of the | ||
Required Minimum Distribution that exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. | ||
2) | You may withdraw the Additional Withdrawal Amount from this contract without it being deemed an | |
excess withdrawal. | ||
3) | Any withdrawals taken in a contract year will count first against the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for | |
that contract year. | ||
4) | Once the Maximum Annual Withdrawal for the then current contract year has been taken, additional | |
amounts withdrawn in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will count first against and reduce | ||
any unused Additional Withdrawal Amount for the previous calendar year followed by any Additional | ||
Withdrawal Amount for the current contract year. | ||
5) | Withdrawals that exceed all available Additional Withdrawal Amounts are excess withdrawals and will | |
reduce the Maximum Annual Withdrawal on a pro-rata basis, as described above. | ||
6) | The Additional Withdrawal Amount is reset to zero at the end of the second calendar year from which | |
it was originally calculated. | ||
7) | If the contract is still in the Growth Phase on the date the Additional Withdrawal Amount is | |
determined, but enters the Withdrawal Phase later during that calendar year, the Additional | ||
Withdrawal Amount will be equal to the amount in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | ||
Amount necessary to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution for that year (if any). |
See Appendix H, Illustration 3. |
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Investment Advisory Fees. Withdrawals taken pursuant to a program established by the owner for the
payment of investment advisory fees to a named third party investment adviser for advice on management of the contracts values will not cause the Withdrawal Phase to begin. During the Growth Phase, such withdrawals reduce the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and during the Withdrawal Phase, these withdrawals are treated as any other withdrawal. Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the Contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the rider will enter Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are entitled to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, until the remaining ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is exhausted. |
When the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided under the ING Joint LifePay Plus | |
rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the Contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
During Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. These payments will continue until the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base is reduced to zero, at which time the rider will terminate without value. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract year following the date the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. If, at the time the rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the Contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-Contract year or Contract year, as applicable. Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If the contract value is reduced to zero by a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, the contract and the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will terminate due to the pro-rata reduction described in Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, above. If the contract value is reduced to zero for a reason other than a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal while the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will enter Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and you are no longer entitled to make withdrawals. Instead, under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider you will begin to receive periodic payments in an annual amount equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. When the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status: |
1) | the contract will provide no further benefits (including death benefits) other than as provided under the | |
ING Joint LifePay Plus rider; | ||
2) | no further premium payments will be accepted; and | |
3) | any other riders attached to the contract will terminate, unless otherwise specified in that rider. |
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During Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, we will pay you periodic payments in an annual amount that is equal to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. The time period for which we will make these payments will depend upon whether one or two spouses are active under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider at the time this status begins. If both spouses are active under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, these payments will cease upon the death of the second spouse, at which time both the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and the contract will terminate without further value. If only one spouse is active under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, the payments will cease upon the death of the active spouse, at which time both the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and the contract will terminate without value. If the Maximum Annual Withdrawal exceeds the net withdrawals taken the contract year when the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status (including the withdrawal that results in the contract value decreasing to zero), that difference will be paid immediately to the contract owner. The periodic payments will begin on the last day of the first full contract year following the date the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter. You may elect to receive systematic withdrawals pursuant to the terms of the contract. Under a systematic withdrawal, either a fixed amount or an amount based upon a percentage of the contract value will be withdrawn from your contract and paid to you on a scheduled basis, either monthly, quarterly or annually. If, at the time the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic withdrawals under the contract more frequently than annually, the periodic payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each contract year will equal the annual Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Such payments will be made on the same payment dates as previously set up, if the payments were being made monthly or quarterly. If the payments were being made semi-annually or annually, the payments will be made at the end of the half-contract year or contract year, as applicable. ING Joint LifePay Plus Reset. Once the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status begins and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal has been determined, on each quarterly contract anniversary we will increase (or reset) the ING Joint LifePay Plus Base to the current Contract value, if the Contract value is higher. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal will also be recalculated, and the remaining portion of the new Maximum Annual Withdrawal will be available for withdrawal immediately. This reset ONLY occurs when the rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, and is automatic. We reserve the right to change the charge for this rider with a reset. In this event, you will receive prior notice, of not less than 30 days, which explains the change, its impact to you and your options. You may decline this change (and the reset). However, this action will apply to all future resets and cannot be reversed. Investment Option Restrictions. In order to mitigate the insurance risk inherent in our guarantee to provide you and your spouse with lifetime payments (subject to the terms and restrictions of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider), we require that your contract value be allocated in accordance with certain limitations. In general, to the extent that you choose not to invest in the Accepted Funds, we require that 20% of the amount not so invested be invested in the Fixed Allocation Funds. We will require this allocation regardless of your investment instructions to the contract, as described below. While the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider is in effect, there are limits on the portfolios to which your contract value may be allocated. Contract value allocated to portfolios other than Accepted Funds will be rebalanced so as to maintain at least 20% of such contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds. See Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, below. Accepted Funds. Currently Accepted Funds are: ING Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Moderate Growth Portfolio; ING LifeStyle Growth Portfolio; ING MFS Total Return Portfolio; ING T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Portfolio; ING Van Kampen Equity and Income Portfolio; ING Liquid Assets Portfolio; Fixed Account II; and the Fixed Interest Division. We may change these designations at any time upon 30 days notice to you. If a change is made, the change will apply to contract value allocated to such portfolios after the date of the change. |
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Fixed Allocation Funds. The ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio and the ING PIMCO Core Bond
Portfolio are designated as the Fixed Allocation Funds. On and after April 30, 2007, you may allocate contract value to one or both Fixed Allocation Funds. We consider the ING VP Intermediate Bond Portfolio to be the default Fixed Allocation Fund with Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. Other Funds. All portfolios available under the contract other than Accepted Funds or the Fixed Allocation Funds are considered Other Funds. Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. If the contract value in the Fixed Allocation Funds is less than 20% of the total contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds on any ING Joint LifePay Plus Rebalancing Date, we will automatically rebalance the contract value allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds and Other Funds so that 20% of this amount is allocated to the Fixed Allocation Funds. Accepted Funds are excluded from Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. Any rebalancing is done on a pro-rata basis among the Other Funds and will be the last transaction processed on that date. The ING Joint LifePay Plus Rebalancing Dates occur on each contract anniversary and after the following transactions: |
1) | receipt of additional premiums; | |
2) | transfer or reallocation among the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds, whether automatic or | |
specifically directed by you; and | ||
3) | withdrawals from the Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds. |
Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing is separate from any other automatic rebalancing under the contract. However, if the other automatic rebalancing under the contract causes the allocations to be out of compliance with the investment option restrictions noted above, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing will occur immediately after the automatic rebalancing to restore the required allocations. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing. In certain circumstances, Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing may result in a reallocation into the Fixed Allocation Funds even if you have not previously been invested in it. See Appendix I Examples of Fixed Allocation Funds Automatic Rebalancing, Example I. By electing to purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, you are providing the Company with direction and authorization to process these transactions, including reallocations into the Fixed Allocation Funds. You should not purchase the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider if you do not wish to have your contract value reallocated in this manner. Divorce. Generally, in the event of a divorce, the spouse who retains ownership of the contract will continue to be entitled to all rights and benefits of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, while the ex-spouse will no longer have any such rights or be entitled to any such benefits. In the event of a divorce during Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider continues, and terminates upon the death of the owner (first owner in the case of joint owners, or the annuitant in the case of a custodial IRA). Although spousal continuation may be available under the Tax Code for a subsequent spouse, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider cannot be continued by the new spouse. As the result of the divorce, we may be required to withdraw assets for the benefit of an ex-spouse. Any such withdrawal will be considered a withdrawal for purposes of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount. In other words, if a withdrawal incident to a divorce exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount, it will be considered an excess withdrawal. See Determination of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, above. As noted, in the event of a divorce there is no change to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and we will continue to deduct charges for the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider. In the event of a divorce during Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, there will be no change to the periodic payments made. Payments will continue until both spouses are deceased. |
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Death of Owner. The death of the owner (or in the case of joint owners, the first owner, or for
custodial IRAs, the annuitant) may cause the termination of the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and its charges, depending upon whether one or both spouses are in active status at the time of death, as described below. |
1) | If both spouses are in active status: If the surviving spouse elects to continue the contract and | |
becomes the sole owner and annuitant, the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider will remain in effect pursuant | ||
to its original terms and ING Joint LifePay Plus coverage and charges will continue. As of the date the | ||
contract is continued, the Joint LifePay Plus Base will be reset to the current Contact value, if greater, | ||
and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal will recalculated as the Maximum Annual Withdrawal | ||
percentage multiplied by the new Joint LifePay Plus Base on the date the contract is continued. | ||
However, under no circumstances will this recalculation result in a reduction to the Maximum Annual | ||
Withdrawal. | ||
If the surviving spouse elects not to continue the contract, ING Joint LifePay Plus rider coverage and | ||
charges will cease upon the earlier of payment of the death benefit or notice that an alternative | ||
distribution option has been chosen. | ||
2) | If the surviving spouse is in inactive status: The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider terminates and ING | |
Joint LifePay Plus coverage and charges cease upon the date of death of the last Active Spouse. |
Change of Owner or Annuitant. Other than as a result of spousal continuation, you may not change
the annuitant. The ING Joint LifePay Plus rider and rider charges will terminate upon change of owner, including adding an additional owner, except for the following ownership changes: |
1) | spousal continuation by an active spouse, as described above; | |
2) | change of owner from one custodian to another custodian for the benefit of the same individual; | |
3) | change of owner from a custodian for the benefit of an individual to the same individual (in order to | |
avoid the owners spouse from being designated inactive, the owners spouse must be named sole | ||
beneficiary under the contract); | ||
4) | change of owner from an individual to a custodian for the benefit of the same individual; | |
5) | collateral assignments; | |
6) | for nonqualified contracts only, the addition of a joint owner, provided that the additional joint owner | |
is the original owners spouse and is active when added as joint owner; | ||
7) | for nonqualified contracts, removal of a joint owner, provided the removed joint owner is active and | |
becomes the primary contract beneficiary; and | ||
8) | change of owner where the owner becomes the sole primary beneficiary and the sole primary | |
beneficiary becomes the owner if both were active spouses at the time of the change. |
Surrender Charges. If you elect the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, your withdrawals will be subject
to surrender charges if they exceed the free withdrawal amount. However, once your contract value is zero, the periodic payments under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider are not subject to surrender charges, nor will these amounts be subject to any other charges under the contract. Federal Tax Considerations. For more information about the tax treatment of amounts paid to you under the ING Joint LifePay Plus rider, see Federal Tax Considerations Tax Consequences of Living Benefits and Death Benefit. |
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7. | Replace APPENDIX H with: |
APPENDIX H |
ING LifePay Plus and ING Joint LifePay Plus Partial Withdrawal Amount Examples |
The following are examples of adjustments to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount for withdrawals in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal: |
Illustration 1: Adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount for a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, including surrender and/or MVA charges. |
Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000. |
The first withdrawal taken during the contract year is $3,000 net, with $500 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $300 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded because total net withdrawals, $4,500, do not exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $200 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. Because total net withdrawals taken, $6,000, exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000, then there is an adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. Total gross withdrawals during the contract year are $7,000 ($3,000 + $500 + $1,500 + $300 + $1,500 + $200). The adjustment is the lesser of the amount by which the total gross withdrawals for the year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal ($7,000 - $5,000 = $2,000), and the amount of the current gross withdrawal ($1,500 + 200 = $1,700. If the Account Value before this withdrawal is $50,000, then the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is reduced by 3.40% ($1,700 / $50,000) to $4,830 ((1 - 3.40%) * $5,000). |
Illustration 2: Adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount for a withdrawal in excess of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000. |
The first withdrawal taken during the contract year is $3,000 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded because total net withdrawals, $4,500, do not exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. Because total net withdrawals taken, $6,000, exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000, there is an adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
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Total gross withdrawals during the contract year are $6,000 ($3,000 + $1,500 + $1,500). The adjustment is the lesser of the amount by which the total gross withdrawals for the year exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $1,000, and the amount of the current gross withdrawal, $1,500. If the Account Value after the part of the gross withdrawal that was within the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $500, is $49,500, then the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is reduced by 2.02% ($1,000 / $49,500) to $4,899 ((1 - 2.02%) * $5,000). |
Illustration 3: A withdrawal exceeds the Maximum Annual Withdrawal amount but does not exceed the Additional Withdrawal Amount. Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000. The Required Minimum Distribution for the current calendar year applicable to this contract is determined to be $6,000. The Additional Withdrawal Amount is set equal to the excess of this amount above the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $1,000 ($6,000 - $5,000). The first withdrawal taken during the contract year is $3,000 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not exceeded because total net withdrawals, $4,500, do not exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000. The next withdrawal taken during the contract year is $1,500 net, with $0 of surrender charges, and/or MVA charges. Total net withdrawals taken, $6,000, exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $5,000, however, the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is not adjusted until the Additional Withdrawal Amount is exhausted. The amount by which total net withdrawals taken exceed the Maximum Annual Withdrawal, $1,000 ($6,000 - $5,000), is the same as the Additional Withdrawal Amount, so no adjustment to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is made. If total net withdrawals taken had exceeded the sum of the Maximum Annual Withdrawal and the Additional Withdrawal Amount, then an adjustment would be made to the Maximum Annual Withdrawal. |
Illustration 4: The Reset Occurs. |
Assume the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is $5,000 and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal percentage is 5%. One year after the first withdrawal is taken, the contract value has increased to $120,000, and the Reset occurs. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal is now $6,000 ($120,000 * 5%). One year after the Reset, the contract value has increased further to $130,000. The Reset occurs again, and the Maximum Annual Withdrawal is now $6,500 ($130,000 * 5%). |
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SUPPLEMENT Dated Aug 20, 2007 |
To The Prospectus Dated April 30, 2007 For |
Your Variable Annuity Contract |
Issued By ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company |
Through Separate Account B of ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company |
(GoldenSelect Access, GoldenSelect ESII, GoldenSelect Generations, |
GoldenSelect Landmark, GoldenSelect Premium Plus, and Architect) |
This supplement updates the prospectus. Please read it carefully and keep it with your copy of the prospectus for future reference. If you have any questions, please call our Customer Contact Center at 1-800-366-0066. |
The following investment portfolio is available under your Contract and is hereby added to the list of | ||
funds available in Appendix B The Investment Portfolios. This fund is available effective August 20, | ||
2007. | ||
Fund Name and | ||
Investment Adviser/Subadviser | Investment Objective | |
ING Investors Trust | ||
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 | ||
| ||
ING Focus 5 Portfolio | Seeks total return through capital appreciation and dividend | |
(Class S) | income. The Portfolios investment objective is not | |
fundamental and may be changed without a shareholder vote. | ||
Investment Adviser: Directed Services LLC | ||
Investment Subadviser: ING Investment Management | ||
Co. | ||
|
| |
These investment portfolio change, underlined in the following excerpt of Appendix B The Investment | ||
Portfolios, is effective August 20, 2007 with all references in the prospectus changed accordingly: | ||
| ||
ING Partners, Inc. | ||
151 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06156-8962 | ||
| ||
ING Davis New York Venture Portfolio | A non-diversified portfolio that seeks long-term growth of | |
(Class S) | capital. | |
(formerly, ING Davis Venture Value Portfolio) | ||
Investment Adviser: Directed Services LLC | ||
Investment Subadviser: Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. |
ING USA 144964 | 08/20/07 |
PART C - OTHER INFORMATION |
ITEM 24. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS |
Financial Statements: (a)(1) Included in Part A: Condensed Financial Information |
(2) | Included in Part B: | |||
Financial Statements of ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company: | ||||
- | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |||
- | Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004 | |||
- | Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 | |||
- | Statements of Changes in Shareholders Equity for the years ended December 31, | |||
2006, 2005, and 2004 | ||||
- | Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004 | |||
- | Notes to Financial Statements | |||
Financial Statements of Separate Account B: | ||||
- | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |||
- | Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2006 | |||
- | Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 | |||
- | Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 | |||
- | Notes to Financial Statements |
Exhibits: |
(b) |
(1) | Resolution of the board of directors of Depositor authorizing the establishment of the Registrant, | |||
incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to a Registration Statement | ||||
on form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the | ||||
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||||
(2) | Not Applicable. | |||
(3) | a. | Distribution Agreement between the Depositor and Directed Services, Inc., incorporated herein by | ||
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden | ||||
American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange | ||||
Commission on April 30, 1999 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||||
b. | Form of Dealers Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 | |||
to a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate | ||||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999 (File Nos. 033- | ||||
23351, 811-05626). | ||||
c. | Organizational Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to | |||
a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate | ||||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999 (File Nos. 033- | ||||
23351, 811-05626). |
d. | Addendum to Organizational Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective | |
Amendment No. 29 to a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance | ||
Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999 | ||
(File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||
e. | Expense Reimbursement Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment | |
No. 29 to a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company | ||
Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999 (File | ||
Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||
f. | Form of Assignment Agreement for Organizational Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to | |
Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American | ||
Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||
April 30, 1999 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||
g. | Amendment to the Distribution Agreement between ING USA and Directed Services Inc., | |
incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to a Registration Statement | ||
on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the | ||
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333-28755, 811-05626). | ||
h. | Form of Rule 22c-2 Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. | |
10 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York | ||
Separate Account NY-B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2007 (File | ||
Nos. 333-115515, 811-07935). |
(4) | a. | Individual Deferred Combination Variable and Fixed Annuity Contract (GA-IA-1074), incorporated | ||
herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for | ||||
Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and | ||||
Exchange Commission on October 2, 2000 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-5626). | ||||
b. | Group Deferred Combination Variable and Fixed Annuity Contract (GA-MA-1074), incorporated | |||
herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for | ||||
Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and | ||||
Exchange Commission on October 2, 2000 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-5626). | ||||
c. | Individual Deferred Variable Annuity Contract (GA-IA-1075), incorporated herein by reference to | |||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American | ||||
Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||||
October 2, 2000 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). | ||||
d. | Deferred Combination Variable and Fixed Annuity Certificate (GA-CA-1074), incorporated herein | |||
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for | ||||
Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and | ||||
Exchange Commission on October 2, 2000 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). | ||||
e. | Individual Retirement Annuity Rider (GA-RA-1009) (12/02), incorporated herein by reference to | |||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American | ||||
Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||||
April 15, 2003 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). |
f. | ROTH Individual Retirement Annuity Rider (GA-RA-1038) (12/02), incorporated herein by | |
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden | ||
American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange | ||
Commission on April 15, 2003 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||
g. | Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit Rider (IU-RA-1047) (01/05), incorporated herein by reference | |
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA | ||
Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange | ||
Commission on or about April 20, 2005 (File Nos. 333-28755, 811-05626). | ||
h. | Minimum Guaranteed Income Benefit Rider (IU-RA-1047) (08-06), incorporated herein by | |
reference to Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance | ||
Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2006 | ||
(File Nos. 333-133944, 811-05626). | ||
i. | Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider (GA-RA-1048) (01/02), incorporated herein by | |
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING | ||
USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and | ||
Exchange Commission on February 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). | ||
j. | Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider with Reset Option (ING PrincipalGuard) (GA-RA- | |
1046), incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to a Registration | ||
Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B | ||
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about February 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333- | ||
28755, 811-05626). | ||
k. | Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider with Reset Option (ING LifePay) (IU-RA-3023), | |
incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to a Registration Statement | ||
on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the | ||
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2005 (File Nos. 333-28755, 811-05626). | ||
l. | Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider with Reset Option (ING Joint LifePay) (IU-RA- | |
3029), incorporated herein by reference to Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA | ||
Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange | ||
Commission on May 9, 2006 (File Nos. 333-133944, 811-05626). | ||
m. | Excluded Funds Endorsement (Inforce Riders), incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective | |
Amendment No.12 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance | ||
Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2001 | ||
(File Nos. 333-28769, 811-05626). | ||
n. | Guaranteed Death Benefit Transfer Endorsement No. 1 (7% Solution Enhanced) (GA-RA-1044-1) | |
(01/02), incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to a Registration | ||
Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B | ||
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333-28679, | ||
811-05626). | ||
o. | Guaranteed Death Benefit Transfer Endorsement No. 2 (Ratchet Enhanced) (GA-RA-1044-2) | |
(10/03), incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to a Registration | ||
Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B | ||
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333-28679, | ||
811-05626). |
p. | Guaranteed Death Benefit Transfer Endorsement No. 3 (Standard) (GA-RA-1044-3) (01/02), | |
incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to a Registration Statement | ||
on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the | ||
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). | ||
q. | Guaranteed Death Benefit Transfer Endorsement No. 4 (Max 7 Enhanced) (GA-RA-1044-4) (10/03), | |
incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to a Registration Statement | ||
on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the | ||
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). | ||
r. | Guaranteed Death Benefit Transfer Endorsement No. 5 (Base Death Benefit), incorporated herein by | |
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING | ||
USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and | ||
Exchange Commission on February 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). | ||
s. | Guaranteed Death Benefit Transfer Endorsement No. 6 (Inforce Contracts) (GA-RA-1044-6) | |
(01/02), incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to a Registration | ||
Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B | ||
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333-28679, | ||
811-05626). | ||
t. | Earnings Enhancement Death Benefit Rider (GA-RA-1086), incorporated herein by reference to | |
Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American | ||
Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||
April 24, 2001 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-5626). | ||
u. | Simple Retirement Account Rider (GA-RA-1026) (12/02), incorporated herein by reference to Post- | |
Effective Amendment No. 34 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life | ||
Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||
April 15, 2003 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||
v. | 403(b) Rider (GA-RA-1040), incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 | |
to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate | ||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2003 (File Nos. 033- | ||
23351, 811-05626). | ||
w. | Section 72 Rider (GA-RA-1001) (12/94), incorporated herein by reference to Registration Statement | |
on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the | ||
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2006 (File Nos. 333-133944, 811-05626). | ||
x. | Section 72 Rider (GA-RA-1002) (12/94), incorporated herein by reference to Registration Statement | |
on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the | ||
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2006 (File Nos. 333-133944, 811-05626). | ||
y. | Nursing Home Waiver for Group Certificates (GA-RA-1003) (12/94), incorporated herein by | |
reference to Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance | ||
Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2006 | ||
(File Nos. 333-133944, 811-05626). | ||
z. | Nursing Home Waiver for Individual Certificates (GA-RA-1004) (12/94), incorporated herein by | |
reference to Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance | ||
Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2006 | ||
(File Nos. 333-133944, 811-05626). |
aa. | Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider with Automatic Reset (ING LifePay Plus) (IU-RA- | |
3061), attached. | ||
bb. | Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider with Automatic Reset (ING Joint LifePay Plus) | |
(IU-RA-3062), attached. |
(5) | a. | Deferred Variable Annuity Application, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective | ||
Amendment No. 34 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Variable Annuity Account C of | ||||
ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||||
October 26, 2005 (File Nos. 333-28755, 811-05626). | ||||
b. | Group Deferred Combination Variable and Fixed Annuity Enrollment Form, incorporated herein by | |||
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No.4 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA | ||||
Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange | ||||
Commission on January 27, 2000 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). | ||||
c. | Deferred Variable Annuity Application (137098) (08-21-2006), incorporated herein by reference to | |||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity | ||||
and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange | ||||
Commission on August 21, 2006 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). | ||||
(6) | a. | Amendment to Articles of Incorporation Providing for the Name Change of Golden American Life | ||
Insurance Company, dated (11/21/03), incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective | ||||
Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 for ING USA Annuity and Life | ||||
Insurance Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2007 (File | ||||
Nos. 333-133076). | ||||
b. | Amendment to Articles of Incorporation Providing for the Change in Purpose and Powers of ING | |||
USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, dated (03/04/04), incorporated herein by reference to | ||||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 for ING USA Annuity | ||||
and Life Insurance Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2007 | ||||
(File Nos. 333-133076). | ||||
c. | Amended and Restated By-Laws of ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, dated | |||
(12/15/04), incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration | ||||
Statement on Form S-1 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company filed with the | ||||
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2007 (File Nos. 333-133076). | ||||
d. | Resolution of the board of directors for Power of Attorney, dated 04/23/99, incorporated herein by | |||
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden | ||||
American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange | ||||
Commission on April 23, 1999 (File Nos. 033-59261, 811-05626). | ||||
e. | Articles of Merger and Agreement and Plan of Merger of USGALC, ULAIC, ELICI into GALIC | |||
and renamed ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, dated 06/25/03, incorporated herein | ||||
by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING | ||||
USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and | ||||
Exchange Commission on February 13, 2004 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). |
(7) | Not Applicable |
(8) | a. | Service Agreement by and between Golden American Life Insurance Company and Directed | ||
Services, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to a | ||||
Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate | ||||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 1998 (File Nos. 033- | ||||
23351, 811-05626). | ||||
b. | Asset Management Agreement between Golden American Life Insurance Company and ING | |||
Investment Management LLC, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. | ||||
29 to a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate | ||||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999 (File Nos. 033- | ||||
23351, 811-05626). | ||||
c. | Participation Agreement by and between AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., Golden American | |||
Life Insurance Company and Directed Services, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Post- | ||||
Effective Amendment No. 32 to a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American Life | ||||
Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||||
April 26, 2002 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||||
d. | Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., | |||
Golden American Life Insurance Company and Directed Services, Inc., incorporated herein by | ||||
reference to Post-Effective amendment No. 8 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA | ||||
Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange | ||||
Commission on December 2, 2005 (File Nos. 333-33914, 811-05626). | ||||
e. | Participation Agreement between Golden American Life Insurance Company, American Funds | |||
Insurance Series and Capital Research and Management Company, incorporated herein by reference | ||||
to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form N-6 for ReliaStar Life | ||||
Insurance Company Select * Life Variable Account filed with the Securities and Exchange | ||||
Commission on July 17, 2003 (File Number 333-105319). | ||||
f. | Participation Agreement by and between ING Investors Trust, Golden American Life Insurance | |||
Company and Directed Services, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective | ||||
Amendment No. 6 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life | ||||
Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||||
April 21, 2005 (File Nos. 333-70600, 811-05626). | ||||
g. | Participation Agreement by and between ING Variable Insurance Trust, Golden American Life | |||
Insurance Company and ING Mutual Funds Management Co. LLC and ING Funds Distributor, Inc., | ||||
incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective amendment No. 32 to a Registration Statement on | ||||
form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the | ||||
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2002 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||||
h. | Participation Agreement by and between Pilgrim Variable Products Trust, Golden American Life | |||
Insurance Company and Directed Services, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective | ||||
amendment No. 32 to a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance | ||||
Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2002 | ||||
(File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). |
i. | Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between ING Variable Products Trust, Golden | |
American Life Insurance Company, ING Investments, LLC and ING Funds Distributor, Inc., | ||
incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective amendment No. 8 to a Registration Statement on | ||
Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the | ||
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2005 (File Nos. 333-33914, 811-05626). | ||
j. | Participation Agreement by and between ING Variable Portfolios, Inc., Golden American Life | |
Insurance Company and Directed Services, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective | ||
Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance | ||
Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2002 | ||
(File Nos. 333-70600, 811-05626). | ||
k. | Participation Agreement by and between Portfolio Partners, Inc., Golden American Life Insurance | |
Company and Directed Services, Inc. incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment | ||
No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company | ||
Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2002 (File | ||
Nos. 333-70600, 811-05626). | ||
l. | Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between Portfolio Partners, Inc., Golden American | |
Life Insurance Company and Directed Services, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Post- | ||
Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life | ||
Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||
April 29, 2002 (File Nos. 333-70600, 811-05626). | ||
m. | Second Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between ING Partners, Inc., Golden | |
American Life Insurance Company, ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company and ING Financial | ||
Advisers, LLC, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective amendment No. 8 to a | ||
Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate | ||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2005 (File Nos. 333- | ||
33914, 811-05626). | ||
n. | Participation Agreement by and between Fidelity Distributors Corporation, Golden American Life | |
Insurance Company and Variable Insurance Products Funds, incorporated herein by reference to | ||
Post-Effective amendment No. 32 to a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American | ||
Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||
April 26, 2002 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||
o. | Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between Fidelity Distributors Corporation and ING | |
USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective | ||
amendment No. 8 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life | ||
Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||
December 2, 2005 (File Nos. 333-33914, 811-05626). | ||
p. | Amended and Restated Participation Agreement as of December 30, 2005 by and among Franklin | |
Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust/Templeton Distributors, Inc., ING Life Insurance and | ||
Annuity Company, ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, ReliaStar Life Insurance | ||
Company, ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York and Directed Services, Inc., incorporated | ||
herein by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 17 of a Registration Statement on Form N-4 | ||
for ReliaStar Life Insurance Company Separate Account NY-B filed with the Securities and | ||
Exchange Commission on February 1, 2007 (File Nos. 333-85618, 811-07935). |
q. | Participation Agreement between Golden American Life Insurance Company, INVESCO Variable | |
Investment Funds, Inc., INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. and INVESCO Distributors, Inc. incorporated | ||
herein by reference to Post-Effective amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for | ||
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and | ||
Exchange Commission on April 29, 2002 (File Nos. 333-63692, 811-05626). | ||
r. | Participation Agreement by and between PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, Golden American Life | |
Insurance Company and PIMCO Funds Distributors LLC, incorporated herein by reference to Pre- | ||
Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life | ||
Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||
June 23, 2000 (File Nos. 333-33914, 811-05626). | ||
s. | Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, Golden | |
American Life Insurance Company and PIMCO Funds Distributors LLC, incorporated herein by | ||
reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING | ||
USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and | ||
Exchange Commission on December 2, 2005 (File Nos. 333-33914, 811-05626). | ||
t. | Participation Agreement by and between Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust, Golden American Life | |
Insurance Company, Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. and Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc., | ||
incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to a Registration Statement | ||
on form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the | ||
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2002 (File Nos. 033-23351, 811-05626). | ||
u. | Participation Agreement by and between Liberty Variable Investment Trust, Golden American Life | |
Insurance Company, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to a | ||
Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate | ||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2005 (File Nos. 333- | ||
33914, 811-05626). | ||
v. | Participation Agreement by and between PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, Golden American Life | |
Insurance Company, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a | ||
Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate | ||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2000 (File Nos. 333- | ||
33914, 811-05626). | ||
w. | Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, Golden | |
American Life Insurance Company, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment | ||
No. 8 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company | ||
Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2005 (File | ||
Nos. 333-33914, 811-05626). | ||
x. | Participation Agreement by and between Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust, Golden American Life | |
Insurance Company, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to a | ||
Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate | ||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2002 (File Nos. 033- | ||
23351, 811-05626). | ||
y. | Participation Agreement by and between ProFunds, Golden American Life Insurance Company and | |
ProFunds Advisors LLC, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to a | ||
Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate | ||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2005 (File Nos. 333- | ||
33914, 811-05626). |
z. | Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between ProFunds, Golden American Life Insurance | |||
Company and ProFunds Advisors LLC, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective | ||||
Amendment No. 8 to a Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life | ||||
Insurance Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on | ||||
December 2, 2005 (File Nos. 333-33914, 811-05626). | ||||
aa. | Participation Agreement by and between Prudential Series Fund, Inc., Golden American Life | |||
Insurance Company Prudential Insurance Company of America and Prudential Investment | ||||
Management Services LLC, incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a | ||||
Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance Company Separate | ||||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2000 (File Nos. 333- | ||||
33914, 811-05626). | ||||
bb. | Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between Prudential Series Fund, Inc., Golden | |||
American Life Insurance Company, Prudential Insurance Company of America and Prudential | ||||
Investment Management Services LLC, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective | ||||
Amendment No. 9 to a Registration Statement on form N-4 for Golden American Life Insurance | ||||
Company Separate Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, | ||||
2000 (File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). | ||||
cc. | Amendment to Participation Agreement as of June 5, 2007 by and between Franklin Templeton | |||
Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc., ING Life Insurance and | ||||
Annuity Company, ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company, ReliaStar Life Insurance | ||||
Company, ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York, and Directed Services, LLC, | ||||
incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on | ||||
Form N-4 for ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York Separate Account NY-B filed with | ||||
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2007 (File Nos. 333-139695, 811-07935). | ||||
(9) | Opinion and Consent of Counsel, attached. | |||
(10) | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, attached. | |||
(11) | Not Applicable. | |||
(12) | Not Applicable. | |||
(13) | Powers of Attorney, incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to a | |||
Registration Statement on Form N-4 for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate | ||||
Account B filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2007 | ||||
(File Nos. 333-28679, 811-05626). |
ITEM 25: DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE DEPOSITOR | ||||
Name | Principal Business Address | Position(s) with Depositor | ||
Harry N. Stout* | 1475 Dunwoody Drive West Chester, PA 19380 | President | ||
Robert W. Crispin* | 230 Park Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10169 | Director | ||
David A. Wheat* | 5780 Powers Ferry Road Atlanta, GA 30327-4390 | Chief Financial Officer, | ||
Director and Executive | ||||
Vice President | ||||
Steven T. Pierson* | 5780 Powers Ferry Road Atlanta, GA 30327-4390 | Senior Vice President | ||
and Chief Accounting | ||||
Officer | ||||
Kathleen A. Murphy* | 151 Farmington Avenue Hartford, CT 06156 | Director |
Thomas J. McInerney* | 151 Farmington Avenue Hartford, CT 06156 | Director and Chairman | ||
Catherine H. Smith* | 151 Farmington Avenue Hartford, CT 06156 | Director and Senior | ||
Vice President | ||||
Boyd G. Combs | 5780 Powers Ferry Road Atlanta, GA 30327-4390 | Senior Vice President, | ||
Tax | ||||
James R. McInnis | 1475 Dunwoody Drive West Chester, PA 19380 | Senior Vice President | ||
Stephen J. Preston | 1475 Dunwoody Drive West Chester, PA 19380 | Senior Vice President | ||
David S. Pendergrass | 5780 Powers Ferry Road Atlanta, GA 30327-4390 | Senior Vice President | ||
and Treasurer | ||||
Michel Perreault | 1475 Dunwoody Drive West Chester, PA 19380 | Senior Vice President | ||
and Appointed Actuary | ||||
Linda E. Senker | 1475 Dunwoody Drive West Chester, PA 19380 | Vice President and Chief | ||
Compliance Officer | ||||
Joy M. Benner | 20 Washington Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55401 | Secretary |
*Principal delegated legal authority to execute this registration statement pursuant to Powers of Attorney. |
ITEM 26: PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH THE DEPOSITOR OR REGISTRANT |
ING GROEP |
U.S. FINANCIAL SERVICES |
ING GROEP N.V. (The Netherlands) | ||||||
No FEIN-Non-Insurer | ||||||
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ING VERZEKERINGEN N.V. (The Netherlands) | ||||||
No FEIN Non-Insurer | ||||||
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ING INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL B.V. (The Netherlands) | ||||||
No FEIN Non-Insurer EIN# 98-0159264 | ||||||
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Nederlandse Reassurantie | 7 | |||||
ING AMERICA INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC. | Groep N.V. (The Netherlands) | |||||
(Delaware) Non-Insurer 52-1222820 | No FEIN Non-Insurer | |||||
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ING North America Insurance Corporation | NRG America Holding Company | |||||
Non-Insurer (Delaware) 52-1317217 | (Delaware) 23-2074221 Non-Insurer | |||||
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ING Payroll Management, Inc. | Philadelphia Reinsurance Corporation | |||||
Non-Insurer (Delaware) 52-2197204 | (Pennsylvania) 23-1620930 (Insurer) | |||||
NAIC# 12319 | ||||||
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ING Risk Management (Bermuda) Limited Non-Insurer | NRG America Management Corporation | |||||
Non-US Taxpayer - No FEIN Assigned | (Pennsylvania) 23-1667532 Non-Insurer | |||||
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Lion II Custom Investments LLC (Delaware) | ||||||
Non-Insurer 52-1222820 | ||||||
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Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc. | ||||||
(Connecticut) Non-Insurer 02-0488491 | ||||||
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06/30/07 | Arrowhead, Ltd. (Non-Insurer) | |||||
(Bermuda) | ||||||
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ING Brokers Network, LLC (Delaware) | ||||||
Non-Insurer 52-2215129 | ||||||
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Page 1 | ING Insurance Agency, Inc. | |||||
(California) Non-Insurer 84-1490645 | ||||||
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ING Insurance Agency, Inc. of | ||||||
Massachusetts Non-Insurer 04-3514565 | ||||||
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ING Insurance Agency, Inc. of Texas | ||||||
Non-Insurer 74-2946531 | ||||||
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Multi-Financial Group, LLC | ||||||
Non - Insurer 58-1827264 (Georgia) | ||||||
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IFG Insurance Agency of Oklahoma, Inc. | 1 | |||||
Non-Insurer (Oklahoma) 73-1514662 | ||||||
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IFG Insurance Services of Texas, Inc. | 1 | |||||
Non-Insurer (Texas) 75-2473468 | ||||||
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Multi-Financial Securities Corporation | ||||
(Colorado) Non-Insurer 84-0858799 | ||||
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MFSC Insurance Services, Inc. | ||||
Non-Insurer (California) 94-3145434 | ||||
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MFSC Insurance Agency of Nevada, | ||||
Inc. (Nevada) Non-Insurer 84-1482296 | ||||
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IB Holdings LLC Non-Insurer | ||||
(Virginia) 41-1983894 | ||||
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The New Providence Ins. Co. LTD | ||||
(Cayman Islands) Non-Insurer 98-0161114 | ||||
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ING Capital Corporation, LLC | ||||
(Delaware) Non-Insurer 86-1020892 | ||||
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ING Funds Services, LLC | ||||
(Delaware) Non-Insurer 86-1020893 | ||||
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ING Funds Distributor, LLC | ||||
(Delaware) Non-Insurer 03-0485744 | ||||
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ING Pilgrim Funding, Inc. | ||||
(Delaware) Non-Insurer 06-1501895 | ||||
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ING Investments, LLC | ||||
(Arizona) Non-Insurer 03-0402099 | ||||
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ING Financial Partners, Inc. | ||||
(Minnesota) Non-Insurer 41-0945505 | ||||
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ING International Insurance Holdings, Inc. | ||||
Non-Insurer (Connecticut) 06-1028458 | ||||
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ALICA Holdings, Inc. Non-Insurer | 3 | |||
20-5299942 (Connecticut) | ||||
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06/30/07 | ILICA Inc. | 4 | ||
06-1067464 (Connecticut) Insurer | ||||
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ING Life Insurance Company Limited | ||||
(Republic of China) Insurer | ||||
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Page 2 | ING International Nominee Holdings, Inc. | |||
06-0952776 (Connecticut) Non-Insurer | ||||
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AII 1, LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer (Connecticut) No tax id | ||||
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AII 2 LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer (Connecticut) No tax id | ||||
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AII 3 LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer (Connecticut) No tax id | ||||
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AII 4 LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer (Connecticut) No tax id | ||||
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ING Investment Management LLC (Delaware) | ||||
Non-Insurer 58-2361003 | ||||
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ING Investment Management Co. | ||||
(Connecticut) Non-Insurer 06-0888148 | ||||
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ING Investment Management | ||||
(Bermuda) Holdings Limited Non-Insurer | ||||
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ING Investment Trust Co. | ||||
Non-Insurer (Connecticut) 06-1440627 | ||||
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ING Investment Management Alternative Assets LLC | ||||
Non Insurer (Delaware) 13-4038444 | ||||
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ING Alternative Asset Management LLC | ||||
Non -Insurer (Delaware) 13-3863170 | ||||
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Furman Selz Investments LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer (Delaware) 13-3863171 | ||||
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Furman Selz (SBIC) Investments LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer (Delaware) 13-3863604 | ||||
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Furman Selz Investment II LLC | 5 | |||
Non-Insurer (Delaware) 13-3929304 | ||||
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Furman Selz Investments III LLC | 6 | |||
Non-Insurer (Delaware) 13-4127836 | ||||
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Furman Selz Management (BVI) Limited | ||||
Non-Insurer (British Virgin Islands) | ||||
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06/30/07 | ING Equity Holdings Inc. | |||
Non-Insurer 13-3778184 | ||||
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ING Ghent Asset Management LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer 13-4003969 | ||||
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ING Investment Management Services LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer 13-3856628 | ||||
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Page 3 | ING Multi-Strategies (LUX) S.A. | |||
Non-Insurer (Luxembourg) | ||||
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ING Pomona Holdings LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer 13-4152011 | ||||
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Pomona G. P. Holdings LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer (Delaware) 13-4150600 | ||||
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Pomona Management LLC | ||||
Non-Insurer (Delaware) 13-4197000 | ||||
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ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company | ||||
(Connecticut) Insurer 71-0294708 NAIC 86509 | ||||
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Directed Services LLC | ||||
(Delaware) Non-Insurer 14-1984144 | ||||
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ING Financial Advisers, LLC | ||||
(Delaware) Non-Insurer 06-1375177 | ||||
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Northfield Windsor LLC | ||||
(Connecticut) Non-Insurer 71-0294708 | ||||
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ING National Trust Non-Insurer | ||||
41-1966125 | ||||
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ING Re Underwriters, Inc. | ||||
(Tennessee) Non-Insurer 62-1505070 | ||||
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ING Retail Holding Company, Inc. | ||||
(Connecticut) Non-Insurer 06-1527984 | ||||
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ING Insurance Services Holding Company, Inc. | ||||
(Connecticut) Non-Insurer 06-1475329 | ||||
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ING Insurance Services, Inc. | ||||
(Connecticut) Non-Insurer 06-1465377 | ||||
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ING Insurance Services of Alabama, Inc. | ||||
(Alabama) Non-Insurer 72-1374488 | ||||
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Aetna Insurance Agency of Texas, Inc. | 1 | |||
(Texas) Non-Insurer 74-2817537 | ||||
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ING Insurance Services of Massachusetts, Inc. | ||||
(Massachusetts) Non-Insurer 04-3370454 | ||||
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FNI International, Inc. | ||||
(California) Non-Insurer 33-0048439 | ||||
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Financial Network Investment Corporation | ||||
Honolulu, Inc. (Hawaii) Non-Insurer 52-2195734 | ||||
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FN Insurance Services, Inc. | ||||
(California) Non-Insurer 33-0232417 | ||||
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06/30/07 | FN Insurance Services HI, Inc. | |||
(Hawaii) Non-Insurer 91-2041262 | ||||
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FN Insurance Agency of New Jersey, Inc. | ||||
(New Jersey) Non-Insurer 22-3693416 | ||||
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Page 4 | FN Insurance Services of Nevada, Inc. | |||
(Nevada) Non-Insurer 88-0319907 | ||||
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FN Insurance Agency of Kansas, Inc. | ||||
(Kansas) Non-Insurer 43-1878293 | ||||
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Financial Network Investment Corporation | ||||
Non-Insurer (California) 95-3845382 | ||||
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Financial Network Investment Corporation | ||||
of Hawaii (Hawaii) Non-Insurer 99-0298275 | ||||
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Financial Network Investment Corporation | ||||
of Hilo (Hawaii) Non-Insurer 99-0335018 | ||||
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Financial Network Investment Corporation | ||||
of Kauai (Hawaii) Non-Insurer 99-0335020 | ||||
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Financial Network Investment Corporation | ||||
of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) Non-Insurer 52-2173808 | ||||
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ING Services Holding Company, Inc. | ||||
(Connecticut) Non-Insurer 06-1527982 | ||||
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Systematized Benefits Administrators, Inc. | ||||
(Connecticut) Non-Insurer 06-0889923 | ||||
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ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company (Iowa) | ||||
Insurer NAIC #80942 41-0991508 | ||||
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Draft Funding II LLC | ||||
(Delaware) Non-Insurer | ||||
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PFP Holdings, L.P. (Georgia) | 2 | |||||
Non-Insurer 58-1665825 | ||||||
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Powers Ferry Properties Investments, Inc. | ||||||
(Delaware) Non-Insurer | ||||||
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PrimeVest Financial Services, Inc. | ||||||
(Minnesota) Non-Insurer 41-1483314 | ||||||
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Bancnorth Investment Group, Inc. | ||||||
(Minnesota) Non-Insurer 41-1735462 | ||||||
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Branson Insurance Agency, Inc. | ||||||
(Massachusetts) Non-Insurer 04-3116141 | ||||||
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Compulife, Inc. Non-Insurer | ||||||
(Virginia) 54-1252522 | ||||||
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Compulife Agency, Inc. | ||||||
Non-Insurer (Ohio) 34-1689987 | ||||||
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Compulife Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, | ||||||
Inc. (Massachusetts) 54-2004346 Non-Insurer | ||||||
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Compulife Investor Services, Inc. | ||||||
Non-Insurer (Virginia) 54-1439322 | ||||||
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06/30/07 | Guaranty Brokerage Services, Inc. | |||||
(California) Non-Insurer 68-0165121 | ||||||
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PrimeVest Insurance Agency of Alabama, Inc. | ||||||
(Alabama) Non-Insurer 41-1786871 | ||||||
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Primevest Insurance Agency of Nevada, Inc. | ||||||
(Nevada) Non-Insurer 61-1426263 | ||||||
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Page 5 | PrimeVest Insurance Agency of New Mexico, Inc. | |||||
(New Mexico) Non-Insurer 85-0422391 | ||||||
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PrimeVest Insurance Agency of Ohio, Inc. | ||||||
(Ohio) Non-Insurer 31-1388789 | ||||||
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PrimeVest Insurance Agency of Oklahoma, Inc. | 1 | |||||
(Oklahoma) Non-Insurer 73-1455177 | ||||||
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PrimeVest Insurance Agency of Texas, Inc. | 1 | |||||
(Texas) Non-Insurer 74-2703790 | ||||||
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PrimeVest Insurance Agency of Wyoming, Inc. | ||||||
(Wyoming) Non-Insurer 41-1996927 | ||||||
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ReliaStar Investment Research, Inc. | ||||||
(Minnesota) Non-Insurer 41-1412933 | ||||||
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ReliaStar Life Insurance Company Insurer | ||||||
(Minnesota) 41-0451140 NAIC 67105 | ||||||
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ING Re (UK) Limited | ||||||
(United Kingdom) Insurer | ||||||
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NWNL Benefits, LLC Non-Insurer | ||||||
(Minnesota) 41-2022146 | ||||||
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ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York | ||||||
(New York) Insurer 53-0242530 NAIC 61360 | ||||||
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Whisperingwind I, LLC | ||||||
(South Carolina) Insurer 14-1981620 | ||||||
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Whisperingwind II, LLC | ||||||
(South Carolina) Non-Insurer 32-0185577 | ||||||
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ReliaStar Payroll Agent, Inc. Non-Insurer | ||||||
(Minnesota) 41-1887594 | ||||||
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Successful Money Management Seminars, Inc. | ||||||
(Oregon) Non-Insurer 93-0791146 | ||||||
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Security Life Assignment Corp. (Colorado) | ||||||
84-1437826 Non-Insurer | ||||||
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Security Life of Denver Insurance Company (Colorado) | ||||||
Insurer 84-0499703 NAIC #68713 | ||||||
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First Secured Mortgage Deposit Corporation (Colorado) | ||||||
Non-Insurer 84-1086427 | ||||||
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ING America Equities, Inc. (Colorado) | ||||||
Non-Insurer 84-1251388 | ||||||
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06/30/07 | Midwestern United Life Insurance Company (Indiana) | |||||
Insurer NAIC #66109 35-0838945 | ||||||
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Draft Funding LLC | ||||||
Non-Insurer (Delaware) | ||||||
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Page 6 | Whisperingwind III, LLC | |||||
(South Carolina) Insurer 35-2282787 | ||||||
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Security Life of Denver International Limited |
Insurer 98-0138339 (Bermuda) |
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Lion Custom Investments LLC (Delaware) |
98-0138339 Non-Insurer |
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UC Mortgage Corp. (Delaware) 72-1329746 |
Non-Insurer |
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1 Company owned by individual pursuant to state law, Shareholder agreement with parent company. |
2 ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company is a 70% partner in this real estate management partnership. Nationale-Nederlanden Interest II, B.V. |
is a 29% partner, and NNUS Realty Corporation is a 1% partner. |
3 ALICA Holdings, Inc. is 80% owned by ING International Insurance Holdings, Inc. and 20% owned by ING Insurance International B.V. |
4 ING International Insurance Holdings, Inc. owns 100% of the voting shares of ILICA Inc. and ALICA Holdings, Inc. owns 100% of the non-voting |
shares of ILICA, Inc |
5 Furman Selz Investments II LLC owned 94% by ING Investment Management Alternative Assets LLC. |
6 Furman Selz Investments III LLC owned 8.5% by ING Investment Management Alternative Assets LLC. |
7 At the request of the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, Nederlandse Reassurantie Groep N.V. is being included in the organizational chart of ING |
Groep N.V. NRG Group has been in runoff since 1993. It is distinctly separate from ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its active |
subsidiaries. |
ITEM 27: NUMBER OF CONTRACT OWNERS |
As of June 29, 2007, there are 74,893 qualified contract owners and 42,348 non-qualified contract owners. |
ITEM 28. INDEMNIFICATION |
ING USA shall indemnify (including therein the prepayment of expenses) any person who is or was a director, officer or employee, or who is or was serving at the request of ING USA as a director, officer or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise for expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him with respect to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceedings against him by reason of the fact that he is or was such a director, officer or employee to the extent and in the manner permitted by law. ING USA may also, to the extent permitted by law, indemnify any other person who is or was serving ING USA in any capacity. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to determine who may be indemnified under this paragraph and to what extent (not to exceed the extent provided in the above paragraph) any such person may be indemnified. A corporation may procure indemnification insurance on behalf of an individual who is or was a director of the corporation. ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. maintains a Professional Liability umbrella insurance policy issued by an international insurer. The policy covers ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. and any company in which ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. has a controlling interest of 50% or more. This would encompass the principal underwriter as well as the depositor. Additionally, the parent company of ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc., ING Groep N.V., maintains an excess umbrella cover with limits in excess of $125,000,000. The policy provides for the following types of coverage: errors and omissions/professional liability, directors and officers, employment practices, fiduciary and fidelity. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant, as provided above or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification by the Depositor is against public policy, as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, and therefore may be unenforceable. In the event that a claim of such indemnification (except insofar as it provides for the payment by the Depositor of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against the Depositor by such director, officer or controlling person and the SEC is still of the same opinion, the Depositor or Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling |
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by the Depositor is against public policy as expressed by the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
ITEM 29: PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER |
(a) At present, Directed Services LLC, the Registrant's Distributor, serves as principal underwriter for all contracts issued by ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company. Directed Services LLC is the principal underwriter for Separate Account A, Separate Account B, ING USA Separate Account EQ, ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York Separate Account NY-B, Alger Separate Account A of ING USA and the ING Investors Trust. (b) The following information is furnished with respect to the principal officers and directors of Directed Services LLC, the Registrant's Distributor. The principal business address for each officer and director following is 1475 Dunwoody Drive, West Chester, PA 19380-1478, unless otherwise noted. |
Name and Principal Business Address | Positions and Offices with Underwriter | |
James R. McInnis | Director and President | |
Robert J. Hughes | Director | |
Shaun P. Mathews | Director and Executive Vice President | |
10 State House Square, Hartford, CT 06103 | ||
Kimberly A. Anderson | Senior Vice President | |
7337 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 | ||
Robert S. Naka | Senior Vice President and Assistant | |
7337 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 | Secretary | |
Michael J. Roland | Senior Vice President and Assistant | |
7337 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 | Secretary | |
Laurie M. Tillinghast | Senior Vice President | |
10 State House Square, Hartford, CT 06103 | ||
Stanley D. Vyner | Senior Vice President | |
230 Park Ave 13th Floor, New York, NY 10169 | ||
R.E.G. Gelfand | Chief Financial Officer | |
Beth G. Shanker | Broker Dealer Chief Compliance Officer | |
1290 Broadway Denver, CO. 80203 | ||
Joseph M. ODonnell | Investment Advisor Chief Compliance | |
7337 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 | Officer and Senior Vice President | |
Julius A. Drelick, III | Vice President | |
7337 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 | ||
William A. Evans | Vice President | |
151 Farmington Avenue Hartford, CT 06156 | ||
Todd R. Modic | Vice President | |
7337 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 | ||
Alyce L. Shaw | Vice President | |
David S. Pendergrass | Vice President and Treasurer | |
7337 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 | ||
Dawn M. Peck | Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and | |
7337 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 | Assistant Secretary | |
Joy M. Benner | Secretary | |
20 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55401 | ||
Diana R. Cavender | Assistant Secretary | |
20 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55401 | ||
Randall K. Price | Assistant Secretary | |
20 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55401 | ||
Edwina P.J. Steffer | Assistant Secretary |
20 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55401 | ||||||||
Susan M. Vega | Assistant Secretary | |||||||
20 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55401 | ||||||||
G. Stephen Wastek | Assistant Secretary | |||||||
7337 E Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 | ||||||||
James A. Shuchart | General Counsel | |||||||
Bruce Kuennen | Attorney-in-Fact | |||||||
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2006 Net | ||||||||
Underwriting | ||||||||
Name of Principal | Discounts and | Compensation | Brokerage | |||||
Underwriter | Commission | on Redemption | Commissions | Compensation | ||||
Directed Services LLC | $429,206,095 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
ITEM 30: LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS All accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act and the rules under it relating to the securities described in and issued under this Registration Statement are maintained by the Depositor and located at: 909 Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, 1475 Dunwoody Drive, West Chester, PA 19380 and at 5780 Powers Ferry Road, N.W., Atlanta, GA 30327-4390. |
ITEM 31: MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
None. |
ITEM 32: UNDERTAKINGS |
(a) Registrant hereby undertakes to file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement as frequently as it is necessary to ensure that the audited financial statements in the registration statement are never more than 16 months old so long as payments under the variable annuity contracts may be accepted; (b) Registrant hereby undertakes to include either (1) as part of any application to purchase a contract offered by the prospectus, a space that an applicant can check to request a Statement of Additional Information, or (2) a post card or similar written communication affixed to or included in the prospectus that the applicant can remove to send for a Statement of Additional Information; and (c) Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver any Statement of Additional Information and any financial statements required to be made available under this Form promptly upon written or oral request. |
REPRESENTATIONS |
1. The account meets the definition of a "separate account" under federal securities laws. |
2. ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under |
the Contract described in the Prospectus, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses to be incurred and the risks assumed by the Company. |
SIGNATURES |
As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company Separate Account B, has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf in the City of West Chester, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 25th day of July, 2007. |
SEPARATE ACCOUNT B | ||
(Registrant) | ||
By: | ING USA ANNUITY AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | |
(Depositor) | ||
By: | ||
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Harry N. Stout* | ||
President (principal executive officer) |
By: | /s/ John S. Kreighbaum | |
John S. (Scott) Kreighbaum as | ||
Attorney-in-Fact |
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 25, 2007. |
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President | ||
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Harry N. Stout* | (principal executive officer) | |
Chief Accounting Officer | ||
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Steven T. Pierson* | ||
DIRECTORS | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
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David A. Wheat* | ||
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Robert W. Crispin* |
Thomas J. McInerney* |
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Kathleen A. Murphy* |
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Catherine H. Smith* |
By: /s/ John S. Kreighbaum |
John S. (Scott) Kreighbaum as |
Attorney-in-Fact |
*Executed by John S. (Scott) Kreighbaum on behalf of those indicated pursuant to Powers of Attorney. |
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(4)(aa) | Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider with Automatic | EX-99.B4 | ||
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(4)(bb) | Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider with Automatic | EX-99.B4 | ||
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(9) | Opinion and Consent of Counsel | EX-99.B9 | ||
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(10) | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | EX-99.B10 | ||
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ING USA | ||
ANNUITY AND LIFE | Minimum Guaranteed | |
INSURANCE COMPANY | Withdrawal Benefit Rider | |
ING USA is a stock company domiciled in Iowa | With Automatic Reset | |
(HEREINAFTER CALLED WE, US AND OUR) |
The Contract to which this Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider With Automatic Reset (this Rider) is attached is hereby modified by the provisions of this Rider. The Rider's provisions shall control when there is a conflict between this Rider and the Contract. Any capitalized terms not defined in this Rider shall have the meaning given to them in the Contract. Benefits provided and charges assessed under the terms and conditions of this Rider are described below. This Rider will remain in effect until terminated under the conditions described below. Subject to certain terms and conditions, this Rider guarantees that a certain amount may be withdrawn annually, regardless of market performance and even if the Accumulation Value is zero, until the date of the Annuitants death or the Rider is terminated. |
IMPORTANT TERMS |
The Annuitant is the person upon whose life and age Rider benefits are determined. The Annuitant must be the Owner (or a Joint Owner) unless a non-natural Owner is named. Joint Annuitants are not allowed on any Contract to which this Rider is attached. The Contract means the Contract to which this Rider is attached. The term Contract shall mean Certificate when the Rider is attached to a Certificate. An Excess Withdrawal is an amount equal to the excess of the total Partial Withdrawals in any Contract Year over the then current MAW. The Growth Phase is the period of time beginning on the Rider Date and ending on the last Business Day immediately preceding the beginning of the Withdrawal Phase. Investment Advisory Fees are fees or charges paid to a registered investment advisor for advice provided on the selection and ongoing distribution of Accumulation Value among the funds underlying this Contract. The Maximum Annual Withdrawal or MAW is the maximum Accumulation Value that can be withdrawn from the Contract in any Contract Year without reducing the Rider benefit guarantees in future Contract Years. The MGWB Base is a value used only for the purpose of calculating the charge for this Rider and the MAW. The MGWB Charge is a percentage of the MGWB Base as of the last Business Day immediately prior to the date the MGWB Charge is deducted. The percentage is shown in the Contract Schedule. MGWB Periodic Payments are payments that occur once the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, as applicable. The Rider Date is the date this Rider becomes effective. The Rider Date is the same as the Contract Date unless a different Rider Date is shown in the Contract Schedule. |
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The Withdrawal Phase begins as of the date of the first Partial Withdrawal occurring after the Rider Date, other than withdrawals requested by the Owner for the payment of Investment Advisory Fees. No Additional Premiums are allowed under the Contract during the Withdrawal Phase. We may, however, at our sole discretion, waive this limitation. Any such waiver will apply to all issues of this Rider on a nondiscriminatory basis. |
INVESTMENT OPTION CLASSIFICATIONS |
Accepted Funds, applicable to this Rider and existing on the Rider Date, are defined in the Contract Schedule. We may classify newly available investment options as Accepted Funds. We may reclassify an existing investment option as an Accepted Fund or remove such designation upon prior notice to you. Such reclassification will apply to amounts transferred or otherwise added to such investment option(s) after the date of change. Non-Accepted Funds, applicable to this Rider, are all investment options designated as Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds. Fixed Allocation Funds, applicable to this Rider and existing on the Rider Date, are defined in the Contract Schedule. We may classify newly available investment options as Fixed Allocation Funds. We may reclassify an existing investment option as a Fixed Allocation Fund or remove such designation upon prior notice to you. Such reclassification will apply to amounts transferred or otherwise added to such investment option(s) after the date of change. Other Funds, applicable to this Rider, are any investment options not designated as Accepted Funds or Fixed Allocation Funds. We may classify newly available investment options as Other Funds. We may reclassify an existing investment option as an Other Fund or remove such designation upon prior notice to you. Such reclassification will apply to amounts transferred or otherwise added to such investment option(s) after the date of change. As discussed below in the MGWB Rebalancing section, Other Funds are subject to restrictions as to amounts which may be invested or transferred into such divisions. |
GROWTH PHASE |
MGWB Base Calculation If this Rider is effective as of the Contract Date, the initial MGWB Base is the Initial Premium, excluding any Credits, if applicable. If this Rider is added to the Contract after the Contract Date, the initial MGWB Base is equal to the Accumulation Value on the Rider Date, excluding any Credits applied within the prior 36 months, if applicable. Thereafter, during the Growth Phase, the MGWB Base is calculated as follows: |
(1) On the Ratchet Date that is also the first Contract Anniversary following one complete Contract | ||
Year after the Rider Date and on each Ratchet Date that is also a Contract Anniversary for either | ||
the 9 complete Contract Years thereafter, or until the Growth Phase ends, if sooner, the MGWB | ||
Base equals the greatest of: | ||
A. | The MGWB Base on the prior Contract Anniversary multiplied by the MGWB Base Step- | |
up Factor shown in the Contract Schedule, plus any Premiums paid, excluding any | ||
Credits thereon if applicable, minus any Partial Withdrawals requested for the payment | ||
of Investment Advisory Fees, during the Contract Year then ending; | ||
B. | The current MGWB Base plus any Premiums paid, excluding any Credits thereon if | |
applicable, minus any Partial Withdrawals requested for the payment of Investment | ||
Advisory Fees on that Ratchet Date; or | ||
C. | The current Accumulation Value, excluding any Credits applied within the prior 36 | |
months, if applicable. | ||
For the purpose of the first calculation under this paragraph (1), if the Rider Date is the same as | ||
the Contract Date, the initial MGWB Base will be deemed to be the MGWB Base on the prior | ||
Contract Anniversary. | ||
(2) On any Ratchet Date other than as specified in (1) above, the MGWB Base equals the greater of: |
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A. | The current MGWB Base plus any Premiums paid, excluding any Credits thereon if | |
applicable, minus any Partial Withdrawals requested for the payment of Investment | ||
Advisory Fees on that Ratchet Date; or | ||
B. | The current Accumulation Value excluding any Credits applied within the prior 36 | |
months, if applicable. | ||
(3) On any other date, the MGWB Base equals: | ||
A. | The MGWB Base on the previous Ratchet Date; plus | |
B. | Premiums paid, excluding any Credits thereon if applicable, since the previous Ratchet | |
Date; minus | ||
C. | Any Partial Withdrawals requested for the payment of Investment Advisory Fees. | |
For the purpose of MGWB Base calculations on and prior to the first Ratchet Date, the Rider | ||
Date will be deemed to be the previous Ratchet Date. |
Ratchet Dates are defined in the Contract Schedule. |
WITHDRAWAL PHASE |
During the Withdrawal Phase, the Rider may be in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. The guarantees provided under this Rider are dependent on the status, as described below. Guaranteed Withdrawal Status This Rider enters Guaranteed Withdrawal Status on the date of the first Partial Withdrawal taken after the Rider Date but before the quarterly Contract Anniversary following the date the Annuitant attains age 59 ½. The Rider will remain in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status until the earlier of: |
(1) The date the Contract is surrendered or otherwise terminated, at which time this Rider will also |
terminate; |
(2) The Annuitants death, at which time the Rider will terminate and no further Rider benefits will |
be payable; |
(3) The Annuity Commencement Date, at which time you must choose one of the Annuity Options set |
forth in the Contract under which to begin receiving any Accumulation Value remaining; |
(4) The date the MGWB Base is reduced to zero at which time the Rider will terminate and no |
further Rider benefits will be payable; |
(5) The date the Contracts Accumulation Value is reduced to zero (other than by an Excess |
Withdrawal) at which time the Rider will be placed in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status provided |
(3) above does not also apply; |
(6) The date the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero by an Excess Withdrawal, at which time the |
Rider will terminate and no further Rider benefits will be payable; and |
(7) The quarterly Contract Anniversary on or following the date of the Annuitant attains age 59 ½ at |
which time the Rider status will change to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status; provided, |
however, that the Owner has not rejected this change in status as described in the Right to |
Continue Guaranteed Withdrawal Status section below. |
MGWB Base Calculation On the day the Rider is placed in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MGWB Base is set equal to the greater of (1) or (2) where: |
(1) Is the Accumulation Value on the last day of the Growth Phase, excluding any Credits applied |
within the prior 36 months, if applicable; and |
(2) Is the MGWB Base on the last day of the Growth Phase. |
Thereafter, while the Rider remains in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Partial Withdrawals in any Contract Year not exceeding the MAW will reduce the MGWB Base dollar for dollar. Any applicable Market Value Adjustments, Surrender Charges and recaptures of Credit will not be included in the total amount of the Partial Withdrawal that will reduce the MGWB Base dollar for dollar. Any Excess Withdrawals will reduce the MGWB Base as described in the Excess Withdrawals section below. |
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Maximum Annual Withdrawal Calculation On the day the Rider is placed in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the initial MAW is set equal to (1) multiplied by (2) where: |
(1) Is the applicable MAW Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, based on the Annuitants |
age; and |
(2) Is the MGWB Base. |
Thereafter, while the Rider remains in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Partial Withdrawals in any Contract Year not exceeding the MAW will not impact the MAW. Any Excess Withdrawals will reduce the MAW as described in the Excess Withdrawals section below. However, while in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MAW will never be reduced to less than $100. Annuity Commencement Date If this Rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status on the Annuity Commencement Date, you must choose one of the Annuity Options set forth in the Contract to receive any Accumulation Value remaining and this Rider will terminate. Right to Continue Guaranteed Withdrawal Status If this Rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status as of the quarterly Contract Anniversary on or following the date the Annuitant attains age 59 ½, we will recalculate the MGWB Base and MAW and place the Rider in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status as described in the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status section. At this time, we may, at our discretion increase the MGWB Charge to equal the charge then in effect for new riders issued. However, the MGWB Charge will never exceed the Maximum MGWB Charge shown in the Contract Schedule. We also guarantee that the MGWB Charge will not increase during the Reset Charge Lock Period shown in the Contract Schedule. We will provide you not less than 30-days notice of this recalculation as well as the impact of the status change and inform you of your options. You may elect to decline the change in status and continue the Rider in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status by advising us in writing prior to the end of the 30-day notice period. If you reject this status change, the Rider will continue in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status until the MGWB Base is reduced to zero, at which time the Rider will terminate and no further Rider benefits will be payable. Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status Subject to the Right to Continue Guaranteed Withdrawal Status section above, this Rider will enter Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status on the later of the first day of the Withdrawal Phase or the quarterly Contract Anniversary on or following the date the Annuitant attains age 59 ½. The Rider will maintain Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status until the earlier of: |
(1) The date the Contract is surrendered or otherwise terminated, at which time this Rider will also |
terminate; |
(2) The Annuitants death, at which time the Rider will terminate and no further Rider benefits will |
be payable; |
(3) The Annuity Commencement Date, at which time you must choose one of the Annuity Options set |
forth in the Contract under which to begin receiving the Annuity Payments or elect the Lifetime |
Income Annuity Option (as defined below) in lieu of any other Annuity Options available under |
the Contract; |
(4) The date the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero by an Excess Withdrawal, at which time the |
Rider will terminate and no further Rider benefits will be payable; and |
(5) The date the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero (other than by an Excess Withdrawal), at |
which time the Rider will be placed in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. |
MGWB Base Calculation If immediately preceded by Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, on the day the Rider is placed in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MGWB Base is set equal to the greater of (1) or (2) where: |
(1) Is the current Accumulation Value, excluding any Credits applied within the prior 36 months, if |
applicable; and |
(2) Is the current MGWB Base. |
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If immediately preceded by the Growth Phase, on the day the Rider is placed in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MGWB Base is set equal to the greater of (1) or (2) where: |
(1) Is the Accumulation Value on the last day of the Growth Phase, excluding any Credits applied |
within the prior 36 months, if applicable; and |
(2) Is the MGWB Base on the last day of the Growth Phase. |
Thereafter, while the Rider remains in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MGWB Base will be recalculated at the time of any Excess Withdrawal or reset as described in the Excess Partial Withdrawals and MGWB Reset sections below. Maximum Annual Withdrawal Calculation If immediately preceded by Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, on the day the Rider is placed in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status we will recalculate the MAW and set it equal to (1) multiplied by (2) where: |
(1) Is the applicable MAW Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, based on the Annuitants |
age as of the date of the first Partial Withdrawal taken after the Rider Date; and |
(2) Is the MGWB Base. |
If immediately preceded by the Growth Phase, on the day the Rider is placed in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the initial MAW is set equal to (1) multiplied (2) where: |
(1) Is the applicable MAW Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, based on the Annuitants |
age as of such day; and |
(2) Is the MGWB Base. |
At any time after the day the Rider is placed in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MAW will be recalculated at the time of any Excess Withdrawal or reset as described in the Excess Withdrawals and MGWB Reset sections below. MGWB Reset On each Reset Date, as shown in the Contract Schedule, we will recalculate the MGWB Base equal to the greater of (1) or (2) where: |
(1) Is the then current Accumulation Value, excluding any Credits applied within the prior 36 |
months, if applicable; and |
(2) Is the current MGWB Base. |
After the MGWB Base is recalculated, as set forth above, we will reset the MAW to equal (1) multiplied by (2) where: |
(1) Is the applicable MAW Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, based on the Annuitants |
age as of the date of the first Partial Withdrawal taken after the Rider Date; and |
(2) Is the recalculated MGWB Base. |
Such reset is subject to the following: |
(1) No reset will be made that would reduce the MGWB Base or the MAW; |
(2) At the time of each reset, we may, at our discretion increase the MGWB Charge to equal the |
charge then in effect for new Riders issued. However, the MGWB Charge will never exceed the |
Maximum MGWB Charge shown in the Contract Schedule. We also guarantee that the MGWB |
Charge will not increase for any reset occurring during the Reset Charge Lock Period shown in |
the Contract Schedule. |
(3) We will provide notice to you not less than 30 days in advance of any reset which would result in |
an increase to the MGWB Charge. You may decline any such reset by providing written notice to |
us within 30 days of the date of our notice to you. However, if you decline any such reset, such |
action will terminate the reset feature of this Rider and no future resets will be applied. |
Lifetime Income Annuity Option If this Rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status on the Annuity Commencement Date, you must choose one of the Annuity Options set forth in the Contract under which to begin receiving the |
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Annuity Payments or elect to receive lifetime income payments in lieu of any other Annuity Options available under the Contract (the Lifetime Income Annuity Option). If you choose one of the Annuity Options under the Contract, the amount of the Annuity Payments and any conditions imposed will be those listed in the Contract. If the Lifetime Income Annuity Option is chosen, payments are made to the person named in equal payments for as long as the Annuitant is living. The amount of such payments are based on the Annuitants sex and age on the Annuity Commencement Date. Upon the Annuitants death, all payments cease. A table of minimum payment factors (Lifetime Income Annuity Factors) under the Lifetime Income Annuity Option is shown below. Actual payments under the Lifetime Income Annuity Option will never be less than the greater of those derived from the Lifetime Income Annuity Factors in this Rider and those based on the MAW for the same frequency, as of the Annuity Commencement Date. Lifetime Income Annuity Factors Annual Lifetime Income Annuity Factors for each $1,000 applied under this option calculated using the [Annuity 2000 Mortality Table] and [1.5%] interest per annum for certain ages are shown below. Lifetime Income Annuity Factors for other ages are available upon request. |
Table of Income for a Single Life | ||||
Age | Male | Female | ||
55 | [$42.76 | $39.32 | ||
60 | 48.67 | 44.38 | ||
65 | 56.69 | 51.17 | ||
70 | 67.66 | 60.56 | ||
75 | 82.56 | 74.05 | ||
80 | 103.05 | 93.68 | ||
85 | 130.96 | 122.27 | ||
90 | 167.97 | 161.66] |
Automatic Periodic Benefit Status If the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero (other than by an Excess Withdrawal) while the Rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status and an MGWB Base remains, the Rider will be placed in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and the MGWB Periodic Payments will become payable. When the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the Contract is modified as follows: |
(1) The Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided in this Rider; |
(2) No Additional Premiums will be accepted; and |
(3) Any other Riders attached to the Contract shall terminate unless specified otherwise in the Rider. |
When this Rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if the MAW exceeds the net Partial Withdrawals for that Contract Year, including the Partial Withdrawal that caused the Rider to enter Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the excess of the MAW over such net Partial Withdrawals will be paid immediately to the Owner. If at the time this Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status you are receiving systematic Partial Withdrawals, the systematic Partial Withdrawals will continue until the remaining MAW for the Contract Year has been reached. While this Rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the MGWB Periodic Payment is an annual amount equal to the MAW in effect on the date the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. MGWB Periodic Payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract Year following the date the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. After this Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, MGWB Periodic Payments will continue to be paid annually until the Contract and this Rider terminates at the sooner of: |
(1) The date the MGWB Base is reduced to zero; or |
(2) The death of the Owner. |
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If at the time this Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic Partial Withdrawals more frequently than annually, the MGWB Periodic Payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract Year will equal the annual MGWB Periodic Payment. Such MGWB Periodic Payments will occur on the same dates as the original systematic Partial Withdrawals would have occurred, rather than the last day of the first full Contract Year following the date the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If, at any time, the MAW exceeds the MGWB Base, the last MGWB Periodic Payment will equal the remaining MGWB Base. If the Contract is issued as a TSA/403(b) plan, we reserve the right to defer the MGWB Periodic Payments in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status until such time that we have received written notice in a form satisfactory to us that any withdrawal restrictions of that plan have been met. If the Annuity Commencement Date is reached while the Rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the MGWB Periodic Payments continue and the Rider remains in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status until the MGWB Base is reduced to zero. Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status If the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero (other than by an Excess Withdrawal) while the Rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the Rider will be placed in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and the MGWB Periodic Payments will become payable. When the Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the Contract is modified as follows: |
(1) The Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided in this Rider; |
(2) No Additional Premiums will be accepted; and |
(3) Any other Riders attached to the Contract shall terminate unless specified otherwise in the Rider. |
When this Rider is in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if the MAW exceeds the net Partial Withdrawals for that Contract Year, including the Partial Withdrawal that caused the Rider to enter Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the excess of the MAW over such net Partial Withdrawals will be paid immediately to the Owner. If at the time this Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status you are receiving systematic Partial Withdrawals, the systematic Partial Withdrawals will continue until the remaining MAW for the Contract Year has been reached. After this Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the Contract and this Rider will terminate when the Annuitant dies. While in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the MGWB Periodic Payment is an annual amount equal to the MAW in effect on the date the Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. MGWB Periodic Payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract Year following the date the Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter until the Annuitants death. However, if at the time this Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic Partial Withdrawals more frequently than annually, the MGWB Periodic Payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract Year will equal the annual MGWB Periodic Payment. Such MGWB Periodic Payments will occur on the same dates as the original systematic Partial Withdrawals would have occurred, rather than the last day of the first full Contract Year following the date the Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If MGWB Periodic Payments are disbursed after the Annuitants date of death, but before we are notified of such death, we reserve the right to recover, and you agree to repay to us, such MGWB Periodic Payments. If the Annuity Commencement Date is reached while the Rider is in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the MGWB Periodic Payments continue and the Rider remains in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status until the date of the Annuitants death. Excess Withdrawals Total Partial Withdrawals in any Contract Year not exceeding the then current MAW will not impact the MAW. However, an Excess Withdrawal will immediately reduce the MAW and MGWB Base on a pro- rata basis. The proportion of any such pro-rata reduction will equal: |
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Where: A is the amount of the Excess Withdrawal; B is the Accumulation Value immediately prior to the withdrawal; and C is the total amount of the current Partial Withdrawal. This means the MAW and MGWB Base are reduced by the same percentage that the Accumulation Value is reduced by the Excess Withdrawal, rather than by the dollar amount of the Excess Withdrawal. We will assess any applicable Surrender Charges, recapture of Credits or Market Value Adjustment on Withdrawals taken less than or equal to the MAW for the Contract Year. For the purpose of determining whether the MAW has been exceeded, any applicable Market Value Adjustments, Surrender Charges, or recapture of Credits will not be applied to the Partial Withdrawal. However, for the purpose of determining the pro-rata reduction after an Excess Withdrawal, any applicable Market Value Adjustments, Surrender Charges, and recapture of Credits are considered part of the Partial Withdrawal. In no case, however, while this Rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, will the MAW be reduced to less than $100. If the Contract is required to satisfy the required minimum distribution rules of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Partial Withdrawals taken from this Contract to satisfy such rules (the RMD) that exceed the MAW for a specific Contract Year, will not be deemed Excess MGWB Withdrawals in that Contract Year, subject to the following: |
(1) If the Owners RMD for any calendar year, applicable to this Contract, is greater than the MAW, |
an additional withdrawal amount (AWA) will be set equal to the portion of the RMD that |
exceeds the MAW. Otherwise, the AWA for that calendar year will be set equal to zero. |
(2) Any Withdrawals taken during the then current Contract Year will count first against the MAW |
for that Contract Year. |
(3) The amounts withdrawn in excess of the MAW will count first against any unused AWA |
calculated for the previous calendar year followed by any unused AWA calculated for the current |
calendar year. These Withdrawals are not considered Excess MGWB Withdrawals. |
(4) Any unused AWA will be set to zero at the end of the second calendar year from which it is |
originally calculated. |
(5) Withdrawals in excess of the MAW and unused accumulated AWA in the Contract will reduce the |
MGWB Base on a pro-rata basis which will result in a recalculation of the MAW, as described |
above. |
If an Owner dies after beginning to receive RMDs, an AWA will continue to be calculated for any Withdrawals that continue to the Beneficiary. If the Owner dies before beginning receipt of RMDs and Withdrawals are paid to the Beneficiary based on the life expectancy of such Beneficiary, an AWA will not be calculated for the difference between the MAW and any such life expectancy Withdrawals. Under no circumstances will an AWA be calculated for payments under a Contract that is not required to take an RMD. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this Rider, any provisions in the Contract establishing required minimum value remaining after a Partial Withdrawal are superseded and replaced by the provisions of this Rider. |
MGWB REBALANCING |
If, on any MGWB Rebalancing Date (as defined below) the Accumulation Value in Fixed Allocation Funds is less than the Minimum Fixed Allocation Fund Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, of the total Accumulation Value in Non-Accepted Funds, we will automatically rebalance the Accumulation Value allocated to Non-Accepted Funds to restore the Minimum Fixed Allocation Fund Percentage requirement. |
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MGWB Rebalancing Dates are defined as the following: |
(1) Each Automatic MGWB Rebalancing Date as defined in the Contract Schedule; |
(2) The day any Additional Premiums are allocated among Fixed Allocation Funds or other Funds; |
(3) The day any transfer/reallocation among Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds occurs, whether |
automatic or specifically directed by you; and |
(4) The day of any Partial Withdrawal from Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds, other than |
withdrawals made for the purpose of paying Rider charges or as requested by the Owner for the |
payment of Investment Advisory Fees. |
Such rebalancing will occur, pro-rata, among Non-Accepted Funds and will be the last transaction processed on that date. No rebalancing will occur if you are entirely invested in Accepted Funds. We may, at our discretion, reduce the Minimum Fixed Allocation Fund Percentage, or eliminate this requirement entirely, upon not less than 30-days prior notice to you. If any such change is made, rebalancing will occur on subsequent MGWB Rebalancing Dates, as necessary, to restore the new Minimum Fixed Allocation Fund Percentage requirement, if applicable. |
TSA/403(b) LOANS |
If this Rider is attached to a Contract issued as a TSA/403(b) plan that allows loans, no loans may be taken under the Contract while this Rider is in effect. |
MGWB CHARGE |
The MGWB Charge is deducted on each quarterly Contract Anniversary, in arrears, from the Accumulation Value in the Variable Separate Account Divisions, in the same proportion that the total Accumulation Value in each Division bears to the total Accumulation Value in the Variable Separate Account. The MGWB Charge on the Rider Date is stated in the Contract Schedule. Subject to our right to increase the charge only if the Rider is changed from Guaranteed Withdrawal Status to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status or at the time of any reset described in the MGWB Reset section, charges for this rider will not exceed the MGWB Charge in effect on the Rider Date. If there is insufficient Accumulation Value in the Variable Separate Account, charges will be deducted from the Fixed Allocations(s) nearest maturity. A Market Value Adjustment may be applied to charges deducted from the Fixed Allocation(s). If the Contract to which this Rider is attached is terminated by surrender, cancellation or application of the Accumulation Value to an Annuity Option, the MGWB Charge for that portion of the current quarter completed will be deducted from the Accumulation Value prior to termination of the Contract. The MGWB Charge for this Rider will continue to be assessed so long as this Rider is in effect, unless the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. |
DEATH OR CHANGE OF OWNER/ANNUITANT |
Death of Owner/Annuitant If this Rider is in the Growth Phase, Guaranteed Withdrawal Status or Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the death of the Owner (first Owner to die if there are joint Owners), or the Annuitant if there is a non-natural Owner, will terminate this Rider and all charges for the Rider will cease on the date of the Owners death. Any charges for this Rider which are due but unpaid for any period of time the Rider was in force prior to the date of death will be deducted at the next quarterly Contract Anniversary or on the date the Contract is surrendered, if sooner. However, if the Rider was in the Growth Phase, Guaranteed Withdrawal Status or Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status on the date of the Owners death and the deceased Owners surviving spouse continues the Contract as his or her own as provided in the Contract, the Rider will resume on the |
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quarterly Contract Anniversary on or following the date the Contract is continued, subject to the following conditions: |
(1) The surviving spouse becomes the Annuitant and sole Owner; |
(2) The change from Guaranteed Withdrawal Status to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status and |
MAW percentages, as shown in the Contract Schedule, will be based on the continuing spouses |
age; |
(3) MGWB Charges will resume and will be the same as were in effect on the date of the deceased |
Owners death; |
(4) and only Credits applied on or after the Contract is continued, if applicable, will be considered as |
Credits for purposes of calculations under this Rider. |
If this Rider was in the Growth Phase at the time of spousal continuation and no Partial Withdrawal was made prior to the quarterly Contract Anniversary following the date the Rider resumes: |
(1) The Rider will resume in the Growth Phase and will continue in the Growth Phase until the last | ||
Business Day immediately preceding the beginning of the Withdrawal Phase; | ||
(2) On the day the Rider resumes, if it is not on the Contract Anniversary following the date of the | ||
Owners death, the MGWB Base will be recalculated to equal the greater of A. or B. where: | ||
A. | Is the current Contract Accumulation Value, including any increase in the Accumulation | |
Value to equal the excess of any applicable Death Benefit over the Accumulation Value | ||
and excluding any Credits applied since the date the Contract was continued; and | ||
B. | Is the MGWB Base as of the date of the Owners death plus any Premiums paid, | |
excluding any Credits thereon if applicable, minus any Partial Withdrawals requested for | ||
the payment of Investment Advisory Fees since the date of the Owners death; | ||
(3) On the day the Rider resumes, if it is on the Contract Anniversary following the date of the | ||
Owners death, and there has been fewer than ten complete Contract Years since the Rider | ||
Date, the MGWB Base will be recalculated to equal the greatest of A., B. or C. where: | ||
A. | The MGWB Base on the prior Contract Anniversary multiplied by the MGWB Base Step- | |
up Factor shown in the Contract Schedule, plus any Premiums paid, excluding any | ||
Credits thereon if applicable, minus any Partial Withdrawals requested for the payment | ||
of Investment Advisory Fees, during the Contract Year then ending; | ||
B. | Is the current Contract Accumulation Value, including any increase in the Accumulation | |
Value to equal the excess of any applicable Death Benefit over the Accumulation Value | ||
and excluding any Credits applied since the date the Contract was continued; and | ||
C. | Is the MGWB Base as of the date of the Owners death plus any Premiums paid, | |
excluding any Credits thereon if applicable, minus any Partial Withdrawals requested for | ||
the payment of Investment Advisory Fees since the date of the Owners death. | ||
(4) On any other day, after the Rider resumes, MGWB Base calculations will continue as stated in | ||
the Growth Phase section subject to the following: | ||
A. | If the date the Rider is continued is on or before the Contract Anniversary following the | |
date of the Owners death, (1) the calculations under paragraph (1) of the Growth Phase | ||
section resume; and (2) such calculations will continue for the remaining number of | ||
complete Contract Years allowed under such paragraph or until the end of the Growth | ||
Phase, if sooner. | ||
B. | If the date the Rider is continued is after the Contract Anniversary following the date of | |
the Owners death, (1) the calculations under paragraph (1) of the Growth Phase section | ||
will not resume until the Ratchet Date that is a Contract Anniversary following the first | ||
complete Contract Year after the date the Rider resumed; and (2) such calculations will | ||
then continue for the remaining number of complete Contract Years allowed under such | ||
paragraph or until the end of the Growth Phase, if sooner. |
If this Rider was in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status or Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status at the time of spousal continuation or a Partial Withdrawal was made on or prior to the quarterly Contract Anniversary following the date the Rider resumes, on the date the Rider resumes: (1) The Rider will resume in the Withdrawal Phase; |
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(2) If the surviving spouse is less than 59 ½ years of age, the Rider will be placed in Guaranteed | ||
Withdrawal Status; | ||
(3) If the surviving spouse is 59 ½ years of age or older, the Rider will be placed in Lifetime | ||
Guaranteed Withdrawal Status; | ||
(4) The MGWB Base will be set equal to the current Accumulation Value, including any increase in | ||
the Accumulation Value to equal the excess of any applicable Death Benefit over the | ||
Accumulation Value, except however, there will be no change in the MGWB Base if it results in a | ||
reduction in the MGWB Base and the surviving spouse was both an Owner and the Annuitant at | ||
the time of the Owners death; | ||
(5) The MAW will be re-calculated to equal A. multiplied by B. where: | ||
A. | Is the current MGWB Base; and | |
B. | Is the applicable MAW Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, based on the | |
surviving spouses then current age; and | ||
(6) Any withdrawals taken in the Contract Year in which the Rider resumes will be included in | ||
determining whether any Excess Withdrawals have been taken in that Contract Year as well as | ||
used in calculating any pro-rata reductions of the MGWB Base and MAW as described in the | ||
Excess Withdrawals section. |
If the Rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status upon death of the Owner, we will pay the remaining MGWB Base in a lump sum to the Beneficiary and the Contract and Rider will terminate. If the Rider is in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status at the time of the Owners death and such Owner was not also the Annuitant, this Rider will continue until death of Annuitant. If the Rider is in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status at the time of the Owners death and such Owner was also the Annuitant, this Rider will terminate. Regardless of the status, this Rider will terminate upon the date of death of an Owner if spousal continuation is not possible. If spousal continuation is possible, but the surviving spouse chooses not to continue the Contract, this Rider will terminate when we receive notice at our Customer Service Center, in a form satisfactory to us, that an alternate distribution option has been chosen. Change of Owner/Annuitant Except as provided above under Death of Owner/Annuitant, the Annuitant may not be changed. Except for the following specifically allowed transactions, any change in ownership will cause this Rider to terminate and no benefits under this Rider will thereafter be payable: |
(1) A change of ownership pursuant to spousal continuation as set forth in the Death of |
Owner/Annuitant section above; |
(2) A change of ownership from one custodian to another custodian for the benefit of the same |
individual; |
(3) A change of ownership from a custodian for the benefit of an individual to the same individual; |
(4) A change of ownership from an individual to custodian for the benefit of the same individual; |
(5) Collateral assignments; |
(6) A change in ownership from one trust to another trust where the individual Owner and the |
grantor of both trusts are the same individual; |
(7) A change of ownership from an individual to a trust where the individual Owner and the grantor |
of the trust are the same individual; and |
(8) A change in ownership from a trust to an individual where the individual Owner and grantor of |
the trust is the same individual. |
MISSTATEMENT OF AGE OR SEX |
If the age or sex used in determining any benefits provided by this Rider have been misstated, the amounts payable or benefits provided will be those that this Rider would have provided at the correct age or sex. We reserve the right to recover, and you agree to repay to us, the amounts overpaid. We also reserve the right, alternatively, to recoup the amounts overpaid by reducing the MAW, future MGWB |
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Periodic Payments, future payments under the Lifetime Income Annuity Option, or future Annuity Payments under an Annuity Option. |
RIDER TERMINATION |
This Rider may not be cancelled unless the Contract is surrendered or otherwise terminated, other than as described in the Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, Death of Owner/Annuitant, or Change of Owner/Annuitant sections. This Rider has no surrender value or other non-forfeiture benefits upon termination. |
Signed; |
/s/ Joy M. Benner |
Joy M. Benner |
Secretary |
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ING USA | ||
ANNUITY AND LIFE | Minimum Guaranteed | |
INSURANCE COMPANY | Withdrawal Benefit Rider | |
ING USA is a stock company domiciled in Iowa | With Automatic Reset | |
(HEREINAFTER CALLED WE, US AND OUR) |
The Contract to which this Minimum Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit Rider With Automatic Reset (this Rider) is attached is hereby modified by the provisions of this Rider. The Rider's provisions shall control when there is a conflict between this Rider and the Contract. Any capitalized terms not defined in this Rider shall have the meaning given to them in the Contract. Benefits provided and charges assessed under the terms and conditions of this Rider are described below. This Rider will remain in effect until terminated under the conditions described below. Subject to certain terms and conditions, this Rider guarantees that a certain amount may be withdrawn annually, regardless of market performance and even if the Accumulation Value is zero, until the date of death of the last Active Spouse (as defined below) or the Rider is terminated. |
IMPORTANT TERMS |
An Active Spouse is the person/people upon whose life and age Rider benefits are determined. On the Rider Date, there must be two Active Spouses who are married to each other and are either joint Owners or one Active Spouse is an Owner and the other is the sole primary Beneficiary. The Annuitant must be an Active Spouse. In order for an Active Spouse to maintain status as an Active Spouse, all of the following conditions must be met: |
(1) The person must be alive; |
(2) The person must be either an Owner or the sole primary Beneficiary on the Rider Date; |
(3) If the person is an Owner and is removed from being an Owner, the person must immediately |
become the sole primary Beneficiary; and |
(4) If the person is the sole primary Beneficiary and is removed from such designation, the person |
must immediately be named as an Owner. |
Once a person loses status as an Active Spouse, the person may not regain status as an Active Spouse. No person can become an Active Spouse after the Rider Date. The Owner, in the case of single ownership, may request that an Active Spouse no longer be deemed an Active Spouse by providing us notice at our Customer Service Center in a form satisfactory to us. In the case of custodial ownership, the custodial Beneficiary will be deemed to be the sole primary Beneficiary for purposes of this Rider. The beneficial Owner of a custodial Contract must be the annuitant and be married to the custodial Beneficiary. As used in this definition, married has the meaning given to it under federal law. The Contract means the Contract to which this Rider is attached. The term Contract shall mean Certificate when the Rider is attached to a Certificate. An Excess Withdrawal is an amount equal to the excess of the total Partial Withdrawals in any Contract Year over the then current MAW. The Growth Phase is the period of time beginning on the Rider Date and ending on the last Business Day immediately preceding the beginning of the Withdrawal Phase. Investment Advisory Fees are fees or charges paid to a registered investment advisor for advice provided on the selection and ongoing distribution of Accumulation Value among the funds underlying this Contract. |
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The Maximum Annual Withdrawal or MAW is the maximum Accumulation Value that can be withdrawn from the Contract in any Contract Year without reducing the Rider benefit guarantees in future Contract Years. The MGWB Base is a value used only for the purpose of calculating the charge for this Rider and the MAW. The MGWB Charge is a percentage of the MGWB Base as of the last Business Day immediately prior to the date the MGWB Charge is deducted. The percentage is shown in the Contract Schedule. MGWB Periodic Payments are payments that occur once the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, as applicable. The Rider Date is the date this Rider becomes effective. The Rider Date is the same as the Contract Date unless a different Rider Date is shown in the Contract Schedule. The Withdrawal Phase begins as of the date of the first Partial Withdrawal occurring after the Rider Date, other than withdrawals requested by the Owner for the payment of Investment Advisory Fees. No Additional Premiums are allowed under the Contract during the Withdrawal Phase. We may, however, at our sole discretion, waive this limitation. Any such waiver will apply to all issues of this Rider on a nondiscriminatory basis. |
INVESTMENT OPTION CLASSIFICATIONS |
Accepted Funds, applicable to this Rider and existing on the Rider Date, are defined in the Contract Schedule. We may classify newly available investment options as Accepted Funds. We may reclassify an existing investment option as an Accepted Fund or remove such designation upon prior notice to you. Such reclassification will apply to amounts transferred or otherwise added to such investment option(s) after the date of change. Non-Accepted Funds, applicable to this Rider, are all investment options designated as Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds. Fixed Allocation Funds, applicable to this Rider and existing on the Rider Date, are defined in the Contract Schedule. We may classify newly available investment options as Fixed Allocation Funds. We may reclassify an existing investment option as a Fixed Allocation Fund or remove such designation upon prior notice to you. Such reclassification will apply to amounts transferred or otherwise added to such investment option(s) after the date of change. Other Funds, applicable to this Rider, are any investment options not designated as Accepted Funds or Fixed Allocation Funds. We may classify newly available investment options as Other Funds. We may reclassify an existing investment option as an Other Fund or remove such designation upon prior notice to you. Such reclassification will apply to amounts transferred or otherwise added to such investment option(s) after the date of change. As discussed below in the MGWB Rebalancing section, Other Funds are subject to restrictions as to amounts which may be invested or transferred into such divisions. |
GROWTH PHASE |
MGWB Base Calculation If this Rider is effective as of the Contract Date, the initial MGWB Base is the Initial Premium, excluding any Credits, if applicable. If this Rider is added to the Contract after the Contract Date, the initial MGWB Base is equal to the Accumulation Value on the Rider Date, excluding any Credits applied within the prior 36 months, if applicable. Thereafter, during the Growth Phase, the MGWB Base is calculated as follows: |
(1) On the Ratchet Date that is also the first Contract Anniversary following one complete Contract |
Year after the Rider Date and on each Ratchet Date that is also a Contract Anniversary for either |
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the 9 complete Contract Years thereafter or until the Growth Phase ends, if sooner, the MGWB Base equals the greatest of: |
A. | The MGWB Base on the prior Contract Anniversary multiplied by the MGWB Base Step- | |
up Factor shown in the Contract Schedule, plus any Premiums paid, excluding any | ||
Credits thereon if applicable, minus any Partial Withdrawals requested for the payment | ||
of Investment Advisory Fees, during the Contract Year then ending; | ||
B. | The current MGWB Base plus any Premiums paid, excluding any Credits thereon if | |
applicable, minus any Partial Withdrawals requested for the payment of Investment | ||
Advisory Fees on that Ratchet Date; or | ||
C. | The current Accumulation Value, excluding any Credits applied within the prior 36 | |
months, if applicable. |
For the purpose of the first calculation under this paragraph (1), if the Rider Date is the same as the Contract Date, the initial MGWB Base will be deemed to be the MGWB Base on the prior Contract Anniversary. |
(2) On any Ratchet Date other than as specified in (1) above, the MGWB Base equals the greater of: | ||
A. | The current MGWB Base plus any Premiums paid, excluding any Credits thereon if | |
applicable, minus any Partial Withdrawals requested for the payment of Investment | ||
Advisory Fees on that Ratchet Date; or | ||
B. | The current Accumulation Value excluding any Credits applied within the prior 36 | |
months, if applicable. | ||
(3) On any other date, the MGWB Base equals: | ||
A. | The MGWB Base on the previous Ratchet Date; plus | |
B. | Premiums paid, excluding any Credits thereon if applicable, since the previous Ratchet | |
Date; minus | ||
C. | Any Partial Withdrawals requested for the payment of Investment Advisory Fees. | |
For the purpose of MGWB Base calculations on and prior to the first Ratchet Date, the Rider | ||
Date will be deemed to be the previous Ratchet Date. |
Ratchet Dates are defined in the Contract Schedule. |
WITHDRAWAL PHASE |
During the Withdrawal Phase, the Rider may be in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. The guarantees provided under this Rider are dependent on the status, as described below. Guaranteed Withdrawal Status This Rider enters Guaranteed Withdrawal Status on the date of the first Partial Withdrawal taken after the Rider Date but before the quarterly Contract Anniversary following the 65th birthday of the youngest Active Spouse (or if there is only one Active Spouse, following that spouses 65th birthday). The Rider will remain in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status until the earlier of: |
(1) The date the Contract is surrendered or otherwise terminated, at which time this Rider will also |
terminate; |
(2) No Active Spouse remains, at which time the Rider will terminate and no further Rider benefits |
will be payable; |
(3) The Annuity Commencement Date, at which time you must choose one of the Annuity Options set |
forth in the Contract under which to begin receiving any Accumulation Value remaining; |
(4) The date the MGWB Base is reduced to zero at which time the Rider will terminate and no |
further Rider benefits will be payable; |
(5) The date the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero (other than by an Excess Withdrawal), at |
which time the Rider will be placed in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status provided (3) above does |
not also apply; |
(6) The date the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero by an Excess Withdrawal, at which time the |
Rider will terminate and no further Rider benefits will be payable; and |
(7) The quarterly Contract Anniversary on or following the date of the youngest Active Spouses 65th |
birthday (or, if there is only one Active Spouse, the quarterly Contract Anniversary on or |
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following that spouses 65th birthday) at which time the Rider status will change to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status; provided, however, that the Owner has not rejected this change in status as described in the Right to Continue Guaranteed Withdrawal Status section below. |
MGWB Base Calculation On the day the Rider is placed in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MGWB Base is set equal to the greater of (1) or (2) where: |
(1) Is the Accumulation Value on the last day of the Growth Phase, excluding any Credits applied |
within the prior 36 months, if applicable; and |
(2) Is the MGWB Base on the last day of the Growth Phase. |
Thereafter, while the Rider remains in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Partial Withdrawals in any Contract Year not exceeding the MAW will reduce the MGWB Base dollar for dollar. Any applicable Market Value Adjustments, Surrender Charges and recaptures of Credit will not be included in the total amount of the Partial Withdrawal that will reduce the MGWB Base dollar for dollar. Any Excess Withdrawals will reduce the MGWB Base as described in the Excess Withdrawals section below. Maximum Annual Withdrawal Calculation On the day the Rider is placed in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the initial MAW is set equal to (1) multiplied by (2) where: |
(1) Is the applicable MAW Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, based on the age of the |
youngest Active Spouse, or if there is only one Active Spouse, on that spouses age; and |
(2) Is the MGWB Base. |
Thereafter, while the Rider remains in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Partial Withdrawals in any Contract Year not exceeding the MAW will not impact the MAW. Any Excess Withdrawals will reduce the MAW as described in the Excess Withdrawals section below. However, while in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MAW will never be reduced to less than $100. Annuity Commencement Date If this Rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status on the Annuity Commencement Date, you must choose one of the Annuity Options set forth in the Contract to receive any Accumulation Value remaining and this Rider will terminate. Right to Continue Guaranteed Withdrawal Status If this Rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status as of the quarterly Contract Anniversary on or following the date of the youngest Active Spouses 65th birthday (or, if there is only one Active Spouse, as of the quarterly Contract Anniversary on or following that spouses 65th birthday) we will recalculate the MGWB Base and MAW and place the Rider in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status as described in the Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status section. At this time, we may, at our discretion increase the MGWB Charge to equal the charge then in effect for new riders issued. However, the MGWB Charge will never exceed the Maximum MGWB Charge shown in the Contract Schedule. We also guarantee that the MGWB Charge will not increase during the Reset Charge Lock Period shown in the Contract Schedule. We will provide you not less than 30-days notice of this recalculation as well as the impact of the status change and inform you of your options. You may elect to decline the change in status and continue the Rider in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status by advising us in writing prior to the end of the 30- day notice period. If you reject this status change, the Rider will continue in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status until the MGWB Base is reduced to zero, at which time the Rider will terminate and no further Rider benefits will be payable. Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status Subject to the Right to Continue Guaranteed Withdrawal Status section above, this Rider will enter Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status on the later of the first day of the Withdrawal Phase or the quarterly Contract Anniversary on or following the 65th birthday of the youngest Active Spouse (or if there is only one Active Spouse, on or following that spouses 65th birthday). The Rider will maintain Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status until the earlier of: |
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(1) The date the Contract is surrendered or otherwise terminated, at which time this Rider will also |
terminate; |
(2) No Active Spouse remains, at which time the Rider will terminate and no further Rider benefits |
will be payable; |
(3) The Annuity Commencement Date, at which time you must choose one of the Annuity Options set |
forth in the Contract under which to begin receiving the Annuity Payments or elect the Lifetime |
Income Annuity Option (as defined below) in lieu of any other Annuity Options available under |
the Contract; |
(4) The date the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero by an Excess Withdrawal, at which time the |
Rider will terminate and no further Rider benefits will be payable; and |
(5) The date the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero (other than by an Excess Withdrawal), at |
which time the Rider will be placed in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. |
MGWB Base Calculation If immediately preceded by Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, on the day the Rider is placed in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MGWB Base is set equal to the greater of (1) or (2) where: |
(1) Is the current Accumulation Value, excluding any Credits applied within the prior 36 months, if |
applicable; and |
(2) Is the current MGWB Base. |
If immediately preceded by the Growth Phase, on the day the Rider is placed in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MGWB Base is set equal to the greater of (1) or (2) where: |
(1) Is the Accumulation Value on the last day of the Growth Phase, excluding any Credits applied |
within the prior 36 months, if applicable; and |
(2) Is the MGWB Base on the last day of the Growth Phase. |
Thereafter, while the Rider remains in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MGWB Base will be recalculated at the time of any Excess Withdrawal or reset as described in the Excess Withdrawals and MGWB Reset sections below. Maximum Annual Withdrawal Calculation If immediately preceded by Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, on the day the Rider is placed in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status we will recalculate the MAW and set it equal to (1) multiplied by (2) where: |
(1) Is the applicable MAW Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, based on the age of the |
youngest Active Spouse (or, if there is only one Active Spouse, based on that spouses age) as of |
the date of the first Partial Withdrawal taken after the Rider Date; and |
(2) Is the MGWB Base. |
If immediately preceded by the Growth Phase, on the day the Rider is placed in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the initial MAW is set equal to (1) multiplied (2) where: |
(1) Is the applicable MAW Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, based on the age of the |
youngest Active Spouse (or, if there is only one Active Spouse, based on that spouses age) as of |
such day; and |
(2) Is the MGWB Base. |
At any time after the day the Rider is placed in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the MAW will be recalculated at the time of any Excess Withdrawal or reset as described in the Excess Withdrawals and MGWB Reset sections below. MGWB Reset On each Reset Date, as shown in the Contract Schedule, we will recalculate the MGWB Base equal to the greater of (1) or (2) where: |
(1) Is the then current Accumulation Value, excluding any Credits applied within the prior 36 |
months, if applicable; and |
(2) Is the current MGWB Base. |
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After the MGWB Base is recalculated, as set forth above, we will reset the MAW to equal (1) multiplied by (2) where: |
(1) Is the applicable MAW Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, based on the age of the |
youngest Active Spouse (or, if there is only one Active Spouse, based on that spouses age) as of |
the date of the first Partial Withdrawal taken after the Rider Date; and |
(2) Is the recalculated MGWB Base. |
Such reset is subject to the following: |
(1) No reset will be made that would reduce the MGWB Base or the MAW; |
(2) At the time of each reset, we may, at our discretion increase the MGWB Charge to equal the |
charge then in effect for new Riders issued. However, the MGWB Charge will never exceed the |
Maximum MGWB Charge shown in the Contract Schedule. We also guarantee that the MGWB |
Charge will not increase for any reset occurring during the Reset Charge Lock Period shown in |
the Contract Schedule. |
(3) We will provide notice to you not less than 30 days in advance of any reset which would result in |
an increase to the MGWB Charge. You may decline any such reset by providing written notice to |
us within 30 days of the date of our notice to you. However, if you decline any such reset, such |
action will terminate the reset feature of this Rider and no future resets will be applied. |
Lifetime Income Annuity Option If this Rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status on the Annuity Commencement Date, you must choose one of the Annuity Options set forth in the Contract under which to begin receiving the Annuity Payments or elect to receive lifetime income payments in lieu of any other Annuity Options available under the Contract (the Lifetime Income Annuity Option). If you choose one of the Annuity Options under the Contract, the amount of the Annuity Payments and any conditions imposed will be those listed in the Contract. If the Lifetime Income Annuity Option is chosen for the life of two Active Spouses, payments are made to the person named in equal payments for as long as either Active Spouse is living. If the Lifetime Income Annuity Option is chosen for the life of only one Active Spouse, payments are made to the person named in equal payments for as long as the Active Spouse on whose life the option is based is living. The amount of such payments are based on the sex and age of the Active Spouse(s) on whose lives the payments are based, on the Annuity Commencement Date. Upon the death of the last Active Spouse on whose life the payments are based, all payments cease. Tables of minimum payment factors (Lifetime Income Annuity Factors) under the Lifetime Income Annuity Option, for a single life and for joint lives, are shown below. Actual payments under the Lifetime Income Annuity Option will never be less than the greater of those derived from the Lifetime Income Annuity Factors in this Rider and those based on the MAW for the same frequency, as of the Annuity Commencement Date. Lifetime Income Annuity Factors Annual Lifetime Income Annuity Factors for each $1,000 applied under this option calculated using the [Annuity 2000 Mortality Table] and [1.5%] interest per annum for certain ages are shown below. Lifetime Income Annuity Factors for other ages, or for joint lives with different ages, are available upon request. |
Table of Income for a Single Life | Table of Income for Joint Lives | |||||||
Age | Male | Female | Age | Income | ||||
55 | [$42.76 | $39.32 | Male 55, Female 55 | [$35.17 | ||||
60 | 48.67 | 44.38 | Male 60, Female 60 | 39.12 | ||||
65 | 56.69 | 51.17 | Male 65, Female 65 | 44.35 | ||||
70 | 67.66 | 60.56 | Male 70, Female 70 | 51.44 | ||||
75 | 82.56 | 74.05 | Male 75, Female 75 | 61.27 | ||||
80 | 103.05 | 93.68 | Male 80, Female 80 | 75.10 | ||||
85 | 130.96 | 122.27 | Male 85, Female 85 | 94.56 | ||||
90 | 167.97 | 161.66] | Male 90, Female 90 | 121.03] |
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Automatic Periodic Benefit Status If the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero (other than by an Excess Withdrawal) while the Rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status and an MGWB Base remains, the Rider will be placed in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and the MGWB Periodic Payments will become payable. When the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the Contract is modified as follows: |
(1) The Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided in this Rider; |
(2) No Additional Premiums will be accepted; and |
(3) Any other Riders attached to the Contract shall terminate unless specified otherwise in the Rider. |
When this Rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if the MAW exceeds the net Partial Withdrawals for that Contract Year, including the Partial Withdrawal that caused the Rider to enter Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the excess of the MAW over such net Partial Withdrawals will be paid immediately to the Owner. If at the time this Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status you are receiving systematic Partial Withdrawals, the systematic Partial Withdrawals will continue until the remaining MAW for the Contract Year has been reached. While this Rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the MGWB Periodic Payment is an annual amount equal to the MAW in effect on the date the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. MGWB Periodic Payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract Year following the date the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. After this Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, MGWB Periodic Payments will continue to be paid annually until the Contract and this Rider terminates at the sooner of: |
(1) The date the MGWB Base is reduced to zero; or |
(2) The death of the Owner. |
If at the time this Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic Partial Withdrawals more frequently than annually, the MGWB Periodic Payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract Year will equal the annual MGWB Periodic Payment. Such MGWB Periodic Payments will occur on the same dates as the original systematic Partial Withdrawals would have occurred, rather than the last day of the first full Contract Year following the date the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If, at any time, the MAW exceeds the MGWB Base, the last MGWB Periodic Payment will equal the remaining MGWB Base. If the Annuity Commencement Date is reached while the Rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the MGWB Periodic Payments continue and the Rider remains in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status until the MGWB Base is reduced to zero. Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status If the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero (other than by an Excess Withdrawal) while the Rider is in Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, the Rider will be placed in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and the MGWB Periodic Payments will become payable. When the Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the Contract is modified as follows: |
(1) The Contract will provide no further benefits other than as provided in this Rider; |
(2) No Additional Premium |
(3) Any other Riders attached to the Contract shall terminate unless specified otherwise in the Rider. |
When this Rider is in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, if the MAW exceeds the net Partial Withdrawals for that Contract Year, including the Partial Withdrawal that caused the Rider to enter Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the excess of the MAW over such net Partial Withdrawals will be paid immediately to the Owner. If at the time this Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status you are receiving systematic Partial Withdrawals, the systematic Partial Withdrawals will continue until the remaining MAW for the Contract Year has been reached. After this Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the Contract and this Rider will terminate when the last Active Spouse dies. |
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While in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the MGWB Periodic Payment is an annual amount equal to the MAW in effect on the date the Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. MGWB Periodic Payments will begin on the last day of the first full Contract Year following the date the Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status and will continue to be paid annually thereafter until the death of the last Active Spouse. However, if at the time this Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, you are receiving systematic Partial Withdrawals more frequently than annually, the MGWB Periodic Payments will be made at the same frequency in equal amounts such that the sum of the payments in each Contract Year will equal the annual MGWB Periodic Payment. Such MGWB Periodic Payments will occur on the same dates as the original systematic Partial Withdrawals would have occurred, rather than the last day of the first full Contract Year following the date the Rider enters Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. If MGWB Periodic Payments are disbursed after the date of death of the last Active Spouse, but before we are notified of such death, we reserve the right to recover, and you agree to repay to us, such MGWB Periodic Payments. If the Annuity Commencement Date is reached while the Rider is in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, the MGWB Periodic Payments continue and the Rider remains in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status until the date of death of the last Active Spouse. Excess Withdrawals Total Partial Withdrawals in any Contract Year not exceeding the then current MAW will not impact the MAW. However, an Excess Withdrawal will immediately reduce the MAW and MGWB Base on a pro- rata basis. The proportion of any such pro-rata reduction will equal: |
A |
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{B (C A)} |
Where: A is the amount of the Excess Withdrawal; B is the Accumulation Value immediately prior to the withdrawal; and C is the total amount of the current Partial Withdrawal. This means the MAW and MGWB Base are reduced by the same percentage that the Accumulation Value is reduced by the Excess Withdrawal, rather than by the dollar amount of the Excess Withdrawal. We will assess any applicable Surrender Charges, recapture of Credits or Market Value Adjustment on Withdrawals taken less than or equal to the MAW for the Contract Year. For the purpose of determining whether the MAW has been exceeded, any applicable Market Value Adjustments, Surrender Charges, or recapture of Credits will not be applied to the Partial Withdrawal. However, for the purpose of determining the pro-rata reduction after an Excess Withdrawal, any applicable Market Value Adjustments, Surrender Charges, and recapture of Credits are considered part of the Partial Withdrawal. In no case, however, while this Rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, will the MAW be reduced to less than $100. If the Contract is required to satisfy the required minimum distribution rules of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Partial Withdrawals taken from this Contract to satisfy such rules (the RMD) that exceed the MAW for a specific Contract Year, will not be deemed Excess MGWB Withdrawals in that Contract Year, subject to the following: |
(1) If the Owners RMD for any calendar year, applicable to this Contract, is greater than the MAW, |
an additional withdrawal amount (AWA) will be set equal to the portion of the RMD that |
exceeds the MAW. Otherwise, the AWA for that calendar year will be set equal to zero. |
(2) Any Withdrawals taken during the then current Contract Year will count first against the MAW |
for that Contract Year. |
(3) The amounts withdrawn in excess of the MAW will count first against any unused AWA |
calculated for the previous calendar year followed by any unused AWA calculated for the current |
calendar year. These Withdrawals are not considered Excess MGWB Withdrawals. |
(4) Any unused AWA will be set to zero at the end of the second calendar year from which it is |
originally calculated. |
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(5) Withdrawals in excess of the MAW and unused accumulated AWA in the Contract will reduce the |
MGWB Base on a pro-rata basis which will result in a recalculation of the MAW, as described |
above. |
If an Owner dies after beginning to receive RMDs, an AWA will continue to be calculated for any Withdrawals that continue to the Beneficiary. If the Owner dies before beginning receipt of RMDs and Withdrawals are paid to the Beneficiary based on the life expectancy of such Beneficiary, an AWA will not be calculated for the difference between the MAW and any such life expectancy Withdrawals. Under no circumstances will an AWA be calculated for payments under a Contract that is not required to take an RMD. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this Rider, any provisions in the Contract establishing required minimum value remaining after a Partial Withdrawal are superseded and replaced by the provisions of this Rider. |
MGWB REBALANCING |
If, on any MGWB Rebalancing Date (as defined below) the Accumulation Value in Fixed Allocation Funds is less than the Minimum Fixed Allocation Fund Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, of the total Accumulation Value in Non-Accepted Funds, we will automatically rebalance the Accumulation Value allocated to Non-Accepted Funds to restore the Minimum Fixed Allocation Fund Percentage requirement. MGWB Rebalancing Dates are defined as the following: |
(1) Each Automatic MGWB Rebalancing Date as defined in the Contract Schedule; |
(2) The day any Additional Premiums are allocated among Fixed Allocation Funds or other Funds; |
(3) The day any transfer/reallocation among Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds occurs, whether |
automatic or specifically directed by you; and |
(4) The day of any Partial Withdrawal from Fixed Allocation Funds or Other Funds, other than |
withdrawals made for the purpose of paying Rider charges or as requested by the Owner for the |
payment of Investment Advisory Fees. |
Such rebalancing will occur, pro-rata, among Non-Accepted Funds and will be the last transaction processed on that date. No rebalancing will occur if you are entirely invested in Accepted Funds. We may, at our discretion, reduce the Minimum Fixed Allocation Fund Percentage, or eliminate this requirement entirely, upon not less than 30-days prior notice to you. If any such change is made, rebalancing will occur on subsequent MGWB Rebalancing Dates, as necessary, to restore the new Minimum Fixed Allocation Fund Percentage requirement, if applicable. |
MGWB CHARGE |
The MGWB Charge is deducted on each quarterly Contract Anniversary, in arrears, from the Accumulation Value in the Variable Separate Account Divisions, in the same proportion that the total Accumulation Value in each Division bears to the total Accumulation Value in the Variable Separate Account. The MGWB Charge on the Rider Date is stated in the Contract Schedule. Subject to our right to increase the charge only if the Rider is changed from Guaranteed Withdrawal Status to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status or at the time of any reset described in the MGWB Reset section, charges for this rider will not exceed the MGWB Charge in effect on the Rider Date. If there is insufficient Accumulation Value in the Variable Separate Account, charges will be deducted from the Fixed Allocations(s) nearest maturity. A Market Value Adjustment may be applied to charges deducted from the Fixed Allocation(s). |
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If the Contract to which this Rider is attached is terminated by surrender, cancellation or application of the Accumulation Value to an Annuity Option, the MGWB Charge for that portion of the current quarter completed will be deducted from the Accumulation Value prior to termination of the Contract. The MGWB Charge for this Rider will continue to be assessed so long as this Rider is in effect, unless the Rider enters Automatic Periodic Benefit Status or Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status. |
CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY OR DEATH OR CHANGE OF OWNER |
Change of Beneficiary You may change a designated Beneficiary at any time. However, you must provide us notice at our Customer Service Center in a form satisfactory to us. If an Active Spouse who is not also a joint Owner is removed as the sole primary Beneficiary, the change will result in such Active Spouse no longer being classified as an Active Spouse. In such a case, this Rider will continue until the death of the remaining Active Spouse or otherwise pursuant to its terms. Death of Owner Upon death of an Owner, the deceased Owners surviving spouse may continue the Contract as his or her own, as provided in the Contract. If the surviving spouse elects to continue the Contract, this Rider also continues, provided that both of the following conditions are met: |
(1) The surviving spouse is an Active Spouse; and |
(2) The surviving spouse becomes the Annuitant and sole Owner. |
There will be no interruption of Rider benefits or charges when the preceding conditions are met and spousal continuation of this Rider occurs, subject to the rules below. If this Rider is in the Growth Phase at the time of spousal continuation meeting the preceding conditions, the Rider will continue in the Growth Phase. If the Rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status at the time of spousal continuation meeting the preceding conditions and the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the remaining Active Spouses 65th birthday has not been reached, the Rider continues in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. If the Rider is in Guaranteed Withdrawal Status at the time of spousal continuation meeting the preceding conditions and the quarterly contract anniversary on or after the remaining Active Spouses 65th birthday has been reached, the Rider changes to Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status. If this Rider is in the Growth Phase, Guaranteed Withdrawal Status or Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status at the time of spousal continuation meeting the preceding conditions, on the date that the Accumulation Value is increased to include the applicable Death Benefit under the Contract, the MGWB Base will be recalculated to equal the greater of (1) or (2) where: |
(1) Is the then current Accumulation Value; and |
(2) Is the current MGWB Base. |
If this Rider is in the Guaranteed Withdrawal Status or Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status at the time of spousal continuation meeting the preceding conditions, after the MGWB Base is recalculated, as set forth above, we will recalculate the MAW to equal (1) multiplied by (2) where: |
(1) Is the applicable MAW Percentage, as shown in the Contract Schedule, based on the age of the |
youngest Active Spouse (or, if there is only one Active Spouse, based on that spouses age) as of |
the date of the first Partial Withdrawal taken after the Rider Date; and |
(2) Is the recalculated MGWB Base. |
However, we will not recalculate the MAW at this time if such recalculation would result in a reduction of the MAW. If the Rider is in Automatic Periodic Benefit Status upon death of an Owner, we will pay the remaining MGWB Base in a lump sum to the Beneficiary and the Contract and Rider will terminate. If the Rider is |
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in Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status at the time of spousal continuation meeting the preceding conditions, this Rider will terminate upon the date of death of the last Active Spouse. Regardless of the status, this Rider will terminate upon the date of death of an Owner if spousal continuation is not possible. If spousal continuation is possible, but the surviving spouse chooses not to continue the Contract, this Rider will terminate when we receive notice at our Customer Service Center, in a form satisfactory to us, that an alternate distribution option has been chosen. This Rider will terminate upon the date of death of the last Active Spouse. Change of Owner Except for the following specifically allowed transactions, any change in Ownership will cause this Rider to terminate and no benefits under this Rider will thereafter be payable: |
(1) A change of ownership to an Active Spouse pursuant to spousal continuation as set forth in the |
Death of Owner section above; |
(2) A change of ownership from one custodian to another custodian for the benefit of the same |
individual; |
(3) A change of ownership from a custodian for the benefit of an individual to the same individual; |
(4) A change of ownership from an individual to custodian for the benefit of the same individual; |
(5) Collateral assignments; |
(6) Addition of an Active Spouse as a joint Owner; |
(7) Removal of an Active Spouse from joint ownership; and |
(8) A change of ownership in which the Owner becomes the sole primary Beneficiary and the sole |
primary Beneficiary becomes the Owner, where both parties are Active Spouses. |
Note that (3), and (7) above may result in an Active Spouse losing status as an Active Spouse, as detailed in the above sections. |
MISSTATEMENT OF AGE, SEX, OR MARITAL STATUS |
If the age, sex, or marital status used in determining any benefits provided by this Rider have been misstated, the amounts payable or benefits provided will be those that this Rider would have provided at the correct age, sex, or marital status. We reserve the right to recover, and you agree to repay to us, the amounts overpaid. We also reserve the right, alternatively, to recoup the amounts overpaid by reducing the MAW, future MGWB Periodic Payments, future payments under the Lifetime Income Annuity Option, or future Annuity Payments under an Annuity Option. |
RIDER TERMINATION |
This Rider may not be cancelled unless the Contract is surrendered or otherwise terminated, other than as described in the Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Lifetime Guaranteed Withdrawal Status, Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, Lifetime Automatic Periodic Benefit Status, Death of Owner, or Change of Owner sections. This Rider has no surrender value or other non-forfeiture benefits upon termination. |
Signed; |
[ |
/s/ Joy M. Benner |
Joy M. Benner |
Secretary] |
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[ING STATIONERY] |
July 25, 2007 |
Members of the Board of Directors |
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company |
1475 Dunwoody Drive |
West Chester, PA 19380-1478 |
Ladies and Gentlemen: |
In my capacity as Counsel for ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company (the "Company"), I have examined the Registration Statement on Form N-4 in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended to the date hereof, of an indefinite number of units of interest in Separate Account B of the Company (the "Account"). I am familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of units. Based upon my examination and upon my knowledge of the corporate activities relating to the Account, it is my opinion that: |
(1) | The Company was organized in accordance with the laws of the State of Iowa and is a duly | |
authorized stock life insurance company under the laws of Iowa and the laws of those states in | ||
which the Company is admitted to do business; | ||
(2) | The Account is a validly established separate investment account of the Company; | |
(3) | Under Iowa law, the portion of the assets to be held in the Account equals the reserve and other | |
liabilities for variable benefits under variable annuity contracts to be issued by the Account, and | ||
such assets are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business the Company | ||
conducts; | ||
(4) | The units and the variable annuity contracts will, when issued and sold in the manner described | |
in the registration statement, be legal and binding obligations of the Company and will be | ||
legally and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable. |
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the registration statement. |
Sincerely, |
/s/ John S. Kreighbaum | ||
John S. (Scott) Kreighbaum | ||
Counsel | ||
1475 Dunwoody Drive | Tel: 610-425-3404 | |
West Chester, PA 19380-1478 | Fax: 610-425-3520 |
Exhibit 99-B.10 - Consent of Ernst and Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and to the use of our report dated March 23, 2007 with respect to the financial statements of ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, and to the use of our report dated March 23, 2007, with respect to the statements of assets and liabilities of Separate Account B of ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company as of December 31, 2006, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for the periods disclosed in the financial statements, incorporated by reference in Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement (Form N-4 333-28679), and the related Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of Separate Account B of ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company. |
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP |
Atlanta, Georgia July 25, 2007 |