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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2003                                 

 

Registration No. 33-56908

811-06032


 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM N-4

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Pre-Effective Amendment No. __

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 20

 

and

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

 

Amendment No. 51

 

Separate Account VA B

 

(Exact Name of Registrant)

 


 

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Name of Depositor)

 

4333 Edgewood Road, N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499

(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

Depositor’s Telephone Number, including Area Code

 

(319) 297-8121

Frank A. Camp, Esquire

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-4520

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Copy to:

 

Frederick R. Bellamy, Esquire

Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan L.L.P.

1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2404


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Title of Securities Being Registered:

Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Policies

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

¨   immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

 

x   on May 1, 2003 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

 

¨   60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

 

¨   on                          pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

 

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

¨   this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

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TRANSAMERICA FREEDOM VARIABLE ANNUITY

 

Issued Through

SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA B

by

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

Prospectus

May 1, 2003

 

This flexible premium deferred annuity policy has many investment choices. There is a separate account that currently offers various underlying fund portfolios. There is also a fixed account, which offers interest at rates that are guaranteed by Transamerica Life Insurance Company (Transamerica). You can choose any combination of these investment choices. You bear the entire investment risk for all amounts you put in the separate account.

 

This prospectus and the underlying fund portfolio prospectuses give you important information about the policies and the underlying fund portfolios. Please read them carefully before you invest and keep them for future reference.

 

If you would like more information about the Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity, you can obtain a free copy of the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) dated May 1, 2003. Please call us at (800) 525-6205 or write us at: Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Attention: Customer Care Group, 4333 Edgewood Road NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52499-0001. A registration statement, including the SAI, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the SAI is incorporated herein by reference. More information about the variable annuity can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You may obtain information about the operation of the public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a web site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains the prospectus, the SAI, material incorporated by reference, and other information. The table of contents of the SAI is included at the end of this prospectus.

 

Please note that the policies and the separate account investment choices:

  are not bank deposits
  are not federally insured
  are not endorsed by any bank or government agency
  are not guaranteed to achieve their goal
  are subject to risks, including loss of premium

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities, or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


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PORTFOLIOS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBACCOUNTS

 

AEGON/TRANSAMERICA SERIES FUND, INC.—SERVICE CLASS

Subadvised by AEGON/Transamerica Fund Advisers, Inc.

Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio

Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio

Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio

Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio

Subadvised by Fred Alger Management, Inc.

Alger Aggressive Growth

Subadvised by American Century Investment Management, Inc.

American Century Income & Growth

American Century International

Subadvised by BlackRock Advisors, Inc.

BlackRock Global Science & Technology Opportunities

Blackrock Mid Cap Growth

Subadvised by Capital Guardian Trust Company

Capital Guardian Global

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity

Capital Guardian Value

Subadvised by Clarion CRA Securities, LP

Clarion Real Estate Securities

Subadvised by Great Companies, L.L.C.

Great Companies—AmericaSM

Great Companies—Global2

Great Companies—TechnologySM

Subadvised by Janus Capital Management LLC

Janus Balanced (A/T)

Janus Growth (A/T)

Subadvised by Jennison Associates LLC

Jennison Growth

Subadvised by J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index

Subadvised by Banc of America Capital Management, LLC

Marsico Growth

Subadvised by MFS® Investment Management

MFS High Yield

Subadvised by Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, Ltd.

PBHG Mid Cap Growth

Subadvised by Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, Ltd. and NWQ Investment Management Company, Inc.

PBHG/NWQ Value Select

Subadvised by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC

PIMCO Total Return

 

Subadvised by Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc.

Salomon All Cap

Subadvised by Transamerica Investment Management, LLC

Transamerica Convertible Securities

Transamerica Equity

Transamerica Growth Opportunities

Transamerica Money Market

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities

Subadvised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

T. Rowe Price Equity Income

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock

T. Rowe Price Small Cap

Subadvised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc.

Van Kampen Active International Allocation

Van Kampen Asset Allocation

Subadvised by Van Kampen Asset  Management Inc.

Van Kampen Emerging Growth

 

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS—SERIES II

Managed by A I M Advisors, Inc.

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC.—CLASS B

Managed by Alliance Capital Management L.P.

AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio

AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio

 

JANUS ASPEN SERIES—SERVICE SHARES

Managed by Janus Capital Management LLC

Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Portfolio

 

MFS® VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUSTSM—  SERVICE CLASS

Managed by MFS® Investment Management

MFS New Discovery Series

MFS Total Return Series

 

VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND—SERVICE CLASS 2

Managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Growth Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Portfolio

 

 

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T ABLE OF CONTENTS

 

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

  

4

SUMMARY

  

5

ANNUITY POLICY FEE TABLE AND EXPENSE EXAMPLES

  

10

1.

  

THE ANNUITY POLICY

  

12

2.

  

PURCHASE

  

12

    

Policy Issue Requirements

  

12

    

Premium Payments

  

12

    

Initial Premium Requirements

  

12

    

Additional Premium Payments

  

13

    

Maximum Total Premium Payments

  

13

    

Allocation of Premium Payments

  

13

    

Policy Value

  

13

3.

  

INVESTMENT CHOICES

  

13

    

The Separate Account

  

13

    

The Fixed Account

  

16

    

Transfers

  

16

4.

  

PERFORMANCE

  

17

5.

  

EXPENSES

  

18

    

Excess Interest Adjustment

  

18

    

Mortality and Expense Risk Fees

  

18

    

Administrative Charges

  

18

    

Premium Taxes

  

18

    

Federal, State and Local Taxes

  

18

    

Transfer Fee

  

18

    

Initial Payment Guarantee

  

19

    

Additional Death Distribution

  

19

    

Life with Emergency CashSM Surrender Charge

  

19

    

Portfolio Fees and Expenses

  

19

6.

  

ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

  

19

    

Surrenders

  

19

    

Delay of Payment and Transfers

  

20

    

Excess Interest Adjustment

  

20

7.

  

ANNUITY PAYMENTS (THE INCOME PHASE)

  

20

    

Annuity Payment Options

  

21

8.

  

DEATH BENEFIT

  

22

    

When We Pay A Death Benefit

  

23

    

When We Do Not Pay A Death Benefit

  

23

    

Deaths After the Annuity Commencement Date

  

23

    

Spousal Continuation

  

23

    

Succession of Ownership

  

23

    

Amount of Death Benefit

  

23

    

Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit

  

24

    

Adjusted Partial Surrender

  

24

 

9.

  

TAXES

  

25

    

Annuity Policies in General

  

25

    

Qualified and Nonqualified Policies

  

25

    

Surrenders—Qualified Policies

  

26

    

Surrenders—403(b) Policies

  

26

    

Diversification and Distribution Requirements

  

26

    

Surrenders—Nonqualified Policies

  

26

    

Taxation of Death Benefit Proceeds

  

27

    

Annuity Payments

  

27

    

Annuity Contracts Purchased by Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Corporations

  

27

    

Transfers, Assignments or Exchanges of Policies

  

27

    

Possible Tax Law Changes

  

28

    

Separate Account Charges

  

28

10.

  

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

  

28

    

Systematic Payout Option

  

28

    

Income Benefit Programs

  

28

    

Initial Payment Guarantee

  

28

    

Additional Death Distribution

  

29

    

Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option

  

30

    

Unemployment Waiver

  

30

    

Telephone Transactions

  

30

    

Dollar Cost Averaging Program

  

31

    

Asset Rebalancing

  

32

11.

  

OTHER INFORMATION

  

32

    

Ownership

  

32

    

Assignment

  

32

    

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

  

32

    

The Separate Account

  

32

    

Mixed and Shared Funding

  

33

    

Exchanges and Reinstatements

  

33

    

Voting Rights

  

33

    

Distributor of the Policies

  

33

    

IMSA

  

34

    

Legal Proceedings

  

34

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  

34

APPENDIX A

  

35

    

Condensed Financial Information

  

35

APPENDIX B

  

49

    

Historical Performance Data

  

49

APPENDIX C

  

57

    

Income Benefit Programs

  

57

APPENDIX D

  

68

    

Policy Variations

  

68

 

 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 

Accumulation Unit—An accounting unit of measure used in calculating the policy value in the separate account before the annuity commencement date.

 

Adjusted Policy Value—The policy value increased or decreased by any excess interest adjustment.

 

Annuitant—The person during whose life any annuity payments involving life contingencies will be based on.

 

Annuity Commencement Date—The date upon which annuity payments are to commence. This date may be any date at least thirty days after the policy date and may not be later than the last day of the policy month starting after the annuitant attains age 95. The annuity commencement date may have to be earlier for qualified policies and may be earlier if required by state law.

 

Annuity Payment Option—A method of receiving a stream of annuity payments selected by the owner.

 

Cash Value—The adjusted policy value decreased by any rider fees (imposed upon surrender).

 

Excess Interest Adjustment—A positive or negative adjustment to amounts surrendered (both partial and full surrenders and transfers) or applied to annuity payment options from the fixed account guaranteed period options prior to the end of the guaranteed period. The adjustment reflects changes in the interest rates declared by Transamerica since the date any payment was received by (or an amount was transferred to) the guaranteed period option. The excess interest adjustment can either decrease or increase the amount to be received by the owner upon surrender (either full or partial) or commencement of annuity payments, depending upon whether there has been an increase or decrease in interest rates, respectively.

 

 

Fixed Account—One or more investment choices under the policy that are part of Transamerica’s general assets and are not in the separate account.

 

Guaranteed Period Options—The various guaranteed interest rate periods of the fixed account which Transamerica may offer and into which premium payments may be paid or amounts transferred.

 

Owner—The person who may exercise all rights and privileges under the policy. The owner during the lifetime of the annuitant and prior to the annuity commencement date is the person designated as the owner or a successor owner in the information provided to us to issue a policy.

 

Policy Value—On or before the annuity commencement date, the policy value is equal to the owner’s:

  premium payments; minus
  gross partial surrenders (partial surrenders minus excess interest adjustments); plus
  interest credited in the fixed account; plus
  accumulated gains in the separate account; minus
  accumulated losses in the separate account; minus
  service charges, rider fees, premium taxes, and transfer fees and any other charges, if any.

 

Separate Account—Separate Account VA B, a separate account established and registered as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), to which premium payments under the policies may be allocated.

 

Subaccount—A subdivision within the separate account, the assets of which are invested in specified underlying fund portfolios.

 

You (Your)—the owner of the policy.

 

(Note: The SAI contains a more extensive Glossary.)

 

 

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SUMMARY

 

The sections in this summary correspond to sections in this prospectus, which discuss the topics in more detail.

 

1.    THE ANNUITY POLICY

 

The flexible premium deferred variable annuity policy offered by Transamerica Life Insurance Company (Transamerica, we, us, or our) provides a way for you to invest on a tax-deferred basis in the following investment choices: various subaccounts and the fixed account. The policy is intended to accumulate money for retirement or other long-term investment purposes.

 

This policy currently offers the subaccounts in the separate account that are listed in Section 3. Each subaccount invests exclusively in shares of one of the underlying fund portfolios. The policy value may depend on the investment experience of the selected subaccounts. Therefore, you bear the entire investment risk with respect to all policy value in any subaccount. You could lose the amount that you invest.

 

The fixed account offers an interest rate that Transamerica guarantees.

 

The policy, like all deferred annuity policies, has two phases: the “accumulation phase” and the “income phase.” During the accumulation phase, earnings accumulate on a tax-deferred basis and are taxed as ordinary income when you take them out of the policy. The income phase occurs when you begin receiving regular annuity payments from your policy. The money you can accumulate during the accumulation phase will largely determine the payments you receive during the income phase.

 

2.    PURCHASE

 

You can buy a nonqualified policy with $15,000 or more, and a qualified policy with $1,000 or more, under most circumstances. You can add as little as $50 at any time during the accumulation phase.

 

 

3.    INVESTMENT CHOICES

 

You can allocate your premium payments to one or more of the following underlying fund portfolios described in the underlying fund portfolio prospectuses:

Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio—  

    Service Class

Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio—Service Class

Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio—  

    Service Class

Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio—

    Service Class

Alger   Aggressive Growth—Service Class

American Century Income & Growth—  

    Service Class

American Century International—Service Class

BlackRock Global Science & Technology

    Opportunities—Service Class

BlackRock Mid Cap Growth—Service Class

Capital Guardian Global—Service Class

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity—Service Class

Capital Guardian Value—Service Class

Clarion Real Estate Securities—Service Class

Great Companies—AmericaSM—Service Class

Great Companies—Global2—Service Class

Great Companies—TechnologySM—Service Class

Janus Balanced (A/T)—Service Class

Janus Growth (A/T)—Service Class

Jennison Growth—Service Class

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index—Service Class

Marsico Growth—Service Class

MFS High Yield—Service Class

PBHG Mid Cap Growth—Service Class

PBHG/NWQ Value Select—Service Class

PIMCO Total Return—Service Class

Salomon All Cap—Service Class

Transamerica Convertible Securities—  

    Service Class

Transamerica Equity—Service Class

Transamerica Growth Opportunities—  

    Service Class

Transamerica Money Market—Service Class

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities—

    Service Class

T. Rowe Price Equity Income—Service Class

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock—Service Class

T. Rowe Price Small Cap—Service Class

Van Kampen Active International Allocation—

    Service Class

Van Kampen Asset Allocation—Service Class

Van Kampen Emerging Growth—Service Class

 

 

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AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund—Series II

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund—Series II

AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio—

    Class B

AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio—  

    Class B

Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Growth Portfolio—  

    Service Shares

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Portfolio—

    Service Shares

MFS New Discovery Series—Service Class

MFS Total Return Series—Service Class

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Portfolio—  

    Service Class 2

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income Portfolio—  

    Service Class 2

Fidelity—VIP Growth Portfolio—Service Class 2

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Portfolio—Service Class 2

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Portfolio—  

    Service Class 2

 

As of May 1, 2003, new policy owners may only invest in the Service Class subaccounts of the AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc. The Initial Class subaccounts of the AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc. are only available to owners that purchased the policy before May 1, 2003. The Service Class of the AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc. has a Rule 12b-1 Plan (and higher expenses) and the Initial Class does not.

 

Depending upon their investment performance, you can make or lose money in any of the subaccounts.

 

You can also allocate your premium payments to the fixed account.

 

We currently allow you to transfer money between any of the investment choices during the accumulation phase. We reserve the right to impose a $10 fee for each transfer in excess of 12 transfers per policy year and to impose restrictions and limitations on transfers.

 

4.    PERFORMANCE

 

The value of the policy will vary up or down depending upon the investment performance of the subaccounts you choose. We provide past performance information in Appendix B and in the SAI. This data does not indicate future performance.

 

5.    EXPENSES

 

No deductions are made from premium payments at the time you buy the policy so that the full amount of each premium payment is invested in one or more of your investment choices.

 

Full surrenders, partial surrenders and transfers from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account may be subject to an excess interest adjustment, which may increase or decrease the amount you receive. This adjustment may also apply to amounts applied to an annuity payment option from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account.

 

We deduct daily mortality and expense risk fees and administrative charges at an annual rate of 1.65% (if you choose the “Return of Premium Death Benefit”) or 1.85% (if you choose the “Annual Step-Up Death Benefit”) or 2.15% (if you choose the “Double Enhanced Death Benefit”) from the assets in each subaccount.

 

During the accumulation phase, we deduct an annual service charge of no more than $35 from the policy value on each policy anniversary and at the time of surrender. The charge is waived if either the policy value or the sum of all premium payments, minus all partial surrenders, is at least $50,000.

 

Upon total surrender, payment of a death benefit, or when annuity payments begin, we will deduct state premium taxes, if applicable, which currently range from 0% to 3.50%.

 

If you elect the Initial Payment Guarantee when you annuitize, there is a daily fee equal to an annual rate of 1.25% of the daily net asset value in the subaccounts.

 

If you elect the Additional Death Distribution, there is an annual fee during the accumulation phase of 0.25% of the policy value.

 

 

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The value of the net assets of the subaccounts will reflect the management fee and other expenses incurred by the underlying fund portfolios.

 

6.    ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

 

You can generally take out $500 or more anytime during the accumulation phase (except under certain qualified policies).

 

You may have to pay income tax and a tax penalty on any money you take out.

 

Access to amounts held in qualified policies may be restricted or prohibited.

 

If you have policy value in the fixed account, you may take out any cumulative interest credited free of excess interest adjustments.

 

Surrenders are not generally permitted during the income phase unless you elect the Life with Emergency CashSM annuity payment option.

 

7.    ANNUITY PAYMENTS (THE INCOME PHASE)

 

The policy allows you to receive income under one of several annuity payment options. You may choose from fixed payment options, variable payment options, or a combination of both. If you select a variable payment option, the dollar amount of your payments may go up or down. However, the Initial Payment Guarantee is available as an optional rider and it guarantees a minimum amount for each payment.

 

8.    DEATH BENEFIT

 

If you are both the owner and the annuitant and you die before the income phase begins, then your beneficiary will receive a death benefit.

 

Naming different persons as owner and annuitant can affect whether the death benefit is payable and to whom amounts will be paid. Use care when naming owners, annuitants and beneficiaries, and consult your agent if you have questions.

 

 

When you purchase a policy you generally may choose one of the following guaranteed minimum death benefits:

  Double Enhanced; or
  Annual Step-Up; or
  Return of Premium.

 

Charges are lower for the Return of Premium Death Benefit than they are for the other death benefits.

 

After the policy is issued, the guaranteed minimum death benefit cannot be changed.

 

If an owner is not the annuitant, no death benefit is paid if the owner dies.

 

9.    TAXES

 

Your earnings, if any, are generally not taxed until you take them out. If you take money out of a nonqualified policy during the accumulation phase earnings come out first for federal tax purposes, and are taxed as ordinary income. If you are younger than 59½ when you take money out, you may be charged a 10% federal penalty tax on the taxable earnings. For nonqualified policies, payments during the income phase may be considered partly a return of your original investment so that part of each payment may not be taxable as income.

 

10.    ADDITIONAL FEATURES

 

This policy has additional features that might interest you. These include the following:

  You can arrange to have money automatically sent to you monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually while your policy is in the accumulation phase. This feature is referred to as the “Systematic Payout Option” or “SPO.” Amounts you receive may be included in your gross income, and in certain circumstances, may be subject to penalty taxes.
  You can elect an optional rider at the time of annuitization that guarantees your variable annuity payments will never be less than a percentage of the initial payment. This feature is called the “Initial Payment Guarantee” (“IPG”). There is an extra charge for this rider.

 

 

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  You can elect an optional rider that pays an amount in addition to the policy death benefit in certain circumstances. This feature is called the “Additional Death Distribution” or “ADD.” There is an extra charge for this rider.
  Under certain medically related circumstances, you may surrender all or part of the policy value without an excess interest adjustment. This feature is called the “Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option.”
  Under certain unemployment circumstances, you may surrender all or a portion of the policy value free of excess interest adjustments. This feature is called the “Unemployment Waiver.”
  You may generally make transfers and/or change the allocation of additional premium payments by telephone. We may restrict or eliminate this feature.
  You can arrange to automatically transfer money (at least $500 per transfer) monthly or quarterly from certain investment options into one or more subaccounts. This feature is known as “Dollar Cost Averaging.”
  We will, upon your request, automatically transfer amounts among the subaccounts on a regular basis to maintain a desired allocation of the policy value among the various subaccounts. This feature is called “Asset Rebalancing.”

 

These features may not be available for all policies, may vary for certain policies, and may not be suitable for your particular situation.

 

11.     OTHER INFORMATION

 

Right to Cancel Period.  You may return your policy for a refund, but only if you return it within a prescribed period, which is generally at least 10 days (after you receive the policy), or whatever longer time may be required by state law. The amount of the refund will generally be the premiums paid and accumulated gains or losses in the separate account. Please note we will not credit interest on amounts allocated to the fixed account if you return your policy for a refund during the right to cancel period. We will pay the refund within 7 days after we receive written notice of cancellation and the returned policy within the applicable period. The policy will then be deemed void.

 

No Probate.  The person receiving the death benefit under this policy will not have to go through probate. State laws vary on how the amount that may be paid is treated for estate tax purposes.

 

Who should purchase the Policy?  This policy is designed for people seeking long-term tax-deferred accumulation of assets, generally for retirement or other long-term purposes; and for persons who have maximized their use of other retirement savings methods, such as 401(k) plans. The tax-deferred feature is most attractive to people in high federal and state tax brackets. The tax deferral features of variable annuities are unnecessary when purchased to fund a qualified plan. You should not buy this policy if you are looking for a short-term investment, are market timing, or if you cannot take the risk of losing the money that you put in.

 

There are various fees and charges associated with variable annuities. You should consider whether the features and benefits of this policy, unique to variable annuities, such as the opportunity for lifetime income payments, a guaranteed death benefit, the guaranteed level of certain charges, and the additional features, make this policy appropriate for your needs.

 

Old Policies.  This prospectus generally describes policies issued after May 1, 2003. See Appendix D for information on how older policies have different features and requirements, and sometimes different fees and deductions.

 

State Variations.  Certain provisions of the policies may be different than the general description in this prospectus, and certain riders and options may not be available, because of legal restrictions in your state. See your policy for specific variations since any such state variations will be included in your policy or in riders or endorsements attached to your policy. See your agent or contact us for specific information that may be applicable to your state.

 

 

 

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Financial Statements.  Financial Statements for Transamerica and the subaccounts are in the SAI. Condensed financial information for the subaccounts (those in operation before January 1, 2003) is in Appendix A to this prospectus.

 

12.    INQUIRIES

 

If you need more information, please contact us at:

 

Administrative and Service Office

Attention: Customer Care Group

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

4333 Edgewood Road NE

P.O. Box 3183

Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-3183

 

 

You may check your policy at www.transamericaservice.com. Follow the logon procedures. You will need your pre-assigned Personal Identification Number (“PIN”) to access information about your policy. We cannot guarantee that you will be able to access this site.

 

You should protect your PIN, because on-line (or telephone) options may be available and could be made by anyone that knows your PIN. We may not be able to verify that the person providing instructions using your PIN is you or someone authorized by you.

 

 

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ANNUITY POLICY FEE TABLE AND EXPENSE EXAMPLES(1)

 

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering the policy during the accumulation phase. The first table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay at the time that you buy the policy, surrender the policy, or transfer cash value between investment options. State premium taxes may also be deducted and excess interest adjustments may be made to amounts surrendered or applied to annuity payment options from cash value from the fixed account.

 

Policy Owner Transaction Expenses:

    

Sales Load On Purchase Payments

  

0%


Maximum Surrender Charge (as a % of premium payments surrendered)(2)

  

0%


Transfer Fee(3)

  

$0 - $10

 

The next table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time that you own the policy, not including portfolio fees and expenses.

 

Annual Service Charge(4)

  

$0 - $35 Per Policy


Separate Account Annual Expenses
(as a percentage of average account value):

    

Base Separate Account Expenses:

    

Mortality and Expense Risk Fee(5)

  

1.50%


Administrative Charge

  

0.15%


Total Base Separate Account Annual Expenses

  

1.65%


Optional Separate Account Expenses:

    

Double Enhanced Death Benefit(6)

  

0.50%


Annual Step-Up Death Benefit(7)

  

0.20%


Total Separate Account Annual Expenses with Highest Optional Separate Account Expenses(8)

  

2.15%


Annual Optional Rider Fees:

    

Additional Death Distribution(9)

  

0.25%

 

The next item shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the portfolio companies for the year ended December 31, 2002 (before any fee waiver or expense reimbursements). Expenses may be higher or lower in future years. More detail concerning each portfolio fees and expenses is contained in the prospectus for each portfolio.

 

Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses(10):

  

Minimum

  

Maximum


Expenses that are deducted from portfolio assets, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other expenses.

  

0.41%

  

6.90%

 

The following Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the policy with the cost of investing in other variable annuity policies. These costs include policy owner transaction expenses, policy fees, separate account annual expenses, and portfolio fees and expenses.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the policy for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, the maximum fees and expenses of any of the portfolios, and the highest combination of separate account expenses and optional rider fees. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

 

Example

  

1 Year

  

3 Years

  

5 Years

  

10 Years


If the policy is surrendered at the end of the applicable time period.

  

$939

  

$2689

  

$4282

  

$7664


If the policy is annuitized at the end of the applicable time period or if you do not surrender your policy.

  

$939

  

$2689

  

$4282

  

$7664


 

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(1)   During the income phase the fees may be different than those described in the Fee Table. See Section 5, Expenses.

 

(2)   If you select the Life with Emergency CashSM annuity payment option, you will be subject to a surrender charge after the annuity commencement date. See Section 5, Expenses.

 

(3)   The transfer fee, if any is imposed, applies to each policy, regardless of how policy value is allocated among the separate account and the fixed account. There is no fee for the first 12 transfers per year. For additional transfers, Transamerica may charge a fee of $10 per transfer.

 

(4)   The service charge applies to the fixed account and the separate account, and is assessed on a pro rata basis relative to each account’s policy value as a percentage of the policy’s total policy value. The service charge is deducted on each policy anniversary and at the time of surrender. We may waive the service charge in certain instances.

 

(5)   The mortality and expense risk fee shown (1.50%) is for the “Return of Premium Death Benefit.”

 

(6)   The fee for the “Double Enhanced Death Benefit” (0.50%) is in addition to the mortality and expense risk fee for a total annual mortality and expense risk fee of 2.00%.

 

(7)   The fee for the “Annual Step-Up Death Benefit” (0.20%) is in addition to the mortality and expense risk fee for a total annual mortality and expense risk fee of 1.70%.

 

(8)   The Double Enhanced Death Benefit fee is included herein.

 

(9)   The annual Additional Death Distribution fee is 0.25% of the policy value and is deducted only during the accumulation phase.

 

(10)   The fee table information relating to the underlying fund portfolios is for the year ending December 31, 2002 (unless otherwise noted) was provided to Transamerica by the underlying fund portfolios, their investment advisers or managers, and Transamerica has not and cannot independently verify the accuracy or completeness of such information. Actual future expenses of the portfolios may be greater or less than those shown in the Table.

 

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1. THE ANNUITY POLICY

 

This prospectus describes the Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity policy offered by Transamerica Life Insurance Company. This prospectus generally describes policies issued after May 1, 2003. Policies issued before that date may have different features (such as different death benefits or annuity payment options) and different charges. These differences are noted in Appendix D.

 

An annuity is a contract between you, the owner, and an insurance company (in this case Transamerica), where the insurance company promises to pay you an income in the form of annuity payments. These payments begin on a designated date, referred to as the annuity commencement date. Until the annuity commencement date, your annuity is in the accumulation phase and the earnings (if any) are tax deferred. Tax deferral means you generally are not taxed on your annuity until you take money out of your annuity. After you annuitize, your annuity switches to the income phase.

 

The policy is a flexible premium variable annuity. You can use the policy to accumulate funds for retirement or other long-term financial planning purposes. Your individual investment and your rights are determined primarily by your own policy.

 

The policy is a “flexible premium” annuity because after you purchase it, you can generally make additional investments of $50 or more until the annuity commencement date. You are not required to make any additional investments.

 

The policy is a “variable” annuity because the value of your investments can go up or down based on the performance of your investment choices. If you invest in the separate account, the amount of money you are able to accumulate in your policy during the accumulation phase depends upon the performance of your investment choices. You could lose the amount that you allocate to the separate account. The amount of annuity payments you receive during the income phase from the separate account also depends upon the investment performance of your investment choices for the income phase. However, if you annuitize under the Initial Payment Guarantee rider, then Transamerica will guarantee a minimum amount of your annuity payments. There is an extra charge for this rider.

 

The policy also contains a fixed account. The fixed account offers interest at rates that we guarantee will not decrease during the selected guaranteed period. There may be different interest rates for each different guaranteed period that you select.

 

2.    PURCHASE

 

Policy Issue Requirements

 

Transamerica will not issue a policy unless:

  Transamerica receives all information needed to issue the policy;
  Transamerica receives a minimum initial premium payment; and
  The annuitant, owner, and any joint owner are age 90 or younger (may be lower for qualified policies).

 

We reserve the right to reject any application or premium payment.

 

Premium Payments

 

You should make checks for premium payments payable only to Transamerica Life Insurance Company and send them to the administrative and service office. Your check must be honored in order for Transamerica to pay any associated payments and benefits due under the policy.

 

Initial Premium Requirements

 

The initial premium payment for nonqualified policies must be at least $15,000, and at least $1,000 for qualified policies. There generally is no minimum initial premium payment for policies issued under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code; however, your premium must be received within 90 days of the policy date or your policy will be canceled. We will credit your initial premium payment to your policy within two business days after the day we receive it and your complete policy information. If we are unable to credit your initial premium payment, we will contact you within five business days and explain

 

 

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why. We will also return your initial premium payment at that time unless you let us keep it and credit it as soon as possible.

 

The date on which we credit your initial premium payment to your policy is generally the policy date. The policy date is used to determine policy years, policy months and policy anniversaries.

 

There may be delays in our receipt of applications that are outside of our control (for example, because of the failure of the selling broker/dealer or sales agent to forward the application to us promptly, or because of delays in determining that the policy is suitable for you). Any such delays will affect when your policy can be issued and your premium allocated among your investment choices.

 

Additional Premium Payments

 

You are not required to make any additional premium payments. However, you can make additional premium payments as often as you like during the accumulation phase. Additional premium payments must be at least $50. We will credit additional premium payments to your policy as of the business day we receive your premium and required information. Additional premium payments must be received before the New York Stock Exchange closes to get the same-day pricing of the additional premium payment.

 

Maximum Total Premium Payments

 

Cumulative premium payments above $1,000,000 for issue ages 0-80 require prior approval by Transamerica. For issue ages over 80, cumulative premium payments above $500,000 require prior approval by Transamerica.

 

Allocation of Premium Payments

 

When you purchase a policy, we will allocate your premium payment to the investment choices you select. Your allocation must be in whole percentages and must total 100%. We will allocate additional premium payments the same way, unless you request a different allocation.

 

If you allocate premium payments to the dollar cost averaging program, you must give us instructions regarding the subaccount(s) to which transfers are to be made or we cannot accept your premium payment.

 

You may change allocations for future additional premium payments by sending us written instructions or by telephone, subject to the limitations described under “Telephone Transactions.” The allocation change will apply to premium payments received on or after the date we receive the change request.

 

You could lose the amount you allocate to the variable subaccounts.

 

Transamerica reserves the right to restrict or refuse any premium payment.

 

Policy Value

 

You should expect your policy value to change from valuation period to valuation period. A valuation period begins at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on each business day and ends at the close of regular trading on the next succeeding business day. A business day is each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. The New York Stock Exchange generally closes at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. Holidays are generally not business days.

 

3.    INVESTMENT CHOICES

 

The Separate Account

 

The following variable subaccounts are available under the policy for new investors. The subaccounts invest in shares of the various underlying fund portfolios.

 

The companies that provide investment advice and administrative services for the underlying fund portfolios offered through this policy are listed below. The following variable investment choices are currently offered through this policy:

 

AEGON/TRANSAMERICA SERIES FUND, INC.—SERVICE CLASS(1)

Subadvised by AEGON/Transamerica

Fund Advisers, Inc.

Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio(2)

Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio(3)

Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio(4)

Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio(5)

 

 

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Subadvised by Fred Alger Management, Inc.

Alger Aggressive Growth

Subadvised by American Century Investment

Management, Inc.

American Century Income & Growth

American Century International(6)

Subadvised by BlackRock Advisors, Inc.

BlackRock Global Science & Technology Opportunities(7)

Blackrock Mid Cap Growth

Subadvised by Capital Guardian Trust Company

Capital Guardian Global

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity

Capital Guardian Value

Subadvised by Clarion CRA Securities, LP

Clarion Real Estate Securities

Subadvised by Great Companies, L.L.C.

Great Companies—AmericaSM

Great Companies—Global2

Great Companies—TechnologySM

Subadvised by Janus Capital Management LLC(8)

Janus Balanced (A/T)

Janus Growth (A/T)(9)

Subadvised by Jennison Associates LLC

Jennison Growth

Subadvised by J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index

Subadvised by Banc of America Capital Management, LLC(10)

Marsico Growth(11)(12)

Subadvised by MFS® Investment Management

MFS High Yield

Subadvised by Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, Ltd.

PBHG Mid Cap Growth

Subadvised by Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, Ltd. and NWQ Investment Management Company, Inc.

PBHG/NWQ Value Select

Subadvised by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC

PIMCO Total Return

Subadvised by Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc.

Salomon All Cap

Subadvised by Transamerica Investment Management, LLC

Transamerica Convertible Securities

Transamerica Equity

Transamerica Growth Opportunities

Transamerica Money Market(13)

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities

 

Subadvised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

T. Rowe Price Equity Income

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock

T. Rowe Price Small Cap

Subadvised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc.

Van Kampen Active International Allocation

Van Kampen Asset Allocation

Subadvised by Van Kampen Asset Management Inc.

Van Kampen Emerging Growth

 

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS—SERIES II

Managed by A I M Advisors, Inc.

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC.—CLASS B(14)

Managed by Alliance Capital Management L.P.

AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio(15)

AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio(16)

 

JANUS ASPEN SERIES—SERVICE SHARES

Managed by Janus Capital Management LLC(8)

Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Growth Portfolio(17)

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Portfolio

 

MFS® VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUSTSM—  SERVICE CLASS

Managed by MFS® Investment Management

MFS New Discovery Series

MFS Total Return Series

 

VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND— SERVICE CLASS 2

Managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Growth Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Portfolio

 

(1)   As of May 1, 2003, new policyholders may only invest in the Service Class subaccounts. The Initial Class subaccounts are only available to policyholders that purchased the policy before May 1, 2003.
(2)   Formerly known as Conservative Asset Allocation.
(3)   Formerly known as Aggressive Asset Allocation.
(4)   Formerly known as Moderate Asset Allocation.

 

 

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(5)   Formerly known as Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation.
(6)   As of May 1, 2003, Gabelli Global Growth was merged into American Century International.
(7)   Formerly known as BlackRock Global Science & Technology.
(8)   Formerly known Janus Capital Corporation.
(9)   As of May 1, 2003, Janus Growth II was merged into Janus Growth.
(10)   Formerly subadvised by Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
(11)   Formerly known as Goldman Sachs Growth.
(12)   This subaccount was re-opened May 1, 2003. If you purchased your policy prior to May 1, 2003, you may only invest in the Initial Class shares. If you purchased your policy on May 1, 2003, or after, you may only invest in Service Class shares.
(13)   As of May 1, 2003, Van Kampen Money Market was merged into Transamerica Money Market.
(14)   Formerly known as Alliance Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. – Class B.
(15)   Formerly known as Alliance Growth & Income Portfolio.
(16)   Formerly known as Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio.
(17)   Formerly known as Janus Aspen – Aggressive Growth Portfolio.

 

As of May 1, 2003, new policy owners may only invest in the Service Class subaccounts of the AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc. The Initial Class subaccounts of the AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc. are only available to owners that purchased the policy before May 1, 2003. The Service Class of the AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc. has a Rule 12b-1 Plan and the Initial Class does not.

 

The following subaccount is only available to owners that held an investment in this subaccount on September 1, 2000. However, if any such owner surrenders all of his or her money from this subaccount after September 1, 2000, that owner may not reinvest in this subaccount.

 

AEGON/TRANSAMERICA SERIES FUND, INC.  (“A/T”)—INITIAL CLASS

Subadvised by Janus Capital Management LLC(1)

Janus Global

 

 

(1)   Formerly known Janus Capital Corporation.

 

The following subaccounts are only available to owners that held an investment in those subaccounts on May 1, 2002. However, if any such owner surrenders all of his or her money from these subaccounts after May 1, 2002, that owner may not reinvest in those subaccounts.

 

AEGON/TRANSAMERICA SERIES FUND, INC.— INITIAL CLASS

Subadvised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth(1)

 

JANUS ASPEN SERIES – SERVICE SHARES

Managed by Janus Capital Management, LLC(2)

Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Value Portfolio(3)

 

VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND—

SERVICE CLASS 2

Managed by Fidelity Management &

Research Company

Fidelity—VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio

 

(1)   As of May 1, 2003, T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth was merged into T. Rowe Price Equity Income.
(2)   Formerly known Janus Capital Corporation.
(3)   As of May 1, 2003, Janus Aspen—Strategic Value Portfolio merged into Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Value Portfolio.

 

The following subaccount is only available to owners that held an investment in this subaccount on July 1, 2002. However, if any such owner surrenders all of his or her money from this subaccount after July 1, 2002, that owner may not reinvest in this subaccount.

 

AEGON/TRANSAMERICA SERIES FUND, INC.

(“A/T”)—INITIAL CLASS

Subadvised by The Dreyfus Corporation

Dreyfus Small Cap Value

 

The general public may not purchase shares of these underlying fund portfolios. The names and investment objectives and policies may be similar to other portfolios managed by the same investment adviser or manager that are sold directly to the public. You should not expect that the investment results of the underlying fund portfolios to be the same as those of other portfolios.

 

 

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More detailed information, including an explanation of the portfolio’s fees and investment objectives, may be found in the current prospectuses for the underlying funds portfolios, which accompany this prospectus. You should read the prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios carefully before you invest.

 

We may receive expense reimbursements or other revenues from the underlying fund portfolios or their managers. The amount of these reimbursements or revenues, if any, may be substantial and may be different for different portfolios and may be based on the amount of assets that Transamerica or the separate account invests in the underlying fund portfolios.

 

We do not guarantee that any of the subaccounts will always be available for premium payments, allocations, or transfers. See the SAI for more information concerning the possible addition, deletion, or substitution of investments.

 

The Fixed Account

 

Premium payments allocated and amounts transferred to the fixed account become part of Transamerica’s general account. Interests in the general account have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”), nor is the general account registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act. Accordingly, neither the general account nor any interests therein are generally subject to the provisions of the 1933 or 1940 Acts.

 

While we do not guarantee that the fixed account will always be available for investment, we guarantee that the interest credited to the fixed account will not be less than the guaranteed minimum effective annual interest rate shown on your policy specification page (the “guaranteed minimum”). We determine credited rates, which are guaranteed for at least one year, in our sole discretion. You bear the risk that we will not credit interest greater than the guaranteed minimum. At the end of a guaranteed period option, the value in that guaranteed period option will automatically be transferred into a new guaranteed period option of the same length (or the next shorter period if the same period is no longer offered) at the current interest rate for that period. You can transfer to another investment choice by giving us notice within 30 days before the end of the expiring guaranteed period.

 

Full and partial surrenders from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account are generally subject to an excess interest adjustment (except at the end of the guaranteed period). This adjustment will also be made to amounts that you apply to an annuity payment option. This adjustment may increase or decrease the amount of interest credited to your policy. The excess interest adjustment will not decrease the interest credited to your policy below the guaranteed minimum, however.

 

We also guarantee that upon full surrender your cash value attributable to the fixed account will not be less than the amount required by the applicable nonforfeiture law at the time the policy is issued.

 

If you select the fixed account, your money will be placed with Transamerica’s other general assets. The amount of money you are able to accumulate in the fixed account during the accumulation phase depends upon the total interest credited. The amount of annuity payments you receive during the income phase from the fixed portion of your policy will remain level for the entire income phase.

 

We reserve the right to refuse any premium payment to the fixed account.

 

Transfers

 

During the accumulation phase, you may make transfers to or from any subaccount or to the fixed account as often as you wish within certain limitations.

 

Transfers out of a guaranteed period option of the fixed account are limited to the following:

  Transfers at the end of a guaranteed period. No excess interest adjustment will apply.
  Transfers of amounts equal to interest credited. This may affect your overall interest-crediting rate, because transfers are deemed to come from the oldest premium payment first.

 

 

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  Other than at the end of a guaranteed period, transfers of amounts from the guaranteed period option in excess of amounts equal to interest credited are subject to an excess interest adjustment. If it is a negative adjustment, the maximum amount you can transfer in any one policy year is 25% of the amount in that guaranteed period option, less any previous transfer during the current policy year. If it is a positive adjustment, we do not limit the amount that you can transfer.

 

Each transfer must be at least $500, or the entire subaccount value. Transfers of interest from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account, must be at least $50. If less than $500 remains, as a result of the transfer, then we reserve the right to include that amount in the transfer. Transfers must be received while the New York Stock Exchange is open to get same-day pricing of the transaction.

 

We reserve the right to prohibit transfers to the fixed account.

 

The number of transfers permitted may be limited and a $10 charge per transfer may apply.

 

During the income phase, you may transfer values out of any subaccount; however, you cannot transfer values out of the fixed account. The minimum amount that can be transferred during this phase is the lesser of $10 of monthly income, or the entire monthly income of the annuity units in the subaccount from which the transfer is being made.

 

Transfers made by telephone are subject to the limitations described below under “Telephone Transactions.”

 

Market Timing.  The policy you are purchasing was not designed for professional market timing organizations or other persons that use programmed, large, or frequent transfers. The use of such transfers may be disruptive to the underlying fund portfolio and increase transaction costs. We reserve the right to reject any premium payment or transfer request from any person, if, in our judgment, the payment or transfer or series of transfers would have a negative impact on an underlying fund portfolio’s operations, if an underlying fund portfolio would reject our purchase order, or because of a history of frequent transfers. We may impose other restrictions on transfers or even prohibit them for any owner who, in our view, has abused or appears likely to abuse the transfer privilege. We may, at any time, discontinue transfer privileges, modify our procedures, or limit the number of transfers we permit.

 

We do not permit market timing. Do not purchase this policy if you are a market timer.

 

4.    PERFORMANCE

 

Transamerica periodically advertises performance of the various subaccounts. Performance figures might not reflect charges for options, riders or endorsements. We may disclose at least three different kinds of performance. First, we may calculate performance by determining the percentage change in the value of an accumulation unit by dividing the increase (decrease) for that unit by the value of the accumulation unit at the beginning of the period. This performance number reflects the deduction of the mortality and expense risk fees and administrative charges. It does not reflect the deduction of any applicable premium taxes or fees for any optional riders or endorsements. The deduction of any applicable premium taxes or rider fees would reduce the percentage increase or make greater any percentage decrease.

 

Second, advertisements may also include total return figures, which reflect the deduction of the mortality and expense risk fees and administrative charges.

 

Third, in addition, for certain investment portfolios, performance may be shown for the period commencing from the inception date of the investment portfolio (i.e., before commencement of subaccount operations). These figures should not be interpreted to reflect actual historical performance of the subaccounts.

 

We also may, from time to time, include in our advertising and sales materials, the performance of other funds or accounts managed by the subadviser, the performance of predecessors to

 

 

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the underlying fund portfolios, tax deferred compounding charts and other hypothetical illustrations, which may include, comparisons of currently taxable and tax deferred investment programs, based on selected tax brackets.

 

Appendix B to this prospectus contains past performance information that you may find useful. It is divided into various parts, depending upon the type of performance information shown. Past performance is no indication of future performance; future performance will vary and future results will not be the same as the results shown.

 

5.    EXPENSES

 

There are charges and expenses associated with your policy that reduce the return on your investment in the policy.

 

Excess Interest Adjustment

 

Surrenders and transfers from the fixed account may be subject to an excess interest adjustment. This adjustment could retroactively reduce the interest credited in the fixed account to the guaranteed minimum or increase the amount credited. This adjustment may also apply to amounts applied to an annuity payment option.

 

Mortality and Expense Risk Fees

 

We charge a daily fee as compensation for bearing certain mortality and expense risks under the policy. This fee is assessed daily based on the net asset value of each subaccount. Examples of such risks include a guarantee of annuity rates, the death benefits, certain expenses of the policy, and assuming the risk that the current charges will be insufficient in the future to cover costs of administering the policy.

 

During the accumulation phase for the Return of Premium Death Benefit, the daily mortality and expense risk fee is at an annual rate of 1.50%; for the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit the daily mortality and expense risk fee is 0.20% higher at an annual rate of 1.70% and for the Double Enhanced Death Benefit, the mortality and expense risk fee is 0.50% higher at an annual rate of 2.00%. During the income phase, the mortality and expense risk fee is at an annual rate of 1.10%.

 

 

If this charge does not cover our actual costs, we absorb the loss. Conversely, if the charge more than covers actual costs, the excess is added to our surplus. We expect to profit from this charge. We may use any profit for any proper purpose, including distribution expenses.

 

Administrative Charges

 

We deduct a daily administrative charge to cover the costs of administering the policy (including certain distribution- related expenses). This charge is at an annual rate of 0.15% of the daily net asset value of each subaccount during both the accumulation phase and the income phase.

 

In addition, an annual service charge of $35 (but not more than 2% of the policy value) is charged on each policy anniversary and at surrender. The service charge is waived if your policy value or the sum of your premiums, less all partial surrenders, is at least $50,000.

 

Premium Taxes

 

Some states assess premium taxes on the premium payments you make. We currently do not deduct for these taxes at the time you make a premium payment. However, we will deduct the total amount of premium taxes, if any, from the policy value when:

  you begin receiving annuity payments;
  you surrender the policy; or
  a death benefit is paid.

 

Generally, premium taxes range from 0% to 3.50%, depending on the state.

 

Federal, State and Local Taxes

 

We may in the future deduct charges from the policy for any taxes we incur because of the policy. However, no deductions are being made at the present time.

 

Transfer Fee

 

You are allowed to make 12 free transfers per year before the annuity commencement date. If you make more than 12 transfers per year, we reserve the right to charge $10 for each additional transfer. Premium payments, Asset Rebalancing

 

 

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and Dollar Cost Averaging transfers do not count as one of your 12 fee transfers per year. All transfer requests made at the same time are treated as a single request.

 

Initial Payment Guarantee

 

If you elect the Initial Payment Guarantee at the time of annuitization, there is a rider fee currently at an annual rate of 1.25% of the daily net asset value. This fee may be higher or lower at the time you annuitize and elect the rider.

 

Additional Death Distribution

 

If you elect the Additional Death Distribution, there is an annual rider fee during the accumulation phase of 0.25% of the policy value. The rider fee will be deducted on each rider anniversary and upon termination of the rider (once we have received all necessary regulatory approvals) during the accumulation phase.

 

Life with Emergency CashSM Surrender Charge

 

If you select the Life with Emergency CashSM annuity payment option, then you can surrender your policy even after annuity payments have begun. However, there is a surrender charge during the first four years after the annuity commencement date. The following schedule shows the current surrender charge:

 

Number of Years
Since Annuity
Commencement Date

    

Surrender Charge

(as a percentage of adjusted policy value)


0–1

    

4%

1–2

    

3%

2–3

    

2%

3–4

    

1%

more than 4

    

0%

 

Note carefully the following three things about this surrender charge:

  this surrender charge is measured from the annuity commencement date and not from the premium payment date;
  this surrender charge is a percentage of the adjusted policy value applied to the Life with Emergency CashSM annuity payment option, and not a percentage of premium; and

 

  under this payment option, there is no surrender charge free amount.

 

Portfolio Fees and Expenses

 

The value of the assets in each subaccount will reflect the fees and expenses paid by the underlying fund portfolios. The minimum and maximum fund expenses for the previous calendar year are found in the “Fee Table” section of this prospectus. See the prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios for more information.

 

6.    ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

 

During the accumulation phase, you can have access to the money in your policy in the following ways:

  by making a surrender (either a complete or partial surrender); or
  by taking systematic payouts.

 

Surrenders

 

If you take a complete surrender, you will receive your cash value.

 

If you want to take a partial surrender, in most cases it must be for at least $500. Unless you tell us otherwise, we will take the surrender from each of the investment choices in proportion to the policy value.

 

Remember that any surrender you take will reduce the policy value and the amount of the death benefit. See Section 8, Death Benefit, for more details. A surrender may also reduce other benefits.

 

Surrenders from the fixed account may be subject to an excess interest adjustment. Income taxes, federal tax penalties and certain restrictions may apply to any surrenders you make.

 

Surrenders from qualified policies may be restricted or prohibited.

 

During the income phase, you will receive annuity payments under the annuity payment option you select; however, you generally may not take any other surrenders, either complete or partial, unless you elect a Life with Emergency CashSM payment option.

 

 

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Delay of Payment and Transfers

 

Payment of any amount due from the separate account for a surrender, a death benefit, or the death of the owner of a nonqualified policy, will generally occur within seven days from the date we receive all required information. We may defer such payment from the separate account if:

Ÿ   the New York Stock Exchange is closed other than for usual weekends or holidays or trading on the Exchange is otherwise restricted; or
Ÿ   an emergency exists as defined by the SEC or the SEC requires that trading be restricted; or
Ÿ   the SEC permits a delay for the protection of owners.

 

In addition, transfers of amounts from the subaccounts may be deferred under these circumstances.

 

Federal laws designed to counter terrorism and prevent money laundering by criminals might in certain circumstances require us to reject a premium payment and/or “freeze” a policy owner’s account. If these laws apply in a particular situation, we would not be allowed to pay any request for withdrawals, surrenders, or death benefits, make transfers, or continue making annuity payments absent instructions from the appropriate federal regulator. We may be required to provide information about you and your policy to government agencies or departments.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of certain state laws, we reserve the right to defer payment of the cash value from the fixed account for up to six months. We may defer payment of any amount until your premium check has cleared your bank.

 

Excess Interest Adjustment

 

Money that you transfer out of or surrender from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account before the end of its guaranteed period (the number of years you specified the money would remain in the guaranteed period option) may be subject to an excess interest adjustment. At the time you request a transfer or surrender (either full or partial), if interest rates set by Transamerica have risen since the date of the initial guarantee, the excess interest adjustment will result in a lower cash value on surrender or transfer. However, if interest rates have fallen since the date of the initial guarantee, the excess interest adjustment will result in a higher cash value on surrender or transfer.

 

Generally, all surrenders from a guaranteed period option in excess of the cumulative interest credited are subject to an excess interest adjustment. An excess interest adjustment may also be made on amounts applied to an annuity payment option.

 

There will be no excess interest adjustment on any of the following:

Ÿ   surrenders of cumulative interest credited;
Ÿ   Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option surrenders;
Ÿ   Unemployment Waiver surrenders;
Ÿ   surrenders to satisfy any minimum distribution requirements; and
Ÿ   Systematic Payout Option payments, which do not exceed the cumulative interest credited at the time of payment.

 

Please note that in these circumstances you will not receive a higher cash value if interest rates have fallen nor will you receive a lower cash value if interest rates have risen.

 

The excess interest adjustment may vary for certain policies and may not be applicable for all policies.

 

7.    ANNUITY PAYMENTS (THE INCOME PHASE)

 

You choose the annuity commencement date. You can change this date by giving us written notice 30 days before the current annuity commencement date. The new annuity commencement date must be at least 30 days after we receive notice of the change. The latest annuity commencement date cannot be after the policy month following the month in which the annuitant attains age 95. The earliest annuity commencement date is 30 days after you purchase your policy.

 

Before the annuity commencement date, if the annuitant is alive, you may choose an annuity

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annuitant dies before the annuity commencement date, the beneficiary may elect to receive the death benefit in a lump sum or under one of the annuity payment options (unless you become the new annuitant).

 

Unless you specify otherwise, the annuitant will receive the annuity payments. After the annuitant’s death, the beneficiary will receive any remaining guaranteed payments.

 

Annuity Payment Options

 

The policy provides several annuity payment options that are described below. You may choose any combination of annuity payment options. We will use your cash value to provide these annuity payments. If the cash value on the annuity commencement date is less than $2,000, we reserve the right to pay it in one lump sum in lieu of applying it under an annuity payment option. You can receive annuity payments monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. (We reserve the right to change the frequency if payments would be less than $50.)

 

Unless you choose to receive variable payments, the amount of each payment will be set on the annuity commencement date and will not change. You may, however, choose to receive variable payments. The dollar amount of the first variable payment will be determined in accordance with the annuity payment rates set forth in the applicable table contained in the policy. The dollar amount of additional variable payments will vary based on the investment performance of the subaccount(s). The dollar amount of each variable payment after the first may increase, decrease, or remain constant. If the actual investment performance (net of fees and expenses) exactly matched the assumed investment return of 5% at all times, the amount of each variable annuity payment would remain equal. If actual investment performance (net of fees and expenses) exceeds the assumed investment return, the amount of the variable annuity payments would increase. Conversely, if actual investment performance (net of fees and expenses) is lower than the assumed investment return, the amount of the variable annuity payments would decrease. Please note that these changes only occur annually under the Initial Payment Guarantee.

 

 

A charge for premium taxes and an excess interest adjustment may be made when annuity payments begin.

 

The annuity payment options are explained below. Options 1, 2, and 3 are fixed only. Options 4 and 5 can be fixed or variable.

 

Payment Option 1—Interest Payments. We will pay the interest on the amount we use to provide annuity payments in equal payments, or this amount may be left to accumulate for a period of time to which you and Transamerica agree. You and Transamerica will agree on surrender rights when you elect this option.

 

Payment Option 2—Income for a Specified Period. We will make level payments only for a fixed period. No funds will remain at the end of the period.

 

Payment Option 3—Income of a Specified Amount. Payments are made for any specified amount until the amount applied to this option, with interest, is exhausted. This will be a series of level payments followed by a smaller final payment.

 

Payment Option 4—Life Income. You may choose between:

Ÿ   No Period Certain (fixed or variable)—Payments will be made only during the annuitant’s lifetime.
Ÿ   10 Years Certain (fixed or variable)—Payments will be made for the longer of the annuitant’s lifetime or ten years.
Ÿ   Guaranteed Return of Policy Proceeds (fixed only)—Payments will be made for the longer of the annuitant’s lifetime or until the total dollar amount of payments we made to you equals the amount applied to this option.
 

Life with Emergency CashSM (fixed or variable)—Payments will be made during the annuitant’s lifetime. With the Life with Emergency CashSM feature, you are able to surrender all or a portion of the Life with Emergency CashSM benefit. The amount you surrender must be at least $2,500. We will provide you with a Life with Emergency CashSM benefit schedule that will assist you in estimating the amount you have available to surrender. A partial surrender will reduce all

 

 

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future payments pro rata. A surrender charge may apply and there may be tax consequences (consult a tax advisor before requesting a full or partial surrender). The maximum surrender charge is 4% of the annuitized amount (see “Expenses” for the surrender charge schedule). The Life with Emergency CashSM benefit will continue through age 100 of the annuitant. The Life with Emergency CashSM benefit is also a death benefit that is paid upon the death of the annuitant. (For qualified policies the death benefit ceases at the date the annuitant reaches the IRS age limitation.)

 

Payment Option 5—Joint and Survivor Annuity. You may choose between:

  No Period Certain (fixed or variable)—Payments are made during the joint lifetime of the annuitant and a joint annuitant of your selection. Payments will be made as long as either person is living.
  Life with Emergency CashSM (fixed or variable)—Payments will be made during the joint lifetime of the annuitant and a joint annuitant of your selection. Payments will be made as long as either person is living. With the Life with Emergency CashSM feature, you are able to surrender all or a portion of the Life with Emergency CashSM benefit. The amount you surrender must be at least $2,500. We will provide you with a Life with Emergency CashSM benefit schedule that will assist you in estimating the amount you have available to surrender. A partial surrender will reduce all future payments pro rata. A surrender charge may apply and there may be tax consequences (consult a tax advisor before requesting a full or partial surrender). The maximum surrender charge is 4% of the annuitized amount (see “Expenses” for the surrender charge schedule). The Life with Emergency CashSM benefit will continue through age 100 of the surviving joint annuitant. The Life with Emergency CashSM benefit is also a death benefit that is paid upon the death of the surviving joint annuitant. (For qualified policies the death benefit ceases at the date the surviving joint annuitant reaches the IRS age limitation.)

 

 

Other annuity payment options may be arranged by agreement with Transamerica. Certain annuity payment options may not be available in all states.

 

NOTE CAREFULLY:

 

IF:

  you choose Life Income with No Period Certain or a Joint and Survivor Annuity with No Period Certain; and
  the annuitant(s) dies before the due date of the second (third, fourth, etc.) annuity payment;

THEN:

  we may make only one (two, three, etc.) annuity payments.

 

IF:

  you choose Income for a Specified Period, Life Income with 10 years Certain, Life Income with Guaranteed Return of Policy Proceeds, or Income of a Specified Amount; and
  the person receiving payments dies prior to the end of the guaranteed period;

THEN:

  the remaining guaranteed payments will be continued to that person’s beneficiary, or their present value may be paid in a single sum.

 

However, IF:

  You choose Life with Emergency CashSM; and
  The annuitant dies before age 101.

THEN:

  A Life with Emergency CashSM death benefit will be paid.

 

We will not pay interest on amounts represented by uncashed annuity payment checks if the postal or other delivery service is unable to deliver checks to the payee’s address of record. The person receiving payments is responsible for keeping Transamerica informed of their current address.

 

8.    DEATH BENEFIT

 

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during the accumulation phase. If there is a surviving owner(s) when the annuitant dies, the surviving owner(s) will receive the death benefit instead of the listed beneficiary. The person receiving the death benefit may choose an annuity payment option, or may choose to receive a lump sum.

 

When We Pay A Death Benefit

 

We will pay a death benefit IF:

  you are both the annuitant and sole owner of the policy; and
  you die before the annuity commencement date.

 

We will pay a death benefit to you (owner) IF:

  you are not the annuitant; and
  the annuitant dies before the annuity commencement date.

 

If the only person receiving the death benefit is the surviving spouse, then he or she may elect to continue the policy as the new annuitant and owner, instead of receiving the death benefit.

 

When We Do Not Pay A Death Benefit

 

We will not pay a death benefit IF:

  you are not the annuitant; and
  you die prior to the annuity commencement date.

 

Please note, distribution requirements apply to the policy value upon the death of any owner. Generally, the new owner (unless it is the deceased owner’s spouse) must surrender the policy within five years of your death for the adjusted policy value minus any applicable rider fees. These requirements are detailed in the SAI.

 

Deaths After the Annuity Commencement Date

 

The death benefit payable, if any, on or after the annuity commencement date depends on the annuity payment option selected.

 

IF:

  you are not the annuitant; and
  you die on or after the annuity commencement date; and

 

  the entire interest in the policy has not been paid to you;

THEN:

  the remaining portion of such interest in the policy will be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of your death.

 

IF:

  You are receiving annuity payments under the Life with Emergency CashSM; and
  The annuitant dies before age 101;

THEN:

  A Life with Emergency CashSM death benefit will be paid.

 

Spousal Continuation

 

IF:

  the surviving spouse of the deceased owner (as beneficiary or sole-surviving owner) elects to continue the policy instead of receiving the death benefit; and
  the guaranteed minimum death benefit is greater than the policy value;

THEN:

  we will increase the policy value to be equal to the guaranteed minimum death benefit. This increase is made only at the time the surviving spouse elects to continue the policy and the guaranteed minimum death benefit will continue as applicable.

 

Succession of Ownership

 

If any owner dies during the accumulation phase, the person or entity first listed below who is alive or in existence on the date of that death will become the new owner:

  any surviving owner;
  primary beneficiary;
  contingent beneficiary; or
  owner’s estate.

 

Amount of Death Benefit

 

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you bought the policy. The death benefit will generally be the greatest of:

  policy value on the date we receive the required information; or
  cash value on the date we receive the required information (this will be more than the policy value if there is a positive excess interest adjustment); or
  guaranteed minimum death benefit (discussed below), plus premium payments, less adjusted partial surrenders from the date of death to the date the death benefit is paid.

 

Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit

 

NOTE: The following generally applies, depending on the state of issue, to policies issued after May 1, 2003. For other policies, see Appendix D.

 

On the policy application, you generally may choose one of the guaranteed minimum death benefit options listed below (age limitations may apply).

 

After the policy is issued, you cannot make an election and the death benefit cannot be changed.

 

A. Double Enhanced Death Benefit

 

The death benefit under this option is the greater of 1 or 2 below:

 

1. The 6% Annually Compounding through age 80 Death Benefit is:

  the total premium payments; less
  any adjusted partial surrenders; plus
  interest at an effective annual rate of 6% from the premium payment date or surrender date to the earlier of the annuitant’s date of death or the annuitant’s 81st birthday.

2. The Monthly Step-Up through age 80 Death Benefit is equal to:

  the largest policy value on the policy date or on any monthly anniversary prior to the earlier of the annuitant’s date of death or the annuitant’s 81st birthday; plus
  any premium payments subsequent to the date of any monthly anniversary with the largest policy value; minus
  any adjusted partial surrenders subsequent to the date of the monthly anniversary with the largest policy value.

 

 

This benefit is not available if the owner or annuitant is age 71 or older on the policy date. There is an extra charge for this death benefit of 0.50% annually, for a total mortality and expense risk fee of 2.00%.

 

B. Annual Step-Up Death Benefit

 

On each policy anniversary before your 81st birthday, a new “stepped-up” death benefit is determined and becomes the guaranteed minimum death benefit for that policy year. The death benefit is equal to:

  the largest policy value on the policy date or on any policy anniversary before the earlier of the date of the annuitant’s death or the annuitant’s 81st birthday; plus
  any premium payments since that date; minus
  any adjusted partial surrenders since that date.

 

The Annual Step-Up Death Benefit is not available if the annuitant is 76 or older on the policy date. There is an extra charge for this death benefit of 0.20% annually, for a total mortality and expense risk fee of 1.70%.

 

C. Return of Premium Death Benefit

 

The Return of Premium Death Benefit is:

  total premium payments; less
  any adjusted partial surrenders as of the date of death.

 

The Return of Premium Death Benefit will be in effect if you do not choose another death benefit option on the policy application.

 

The Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit may vary for certain policies and may not be available for all policies.

 

Adjusted Partial Surrender

 

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generally be the case if the guaranteed minimum death benefit exceeds the policy value at the time of surrender. It is also possible that if a death benefit is paid after you have made a partial surrender, then the total amount paid could be less than the total premium payments. We have included a detailed explanation of this adjustment in the SAI. This is referred to as “adjusted partial surrender” in your policy.

 

9.    TAXES

 

NOTE: Transamerica has prepared the following information on federal income taxes as a general discussion of the subject. It is not intended as tax advice to any individual. You should consult your own tax adviser about your own circumstances. Transamerica has included an additional discussion regarding taxes in the SAI.

 

Annuity Policies in General

 

Deferred annuity policies are a way of setting aside money for future needs like retirement. Congress recognized how important saving for retirement is and provided special rules in the Internal Revenue Code for annuities.

 

Simply stated, these rules generally provide that you will not be taxed on the earnings, if any, on the money held in your annuity policy until you take the money out. This is referred to as tax deferral. There are different rules as to how you will be taxed depending on how you take the money out and the type of policy—qualified or nonqualified (discussed below).

 

You will not be taxed on increases in the value of your policy until a distribution occurs—either as a surrender or as annuity payments and tax deferral will not apply.

 

When a non-natural person (e.g., corporation or certain other entities other than tax-qualified trusts) owns a nonqualified policy, the policy will generally not be treated as an annuity for tax purposes and tax deferral will not apply.

 

Qualified and Nonqualified Policies

 

If you purchase the policy under an individual retirement annuity, a pension plan, or specially sponsored program, your policy is referred to as a qualified policy.

 

Qualified policies are issued in connection with the following plans:

  Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA): A traditional IRA allows individuals to make contributions, which may be deductible, to the contract. A Roth IRA also allows individuals to make contributions to the contract, but it does not allow a deduction for contributions, and distributions may be tax-free if the owner meets certain rules.
  Tax-Sheltered Annuity (403(b) Plan): A 403(b) Plan may be made available to employees of certain public school systems and tax-exempt organizations and permits contributions to the contract on a pre-tax basis.
  Corporate Pension and Profit-Sharing and H.R. 10 Plan: Employers and self-employed individuals can establish pension or profit-sharing plans for their employees or themselves and make contributions to the contract on a pre-tax basis.
  Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan): Certain governmental and tax-exempt organizations can establish a plan to defer compensation on behalf of their employees through contributions to the contract.

 

The policy may contain death benefit features that in some cases may exceed the greater of the premium payments or the policy value. The death benefit could be characterized as an incidental benefit, the amount of which is limited in any pension or profit-sharing plan or 403(b) plan. Because the death benefit may exceed this limitation, anyone using the policy in connection with such plans should consult their tax adviser. The Internal Revenue Service has not reviewed the contract for qualification as an IRA, and has not addressed in a ruling of general applicability whether the death benefit provision, such as the provision in the contract, comports with IRA qualification requirements.

 

If you purchase the policy as an individual and not under an individual retirement annuity, 403(b) plan, 457 plan, or pension or profit sharing plan, your policy is referred to as a nonqualified policy.

 

 

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Surrenders—Qualified Policies

 

The information herein describing the taxation of nonqualified policies does not apply to qualified policies. There are special rules that govern with respect to qualified policies. Generally, these rules restrict:

  the amount that can be contributed to the policy during any year;
  the time when amounts can be paid from the policy; and
  the amount of any death benefit that may be allowed.

 

In addition, a penalty tax may be assessed on amounts surrendered from the policy prior to the date you reach age 59 1/2, unless you meet one of the exceptions to this rule. You may also be required to begin taking minimum distributions from the policy by a certain date. The terms of the plan may limit the rights otherwise available to you under the policies. We have provided more information in the SAI.

 

You should consult your legal counsel or tax adviser if you are considering purchasing a policy for use with any qualified policy or other retirement plan.

 

Surrenders—403(b) Policies

 

The Internal Revenue Code limits surrenders from certain 403(b) policies. Surrenders can generally only be made when an owner:

  reaches age 59 1/2;
  leaves his/her job;
  dies;
  becomes disabled (as that term is defined in the Internal Revenue Code); or
  declares hardship. However, in the case of hardship, the owner can only surrender the premium payments and not any earnings.

 

Diversification and Distribution Requirements

 

The Internal Revenue Code provides that the underlying investments for a variable annuity must satisfy certain diversification requirements in order to be treated as an annuity. The policy must also meet certain distribution requirements at the death of an owner in order to be treated as an annuity. These diversification and distribution requirements are discussed in the SAI. Transamerica may modify the policy to attempt to maintain favorable tax treatment.

 

Surrenders—Nonqualified Policies

 

If you make a surrender (including Systematic Payouts) from a nonqualified policy before the annuity commencement date, the Internal Revenue Code treats that surrender as first coming from earnings and then from your premium payments. When you make a surrender you are taxed on the amount of the surrender that is earnings. (The excess interest adjustment resulting from the surrender may affect the amount on which you are taxed, but the tax treatment of excess interest adjustments is uncertain. You should consult a tax advisor if a surrender results in an excess interest adjustment.) If you make a full surrender, you are generally taxed on the amount that your surrender proceeds exceeds the “investment in the contract,” which is generally your premiums paid (adjusted for any prior surrenders or portions thereof that were not taxable). Different rules apply for annuity payments. See “Annuity Payments” below.

 

The Internal Revenue Code also provides that surrendered earnings may be subject to a penalty tax. The amount of the penalty tax is equal to 10% of the amount that is includable in income. Some surrenders will be exempt from the penalty tax. They include any amounts:

  paid on or after the taxpayer reaches age 59½;
  paid after an owner dies;
  paid if the taxpayer becomes totally disabled (as that term is defined in the Internal Revenue Code);
  paid in a series of substantially equal payments made annually (or more frequently) under a lifetime annuity;
  paid under an immediate annuity; or
  which come from premium payments made prior to August 14, 1982.

 

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amount includable in the owner’s income when a taxable distribution occurs.

 

Taxation of Death Benefit Proceeds

 

Amounts may be distributed from the policy because of the death of an owner or the annuitant. Generally, such amounts should be includable in the income of the recipient:

  if distributed in a lump sum, these amounts are taxed in the same manner as a full surrender; or
  if distributed under an annuity payment option, these amounts are taxed in the same manner as annuity payments.

 

Annuity Payments

 

Although the tax consequences may vary depending on the annuity payment option you select, in general, for nonqualified policies, only a portion of the annuity payments you receive will be includable in your gross income.

 

In general, the excludable portion of each annuity payment you receive will be determined as follows:

  Fixed payments—by dividing the “investment in the contract” on the annuity commencement date by the total expected value of the annuity payments for the term of the payments. This is the percentage of each annuity payment that is excludable.
  Variable payments—by dividing the “investment in the contract” on the annuity commencement date by the total number of expected periodic payments. This is the amount of each annuity payment that is excludable.

 

The remainder of each annuity payment is includable in gross income. Once the “investment in the contract” has been fully recovered, the full amount of any additional annuity payments is includable in gross income.

 

If you select more than one annuity payment option, special rules govern the allocation of the policy’s entire “investment in the contract” to each such option, for purposes of determining the excludable amount of each payment received under that option. We advise you to consult a competent tax adviser as to the potential tax effects of allocating amounts to any particular annuity payment option.

 

If, after the annuity commencement date, annuity payments stop because an annuitant died, the excess (if any) of the “investment in the contract” as of the annuity commencement date over the aggregate amount of annuity payments received that was excluded from gross income may possibly be allowable as a deduction for your last taxable year.

 

It is unclear whether stabilized annuity payments under the Initial Payment Guarantee should be treated as fixed annuity payments or variable annuity payments for federal income tax purposes. In addition, stabilized annuity payments may not qualify as a series of substantial equal payments that would be exempt from any applicable penalty tax. You should consult a tax adviser on these issues.

 

Annuity Contracts Purchased by Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Corporations

 

The discussion above provided general information (but not tax advice) regarding U.S. federal income tax consequences to annuity owners that are U.S. persons. Taxable distributions made to owners who are not U.S. persons will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax withholding at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies. In addition, distributions may be subject to state and/or municipal taxes and taxes that may be imposed by the owner’s country of citizenship or residence. Prospective foreign owners are advised to consult with a qualified tax adviser regarding U.S., state, and foreign taxation for any annuity policy purchase.

 

Transfers, Assignments or Exchanges of Policies

 

A transfer of ownership or assignment of a policy, the designation of an annuitant or payee or other beneficiary who is not also the owner, the selection of certain annuity commencement dates, or a change of annuitant, may result in certain income or gift tax consequences to the owner that are beyond the scope of this discussion. An owner contemplating any such transfer,

 

 

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assignment, selection, or change should contact a competent tax adviser with respect to the potential tax effects of such a transaction.

 

Possible Tax Law Changes

 

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

 

Separate Account Charges

 

It is possible that the Internal Revenue Service may take a position that fees for certain optional benefits (e.g., death benefits other than the Return of Premium death benefit) are deemed to be taxable distributions to you. In particular, the Internal Revenue Service may treat fees associated with the Additional Death Distribution rider as a taxable surrender, which might also be subject to a tax penalty if the surrender occurs prior to age 59 ½. Although we do not believe that the fees associated with the Additional Death Distribution rider or any other optional benefit provided under the policy should be treated as taxable surrenders, the tax rules associated with these benefits are unclear and we advise that you consult your tax advisor prior to selecting any optional benefit under the policy.

 

10.     ADDITIONAL FEATURES

 

Systematic Payout Option

 

You can select at any time (during the accumulation phase) to receive regular payments from your policy by using the Systematic Payout Option. Under this option, you can receive the greater of (1) and (2), divided by the number of payouts made per year, where:

(1)   is up to 10% (annually) of your premium; and
(2)   is any gains in the policy.

 

Any payment in excess of the cumulative interest credited at the time of the payment may be subject to an excess interest adjustment.

 

Payments can be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually and will not begin until one payment period from the date we receive your instructions. Each payment must be at least $50. Monthly and quarterly payments must be made by electronic funds transfer directly to your checking or savings account.

 

If you request an additional surrender while a Systematic Payout Option is in effect, the Systematic Payout Option will terminate.

 

There is no charge for this benefit.

 

Income Benefit Programs

 

The Family Income Protector and Managed Annuity Programs are no longer available for new sales, but if you have previously elected one of these benefits you can still upgrade. If you upgrade your minimum annuitization value or minimum income base, you will generally receive the Managed Annuity Program II. See Appendix C for more information.

 

Initial Payment Guarantee

 

You may only elect to purchase the Initial Payment Guarantee at the time you annuitize your policy. You cannot delete this payment guarantee (or eliminate the charge for it) after you have elected it. The guarantee only applies to variable annuity payments. There is an additional charge for this guarantee.

 

The Initial Payment Guarantee does not establish or guarantee the performance of any subaccount.

 

With the Initial Payment Guarantee, you receive stabilized annuity payments that are guaranteed to never be less than a percentage of the initial payment. The guaranteed percentage is subject change from time to time; however once you annuitize and elect the rider, the guaranteed percentage will not change during the life of the rider. Contact us for the current guaranteed percentage.

 

Rider Fee.  There is a charge for the Initial Payment Guarantee, which is in addition to the base product mortality and expense risk fee and administrative charge. This fee is reflected in the amount of the annuity payments that you receive

 

 

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if you select the Initial Payment Guarantee. It is reflected in the calculation of the annuity unit values.

 

The Initial Payment Guarantee fee is currently equal to an annual rate of 1.25% of the daily net asset value in the subaccounts. You pay whatever the fee is when you annuitize.

 

Other.  The Initial Payment Guarantee uses a 5% assumed investment return to calculate your annuity payments. This means that the dollar amount of the annuity payments will remain level if the investment return (net of fees and expenses) exactly equals 5%. The payments will increase if actual investment performance (net of fees and expenses) exceeds the assumed investment return, and decrease if actual performance is below the assumed investment return (but not below the guaranteed level).

 

Termination.  The Initial Payment Guarantee is irrevocable.

 

The Initial Payment Guarantee may vary for certain policies and may not be available for all policies.

 

Additional Death Distribution

 

The optional “Additional Death Distribution” pays an additional amount (based on earnings since the rider was issued) when a death benefit is payable under your policy, in certain circumstances. The Additional Death Distribution is only available for issue ages through age 80.

 

Additional Death Distribution Amount.  The Additional Death Distribution is only payable if you elected the rider prior to the death triggering the payment of the policy death benefit and a death benefit is payable under the policy. The Additional Death Distribution is equal to:

  the Additional Death Distribution factor (see below); multiplied by
  the rider earnings on the date the death benefit is calculated.

 

Rider earnings equal:

  the policy value on the date the death benefit is determined; minus
  policy value on the rider date; minus

 

  premium payments after the rider date; plus
  surrenders after the rider date that exceed the rider earnings on the date of the surrender.

 

No benefit is payable under the Additional Death Distribution if there are no rider earnings on the date the death benefit is calculated.

 

If you purchase your policy as part of a 1035 exchange or add the Additional Death Distribution after you purchase the policy, rider earnings do not include any gains before the 1035 exchange or the date the Additional Death Distribution is added to your policy.

 

The Additional Death Distribution factor is currently 40% for issue ages under 71 and 25% for issue ages 71-80.

 

No benefit is paid under the rider unless (a) the rider is in force, (b) a death benefit is payable on the policy, and (c) there are rider earnings when the death benefit is calculated.

 

For purposes of computing taxable gains, both the death benefit payable under the policy and the Additional Death Distribution will be considered.

 

Please see the Statement of Additional Information for an example which illustrates the Additional Death Distribution payable as well as the effect of a surrender on the Additional Death Distribution.

 

Spousal Continuation.  If a spouse, as the new owner of the policy, elects to continue the policy instead of receiving a death benefit and Additional Death Distribution, the spouse will receive a one-time policy value increase equal to the Additional Death Distribution. At this time the rider will terminate. The spouse will have the option of immediately re-electing the rider as long as he or she is under the age of 80.

 

Rider Fee.  A rider fee, 0.25% of the policy value, is deducted annually on each rider anniversary prior to annuitization. We will also deduct this fee upon full surrender of the policy or other termination of the rider (once we have received all necessary regulatory approvals). The rider fee is deducted pro rata from each investment choice.

 

 

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The fee is deducted even during periods when the Additional Death Distribution would not pay any benefit (because there are not rider earnings).

 

Termination.  The rider will remain in effect until:

  you cancel it by notifying our service center in writing;
  the policy is annuitized or surrendered; or
  the Additional Death Distribution is paid or added to the policy value under a spousal continuation.

 

Once terminated, the Additional Death Distribution may be re-elected; however, a new rider will be issued and the additional death benefit will be re-determined. Please note that if the rider is terminated and then re-elected, it will only cover gains, if any, since it was re-elected and the terms of the new rider may be different than the terminated rider.

 

The tax consequences associated with this rider are not clear. This rider may violate the requirements of certain qualified plans and of IRAs. Consult a tax adviser before electing this rider.

 

The Additional Death Distribution may vary for certain policies and may not be available for all policies.

 

Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option

 

No excess interest adjustment will apply if you make a surrender ($1,000 minimum), under certain circumstances, because you or your spouse has been:

  confined in a hospital or nursing facility for 30 days in a row; or
  diagnosed with a terminal condition (usually a life expectancy of 12 months or less).

 

This benefit is also available to the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse if the owner is not a natural person.

 

You may exercise this benefit at any time (during the accumulation phase). There is no charge for this benefit.

 

This benefit may vary for certain policies and may not be available for all policies.

 

 

Unemployment Waiver

 

No excess interest adjustment will apply to surrenders after you or your spouse become unemployed in certain circumstances, because you were terminated, laid off, or otherwise lost your job involuntarily. In order to qualify, you (or your spouse, whichever is applicable) must have been:

  employed full time for at least two years prior to becoming unemployed;
  employed full time on the policy date;
  unemployed for at least 60 days in a row at the time of surrender;
  must have a minimum cash value at the time of surrender of $5,000; and
  you (or your spouse) must be receiving unemployment benefits.

 

You must provide written proof from your State’s Department of Labor, which verifies that you qualify for and are receiving unemployment benefits at the time of surrender.

 

You may select this benefit at any time (during the accumulation phase) and there is no charge for this benefit.

 

This benefit is also available to the annuitant or annuitant’s spouse if the owner is not a natural person.

 

This benefit may vary for certain policies and may not be available for all policies.

 

Telephone Transactions

 

You may generally make transfers and change the allocation of additional premium payments by telephone IF:

  you select the “Telephone Transfer/Reallocation Authorization” box in the policy application or enrollment information; or
  you later complete an authorization form.

 

You will be required to provide certain information for identification purposes when requesting a transaction by telephone and we may record your telephone call. We may also require written confirmation of your request. We will not be liable for following telephone requests that we believe are genuine. We reserve the right to

 

 

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revoke your telephone transaction privileges at any time without revoking all owners’ telephone transfer privileges.

 

Telephone requests must be received while the New York Stock Exchange is open to get same-day pricing of the transaction. We may discontinue this option at any time.

 

We may deny telephone transaction privileges to market timers.

 

We cannot guarantee that telephone transactions will always be available. For example, our offices may be closed during severe circumstances or other emergencies. There may be interruptions in service beyond our control, and if the volume of calls is unusually high, we might not have anyone available, or lines available, to take your call.

 

Dollar Cost Averaging Program

 

During the accumulation phase, you may instruct us to automatically make transfers into one or more variable subaccounts in accordance with your allocation instructions. This is known as Dollar Cost Averaging. While Dollar Cost Averaging buys more accumulation units when prices are low and fewer accumulation units when prices are high, it does not guarantee profits or assure that you will not experience a loss.

 

There are two Dollar Cost Averaging programs available under your policy:

  Traditional—You may specify the dollar amount to be transferred or the number of transfers. Transfers will begin as soon as the program is started.
  Special—You may elect either a six or twelve month program. Transfers will begin as soon as the program is started. You cannot transfer from another investment option into a Special Dollar Cost Averaging program.

 

A minimum of $500 per transfer is required. A minimum of $3,000 is required to start a 6-month program and $6,000 is required to start a 12-month program. The minimum number of transfers is 6 monthly and 4 quarterly, and the maximum is 24 monthly and 8 quarterly.

 

 

You can elect to transfer from one of the fixed or variable sources listed on the Dollar Cost Averaging election form (only fixed sources are available for special Dollar Cost Averaging programs).

 

A Dollar Cost Averaging program will begin once we receive the required instructions and the minimum required premium. If we receive additional premium payments while a Dollar Cost Averaging program is running, absent new instructions to the contrary, the amount of the Dollar Cost Averaging transfers will increase but the length of the Dollar Cost Averaging program will not. If we receive additional premium payments after a Dollar Cost Averaging program is completed, absent new instructions to the contrary, a new Dollar Cost Averaging program will be started using the previous instructions (assuming it meets the minimum Dollar Cost Averaging requirements).

 

NOTE CAREFULLY:

 

IF:

  We do not receive all necessary information to begin a Dollar Cost Averaging program within 30 days of allocating the minimum required amount to a Dollar Cost Averaging program; or
  We do not receive the minimum required amount to begin a Dollar Cost Averaging program within 30 days of allocating an insufficient amount;

THEN:

  Any amount in a fixed source will be transferred to the money market investment option; and
  Any amount in a variable source will remain in that variable investment option; and
  New instructions will be required to begin a Dollar Cost Averaging program.

 

IF:

  You discontinue a Dollar Cost Averaging program before its completion;

THEN:

  We will, absent new instructions to the contrary, transfer any remaining balance directly into the subaccounts in the Dollar Cost Averaging instructions.

 

 

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You should consider your ability to continue a Dollar Cost Averaging program during all economic conditions.

 

There is no charge for this benefit.

 

The Dollar Cost Averaging Program may vary for certain policies and may not be available for all policies. See your policy for availability of the fixed account options.

 

Asset Rebalancing

 

During the accumulation phase you can instruct us to automatically rebalance the amounts in your subaccounts to maintain your desired asset allocation. This feature is called Asset Rebalancing and can be started and stopped at any time free of charge. However, we will not rebalance if you are in the Dollar Cost Averaging program or if any other transfer is requested. If you request a transfer, we will honor the requested transfer and discontinue Asset Rebalancing. New instructions are required to start Asset Rebalancing. Asset Rebalancing ignores amounts in the fixed account. You can choose to rebalance monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually.

 

11.    OTHER INFORMATION

 

Ownership

 

You, as owner of the policy, exercise all rights under the policy. You can change the owner at any time by notifying us in writing. An ownership change may be a taxable event.

 

Assignment

 

You can also assign the policy any time during your lifetime. We will not be bound by the assignment until we receive written notice of the assignment. We will not be liable for any payment or other action we take in accordance with the policy before we receive notice of the assignment. There may be limitations on your ability to assign a qualified policy. An assignment may have tax consequences.

 

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Transamerica Life Insurance Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Iowa on April 19, 1961 as NN Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc. It is engaged in the sale of life and health insurance and annuity policies. Transamerica is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of AEGON USA, Inc. which conducts most of its operations through subsidiary companies engaged in the insurance business or in providing non-insurance financial services. All of the stock of AEGON USA, Inc. is indirectly owned by AEGON N.V. of The Netherlands, the securities of which are publicly traded. AEGON N.V., a holding company, conducts its business through subsidiary companies engaged primarily in the insurance business. Transamerica is licensed in all states except New York, the District of Columbia, and Guam. All obligations arising under the policies, including the promise to make annuity payments, are general corporate obligations of Transamerica.

 

The Separate Account

 

Transamerica established a separate account, called Separate Account VA B, under the laws of the State of Iowa on January 19, 1990. The separate account receives and invests the premium payments that are allocated to it for investment in shares of the underlying fund portfolios.

 

The separate account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust under the 1940 Act. However, the SEC does not supervise the management, the investment practices, or the policies of the separate account or Transamerica. Income, gains and losses (whether or not realized), from assets allocated to the separate account are, in accordance with the policies, credited to or charged against the separate account without regard to Transamerica’s other income, gains or losses.

 

The assets of the separate account are held in Transamerica’s name on behalf of the separate account and belong to Transamerica. However, those assets that underlie the policies are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business Transamerica may conduct. The separate account may include other subaccounts that are not available under these policies.

 

 

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Mixed and Shared Funding

 

Before making a decision concerning the allocation of premium payments to a particular subaccount, please read the prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios. The underlying fund portfolios are not limited to selling their shares to this separate account and can accept investments from any separate account or qualified retirement plan. Since the underlying fund portfolios are available to registered separate accounts offering variable annuity products of Transamerica, as well as variable annuity and variable life products of other insurance companies, and qualified retirement plans, there is a possibility that a material conflict may arise between the interests of this separate account and one or more of the other accounts of another participating insurance company. In the event of a material conflict, the affected insurance companies, including Transamerica, agree to take any necessary steps to resolve the matter. This may include removing their separate accounts from the underlying fund portfolios. See the underlying fund portfolios’ prospectuses for more details.

 

Exchanges and Reinstatements

 

You can generally exchange one annuity policy for another in a ‘tax-free exchange’ under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code. Before making an exchange, you should compare both annuities carefully. Remember that if you exchange another annuity for the one described in this prospectus, then there will be a new surrender charge period and other charges may be higher (or lower) and the benefits under this annuity may be different. You should not exchange another annuity for this one unless you determine, after knowing all the facts, that the exchange is in your best interest and not just better for the person trying to sell you this policy (that person will generally earn a commission if you buy this policy through an exchange or otherwise).

 

You may surrender your policy and transfer your money directly to another life insurance company. You may also ask us to reinstate your policy after such a transfer by returning the same total dollar amount of funds to the applicable investment choices. The dollar amount will be used to purchase new accumulation units at the then- current price. Because of changes in market value, your new accumulation units may be worth more or less than the units you previously owned. We recommend that you consult a tax professional to explain the possible tax consequences of exchanges and/or reinstatements.

 

Voting Rights

 

Transamerica will vote all shares of the underlying fund portfolios held in the separate account in accordance with instructions we receive from you and other owners that have voting interests in the portfolios. We will send you and other owners written requests for instructions on how to vote those shares. When we receive those instructions, we will vote all of the shares in proportion to those instructions. If, however, we determine that we are permitted to vote the shares in our own right, we may do so.

 

Each person having a voting interest will receive proxy material, reports, and other materials relating to the appropriate portfolio.

 

Distributor of the Policies

 

AFSG Securities Corporation is the principal underwriter of the policies. Like Transamerica, it is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of AEGON USA, Inc. It is located at 4333 Edgewood Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001. AFSG Securities Corporation is registered as a broker/dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD).

 

Commissions of up to 1.25% of premium payments plus an annual continuing fee based on policy values will be paid to broker/dealers who sell the policies under agreements with AFSG Securities Corporation. These commissions are not deducted from premium payments. In addition, certain production, persistency and managerial bonuses may be paid. Transamerica may also pay compensation to financial institutions for their services in connection with the sale and servicing of the policies.

 

To the extent permitted by NASD rules, promotional incentives or payments may also be provided to broker/dealers based on sales

 

 

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volumes, the assumption of wholesaling functions, or other sales-related criteria. Other payments may be made for other services that do not directly involve the sale of the policies. These services may include the recruitment and training of personnel, production of promotional literature, and similar services.

 

Transamerica intends to recoup commissions and other sales expenses primarily, but not exclusively, through:

  the administrative charge;
  the surrender charge;
  the mortality and expense risk fee;
  revenues, if any, that we receive from the underlying fund portfolios or their managers; and
  investment earnings on amounts allocated to the fixed account.

 

Commissions paid on the policies, including other incentives or payments, are not charged to the policy owners or the separate account.

 

Pending regulatory approvals, we intend to distribute the policies in all states, except New York, and in certain possessions and territories.

 

IMSA

 

We are a member of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA). IMSA is an independent, voluntary organization of life insurance companies. It promotes high ethical standards in the sales and advertising of individual life insurance, long-term care insurance and annuity products. Through its Principles and Code of Ethical Market Conduct, IMSA encourages its member companies to develop and implement policies and procedures to promote sound market practices. Companies must undergo a rigorous self and independent assessment of their practices to become a member of IMSA. The IMSA logo in our sales literature shows our ongoing commitment to these standards. You may find more information about IMSA and its ethical standards at www.imsaethics.org in the “Consumer” section or by contacting IMSA at: 202-624-2121.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

There are no legal proceedings to which the separate account is a party or to which the assets of the account are subject. Transamerica, like other life insurance companies, is involved in lawsuits. In some class action and other lawsuits involving other insurers, substantial damages have been sought and/or material settlement payments have been made. Although the outcome of any litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, Transamerica believes that at the present time there are no pending or threatened lawsuits that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse impact on AFSG Securities Corporation, the separate account or Transamerica.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

Glossary of Terms

    

The Policy—General Provisions

    

Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences

    

Investment Experience

    

Additional Death Distribution—

    

Additional Information

    

Historical Performance Data

    

Published Ratings

    

State Regulation of Transamerica

    

Administration

    

Records and Reports

    

Distribution of the Policies

    

Voting Rights

    

Other Products

    

Custody of Assets

    

Legal Matters

    

Independent Auditors

    

Other Information

    

Financial Statements

    

 

 

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APPENDIX A

 

CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

(For policies purchased on or after May 1, 2003)

 

The Total Separate Account Annual Expenses of 2.15%, and the Total Separate Account Annual Expenses of 1.85%, were not offered as of December 31, 2002, therefore condensed financial data is not available that reflects those Total Separate Account Annual Expenses; however a previous Total Separate Account Expense of 1.50% has been offered and is included in this section.

 

CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

(For policies purchased prior to May 1, 2003)

 

The accumulation unit values and the number of accumulation units outstanding for each subaccount from the date of inception are shown in the following tables.

 

Total Separate Account Annual Expenses: 1.65%

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio(13)ab

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.895514

 

2,904,735.182


Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio(13)ab

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.804077

 

2,859,222.516


Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio(13)ab

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.867070

 

4,179,411.611


Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio(13)ab

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.838523

 

5,874,308.062


Alger Aggressive Growth(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.572770

  

$

0.369663

 

2,486,517.801

2001

    

$

0.696964

  

$

0.572770

 

1,951,120.112

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.696964

 

1,322,843.448


American Century Income & Growth(12)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.937662

  

$

0.743618

 

1,065,886.181

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.937662

 

298,410.283


American Century International(12)ac

                   

2002

    

$

0.831827

  

$

0.638142

 

1,590,381.361

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.831827

 

32,678.652


BlackRock Global Science & Technology Opportunities(13)ab

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.714934

 

27,809.906


BlackRock Mid Cap Growth(13)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.756850

 

209,794.826

 

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(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Capital Guardian Global(5)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.120829

  

$

0.887396

 

12,827,550.222

2001

    

$

1.271142

  

$

1.120829

 

7,844,779.954

2000

    

$

1.527569

  

$

1.271142

 

10,242,300.583

1999

    

$

1.050254

  

$

1.527569

 

7,900,925.826

1998

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.050254

 

7,586,217.992


Capital Guardian U.S. Equity(9)ad

                   

2002

    

$

0.838539

  

$

0.628598

 

9,948,383.744

2001

    

$

0.882315

  

$

0.838539

 

7,874,225.080

2000

    

$

0.961124

  

$

0.882315

 

7,435,287.423

1999

    

$

1.20778

  

$

0.961124

 

3,743,680.000

1998

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.120778

 

3,672,232.000


Capital Guardian Value(1)a

                   

2002

    

$

2.197209

  

$

1.714,108

 

12,431,401.401

2001

    

$

2.094635

  

$

2.197209

 

11,171,094.554

2000

    

$

2.016675

  

$

2.094635

 

11,337,843.201

1999

    

$

2.114561

  

$

2.016675

 

13,878,688.966

1998

    

$

1.998321

  

$

2.114561

 

16.532,987.864

1997

    

$

1.627513

  

$

1.998321

 

15,288,077.864

1996

    

$

1.336071

  

$

1.627513

 

9,053,564.567

1995

    

$

1.009026

  

$

1.336071

 

2,808,066.903

1994

    

$

0.977843

  

$

1.009026

 

740,211.153


Clarion Real Estate Securities(13)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.928601

 

529,237.820


Dreyfus Small Cap Value(1)a

                   

2002

    

$

2.916827

  

$

1.737018

 

10,140,901.466

2001

    

$

2.302427

  

$

2.916827

 

10,496,025.501

2000

    

$

2.107984

  

$

2.302427

 

11,183,856.536

1999

    

$

1.656056

  

$

2.107984

 

11,265,409.515

1998

    

$

1.720848

  

$

1.656056

 

12,396,813.175

1997

    

$

1.394113

  

$

1.720848

 

9,576,109.396

1996

    

$

1.127390

  

$

1.394113

 

5,378,653.976

1995

    

$

1.004766

  

$

1.124390

 

2,577,504.165

1994

    

$

0.958389

  

$

1.004766

 

673,042.726


Gabelli Global Growth(11)ac

                   

2002

    

$

0.829038

  

$

0.682615

 

1,420,328.777

2001

    

$

0.937634

  

$

0.829038

 

482,713.287

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.937634

 

76,318.561


Great Companies—AmericaSM (12)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.981454

  

$

0.765747

 

1,307,127.685

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.981454

 

227,181.391

 

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(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Great Companies—Global2 (11)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.776870

  

$

0.599849

 

544,592.989

2001

    

$

0.949668

  

$

0.776870

 

126,397.489

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.949668

 

1,000.000


Great Companies—TechnologySM (12)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.772717

  

$

0.470387

 

371,721.336

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.772717

 

53.392.798


Janus Balanced(13)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.938664

 

214,030.878


Janus Global (A/T)(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.589626

  

$

0.429085

 

1,357,782.109

2001

    

$

0.776904

  

$

0.589626

 

1,679,621.869

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.776904

 

2,697,116.263


Janus Growth (A/T)(1)ae

                   

2002

    

$

22.835298

  

$

15.578617

 

1,799,932.843

2001

    

$

32.567906

  

$

22.835298

 

2,456,776.042

2000

    

$

46.884691

  

$

32.567906

 

3,138,928.982

1999

    

$

29.951933

  

$

46.884691

 

2,898,149.189

1998

    

$

18.510625

  

$

29.951933

 

2,161,710.616

1997

    

$

16.007469

  

$

18.510625

 

1,859,927.519

1996

    

$

13.795672

  

$

16.007469

 

1,130,886.988

1995

    

$

9.531263

  

$

13.795672

 

442,772.285

1994

    

$

9.418271

  

$

9.531263

 

182,787.313


Jennison Growth(4)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.857823

  

$

0.584450

 

3,985,892.254

2001

    

$

1.070626

  

$

0.857823

 

4,155,595.072

2000

    

$

1.230758

  

$

1.070626

 

4,248,922.404

1999

    

$

1.193867

  

$

1.230758

 

4,953,615.990

1998

    

$

1.153823

  

$

1.193867

 

5,698,749.848

1997

    

$

1.004062

  

$

1.153823

 

3,224,648.503

1996

    

$

0.999910

  

$

1.004062

 

205,301.400


J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index(2)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.385872

  

$

1.028077

 

11,893,663.375

2001

    

$

1.600648

  

$

1.385872

 

14,139,200.302

2000

    

$

1.826512

  

$

1.600648

 

17,387,971.033

1999

    

$

1.571311

  

$

1.826512

 

18,365,179.331

1998

    

$

1.215643

  

$

1.571311

 

9,104,248.582

1997

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.215643

 

2,781,467.718


Marsico Growth(11)af

                   

2002

    

$

0.772799

  

$

0.562710

 

1,711,305.448

2001

    

$

0.937634

  

$

0.829038

 

482,713.287

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.937634

 

76,318.561

 

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(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


MFS High Yield(3)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.951599

  

$

0.955558

 

3,994,850.994

2001

    

$

0.932124

  

$

0.951599

 

3,672,588.987

2000

    

$

0.999195

  

$

0.932124

 

3,298,537.499

1999

    

$

0.959834

  

$

0.999195

 

3,556,578.835

1998

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.959834

 

1,896,873.105


PBHG Mid Cap Growth(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.497569

  

$

0.350486

 

2,726,208.675

2001

    

$

0.789455

  

$

0.497569

 

2,467,893.985

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.789455

 

2,739,124.776


PBHG/NWQ Value Select(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.043264

  

$

0.880466

 

2,185,519.794

2001

    

$

1.080110

  

$

1.043264

 

1,443,863.482

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.080110

 

319,356.559


PIMCO Total Return(13)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.050445

 

11,672,666.206


Salomon All Cap(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.035304

  

$

0.766770

 

10,724,740.045

2001

    

$

1.030978

  

$

1.035304

 

7,263,091.162

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.030978

 

1,348,686.276


Transamerica Convertible Securities(13)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.921845

 

109,517.234


Transamerica Equity(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.672098

  

$

0.514119

 

13,860,459.800

2001

    

$

0.829471

  

$

0.672098

 

6,215,346.172

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.829471

 

1,181,369.405


Transamerica Growth Opportunities(12)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.105816

  

$

0.932156

 

598,414.849

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.105816

 

57,285.504


Transamerica Money Market(1)ag

                   

2002

    

$

1.272999

  

$

1.268238

 

18,149,047.440

2001

    

$

1.247960

  

$

1.272999

 

27,324,427.525

2000

    

$

1.197052

  

$

1.247960

 

23,520,747.905

1999

    

$

1.161504

  

$

1.197052

 

25,237,355.183

1998

    

$

1.123834

  

$

1.161504

 

21,549,058.171

1997

    

$

1.086872

  

$

1.123834

 

11,807,740.323

1996

    

$

1.053205

  

$

1.086872

 

9,416,706.021

1995

    

$

1.014839

  

$

1.053205

 

3,516,158.473

1994

    

$

1.003677

  

$

1.014839

 

1,522,675.448

 

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(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Transamerica U.S. Government Securities(1)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.389160

  

$

1.446084

 

10,798,492.580

2001

    

$

1.343721

  

$

1.389160

 

10,097.516.496

2000

    

$

1.239850

  

$

1.343721

 

8,324,734.085

1999

    

$

1.273389

  

$

1.239850

 

11,107,749.467

1998

    

$

1.205408

  

$

1.273389

 

10,994,883.018

1997

    

$

1.122583

  

$

1.205408

 

5,825,613.204

1996

    

$

1.120922

  

$

1.122583

 

3,772,426.054

1995

    

$

0.985254

  

$

1.120922

 

2,656,099.798

1994

    

$

1.000769

  

$

0.985254

 

450,510.347


T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth(10)ah

                   

2002

    

$

1.012496

  

$

0.808617

 

777,096.812

2001

    

$

1.074060

  

$

1.012496

 

1,035,850.895

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.074060

 

90,851.809


T. Rowe Price Equity Income(6)ah

                   

2002

    

$

2.312082

  

$

1.983073

 

13,877,571.208

2001

    

$

2.300522

  

$

2.312082

 

14,008,510.847

2000

    

$

2.082011

  

$

2.300522

 

13,878,653.721

1999

    

$

2.045410

  

$

2.082011

 

17,239,278.320

1998

    

$

1.910886

  

$

2.045410

 

17,687,561.131

1997

    

$

1.514228

  

$

1.910886

 

13,838,945.338

1996

    

$

1.284124

  

$

1.514228

 

7,413,620.068

1995

    

$

0.999237

  

$

1.284124

 

1,786,079.570


T. Rowe Price Growth Stock(7)a

                   

2002

    

$

2.673510

  

$

2.030027

 

9,575,773.455

2001

    

$

3.021350

  

$

2.673510

 

11,697,193.658

2000

    

$

3.086714

  

$

3.021350

 

14,121,742.909

1999

    

$

2.567729

  

$

3.086714

 

13,962,698.692

1998

    

$

2.028458

  

$

2.567729

 

12,796,138.800

1997

    

$

1.603706

  

$

2.028458

 

10,504,253.629

1996

    

$

1.350045

  

$

1.603706

 

5,893,560.949

1995

    

$

0.999910

  

$

1.350045

 

1,611,995.783


T. Rowe Price Small Cap(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.758423

  

$

0.542048

 

4,581,581.594

2001

    

$

0.853985

  

$

0.758423

 

1,490,797.527

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.853985

 

836,679.096


 

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(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Van Kampen Active International Allocation(1)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.054413

  

$

0.861237

 

10,643,994.382

2001

    

$

1.391360

  

$

1.054413

 

12,734,394.479

2000

    

$

1.730178

  

$

1.391360

 

15,678,291.165

1999

    

$

1.328767

  

$

1.730178

 

14,886,967.987

1998

    

$

1.170007

  

$

1.328767

 

14,769,680.537

1997

    

$

1.159025

  

$

1.170007

 

13,715,298.844

1996

    

$

1.022539

  

$

1.159025

 

8,619,163.798

1995

    

$

0.940071

  

$

1.022539

 

3,606,823.400

1994

    

$

0.978667

  

$

0.940071

 

1,444,711.154


Van Kampen Asset Allocation(1)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.988345

  

$

1.635640

 

10,520,153.154

2001

    

$

2.174927

  

$

1.988345

 

12,715,598.918

2000

    

$

2.350088

  

$

2.174927

 

14,927,120.171

1999

    

$

1.890033

  

$

2.350088

 

14,835,442.284

1998

    

$

1.622765

  

$

1.890033

 

13,176,237.016

1997

    

$

1.372991

  

$

1.622765

 

10,247,121.752

1996

    

$

1.184740

  

$

1.372991

 

6,522,822.306

1995

    

$

0.979750

  

$

1.184740

 

3,313,507.707

1994

    

$

0.974417

  

$

0.979750

 

1,329,672.671


Van Kampen Emerging Growth(12)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.804775

  

$

0.529946

 

2,299,820.383

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.804775

 

481,275.835


AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund(13)

                   

2003

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.757050

 

1,003,800.155


AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund(13)

                   

2003

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.792246

 

93,051.475


AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio(12)i

                   

2002

    

$

0.924456

  

$

0.706941

 

3,412,179.268

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.924456

 

2,100,221.216


AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio(12)j

                   

2002

    

$

0.853898

  

$

0.580946

 

977,257.596

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.853898

 

502,759,851


 

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(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Growth Portfolio(11)k

                   

2002

    

$

0.438542

  

$

0.310104

 

2,981,371.124

2001

    

$

0.738029

  

$

0.438542

 

1,103,411.436

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.738029

 

181,211,158


Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Value Portfolio(11)l

                   

2002

    

$

0.899778

  

$

0.677839

 

512,467.432

2001

    

$

0.998370

  

$

0.899778

 

332,829.788

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.998370

 

52,152.849


Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Portfolio(11)

                   

2002

    

$

0.675409

  

$

0.493626

 

6,042,239.890

2001

    

$

0.887322

  

$

0.675409

 

1,130,009.520

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.887322

 

199,940.653


MFS New Discovery Series(13)

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.746131

 

88,053.024


MFS Total Return Series(13)

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.916538

 

2,852,668.086


Fidelity—VIP Contrafund®—Portfolio(10)

                   

2002

    

$

0.793026

  

$

0.705209

 

8,369,366.786

2001

    

$

0.921032

  

$

0.793026

 

3,181,951.082

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.921032

 

905,751.342


Fidelity—VIP Equity—Income Portfolio(10)

                   

2002

    

$

1.009197

  

$

0.822512

 

3,647,123.191

2001

    

$

1.082527

  

$

1.009197

 

1,646,698.434

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.082527

 

248,503.974


Fidelity—VIP Growth Portfolio(12)

                   

2002

    

$

0.866432

  

$

0.594116

 

4,275,755.599

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.866432

 

447,911.910


Fidelity—VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio(10)

                   

2002

    

$

0.711125

  

$

0.545616

 

405,195.634

2001

    

$

0.846932

  

$

0.711125

 

471,916.204

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.846932

 

315,088.251


Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Portfolio(10)

                   

2002

    

$

1.056151

  

$

0.934838

 

11,119,727.497

2001

    

$

1.112803

  

$

1.056151

 

3,679,109.250

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.112803

 

2,963,799.310


Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Portfolio(13)

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.747462

 

2,909,201.745


 

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Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio(13)ab

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.896399

 

1,767,196.950


Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio(13)ab

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.804872

 

331,716.894


Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio(13)ab

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.867926

 

2,109,943.178


Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio(13)ab

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.839352

 

1,349,063.139


Alger Aggressive Growth(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.574189

  

$

0.371121

 

184,768.756

2001

    

$

0.697645

  

$

0.574189

 

333,660.917

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.697645

 

122,408.651


American Century Income & Growth(12)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.938589

  

$

0.745459

 

355,083.343

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.938589

 

157,141.008


American Century International(12)ac

                   

2002

    

$

0.832651

  

$

0.639710

 

145,042.207

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.832651

 

11,671.774


BlackRock Global Science & Technology Opportunities(13)ab

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.715648

 

3,419.185


BlackRock Mid Cap Growth(13)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.757595

 

22,458.966


Capital Guardian Global(5)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.127309

  

$

0.893846

 

1,604,711.874

2001

    

$

1.276602

  

$

1.127309

 

1,301,922.214

2000

    

$

1.531878

  

$

1.276602

 

1,385,983.643

1999

    

$

1.051668

  

$

1.531878

 

878,307.676

1998

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.051668

 

592,043.370


Capital Guardian U.S. Equity(9)ad

                   

2002

    

$

0.842900

  

$

0.632798

 

2,148,917.916

2001

    

$

0.885582

  

$

0.842900

 

2,202,538.833

2000

    

$

0.963257

  

$

0.885582

 

1,947,087.676

1999

    

$

1.121610

  

$

0.963257

 

2,408,403.000

1998

    

$

0.879711

  

$

1.121610

 

2,070,742.000

 

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(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Capital Guardian Value(8)a

                   

2002

    

$

2.211690

  

$

1.727962

 

1,789,826.190

2001

    

$

2.105297

  

$

2.211690

 

1,493,061.527

2000

    

$

2.023956

  

$

2.105297

 

899,581.325

1999

    

$

2.119071

  

$

2.023956

 

924,905.846

1998

    

$

1.999623

  

$

2.119071

 

854,044.377

1997

    

$

1.912635

  

$

1.999623

 

221,576.305


Clarion Real Estate Securities(13)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.929516

 

163,787.239


Dreyfus Small Cap Value(8)a

                   

2002

    

$

2.936020

  

$

1.751037

 

1,323,422.436

2001

    

$

2.314129

  

$

2.936020

 

1,467,944.630

2000

    

$

2.115582

  

$

2.314129

 

1,288,104.656

1999

    

$

1.659586

  

$

2.115582

 

1,150,008.250

1998

    

$

1.721966

  

$

1.659586

 

916,216.066

1997

    

$

1.680492

  

$

1.721966

 

201,510.890


Gabelli Global Growth(11)ac

                   

2002

    

$

0.830550

  

$

0.684868

 

158,044.139

2001

    

$

0.937952

  

$

0.830550

 

121,491.412

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.937952

 

1,000.000


Great Companies—AmericaSM(12)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.982426

  

$

0.767645

 

137,752.054

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.982426

 

45,495.573


Great Companies—Global2(11)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.778284

  

$

0.601821

 

61,696.491

2001

    

$

0.949980

  

$

0.778284

 

1,669.965

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.949980

 

1,000.000


Great Companies—TechnologySM(12)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.773135

  

$

0.471553

 

18,934.852

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.773135

 

13,017.152


Janus Balanced(13)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.939595

 

73,453.140


Janus Global (A/T)(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.591079

  

$

0.430777

 

204,398.552

2001

    

$

0.777663

  

$

0.591079

 

208,020.481

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.777663

 

288,249.990


Janus Growth (A/T)(8)ae

                   

2002

    

$

22.985721

  

$

15.704474

 

260,846.297

2001

    

$

32.733586

  

$

22.985721

 

300,800.446

2000

    

$

47.053720

  

$

32.733586

 

354,299.030

1999

    

$

30.015641

  

$

47.053720

 

383,039.881

1998

    

$

18.522685

  

$

30.015641

 

123,204.749

1997

    

$

19.289712

  

$

18.522685

 

25,575.434

 

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(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Jennison Growth(8)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.863467

  

$

0.589170

 

842,937.474

2001

    

$

1.076068

  

$

0.863467

 

794,421.477

2000

    

$

1.235199

  

$

1.076068

 

847,560.557

1999

    

$

1.196411

  

$

1.235199

 

729,063.601

1998

    

$

1.154569

  

$

1.196411

 

834,616.338

1997

    

$

1.133494

  

$

1.154569

 

164,076.542


J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index(8)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.394980

  

$

1.036367

 

2,460,344.188

2001

    

$

1.608774

  

$

1.394980

 

2,771,657.278

2000

    

$

1.833086

  

$

1.608774

 

3,518,400.932

1999

    

$

1.574648

  

$

1.833086

 

3,446,692.138

1998

    

$

1.216436

  

$

1.574648

 

1,594,101.412

1997

    

$

1.183597

  

$

1.216436

 

143,726.569


Marsico Growth(10)af

                   

2002

    

$

0.774704

  

$

0.564924

 

334,220.812

2001

    

$

0.915432

  

$

0.774704

 

364,073.304

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.915432

 

184,582.408


MFS High Yield(3)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.956639

  

$

0.962033

 

1,415,069.235

2001

    

$

0.935671

  

$

0.956639

 

1,251,294.886

2000

    

$

1.001525

  

$

0.935671

 

1,331,468.484

1999

    

$

0.960653

  

$

1.001525

 

1,167,355.038

1998

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.960653

 

586,051.988


PBHG Mid Cap Growth(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.498805

  

$

0.351884

 

409,546.753

2001

    

$

0.790228

  

$

0.498805

 

324,243.804

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.790228

 

2,343,147.698


PBHG/NWQ Value Select(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.045857

  

$

0.883966

 

206,458.124

2001

    

$

1.081170

  

$

1.045857

 

171,576.787

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.081170

 

16,484.855


PIMCO Total Return(13)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.051492

 

2,092,533.373


Salomon All Cap(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.037858

  

$

0.769798

 

2,248,284.702

2001

    

$

1.031983

  

$

1.037858

 

1,854,117.582

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.031983

 

30,567.088


Transamerica Convertible Securities(13)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.922763

 

40,596.281


Transamerica Equity(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.673747

  

$

0.516143

 

1,190,272.376

2001

    

$

0.830281

  

$

0.673747

 

884,825.721

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.830281

 

233,077.723

 

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Total Separate Account Annual Expenses: 1.50%

(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Transamerica Growth Opportunities(12)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.106909

  

$

0.934457

 

205,145.974

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.106909

 

998.580


Transamerica Money Market(8)ag

                   

2002

    

$

1.281360

  

$

1.278447

 

8,057,960.088

2001

    

$

1.254304

  

$

1.281360

 

15,049,433.939

2000

    

$

1.201368

  

$

1.254304

 

8,087,370.915

1999

    

$

1.163970

  

$

1.201368

 

7,359,736.147

1998

    

$

1.124560

  

$

1.163970

 

3,455,455.634

1997

    

$

1.107029

  

$

1.124560

 

1,018,549.909


Transamerica U.S. Government Securities(8)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.400560

  

$

1.460102

 

2,810,237.095

2001

    

$

1.352742

  

$

1.400560

 

2,021,013.095

2000

    

$

1.246338

  

$

1.352742

 

1,909,567.520

1999

    

$

1.276099

  

$

1.246338

 

2,509,680.360

1998

    

$

1.206194

  

$

1.276099

 

1,684,993.398

1997

    

$

1.165042

  

$

1.206194

 

125,603.264


T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth(10)ah

                   

2002

    

$

1.014992

  

$

0.811801

 

32,160.166

2001

    

$

1.075115

  

$

1.014992

 

149,951.436

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.075115

 

57,345.080


T. Rowe Price Equity Income(8)ah

                   

2002

    

$

2.327288

  

$

1.999060

 

2,250,643.880

2001

    

$

2.312216

  

$

2.327288

 

2,263,568.298

2000

    

$

2.089513

  

$

2.312216

 

1,989,114.003

1999

    

$

2.049755

  

$

2.089513

 

1,724,375.455

1998

    

$

1.912129

  

$

2.049755

 

1,462,715.818

1997

    

$

1.776425

  

$

1.912129

 

392,308.493


T. Rowe Price Growth Stock(8)a

                   

2002

    

$

2.691110

  

$

2.046402

 

1,039,057.802

2001

    

$

3.036723

  

$

2.691110

 

1,147,568.990

2000

    

$

3.097854

  

$

3.036723

 

1,394,829.207

1999

    

$

2.573188

  

$

3.097854

 

1,048,447.131

1998

    

$

2.026778

  

$

2.573188

 

833,778.344

1997

    

$

1.957595

  

$

2.029778

 

184,298.595


T. Rowe Price Small Cap(10)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.760305

  

$

0.544196

 

373,078.856

2001

    

$

0.854820

  

$

0.760305

 

167,743.278

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.854820

 

52,772.929

 

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(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Van Kampen Active International Allocation(8)a

                   

2002

    

$

1.061346

  

$

0.868180

 

1,510,384.701

2001

    

$

1.398424

  

$

1.061346

 

1,607,640.906

2000

    

$

1.736396

  

$

1.398424

 

1,768,280.720

1999

    

$

1.331580

  

$

1.736396

 

1,699,977.857

1998

    

$

1.170767

  

$

1.331580

 

880,651.775

1997

    

$

1.314403

  

$

1.170767

 

164,219.793


Van Kampen Asset Allocation(8)a

                   

2002

    

$

2.001444

  

$

1.648851

 

2,392,336.584

2001

    

$

2.185997

  

$

2.001444

 

2,618,053.899

2000

    

$

2.358574

  

$

2.185997

 

2,130,505.037

1999

    

$

1.894059

  

$

2.358574

 

1,347,870.453

1998

    

$

1.623829

  

$

1.894059

 

864,583.172

1997

    

$

1.619154

  

$

1.623829

 

265,868.401


Van Kampen Emerging Growth(12)a

                   

2002

    

$

0.805577

  

$

0.531264

 

211,455.972

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.805577

 

121,404.814


AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund(13)

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.757796

 

271,012.792


AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund(13)

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.793030

 

8,536.533


AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio(12)i

                   

2002

    

$

0.925362

  

$

0.708682

 

562,772.960

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.925362

 

338,946.972


AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio(12)j

                   

2002

    

$

0.854751

  

$

0.582390

 

290,129.288

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.854751

 

170,283.912


Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Growth Portfolio(11)k

                   

2002

    

$

0.439334

  

$

0.311130

 

418,083.312

2001

    

$

0.738276

  

$

0.439334

 

282,361.120

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.738276

 

4,308.768


Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Value Portfolio(11)l

                   

2002

    

$

0.901410

  

$

0.680071

 

118,269.564

2001

    

$

0.998696

  

$

0.901410

 

106,055.256

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.998696

 

3,557.748

 

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(continued)

 

Subaccount

    

Accumulation Unit Value at Beginning of Year

  

Accumulation Unit Value at End of Year

 

Number of Accumulation Units at End of Year


Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Portfolio(11)

                   

2002

    

$

0.676640

  

$

0.495255

 

1,288,017.381

2001

    

$

0.887611

  

$

0.676640

 

412,917.680

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.887611

 

27,410.848


MFS New Discovery Series(13)

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.746874

 

10,623.871


MFS Total Return Series(13)

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.917454

 

243,516.671


Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Portfolio(10)

                   

2002

    

$

0.794977

  

$

0.707994

 

1,989,715.385

2001

    

$

0.921935

  

$

0.794977

 

524,898.341

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.921935

 

83,267.219


Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income Portfolio(10)

                   

2002

    

$

1.011689

  

$

0.825763

 

875,533.684

2001

    

$

1.083585

  

$

1.011689

 

539,459.987

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.083585

 

11,169.920


Fidelity—VIP Growth Portfolio(12)

                   

2002

    

$

0.867285

  

$

0.595582

 

311,639.983

2001

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.867285

 

224,892.535


Fidelity—VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio(10)

                   

2002

    

$

0.712884

  

$

0.547765

 

41,430.745

2001

    

$

0.847762

  

$

0.712884

 

46,654.326

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.847762

 

4,056.118


Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Portfolio(10)

                   

2002

    

$

1.058761

  

$

0.938535

 

1,109,568.411

2001

    

$

1.113894

  

$

1.058761

 

301,333.651

2000

    

$

1.000000

  

$

1.113894

 

193,695.460


Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Portfolio(13)

                   

2002

    

$

1.000000

  

$

0.748203

 

233,602.863

(1)   Subaccount Inception Date July 5, 1994.
(2)   Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 1997
(3)   Subaccount Inception Date June 2, 1998
(4)   Subaccount Inception Date November 20,
(5)   Subaccount Inception Date February 2, 1998
(6)   Subaccount Inception Date January 20, 1995
(7)   Subaccount Inception Date January 5, 1995
(8)   Subaccount Inception Date July 23, 1997
(9)   Subaccount Inception Date July 1, 1998
(10)   Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2000
(11)   Subaccount Inception Date October 9, 2000.
(12)   Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2001

 

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(13)   Subaccount Inception Date May 1, 2002
a   The figures shown reflect information for the Initial Class Shares.
b   Effective May 1, 2003, Conservative Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio; Aggressive Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio; Moderate Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio; Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio, and BlackRock Global Science & Technology changed its name to BlackRock Global Science & Technology Opportunities.
c   As of May 1, 2003, Gabelli Global Growth was merged into American Century International.
d   For periods prior to October 9, 2000, the unit values shown reflect performance for the target account.
e   As of May 1, 2003, Janus Growth II was merged into Janus Growth.
f   Formerly known as Goldman Sachs Growth.
g   As of May 1, 2003, Van Kampen Money Market was merged into Transamerica Money Market.
h   As of May 1, 2003, T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth was merged into T. Rowe Price Equity Income.
i   Formerly known as Alliance Growth & Income Portfolio.
j   Formerly known as Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio.
k   Formerly known as Janus Aspen—Aggressive Growth Portfolio.
l   As of May 1, 2003, Janus Aspen—Strategic Value Portfolio merged into Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Value Portfolio.

 

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APPENDIX B

 

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE DATA

 

Standard Performance Data

 

Transamerica may advertise historical yields and total returns for the subaccounts of the separate account. In addition, Transamerica may advertise the effective yield of the subaccount investing in the Transamerica Money Market Portfolio, formerly Van Kampen Money Market Portfolio, (the “Transamerica Money Market Subaccount”). These figures are calculated according to standardized methods prescribed by the SEC. They are based on historical earnings and are not intended to indicate future performance.

 

Transamerica Money Market Subaccount.  The yield of the Transamerica Money Market Subaccount for a policy refers to the annualized income generated by an investment under a policy in the subaccount over a specified seven-day period. The yield is calculated by assuming that the income generated for that seven- day period is generated each seven-day period over a 52-week period and is shown as a percentage of the investment. The effective yield is calculated similarly but, when annualized, the income earned by an investment under a policy in the subaccount is assumed to be reinvested. The effective yield will be slightly higher than the yield because of the compounding effect of this assumed reinvestment.

 

Other Subaccounts.  The yield of a subaccount (other than the Transamerica Money Market Subaccount) for a policy refers to the annualized income generated by an investment under a policy in the subaccount over a specified thirty-day period. The yield is calculated by assuming that the income generated by the investment during that thirty-day period is generated each thirty-day period over a 12-month period and is shown as a percentage of the investment.

 

The total return of a subaccount refers to return quotations assuming an investment under a policy has been held in the subaccount for various periods of time including a period measured from the date the subaccount commenced operations. When a subaccount has been in operation for one, five, and ten years, respectively, the total return for these periods will be provided. The total return quotations for a subaccount will represent the average annual compounded rates of return that equate an initial investment of $1,000 in the subaccount to the redemption value of that investment as of the last day of each of the periods for which total return quotations are provided.

 

The yield and total return calculations for a subaccount do not reflect the effect of any premium taxes that may be applicable to a particular policy and they do not reflect the charges for any optional features. To the extent that any or all of a premium tax is applicable to a particular policy, or the features are elected, the yield and/or total return of that policy will be reduced. For additional information regarding yields and total returns calculated using the standard formats briefly summarized above, please refer to the SAI, a copy of which may be obtained from the administrative and service office upon request.

 

Based on the method of calculation described in the SAI, the average annual total returns for periods from inception of the subaccounts to December 31, 2002, and for the one and five year periods ended December 31, 2002 are shown in Tables 1-A and 1-B below. Total returns shown reflect deductions for the mortality and expense risk fee, and administrative charges.

 

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TABLE 1—A

Standard Average Annual Total Returns

(Assuming the Additional Death Distribution Rider)

 

 

Double Enhanced Death Benefit

(Total Separate Account Annual Expenses: 2.40%)

 


Subaccount

  

1 Year

Ended

12/31/02

    

5 Year

Ended

12/31/02

      

Inception of the Subaccount

to 12/31/02

   

Subaccount

Inception Date


Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio—Service Class(1)

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(11.04%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio—
Service Class
(1)

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(20.11%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio—
Service Class
(1)

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(13.86%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio—Service Class(1)

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(16.69%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Alger Aggressive Growth—Service Class

  

(36.14%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(31.78%

)

 

May 1, 2000

American Century Income & Growth—
Service Class

  

(21.53%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(17.09%

)

 

May 1, 2001

American Century International—
Service Class
(2)

  

(23.29%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(24.34%

)

 

May 1, 2001

BlackRock Global Science & Technology Opportunities—Service Class(1)

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(28.96%

)

 

May 1, 2002

BlackRock Mid Cap Growth—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(24.80%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Capital Guardian Global—Service Class

  

(21.66%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(3.37%

)

 

February 3, 1998

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity—Service Class(3)

  

(25.83%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(14.73%

)

 

October 9, 2000

Capital Guardian Value—Service Class

  

(22.81%

)

  

(4.05%

)

    

5.76%

 

 

July 5, 1994

Clarion Real Estate Securities—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(7.71%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Great Companies—AmericaSM—Service Class

  

(22.80%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(15.62%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Great Companies—Global2—Service Class

  

(23.60%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(21.28%

)

 

October 9, 2000

Great Companies—TechnologySM
Service Class

  

(39.77%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(36.98%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Janus Balanced (A/T)—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(6.72%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Janus Growth (A/T)—Service Class(4)

  

(32.50%

)

  

(4.41%

)

    

5.04%

 

 

July 5, 1994

Jennison Growth—Service Class

  

(32.59%

)

  

(13.64%

)

    

(9.32%

)

 

November 20, 1996

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index—Service Class

  

(26.60%

)

  

(4.32%

)

    

(0.51%

)

 

May 1, 1997

Marsico Growth—Service Class(5)(6)

  

(27.95%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(20.17%

)

 

May 1, 2000

MFS High Yield—Service Class

  

(0.64%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(1.95%

)

 

June 2, 1998

PBHG Mid Cap Growth—Service Class

  

(30.30%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(33.14%

)

 

May 1, 2000

PBHG/NWQ Value Select—Service Class

  

(16.50%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(5.58%

)

 

May 1, 2000

PIMCO Total Return—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

4.34%

 

 

May 1, 2002

Salomon All Cap—Service Class

  

(26.72%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(10.34%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Transamerica Convertible Securities—
Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(8.42%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Transamerica Equity—Service Class

  

(24.31%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(22.81%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Transamerica Growth Opportunities—
Service Class

  

(16.59%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(5.07%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities—Service Class

  

3.00%

 

  

2.61%

 

    

3.44%

 

 

August 3, 1994

T. Rowe Price Equity Income—Service Class

  

(15.13%

)

  

(0.32%

)

    

7.91%

 

 

January 20, 1995

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock—Service Class

  

(24.87%

)

  

(1.04%

)

    

8.17%

 

 

January 5, 1995

T. Rowe Price Small Cap—Service Class

  

(29.28%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(21.28%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Van Kampen Active International Allocation— Service Class

  

(19.18%

)

  

(6.94%

)

    

(2.47%

)

 

July 5, 1994

 

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TABLE 1—A (continued)

Standard Average Annual Total Returns

(Assuming the Additional Death Distribution Rider)

 

 

Double Enhanced Death Benefit

(Total Separate Account Annual Expenses: 2.40%)

 


Subaccount

  

1 Year

Ended

12/31/02

    

5 Year

Ended

12/31/02

      

Inception of the Subaccount

to 12/31/02

   

Subaccount

Inception Date


Van Kampen Asset Allocation—Service Class

  

(18.61%

)

  

(0.90%

)

    

5.23%

 

 

July 5, 1994

Van Kampen Emerging Growth—Service Class

  

(34.84%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(32.31%

)

 

May 1, 2001

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund—Series II

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(24.66%

)

 

May 1, 2002

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund—Series II

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(21.16%

)

 

May 1, 2002

AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio— Class B(7)

  

(24.15%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(19.34%

)

 

May 1, 2001

AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio—Class B(7)

  

(32.52%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(28.31%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Growth Portfolio—Service Shares(8)

  

(29.86%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(41.31%

)

 

October 9, 2000

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Portfolio—Service Shares

  

(27.51%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(27.69%

)

 

October 9, 2000

MFS New Discovery Series—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(25.74%

)

 

May 1, 2002

MFS Total Return Series—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(8.78%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Portfolio—Service Class 2

  

(11.79%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(12.92%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income Portfolio—Service Class 2

  

(19.16%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(7.75%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Fidelity—VIP Growth Portfolio—Service Class 2

  

(31.99%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(27.33%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Portfolio—Service Class 2

  

(12.20%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(3.22%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Portfolio—Service Class 2

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(25.62%

)

 

May 1, 2002

 

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TABLE 1—B

Standard Average Annual Total Returns

(Assuming No Optional Features)

 

 

Return of Premium Death Benefit

(Total Separate Account Annual Expenses: 1.65%)

 


Subaccount

  

1 Year

Ended

12/31/02

    

5 Year

Ended

12/31/02

      

Inception of the

Subaccount

to 12/31/02

   

Subaccount

Inception

Date


Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio—Service Class(1)

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(10.60%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio—
Service Class
(1)

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(19.72%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio—
Service Class
(1)

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(13.44%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio—Service Class(1)

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(16.28%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Alger Aggressive Growth—Service Class

  

(35.68%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(31.30%

)

 

May 1, 2000

American Century Income & Growth—
Service Class

  

(20.95%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(16.47%

)

 

May 1, 2001

American Century International—
Service Class
(2)

  

(22.72%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(23.79%

)

 

May 1, 2001

BlackRock Global Science & Technology Opportunities—Service Class(1)

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(28.62%

)

 

May 1, 2002

BlackRock Mid Cap Growth—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(24.44%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Capital Guardian Global—Service Class

  

(21.08%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(2.65%

)

 

February 3, 1998

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity—Service Class(3)

  

(25.28%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(14.09%

)

 

October 9, 2000

Capital Guardian Value—Service Class

  

(22.24%

)

  

(3.32%

)

    

6.56%

 

 

July 5, 1994

Clarion Real Estate Securities—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(7.29%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Great Companies—AmericaSM—Service Class

  

(22.23%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(14.99%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Great Companies—Global2—Service Class

  

(23.04%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(20.70%

)

 

October 9, 2000

Great Companies—TechnologySM
Service Class

  

(39.33%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(36.52%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Janus Balanced (A/T)—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(6.29%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Janus Growth (A/T)—Service Class(4)

  

(32.00%

)

  

(3.69%

)

    

5.84%

 

 

July 5, 1994

Jennison Growth—Service Class

  

(32.09%

)

  

(13.00%

)

    

(8.64%

)

 

November 20, 1996

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index—Service Class

  

(26.06%

)

  

(3.60%

)

    

0.24%

 

 

May 1, 2000

Marsico Growth—Service Class(5)(6)

  

(27.42%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(19.58%

)

 

May 1, 1997

MFS High Yield—Service Class

  

0.10%

 

  

N/A

 

    

(1.23%

)

 

June 2, 1998

PBHG Mid Cap Growth—Service Class

  

(29.79%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(32.65%

)

 

May 1, 2000

PBHG/NWQ Value Select—Service Class

  

(15.87%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(4.90%

)

 

May 1, 2000

PIMCO Total Return—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

4.87%

 

 

May 1, 2002

Salomon All Cap—Service Class

  

(26.18%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(9.70%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Transamerica Convertible Securities—
Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(7.97%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Transamerica Equity—Service Class

  

(23.75%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(22.26%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Transamerica Growth Opportunities—
Service Class

  

(15.97%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(4.36%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities—Service Class

  

3.78%

 

  

3.39%

 

    

4.21%

 

 

August 3, 1994

T. Rowe Price Equity Income—Service Class

  

(14.50%

)

  

0.43%

 

    

8.73%

 

 

January 20, 1995

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock—Service Class

  

(24.32%

)

  

(0.30%

)

    

8.99%

 

 

January 5, 1995

T. Rowe Price Small Cap—Service Class

  

(28.76%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(20.70%

)

 

May 1, 2000

 

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Standard Average Annual Total Returns

(Assuming No Optional Features)

 

Return of Premium Death Benefit

(Total Separate Account Annual Expenses: 1.65%)

 


Subaccount

  

1 Year

Ended

12/31/02

    

5 Year

Ended

12/31/02

      

Inception of the

Subaccount

to 12/31/02

   

Subaccount

Inception

Date


Van Kampen Active International Allocation—Service Class

  

(18.58%

)

  

(6.24%

)

    

(1.74%

)

 

July 5, 1994

Van Kampen Asset Allocation—Service Class

  

(18.00%

)

  

(0.15%

)

    

6.02%

 

 

July 5, 1994

Van Kampen Emerging Growth—
Service Class

  

(34.37%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(31.82%

)

 

May 1, 2001

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund—Series II

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(24.30%

)

 

May 1, 2002

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund—Series II

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(20.78%

)

 

May 1, 2002

AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio—Class B(7)

  

(23.59%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(18.77%

)

 

May 1, 2001

AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio—Class B(7)

  

(32.03%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(27.78%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Growth Portfolio—
Service Shares
(8)

  

(29.35%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(40.88%

)

 

October 9, 2000

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Portfolio—
Service Shares

  

(26.98%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(27.16%

)

 

October 9, 2000

MFS New Discovery Series—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(25.39%

)

 

May 1, 2002

MFS Total Return Series—Service Class

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(8.35%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Portfolio—
Service Class 2

  

(11.13%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(12.27%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income Portfolio—
Service Class 2

  

(18.56%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(7.06%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Fidelity—VIP Growth Portfolio—Service Class 2

  

(31.49%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(26.81%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Portfolio—Service Class 2

  

(11.55%

)

  

N/A

 

    

(2.49%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Portfolio—
Service Class 2

  

N/A

 

  

N/A

 

    

(25.25%

)

 

May 1, 2002

 

(1)   Effective May 1, 2003, Conservative Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio; Aggressive Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio; Moderate Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio; Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio, and BlackRock Global Science & Technology changed its name to BlackRock Global Science & Technology Opportunities.
(2)   As of May 1, 2003, Gabelli Global Growth was merged into American Century International.
(3)   Effective October 9, 2000, shares of each series of the target account were liquidated and the proceeds were used to purchase shares of the Capital Guardian U.S. Equity Portfolio. This was a fundamental change in the structure of the target account from an actively managed account to a passive unit investment trust. In addition, Capital Guardian U.S. Equity has a different subadviser and fundamentally different investment policies. Therefore, no performance history is given for periods prior to October 9, 2000 because such history is not relevant or applicable to the Capital Guardian U.S. Equity Subaccount.
(4)   As of May 1, 2003, Janus Growth II was merged into Janus Growth.
(5)   Formerly known as Goldman Sachs Growth.
(6)  

This subaccount has been re-opened for investments by any owner as of May 1, 2003. Any new investments in the re-opened subaccount will receive Service Class interests, however. Previously, this subaccount was only available to owners that held an investment in this subaccount on or before May 1, 2002. In addition, if

 

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any such owner surrendered all of his or her money in this subaccount on or before May 1, 2002, that owner could not reinvest in this subaccount.

(7)   Effective May 1, 2003, Alliance Growth & Income Portfolio changed its name to AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio and Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio changed its name to AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio.
(8)   Formerly known as Janus Aspen—Aggressive Growth Portfolio.

 

The figures in the above tables may reflect waiver of advisory fees and reimbursement of other expenses. In the absence of such waivers, the average annual total return figures above would have been lower. (See the prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios.)

 

Non-Standard Performance Data

 

In addition to the standard data discussed above, similar performance data for other periods may also be shown.

 

Transamerica may also advertise or disclose average annual total return or other performance data in non-standard formats for a subaccount of the separate account. The non-standard performance data may also make other assumptions, such as the amount invested in a subaccount, differences in time periods to be shown, or the effect of partial surrenders or annuity payments.

 

All non-standard performance data will be advertised only if the standard performance data is also disclosed. For additional information regarding the calculation of other performance data, please refer to the SAI.

 

Adjusted Historical Performance Data of the Portfolios.  Prior to July 5, 1994, the subaccounts had not yet commenced operations. The following performance data for the periods prior to the date the subaccount commenced operations is based on the performance of the corresponding portfolio and the assumption that the applicable subaccount was in existence for the same period as the corresponding portfolio with a level of charges equal to those currently assessed against the subaccount or against owner’s policy values.

 

In addition, Transamerica may present historic performance data for the portfolios since their inception reduced by some or all the fees and charges under the policy. Such adjusted historic performance includes data that precedes the inception dates on the subaccounts. This data is designed to show the performance that would have resulted if the policy had been in existence during that time.

 

For instance, as shown in Table 2 below, Transamerica may disclose average annual total returns for the portfolios reduced by some or all fees and charges under the policy, as if the policy had been in existence since the inception of the portfolios. Such fees and charges include the mortality and expense risk fee and an administrative charge. Also, Table 2 does not reflect the charge of any optional rider.

 

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TABLE 2

Hypothetical (Adjusted Historical) Average Annual Total Returns(1)

(Assuming No Optional Features)

 

Return of Premium Death Benefit

(Total Separate Account Annual Expenses: 1.65%)

 


Portfolio

 

1 Year

   

5 Year

    

10 Year

or Inception

   

Corresponding

Portfolio

Inception Date


Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio—Service Class(2)

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

  

(10.66%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio—Service Class(2)

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

  

(19.78%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio—Service Class(2)

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

  

(13.50%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio—Service Class(2)

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

  

(16.35%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Alger Aggressive Growth—Service Class

 

(35.68%

)

 

(3.01%

)

  

4.62%

 

 

March 1, 1994

American Century Income & Growth—Service Class

 

(20.95%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(16.53%

)

 

May 1, 2001

American Century International—Service Class(3)

 

(22.72%

)

 

(8.13%

)

  

(6.00%

)

 

May 1, 2001

BlackRock Global Science & Technology Opportunities—
Service Class
(1)

 

(37.63%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(27.14%

)

 

August 16, 2001

BlackRock Mid Cap Growth—Service Class

 

(29.14%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(21.00%

)

 

August 16, 2001

Capital Guardian Global—Service Class

 

(21.08%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(2.71%

)

 

February 3, 1998

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity—Service Class

 

(25.28%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(14.15%

)

 

October 9, 2000

Capital Guardian Value—Service Class

 

(22.24%

)

 

(3.32%

)

  

5.78%

 

 

May 27, 1993

Clarion Real Estate Securities—Service Class

 

1.61%

 

 

N/A

 

  

2.34%

 

 

May 1, 1998

Great Companies—AmericaSM—Service Class

 

(22.23%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(10.13%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Great Companies—Global2—Service Class

 

(23.04%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(23.69%

)

 

September 1, 2000

Great Companies—TechnologySM—Service Class

 

(39.33%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(40.60%

)

 

May 1, 2000

Janus Balanced (A/T)—Service Class

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

  

(6.35%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Janus Growth (A/T)—Service Class(4)

 

(32.00%

)

 

(3.69%

)

  

3.86%

 

October 2, 1986

Jennison Growth—Service Class

 

(32.09%

)

 

(13.00%

)

  

(8.69%

)

 

November 18, 1996

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index—Service Class

 

(26.06%

)

 

(3.60%

)

  

0.18%

 

 

May 1, 1997

Marsico Growth—Service Class(5)

 

(27.42%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(11.47%

)

 

May 3, 1999

MFS High Yield—Service Class

 

0.10%

 

 

N/A

 

  

(1.29%

)

 

June 1, 1998

PBHG Mid Cap Growth—Service Class

 

(29.79%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(11.01%

)

 

May 3, 1999

PBHG/NWQ Value Select—Service Class

 

(15.87%

)

 

(2.00%

)

  

3.26%

 

 

May 1, 1996

PIMCO Total Return—Service Class

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

  

4.81%

 

 

May 1, 2002

Salomon All Cap—Service Class

 

(26.18%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(0.59%

)

 

May 3, 1999

Transamerica Convertible Securities—Service Class

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

  

(8.03%

)

 

May 1, 2002

Transamerica Equity—Service Class

 

(23.75%

)

 

0.72%

 

  

13.58%

 

 

February 26, 1969

Transamerica Growth Opportunities—Service Class

 

(15.97%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(4.42%

)

 

May 1, 2001

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities—Service Class

 

3.78%

 

 

3.39%

 

  

4.05%

 

 

May 13, 1994

T. Rowe Price Equity Income—Service Class

 

(14.50%

)

 

0.43%

 

  

8.60%

 

 

January 3, 1995

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock—Service Class

 

(24.32%

)

 

(0.30%

)

  

8.92%

 

 

January 3, 1995

T. Rowe Price Small Cap—Service Class

 

(28.76%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(6.74%

)

 

May 3, 1999

Van Kampen Active International Allocation—Service Class

 

(18.58%

)

 

(6.24%

)

  

(0.42%

)

 

April 8, 1991

Van Kampen Asset Allocation—Service Class

 

(18.00%

)

 

(0.15%

)

  

5.65%

 

 

April 8, 1991

Van Kampen Emerging Growth—Service Class

 

(34.37%

)

 

(0.31%

)

  

8.32%

 

 

March 1, 1993

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund—Series II

 

(23.69%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(17.40%

)

 

September 10, 2001

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund—Series II(6)

 

(25.81%

)

 

(3.98%

)

  

5.48%

 

 

May 5, 1993

AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio—Class B(7)

 

(23.59%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(4.52%

)

 

June 1, 1999

AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio—Class B(7)

 

(32.03%

)

 

N/A

 

  

(17.81%

)

 

July 14, 1999


†   Ten Year Date

                      

 

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Hypothetical (Adjusted Historical) Average Annual Total Returns(1)

(Assuming No Optional Features)

 

 

Return of Premium Death Benefit

(Total Separate Account Annual Expenses: 1.65%)

 


Portfolio

 

1 Year

   

5 Year

      

10 Year

or Inception

   

Corresponding

Portfolio

Inception Date


Janus Aspen—Mid Cap Growth Portfolio—
Service Shares
(8)(9)

 

(29.35%

)

 

(3.11%

)

    

5.70%

 

 

September 13, 1993

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Portfolio—
Service Shares
(9)

 

(26.98%

)

 

(1.31%

)

    

8.38%

 

 

September 13, 1993

MFS New Discovery Series—Service Class(10)

 

(32.98%

)

 

N/A

 

    

(18.61%

)

 

May 1, 2000

MFS Total Return Series—Service Class(10)

 

(9.60%

)

 

N/A

 

    

0.05%

 

 

May 1, 2000

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Portfolio—Service Class 2(11)

 

(11.13%

)

 

1.79%

 

    

10.26%

 

 

January 3, 1995

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income Portfolio—
Service Class 2
(11)

 

(18.56%

)

 

(1.57%

)

    

7.84%

 

 

October 9, 1986

Fidelity—VIP Growth Portfolio—Service Class 2(11)

 

(31.49%

)

 

(2.23%

)

    

6.52%

 

 

October 9, 1986

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Portfolio—Service Class 2(11)

 

(11.55%

)

 

N/A

 

    

13.50%

 

 

December 28, 1998

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Portfolio—Service Class 2

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

    

(21.66%

)

 

February 25, 2002


    Ten Year Date

 

(1)   The calculation of total return performance for periods prior to inception of the subaccounts reflects deductions for the mortality and expense risk fee and administrative charge on a monthly basis, rather than a daily basis. The monthly deduction is made at the beginning of each month and generally approximates the performance that would have resulted if the subaccounts had actually been in existence since the inception of the portfolio.
(2)   Effective May 1, 2003, Conservative Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Conservative Portfolio; Aggressive Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Growth Portfolio; Moderate Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Moderate Portfolio; Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation changed its name to Asset Allocation—Moderate Growth Portfolio and BlackRock Global Science & Technology changed its name to BlackRock Global Science & Technology Opportunities.
(3)   As of May 1, 2003, Gabelli Global Growth was merged into American Century International.
(4)   As of May 1, 2003, Janus Growth II was merged into Janus Growth.
(5)   Formerly known as Goldman Sachs Growth.
(6)   Returns prior to July 16, 2001 for the portfolios are based on historical returns for the Series I shares.
(7)   Effective May 1, 2003, Alliance Growth & Income Portfolio changed its name to AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Portfolio and Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio changed its name to AllianceBernstein Premier Growth Portfolio.
(8)   Formerly known as Janus Aspen—Aggressive Growth Portfolio.
(9)   Returns prior to January 1, 2000 for the portfolios are based on historical returns for the Institutional Shares, adjusted for the estimated expenses of the Service Shares.
(10)   Returns prior to May 1, 2000, for the portfolios are based on historical returns for Initial Class Shares.
(11)   Returns prior to January 12, 2000 for the portfolios are based on historical returns for Initial Class Shares.

 

The figures in the above table may reflect waiver of advisory fees and reimbursement of other expenses. In the absence of such waivers, the average annual total return figures above would have been lower. (See the prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios.)

 

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APPENDIX C

 

INCOME BENEFIT PROGRAMS

 

The following hereby amends, and to the extent inconsistent replaces, the FEE TABLE in the prospectus:

 

Annual Optional Rider Fees:

    

Income Benefit Programs(1)

  

0.45%

 

(1)   The fee is a percentage of the minimum income base or minimum annuitization value and is deducted only during the accumulation phase. If you annuitize under one of these riders, a guaranteed payment fee is deducted at an annual rate of 1.25%.

 

1)    MANAGED ANNUITY PROGRAM.

 

The optional Managed Annuity Program II (“MAP II”) assures you of a minimum level of income in the future by guaranteeing a minimum income base (discussed below) that you will have to apply to a MAP II payment option. The MAP II also guarantees a minimum amount for those payments once you begin to receive them.

 

Minimum Income Base.    The minimum income base on the rider date (i.e., the date the rider is added to the policy) is the policy value. After the rider date, the minimum income base is equal to:

  the minimum income base on the rider date; plus
  any subsequent premium payments; less
  any subsequent adjusted partial surrenders;
  all of which are accumulated at the annual growth rate from the date of each transaction; minus
  any premium taxes.

 

The annual growth rate is 5%. The benefits and fees under the rider (including the annual growth rate, rider fee, the guaranteed payment fee, and the vesting schedule) are guaranteed not to change after the rider is added. However, all the specifications may change if you elect to upgrade the minimum income base.

 

Minimum Income Base Upgrade.    You can upgrade your minimum income base to the policy value anytime after the first rider anniversary and before your 85th birthday (earlier if required by state law). For your convenience, we will put the last date to upgrade on page one of the rider. The policy value you upgrade to will be the policy value next calculated after we receive all necessary information to complete the upgrade. It generally will not be to your advantage to upgrade unless your policy value exceeds your minimum income base at the time you elect the upgrade.

 

If you upgrade:

  the current rider will terminate and a new rider will be issued with its own terms and fees, which may mean, for example, you have to pay a higher rider fee, begin a new annuity income vesting period, etc.

 

Surrenders.    Surrenders will reduce the minimum income base. Each rider year, surrenders up to the limit of the total free amount (the minimum income base on the last rider anniversary multiplied by the annual growth rate) reduce the minimum income base on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Surrenders over this free amount will reduce the minimum income base on a pro rata basis by an amount equal to the minimum income base immediately prior to the excess surrender multiplied by the percentage reduction in the policy value resulting from the excess surrender. The free amount will always be a relatively small fraction of the minimum income base.

 

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Sustained partial surrenders alone, or in conjunction with poor investment performance, may reduce your policy value to below the minimum policy amount (or even to zero). In either event, your policy will be fully surrendered and you will lose all rights and benefits under your policy, including your right to annuitize your minimum income base under the MAP II.

 

Conditions of Exercise of the MAP II.  You can only annuitize using the MAP II within the 30 days after a rider anniversary. You cannot, however, annuitize using the MAP II before your first rider anniversary or after the rider anniversary after your 94th birthday (earlier if required by state law). For your convenience, we will put the last date to annuitize using the MAP II on page one of the rider.

 

If you annuitize at any time other than indicated above, you cannot use the MAP II.

 

MAP II Payment Options. You can annuitize under the MAP II (subject to the conditions described above) at the greater of the minimum income base or adjusted policy value. The minimum income base may only be used to annuitize using the MAP II payment options and may not be used with any other annuity payment options. The MAP II payment options are:

  Life Income—An election may be made for “No Period Certain,” “10 Years Certain” or “20 Years Certain.” In the event of the death of the annuitant prior to the end of the chosen period certain, the remaining period certain payments will be continued to the beneficiary.
  Joint and Full Survivor—An election may be made for “No Period Certain,” “10 Years Certain” or “20 Years Certain.” Payments will be made as long as either the annuitant or joint annuitant is living. In the event of the death of both the annuitant and joint annuitant prior to the end of the chosen period certain, the remaining period certain payments will be continued to the beneficiary.

 

NOTE CAREFULLY:

IF:

  You choose Life Income with No Period Certain or Joint and Full Survivor with No Period Certain; and
  The annuitant(s) dies before the due date of the second (third, fourth, etc.) annuity payment;

THEN:

  We will make only one (two, three, etc.) annuity payments.

 

Annuity Income Vesting. If you annuitize using the MAP II before the 10th rider anniversary, the MAP II annuity income will not be fully vested and the first payment will be calculated with an annuity income vesting percentage of less than 100%, which reduces the amount of your first payment by up to 50%. The annuity income vesting schedule is as follows:

 

Number of completed

years since the

Rider Date

    

Annuity Income

Vesting Percentage

(percent vested)


1

    

50%

2

    

55%

3

    

60%

4

    

65%

5

    

70%

6

    

75%

7

    

80%

8

    

85%

9

    

90%

more than 10

    

100%

 

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For example, assume a 65 year old male annuitized with a life with 10-year certain payment option at the end of year two with an minimum income base of $110,250.00. The monthly annuity factor from Schedule 1 of the rider for a male age 65, life with 10-years certain is $4.59 per thousand of annuitization value. The annuity income vesting percentage is 55% since annuitization is occurring after only two full years have passed since the rider date. The monthly payment amount would be equal to a * b * c where:

  a)   is the minimum income base divided by $1,000,
  b)   is the annuity factor from Schedule 1, and
  c)   is the annuity income vesting percentage.

 

In this case, the monthly payment amount would be $110,250/$1,000 * $4.59 * 55% = $278.33.

 

NOTE CAREFULLY: If you annuitize before the 10th rider anniversary, the MAP II annuity income will not be fully vested which results in all payments being lower than if the MAP II annuity income was fully vested, and the difference can be substantial.

 

MAP II Annuity Payments.    The minimum income base is used solely to calculate the MAP II annuity payments under one of the MAP II payment options and does not establish or guarantee a policy value or guarantee performance of any investment option. Because this benefit is based on conservative actuarial criteria (such as using a 2% assumed investment return to calculate the first annuity payment, using a 5% assumed investment return to calculate subsequent payments, and using age 85 annuity factors for all annuitants age 85 or older), the level of lifetime income that it guarantees may be less than the level that would be provided by application of the adjusted policy value at otherwise applicable annuity factors. Therefore, the MAP II should be regarded as a safety net. The costs of annuitizing under the MAP II include the guaranteed payment fee, and also the lower payout levels inherent in the annuity tables used for those minimum payouts and an annuity income vesting percentage of less than 100%. These costs should be balanced against the benefits of a minimum payout level.

 

Moreover, the Initial Payment Guarantee, if applicable, also provides for a minimum payout level, and it uses actuarial criteria (such as a 5% assumed investment return) that provide for higher payment levels for a given adjusted policy value than the MAP II. You should carefully consider these factors, since electing annuity payments under the MAP II will generally be advantageous only when the minimum income base is sufficiently in excess of the adjusted policy value to overcome these disadvantages.

 

Guaranteed Minimum Stabilized Payments.    Annuity payments under the MAP II are guaranteed to never be less than the initial payment. The amount of the first payment provided by the MAP II will be determined by multiplying each $1,000 of minimum income base by the applicable annuity factor shown on Schedule I of the rider. The applicable annuity factor depends upon the annuitant’s (and joint annuitant’s, if any) sex (or without regard to gender if required by law), age, any annuity factor age adjustment, and the MAP II payment option selected. The applicable annuity factor is also based on an assumed investment return of 2% and the “2000 Table”, using an assumed annuity commencement date of 2005 (static projection to this point) with dynamic projection using scale G from that point (100% of G for male, 50% of G for females). Subsequent payments will be calculated using a 5% assumed investment return. Subsequent payments may fluctuate annually in accordance with the investment performance of the annuity subaccounts. However, subsequent payments are guaranteed to never be less than the initial payment.

 

Annuity payments under MAP II will also be “stabilized” or held constant during each year. During the first year after annuitizing using the MAP II, each stabilized payment will equal the initial payment. On each annuitization anniversary thereafter, the stabilized payment will increase or decrease depending on the performance of the investment options you selected (but will never be less than the initial payment), and then be held constant at that amount for that year. The stabilized payment on each annuitization anniversary will equal the greater of the initial payment or the payment supportable by the annuity units in

 

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the selected investment options. If the supportable payment at any payment date during a year is greater than the stabilized payment for that year, the excess will be used to purchase additional annuity units. Conversely, if the supportable payment at any payment date during a year is less than the stabilized payment for that year, there will be a reduction in the number of annuity units credited to the policy to fund the deficiency. In the case of a reduction, you will not participate as fully in the future investment performance of the subaccounts you selected since fewer annuity units are credited to your policy. Purchases and reductions will be allocated to each subaccount on a proportionate basis.

 

MAP II Fee.    A rider fee, 0.45% of the minimum income base on the rider anniversary, is charged annually prior to annuitization. We will also charge this fee if you take a complete surrender. The rider fee is deducted from each investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each investment option. This fee is deducted even if the adjusted policy value exceeds the minimum income base.

 

Guaranteed Payment Fee.    A guaranteed payment fee, equal to an effective annual rate of 1.25% of the daily net asset value in the separate account, is reflected in the amount of the variable payments you receive if you annuitize under the MAP II, in addition to the policy mortality and expense risk fee and administrative charge. The guaranteed payment fee is included on page one of the rider.

 

Termination.    The MAP II will terminate upon the earliest of the following:

  the date we receive written notice from you requesting termination of the MAP II (you may not terminate the rider before the first rider anniversary);
  annuitization (you will still receive guaranteed minimum stabilized payments if you annuitize under the MAP II);
  termination of your policy; or
  30 days after the rider anniversary after your 94th birthday (earlier if required by state law).

 

If you terminate the MAP II (except pursuant to an upgrade) you cannot re-elect the rider.

 

The Managed Annuity Program II may vary for certain policies and may not be available for all policies. For policies sold in Minnesota and New Jersey, please see the separate discussion describing this feature for their state.

 

2)    FOR MINNESOTA ONLY.

 

For Minnesota policies, the optional Family Income Protector is as described herein.

 

Family Income Protector

 

The optional “Family Income Protector” rider assures you of a minimum level of income in the future by guaranteeing a minimum annuitization value (discussed below) after ten years. You may elect to purchase this benefit, which provides a minimum amount you will have to apply to a Family Income Protector payment option and which guarantees a minimum amount for those payments once you begin to receive them. By electing this benefit, you can participate in the gains of the underlying variable investment options you select while knowing that you are guaranteed a minimum level of income in the future, regardless of the performance of the underlying variable investment options.

 

You can annuitize under the rider (subject to the conditions described below) at the greater of the adjusted policy value or the minimum annuitization value.

 

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Minimum Annuitization Value.    The minimum annuitization value is:

  the policy value on the date the rider is issued; plus
  any additional premium payments; minus
  an adjustment for any surrenders made after the date the rider is issued;
  the result of which is accumulated at the annual growth rate written on page one of the rider; minus
  any premium taxes.

 

The annual growth rate is 5% per year. Once the rider is added to your policy, the annual growth rate will not vary during the life of that rider. Surrenders may reduce the minimum annuitization value on a basis greater than dollar-for-dollar.

 

The minimum annuitization value may only be used to annuitize using the Family Income Protector payment options and may not be used with any of the annuity payment options listed in Section 7 of this prospectus. The Family Income Protector payment options are:

  Life Income—An election may be made for “No Period Certain” or “10 Years Certain”. In the event of the death of the annuitant prior to the end of the chosen period certain, the remaining period certain payments will be continued to the beneficiary.
  Joint and Full Survivor—An election may be made for “No Period Certain” or “10 Years Certain”. Payments will be made as long as either the annuitant or joint annuitant is living. In the event of the death of both the annuitant and joint annuitant prior to the end of the chosen period certain, the remaining period certain payments will be continued to the beneficiary.

 

NOTE CAREFULLY:

IF:

  You choose Life Income with No Period Certain or Joint and Full Survivor with No Period Certain; and
  The annuitant(s) dies before the due date of the second (third, fourth, etc.) annuity payment;

THEN:

  We will make only one (two, three, etc.) annuity payments.

 

The minimum annuitization value is used solely to calculate the Family Income Protector annuity payments and does not establish or guarantee a policy value or guarantee performance of any investment option. Because this benefit is based on conservative actuarial factors (such as the use of a 3% assumed investment return, or “AIR,” to calculate the first annuity payment, which results in a lower dollar amount for that payment than would result from using the 5% AIR that is used with the regular annuity payments described in the prospectus), the level of lifetime income that it guarantees may be less than the level that would be provided by application of the adjusted policy value at otherwise applicable annuity factors. Therefore, the Family Income Protector should be regarded as a safety net. The costs of annuitizing under the Family Income Protector include the guaranteed payment fee, and also the lower payout levels inherent in the annuity tables used for those minimum payouts (which may include an annuity age factor adjustment). These costs should be balanced against the benefits of a minimum payout level.

 

In addition to the annual growth rate, other benefits and fees under the rider (the rider fee, the fee waiver threshold, the guaranteed payment fee, and the waiting period before the rider can be exercised) are also guaranteed not to change after the rider is added. However, all of these benefit specifications may change if you elect to upgrade the minimum annuitization value.

 

Minimum Annuitization Value Upgrade.    You can upgrade your minimum annuitization value to the policy value on a policy anniversary. This may be done within thirty days after any policy anniversary before your 85th birthday (earlier if required by state law). For your convenience, we will put the last date to upgrade on page one of the rider.

 

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If you upgrade:

  the current rider will terminate and a new one will be issued with its own specified guaranteed benefits and fees;
  the new fees, thresholds and factors may be higher (or lower) than before;
  the new annual growth rate may be lower (or higher) than before; and
  you will have a new ten year waiting period before you can annuitize under the rider.

 

It generally will not be to your advantage to upgrade unless your policy value exceeds your minimum annuitization value on the applicable policy anniversary.

 

Surrenders.    Surrenders will reduce the minimum annuitization value. Each rider year, surrenders up to the limit of the total free amount (the minimum annuitization value on the last rider anniversary multiplied by the annual growth rate) reduce the minimum annuitization value on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Surrenders over this free amount will reduce the minimum annuitization value on a pro rata basis by an amount equal to the minimum annuitization value immediately prior to the excess surrender multiplied by the percentage reduction in the policy value resulting from the excess surrender. The free amount will always be a relatively small fraction of the minimum annuitization value.

 

Sustained partial surrenders alone, or in conjunction with poor investment performance, may reduce your policy value to below the minimum policy amount (or even to zero). In either event, your policy will be fully surrendered and you will lose all rights and benefits under your policy, including your right to annuitize your minimum annuitization value under the Family Income Protector.

 

Conditions of Exercise of the Family Income Protector.    You can only annuitize using the Family Income Protector within the 30 days after the tenth or later policy anniversary after the Family Income Protector is elected or, in the case of an upgrade of the minimum annuitization value, the tenth or later policy anniversary following the upgrade. You cannot, however, annuitize using the Family Income Protector after the policy anniversary after your 94th birthday. For your convenience, we will put the first and last date to annuitize using the Family Income Protector on page one of the rider.

 

NOTE CAREFULLY: If you annuitize at any time other than indicated above, you cannot use the Family Income Protector.

 

Guaranteed Minimum Stabilized Payments.    Annuity payments under the rider are guaranteed to never be less than the initial payment. The amount of the first payment provided by the Family Income Protector will be determined by multiplying each $1,000 of minimum income base by the applicable annuity factor shown on Schedule I of the rider. The applicable annuity factor depends upon the annuitant’s (and joint annuitant’s, if any) sex (or without regard to gender if required by law), age, and the Family Income Protector payment option selected. The applicable annuity factor is also based on a guaranteed interest rate of 3% and the “1983 a Table”, using an assumed annuity commencement date of 2000 (static projection to this point) with dynamic projection using scale G from that point. Subsequent payments will be calculated using a 5% assumed investment return. Subsequent payments may fluctuate annually in accordance with the investment performance of the annuity subaccounts. However, subsequent payments are guaranteed to never be less than the initial payment.

 

Annuity payments under Family Income Protector will also be “stabilized” or held constant during each year. During the first year after annuitizing using the Family Income Protector, each stabilized payment will equal the initial payment. On each annuitization anniversary thereafter, the stabilized payment will increase or decrease depending on the performance of the investment options you selected (but will never be less than the initial payment), and then be held constant at that amount for that year. The stabilized payment on each annuitization anniversary will equal the greater of the initial payment or the payment supportable by the annuity units in the selected investment options. If the supportable payment at any

 

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payment date during a year is greater than the stabilized payment for that year, the excess will be used to purchase additional annuity units. Conversely, if the supportable payment at any payment date during a year is less than the stabilized payment for that year, there will be a reduction in the number of annuity units credited to the policy to fund the deficiency. In the case of a reduction, you will not participate as fully in the future investment performance of the subaccounts you selected since fewer annuity units are credited to your policy. Purchases and reductions will be allocated to each subaccount on a proportionate basis.

 

Rider Fee.    A rider fee, 0.45% of the minimum annuitization value on the policy anniversary, is charged annually prior to annuitization. We will also charge this fee if you take a complete surrender. The rider fee is deducted from each variable investment choice in proportion to the amount of policy value in each subaccount. This fee is deducted even if the adjusted policy value exceeds the minimum annuitization value.

 

The rider fee on any given policy anniversary will be waived if the policy value exceeds the fee waiver threshold. The fee waiver threshold is two times the minimum annuitization value. Transamerica may, at its discretion, change the fee waiver threshold in the future, but it will never be greater than two and one-half times the minimum annuitization value.

 

Guaranteed Payment Fee.    A guaranteed payment fee, equal to an effective annual rate of 1.25% of the daily net asset value in the separate account, is reflected in the amount of the variable payments you receive if you annuitize under the Family Income Protector rider, in addition to the base product mortality and expense risk fee and administrative charge. The guaranteed payment fee is included on page one of the rider.

 

Termination.    The rider is irrevocable. You have the option not to use the benefit but you will not receive a refund of any fees you have paid. The rider will terminate upon the earliest of the following:

  annuitization (you will still get guaranteed minimum stabilized payments if you annuitize using the minimum annuitization value under the Family Income Protector);
  upgrade of the minimum annuitization value (although a new rider will be issued);
  termination of your policy; or
  30 days after the policy anniversary after your 94th birthday.

 

If you terminate the Family Income Protector (except pursuant to an upgrade) you cannot re-elect the rider.

 

3)    FOR NEW JERSEY ONLY.

 

For New Jersey policies, the optional Managed Annuity Program is as described herein.

 

Managed Annuity Program

 

The optional Managed Annuity Program can be used to provide you a certain level of income in the future by guaranteeing a minimum annuitization value (discussed below). You may elect to purchase this benefit, which provides a minimum amount you will have to apply to a Managed Annuity Program payment option and which guarantees a minimum level of those payments once you begin to receive them. By electing this benefit, you can participate in the gains of the underlying variable investment options you select while knowing that you are guaranteed a minimum level of income in the future, regardless of the performance of the underlying variable investment options.

 

You can annuitize under the Managed Annuity Program (subject to the conditions described below) at the greater of the policy value or the minimum annuitization value (subject to any applicable adjustment).

 

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Minimum Annuitization Value.    If the Managed Annuity Program is added when you purchase the policy or in the first policy year, the minimum annuitization value on the rider date (i.e., the date the rider is added to the policy) is the total premium payments. If the Managed Annuity Program is added after the first policy year, the minimum annuitization value on the rider date is the policy value.

 

After the rider date, the minimum annuitization value is:

  the minimum annuitization value on the rider date; plus
  any additional premium payments; minus
  an adjustment for any withdrawals made after the rider date;
  the result of which is accumulated at the annual growth rate; minus
  any premium taxes.

 

Please note that if you annuitize using the Managed Annuity Program on any date other than a rider anniversary, there may be a downward adjustment to your minimum annuitization value. See “Minimum Annuitization Value Adjustment” below.

 

The annual growth rate is 5% per year. Withdrawals may reduce the minimum annuitization value on a basis greater than dollar-for-dollar. In addition to the immediate reduction in the minimum annuitization value due to the withdrawal, the same withdrawal, if taken in the rider year that you annuitize using the Managed Annuity Program, may also result in a negative minimum annuitization value adjustment. See “Minimum Annuitization Value Adjustment” below.

 

The minimum annuitization value may only be used to annuitize using the Managed Annuity Program payment options and may not be used with any of the other annuity payment options listed in the prospectus. The Managed Annuity Program payment options are:

  Life Income—An election may be made for “No Period Certain” or “10 Years Certain”. In the event of the death of the annuitant prior to the end of the chosen period certain, the remaining period certain payments will be continued to the beneficiary.
  Joint and Full Survivor—An election may be made for “No Period Certain” or “10 Years Certain”. Payments will be made as long as either the annuitant or joint annuitant is living. In the event of the death of both the annuitant and joint annuitant prior to the end of the chosen period certain, the remaining period certain payments will be continued to the beneficiary.

 

NOTE CAREFULLY:

IF:

  You choose Life Income with No Period Certain or Joint and Full Survivor with No Period Certain; and
  The annuitant(s) dies before the due date of the second (third, fourth, etc.) annuity payment;

THEN:

  We will make only one (two, three, etc.) annuity payments.

 

Please note that if you annuitize using the Managed Annuity Program before the 10th rider anniversary, the payments will be calculated with an annuity factor age adjustment. See “Annuity Factor Age Adjustment” below.

 

Minimum Annuitization Value Adjustment.    If you annuitize under the Managed Annuity Program on any date other than a rider anniversary, the minimum annuitization value will be adjusted downward if your policy value has decreased since the last rider anniversary (or the rider date for annuitizations within the first rider year). The adjusted minimum annuitization value will equal:

  the policy value on the date you annuitize; plus

 

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  the minimum annuitization value on the most recent rider anniversary (or the rider date for annuitizations within the first rider year); minus
  the policy value on the most recent rider anniversary (or the rider date for annuitizations within the first rider year).

 

The minimum annuitization value will not be adjusted if:

  you annuitize on a rider anniversary; or
  your policy value has increased since the last rider anniversary (or the rider date for annuitizations within the first rider year).

 

Annuity Factor Age Adjustment.    If you annuitize using the Managed Annuity Program before the 10th rider anniversary, the first payment will be calculated with an annuity factor age adjustment which subtracts up to 10 years from your age resulting in all payments being lower than if an annuity factor age adjustment was not used. The age adjustment is as follows:

 

Number of Years

Since the

Rider Date

    

Age Adjustment:

Number of Years Subtracted from Your Age


0-1

    

10

1-2

    

9

2-3

    

8

3-4

    

7

4-5

    

6

5-6

    

5

6-7

    

4

7-8

    

3

8-9

    

2

9-10

    

1

more than 10

    

0

 

The minimum annuitization value is used solely to calculate the Managed Annuity Program annuity payments and does not establish or guarantee a policy value or guarantee performance of any investment option. Because this benefit is based on conservative actuarial factors (such as the use of a 3% assumed investment return, or “AIR,” to calculate the first annuity payment, which results in a lower dollar amount for that payment than would result from using the 5% AIR that is used with the regular annuity payments described in the prospectus), the level of lifetime income that it guarantees may be less than the level that would be provided by application of the adjusted policy value at otherwise applicable annuity factors. Therefore, the Managed Annuity Program should be regarded as a safety net. The costs of annuitizing under the Managed Annuity Program include the guaranteed payment fee, and also the lower payout levels inherent in the annuity tables used for those minimum payouts (which may include an annuity age factor adjustment). These costs should be balanced against the benefits of a minimum payout level.

 

In addition to the annual growth rate, other benefits and fees under the rider (the rider fee, the fee waiver threshold, guaranteed payment fee, and the annuity factor age adjustment) are also guaranteed not to change after the rider is added. However, all of these specifications may change if you elect to upgrade the minimum annuitization value.

 

Minimum Annuitization Value Upgrade.    You can upgrade your minimum annuitization value to the policy value at any time before your 95th birthday.

 

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If you upgrade:

  the current rider will terminate and a new one will be issued with its own specified guaranteed benefits and fees; and
  the new rider’s specified benefits and fees may not be as advantageous as before.

 

It generally will not be to your advantage to upgrade unless your policy value exceeds your minimum annuitization value at that time.

 

Surrenders.    Surrenders will reduce the minimum annuitization value. Each rider year, surrenders up to the limit of the total free amount (the minimum annuitization value on the last rider anniversary multiplied by the annual growth rate) reduce the minimum annuitization value on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Surrenders over this free amount will reduce the minimum annuitization value on a pro rata basis by an amount equal to the minimum annuitization value immediately prior to the excess surrender multiplied by the percentage reduction in the policy value resulting from the excess surrender. The free amount will always be a relatively small fraction of the minimum annuitization value.

 

Sustained partial surrenders alone, or in conjunction with negative investment performance, may reduce your policy value to below the minimum policy amount (or even to zero). In either event, your policy will be fully surrendered and you will lose all rights and benefits under your policy, including your right to annuitize your minimum annuitization value under the Managed Annuity Program.

 

Conditions of Exercise of the Managed Annuity Program.    You can annuitize using the Managed Annuity Program at any time before your 95th birthday. For your convenience, we will put the last date to annuitize using the Managed Annuity Program on page one of the rider.

 

NOTE CAREFULLY:

  If you annuitize at any time other than a rider anniversary, there may be a negative adjustment to your minimum annuitization value. See “Minimum Annuitization Value Adjustment.”
  If you annuitize before the 10th rider anniversary there will be an annuity factor age adjustment. See “Annuity Factor Age Adjustment.”
  If you take a withdrawal during the rider year that you annuitize, your minimum annuitization value will be reduced to reflect the withdrawal and will likely be subject to a negative minimum annuitization value adjustment.

 

Guaranteed Minimum Stabilized Payments.    Annuity payments under the Managed Annuity Program are guaranteed to never be less than the initial payment. The amount of the first payment provided by the Managed Annuity Program will be determined by multiplying each $1,000 of minimum income base by the applicable annuity factor shown on Schedule I of the rider. The applicable annuity factor depends upon the annuitant’s (and joint annuitant’s, if any) sex (or without regard to gender if required by law), age, any annuity factor age adjustment, and the Managed Annuity Program payment option selected. The applicable annuity factor is also based on a guaranteed interest rate of 3% and the “1983 a Table”, using an assumed annuity commencement date of 2000 (static projection to this point) with dynamic projection using scale G from that point. Subsequent payments will be calculated using a 5% assumed investment return. Subsequent payments may fluctuate annually in accordance with the investment performance of the annuity subaccounts. However, subsequent payments are guaranteed to never be less than the initial payment.

 

Annuity payments under Managed Annuity Program will also be “stabilized” or held constant during each year. During the first year after annuitizing using the Managed Annuity Program, each stabilized payment will equal the initial payment. On each annuitization anniversary thereafter, the stabilized payment will increase or decrease depending on the performance of the investment options you selected (but will never be less than the initial payment), and then be held constant at that amount for that year. The stabilized

 

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payment on each annuitization anniversary will equal the greater of the initial payment or the payment supportable by the annuity units in the selected investment options. If the supportable payment at any payment date during a year is greater than the stabilized payment for that year, the excess will be used to purchase additional annuity units. Conversely, if the supportable payment at any payment date during a year is less than the stabilized payment for that year, there will be a reduction in the number of annuity units credited to the policy to fund the deficiency. In the case of a reduction, you will not participate as fully in the future investment performance of the subaccounts you selected since fewer annuity units are credited to your policy. Purchases and reductions will be allocated to each subaccount on a proportionate basis.

 

Managed Annuity Program Fee.    A rider fee, currently 0.45% of the minimum annuitization value on the rider anniversary, is charged annually prior to annuitization. We will also charge this fee upon termination. The rider fee is deducted from each variable investment option in proportion to the amount of policy value in each subaccount.

 

The rider fee on any given rider anniversary will be waived if the policy value exceeds the fee waiver threshold. The fee waiver threshold currently is two times the minimum annuitization value. Transamerica may, at its discretion, change the fee waiver threshold in the future, but it will never be greater than two and one-half times the minimum annuitization value.

 

Guaranteed Payment Fee.    A guaranteed payment fee, currently equal to an effective annual rate of 1.25% of the daily net asset value in the separate account, is reflected in the amount of the variable payments you receive if you annuitize under the Managed Annuity Program.

 

Termination.    The Managed Annuity Program will terminate upon the earliest of the following:

  the date we receive written notice from you requesting termination of the Managed Annuity Program;
  annuitization (you will still get guaranteed minimum stabilized payments if you annuitize using the minimum annuitization value under the Managed Annuity Program);
  upgrade of the minimum annuitization value (although a new rider will be issued);
  termination of your policy; or
  30 days after the last date to elect the benefit as shown on page 1 of the rider.

 

If you terminate the Managed Annuity Program (except pursuant to an upgrade) you cannot re-elect the rider.

 

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APPENDIX D

 

POLICY VARIATIONS

 

The dates shown below are the approximate first issue dates of the various versions of the Policy. These dates will vary by state in many cases. This Appendix describes certain of the more significant differences in features of the various versions of the Policy. There may be additional variations. Please see your actual policy and any attachments for determining your specific coverage.

 

Policy Form/Endorsement

  

Approximate First Issue Date

AV212 101 75 1292 (Policy Form)

  

May 1993

V829 & S831 (replacement pages for 1.65 M&E)

  

January 1994

AE872 395 (endorsement)

  

May 1995

AV265 101 89 396 (Policy Form)

  

June 1996

AE900 396 (endorsement)

  

June 1996

AV339 101 101 497 (Policy Form)

  

July 1997

AE957 497 (endorsement)

  

July 1997

AV400 101 107 198 (Policy Form)

  

May 1998

RGMI 1 798 (endorsement—Family Income Protector)

  

December 1998

RTP 1 201 (Additional Death Distribution Rider)

  

May 2001

RGMI 15 0301 (Managed Annuity Program)

  

January 2002

RGMI 21 0902 (Managed Annuity Program II)

  

January 2003

 

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Product Feature

 

AV212 101 75 1292

 

AV212 101 75 1292,V829 and S831

 

AV265 101 89 396 and AE900 396

 

AV339 101 101 497 and AE957 497


Excess Interest Adjustment

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

Yes

 

Yes


Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option(s)

 

Total Premiums Paid, less any partial surrenders made before death, accumulated at 5% to the date we receive due proof of death or the Policy Value on the date we receive due proof of death, which ever is greater

 

Total Premiums Paid, less any partial surrenders made before death, accumulated at 5% to the date we receive due proof of death or the Policy Value on the date we receive due proof of death, which ever is greater.

 

5% Annually Compounding (Option A) or Annual Step-Up (Option B). Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 75.

 

5% Annually Compounding (Option A) or Annual Step-Up (Option B), or Return of Premium (Option C). Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 75. Option B is only available if Owner and Annuitant are under age 81.


Guaranteed Period Options (available in the Fixed Account)

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

1, 3 and 5 year Guaranteed Periods available.

 

1, 3, and 5 year Guaranteed Periods available.


Minimum effective annual interest rate applicable to the fixed account

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

3%

 

3%


Asset Rebalancing

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

Yes

 

Yes


Death Proceeds

 

Greater of 1) the Policy Value on the date we receive due proof of death, or 2) the total premiums paid for this policy, less any partial surrenders made before death, accumulated at 5% interest per annum to the date we receive due proof of death

 

Greater of 1) the Policy Value on the date we receive due proof of death, or 2) the total premiums paid for this policy, less any partial surrenders made before death, accumulated at 5% interest per annum to the date we receive due proof of death.

 

Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.

 

Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.


Distribution Financing Charge

 

N/A

 

Applicable

 

Applicable

 

Applicable


Is Mortality & Expense Risk Fee and Administrative Charge different after the Annuity Commencement Date?

 

No

 

No

 

No

 

No


Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Option

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

Yes

 

Yes


Service Charge

 

$35 assessed on each Policy Anniversary.

 

$35 assessed on each Policy Anniversary.

 

$35 assessed on each Policy Anniversary; waived if Sum of Premium Payments less partial surrenders is at least $50,000 on the Policy Anniversary. Not deducted from the Fixed Account.

 

$35 assessed either on a Policy Anniversary or on Surrender; waived if sum of Premium Payments less partial surrenders or the Policy Value is at least $50,000 on the Policy Anniversary or at the time of Surrender. The Service Charge is deducted pro-rata from the Investment Options.


Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

Yes

 

Yes


Unemployment Waiver

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A


Family Income Protector

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A


Additional Death Distribution

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A


Managed Annuity Program

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A


Managed Annuity Program II

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

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Product Feature

  

AV400 101 107 198 with AE957 497

  

AV400 101 107 198 with

RGMI 1 798, RTP 1 201,
RGMI 15 0301, and RGMI 21 0902


Excess Interest Adjustment

  

Yes

  

Yes


Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option(s)

  

5% Annually Compounding (Option A), Double Enhanced (Option B), or Return of Premium (Option C). Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 75. Option B is only available if Owner and Annuitant are under age 81.

  

5% Annually Compounding (Option A), Double Enhanced (Option B), or Return of Premium (Option C). Option A is only available if Owner and Annuitant are both under age 75. Option B is only available if Owner and Annuitant are under age 81.


Guaranteed Period Options (available in the Fixed Account)

  

1, 3, and 5 year Guaranteed Periods available.

  

1, 3, and 5 year Guaranteed Periods available.


Minimum effective annual interest rate applicable to the fixed account

  

3%

  

3%


Asset Rebalancing

  

Yes

  

Yes


Death Proceeds

  

Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.

  

Greatest of (a) Policy Value, (b) Cash Value, and (c) Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.


Distribution Financing Charge

  

Applicable

  

Applicable


Is Mortality & Expense Risk Fee and Administrative Charge different after the Annuity Commencement Date?

  

Yes 1.10% plus Administrative Charge, regardless of death benefit chosen prior to the Annuity Commencement Date.

  

Yes 1.10% plus Administrative Charge, regardless of death benefit chosen prior to the Annuity Commencement Date.


Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Option

  

Yes

  

Yes


Service Charge

  

$35 assessed either on a Policy Anniversary or on Surrender; waived if sum of Premium Payments less partial surrenders or the Policy Value is at least $50,000 on the Policy Anniversary or at the time of Surrender. The Service Charge is deducted pro-rata from the Investment Options.

  

$35 assessed either on a Policy Anniversary or on Surrender; waived if sum of Premium Payments less partial surrenders or the Policy Value is at least $50,000 on the Policy Anniversary or at the time of Surrender. The Service Charge is deducted pro-rata from the Investment Options.


Nursing Care and Terminal Condition Withdrawal Option

  

Yes

  

Yes


Unemployment Waiver

  

N/A

  

N/A


Family Income Protector

  

No

  

Yes


Additional Death Distribution

  

No

  

Yes


Managed Annuity Program

  

No

  

Yes


Managed Annuity Program II

  

No

  

Yes

 

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TRANSAMERICA FREEDOM VARIABLE ANNUITY

 

Issued by

 

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

Supplement dated May 1, 2003

to the

Prospectus dated May 1, 2003

 

For certain policies, the information provided in this supplement hereby amends and/or replaces the corresponding information contained in the prospectus. Please contact your financial representative to determine if this supplement applies to your policy.

 

The following hereby amends, and to the extent inconsistent replaces, the corresponding SUMMARY sections of the prospectus:

 

5.    EXPENSES

 

We deduct daily mortality and expense risk fees and administrative charges at an annual rate of 1.25% (if you choose the “Return of Premium Death Benefit”) or 1.40% (if you choose any other death benefit option) from the assets in each subaccount.

 

8.    DEATH BENEFIT

 

When you purchase a policy you generally may choose one of the following guaranteed minimum death benefits:

  5% Annually Compounding;
  Double Enhanced; or
  Return of Premium.

 

The following hereby amends, and to the extent inconsistent replaces, the FEE TABLE in the prospectus:

 

Separate Account Annual Expenses (as a percentage of average account value):

      

Base Separate Account Expenses:

      

Mortality and Expense Risk Fee

  

1.10

%


Administrative Charge

  

0.15

%


Distribution Finance Charge

  

0.25

%


Total Base Separate Account Annual Expenses

  

1.50

%


Optional Separate Account Expenses:

      

Double Enhanced Death Benefit(1)

  

0.15

%


5% Annually Compounding Death Benefit(1)

  

0.15

%


 

This Prospectus Supplement must be accompanied

by the Prospectus for the

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity dated May 1, 2003

 

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(1)   The fee for the “Double Enhanced Death Benefit” and the “5% Annually Compounding Death Benefit” is in addition to the mortality and expense risk fee (1.10%).

 

The following hereby amends, and to the extent inconsistent replaces, the corresponding sections of the prospectus:

 

5.    EXPENSES

 

Mortality and Expense Risk Fee

 

For the Return of Premium Death Benefit, the daily mortality and expense risk fee is at an annual rate of 1.10%. For the 5% Annually Compounding Death Benefit and the Double Enhanced Death Benefit, the mortality and expense risk fee is at an annual rate of 1.25%. During the income phase, the mortality and expense risk fee is at an annual rate of 1.10%.

 

8.    DEATH BENEFIT

 

We will pay a death benefit to your beneficiary, under certain circumstances, if the annuitant dies before the income phase and the annuitant was also an owner. (If the annuitant was not an owner, a death benefit may or may not be paid. See below). The beneficiary may choose an annuity payment option, or may choose to receive a lump sum.

 

When We Pay A Death Benefit

 

Before the Annuity Commencement Date

We will pay a death benefit IF:

  you are both the annuitant and an owner of the policy; and
  you die before the annuity commencement date.

 

If the only beneficiary is your surviving spouse, then he or she may elect to continue the policy as the new annuitant and owner, instead of receiving the death benefit.

 

We will also pay a death benefit to your beneficiary IF:

  you are not the annuitant; and
  the annuitant dies before the annuity commencement date; and
  you specifically requested that the death benefit be paid upon the annuitant’s death.

 

Distribution requirements apply to the policy value upon the death of any owner. These requirements are detailed in the SAI.

 

After the Annuity Commencement Date

The death benefit payable, if any, on or after the annuity commencement date depends on the annuity payment option selected.

 

IF:

  you are not the annuitant; and
  you die on or after the annuity commencement date; and
  the entire interest in the policy has not been paid to you;

 

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THEN:

  the remaining portion of such interest in the policy will be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of your death.

 

When We Do Not Pay A Death Benefit

 

No death benefit is paid in the following cases:

IF:

  you are not the annuitant; and
  the annuitant dies prior to the annuity commencement date; and
  you did not specifically request that the death benefit be paid upon the annuitant’s death;

THEN:

  you will become the new annuitant and the policy will continue.

 

IF:

  you are not the annuitant; and
  you die prior to the annuity commencement date;

THEN:

  the new owner must surrender the policy within five years of your death for the adjusted policy value minus any applicable rider fees.

 

NOTE CAREFULLY:

 

If the owner does not name a contingent owner, the owner’s estate will become the new owner. If no probate estate is opened (because, for example, the owner has precluded the opening of a probate estate by means of a trust or other instrument), and Transamerica has not received written notice of the trust as a successor owner signed prior to the owner’s death, then that trust may not exercise ownership rights to the policy. It may be necessary to open a probate estate in order to exercise ownership rights to the policy if no contingent owner is named in a written notice received by Transamerica.

 

Amount of Death Benefit

 

Death benefit provisions may differ from state to state. The death benefit may be paid as a lump sum or as annuity payments. The amount of the death benefit depends on the guaranteed minimum death benefit option you chose when you bought the policy. The death benefit will generally be the greatest of:

  policy value on the date we receive the required information; or
  cash value on the date we receive the required information (this could be more than the policy value if there is a positive excess interest adjustment); or
  guaranteed minimum death benefit (discussed below), plus premium payments, less gross partial surrenders from the date of death to the date the death benefit is paid.

 

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Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit

 

Note: The following generally applies, depending on the state of issue, to policies issued after May 1, 2002. For other policies, see Appendix C.

 

On the policy application, you generally may choose one of the three guaranteed minimum death benefit options listed below (age limitations may apply).

 

After the policy is issued, you cannot make an election and the death benefit cannot be changed.

 

A. Return of Premium Death Benefit

 

The Return of Premium Death Benefit is:

  total premium payments; less
  any adjusted partial surrenders as of the date of death.

 

The Return of Premium Death Benefit will be in effect if you do not choose one of the other death benefit options on the policy application. The charges are lower for this option than for the other two.

 

B. 5% Annually Compounding Death Benefit

 

The 5% Annually Compounding Death Benefit is:

  total premium payments; less
  any adjusted partial surrenders; plus
  interest at an effective annual rate of 5% from the premium payment date or surrender date to the date of death.

 

The 5% Annually Compounding Death Benefit is not available if the owner or annuitant is 75 or older on the policy date. There is an extra charge for this death benefit (an extra 0.15% annually).

 

C. Double Enhanced Death Benefit

 

The Double Enhanced Death Benefit is the greater of the following:

  5% Annually Compounding Death Benefit—total premium payments, less any adjusted partial surrenders, plus interest at an effective annual rate of 5% from the premium payment date or surrender date to the date of death (but not later than your 81st birthday).
  Step-Up Death Benefit—the largest policy value on the policy date or on any policy anniversary before you reach age 81; plus any premium payments you have made since then; minus any adjusted partial surrenders we have paid to you since then.

 

The Double Enhanced Death Benefit is not available if the owner or annuitant is 81 or older on the policy date. There is an extra charge for this death benefit (an extra 0.15% annually).

 

IF, under all three death benefit options:

  the surviving spouse elects to continue the policy instead of receiving the death benefit; and
  the guaranteed minimum death benefit is greater than the policy value;

 

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THEN:

  we will increase the policy value to be equal to the guaranteed minimum death benefit. This increase is made only at the time the surviving spouse elects to continue the policy and the guaranteed minimum death benefit will continue as applicable.

 

Adjusted Partial Surrender

 

When you request a partial surrender, your guaranteed minimum death benefit will be reduced by an amount called the adjusted partial surrender. Under certain circumstances, the adjusted partial surrender may be more than the dollar amount of your surrender request. This will generally be the case if the guaranteed minimum death benefit exceeds the policy value at the time of surrender. It is also possible that if a death benefit is paid after you have made a partial surrender, then the total amount paid could be less than the total premium payments. We have included a detailed explanation of this adjustment in the SAI. This is referred to as “adjusted partial withdrawal” in your policy.

 

10.    ADDITIONAL FEATURES

 

Systematic Payout Option

 

You can select at any time (during the accumulation phase) to receive regular payments from your policy by using the Systematic Payout Option. Under this option, you can receive the greater of (1) and (2), divided by the number of payouts made per year, where:

(1) is up to 10% (annually) of your premium (less partial surrenders deemed to be from premium); and

(2) is any gains in the policy.

 

Additional Death Distribution

 

Additional Death Distribution Amount.

 

Rider earnings equal:

  the policy death benefit; minus
  policy value on the rider date; minus
  premium payments after the rider date; plus
  surrenders after the rider date that exceed the rider earnings on the date of the surrender.

 

The Additional Death Distribution may vary for certain policies and may not be available for all policies.

 

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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

TRANSAMERICA FREEDOM VARIABLE ANNUITY

 

Issued through

SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA B

 

Offered by

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-0001

 

This statement of additional information expands upon subjects discussed in the current prospectus for the Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity offered by Transamerica Life Insurance Company (“Transamerica”). You may obtain a copy of the prospectus dated May 1, 2003 by calling 1-800-525-6205, or by writing to the Administrative and Service Office, 4333 Edgewood Road, N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-0001. The prospectus sets forth information that a prospective investor should know before investing in a policy. Terms used in the current prospectus for the policy are incorporated in this statement of additional information.

 

This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is not a prospectus and should be read only in conjunction with the prospectuses for the policy and the underlying fund portfolios.

 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

  

3

THE POLICY—GENERAL PROVISIONS

  

6

Owner

  

6

Entire Policy

  

6

Misstatement of Age or Sex

  

7

Addition, Deletion, or Substitution of Investments

  

7

Excess Interest Adjustment

  

8

Reallocation of Annuity Units After the Annuity Commencement Date

  

11

Annuity Payment Options

  

12

Death Benefit

  

13

Death of Owner

  

15

Assignment

  

15

Evidence of Survival

  

16

Non-Participating

  

16

Amendments

  

16

Employee and Agent Purchases

  

16

Present Value of Future Variable Payments

  

16

Stabilized Payments

  

17

CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

  

18

Tax Status of the Policy

  

18

Taxation of Transamerica

  

22

INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE

  

22

Accumulation Units

  

22

Annuity Unit Value And Annuity Payment Rates

  

24

ADDITIONAL DEATH DISTRIBUTION RIDER—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  

26

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE DATA

  

27

Money Market Yields

  

27

Other Subaccount Yields

  

28

Total Returns

  

29

Other Performance Data

  

29

Adjusted Historical Performance Data

  

30

PUBLISHED RATINGS

  

30

STATE REGULATION OF TRANSAMERICA

  

30

ADMINISTRATION

  

31

RECORDS AND REPORTS

  

31

DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES

  

31

VOTING RIGHTS

  

31

OTHER PRODUCTS

  

32

CUSTODY OF ASSETS

  

32

LEGAL MATTERS

  

32

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

  

32

OTHER INFORMATION

  

32

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

33

 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 

Accumulation Unit—An accounting unit of measure used in calculating the policy value in the separate account before the annuity commencement date.

 

Adjusted Policy Value—The policy value increased or decreased by any excess interest adjustments.

 

Administrative and Service Office—Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Attention: Customer Care Group, 4333 Edgewood Road, N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-0001.

 

Annuitant—The person during whose life any annuity payments involving life contingencies will be based on.

 

Annuity Commencement Date—The date upon which annuity payments are to commence. This date may be any date at least thirty days after the policy date and may not be later than the last day of the policy month starting after the annuitant attains age 95. The annuity commencement date may have to be earlier for qualified policies and may be earlier if required by law.

 

Annuity Payment Option—A method of receiving a stream of annuity payments selected by the owner.

 

Annuity Unit—An accounting unit of measure used in the calculation of the amount of the second and each subsequent variable annuity payment.

 

Application—A written application, order form, or any other information received electronically or otherwise upon which the policy is issued and/or is reflected on the data or specifications page.

 

Beneficiary—The person who has the right to the death benefit as set forth in the policy.

 

Business Day—A day when the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

 

Cash Value—The policy value increased or decreased by any excess interest adjustment and less any rider fees (imposed upon surrender).

 

Code—The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Excess Interest Adjustment—A positive or negative adjustment to amounts surrendered (both partial and full surrenders and transfers) or applied to annuity payment options from the fixed account guaranteed period options prior to the end of the guaranteed period. The adjustment reflects changes in the interest rates declared by Transamerica since the date any payment was received by (or an amount was transferred to) the guaranteed period option. The excess interest adjustment can either decrease or increase the amount to be received by the owner upon surrender (either full or partial) or commencement of annuity payments, depending upon whether there has been an increase or decrease in interest rates, respectively.

 

Fixed Account—One or more investment choices under the policy that are part of Transamerica’s general assets and which are not in the separate account.

 

Guaranteed Period Options—The various guaranteed interest rate periods of the fixed account, which

 

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Transamerica may offer and into which premiums may be paid or amounts transferred.

 

Nonqualified Policy—A policy other than a qualified policy.

 

Owner—The person who may exercise all rights and privileges under the policy. The owner during the lifetime of the annuitant and prior to the annuity commencement date is the person designated as the owner or a successor owner in the information provided to us to issue a policy.

 

Policy Value—On or before the annuity commencement date, the policy value is equal to the owner’s:

 

    premium payments; minus

 

    gross partial surrenders (partial surrenders minus excess interest adjustments); plus

 

    interest credited in the fixed account; plus

 

    accumulated gains in the separate account; minus

 

    accumulated losses in the separate account; minus

 

    service charges, rider fees, premium taxes, and transfer fees and any other charges, if any.

 

Policy Year—A policy year begins on the date in which the policy becomes effective and on each policy anniversary thereof.

 

Premium Payment—An amount paid to Transamerica by the owner or on the owner’s behalf as consideration for the benefits provided by the policy.

 

Qualified Policy—A policy issued in connection with retirement plans that qualify for special federal income tax treatment under the Code.

 

Separate Account—Separate Account VA B, a separate account established and registered as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), to which premium payments under the policies may be allocated.

 

Service Charge—An annual charge on each policy anniversary (and a charge at the time of surrender during any policy year) for policy maintenance and related administrative expenses. This annual charge is $35, but will not exceed 2% of the policy value.

 

Subaccount—A subdivision within the separate account, the assets of which are invested in a specified portfolio of the underlying funds.

 

Successor Owner—A person appointed by the owner to succeed to ownership of the policy in the event of the death of the owner who is not the annuitant before the annuity commencement date.

 

Valuation Period—The period of time from one determination of accumulation unit values and annuity unit values to the next subsequent determination of values. Such determination shall be made on each business day.

 

Variable Annuity Payments—Payments made pursuant to an annuity payment option which fluctuate as to dollar amount or payment term in relation to the investment performance of the specified subaccounts within the separate account.

 

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Written Notice—Written notice, signed by the owner, that gives Transamerica the information it requires and is received at the administrative and service office. For some transactions, Transamerica may accept an electronic notice such as telephone instructions. Such electronic notice must meet the requirements Transamerica establishes for such notices.

 

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In order to supplement the description in the prospectus, the following provides additional information about Transamerica and the policy, which may be of interest to you.

 

THE POLICY—GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Owner

 

The policy shall belong to the owner, upon issuance of the policy after completion of an application and delivery of the initial premium payment. While the annuitant is living, the owner may: (1) assign the policy; (2) surrender the policy; (3) amend or modify the policy with Transamerica’s consent; (4) receive annuity payments or name a payee to receive the payments; and (5) exercise, receive and enjoy every other right and benefit contained in the policy. The exercise of these rights may be subject to the consent of any assignee or irrevocable beneficiary; and of your spouse in a community or marital property state.

 

Unless Transamerica has been notified of a community or marital property interest in the policy, it will rely on its good faith belief that no such interest exists and will assume no responsibility for inquiry.

 

A successor owner can be named in the application or in a written notice. The successor owner will become the new owner upon your death, if you predecease the annuitant. If no successor owner survives you and you predecease the annuitant, your estate will become the owner.

 

Note carefully. If the owner predeceases the annuitant and does not name a successor owner, the owner’s estate will become the new owner. If no probate estate is opened because the owner has precluded the opening of a probate estate by means of a trust or other instrument, unless Transamerica has received written notice of the trust as a successor owner signed prior to the owner’s death, that trust may not exercise ownership rights to the policy. It may be necessary to open a probate estate in order to exercise ownership rights to the policy if no contingent owner is named in a written notice received by Transamerica.

 

The owner may change the ownership of the policy in a written notice. When this change takes effect, all rights of ownership in the policy will pass to the new owner. A change of ownership may have adverse tax consequences.

 

When there is a change of owner or successor owner, the change will not be effective until it is recorded in our records. Once recorded, it will take effect as of the date the owner signs the written notice, subject to any payment Transamerica has made or action Transamerica has taken before recording the change. Changing the owner or naming a new successor owner cancels any prior choice of successor owner, but does not change the designation of the beneficiary or the annuitant.

 

If ownership is transferred (except to the owner’s spouse) because the owner dies before the annuitant, the cash value generally must be distributed to the successor owner within five years of the owner’s death, or payments must be made for a period certain or for the new owner’s lifetime so long as any period certain does not exceed that new owner’s life expectancy, if the first payment begins within one year of the owner’s death.

 

Entire Policy

 

The policy, any endorsements thereon and, the application constitute the entire contract between Transamerica

 

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and the owner. All statements in the application are representations and not warranties. No statement will cause the policy to be void or to be used in defense of a claim unless contained in the application.

 

Misstatement of Age or Sex

 

If the age or sex of the annuitant or owner has been misstated, Transamerica will change the annuity benefit payable to that which the premium payments would have purchased for the correct age or sex. The dollar amount of any underpayment made by Transamerica shall be paid in full with the next payment due such person or the beneficiary. The dollar amount of any overpayment made by Transamerica due to any misstatement shall be deducted from payments subsequently accruing to such person or beneficiary. Any underpayment or overpayment will include interest at 5% per year, from the date of the wrong payment to the date of the adjustment. The age of the annuitant or owner may be established at any time by the submission of proof satisfactory to Transamerica.

 

Addition, Deletion, or Substitution of Investments

 

Transamerica cannot and does not guarantee that any of the subaccounts will always be available for premium payments, allocations, or transfers. Transamerica retains the right, subject to any applicable law, to make certain changes in the separate account and its investments. Transamerica reserves the right to eliminate the shares of any portfolio held by a subaccount and to substitute shares of another portfolio of the underlying fund portfolios, or of another registered open-end management investment company for the shares of any portfolio, if the shares of the portfolio are no longer available for investment or if, in Transamerica’s judgment, investment in any portfolio would be inappropriate in view of the purposes of the separate account. To the extent required by the 1940 Act, substitutions of shares attributable to your interest in a subaccount will not be made without prior notice to you and the prior approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Nothing contained herein shall prevent the separate account from purchasing other securities for other series or classes of variable annuity policies, or from effecting an exchange between series or classes of variable annuity policies on the basis of your requests.

 

New subaccounts may be established when, in the sole discretion of Transamerica, marketing, tax, investment or other conditions warrant. Any new subaccounts may be made available to existing owners on a basis to be determined by Transamerica. Each additional subaccount will purchase shares in a mutual fund portfolio, or other investment vehicle. Transamerica may also eliminate one or more subaccounts if, in its sole discretion, marketing, tax, investment or other conditions warrant such change. In the event any subaccount is eliminated, Transamerica will notify you and request a reallocation of the amounts invested in the eliminated subaccount. If no such reallocation is provided by you, Transamerica will reinvest the amounts in the subaccount that invests in the Transamerica Money Market Portfolio (or in a similar portfolio of money market instruments), in another subaccount, or in the fixed account, if appropriate.

 

In the event of any such substitution or change, Transamerica may, by appropriate endorsement, make such changes in the policies as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect such substitution or change. Furthermore, if deemed to be in the best interests of persons having voting rights under the policies, the separate account may be (i) operated as a management company under the 1940 Act or any other form permitted by law, (ii) deregistered under the 1940 Act in the event such registration is no longer required or (iii) combined with one or more other separate accounts. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Transamerica also may (1) transfer the assets of the separate account associated with the policies to another account or accounts, (2) restrict or eliminate any voting

 

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rights of owners or other persons who have voting rights as to the separate account, (3) create new separate accounts, (4) add new subaccounts to or remove existing subaccounts from the separate account, or combine subaccounts, or (5) add new underlying fund portfolios, or substitute a new fund for an existing fund.

 

Excess Interest Adjustment

 

Money that you surrender, transfer out of, or apply to an annuity payment option, from a guaranteed period option of the fixed account before the end of its guaranteed period (the number of years you specified the money would remain in the guaranteed period option) may be subject to an excess interest adjustment. At the time you request a surrender, if interest rates set by Transamerica have risen since the date of the initial guarantee, the excess interest adjustment will result in a lower cash value. However, if interest rates have fallen since the date of the initial guarantee, the excess interest adjustment will result in a higher cash value.

 

Excess interest adjustments will not reduce the cash value for a guaranteed period option below the premium payments and transfers to that guaranteed period option, less any prior partial surrenders and transfers from the guaranteed period option, plus interest at the policy’s minimum guaranteed effective annual interest rate. This is referred to as the excess interest adjustment floor.

 

The formula that will be used to determine the excess interest adjustment is:

 

S*(G – C)* (M/12)

 

S

  

=    Gross amount being surrendered that is subject to the excess interest adjustment

G

  

=    Guaranteed interest rate in effect for the policy

C

  

=    Current guaranteed interest rate then being offered on new premiums for the next longer option period than “M”. If this

       policy form or such an option period is no longer offered, “C” will be the U.S. Treasury rate for the next longer maturity        (in whole years) than “M” on the 25th day of the previous calendar month, plus up to 2%.

M

  

=    Number of months remaining in the current option period, rounded up to the next higher whole number of months.

  

=    multiplication

  

=    exponentiation

 

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Example 1 (Full Surrender, rates increase by 4%):

 

Single premium:

  

$50,000

Guarantee period:

  

5 Years

Guarantee rate:

  

5.50% per annum

Surrender:

  

middle of contract year 3

Policy value at middle of contract year 3

  

= 50,000 * (1.055) ^ 2.5 = 57,161.18

Adjustment free amount at middle of contract year 3

  

= 57,161.18 – 50,000 = 7,161.18

Amount subject to excess interest adjustment

  

= 57,161.18 – 7,161.18 = 50,000.00

Excess interest adjustment floor

  

= 50,000 * (1.02) ^ 2.5 = 52,537.62

Excess interest adjustment

    

G

  

= .055

    

C

  

= .095

    

M

  

= 30

    

Excess interest adjustment

  

= S * (G – C) * (M/12)

         

= 50,000.00 * (.055 – .095) * (30/12)

         

= – 5,000.00, but excess interest adjustment cannot cause the adjusted policy value to fall below the excess interest adjustment floor, so the adjustment is limited to 52,537.62 – 57,161.18 = – 4,623.56

Adjusted policy value

  

= net surrender value

         

= policy value + excess interest adjustment

= 57,161.18 + ( – 4,623.56)

         

= 52,537.62

Cash value at middle of policy year 3

  

= policy value + excess interest adjustment

         

= 57,161.18 + ( – 4,623.56)

         

= 52,537.62

Minimum cash value

  

= .90 * 50,000 * 1.03 ^ 2.5 = 48,451.32

The cash value of $52,537.62 is greater than the minimum value of $48,451.32

 

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Example 2 (Full Surrender, rates decrease by 1%):

 

Single premium:

  

$50,000

Guarantee period:

  

5 Years

Guarantee rate:

  

5.50% per annum

Surrender:

  

middle of contract year 3

Policy value at middle of contract year 3

  

= 50,000 * (1.055) ^ 2.5 = 57,161.18

Adjustment free amount at middle of contract year 3

  

= 57,161.18 – 50.000 = 7,161.18

Amount subject to excess interest adjustment

  

= 57,161.18 – 7,161.18 = 50,000.00

Excess interest adjustment floor

  

= 50,000 * (1.02) ^ 2.5 = 52,537.62

Excess interest adjustment

    

G

 

= .055

    

C

 

=.045

    

M

 

= 30

    

Excess interest adjustment

  

= S * (G – C) * (M/12)

        

= 50,000.00 * (.055 – .045) * (30/12)

        

= 1,250.00

Adjusted policy value

  

= net surrender value

        

= 57,161.18 + 1,250.00 = 58,411.18

Cash value at middle of policy year 3

  

= policy value + excess interest adjustment

        

= 57,161.18 + 1,250.00 = 58,411.18

Minimum cash value

  

= .90 * 50,000.00 * 1.03 ^ 2.5 = 48,451.32

The cash value of $58,411.18 is greater than the minimum of $48,451.32

 

On a partial surrender, Transamerica will pay the policyholder the full amount of surrender requested (as long as the annuity purchase value is sufficient). Amounts surrendered will reduce the policy value by an amount equal to:

 

R – E

 

where:

 

R

 

=  the requested partial surrender

E

 

=  the excess interest adjustment

 

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Example 3 (partial surrender, rates increase by 1%):

 

Single premium:

  

$50,000

Guarantee period:

  

5 Years

Guarantee rate:

  

5.50% per annum

Partial surrender:

  

$20,000; middle of contract year 3

Policy value at middle of contract year 3

  

= 50,000 * (1.055) ^ 2.5 = 57,161.18

Adjustment free amount at middle of contract year 3

  

= 57,161.18 – 50,000 = 7,161.18

Excess interest adjustment

    

S

 

= 20,000 – 7,161.18 = 12,838.82

    

G

 

= .055

    

C

 

= .065

    

M

 

= 30

    

Excess interest adjustment

  

= S * (G – C) * (M/12)

        

= 12,838.82 * (.055 – .065) * (30/12)

        

= – 320.97

Remaining policy value at middle of contract year 3

  

= 57,161.18 – (R – E)

        

= 57,161.18 – (20,000 – ( – 320.97))

        

= 36,840.21

 

Example 4 (partial surrender, rates decrease by 1%):

 

Single premium:

  

$50,000

Guarantee period:

  

5 Years

Guarantee rate:

  

5.50% per annum

Partial surrender:

  

$20,000; middle of contract year 3

Policy value at middle of contract year 3

  

= 50,000 * (1.055) 2.5 = 57,161.18

Adjustment free amount at middle of contract year 3

  

= 57,161.18 – 50,000.00 = 7,161.18

Excess interest adjustment

    

S

 

= 20,000 – 7,161.18 = 12,838.82

    

G

 

= .055

    

C

 

= .045

    

M

 

= 30

    

Excess interest adjustment

  

= 12,838.82 * (.055 – .045) * (30/12)

        

= 320.97

Remaining policy value at middle of contract year 3

  

= 57,161.18 – (R – E)

        

= 57,161.18 – (20,000 – 320.97)

        

= 37,482.15

 

Reallocation of Annuity Units After the Annuity Commencement Date

 

After the annuity commencement date, you may reallocate the value of a designated number of annuity units of a subaccount then credited to a policy into an equal value of annuity units of one or more other subaccounts or the fixed account. The reallocation shall be based on the relative value of the annuity units of the account(s) or subaccount(s) at the end of the business day on the next payment date. The minimum amount which may be reallocated is the lesser of (1) $10 of monthly income or (2) the entire monthly income of the annuity units in the account or subaccount from which the transfer is being made. If the monthly income of the annuity units remaining in an account or subaccount after a reallocation is less than $10, Transamerica reserves the right to

 

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include the value of those annuity units as part of the transfer. The request must be in writing to Transamerica’s administrative and service office. There is no charge assessed in connection with such reallocation. A reallocation of annuity units may be made up to four times in any given policy year.

 

After the annuity commencement date, no transfers may be made from the fixed account to the separate account.

 

Annuity Payment Options

 

Note: Portions of the following discussion do not apply to annuity payments under the Initial Payment Guarantee. See the “Stabilized Payments” section of this SAI.

 

During the lifetime of the annuitant and prior to the annuity commencement date, the owner may choose an annuity payment option or change the election, but written notice of any election or change of election must be received by Transamerica at its administrative and service office at least thirty (30) days prior to the annuity commencement date. If no election is made prior to the annuity commencement date, annuity payments will be made under (i) Payment Option 3, life income with level payments for 10 years certain, using the existing adjusted policy value of the fixed account, or (ii) under Payment Option 3, life income with variable payments for 10 years certain using the existing policy value of the separate account, or (iii) in a combination of (i) and (ii).

 

The person who elects an annuity payment option can also name one or more successor payees to receive any unpaid amount Transamerica has at the death of a payee. Naming these payees cancels any prior choice of a successor payee.

 

A payee who did not elect the annuity payment option does not have the right to advance or assign payments, take the payments in one sum, or make any other change. However, the payee may be given the right to do one or more of these things if the person who elects the option tells Transamerica in writing and Transamerica agrees.

 

Variable Payment Options. The dollar amount of the first variable annuity payment will be determined in accordance with the annuity payment rates set forth in the applicable table contained in the policy. For annuity payments (the tables are based on a 5% effective annual Assumed Investment Return and the “2000 Table”, using an assumed annuity commencement date of 2005 (static projection to this point) with dynamic projection using scale G from that point (100% of G for male, 50% of G for females). The dollar amount of additional variable annuity payments will vary based on the investment performance of the subaccount(s) of the separate account selected by the annuitant or beneficiary.

 

Determination of the First Variable Payment. The amount of the first variable payment depends upon the sex (if consideration of sex is allowed under state law) and adjusted age of the annuitant. For regular annuity payments, the adjusted age is the annuitant’s actual age nearest birthday, on the annuity commencement date, adjusted as follows:

 

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Annuity Commencement Date


 

Adjusted Age


2001 – 2010

 

Actual Age minus 1

2011 – 2020

 

Actual Age minus 2

2021 – 2030

 

Actual Age minus 3

2031 – 2040

 

Actual Age minus 4

After 2040

 

Actual Age minus 5

 

This adjustment assumes an increase in life expectancy, and therefore it results in lower payments than without such an adjustment.

 

Determination of Additional Variable Payments. All variable annuity payments other than the first are calculated using annuity units which are credited to the policy. The number of annuity units to be credited in respect of a particular subaccount is determined by dividing that portion of the first variable annuity payment attributable to that subaccount by the annuity unit value of that subaccount on the annuity commencement date. The number of annuity units of each particular subaccount credited to the policy then remains fixed, assuming no transfers to or from that subaccount occur. The dollar value of variable annuity units in the chosen subaccount will increase or decrease reflecting the investment experience of the chosen subaccount. The dollar amount of each variable annuity payment after the first may increase, decrease or remain constant, and is equal to the sum of the amounts determined by multiplying the number of annuity units of each particular subaccount credited to the policy by the annuity unit value for the particular subaccount on the date the payment is made.

 

Death Benefit

 

Adjusted Partial Surrender. The amount of your guaranteed minimum death benefit is reduced due to a partial surrender called the adjusted partial surrender. The reduction amount depends on the relationship between your guaranteed minimum death benefit and policy value. The adjusted partial surrender is (1) multiplied by (2), where:

 

(1)   is the gross partial surrender, where the gross partial surrender = requested partial surrender minus excess interest adjustment; and

 

(2)   is the adjustment factor, which = current death proceeds prior to the surrender divided by the current policy value prior to the surrender, where death proceeds equal the maximum of policy value, cash value, and guaranteed minimum death benefit.

 

The following examples describe the effect of a surrender on the guaranteed minimum death benefit and policy value.

 

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EXAMPLE 1

(Assumed Facts for Example)

 

$

75,000

  

current guaranteed minimum death benefit before surrender

$

50,000

  

current policy value before surrender

$

75,000

  

current death proceeds

$

15,000

  

requested surrender

$

  5,000

  

Excess interest adjustment-free amount (assumes 10% penalty free surrender is available)

$

     100

  

excess interest adjustment (assumes interest rates have decreased since initial guarantee)

$

14,900

  

reduction in policy value = 15000 – 100

$

22,350

  

adjusted partial surrender = 14,900 * (75,000/50,000)

$

52,650

  

new guaranteed minimum death benefit (after surrender) = 75,000 – 22,350

$

35,100

  

new policy value (after surrender) = 50,000 – 14,900

 

Summary:

 

Reduction in guaranteed minimum death benefit

  

= $

22,350

Reduction in policy value 

  

= $

14,900

 

Note, guaranteed minimum death benefit is reduced more than the policy value since the guaranteed minimum death benefit was greater than the policy value just prior to the surrender.

 

EXAMPLE 2

(Assumed Facts for Example)

 

 

$

50,000

  

current guaranteed minimum death benefit before surrender

$

75,000

  

current policy value before surrender

$

75,000

  

current death proceeds

$

15,000

  

requested surrender

$

  7,550

  

excess interest adjustment-free amount (assumes 10% penalty free surrender is available)

$

  –100

  

excess interest adjustment (assumes interest rates have increased since initial guarantee)

$

15,100

  

reduction in policy value = $15,000 – ( – 100) = 15,000 + 100

$

15,100

  

adjusted partial surrender = $15,100 * (75,000/75,000)

$

34,900

  

new guaranteed minimum death benefit (after surrender) = 50,000 – 15,100

$

59,900

  

new policy value (after surrender) = 75,000 – 15,100

 

Summary:

 

Reduction in guaranteed minimum death benefit

  

= $

15,100

Reduction in policy value

  

= $

15,100

 

Note, guaranteed minimum death benefit and policy value are reduced by the same amount since the policy value was higher than the guaranteed minimum death benefit just prior to the surrender.

 

Due proof of death of the annuitant is proof that the annuitant who is the owner died prior to the commencement of annuity payments. A certified copy of a death certificate, a certified copy of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to the finding of death, a written statement by the attending physician, or any other proof satisfactory to Transamerica will constitute due proof of death.

 

Upon receipt of this proof and an election of a method of settlement and return of the policy, the death benefit generally will be paid within seven days, or as soon thereafter as Transamerica has sufficient information about

 

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the beneficiary to make the payment. The beneficiary may receive the amount payable in a lump sum cash benefit, or, subject to any limitation under any state or federal law, rule, or regulation, under one of the annuity payment options described above, unless a settlement agreement is effective at the death of the owner preventing such election.

 

Distribution Requirements. If the annuitant dies prior to the annuity commencement date, (1) the death benefit must be distributed within five years of the date of the deceased’s death, or (2) payments under an annuity payment option must begin no later than one year after the deceased owner’s death and must be made for the beneficiary’s lifetime or for a period certain (so long as any period certain does not exceed the beneficiary’s life expectancy). Death proceeds, which are not paid to or for the benefit of a natural person, must be distributed within five years of the date of the deceased’s death. If the sole beneficiary is the deceased’s surviving spouse, however, such spouse may elect to continue the policy as the new annuitant and owner instead of receiving the death benefit.

 

If an owner is not an annuitant, and dies prior to the annuity commencement date, new owner may surrender the policy at any time for the amount of the adjusted policy value. If the new owner is not the deceased owner’s spouse, however, (1) the adjusted policy value must be distributed: within five years after the date of the deceased owner’s death, or (2) payments under an annuity payment option must begin no later than one year after the deceased owner’s death and must be made for the new owner’s lifetime or for a period certain (so long as any period certain does not exceed the new owner’s life expectancy). If the sole new owner is the deceased owner’s surviving spouse, such spouse may elect to continue the policy as the new owner instead of receiving the death benefit.

 

Beneficiary. The beneficiary designation in the enrollment form will remain in effect until changed. The owner may change the designated beneficiary by sending written notice to Transamerica. The beneficiary’s consent to such change is not required unless the beneficiary was irrevocably designated or law requires consent. (If an irrevocable beneficiary dies, the owner may then designate a new beneficiary.) The change will take effect as of the date the owner signs the written notice, whether or not the owner is living when the notice is received by Transamerica. Transamerica will not be liable for any payment made before the written notice is received. If more than one beneficiary is designated, and the owner fails to specify their interests, they will share equally. If upon the death of the annuitant there is a surviving owner(s), the surviving owner(s) automatically takes the place of any beneficiary designation.

 

Death of Owner

 

Federal tax law requires that if any owner (including any joint owner or any successor owner who has become a current owner) dies before the annuity commencement date, then the entire value of the policy must generally be distributed within five years of the date of death of such owner. Certain rules apply where (1) the spouse of the deceased owner is the sole beneficiary, (2) the owner is not a natural person and the primary annuitant dies or is changed, or (3) any owner dies after the annuity commencement date. See “Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences” for more information about these rules. Other rules may apply to qualified policies.

 

Assignment

 

During the lifetime of the annuitant you may assign any rights or benefits provided by the policy if your policy is a nonqualified policy. An assignment will not be binding on Transamerica until a copy has been filed at its

 

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administrative and service office. Your rights and benefits and those of the beneficiary are subject to the rights of the assignee. Transamerica assumes no responsibility for the validity or effect of any assignment. Any claim made under an assignment shall be subject to proof of interest and the extent of the assignment. An assignment may have tax consequences.

 

Unless you so direct by filing written notice with Transamerica, no beneficiary may assign any payments under the policy before they are due. To the extent permitted by law, no payments will be subject to the claims of any beneficiary’s creditors.

 

Ownership under qualified policies is restricted to comply with the Code.

 

Evidence of Survival

 

Transamerica reserves the right to require satisfactory evidence that a person is alive if a payment is based on that person being alive. No payment will be made until Transamerica receives such evidence.

 

Non-Participating

 

The policy will not share in Transamerica’s surplus earnings; no dividends will be paid.

 

Amendments

 

No change in the policy is valid unless made in writing by Transamerica and approved by one of Transamerica’s officers. No registered representative has authority to change or waive any provision of the policy.

 

Transamerica reserves the right to amend the policies to meet the requirements of the Code, regulations or published rulings. You can refuse such a change by giving written notice, but a refusal may result in adverse tax consequences.

 

Employee and Agent Purchases

 

The policy may be acquired by an employee or registered representative of any broker/dealer authorized to sell the policy or their immediate family, or by an officer, director, trustee or bona-fide full-time employee of Transamerica or its affiliated companies or their immediate family. In such a case, Transamerica may credit an amount equal to a percentage of each premium payment to the policy due to lower acquisition costs Transamerica experiences on those purchases. The credit will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service as taxable income to the employee or registered representative. Transamerica may offer certain employer sponsored savings plans, in its discretion, reduced fees and charges including, but not limited to, the annual service charge, the mortality and expense risk fee and the administrative charge for certain sales under circumstances which may result in savings of certain costs and expenses. In addition, there may be other circumstances of which Transamerica is not presently aware which could result in reduced sales or distribution expenses. Credits to the policy or reductions in these fees and charges will not be unfairly discriminatory against any owner.

 

Present Value of Future Variable Payments

 

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business day we receive the surrender request, times (b) the number of payments remaining, discounted using a rate equal to the AIR.

 

Stabilized Payments

 

If you have selected a payout feature that provides for stabilized payments, please note that the stabilized payments remain constant throughout each year and are adjusted on your policy anniversary. Without stabilized payments, each payment throughout the year would fluctuate based on the performance of your selected subaccounts. To reflect the difference in these payments we adjust (both increase and decrease as appropriate) the number of annuity units. The units are adjusted when we calculate the supportable payment. Supportable payments are used in the calculation of surrender values, death benefits and transfers. On your policy anniversary we set the new stabilized payment equal to the current supportable payment. In the case of an increase in the number of variable annuity units, your participation in the future investment performance will be increased since more variable annuity units are credited to you. Conversely, in the case of a reduction of the number of variable annuity units, your participation in the future investment performance will be decreased since fewer variable annuity units are credited to you.

 

The following table demonstrates, on a purely hypothetical basis, the changes in the number of variable annuity units. The changes in the variable annuity unit values reflect the investment performance of the applicable subaccounts as well as the mortality and expense risk fee and administrative charge.

 

Hypothetical Changes in Annuity Units with Stabilized Payments*

 

AIR

  

5.0%

Life & 10 Year Certain

    

Male aged 65

    

First Variable Payment

  

$500

 

         

Beginning

Annuity

Units


  

Annuity

Unit

Values


  

Monthly

Payment

Without

Stabilization


  

Monthly

Stabilized

Payment


  

Adjustments

In

Annuity

Units


    

Cumulative

Adjusted

Annuity

Units


At Issue:

  

January 1

  

400.0000

  

1.250000

  

$

500.00

  

$

500.00

  

0.0000

 

  

400.0000

    

February 1

  

400.0000

  

1.252005

  

$

500.80

  

$

500.00

  

0.0041

 

  

400.0041

    

March 1

  

400.0000

  

1.252915

  

$

501.17

  

$

500.00

  

0.0059

 

  

400.0100

    

April 1

  

400.0000

  

1.245595

  

$

498.24

  

$

500.00

  

(0.0089

)

  

400.0011

    

May 1

  

400.0000

  

1.244616

  

$

497.85

  

$

500.00

  

(0.0108

)

  

399.9903

    

June 1

  

400.0000

  

1.239469

  

$

495.79

  

$

500.00

  

(0.0212

)

  

399.9691

    

July 1

  

400.0000

  

1.244217

  

$

497.69

  

$

500.00

  

(0.0115

)

  

399.9576

    

August 1

  

400.0000

  

1.237483

  

$

494.99

  

$

500.00

  

(0.0249

)

  

399.9327

    

September 1

  

400.0000

  

1.242382

  

$

496.95

  

$

500.00

  

(0.0150

)

  

399.9177

    

October 1

  

400.0000

  

1.242382

  

$

496.95

  

$

500.00

  

(0.0149

)

  

399.9027

    

November 1

  

400.0000

  

1.249210

  

$

499.68

  

$

500.00

  

(0.0016

)

  

399.9012

    

December 1

  

400.0000

  

1.252106

  

$

500.84

  

$

500.00

  

0.0040

 

  

399.9052

    

January 1

  

399.9052

  

1.255106

  

$

501.92

  

$

501.92

  

0.0000

 

  

399.9052

 

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*Expenses included in the calculations are 1.10% mortality and expense risk fee, 0.15% administrative charges, 0.00% rider fees, and 1.00% portfolio expenses (1.00% is a hypothetical figure). If higher expenses were charged, the numbers would be lower.

 

CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

 

The following summary does not constitute tax advice. It is a general discussion of certain of the expected federal income tax consequences of investment in and distributions with respect to a policy, based on the Code, as amended, proposed and final Treasury Regulations thereunder, judicial authority, and current administrative rulings and practice. This summary discusses only certain federal income tax consequences to “United States Persons,” and does not discuss state, local, or foreign tax consequences. United States Persons means citizens or residents of the United States, domestic corporations, domestic partnerships and trusts or estates that are subject to United States federal income tax regardless of the source of their income.

 

Tax Status of the Policy

 

The following discussion is based on the assumption that the policy qualifies as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes.

 

Diversification Requirements. Section 817(h) of the Code provides that in order for a variable contract which is based on a segregated asset account to qualify as an annuity contract under the Code, the investments made by such account must be “adequately diversified” in accordance with Treasury regulations. The Treasury regulations issued under Section 817(h) (Treas. Reg. §1.817-5) apply a diversification requirement to each of the subaccounts. The separate account, through its underlying fund portfolios and their portfolios, intends to comply with the diversification requirements of the Treasury. Transamerica has entered into agreements with each underlying fund portfolio company which requires the portfolios to be operated in compliance with the Treasury regulations.

 

Owner Control. In certain circumstances, owners of variable annuity contracts may be considered the owners, for federal income tax purposes, of the assets of the separate account used to support their contracts. In those circumstances, income and gains from the separate account assets would be includable in the variable annuity contract owner’s gross income. Several years ago, the IRS stated in published rulings that a variable annuity contract owner will be considered the owner of separate account assets if the contract owner possesses incidents of ownership in those assets, such as the ability to exercise investment control over the assets. More recently, the Treasury Department announced in connection with the issuance of regulations concerning investment diversification, that those regulations “do not provide guidance concerning the circumstances in which investor control of the investments of a segregated asset account may cause the investor (i.e., you), rather than the insurance company, to be treated as the owner of the assets in the account.” This announcement also stated that guidance would be issued by way of regulations or rulings on the “extent to which policyholders may direct their investments to particular subaccounts without being treated as owners of the underlying assets.” The ownership rights under the contract are similar to, but different in certain respects from those described by the IRS in rulings in which it was determined that contract owners were not owners of separate account assets. For example, you have the choice of more subaccounts in which to allocate premiums and policy values, and may be able to transfer among these accounts more frequently than in such rulings. These differences could result in you being treated as the owner of the assets of the separate account. In addition, Transamerica does not

 

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know what standards will be set forth, if any, in the regulations or rulings that the Treasury Department has stated it expects to issue. Transamerica therefore reserves the right to modify the policies as necessary to attempt to prevent you from being considered the owner of a pro rata share of the assets of the separate account.

 

Distribution Requirements. The Code requires that nonqualified policies contain specific provisions for distribution of policy proceeds upon the death of any owner. In order to be treated as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes, the Code requires that such policies provide that if any owner dies on or after the annuity commencement date and before the entire interest in the policy has been distributed, the remaining portion must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method in effect on such owner’s death. If any owner dies before the annuity commencement date, the entire interest in the policy must generally be distributed within 5 years after such owner’s date of death or be used to purchase an immediate annuity under which payments will begin within one year of such owner’s death and will be made for the life of the beneficiary or for a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the “designated beneficiary” as defined in Section 72(s) of the Code. However, if upon such owner’s death prior to the annuity commencement date, such owner’s surviving spouse becomes the sole new owner under the policy, then the policy may be continued with the surviving spouse as the new owner. Under the policy, the beneficiary is the designated beneficiary of an owner/annuitant and the successor owner is the designated beneficiary of an owner who is not the annuitant. If any owner is not a natural person, then for purposes of these distribution requirements, the primary annuitant shall be treated as an owner and any death or change of such primary annuitant shall be treated as the death of an owner. The nonqualified policies contain provisions intended to comply with these requirements of the Code. No regulations interpreting these requirements of the Code have yet been issued and thus no assurance can be given that the provisions contained in the policies satisfy all such Code requirements. The provisions contained in the policies will be reviewed and modified if necessary to assure that they comply with the Code requirements when clarified by regulation or otherwise.

 

Withholding. The portion of any distribution under a policy that is includable in gross income will be subject to federal income tax withholding unless the recipient of such distribution elects not to have federal income tax withheld. Election forms will be provided at the time distributions are requested or made. The withholding rate varies according to the type of distribution and the owner’s tax status. For qualified policies, “eligible rollover distributions” from Section 401(a) plans, Section 403(a) annuities, and Section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuities are subject to a mandatory federal income tax withholding of 20%. An eligible rollover distribution is a distribution from such a plan, other than specified distributions such as distributions required by the Code, distributions of certain after-tax contributions, distributions in a specified annuity form or hardship distributions. The 20% withholding does not apply, however, if the owner chooses a “direct rollover” from the plan to another tax-qualified plan or IRA. Different withholding requirements may apply in the case of non-United States persons.

 

Qualified Policies. The qualified policy is designed for use with several types of tax-qualified retirement plans. The tax rules applicable to participants and beneficiaries in tax-qualified retirement plans vary according to the type of plan and the terms and conditions of the plan. Special favorable tax treatment may be available for certain types of contributions and distributions. Adverse tax consequences may result from contributions in excess of specified limits; distributions prior to age 59½ (subject to certain exceptions); distributions that do not conform to specified commencement and minimum distribution rules; and in other specified circumstances. Some retirement plans are subject to distribution and other requirements that are not incorporated into the policies or our policy administration procedures. Owners, participants and beneficiaries are responsible for determining that contributions, distributions and other transactions with respect to the policies comply with applicable law.

 

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For qualified plans under Section 401(a), 403(a), 403(b), and 457, the Code requires that distributions generally must commence no later than the later of April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the owner (or plan participant) (i) reaches age 70½ or (ii) retires, and must be made in a specified form or manner. If the plan participant is a “5 percent owner” (as defined in the Code), distributions generally must begin no later than April 1 of the calendar year in which the owner (or plan participant) reaches age 70½. Each owner is responsible for requesting distributions under the policy that satisfy applicable tax rules.

 

Transamerica makes no attempt to provide more than general information about use of the policy with the various types of retirement plans. Purchasers of policies for use with any retirement plan should consult their legal counsel and tax adviser regarding the suitability of the policy.

 

Individual Retirement Annuities. In order to qualify as a traditional individual retirement annuity under Section 408(b) of the Code, a policy must contain certain provisions: (i) the owner must be the annuitant; (ii) the policy generally is not transferable by the owner, e.g., the owner may not designate a new owner, designate a contingent owner or assign the policy as collateral security; (iii) subject to special rules, the total premium payments for any calendar year may not exceed the deductible amount specified in the Code ($3,000 for 2002), except in the case of a rollover amount or contribution under Section 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8) or 408(d)(3) of the Code; (iv) annuity payments or surrenders must begin no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the annuitant attains age 70½; (v) an annuity payment option with a period certain that will guarantee annuity payments beyond the life expectancy of the annuitant and the beneficiary may not be selected; and (vi) certain payments of death benefits must be made in the event the annuitant dies prior to the distribution of the policy value; and (vii) the entire interest of the owner is non-forfeitable. Policies intended to qualify as traditional individual retirement annuities under Section 408(b) of the Code contain such provisions. Amounts in the IRA (other than nondeductible contributions) are taxed when distributed from the IRA. Distributions prior to age 59½ (unless certain exceptions apply) are subject to a 10% penalty tax.

 

No part of the funds for an individual retirement account (including a Roth IRA) or annuity should be invested in a life insurance contract, but the regulations thereunder allow such funds to be invested in an annuity contract that provides a death benefit that equals the greater of the premiums paid or the cash value for the contract. The policy provides an enhanced death benefit that could exceed the amount of such a permissible death benefit, but it is unclear to what extent such an enhanced death benefit could disqualify the policy as an IRA. The Internal Revenue Service has not reviewed the policy for qualification as an IRA, and has not addressed in a ruling of general applicability whether an enhanced death benefit provision, such as the provision in the policy, comports with IRA qualification requirements.

 

Roth Individual Retirement Annuities (Roth IRA). The Roth IRA, under Section 408A of the Code, contains many of the same provisions as a traditional IRA. However, there are some differences. First, the contributions are not deductible and must be made in cash or as a rollover or transfer from another Roth IRA or other IRA. A rollover from or conversion of an IRA to a Roth IRA may be subject to tax and other special rules may apply to the rollover or conversion and to distribution s attributable thereto. You should consult a tax adviser before combining any converted amounts with any other Roth IRA contributions, including any other conversion amounts from other tax years. The Roth IRA is available to individuals with earned income and whose modified adjusted gross income is under $110,000 for single filers, $160,000 for married filing jointly, and $10,000 for married filing separately. Subject to special rules, the amount per individual that may be contributed to all IRAs (Roth and traditional) is the deductible amount specified in the Code ($3,000 for 2002). Secondly, the

 

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distributions are taxed differently. The Roth IRA offers tax-free distributions when made 5 tax years after the first contribution to any Roth IRA of the individual and made after attaining age 59½, to pay for qualified first time homebuyer expenses (lifetime maximum of $10,000) or due to death or disability. All other distributions are subject to income tax when made from earnings and may be subject to a premature surrender penalty tax unless an exception applies. Unlike the traditional IRA, there are no minimum required distributions during the owner’s lifetime; however, required distributions at death are generally the same.

 

Section 403(b) Plans. Under Section 403(b) of the Code, payments made by public school systems and certain tax exempt organizations to purchase policies for their employees are excludable from the gross income of the employee, subject to certain limitations. However, such payments may be subject to FICA (Social Security) taxes. The policy includes a death benefit that in some cases may exceed the greater of the premium payments or the policy value. The death benefit could be characterized as an incidental benefit, the amount of which is limited in any tax-sheltered annuity under Section 403(b). Because the death benefit may exceed this limitation, employers using the policy in connection with such plans should consult their tax adviser. Additionally, in accordance with the requirements of the Code, Section 403(b) annuities generally may not permit distribution of (i) elective contributions made in years beginning after December 31, 1988, and (ii) earnings on those contributions and (iii) earnings on amounts attributed to elective contributions held as of the end of the last year beginning before January 1, 1989. Distributions of such amounts will be allowed only upon the death of the employee, on or after attainment of age 59½, separation from service, disability, or financial hardship, except that income attributable to elective contributions may not be distributed in the case of hardship.

 

Corporate Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans and H.R. 10 Plans. Sections 401(a) and 403(a) of the Code permit corporate employers to establish various types of retirement plans for employees and self-employed individuals to establish qualified plans for themselves and their employees. Such retirement plans may permit the purchase of the policies to accumulate retirement savings. Adverse tax consequences to the plan, the participant or both may result if the policy is assigned or transferred to any individual as a means to provide benefit payments. The policy includes a death benefit that in some cases may exceed the greater of the premium payments or the policy value. The death benefit could be characterized as an incidental benefit, the amount of which is limited in a pension or profit sharing plan. Because the death benefit may exceed this limitation, employers using the policy in connection with such plans should consult their tax adviser.

 

Deferred Compensation Plans. Section 457 of the Code, while not actually providing for a qualified plan as that term is normally used, provides for certain deferred compensation plans with respect to service for state governments, local governments, political sub-divisions, agencies, instrumentalities and certain affiliates of such entities, and tax exempt organizations. The policies can be used with such plans. Under such plans a participant may specify the form of investment in which his or her participation will be made. For non-government Section 457 plans, all such investments, however, are owned by, and are subject to, the claims of the general creditors of the sponsoring employer. Depending on the terms of the particular plan, a non-government employer may be entitled to draw on deferred amounts for purposes unrelated to its Section 457 plan obligations. In general, all amounts received under a Section 457 plan are taxable and are subject to federal income tax withholding as wages.

 

Non-natural Persons. Pursuant to Section 72(u) of the Code, an annuity contract held by a taxpayer other than a natural person generally will not be treated as an annuity contract under the Code; accordingly, an owner who is not a natural person will recognize as ordinary income for a taxable year the excess of (i) the sum of the policy value as of the close of the taxable year and all previous distributions under the policy over (ii) the sum of the

 

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premium payments paid for the taxable year and any prior taxable year and the amounts includable in gross income for any prior taxable year with respect to the policy. For these purposes, the policy value at year-end may have to be increased by any positive excess interest adjustment, which could result from a full surrender at such time. There is, however, no definitive guidance on the proper tax treatment of excess interest adjustments, and the owner should contact a competent tax adviser with respect to the potential tax consequences of an excess interest adjustment. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences in this paragraph, Section 72(u) of the Code does not apply to (i) a policy where the nominal owner is not a natural person but the beneficial owner of which is a natural person, (ii) a policy acquired by the estate of a decedent by reason of such decedent’s death, (iii) a qualified policy (other than one qualified under Section 457) or (iv) a single-payment annuity where the annuity commencement date is no later than one year from the date of the single premium payment.

 

Taxation of Transamerica

 

Transamerica at present is taxed as a life insurance company under part I of Subchapter L of the Code. The separate account is treated as part of Transamerica and, accordingly, will not be taxed separately as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Code. Transamerica does not expect to incur any federal income tax liability with respect to investment income and net capital gains arising from the activities of the separate account retained as part of the reserves under the policy. Based on this expectation, it is anticipated that no charges will be made against the separate account for federal income taxes. If, in future years, any federal income taxes are incurred by Transamerica with respect to the separate account, Transamerica may make a charge to that account.

 

 

INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE

 

A “net investment factor” is used to determine the value of accumulation units and annuity units, and to determine annuity payment rates.

 

Accumulation Units

 

Allocations of a premium payment directed to a subaccount are credited in the form of accumulation units. Each subaccount has a distinct accumulation unit value. The number of units credited is determined by dividing the premium payment or amount transferred to the subaccount by the accumulation unit value of the subaccount as of the end of the valuation period during which the allocation is made. For each subaccount, the accumulation unit value for a given business day is based on the net asset value of a share of the corresponding portfolio of the underlying fund portfolios less any applicable charges or fees. The investment performance of the portfolio, expenses, and deductions of certain charges affect the value of an accumulation unit.

 

Upon allocation to the selected subaccount, premium payments are converted into accumulation units of the subaccount. The number of accumulation units to be credited is determined by dividing the dollar amount allocated to each subaccount by the value of an accumulation unit for that subaccount as next determined after the premium payment is received at the administrative and service office or, in the case of the initial premium payment, when the application is completed, whichever is later. The value of an accumulation unit for each subaccount was arbitrarily established at $1 at the inception of each subaccount. Thereafter, the value of an accumulation unit is determined as of the close of trading on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

 

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An index (the net investment factor) which measures the investment performance of a subaccount during a valuation period is used to determine the value of an accumulation unit for the next subsequent valuation period. The net investment factor may be greater or less than or equal to one; therefore, the value of an accumulation unit may increase, decrease, or remain the same from one valuation period to the next. You bear this investment risk. The net investment performance of a subaccount and deduction of certain charges affect the accumulation unit value.

 

The net investment factor for any subaccount for any valuation period is determined by dividing (a) by (b) and subtracting (c) from the result, where:

 

(a)   is the net result of:

 

(1) the net asset value per share of the shares held in the subaccount determined at the end of the current valuation period, plus

 

(2) the per share amount of any dividend or capital gain distribution made with respect to the shares held in the subaccount if the                ex-dividend date occurs during the current valuation period, plus or minus

 

(3) a per share credit or charge for any taxes determined by Transamerica to have resulted during the valuation period from the                 investment operations of the subaccount;

 

(b) is the net result of the net asset value per share of the shares held in the subaccount determined as of the end of the immediately       preceding valuation period; and

 

(c) is an amount representing the separate account charge and any optional benefit fees, if applicable.

 

Illustration of Separate Account Accumulation Unit Value Calculations

 

Formula and Illustration for Determining the Net Investment Factor

 

Net Investment Factor = (A + B – C) – E

 D

 

Where: A =

  

The net asset value of an underlying fund portfolio share as of the end of the current valuation period.

Assume                                                                                  A = $11.57

      

B =

  

The per share amount of any dividend or capital gains distribution since the end of the immediately

preceding valuation period.

Assume                                                                                  B = 0

      

C =

  

The per share charge or credit for any taxes reserved for at the end of the current valuation period.

Assume                                                                                  C = 0

      

D =

  

The net asset value of an underlying fund portfolio share at the end of the immediately preceding valuation period.

Assume                                                                                  D = $11.40

      

E =

  

The daily deduction for the mortality and expense risk fee, the administrative charge and any optional benefit fees. Assume E totals 2.15% on an annual basis. On a daily basis, this equals .000058282.

 

Then, the net investment factor = (11.57 + 0 – 0) – .000058282 = Z = 1.014853999

                                                             (11.40)

 

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Formula and Illustration for Determining Accumulation Unit Value

 

Accumulation Unit Value = A * B

 

Where: A =

  

The accumulation unit value for the immediately preceding valuation period.

Assume                                                                                  =  $X

      

B =

  

The net investment factor for the current valuation period.

Assume                                                                                  =  Y

      

 

Then, the accumulation unit value = $X * Y = $Z

 

Annuity Unit Value And Annuity Payment Rates

 

The amount of variable annuity payments will vary with annuity unit values. Annuity unit values rise if the net investment performance of the subaccount exceeds the annual assumed investment return of 5% annually. Conversely, annuity unit values fall if the net investment performance of the subaccount is less than the annual assumed investment return. The value of a variable annuity unit in each subaccount was established at $1.00 on the date operations began for that subaccount. The value of a variable annuity unit on any subsequent business day is equal to (a) multiplied by (b) multiplied by (c), where:

 

(a) is the variable annuity unit value for the subaccount on the immediately preceding business day;

 

(b) is the net investment factor for that subaccount for the valuation period; and

 

(c) is the investment result adjustment factor for the valuation period.

 

The investment result adjustment factor for the valuation period is the product of discount factors of .99986634 per day to recognize the 5% effective annual assumed investment return. The valuation period is the period from the close of the immediately preceding business day to the close of the current business day.

 

The net investment factor for the policy used to calculate the value of a variable annuity unit in each subaccount for the valuation period is determined by dividing (i) by (ii) and subtracting (iii) from the result, where:

 

  (i)   is the result of:

 

  (1)   the net asset value of a fund share held in that subaccount determined at the end of the current valuation period; plus

 

  (2)   the per share amount of any dividend or capital gain distributions made by the fund for shares held in that subaccount if the ex-dividend date occurs during the valuation period; plus or minus

 

  (3)   a per share charge or credit for any taxes reserved for, which Transamerica determines to have resulted from the investment operations of the subaccount.

 

  (ii)   is the net asset value of a fund share held in that subaccount determined as of the end of the immediately preceding valuation period.

 

  (iii)   is a factor representing the mortality and expense risk fee and administrative charge. This factor is equal, on an annual basis, to 1.25% of the daily net asset value of a fund share held in that subaccount. (For calculating or Initial Payment Guarantee annuity payments, the factor is 1.25% higher).

 

The dollar amount of subsequent variable annuity payments will depend upon changes in applicable annuity unit values.

 

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annuitant at the annuity commencement date. The policy also contains a table for determining the adjusted age of the annuitant.

 

Illustration of Calculations for Annuity Unit Value

and Variable Annuity Payments

 

Formula and Illustration for Determining Annuity Unit Value

 

Annuity Unit Value = A * B * C

 

Where: A =

  

Annuity unit value for the immediately preceding valuation period.

Assume                                                                                  =  $X

      

B =

  

Net investment factor for the valuation period for which the annuity unit value is being calculated.

Assume                                                                                  =  Y

      

C =

  

A factor to neutralize the annual assumed investment return of 5% built into the annuity tables used.

Assume                                                                                  = Z

      

 

Then, the annuity unit value is: $X * Y * Z = $Q

 

Formula and Illustration for Determining

Amount of First Monthly Variable Annuity Payment

 

First monthly variable annuity payment = A * B

                                                                     $1,000

 

Where: A =

  

The adjusted policy value as of the annuity commencement date.

Assume                                                                                  = $X

    

B =

  

The annuity purchase rate per $1,000 of adjusted policy value based upon the option selected, the sex and adjusted age of the annuitant according to the tables contained in the policy.

Assume                                                                                  = $Y

    

 

Then, the first monthly variable annuity payment = $X * $Y = $Z

                                                                                      1,000

 

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Formula and Illustration for Determining the Number of Annuity Units

Represented by Each Monthly Variable Annuity Payment

 

Number of annuity units = A

                                             B

 

Where: A =

  

The dollar amount of the first monthly variable annuity payment.

      
    

Assume                                                                                  = $X

      

B =

  

The annuity unit value for the valuation date on which the first monthly payment is due.

      
    

Assume                                                                                  =  $Y

      

 

Then, the number of annuity units $X = Z

                                                         $Y

 

ADDITIONAL DEATH DISTRIBUTION RIDER—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

The following examples illustrate the Additional Death Distribution additional death benefit payable by this rider as well as the effect of a partial surrender on the Additional Death Benefit amount. The client is less than age 70 on the Rider Date.

 

Example 1

 

Policy Value on the Rider Date:

  

$

100,000

Premiums paid after the Rider Date before Surrender:

  

$

25,000

Gross Partial Surrender after the Rider Date:

  

$

30,000

Policy Value on date of Surrender

  

$

150,000

Rider Earnings on Date of Surrender (Policy Value – Policy Value on Rider Date – Premiums paid after Rider Date + Surrenders since Rider Date that exceeded Rider Earnings = $150,000 – $100,000 – $25,000 + 0):

  

$

25,000

Amount of Surrender that exceeds Rider Earnings ($30,000 – $25,000):

  

$

5,000

Base Policy Death Benefit on the date of Death Benefit Calculation:

  

$

200,000

Policy Value on the date of Death Benefit Calculations

  

$

175,000

Rider Earnings (= Policy Value – policy value on Rider Date – Premiums since Rider Date + Surrenders since Rider Date that exceeded Rider Earnings at time of Surrender = $175,000 – $100,000 – $25,000 + $5,000):

  

$

55,000

Additional Death Benefit Amount (= Additional Death Benefit Factor * Rider Earnings = 40%* $55,000):

  

$

22,000

Total Death Benefit paid (= Base policy death benefit plus Additional Death Benefit Amount):

  

$

222,000

 

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Example 2

 

Policy Value on the Rider Date:

  

$

100,000

Premiums paid after the Rider Date before Surrender:

  

$

0

Gross Partial Surrender after the Rider Date:

  

$

0

Base Policy Death Benefit on the date of Death Benefit Calculation:

  

$

100,000

Policy Value on the date of Death Benefit Calculations

  

$

175,000

Rider Earnings (= Policy Value on date of death benefit calculations – policy value on Rider Date – Premiums since Rider Date + Surrenders since Rider Date that exceeded Rider Earnings as of the date of the death benefit calculations = $75,000 – $100,000 – $0 + $0):

  

$

0

Additional Death Benefit Amount (= Additional Death Benefit Factor * Rider Earnings = 40%* $0):

  

$

0

Total Death Benefit paid (= Base policy death benefit plus Additional Death Benefit Amount):

  

$

100,000

 

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE DATA

 

Money Market Yields

 

Transamerica may from time to time disclose the current annualized yield of the Transamerica Money Market Subaccount (formerly Van Kampen Money Market Subaccount), which invests in the Transamerica Money Market Portfolio, for a 7-day period in a manner which does not take into consideration any realized or unrealized gains or losses on shares of the Transamerica Money Market Portfolio or on its portfolio securities. This current annualized yield is computed by determining the net change (exclusive of realized gains and losses on the sale of securities and unrealized appreciation and depreciation and income other than investment income) at the end of the 7-day period in the value of a hypothetical account having a balance of 1 unit of the Transamerica Money Market Subaccount at the beginning of the 7-day period, dividing such net change in account value by the value of the account at the beginning of the period to determine the base period return, and annualizing this quotient on a 365-day basis. The net change in account value reflects (i) net income from the portfolio attributable to the hypothetical account; and (ii) charges and deductions imposed under a policy that are attributable to the hypothetical account. The charges and deductions include the per unit charges for the hypothetical account for (i) the administrative charges; and (ii) the mortality and expense risk fee. Current yield will be calculated according to the following formula:

 

Current Yield = ((NCS – ES)/UV) * (365/7))

 

Where:

 

NCS  =

  

The net change in the value of the portfolio (exclusive of realized gains and losses on the sale of securities and unrealized appreciation and depreciation and income other than investment income) for the 7-day period attributable to a hypothetical account having a balance of 1 subaccount unit.

ES     =

  

Per unit expenses of the subaccount for the 7-day period.

UV    =

  

The unit value on the first day of the 7-day period.

 

Because of the charges and deductions imposed under a policy, the yield for the Transamerica Money Market Subaccount will be lower than the yield for the Transamerica Money Market Portfolio. The yield calculations do not reflect the effect of any premium taxes that may be applicable to a particular policy.

 

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Transamerica may also disclose the effective yield of the Transamerica Money Market Subaccount for the same 7-day period, determined on a compounded basis. The effective yield is calculated by compounding the base period return according to the following formula:

 

Effective Yield = (1 + ((NCS – ES)/UV))365/7 – 1

 

Where:

 

NCS  =

  

The net change in the value of the portfolio (exclusive of realized gains and losses on the sale of securities and unrealized appreciation and depreciation and income other than investment income) for the 7-day period attributable to a hypothetical account having a balance of 1 subaccount unit.

ES     =

  

Per unit expenses of the subaccount for the 7-day period.

UV    =

  

The unit value on the first day of the 7-day period.

 

The yield on amounts held in the Transamerica Money Market Subaccount normally will fluctuate on a daily basis. Therefore, the disclosed yield for any given past period is not an indication or representation of future yields or rates of return. The Transamerica Money Market Subaccount’s actual yield is affected by changes in interest rates on money market securities, average portfolio maturity of the Transamerica Money Market Portfolio, the types and quality of portfolio securities held by the Transamerica Money Market Portfolio and its operating expenses. For the seven days ended December 31, 2002, the yield of the Transamerica Money Market Subaccount was (0.783%), and the effective yield was (0.780%) for the Double Enhanced Death Benefit with a total mortality and expense fee, administrative charge and distribution finance charge of 1.65%. For the seven days ended December 31, 2002, the yield of the Transamerica Money Market Subaccount was (0.634%), and the effective yield was (0.633%) for the Return of Premium Death Benefit with a total mortality and expense fee, administrative charge and distribution finance charge of 1.50%. There is no yield or effective yield for the Double Enhanced Death Benefit with a total mortality and expense fee and administrative charge of 2.15%; or the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit with a total mortality and expense fee and administrative charge of 1.85%: or Return of Premium Death Benefit with a total mortality and expense fee and administrative charge of 1.65% for the seven days ended December 31, 2002, because those death benefits were not available during that period.

 

Other Subaccount Yields

 

Transamerica may from time to time advertise or disclose the current annualized yield of one or more of the subaccounts (except the Transamerica Money Market Subaccount) for 30-day periods. The annualized yield of a subaccount refers to income generated by the subaccount over a specific 30-day period. Because the yield is annualized, the yield generated by a subaccount during the 30-day period is assumed to be generated each 30-day period over a 12-month period. The yield is computed by: (i) dividing the net investment income of the subaccount less subaccount expenses for the period, by (ii) the maximum offering price per unit on the last day of the period times the daily average number of units outstanding for the period, (iii) compounding that yield for a 6-month period, and (iv) multiplying that result by 2. Expenses attributable to the subaccount include (i) the administrative charges; (ii) the mortality and expense risk fee; and (iii) the distribution financing charge. The 30-day yield is calculated according to the following formula:

 

Yield = 2 x ((((NI – ES)/(U x UV)) + 1)6 – 1)

 

Where:

 

NI  =    Net investment income of the subaccount for the 30-day period attributable to the subaccount’s unit.

 

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ES    =        Expenses of the subaccount for the 30-day period.

U      =        The average number of units outstanding.

UV   =        The unit value at the close (highest) of the last day in the 30-day period.

 

Because of the charges and deductions imposed by the separate account, the yield for a subaccount will be lower than the yield for its corresponding portfolio. The yield calculations do not reflect the effect of any premium taxes that may be applicable to a particular policy.

 

The yield on amounts held in the subaccounts normally will fluctuate over time. Therefore, the disclosed yield for any given past period is not an indication or representation of future yields or rates of return. The types and quality of its investments and its operating expenses affect a subaccount’s actual yield.

 

Total Returns

 

Transamerica may from time to time also advertise or disclose total returns for one or more of the subaccounts for various periods of time. One of the periods of time will include the period measured from the date the subaccount commenced operations. When a subaccount has been in operation for 1, 5 and 10 years, respectively, the total return for these periods will be provided. Total returns for other periods of time may from time to time also be disclosed. Total returns represent the average annual compounded rates of return that would equate an initial investment of $1,000 to the redemption value of that investment as of the last day of each of the periods. The ending date for each period for which total return quotations are provided will be for the most recent month end practicable, considering the type and media of the communication and will be stated in the communication.

 

Total returns will be calculated using subaccount unit values which Transamerica calculates on each business day based on the performance of the separate account’s underlying portfolio and the deductions for the mortality and expense risk fee, the distribution financing charges, and the administrative charges. The total return will then be calculated according to the following formula:

 

P (1 + T)n = ERV

 

Where:

 

T

 

ERV

 

P

 

N

 

=    The average annual total return net of subaccount recurring charges.

 

=    The ending redeemable value of the hypothetical account at the end of the period.

 

=    A hypothetical initial payment of $1,000.

 

=    The number of years in the period.

 

Other Performance Data

 

Transamerica may from time to time also disclose average annual total returns in a non-standard format in conjunction with the standard format described above.

 

Transamerica may from time to time also disclose cumulative total returns in conjunction with the standard format described above. The cumulative returns will be calculated using the following formula.

 

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CTR = (ERV / P) – 1

 

Where:

 

CTR

 

ERV

 

P

 

=    The cumulative total return net of subaccount recurring charges for the period.

 

=    The ending redeemable value of the hypothetical investment at the end of the period.

 

=    A hypothetical initial payment of $1,000.

 

All non-standardized performance data will only be advertised if the standardized performance data is also disclosed.

 

Adjusted Historical Performance Data

 

From time to time, sales literature or advertisements may quote average annual total returns for periods prior to the date a particular subaccount commenced operations. Such performance information for the subaccounts will be calculated based on the performance of the various portfolios and the assumption that the subaccounts were in existence for the same periods as those indicated for the portfolios, with the level of policy charges that are currently in effect.

 

PUBLISHED RATINGS

 

Transamerica may from time to time publish in advertisements, sales literature and reports to owners, the ratings and other information assigned to it by one or more independent rating organizations such as A.M. Best Company, Standard & Poor’s Insurance Ratings Services, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Financial Ratings The purpose of the ratings is to reflect the financial strength of Transamerica. The ratings should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of assets held in the separate account or of the safety or riskiness of an investment in the separate account. Each year the A.M. Best Company reviews the financial status of thousands of insurers, culminating in the assignment of Best’s Ratings. These ratings reflect their current opinion of the relative financial strength and operating performance of an insurance company in comparison to the norms of the life/health insurance industry. In addition, these ratings may be referred to in advertisements or sales literature or in reports to owners. These ratings are opinions of an operating insurance company’s financial capacity to meet the obligations of its insurance policies in accordance with their terms.

 

STATE REGULATION OF TRANSAMERICA

 

Transamerica is subject to the laws of Iowa governing insurance companies and to regulation by the Iowa Division of Insurance. An annual statement in a prescribed form is filed with the Division of Insurance each year covering the operation of Transamerica for the preceding year and its financial condition as of the end of such year. Regulation by the Division of Insurance includes periodic examination to determine Transamerica’s contract liabilities and reserves so that the Division may determine the items are correct. Transamerica’s books and accounts are subject to review by the Division of Insurance at all times and a full examination of its operations is conducted periodically by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. In addition, Transamerica is subject to regulation under the insurance laws of other jurisdictions in which it may operate.

 

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ADMINISTRATION

 

Transamerica performs administrative services for the policies. These services include issuance of the policies, maintenance of records concerning the policies, and certain valuation services.

 

RECORDS AND REPORTS

 

All records and accounts relating to the separate account will be maintained by Transamerica. As presently required by the 1940 Act, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder, Transamerica will mail to all owners at their last known address of record, at least annually, reports containing such information as may be required under that Act or by any other applicable law or regulation. Owners may also receive confirmation of each financial transaction and any other reports required by law or regulation. However, for certain routine transactions (for example, regular monthly premiums deducted from your checking account, or regular annuity payments Transamerica sends to you) you may only receive quarterly confirmations.

 

DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES

 

The policies are offered to the public through brokers licensed under the federal securities laws and state insurance laws. The offering of the policies is continuous and Transamerica does not anticipate discontinuing the offering of the policies, however, Transamerica reserves the right to do so.

 

AFSG Securities Corporation, an affiliate of Transamerica, is the principal underwriter of the policies and may enter into agreements with broker-dealers for the distribution of the policies. During 2002, 2001 and 2000 the amount paid to AFSG Securities Corporation and/or the broker-dealers for their services regarding the policies was $6,334,200.93, $5,475,635.22, and $5,870,143.06, respectively.

 

VOTING RIGHTS

 

To the extent required by law, Transamerica will vote the underlying fund portfolios’ shares held by the separate account at regular and special shareholder meetings of the underlying fund portfolios in accordance with instructions received from persons having voting interests in the portfolios, although none of the underlying fund portfolios hold regular annual shareholder meetings. If, however, the 1940 Act or any regulation thereunder should be amended or if the present interpretation thereof should change, and as a result Transamerica determines that it is permitted to vote the underlying fund portfolios shares in its own right, it may elect to do so.

 

Before the annuity commencement date, you hold the voting interest in the selected Portfolios. The number of votes that you have the right to instruct will be calculated separately for each subaccount. The number of votes that you have the right to instruct for a particular subaccount will be determined by dividing your policy value in the subaccount by the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio in which the subaccount invests. Fractional shares will be counted.

 

After the annuity commencement date, the person receiving annuity payments has the voting interest, and the number of votes decreases as annuity payments are made and as the reserves for the policy decrease. The person’s number of votes will be determined by dividing the reserve for the policy allocated to the applicable subaccount by the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio. Fractional shares will be counted.

 

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The number of votes that you or the person receiving income payments has the right to instruct will be determined as of the date established by the underlying fund portfolios for determining shareholders eligible to vote at the meeting of the underlying fund portfolios. Transamerica will solicit voting instructions by sending you, or other persons entitled to vote, written requests for instructions prior to that meeting in accordance with procedures established by the underlying fund portfolios. Portfolio shares as to which no timely instructions are received and shares held by Transamerica in which you, or other persons entitled to vote, have no beneficial interest will be voted in proportion to the voting instructions that are received with respect to all Policies participating in the same subaccount.

 

Each person having a voting interest in a subaccount will receive proxy material, reports, and other materials relating to the appropriate portfolio.

 

OTHER PRODUCTS

 

Transamerica makes other variable annuity policies available that may also be funded through the separate account. These variable annuity policies may have different features, such as different investment options or charges.

 

CUSTODY OF ASSETS

 

Transamerica holds assets of each of the subaccounts. The assets of each of the subaccounts are segregated and held separate and apart from the assets of the other subaccounts and from Transamerica’s general account assets. Transamerica maintains records of all purchases and redemptions of shares of the underlying fund portfolios held by each of the subaccounts. Additional protection for the assets of the separate account is afforded by Transamerica’s fidelity bond, presently in the amount of $5,000,000, covering the acts of officers and employees of Transamerica.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, of Washington D.C. has provided legal advice to Transamerica relating to certain matters under the federal securities laws applicable to the issue and sale of the policies.

 

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 

The statutory-basis financial statements and schedules of Transamerica Life Insurance Company as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2002, and the financial statements of certain subaccounts of Separate Account VA B which are available for investment by Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity contract owners at December 31, 2002, and for the periods indicated thereon, included in this SAI have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors, 801 Grand Avenue, Suite 3400, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

A Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC, under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, with respect to the policies discussed in this SAI. Not all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement,

 

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amendments and exhibits thereto has been included in the prospectus or this SAI. Statements contained in the prospectus and this SAI concerning the content of the policies and other legal instruments are intended to be summaries. For a complete statement of the terms of these documents, reference should be made to the instruments filed with the SEC.

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The values of your interest in the separate account will be affected solely by the investment results of the selected subaccount(s). Financial statements of certain subaccounts of Separate Account VA B, which are available for investment by Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity contract owners are contained herein. The statutory-basis financial statements and schedules of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, which are included in this SAI, should be considered only as bearing on the ability of Transamerica to meet its obligations under the policies. They should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the assets held in the separate account.

 

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Financial Statements and Schedules—Statutory Basis

 

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000


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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Financial Statements and Schedules—Statutory Basis

 

Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000

 

Contents

 

Report of Independent Auditors

  

1

Audited Financial Statements

    

Balance Sheets—Statutory Basis

  

3

Statements of Operations—Statutory Basis

  

5

Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus—Statutory Basis

  

6

Statements of Cash Flow—Statutory Basis

  

7

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis

  

9

Statutory-Basis Financial Statement Schedules

    

Summary of Investments—Other Than Investments in Related Parties

  

45

Supplementary Insurance Information

  

46

Reinsurance

  

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Report of Independent Auditors

 

The Board of Directors

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

We have audited the accompanying statutory-basis balance sheets of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of AEGON N.V., as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related statutory-basis statements of operations, changes in capital and surplus, and cash flow for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2002. Our audits also included the accompanying statutory-basis financial statement schedules required by Article 7 of Regulation S-X. These financial statements and schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedules based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

As described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company presents its financial statements in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Insurance Division, Department of Commerce, of the State of Iowa, which practices differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The variances between such practices and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States also are described in Note 1. The effects on the financial statements of these variances are not reasonably determinable but are presumed to be material.

 

In our opinion, because of the effects of the matter described in the preceding paragraph, the financial statements referred to above do not present fairly, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, the financial position of Transamerica Life Insurance Company at December 31, 2002 and 2001, or the results of its operations or its cash flow for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2002.

 

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However, in our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Transamerica Life Insurance Company at December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the results of its operations and its cash flow for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2002, in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Insurance Division, Department of Commerce, of the State of Iowa. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic statutory-basis financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

 

As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, in 2002 Transamerica Life Insurance Company changed various accounting policies to be in accordance with Actuarial Guideline 39.

 

As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, in 2001 Transamerica Life Insurance Company changed various accounting policies to be in accordance with the revised NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual, as adopted by the Insurance Division, Department of Commerce, of the State of Iowa.

 

/s/    ERNST & YOUNG LLP

 

Des Moines, Iowa

February 14, 2003

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Balance Sheets—Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

    

December 31


    

2002


  

2001


Admitted assets

             

Cash and invested assets:

             

Cash and short-term investments

  

$

614,687

  

$

193,296

Bonds

  

 

18,782,977

  

 

12,891,333

Preferred stocks:

             

Affiliated entities

  

 

991

  

 

761

Other

  

 

94,353

  

 

51,786

Common stocks:

             

Affiliated entities (cost: 2002 – $18,313; 2001 – $10,015)

  

 

250

  

 

257

Other (cost: 2002 – $104,470; 2001 – $91,042)

  

 

103,197

  

 

93,367

Mutual funds sponsored by affiliated entities (cost: 2002 – $4,689; 2001 – $4,403)

  

 

3,882

  

 

3,947

Mortgage loans on real estate

  

 

2,661,200

  

 

2,063,388

Real estate:

             

Home office properties

  

 

7,295

  

 

7,374

Properties acquired in satisfaction of debt

  

 

26,406

  

 

15,082

Investment properties

  

 

12,852

  

 

30,034

Policy loans

  

 

59,664

  

 

59,034

Net short-term notes receivable from affiliates

  

 

183,000

  

 

140,000

Other invested assets

  

 

517,285

  

 

413,500

    

  

Total cash and invested assets

  

 

23,068,039

  

 

15,963,159

Premiums deferred and uncollected

  

 

14,620

  

 

13,860

Accrued investment income

  

 

315,741

  

 

165,836

Reinsurance receivable

  

 

1,883

  

 

20,792

Federal and foreign income tax recoverable

  

 

13,782

  

 

—  

Net deferred income tax asset

  

 

111,460

  

 

33,961

Accrued capital contribution

  

 

200,000

  

 

—  

Other admitted assets

  

 

15,460

  

 

13,469

Separate account assets

  

 

7,784,759

  

 

5,304,781

    

  

Total admitted assets

  

$

31,525,744

  

$

21,515,858

    

  

 

 

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December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


 

Liabilities and capital and surplus

                 

Liabilities:

                 

Aggregate reserves for policies and contracts:

                 

Life

  

$

2,438,160

 

  

$

2,251,299

 

Annuity

  

 

11,786,082

 

  

 

7,402,612

 

Accident and health

  

 

466,263

 

  

 

384,234

 

Policy and contract claim reserves:

                 

Life

  

 

17,458

 

  

 

13,561

 

Accident and health

  

 

29,712

 

  

 

28,202

 

Liabilities for deposit-type contracts

  

 

7,060,714

 

  

 

4,773,460

 

Other policyholders’ funds

  

 

2,460

 

  

 

2,147

 

Remittances and items not allocated

  

 

351,031

 

  

 

412,696

 

Asset valuation reserve

  

 

60,506

 

  

 

58,872

 

Interest maintenance reserve

  

 

—  

 

  

 

26,415

 

Other liabilities

  

 

288,602

 

  

 

131,216

 

Reinsurance in unauthorized companies

  

 

3,453

 

  

 

1,605

 

Federal and foreign income taxes payable

  

 

—  

 

  

 

32,064

 

Funds held under coinsurance and other reinsurance treaties

  

 

62,575

 

  

 

13,403

 

Transfers from separate accounts due or accrued

  

 

(328,108

)

  

 

(150,654

)

Payable for securities

  

 

36,001

 

  

 

119,715

 

Payable to affiliates

  

 

878

 

  

 

6,694

 

Separate account liabilities

  

 

7,740,502

 

  

 

5,259,079

 

    


  


Total liabilities

  

 

30,016,289

 

  

 

20,766,620

 

Capital and surplus:

                 

Common stock, $10 per share par value, 500,000 shares authorized, 223,500 issued and outstanding shares

  

 

2,235

 

  

 

2,235

 

Preferred stock, $10 per share par value, 42,500 shares authorized, issued and outstanding

  

 

425

 

  

 

425

 

Surplus notes

  

 

575,000

 

  

 

—  

 

Paid-in surplus

  

 

934,282

 

  

 

534,282

 

Unassigned surplus (deficit)

  

 

(2,487

)

  

 

212,296

 

    


  


Total capital and surplus

  

 

1,509,455

 

  

 

749,238

 

    


  


Total liabilities and capital and surplus

  

$

31,525,744

 

  

$

21,515,858

 

    


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Statements of Operations—Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

    

Year Ended December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2000


 

Revenues:

                          

Premiums and other considerations, net of reinsurance:

                          

Life

  

$

517,384

 

  

$

554,684

 

  

$

882,537

 

Annuity

  

 

8,304,910

 

  

 

4,118,905

 

  

 

3,223,121

 

Accident and health

  

 

145,949

 

  

 

150,586

 

  

 

152,293

 

Net investment income

  

 

1,091,577

 

  

 

825,953

 

  

 

527,313

 

Amortization of interest maintenance reserve

  

 

1,447

 

  

 

3,503

 

  

 

3,867

 

Commissions and expense allowances on reinsurance ceded

  

 

29,704

 

  

 

(6,941

)

  

 

19,668

 

Income from fees associated with investment management, administration and contract guarantees for separate accounts

  

 

81,946

 

  

 

60,188

 

  

 

62,982

 

Other income

  

 

182,409

 

  

 

167,901

 

  

 

7,274

 

    


  


  


    

 

10,355,326

 

  

 

5,874,779

 

  

 

4,879,055

 

Benefits and expenses:

                          

Benefits paid or provided for:

                          

Life and accident and health

  

 

142,567

 

  

 

127,370

 

  

 

111,054

 

Surrender benefits

  

 

963,589

 

  

 

1,194,122

 

  

 

1,315,484

 

Other benefits

  

 

477,982

 

  

 

356,649

 

  

 

205,110

 

Increase in aggregate reserves for policies and contracts:

                          

Life

  

 

186,782

 

  

 

141,397

 

  

 

556,724

 

Annuity

  

 

4,298,123

 

  

 

2,730,317

 

  

 

541,540

 

Accident and health

  

 

82,029

 

  

 

78,869

 

  

 

50,794

 

Other

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

5,986

 

Increase in liability for premium and other deposit funds

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

1,183,833

 

    


  


  


    

 

6,151,072

 

  

 

4,628,724

 

  

 

3,970,525

 

Insurance expenses:

                          

Commissions

  

 

521,704

 

  

 

290,622

 

  

 

196,101

 

General insurance expenses

  

 

101,855

 

  

 

81,737

 

  

 

58,019

 

Taxes, licenses and fees

  

 

15,630

 

  

 

15,934

 

  

 

26,740

 

Net transfers to separate accounts

  

 

3,540,518

 

  

 

823,622

 

  

 

515,325

 

Other expenses

  

 

23,294

 

  

 

14,980

 

  

 

240

 

    


  


  


    

 

4,203,001

 

  

 

1,226,895

 

  

 

796,425

 

    


  


  


Total benefits and expenses

  

 

10,354,073

 

  

 

5,855,619

 

  

 

4,766,950

 

Gain from operations before dividends to policyholders, federal income tax expenses (benefit) and net realized capital losses on investments

  

 

1,253

 

  

 

19,160

 

  

 

112,105

 

Dividends to policyholders

  

 

497

 

  

 

545

 

  

 

536

 

    


  


  


Gain from operations before federal income tax expense and net realized capital losses

  

 

756

 

  

 

18,615

 

  

 

111,569

 

Federal income tax expense

  

 

19,389

 

  

 

28,149

 

  

 

51,251

 

    


  


  


Gain (loss) from operations before net realized capital losses on investments

  

 

(18,633

)

  

 

(9,534

)

  

 

60,318

 

Net realized capital losses on investments (net of related federal income taxes and amounts transferred to/from interest maintenance reserve

  

 

(102,519

)

  

 

(107,276

)

  

 

(9,474

)

    


  


  


Net income (loss)

  

$

(121,152

)

  

$

(116,810

)

  

$

50,844

 

    


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus—Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

    

Common Stock


    

Preferred Stock


  

Surplus

Notes


  

Paid-in

Surplus


  

Unassigned Surplus

(Deficit)


    

Total Capital
and
Surplus


 

Balance at January 1, 2000

  

$

2,660

 

  

$

—  

  

$

—  

  

$

154,282

  

$

197,713

 

  

$

354,655

 

Net income

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

50,844

 

  

 

50,844

 

Change in net unrealized capital gains/losses

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(19,784

)

  

 

(19,784

)

Change in non-admitted assets

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(1,210

)

  

 

(1,210

)

Change in asset valuation reserve

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(2,999

)

  

 

(2,999

)

Tax benefit on stock options exercised

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

1,438

 

  

 

1,438

 

Change in surplus in separate accounts

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(224

)

  

 

(224

)

Change in liability for reinsurance in unauthorized companies

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(495

)

  

 

(495

)

Capital contribution

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

100,000

  

 

—  

 

  

 

100,000

 

    


  

  

  

  


  


Balance at December 31, 2000

  

 

2,660

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

254,282

  

 

225,283

 

  

 

482,225

 

Net loss

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(116,810

)

  

 

(116,810

)

Change in net unrealized capital gains/losses

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(10,700

)

  

 

(10,700

)

Change in non-admitted assets

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(51,381

)

  

 

(51,381

)

Change in asset valuation reserve

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

47,320

 

  

 

47,320

 

Tax benefit on stock options exercised

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

897

 

  

 

897

 

Change in surplus in separate accounts

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(3,378

)

  

 

(3,378

)

Change in liability for reinsurance in unauthorized companies

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(1,110

)

  

 

(1,110

)

Change in net deferred income tax

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

64,840

 

  

 

64,840

 

Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

23,045

 

  

 

23,045

 

Dividends to stockholder

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(3,000

)

  

 

(3,000

)

Exchange of common stock for preferred stock

  

 

(425

)

  

 

425

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Reinsurance transactions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

37,290

 

  

 

37,290

 

Capital contribution

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

280,000

  

 

—  

 

  

 

280,000

 

    


  

  

  

  


  


Balance at December 31, 2001

  

 

2,235

 

  

 

425

  

 

—  

  

 

534,282

  

 

212,296

 

  

 

749,238

 

Net loss

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(121,152

)

  

 

(121,152

)

Change in net unrealized capital gains/losses

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(68,482

)

  

 

(68,482

)

Change in non-admitted assets

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(40,354

)

  

 

(40,354

)

Change in asset valuation reserve

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(1,634

)

  

 

(1,634

)

Change in surplus in separate accounts

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(2,521

)

  

 

(2,521

)

Change in provision for reinsurance in unauthorized companies

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(1,848

)

  

 

(1,848

)

Change in net deferred income tax

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

109,575

 

  

 

109,575

 

Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(65,363

)

  

 

(65,363

)

Change in reserve on account of change in valuation basis

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(18,990

)

  

 

(18,990

)

Issuance of surplus notes

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

575,000

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

 

  

 

575,000

 

Reinsurance transactions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

(4,120

)

  

 

(4,120

)

Capital contribution

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

400,000

  

 

—  

 

  

 

400,000

 

Tax benefit on stock options exercised

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

106

 

  

 

106

 

    


  

  

  

  


  


Balance at December 31, 2002

  

$

2,235

 

  

$

425

  

$

575,000

  

$

934,282

  

$

(2,487

)

  

$

1,509,455

 

    


  

  

  

  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Statements of Cash Flow—Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

    

Year Ended December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2000


 

Operating activities

                          

Premiums and other considerations received, net of reinsurance

  

$

8,933,379

 

  

$

4,802,420

 

  

$

4,208,600

 

Allowances and reserve adjustments received on reinsurance ceded

  

 

25,667

 

  

 

30,459

 

  

 

19,764

 

Investment income received

  

 

1,043,968

 

  

 

763,113

 

  

 

508,646

 

Other income received

  

 

182,511

 

  

 

168,351

 

  

 

44,960

 

Life and accident and health claims

  

 

(136,633

)

  

 

(125,561

)

  

 

(114,001

)

Surrender benefits and other fund withdrawals

  

 

(1,346,732

)

  

 

(1,330,575

)

  

 

(1,315,484

)

Annuity and other benefits to policyholders

  

 

(237,595

)

  

 

(169,748

)

  

 

(164,778

)

Commissions, other expenses and taxes paid

  

 

(638,931

)

  

 

(394,194

)

  

 

(267,005

)

Dividends paid to policyholders

  

 

(566

)

  

 

(566

)

  

 

(603

)

Federal income taxes received (paid)

  

 

(65,130

)

  

 

1,524

 

  

 

(45,190

)

Net transfers to separate accounts

  

 

(3,635,930

)

  

 

(797,040

)

  

 

(477,575

)

Other

  

 

11,416

 

  

 

17,495

 

  

 

(28,172

)

    


  


  


Net cash provided by operating activities

  

 

4,135,424

 

  

 

2,965,678

 

  

 

2,369,162

 

Investing activities

                          

Proceeds from investments sold, matured or repaid:

                          

Bonds

  

 

20,458,498

 

  

 

7,553,214

 

  

 

4,817,369

 

Stocks

  

 

63,253

 

  

 

80,053

 

  

 

51,093

 

Mortgage loans on real estate

  

 

142,834

 

  

 

178,704

 

  

 

129,336

 

Real estate

  

 

3,696

 

  

 

587

 

  

 

2,042

 

Other invested assets

  

 

70,148

 

  

 

37,923

 

  

 

14,237

 

Miscellaneous proceeds

  

 

—  

 

  

 

661

 

  

 

129

 

    


  


  


Total investment proceeds

  

 

20,738,429

 

  

 

7,851,142

 

  

 

5,014,206

 

Income taxes received (paid) on net realized capital gains(losses)

  

 

8,725

 

  

 

(8,658

)

  

 

5,199

 

    


  


  


Net proceeds from sales, maturities, or repayments of investments

  

 

20,747,154

 

  

 

7,842,484

 

  

 

5,019,405

 

Cost of investments acquired:

                          

Bonds

  

 

(26,453,740

)

  

 

(13,464,536

)

  

 

(6,985,975

)

Stocks

  

 

(118,500

)

  

 

(134,774

)

  

 

(58,001

)

Mortgage loans on real estate

  

 

(739,171

)

  

 

(659,618

)

  

 

(372,757

)

Real estate

  

 

(2,261

)

  

 

1,592

 

  

 

(149

)

Other invested assets

  

 

(199,836

)

  

 

(241,521

)

  

 

(121,685

)

Miscellaneous applications

  

 

(176,501

)

  

 

(38,461

)

  

 

—  

 

    


  


  


Total cost of investments acquired

  

 

(27,690,009

)

  

 

(14,537,318

)

  

 

(7,538,567

)

Net decrease (increase) in policy loans

  

 

(630

)

  

 

(1,463

)

  

 

2,300

 

    


  


  


Net cost of investments acquired

  

 

(27,690,639

)

  

 

(14,538,781

)

  

 

(7,536,267

)

    


  


  


Net cash used in investing activities

  

 

(6,943,485

)

  

 

(6,696,297

)

  

 

(2,516,862

)

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Statements of Cash Flow—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

    

Year Ended December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2000


 

Financing and miscellaneous activities

                          

Other cash provided:

                          

Capital and surplus paid in

  

$

775,000

 

  

$

280,000

 

  

$

100,000

 

Borrowed money

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(6,200

)

  

 

(138,300

)

Deposits on deposit-type contract funds and other liabilities without life or disability contingencies

  

 

2,333,331

 

  

 

4,406,794

 

  

 

—  

 

Other sources

  

 

317,218

 

  

 

354,709

 

  

 

338,402

 

    


  


  


Total cash provided

  

 

3,425,549

 

  

 

5,035,303

 

  

 

300,102

 

Other cash applied:

                          

Dividends paid to stockholder

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(3,000

)

  

 

—  

 

Withdrawals on deposit-type contract funds and other liabilities without life or disability contingencies

  

 

(74,026

)

  

 

(944,380

)

  

 

—  

 

Other applications, net

  

 

(122,071

)

  

 

(262,232

)

  

 

(107,873

)

    


  


  


Total other cash applied

  

 

(196,097

)

  

 

(1,209,612

)

  

 

(107,873

)

    


  


  


Net cash provided by financing and miscellaneous activities

  

 

3,229,452

 

  

 

3,825,691

 

  

 

192,229

 

    


  


  


Net increase in cash and short-term investments

  

 

421,391

 

  

 

95,072

 

  

 

44,529

 

Cash and short-term investments at beginning of year

  

 

193,296

 

  

 

98,224

 

  

 

53,695

 

    


  


  


Cash and short-term investments at end of year

  

$

614,687

 

  

$

193,296

 

  

$

98,224

 

    


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Organization

 

Transamerica Life Insurance Company (the Company) is a stock life insurance company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transamerica Holding Company, LLC (Transamerica Holding) which, in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AEGON USA, Inc. (AEGON). AEGON is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of AEGON N.V., a holding company organized under the laws of The Netherlands.

 

Nature of Business

 

The Company sells individual non-participating whole life, endowment and term contracts, as well as a broad line of single fixed and flexible premium annuity products and guaranteed interest contracts and funding agreements. In addition, the Company offers group life, universal life, and individual and specialty health coverages. The Company is licensed in 49 states and the District of Columbia and Guam. Sales of the Company’s products are primarily through the Company’s agents and financial institutions.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The preparation of financial statements of insurance companies requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Such estimates and assumptions could change in the future as more information becomes known, which could impact the amounts reported and disclosed herein.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Insurance Division, Department of Commerce, of the State of Iowa, which practices differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The more significant variances from GAAP are:

 

Investments: Investments in bonds and mandatory redeemable preferred stocks are reported at amortized cost or market value based on their rating by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for GAAP, such fixed maturity investments would be designated at purchase as held-to-maturity, trading, or available-for-sale. Held-to-maturity fixed investments would be reported at amortized cost, and the remaining fixed maturity investments would be reported at fair value with unrealized holding gains and losses reported in operations for those designated as trading and as a separate component of capital and surplus for those designated as available-for-sale.

 

All single class and multi-class mortgage-backed/asset-backed securities (e.g., CMOs) are adjusted for the effects of changes in prepayment assumptions on the related accretion of discount or amortization of premium of such securities using either the retrospective or prospective methods. If it is determined that a decline in fair value is other than temporary, the cost basis of the security is written down to the undiscounted estimated future cash flows. Prior to April 1, 2001 under GAAP, changes in prepayment assumptions were accounted for in the same manner. Effective April 1, 2001 for GAAP purposes, all securities, purchased or retained, that represent beneficial interests in securitized assets, other than high credit quality securities, are adjusted using the prospective method when there is a change in estimated future cash flows. If it is determined that a decline in fair value is other than temporary, the cost basis of the security is written down to the fair value. If high credit quality securities are adjusted, the retrospective method is used.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Derivative instruments that meet the criteria of an effective hedge are valued and reported in a manner that is consistent with the hedged asset or liability. Embedded derivatives are not accounted for separately from the host contract. Under GAAP, the effective and ineffective portions of a single hedge are accounted for separately, an embedded derivative within a contract that is not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risk of the host contract is accounted for separately from the host contract and valued and reported at fair value, and the change in fair value for cash flow hedges is credited or charged directly to a separate component of capital and surplus rather than to income as required for fair value hedges.

 

Derivative instruments are also used in replication transactions. In these transactions, the derivative is valued in a manner consistent with the cash investment and replicated asset. For GAAP, the derivative is reported at fair value with changes in fair value reported in income.

 

Investments in real estate are reported net of related obligations rather than on a gross basis. Real estate owned and occupied by the Company is included in investments rather than reported as an operating asset as under GAAP, and investment income and operating expenses include rent for the Company’s occupancy of those properties. Changes between depreciated cost and admitted asset investment amounts are credited or charged directly to unassigned surplus (deficit) rather than to income as would be required under GAAP.

 

Valuation allowances, if necessary, are established for mortgage loans based on the difference between the net value of the collateral, determined as the fair value of the collateral less estimated costs to obtain and sell, and the recorded investment in the mortgage loan. Under GAAP, such allowances are based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate or, if foreclosure is probable, on the estimated fair value of the collateral.

 

The initial valuation allowance and subsequent changes in the allowance for mortgage loans as a result of a temporary impairment are charged or credited directly to unassigned surplus, rather than being included as a component of earnings as would be required under GAAP.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Valuation Reserves: Under a formula prescribed by the NAIC, the Company defers the portion of realized capital gains and losses on sales of fixed income investments, principally bonds and mortgage loans, attributable to changes in the general level of interest rates and amortizes those deferrals over the remaining period to maturity of the bond or mortgage loan. That net deferral is reported as the “interest maintenance reserve” (IMR) in the accompanying balance sheets. Realized capital gains and losses are reported in income net of federal income tax and transfers to the IMR. Under GAAP, realized capital gains and losses would be reported in the income statement on a pretax basis in the period that the assets giving rise to the gains or losses are sold.

 

The “asset valuation reserve” (AVR) provides a valuation allowance for invested assets. The AVR is determined by an NAIC prescribed formula with changes reflected directly in unassigned surplus; AVR is not recognized for GAAP.

 

Subsidiaries: The accounts and operations of the Company’s subsidiaries are not consolidated with the accounts and operations of the Company as would be required under GAAP.

 

Policy Acquisition Costs: The costs of acquiring and renewing business are expensed when incurred. Under GAAP, acquisition costs related to traditional life insurance and certain long-duration accident and health insurance, to the extent recoverable from future policy revenues, would be deferred and amortized over the premium-paying period of the related policies using assumptions consistent with those used in computing policy benefit reserves; for universal life insurance and investment products, to the extent recoverable from future gross profits, deferred policy acquisition costs are amortized generally in proportion to the present value of expected gross profits from surrender charges and investment, mortality, and expense margins.

 

Nonadmitted Assets: Certain assets designated as “nonadmitted” are excluded from the accompanying balance sheets and are charged directly to unassigned surplus (deficit). Under GAAP, such assets are included in the balance sheet.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Universal Life and Annuity Policies: Subsequent to January 1, 2001, revenues for universal life and annuity policies with mortality or morbidity risk (including annuities with purchase rate guarantees) consist of the entire premium received and benefits incurred represent the total of death benefits paid and the change in policy reserves. Premiums received and benefits incurred for annuity policies without mortality or morbidity risk are recorded using deposit accounting, and recorded directly to an appropriate policy reserve account, without recognizing premium income or benefits expense. Interest on these policies are reflected in other benefits. Prior to January 1, 2001, all revenues for universal life and annuity policies consist of the entire premium received and benefits incurred represent the total of surrender and death benefits paid and the change in policy reserves. Under GAAP, for universal life, premiums received in excess of policy charges would not be recognized as premium revenue and benefits would represent the excess of benefits paid over the policy account value and interest credited to the account values. Under GAAP, for all annuity policies, premiums received and benefits paid would be recorded directly to the reserve liability.

 

Benefit Reserves: Certain policy reserves are calculated based on statutorily required interest and mortality assumptions rather than on estimated expected experience or actual account balances as would be required under GAAP.

 

Reinsurance: A liability for reinsurance balances would be provided for unsecured policy reserves ceded to reinsurers not authorized to assume such business. Changes to those amounts are credited or charged directly to unassigned surplus. Under GAAP, an allowance for amounts deemed uncollectible would be established through a charge to earnings.

 

Policy and contract liabilities ceded to reinsurers have been reported as reductions of the related reserves rather than as assets as would be required under GAAP.

 

Commissions allowed by reinsurers on business ceded are reported as income when received rather than being deferred and amortized with deferred policy acquisition costs as required under GAAP.

 

Deferred Income Taxes: Effective January 1, 2001, deferred income tax assets are limited to 1) the amount of federal income taxes paid in prior years that can be recovered through loss carrybacks for existing temporary differences that reverse by the

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

end of the subsequent calendar year, plus 2) the lesser of the remaining gross deferred income tax assets expected to be realized within one year of the balance sheet date or 10% of capital and surplus excluding any net deferred income tax assets, EDP equipment and operating software and any net positive goodwill, plus 3) the amount of remaining gross deferred income tax assets that can be offset against existing gross deferred income tax liabilities. The remaining deferred income tax assets are nonadmitted. Deferred income taxes do not include amounts for state taxes. Under GAAP, state taxes are included in the computation of deferred taxes, a deferred tax asset is recorded for the amount of gross deferred tax assets expected to be realized in future years, and a valuation allowance is established for deferred tax assets not realizable.

 

Statements of Cash Flow: Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments in the statements of cash flow represent cash balances and investments with initial maturities of one year of less. Under GAAP, the corresponding caption of cash and cash equivalents includes cash balances and investments with initial maturities of three months or less.

 

The effects of these variances have not been determined by the Company, but are presumed to be material.

 

Investments

 

Investments in bonds (except those to which the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC has ascribed a value), mortgage loans on real estate and short-term investments are reported at cost adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Amortization is computed using methods which result in a level yield over the expected life of the investment. The Company reviews its prepayment assumptions on mortgage and other asset-backed securities at regular intervals and adjusts amortization rates retrospectively when such assumptions are changed due to experience and/or expected future patterns. Investments in preferred stocks in good standing are reported at cost. Investments in preferred stocks not in good standing are reported at the lower of cost or market. Common stocks of unaffiliated companies and affiliated mutual funds are carried at market value and the related unrealized capital gains or losses are reported in unassigned surplus. Stocks of affiliated companies are carried at equity in the underlying

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

net assets. Real estate is reported at cost less allowances for depreciation. Depreciation is computed principally by the straight-line method. Policy loans are reported at unpaid principal. Other invested assets consist principally of investments in various joint ventures and limited partnerships and are recorded at equity in underlying net assets. Other “admitted assets” are valued principally at cost.

 

Net realized capital gains and losses are determined on the basis of specific identification and are recorded net of related federal income taxes. The AVR is established by the Company to provide for potential losses in the event of default by issuers of certain invested assets. These amounts are determined using a formula prescribed by the NAIC and are reported as a liability. The formula for the AVR provides for a corresponding adjustment for realized gains and losses. Under a formula prescribed by the NAIC, the Company defers, in the IMR, the portion of realized gains and losses on sales of fixed income investments, principally bonds and mortgage loans, attributable to changes in the general level of interest rates and amortizes those deferrals over the remaining period to maturity of the security.

 

The carrying values of all investments are reviewed on an ongoing basis for credit deterioration. If this review indicates a decline in market value that is other than temporary, the carrying value of the investment is reduced to its estimated realizable value, or fair value, and a specific writedown is taken. Such reductions in carrying value are recognized as realized losses on investments.

 

Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. The Company does not accrue income on bonds in default, mortgage loans on real estate in default and/or foreclosure or which are delinquent more than twelve months, or on real estate where rent is in arrears for more than three months. Further, income is not accrued when collection is uncertain. At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Company excluded investment income due and accrued of $34,280 and $16,146, respectively, with respect to such practices.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Interest rate swaps are the primary derivative financial instruments used in the overall asset/liability management process to modify the interest rate characteristics of the underlying asset or liability. These interest rate swaps generally provide for the exchange of the difference between fixed and floating rate amounts based on an underlying notional amount. Generally, no cash is exchanged at the outset of the swap contract and a single net payment is exchanged each due date. These swaps meet hedge accounting rules and are not marked to their current market value in the financial statements. If a swap is terminated prior to maturity, proceeds are exchanged equal to the fair value of the contract. These gains and losses may be included in the IMR or AVR if the underlying instrument receives that treatment.

 

The Company issues a product that provides the customer a return based on the Standard & Poors (S&P) 500 Index. The Company uses swaps that allow for an exchange of the increase in the S&P 500 Index over the life of the contract for payments based upon LIBOR rates. The Company has designated this swap as a hedge and, as such, the change in the value of the contract is recorded consistent with the related liability. If a swap is terminated prior to maturity, proceeds are exchanged equal to the fair value of the contract. These gains and losses are included in income in the period they are incurred.

 

The Company also utilizes credit default swaps in replication transactions. A replication transaction is a derivative transaction entered into in conjunction with a cash instrument to reproduce the investment characteristics of an otherwise permissible investment. The Company replicates investment grade corporate bonds by combining a AAA rated security as a cash component with a credit default swap. A premium is received by the Company on a periodic basis and recognized in investment income. In the event that the representative issuer defaults on its obligation referenced in the credit default swap contract, a payment equal to the notional amount of the contract will be made by the Company and recognized as a capital loss.

 

The Company has entered into interest rate cap agreements to hedge the exposure of changing interest rates. The cash flows from the interest rate caps will help offset losses that might occur from changes in interest rates. The cost of such agreement is included in interest expense ratably during the life of the agreement. Income received as a result of the cap agreement will be recognized in investment income as earned. The unamortized cost of the agreement is included in other invested assets.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Aggregate Policy Reserves

 

Life, annuity and accident and health benefit reserves are developed by actuarial methods and are determined based on published tables based on statutorily specified interest rates and valuation methods that will provide, in the aggregate, reserves that are greater than or equal to the minimum required by law.

 

The aggregate policy reserves for life insurance policies are based principally upon the 1941, 1958, and 1980 Commissioners’ Standard Ordinary Mortality and American Experience Mortality Tables. The reserves are calculated using interest rates ranging from 2.00 to 6.00 percent and are computed principally on the Net Level Premium Valuation and the Commissioners’ Reserve Valuation Methods. Reserves for universal life policies are based on account balances adjusted for the Commissioners’ Reserve Valuation Method.

 

The Company waives deduction of deferred fractional premiums upon death and refunds portions of premiums beyond the date of death. Additional premiums are charged or additional mortality charges are assessed for policies issued on substandard lives according to underwriting classification.

 

Tabular interest, tabular less actual reserves released, and tabular cost have been determined by formula. Tabular interest on funds not involving life contingencies has also been determined by formula.

 

Deferred annuity reserves are calculated according to the Commissioners’ Annuity Reserve Valuation Method including excess interest reserves to cover situations where the future interest guarantees plus the decrease in surrender charges are in excess of the maximum valuation rates of interest. Reserves for immediate annuities and supplementary contracts with life contingencies are equal to the present value of future payments assuming interest rates ranging from 3.50 to 8.75 percent and mortality rates, where appropriate, from a variety of tables.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Annuity reserves also include guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) and funding agreements classified as life-type contracts as defined in Statement of Statutory Accounting Principles (SSAP) No. 50, Classifications and Definitions of Insurance or Managed Care Contracts in Force. These liabilities have annuitization options at guaranteed rates and consist of floating interest rate and fixed interest rate contracts. The contract reserves are carried at the greater of the account balance or the value as determined for an annuity with cash settlement option, on a change in fund basis, according to the Commissioners’ Annuity Reserve Valuation Method.

 

Accident and health policy reserves are equal to the greater of the gross unearned premiums or any required midterminal reserves plus net unearned premiums and the present value of amounts not yet due on both reported and unreported claims.

 

Reinsurance

 

Coinsurance premiums, commissions, expense reimbursements, and reserves related to reinsured business are accounted for on bases consistent with those used in accounting for the original policies and the terms of the reinsurance contracts. Gains associated with reinsurance of inforce blocks of business are included in unassigned surplus (deficit) and will be amortized into income over the estimated life of the policies. Premiums ceded and recoverable losses have been reported as a reduction of premium income and benefits, respectively.

 

Policy and Contract Claim Reserves

 

Claim reserves represent the estimated accrued liability for claims reported to the Company and claims incurred but not yet reported through the statement date. These reserves are estimated using either individual case-basis valuations or statistical analysis techniques. These estimates are subject to the effects of trends in claim severity and frequency. The estimates are continually reviewed and adjusted as necessary as experience develops or new information becomes available.

 

Liability for Deposit-Type Contracts

 

Deposit-type contracts do not incorporate risk from the death or disability of policyholders. These types of contracts may include GICs, funding agreements, and other annuity contracts. Deposits and withdrawals received on these contracts are recorded as a direct increase or decrease to the liability balance, and are not reflected as premiums, benefits, or changes in reserve in the statement of operations.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Separate Accounts

 

Assets held in trust for purchases of variable annuity contracts and the Company’s corresponding obligation to the contract owners are shown separately in the balance sheets. Income and gains and losses with respect to the assets in the separate accounts accrue to the benefit of the contract owners and, accordingly, the operations of the separate accounts are not included in the accompanying financial statements.

 

Premiums and Annuity Considerations

 

Subsequent to January 1, 2001, revenues for policies with mortality or morbidity risk (including annuities with purchase rate guarantees) consist of the entire premium received and benefits incurred represent the total of death benefits paid and the change in policy reserves. These revenues are recognized when due. Premiums received and benefits paid for annuity policies without mortality or morbidity risk are recorded using deposit accounting, and recorded directly to an appropriate policy reserve account, without recognizing premium income or benefits paid. Prior to January 1, 2001, all life, annuity, accident and health premiums are recognized as revenue when due.

 

Stock Option Plan

 

AEGON N.V. sponsors a stock option plan that includes eligible employees of the Company. Pursuant to the plan, the option price at the date of grant is equal to the market value of the stock. Under statutory accounting principles, the Company does not record any expense related to this plan. However, the Company is allowed to record a deduction in the consolidated tax return filed by the Company and certain affiliates. The tax benefit of this deduction has been credited directly to unassigned surplus (deficit).

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2001 and 2000 financial statements to conform to the 2002 presentation.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

2. Accounting Changes

 

The Company prepares its statutory financial statements in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the State of Iowa. Effective January 1, 2001, the State of Iowa required that insurance companies domiciled in the State of Iowa prepare their statutory basis financial statements in accordance with the NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual subject to any deviations prescribed or permitted by the State of Iowa insurance commissioner.

 

Accounting changes adopted to conform to the provisions of the NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual are reported as changes in accounting principles. The cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles is reported as an adjustment to unassigned surplus (deficit) in the period of the change in accounting principle. The cumulative effect is the difference between the amount of capital and surplus at the beginning of the year and the amount of capital and surplus that would have been reported at that date if the new accounting principles had been applied retroactively for all prior periods. As a result of these changes, the Company reported a change of accounting principle, as an adjustment that increased capital and surplus, of $23,045 as of January 1, 2001. This amount included the establishment of deferred income tax assets of $19,124 and the release of mortgage loan prepayment fees from the IMR of $11,151, offset by the release of mortgage loan origination fees of $3,100, bond writedowns of $3,490, and the establishment of a vacation accrual of $640.

 

On December 31, 2002, the Company adopted the provisions of Actuarial Guideline 39 (“Guideline 39”). The purpose of Guideline 39 is to interpret the standards for the valuation of reserves for guaranteed living benefits included in variable deferred and immediate annuity contracts. The Company had previously provided reserves for such guarantees based on the accumulation of the amount charged to policyholders for these benefits. The cumulative effect of adopting Guideline 39 on December 31, 2002, was to increase reserves by $65,363, which was charged directly to unassigned surplus (deficit) as a change in accounting principle.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

2. Accounting Changes (continued)

 

Effective January 1, 2003, the Company will adopt the provisions of Statutory Statement of Accounting Principles (SSAP) No. 86, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging, Income Generation, and Replication (Synthetic Asset) Transactions. SSAP No. 86 supercedes SSAP No. 31, Derivative Instruments, and is effective for derivative transactions entered into or modified on or after January 1, 2003. SSAP No. 31 continues to apply to derivative transactions in place prior to January 1, 2003, however the Company can elect to apply SSAP No. 86 to these transactions as well. The Company has elected to adopt SSAP No. 86 for all existing and future derivative transactions. SSAP No. 86 adopts the general framework of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 133, Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities, which addresses the accounting for derivatives in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. SSAP No. 86 differs from SFAS No. 133 in that it allows the derivative instrument be carried consistent with the hedged item rather than at fair value. SSAP No. 86 also does not require the separate accounting for embedded derivatives as required by SFAS No. 133. The Company believes that the adoption of this statement will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations in future periods.

 

3. Capital Structure

 

During 2001, the Company exchanged 42,500 shares of its common stock with 42,500 shares of preferred stock. The par value of the preferred stock is $10 per share and the liquidation value is equal to $1,364.70 per share. This per share liquidation value shall be adjusted proportionally to reflect any resulting increase or decrease in the number of outstanding shares of preferred stock. Holders of the preferred shares shall be entitled to receive dividends equal to the amount of income generated from a segregated pool of assets, including cash, cash equivalents, mortgages and debt securities and these dividends are cumulative in nature. Holders of the shares of preferred stock have no right to cause mandatory or optional redemption of the shares. At December 31, 2002, cumulative unpaid dividends relating to the preferred shares were $5,942.

 

At December 31, 2002, the Company accrued $200,000 for a capital contribution receivable from its parent. This capital contribution has been carried as an admitted asset based on approval from the Insurance Division, Department of Commerce, of the State of Iowa and receipt of the capital contribution prior to the filing of the annual statement, in accordance with SSAP No. 72.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

3. Capital Structure (continued)

 

During 2002, the Company received $575,000 from Transamerica Holding in exchange for surplus notes. These notes are due 20 years from the date of issuance and are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all obligations and liabilities of the Company. In the event of liquidation of the Company, the holders of the issued and outstanding preferred stock shall be entitled to priority only with respect to accumulated but unpaid dividends before the holder of the surplus notes and full payment of the surplus notes shall be made before the holders of common stock become entitled to any distribution of the remaining assets of the Company. Additional information related to the surplus notes at December 31, 2002 is as follows:

 

Date Issued


  

Interest Rate


    

Original

Amount

of Notes


  

Balance Out-standing
at End of Year


  

Interest Paid Current Year


  

Total Interest Paid


  

Accrued Interest


September 30, 2002

  

6.0

%

  

$

275,000

  

$

275,000

  

$

—  

  

$

—  

  

$

4,125

December 30, 2002

  

6.0

 

  

 

300,000

  

 

300,000

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

50

           

  

  

  

  

Total

         

$

575,000

  

$

575,000

  

$

—  

  

$

—  

  

$

4,175

           

  

  

  

  

 

4. Fair Values of Financial Instruments

 

The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating its fair value disclosures for financial instruments:

 

Cash and short-term investments: The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet for these instruments approximate their fair values.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

4. Fair Values of Financial Instruments (continued)

 

Investment securities: Fair values for fixed maturity securities (including redeemable preferred stocks) are based on quoted market prices, where available. For fixed maturity securities not actively traded, fair values are estimated using values obtained from independent pricing services or, in the case of private placements, are estimated by discounting expected future cash flows using a current market rate applicable to the yield, credit quality, and maturity of the investments. The fair values for equity securities, including affiliated mutual funds, are based on quoted market prices.

 

Mortgage loans on real estate and policy loans: The fair values for mortgage loans on real estate are estimated utilizing discounted cash flow analyses, using interest rates reflective of current market conditions and the risk characteristics of the loans. The fair value of policy loans is assumed to equal their carrying amount.

 

Interest rate caps and swaps: Estimated fair value of interest rate caps are based upon the latest quoted market price. Estimated fair value of swaps, including interest rate and currency swaps, are based upon the pricing differential for similar swap agreements. The related carrying value of these items is included with other invested assets.

 

Separate Account Assets: The fair value of separate account assets are based on quoted market prices.

 

Investment contracts: Fair values for the Company’s liabilities under investment-type insurance contracts, which include guaranteed interest contracts and funding agreements, are estimated using discounted cash flow calculations, based on interest rates currently being offered for similar contracts with maturities consistent with those remaining for the contracts being valued.

 

Net short-term receivable from affiliates: The fair values for short-term notes receivable from affiliates are assumed to equal their carrying amount.

 

Separate account annuity liabilities: Separate account annuity liabilities approximate the market value of the separate account assets less a provision for the present value of future profits related to the underlying contracts.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

4. Fair Values of Financial Instruments (continued)

 

Fair values for the Company’s insurance contracts other than investment contracts (including separate account universal life liabilities) are not required to be disclosed. However, the fair values of liabilities under all insurance contracts are taken into consideration in the Company’s overall management of interest rate risk, which minimizes exposure to changing interest rates through the matching of investment maturities with amounts due under insurance contracts.

 

The following sets forth a comparison of the fair values and carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments:

 

    

December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


 
    

Carrying Amount


    

Fair Value


    

Carrying Amount


    

Fair Value


 

Admitted assets

                                   

Cash and short-term investments

  

$

614,687

 

  

$

614,687

 

  

$

193,296

 

  

$

193,296

 

Bonds

  

 

18,782,977

 

  

 

19,176,826

 

  

 

12,891,333

 

  

 

12,936,983

 

Preferred stocks, other than affiliates

  

 

94,353

 

  

 

92,279

 

  

 

51,786

 

  

 

49,549

 

Common stocks, other than affiliates

  

 

103,197

 

  

 

103,197

 

  

 

93,367

 

  

 

93,367

 

Mutual funds sponsored by affiliated entities

  

 

3,882

 

  

 

3,882

 

  

 

3,947

 

  

 

3,947

 

Mortgage loans on real estate

  

 

2,661,200

 

  

 

2,895,363

 

  

 

2,063,388

 

  

 

2,117,378

 

Policy loans

  

 

59,664

 

  

 

59,664

 

  

 

59,034

 

  

 

59,034

 

Net short-term notes receivable from affiliates

  

 

183,000

 

  

 

183,000

 

  

 

140,000

 

  

 

140,000

 

Interest rate caps

  

 

72

 

  

 

9

 

  

 

1,406

 

  

 

3

 

Swaps

  

 

(89,890

)

  

 

(126,004

)

  

 

(29,268

)

  

 

(140,307

)

Separate account assets

  

 

7,784,759

 

  

 

7,784,759

 

  

 

5,304,781

 

  

 

5,304,781

 

Liabilities

                                   

Investment contract liabilities

  

 

18,846,796

 

  

 

18,894,175

 

  

 

12,176,072

 

  

 

12,109,052

 

Separate account annuity liabilities

  

 

6,253,739

 

  

 

6,248,530

 

  

 

4,172,376

 

  

 

4,102,548

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

5. Investments

 

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of investments in bonds and preferred stocks were as follows:

 

    

Carrying Amount


  

Gross Unrealized Gains


  

Gross Unrealized Losses


  

Estimated Fair

Value


December 31, 2002

                           

Bonds:

                           

United States Government and agencies

  

$

943,736

  

$

11,094

  

$

3,766

  

$

951,064

State, municipal, and other government

  

 

472,741

  

 

42,834

  

 

18,952

  

 

496,623

Public utilities

  

 

1,005,793

  

 

56,296

  

 

50,462

  

 

1,011,627

Industrial and miscellaneous

  

 

8,534,474

  

 

472,777

  

 

114,699

  

 

8,892,552

Mortgage and other asset-backed securities

  

 

7,826,233

  

 

157,025

  

 

158,298

  

 

7,824,960

    

  

  

  

    

 

18,782,977

  

 

740,026

  

 

346,177

  

 

19,176,826

Preferred stocks

  

 

94,353

  

 

249

  

 

2,323

  

 

92,279

Affiliated preferred stocks

  

 

991

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

991

    

  

  

  

    

$

18,878,321

  

$

740,275

  

$

348,500

  

$

19,270,096

    

  

  

  

December 31, 2001

                           

Bonds:

                           

United States Government and agencies

  

$

116,098

  

$

1,806

  

$

889

  

$

117,015

State, municipal, and other government

  

 

245,626

  

 

13,251

  

 

16,610

  

 

242,267

Public utilities

  

 

922,762

  

 

20,165

  

 

12,901

  

 

930,026

Industrial and miscellaneous

  

 

5,598,744

  

 

123,985

  

 

94,570

  

 

5,628,159

Mortgage and other asset-backed securities

  

 

6,008,103

  

 

61,403

  

 

49,990

  

 

6,019,516

    

  

  

  

    

 

12,891,333

  

 

220,610

  

 

174,960

  

 

12,936,983

Preferred stocks

  

 

51,786

  

 

254

  

 

2,491

  

 

49,549

Affiliated preferred stocks

  

 

761

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

761

    

  

  

  

    

$

12,943,880

  

$

220,864

  

$

177,451

  

$

12,987,293

    

  

  

  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

5. Investments (continued)

 

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of bonds at December 31, 2002, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 

    

Carrying Amount


  

Estimated

Fair Value


Due in one year or less

  

$

201,013

  

$

203,750

Due after one year through five years

  

 

3,745,339

  

 

3,857,772

Due after five years through ten years

  

 

4,613,891

  

 

4,857,979

Due after ten years

  

 

2,396,501

  

 

2,432,365

    

  

    

 

10,956,744

  

 

11,351,866

Mortgage and other asset-backed securities

  

 

7,826,233

  

 

7,824,960

    

  

    

$

18,782,977

  

$

19,176,826

    

  

 

A detail of net investment income is presented below:

 

    

Year Ended December 31


    

2002


  

2001


  

2000


Interest on bonds and preferred stock

  

$

956,905

  

$

684,756

  

$

421,931

Dividends on equity investments

  

 

2,065

  

 

1,362

  

 

644

Interest on mortgage loans

  

 

161,211

  

 

147,811

  

 

111,356

Rental income on real estate

  

 

8,253

  

 

8,289

  

 

8,070

Interest on policy loans

  

 

3,945

  

 

4,269

  

 

4,248

Other investment income

  

 

12,230

  

 

16,058

  

 

4,549

    

  

  

Gross investment income

  

 

1,144,609

  

 

862,545

  

 

550,798

Less investment expenses

  

 

53,032

  

 

36,592

  

 

23,485

    

  

  

Net investment income

  

$

1,091,577

  

$

825,953

  

$

527,313

    

  

  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

5. Investments (continued)

 

Proceeds from sales and maturities of bonds and preferred stocks and related gross realized gains and losses were as follows:

 

    

Year Ended December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2000


 

Proceeds

  

 

20,462,679

 

  

$

7,556,980

 

  

$

4,817,508

 

    


  


  


Gross realized gains

  

$

152,259

 

  

$

82,314

 

  

$

24,440

 

Gross realized losses

  

 

(250,673

)

  

 

(123,094

)

  

 

(55,422

)

    


  


  


Net realized losses

  

$

(98,414

)

  

$

(40,780

)

  

$

(30,982

)

    


  


  


 

Gross realized losses for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 include $103,424 and $86,275, respectively, which relates to losses recognized on other than temporary declines in market value of debt securities.

 

At December 31, 2002, investments with an aggregate carrying value of $57,201 were on deposit with regulatory authorities or were restrictively held in bank custodial accounts for the benefit of such regulatory authorities as required by statute.

 

Realized investment gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains/losses on investments are summarized below:

 

    

Realized


 
    

Year Ended December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2000


 

Bonds and preferred stocks

  

$

(98,414

)

  

$

(40,780

)

  

$

(30,982

)

Equity securities

  

 

3,695

 

  

 

6,266

 

  

 

5,551

 

Mortgage loans on real estate

  

 

374

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

2,659

 

Real estate

  

 

(3,193

)

  

 

399

 

  

 

220

 

Short-term investments

  

 

—  

 

  

 

661

 

  

 

9

 

Other invested assets

  

 

(47,253

)

  

 

(40,788

)

  

 

(7,690

)

    


  


  


    

 

(144,791

)

  

 

(74,242

)

  

 

(30,233

)

Tax effect

  

 

8,725

 

  

 

(8,658

)

  

 

5,199

 

Transfer from (to) interest maintenance reserve

  

 

33,547

 

  

 

(24,376

)

  

 

15,560

 

    


  


  


Net realized losses

  

$

(102,519

)

  

$

(107,276

)

  

$

(9,474

)

    


  


  


 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

5. Investments (continued)

 

    

Change in Unrealized


 
    

Year Ended December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2000


 

Bonds

  

$

27,211

 

  

$

15,112

 

  

$

(20,789

)

Preferred stocks

  

 

(3,606

)

  

 

3,437

 

  

 

4,462

 

Common stocks

  

 

(3,598

)

  

 

(7,270

)

  

 

(249

)

Affiliated entities

  

 

(129

)

  

 

(15,246

)

  

 

(3,506

)

Mortgage loans on real estate

  

 

452

 

  

 

(834

)

  

 

296

 

Other invested assets

  

 

(28,463

)

  

 

712

 

  

 

183

 

Real estate

  

 

298

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(181

)

Derivative instruments

  

 

(60,647

)

  

 

(6,611

)

  

 

—  

 

    


  


  


Change in unrealized gains/losses

  

$

(68,482

)

  

$

(10,700

)

  

$

(19,784

)

    


  


  


 

Gross unrealized gains and gross unrealized losses on unaffiliated common stocks are as follows:

 

    

December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


 

Unrealized gains

  

$

1,703

 

  

$

4,025

 

Unrealized losses

  

 

(2,976

)

  

 

(1,700

)

    


  


Net unrealized gains (losses)

  

$

(1,273

)

  

$

2,325

 

    


  


 

During 2002, the Company issued mortgage loans with interest rates ranging from 3.65% to 7.77%. The maximum percentage of any one mortgage loan to the value of the underlying real estate at origination was 84%. Mortgage loans with a carrying value of $31,999 were non-income producing for the previous 180 days. Accrued interest of $2,531 related to these mortgage loans was excluded from investment income at December 31, 2002. The Company requires all mortgaged properties to carry fire insurance equal to the value of the underlying property.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

5. Investments (continued)

 

At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Company held a mortgage loan loss reserve in the asset valuation reserve of $18,989 and $18,991, respectively. The mortgage loan portfolio is diversified by geographic region and specific collateral property type as follows:

 

Geographic Distribution


    

Property-Type Distribution


 
    

December 31


         

December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


         

2002


    

2001


 

South Atlantic

  

27

%

  

30

%

  

Office

  

42

%

  

42

%

Pacific

  

24

 

  

28

 

  

Industrial

  

19

 

  

18

 

E. North Central

  

14

 

  

14

 

  

Apartment

  

18

 

  

16

 

Mountain

  

11

 

  

8

 

  

Retail

  

16

 

  

19

 

Middle Atlantic

  

10

 

  

9

 

  

Other

  

5

 

  

5

 

W. North Central

  

6

 

  

3

 

                  

W. South Central

  

4

 

  

4

 

                  

New England

  

3

 

  

3

 

                  

E. South Central

  

1

 

  

1

 

                  

 

The Company utilizes a variety of off-balance sheet financial instruments as part of its efforts to hedge and manage fluctuations in the market value of its investment portfolio attributable to changes in general interest rate levels and to manage duration mismatch of assets and liabilities. These instruments include interest rate swaps and caps. All involve elements of credit and market risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the accompanying financial statements at a given point in time. The contract or notional amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of involvement in the various types of financial instruments.

 

The Company enters into various interest-rate swap agreements in the normal course of business primarily as a means of managing its interest rate exposure. Interest rate swap agreements generally involve the periodic exchange of fixed rate interest and floating rate interest payments by applying a specified market index to the underlying contract or notional amount, without exchanging the underlying notional amounts. Interest rate swap agreements are intended primarily for asset and liability management. The differential to be paid or received on those interest rate swap agreements that are designated as hedges of financial assets is recorded on an accrual basis as a component of net investment income. The differential to be paid or received on those interest rate swap agreements that are designated as hedges of financial liabilities is recorded as interest income. While

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

5. Investments (continued)

 

the Company is not exposed to credit risk with respect to the notional amounts of the interest rate swap agreements, the Company is subject to credit risk from potential nonperformance of counterparties throughout the contract periods. The amounts potentially subject to such credit risk are much smaller than the notional amounts. The Company controls this credit risk by entering into transactions with only a selected number of high quality institutions, establishing credit limits and maintaining collateral when appropriate. Generally, the Company is subject to basis risk when an interest rate swap agreement is funded.

 

Interest rate basis swaps are used in the overall asset/liability management process to modify the interest rate characteristics of the underlying liability to mitigate the basis risk of assets and liabilities resetting on different indices. These interest rate swaps generally provide for the exchange of the difference between a floating rate on one index to a floating rate of another, based upon an underlying notional amount. Generally, no cash is exchanged at the outset of the swap contract and a single net payment is exchanged each due date. These swaps meet hedge accounting rules and are not marked to their current market value in the financial statements. If a swap is terminated prior to maturity, proceeds are exchanged equal to the fair value of the contract. These gains and losses may be included in the IMR or AVR if the underlying instrument receives that treatment.

 

The Company may invest in capped floating rate commercial mortgage loans and use interest rate caps to convert the commercial mortgage loan into a pure floating rate asset in order to meet its overall asset/liability strategy. Each mortgage loan is hedged individually and the relevant terms of the asset and derivative must be the same. These caps require a premium to be paid at the onset of the contract and the Company benefits from the receipt of payments should rates rise above the strike rate. These derivatives meet hedge accounting rules and are carried at amortized cost in the financial statements. A gain or loss upon early termination would be reflected in the IMR similar to the underlying instrument.

 

The Company may issue foreign denominated assets or liabilities. Cross currency swaps are utilized to convert the asset or liability to a U.S. dollar denominated security. A cash payment is often exchanged at the outset of the swap contract that represents the present value of cash flows of the instrument. This may result because the derivative is being purchased between coupon periods or the rates in the swap are not at market. A single net payment is exchanged each due date as well as at the end of the contract. Each asset or liability is hedged individually and terms of the swap must substantially meet the terms of the underlying instrument. These swaps meet hedge accounting rules and are carried at

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

5. Investments (continued)

 

book value. If a swap is terminated prior to maturity, proceeds are exchanged equal to the fair value of the contract. These gains and losses may be included in the IMR or AVR if the underlying instrument receives that treatment.

 

The Company also utilizes credit default swaps in replication transactions. At December 31, 2002, the Company had replicated assets with a fair value of $221,709 and credit default swaps with a fair value of $(4,161). At December 31, 2001, the Company did not have any outstanding replication transactions. During the year ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000, the Company recognized capital losses in the amount of $ -0-, $20,125 and $ -0- related to replication transactions.

 

The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to financial instruments, but it does not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations given their high credit ratings. The Company’s exposure to credit risk is the risk of loss from a counterparty failing to perform according to the terms of the contract. This exposure includes settlement risk (risk that the counterparty defaults after the Company has delivered funds or securities under the terms of the contract) which results in an accounting loss and replacement cost risk (cost to replace the contract at current market rates should the counterparty default prior to the settlement date). There is no off-balance sheet exposure to credit risk that would result in an immediate accounting loss (settlement risk) associated with counterparty nonperformance on interest rate swap agreements. Interest rate swap agreements are subject to replacement cost risk, which equals the cost to replace those contracts in a net gain position should a counterparty default. These instruments are subject to market risk, which is the possibility that future changes in market prices may make the instruments less valuable. At December 31, 2002, the aggregate credit exposure for these instruments was $170,472.

 

At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Company’s outstanding financial instruments with on and off-balance sheet risks, shown in notional amounts, are summarized as follows:

 

    

Notional Amount


    

2002


  

2001


Derivative securities:

             

Interest rate and currency swaps:

             

Receive fixed – pay floating

  

$

3,907,327

  

$

2,235,687

Receive floating – pay fixed

  

 

3,770,710

  

 

2,283,912

Receive floating (uncapped) – pay floating (capped)

  

 

3,262,219

  

 

1,808,116

Receive floating (LIBOR) – pay floating (S&P)

  

 

45,000

  

 

45,000

Interest rate cap agreements

  

 

33,904

  

 

541,172

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

6. Reinsurance

 

Certain premiums and benefits are assumed from and ceded to other insurance companies under various reinsurance agreements. The Company reinsures portions of risk on certain insurance policies which exceed its established limits, thereby providing a greater diversification of risk and minimizing exposure on larger risks. The Company remains contingently liable with respect to any insurance ceded, and this would become an actual liability in the event that the assuming insurance company became unable to meet its obligation under the reinsurance treaty.

 

Reinsurance assumption and cession treaties are transacted primarily with affiliates. Premiums earned reflect the following reinsurance assumed and ceded amounts:

 

    

Year Ended December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2000


 

Direct premiums

  

$

9,070,709

 

  

$

4,855,609

 

  

$

3,205,023

 

Reinsurance assumed

  

 

249,010

 

  

 

261,194

 

  

 

1,177,833

 

Reinsurance ceded

  

 

(351,476

)

  

 

(292,628

)

  

 

(124,905

)

    


  


  


Net premiums earned

  

$

8,968,243

 

  

$

4,824,175

 

  

$

4,257,951

 

    


  


  


 

The Company received reinsurance recoveries in the amount of $122,531, $135,889, and $123,039 during 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively. At December 31, 2002 and 2001, estimated amounts recoverable from reinsurers that have been deducted from policy and contract claim reserves totaled $4,238 and $5,419, respectively. The aggregate reserves for policies and contracts were reduced for reserve credits for reinsurance ceded at December 31, 2002 and 2001 of $1,468,069 and $1,447,904, respectively.

 

At December 31, 2002, amounts recoverable from unauthorized reinsurers of $4,315 (2001 – $5,747) and reserve credits for reinsurance ceded of $142,819 (2001 – $115,987) were associated with a single reinsurer and its affiliates. The Company holds collateral under these reinsurance agreements in the form of trust agreements totaling $51,333 at December 31, 2002, that can be drawn on for amounts that remain unpaid for more than 120 days.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

6. Reinsurance (continued)

 

During 2001, the Company entered into a reinsurance transaction with Transamerica International Re (Bermuda) Ltd., an affiliate of the Company. Under the terms of this transaction, the Company ceded the obligation of future guaranteed minimum death benefits included in certain of its variable annuity contracts. The difference between the initial premiums ceded of $13,402 and the reserve credit taken of $64,235 was credited directly to unassigned surplus on a net of tax basis. During 2002, $3,304 of the initial gain was amortized into earnings, with a corresponding charge to unassigned surplus. The Company holds collateral in the form of letters of credit of $80,000.

 

Additionally, in 2001, the Company entered into a reinsurance transaction with an unaffiliated company to cede certain annuity benefits on an inforce group of contracts. The gain from this transaction of $4,249 was credited directly to unassigned surplus. During 2002, $816 of the initial gain was amortized into earnings, with a corresponding charge to unassigned surplus.

 

7. Income Taxes

 

The main components of net deferred income taxes:

 

    

December 31


    

2002


  

2001


Deferred income tax assets:

             

Guaranty funds

  

$

5,445

  

$

6,362

Non-admitted assets

  

 

6,401

  

 

1,711

Loss carryforwards

  

 

23,244

  

 

—  

Deferred acquisition costs

  

 

136,324

  

 

105,210

Reserves

  

 

69,185

  

 

32,767

Unrealized capital losses

  

 

78,471

  

 

61,483

Other

  

 

7,196

  

 

7,609

    

  

Total deferred income tax assets

  

 

326,266

  

 

215,142

Deferred income tax assets – nonadmitted

  

 

181,489

  

 

149,413

Deferred income tax liabilities:

             

Partnerships

  

 

721

  

 

1,335

Real estate

  

 

1,217

  

 

1,222

Unrealized capital gains

  

 

29,544

  

 

29,184

Other

  

 

1,835

  

 

27

    

  

Total deferred income tax liabilities

  

$

33,317

  

$

31,768

    

  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

7. Income Taxes (continued)

 

The change in net deferred income tax assets and deferred income tax assets – nonadmitted are as follows:

 

      

Year Ended December 31


      

2002


    

2001


Change in net deferred income tax asset

    

$

109,574

    

$

64,840

      

    

Change in deferred income tax assets - nonadmitted

    

 

32,076

    

 

50,003

      

    

 

Federal income tax expense differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to gain from operations before federal income tax expense and net realized capital gains/losses on investments for the following reasons:

 

    

Year ended December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2000


 

Income tax computed at federal statutory rate (35%)

  

$

265

 

  

$

6,515

 

  

$

39,049

 

Deferred acquisition costs – tax basis

  

 

30,953

 

  

 

22,560

 

  

 

24,629

 

Depreciation

  

 

(148

)

  

 

104

 

  

 

(207

)

Dividends received deduction

  

 

(2,413

)

  

 

(2,228

)

  

 

(1,802

)

IMR amortization

  

 

(506

)

  

 

(1,226

)

  

 

(1,353

)

Investment income items

  

 

(4,934

)

  

 

(4,937

)

  

 

(3,866

)

Low income housing credits

  

 

(6,051

)

  

 

(5,725

)

  

 

(4,328

)

Prior year under (over) accrual

  

 

740

 

  

 

(918

)

  

 

(3,947

)

Reinsurance transactions

  

 

(1,442

)

  

 

13,051

 

  

 

—  

 

Tax reserve adjustment

  

 

4,675

 

  

 

2,705

 

  

 

2,569

 

Other

  

 

(1,750

)

  

 

(1,752

)

  

 

507

 

    


  


  


Federal income tax expense

  

$

19,389

 

  

$

28,149

 

  

$

51,251

 

    


  


  


 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

7. Income Taxes (continued)

 

For federal income tax purposes, the Company joins in a consolidated income tax return filing with its parent and other affiliated companies. Under the terms of a tax sharing agreement between the Company and its affiliates, the Company computes federal income tax expense as if it were filing a separate income tax return, except that tax credits and net operating loss carryforwards are determined in the basis of the consolidated group. Additionally, the alternative minimum tax is computed for the consolidated group and the resulting tax, if any, is allocated back to the separate companies on the basis of the separate companies’ alternative minimum taxable income.

 

The Company’s federal income tax returns have been examined by the Internal Revenue Service and the statute is closed through 1995. The examination fieldwork for 1996 through 1997 has been completed and a protest of findings has been filed with the Appeals Office of the Internal Revenue Service. An examination is underway for 1998 through 2000.

 

Capital loss carryforwards of $64,412 originated during 2002 and will expire in 2007 if unused.

 

Prior to 1984, as provided for under the Life insurance Company Tax Act of 1959, a portion of statutory income was not subject to current taxation but was accumulated for income tax purposes in a memorandum account referred to as the “policyholders’ surplus account” (PSA). No federal income taxes have been provided for in the financial statements for income deferred in the PSA ($20,387 at December 31, 2002). To the extent that dividends are paid from the amount accumulated in the PSA, net earnings would be reduced by the amount of tax required to be paid. Should the entire amount in the PSA account become taxable, the tax thereon computed at the current rates would amount to approximately $7,135.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

8. Policy and Contract Attributes

 

A portion of the Company’s policy reserves and other policyholders’ funds (including separate account liabilities) relate to liabilities established on a variety of the Company’s annuity and deposit-type products. There may be certain restrictions placed upon the amount of funds that can be withdrawn without penalty. The amount of reserves on these products, by withdrawal characteristics, are summarized as follows:

 

    

December 31


 
    

2002


    

2001


 
    

Amount


  

Percent 

of Total


    

Amount


  

Percent 

of Total


 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal with market value adjustment

  

$

1,684,200

  

6

%

  

$

567,505

  

3

%

Subject to discretionary withdrawal at book value less surrender charge

  

 

7,425,333

  

28

 

  

 

4,359,812

  

25

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal at market value

  

 

5,926,569

  

22

 

  

 

3,869,101

  

22

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal at book value (minimal or no charges or adjustments)

  

 

4,281,342

  

16

 

  

 

3,845,030

  

22

 

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal provision

  

 

7,278,306

  

28

 

  

 

5,061,818

  

28

 

    

  

  

  

    

 

26,595,750

  

100

%

  

 

17,703,266

  

100

%

           

         

Less reinsurance ceded

  

 

1,378,208

         

 

1,411,628

      
    

         

      

Total policy reserves on annuities and deposit-type liabilities

  

$

25,217,542

         

$

16,291,638

      
    

         

      

 

Included in the liability for deposit-type contracts at December 31, 2002 and 2001 are approximately $5,141,000 and $3,405,000, respectively, of funding agreements issued to special purpose entities in conjunction with non-recourse medium-term note programs. Under these programs, the proceeds from each note series issuance is used to purchase a funding agreement from an affiliated Company which secures that particular series of notes. The funding agreement is reinsured to the Company. In general, the payment terms of the note series match the payment terms of the funding agreement that secures that series. Claims for principal and interest for these funding agreements are afforded equal priority as other policyholders. At December 31, 2002, the contractual maturities were 2003 - $770,000; 2004 - $150,000; 2005 - $780,000; 2006 $1,140,000; 2007 - $1,370,000 and thereafter - $931,000.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

8. Policy and Contract Attributes (continued)

 

Separate account assets held by the Company represent contracts where the benefit is determined by the performance of the investments held in the separate account. Information regarding the separate accounts of the Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000 is as follows:

 

    

Guaranteed Separate Account


  

Nonguaranteed Separate Account


  

Total


Premiums, deposits, and other considerations for the year ended December 31, 2002

  

$

175,000

  

$

2,958,899

  

$

3,133,899

    

  

  

Reserves for separate accounts with assets at:

                    

Fair value

  

$

—  

  

$

6,953,417

  

$

6,953,417

Amortized cost

  

 

369,996

  

 

—  

  

 

369,996

    

  

  

Total

  

$

369,996

  

$

6,953,417

  

$

7,323,413

    

  

  

Premiums, deposits, and other considerations for the year ended December 31, 2001

  

$

59,498

  

$

1,221,739

  

$

1,281,237

    

  

  

Reserves for separate accounts with assets at:

                    

Fair value

  

$

—  

  

$

4,574,436

  

$

4,574,436

Amortized cost

  

 

175,950

  

 

—  

  

 

175,950

    

  

  

Total

  

$

175,950

  

$

4,574,436

  

$

4,750,386

    

  

  

Premiums, deposits, and other considerations for the year ended December 31, 2000

  

$

100,000

  

$

743,550

  

$

843,550

    

  

  

Reserves for separate accounts with assets at:

                    

Fair value

  

$

—  

  

$

4,273,977

  

$

4,273,977

Amortized cost

  

 

106,754

  

 

—  

  

 

106,754

    

  

  

Total

  

$

106,754

  

$

4,273,977

  

$

4,380,731

    

  

  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

8. Policy and Contract Attributes (continued)

 

A reconciliation of the amounts transferred to and from the separate accounts is presented below:

 

    

Year Ended December 31


 
    

2002


  

2001


    

2000


 

Transfers as reported in the summary of operations of the separate accounts statement:

                        

Transfers to separate accounts

  

$

3,133,334

  

$

1,281,237

 

  

$

843,530

 

Transfers from separate accounts

  

 

402,618

  

 

(456,777

)

  

 

(325,645

)

    

  


  


Net transfers to separate accounts

  

 

3,535,952

  

 

824,460

 

  

 

517,885

 

Miscellaneous reconciling adjustments

  

 

4,566

  

 

(838

)

  

 

(2,560

)

    

  


  


Transfers as reported in the summary of operations of the life, accident and health annual statement

  

$

3,540,518

  

$

823,622

 

  

$

515,325

 

    

  


  


 

At December 31, 2002, the Company had separate account annuities with guaranteed living benefits as follows:

 

Benefit and Type of Risk


  

Subjected

Account

Value


  

Amount of Reserve Held


    

Reinsurance Reserve

Credit


Guaranteed minimum income benefit

  

$

4,684,220

  

$

79,728

    

$

—  

Guaranteed premium accumulation fund

  

 

21,052

  

 

2,892

    

 

—  

 

Reserves on the Company’s traditional life products are computed using mean reserving methodologies. These methodologies result in the establishment of assets for the amount of the net valuation premiums that are anticipated to be received between the policy’s paid-through date to the policy’s next anniversary date. At December 31, 2002 and 2001, these assets (which are reported as premiums deferred and uncollected) and the amounts of the related gross premiums and loading, are as follows:

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

8. Policy and Contract Attributes (continued)

 

    

Gross


  

Loading


  

Net


December 31, 2002

                    

Life and annuity:

                    

Ordinary direct first year business

  

$

3,909

  

$

2,741

  

$

1,168

Ordinary direct renewal business

  

 

18,510

  

 

5,270

  

 

13,240

Group life direct business

  

 

216

  

 

105

  

 

111

    

  

  

Total life and annuity

  

 

22,635

  

 

8,116

  

 

14,519

Accident and health:

                    

Direct

  

 

101

  

 

—  

  

 

101

    

  

  

Total accident and health

  

 

101

  

 

—  

  

 

101

    

  

  

    

$

22,736

  

$

8,116

  

$

14,620

    

  

  

December 31, 2001

                    

Life and annuity:

                    

Ordinary direct first year business

  

$

2,646

  

$

1,788

  

$

858

Ordinary direct renewal business

  

 

18,679

  

 

5,914

  

 

12,765

Group life direct business

  

 

245

  

 

116

  

 

129

    

  

  

Total life and annuity

  

 

21,570

  

 

7,818

  

 

13,752

Accident and health:

                    

Direct

  

 

108

  

 

—  

  

 

108

    

  

  

Total accident and health

  

 

108

  

 

—  

  

 

108

    

  

  

    

$

21,678

  

$

7,818

  

$

13,860

    

  

  

 

At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Company had insurance in force aggregating $121,707 and $65,715, respectively, in which the gross premiums are less than the net premiums required by the valuation standards established by the Insurance Division, Department of Commerce, of the State of Iowa. The Company established policy reserves of $3,813 and $2,139 to cover these deficiencies at December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

 

During 2002, the Company converted to a new reserve valuation system for fixed deferred annuities and variable annuities. The new valuation system, which provides for more precise calculations, caused general account reserves to increase by $18,990 and separate account reserves to increase by $914. The amounts relating to the general account were credited directly to unassigned surplus. The amounts related to the separate accounts are included in the change in surplus in separate accounts in the 2002 Statement of Changes in Capital and Surplus.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

9. Dividend Restrictions

 

The Company is subject to limitations, imposed by the State of Iowa, on the payment of dividends to its parent company. Generally, dividends during any twelve-month period may not be paid, without prior regulatory approval, in excess of the greater of (a) 10 percent of statutory capital and surplus as of the preceding December 31, or (b) statutory gain from operations before net realized capital gains (losses) on investments for the preceding year. Subject to the availability of unassigned surplus at the time of such dividend, the maximum payment which may be made in 2003, without the prior approval of insurance regulatory authorities, is $150,679.

 

The Company paid dividends to its parent of $3,000 in 2001.

 

Life/health insurance companies are subject to certain Risk-Based Capital (RBC) requirements as specified by the NAIC. Under those requirements, the amount of capital and surplus maintained by a life/health insurance company is to be determined based on the various risk factors related to it. At December 31, 2002, the Company meets the RBC requirements.

 

10. Retirement and Compensation Plans

 

The Company’s employees participate in a qualified defined benefit pension plan sponsored by AEGON. The Company has no legal obligation for the plan. The Company recognizes pension expense equal to its allocation from AEGON. The pension expense is allocated among the participating companies based on expense in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87 as a percent of salaries. The benefits are based on years of service and the employee’s compensation during the highest five consecutive years of employment. Pension expense aggregated $784, $665, and $457 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively. The plan is subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974.

 

The Company’s employees also participate in a contributory defined contribution plan sponsored by AEGON which is qualified under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. Employees of the Company who customarily work at least 1,000 hours during each calendar year and meet the other eligibility requirements are participants of the plan. Participants may elect to contribute up to fifteen percent of their salary to the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

10. Retirement and Compensation Plans (continued)

 

plan. The Company will match an amount up to three percent of the participant’s salary. Participants may direct all of their contributions and plan balances to be invested in a variety of investment options. The plan is subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974. Expense related to this plan was $353, $314, and $310 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively.

 

AEGON sponsors supplemental retirement plans to provide the Company’s senior management with benefits in excess of normal pension benefits. The plans are noncontributory, and benefits are based on years of service and the employee’s compensation level. The plans are unfunded and nonqualified under the Internal Revenue Service Code. In addition, AEGON has established incentive deferred compensation plans for certain key employees of the Company. The Company’s allocation of expense for these plans for each of the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000 was negligible. AEGON also sponsors an employee stock option plan for individuals employed at least three years and a stock purchase plan for its producers, with the participating affiliated companies establishing their own eligibility criteria, producer contribution limits and company matching formula. These plans have been accrued or funded as deemed appropriate by management of AEGON and the Company.

 

In addition to pension benefits, the Company participates in plans sponsored by AEGON that provide postretirement medical, dental and life insurance benefits to employees meeting certain eligibility requirements. Portions of the medical and dental plans are contributory. The expenses of the postretirement plans are charged to affiliates in accordance with an intercompany cost sharing arrangement. The Company expensed $95, $94, and $41 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively.

 

11. Related Party Transactions

 

The Company shares certain offices, employees and general expenses with affiliated companies.

 

The Company receives data processing, investment advisory and management, marketing and administration services from certain affiliates. During 2002, 2001, and 2000, the Company paid $57,691, $33,505, and $21,115, respectively, for these services, which approximates their costs to the affiliates.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

11. Related Party Transactions (continued)

 

Payables to affiliates bear interest at the thirty-day commercial paper rate. During 2002, 2001, and 2000, the Company paid net interest of $2,292, $1,966, and $1,234, respectively, to affiliates.

 

During 2002 and 2001, the Company received capital contributions of $200,000 and $280,000, respectively, in cash from its parent. Also during 2002, the Company has accrued capital contributions of $200,000. In addition, in 2002, the Company received a surplus note of $575,000.

 

At December 31, 2002, the Company has net short-term notes receivable from an affiliate of $183,000. At December 31, 2001, the Company had net short-term notes receivable of $140,000. Interest on these notes accrues based on the 30-day commercial paper rate at the time of issuance.

 

During 1998, the Company issued life insurance policies to certain affiliated companies, covering the lives of certain employees of those affiliates. Aggregate reserves for policies and contracts related to these policies are $218,024 and $209,491 at December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

 

12. Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company has issued Trust (synthetic) GIC contracts to defined benefit plan sponsors totaling $1,180,932 and $607,317 at December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, pursuant to terms under which the plan sponsor retains ownership of the assets related to these contracts. The Company guarantees to provide benefit responsiveness in the event that plan benefit requests and other contractual commitments exceed plan cash flows. The plan sponsor agrees to reimburse the Company for such benefit payments with interest, either at a fixed or floating rate, from future plan and asset cash flows. In return for this guarantee, the Company receives a premium which varies based on such elements as benefit responsive exposure and contract size. The Company underwrites the plans for the possibility of having to make benefit payments and also must agree to the investment guidelines to ensure appropriate credit quality and cash flow matching. Funding requirements to date have been minimal and management does not anticipate any future material funding requirements that would have a material effect on reported financial results. The assets relating to such contracts are not recognized in the Company’s statutory-basis financial statements. A contract reserve has been established for the possibility of unexpected benefit payments at below market interest rates.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

Notes to Financial Statements—Statutory Basis (continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts)

 

 

12. Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

 

The Company may pledge assets as collateral for transactions involving funding agreements and reverse repurchase agreements. At December 31, 2002, the Company has pledged invested assets with a carrying value and market value of $1,251,633 and $1,249,984, respectively, in conjunction with these transactions.

 

The Company may lend securities to approved broker and other parties to earn additional income. The Company receives collateral against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of loaned securities is determined at the close of business and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Company on the next business day. Although risk is mitigated by collateral, the account could experience a delay in recovering its securities and possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return them. At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the value of securities loaned amounted to $1,319,849 and $496,277, respectively.

 

The Company has contingent commitments for $151,470 at December 31, 2002 for joint ventures, partnerships, and limited liability companies.

 

The Company is a party to legal proceedings incidental to its business. Although such litigation sometimes includes substantial demands for compensatory and punitive damages, in addition to contract liability, it is management’s opinion that damages arising from such demands will not be material to the Company’s financial position.

 

The Company is subject to insurance guaranty laws in the states in which it writes business. These laws provide for assessments against insurance companies for the benefit of policyholders and claimants in the event of insolvency of other insurance companies. Assessments are charged to operations when received by the Company except where right of offset against other taxes paid is allowed by law; amounts available for future offsets are recorded as an asset on the Company’s balance sheet. Potential future obligations for unknown insolvencies are not determinable by the Company and are not required to be accrued for financial reporting purposes. The future obligation has been based on the most recent information available from the National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations. The Company has established a reserve of $15,557 and $18,200 and an offsetting premium tax benefit of $7,236 and $7,316 at December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, for its estimated share of future guaranty fund assessments related to several major insurer insolvencies. The guaranty fund expense (benefit) was $(2,425), $(1,943), and $1,134 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively.

 

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Statutory-Basis Financial

Statement Schedules


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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

(Formerly PFL Life Insurance Company)

 

Summary of Investments—Other Than

Investments in Related Parties

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

December 31, 2002

 

SCHEDULE I

 

Type of Investment


  

Cost(1)


  

Market

Value


  

Amount at
Which
Shown in the Balance
Sheet


Fixed maturities

                    

Bonds:

                    

United States Government and government agencies and authorities

  

$

964,033

  

$

972,180

  

$

964,033

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

  

 

1,263,086

  

 

1,282,169

  

 

1,263,086

Foreign governments

  

 

434,322

  

 

463,003

  

 

434,322

Public utilities

  

 

1,005,793

  

 

1,011,627

  

 

1,005,793

All other corporate bonds

  

 

15,111,509

  

 

15,443,155

  

 

15,111,509

Redeemable preferred stocks

  

 

94,353

  

 

92,279

  

 

94,353

    

  

  

Total fixed maturities

  

 

18,873,096

  

 

19,264,413

  

 

18,873,096

Equity securities

                    

Common stocks:

                    

Banks, trust and insurance

  

 

45,000

  

 

45,000

  

 

45,000

Industrial, miscellaneous and all other

  

 

59,470

  

 

58,197

  

 

58,197

    

  

  

Total equity securities

  

 

104,470

  

 

103,197

  

 

103,197

Mortgage loans on real estate

  

 

2,661,200

         

 

2,661,200

Real estate

  

 

46,553

         

 

46,553

Policy loans

  

 

59,664

         

 

59,664

Other long-term investments

  

 

517,285

         

 

517,285

Cash and short-term investments

  

 

614,687

         

 

614,687

    

         

Total investments

  

$

22,876,955

         

$

22,875,682

    

         


(1)   Original cost of equity securities and, as to fixed maturities, original cost reduced by repayments and adjusted for amortization of premiums or accrual of discounts.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

(Formerly PFL Life Insurance Company)

 

Supplementary Insurance Information

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

SCHEDULE III

 

    

Future Policy Benefits and Expenses


  

Unearned Premiums


  

Policy and Contract Liabilities


  

Premium Revenue


  

Net Investment Income*


  

Benefits, Claims

Losses and Settlement Expenses


  

Other Operating Expenses*


  

Premiums Written


Year ended December 31, 2002

                                                       

Individual life

  

$

2,436,834

  

$

—  

  

$

17,216

  

$

516,751

  

$

150,633

  

$

309,835

  

$

359,370

      

Individual health

  

 

310,926

  

 

10,881

  

 

12,570

  

 

98,628

  

 

17,831

  

 

103,672

  

 

30,235

  

$

98,530

Group life and health

  

 

139,299

  

 

6,481

  

 

17,384

  

 

47,955

  

 

9,497

  

 

58,103

  

 

19,544

  

 

73,575

Annuity

  

 

11,786,084

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

8,304,909

  

 

913,616

  

 

5,679,462

  

 

3,793,852

      
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

      
    

$

14,673,143

  

$

17,362

  

$

47,170

  

$

8,968,243

  

$

1,091,577

  

$

6,151,072

  

$

4,203,001

      
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

      

Year ended December 31, 2001

                                                       

Individual life

  

$

2,249,755

  

$

—  

  

$

13,452

  

$

553,951

  

$

146,877

  

$

211,100

  

$

658,786

      

Individual health

  

 

241,856

  

 

10,971

  

 

11,019

  

 

97,541

  

 

21,406

  

 

90,991

  

 

40,757

  

$

97,144

Group life and health

  

 

125,564

  

 

7,387

  

 

17,292

  

 

53,778

  

 

12,054

  

 

61,171

  

 

24,416

  

 

52,600

Annuity

  

 

7,402,612

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

4,118,905

  

 

645,616

  

 

4,265,462

  

 

502,936

      
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

      
    

$

10,019,787

  

$

18,358

  

$

41,763

  

$

4,824,175

  

$

825,953

  

$

4,628,724

  

$

1,226,895

      
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

      

Year ended December 31, 2000

                                                       

Individual life

  

$

2,107,973

  

$

—  

  

$

9,993

  

$

881,370

  

$

132,477

  

$

649,924

  

$

476,394

      

Individual health

  

 

179,488

  

 

10,825

  

 

11,585

  

 

88,222

  

 

14,132

  

 

71,399

  

 

39,427

  

$

88,000

Group life and health

  

 

109,570

  

 

7,014

  

 

20,816

  

 

64,955

  

 

11,008

  

 

45,383

  

 

33,422

  

 

63,474

Annuity

  

 

4,577,664

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

3,223,404

  

 

369,696

  

 

3,203,819

  

 

247,182

      
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

      
    

$

6,974,695

  

$

17,839

  

$

42,394

  

$

4,257,951

  

$

527,313

  

$

3,970,525

  

$

796,425

      
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

      

*   Allocations of net investment income and other operating expenses are based on a number of assumptions and estimates, and the results would change if different methods were applied.

 

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(Formerly PFL Life Insurance Company)

 

Reinsurance

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

SCHEDULE IV

 

    

Gross Amount


  

Ceded to Other Companies


    

Assumed From Other Companies


  

Net

Amount


    

Percentage of Amount Assumed
to Net


 

Year ended December 31, 2002

                                      

Life insurance in force

  

$

13,710,176

  

$

2,010,948

 

  

$

99,989

  

$

11,799,217

    

1

%

    

  


  

  

    

Premiums:

                                      

Individual life

  

$

567,557

  

$

54,771

 

  

$

3,965

  

$

516,751

    

1

%

Individual health

  

 

98,530

  

 

1,054

 

  

 

1,152

  

 

98,628

    

1

%

Group life and health

  

 

73,575

  

 

50,977

 

  

 

25,357

  

 

47,955

    

53

%

Annuity

  

 

8,331,047

  

 

244,674

 

  

 

218,536

  

 

8,304,909

    

3

%

    

  


  

  

    

    

$

9,070,709

  

$

351,476

 

  

$

249,010

  

$

8,968,243

    

3

%

    

  


  

  

    

Year ended December 31, 2001

                                      

Life insurance in force

  

$

12,213,483

  

$

1,679,015

 

  

$

100,311

  

$

10,634,779

    

1

%

    

  


  

  

    

Premiums:

                                      

Individual life

  

$

547,754

  

$

(2,497

)

  

$

3,700

  

$

553,951

    

1

%

Individual health

  

 

98,925

  

 

2,167

 

  

 

783

  

 

97,541

    

1

 

Group life and health

  

 

127,085

  

 

85,018

 

  

 

11,711

  

 

53,778

    

22

 

Annuity

  

 

4,081,845

  

 

207,940

 

  

 

245,000

  

 

4,118,905

    

6

 

    

  


  

  

    

    

$

4,855,609

  

$

292,628

 

  

$

261,194

  

$

4,824,175

    

5

%

    

  


  

  

    

Year ended December 31, 2000

                                      

Life insurance in force

  

$

9,477,758

  

$

1,088,937

 

  

$

70,808

  

$

8,459,629

    

1

%

    

  


  

  

    

Premiums:

                                      

Individual life

  

$

882,584

  

$

4,575

 

  

$

3,361

  

$

881,370

    

1

%

Individual health

  

 

92,426

  

 

4,204

 

  

 

—  

  

 

88,222

    

—  

 

Group life and health

  

 

173,505

  

 

108,550

 

  

 

—  

  

 

64,955

    

—  

 

Annuity

  

 

2,056,508

  

 

7,576

 

  

 

1,174,472

  

 

3,223,404

    

36

 

    

  


  

  

    

    

$

3,205,023

  

$

124,905

 

  

$

1,177,833

  

$

4,257,951

    

28

%

    

  


  

  

    

 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Year Ended December 31, 2002


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Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Financial Statements

Year Ended December 31, 2002

 

Contents

 

Report of Independent Auditors

  

1

Financial Statements

    

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

  

3

Statements of Operations

  

17

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

  

31

Notes to Financial Statements

  

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Report of Independent Auditors

 

The Board of Directors and Contract Owners

of Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity,

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of certain subaccounts of Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate Account VA B (comprised of the Aggressive Asset Allocation, Conservative Asset Allocation, Moderate Asset Allocation, Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation, Alger Aggressive Growth, American Century Income & Growth, American Century International, BlackRock Global Science & Technology, BlackRock Mid Cap Growth, Capital Guardian Global, Capital Guardian U.S. Equity, Capital Guardian Value, Clarion Real Estate Securities, Dreyfus Small Cap Value, Gabelli Global Growth, Great Companies – AmericaSM, Great Companies – Global2, Great Companies – TechnologySM, Janus Balanced (A/T), Janus Global, Janus Growth II (A/T), Jennison Growth, J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index, Marsico Growth, MFS High Yield, PBHG Mid Cap Growth, PBHG/NWQ Value Select, PIMCO Total Return, Salomon All Cap, Transamerica Convertible Securities, Transamerica Equity, Transamerica Growth Opportunities, Transamerica U. S. Government Securities, T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth, T. Rowe Price Equity Income, T. Rowe Price Growth Stock, T. Rowe Price Small Cap, Van Kampen Active International Allocation, Van Kampen Asset Allocation, Van Kampen Money Market, Van Kampen Emerging Growth, AIM V.I. Basic Value, AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation, Alliance Growth & Income, Alliance Premier Growth, Janus Aspen – Aggressive Growth, Janus Aspen – Strategic Value, Janus Aspen – Worldwide Growth, MFS New Discovery, MFS Total Return, Fidelity – VIP Contrafund®, Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income, Fidelity – VIP Growth, Fidelity – VIP Growth Opportunities, Fidelity – VIP Mid Cap, and Fidelity – VIP Value Strategies subaccounts), which are available for investment by contract owners of the Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity, as of December 31, 2002, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for the periods indicated thereon. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Separate Account’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

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We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of mutual fund shares owned as of December 31, 2002, by correspondence with the mutual funds’ transfer agents. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the respective subaccounts of Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate Account VA B which are available for investment by contract owners of Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity at December 31, 2002, and the results of their operations and changes in their net assets for the periods indicated thereon in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

/s/    ERNST & YOUNG LLP

 

Des Moines, Iowa

January 31, 2003

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

 

 

    

Aggressive Asset Allocation

Subaccount


  

Conservative Asset Allocation

Subaccount


  

Moderate Asset Allocation

Subaccount


  

Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation

Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

314,077.909

  

 

460,434.280

  

 

619,195.088

  

 

711,042.924

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

2,678,110

  

$

4,113,312

  

$

5,393,198

  

$

6,042,973

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

2,566,017

  

$

4,185,348

  

$

5,455,109

  

$

6,058,086

Receivable for units sold

  

 

8

  

 

—  

  

 

8

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

2,566,025

  

 

4,185,348

  

 

5,455,117

  

 

6,058,086

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

—  

  

 

3

  

 

—  

  

 

5

    

  

  

  

    

$

2,566,025

  

$

4,185,345

  

$

5,455,117

  

$

6,058,081

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

2,566,025

  

$

4,185,345

  

$

5,455,117

  

$

6,058,081

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

2,566,025

  

$

4,185,345

  

$

5,455,117

  

$

6,058,081

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

331,717

  

 

1,767,197

  

 

2,109,943

  

 

1,349,063

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

2,859,223

  

 

2,904,735

  

 

4,179,412

  

 

5,874,308

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.804872

  

 

$0.896399

  

 

$0.867926

  

 

$0.839352

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.804077

  

 

$0.895514

  

 

$0.867070

  

 

$0.838523

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

 

    

Alger Aggressive

Growth

Subaccount


  

American Century

Income & Growth

Subaccount


  

American Century International
Subaccount


  

BlackRock Global

Science & Technology
Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

92,140.306

  

 

138,391.886

  

 

184,304.344

  

 

3,357.784

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

1,292,984

  

$

1,138,774

  

$

1,106,679

  

$

23,444

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

987,744

  

$

1,057,314

  

$

1,107,669

  

$

22,329

Receivable for units sold

  

 

2

  

 

—  

  

 

5

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

987,746

  

 

1,057,314

  

 

1,107,674

  

 

22,329

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

—  

  

 

2

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

    

$

987,746

  

$

1,057,312

  

$

1,107,674

  

$

22,329

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

987,746

  

$

1,057,312

  

$

1,107,674

  

$

22,329

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

987,746

  

$

1,057,312

  

$

1,107,674

  

$

22,329

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

184,769

  

 

355,083

  

 

145,042

  

 

3,419

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

2,486,518

  

 

1,065,886

  

 

1,590,381

  

 

27,810

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.371121

  

 

$0.745459

  

 

$0.639710

  

 

$0.715648

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.369663

  

 

$0.743618

  

 

$0.638142

  

 

$0.714934

    

  

  

  

                             

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

    

BlackRock
Mid Cap
Growth Subaccount


  

Capital Guardian Global
Subaccount


  

Capital Guardian
U.S. Equity Subaccount


  

Capital Guardian Value
Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

23,660.477

  

 

1,509,715.968

  

 

1,030,226.071

  

 

1,855,629.081

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

181,060

  

$

15,109,765

  

$

9,661,190

  

$

33,241,368

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

 

175,797

  

 

12,817,489

  

 

7,613,371

  

 

24,401,522

Receivable for units sold

  

 

1

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

175,798

  

 

12,817,489

  

 

7,613,371

  

 

24,401,522

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

—  

  

 

7

  

 

6

  

 

5

    

  

  

  

    

$

175,798

  

$

12,817,482

  

$

7,613,365

  

$

24,401,517

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

175,798

  

$

12,817,482

  

$

7,613,365

  

$

24,401,517

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

175,798

  

$

12,817,482

  

$

7,613,365

  

$

24,401,517

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

22,459

  

 

1,604,712

  

 

2,148,918

  

 

1,789,826

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

209,795

  

 

12,827,550

  

 

9,948,384

  

 

12,431,401

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.757595

  

 

$0.893846

  

 

$0.632798

  

 

$1.727962

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.756850

  

 

$0.887396

  

 

$0.628598

  

 

$1.714108

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

    

Clarion
Real Estate
Securities
Subaccount


  

Dreyfus
Small Cap Value
Subaccount


  

Gabelli
Global Growth
Subaccount


  

Great Companies—
AmericaSM
Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

56,414.784

  

 

2,612,357.671

  

 

158,264.661

  

 

140,441.120

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

617,294

  

$

36,024,019

  

$

1,126,711

  

$

1,139,349

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

 

643,693

  

 

19,932,289

  

 

1,077,782

  

 

1,106,676

Receivable for units sold

  

 

1

  

 

1

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

643,694

  

 

19,932,290

  

 

1,077,782

  

 

1,106,676

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

5

  

 

2

    

  

  

  

    

$

643,694

  

$

19,932,290

  

$

1,077,777

  

$

1,106,674

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

643,694

  

$

19,932,290

  

$

1,077,777

  

$

1,106,674

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

643,694

  

$

19,932,290

  

$

1,077,777

  

$

1,106,674

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

163,787

  

 

1,323,422

  

 

158,044

  

 

137,752

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

529,238

  

 

10,140,901

  

 

1,420,329

  

 

1,307,128

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.929516

  

 

$1.751037

  

 

$0.684868

  

 

$0.767645

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.928601

  

 

$1.737018

  

 

$0.682615

  

 

$0.765747

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

    

Great Companies—
Global2

Subaccount


  

Great Companies—
TechnologySM

Subaccount


  

Janus Balanced (A/T)

Subaccount


  

Janus Global

Subaccount


           

Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

65,314.330

  

 

69,876.420

  

 

28,442.598

  

 

50,962.020

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

370,824

  

$

205,194

  

$

267,481

  

$

1,121,677

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

363,801

  

$

183,775

  

$

269,920

  

$

670,660

Receivable for units sold

  

 

3

  

 

7

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

363,804

  

 

183,782

  

 

269,920

  

 

670,660

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

1

  

 

6

    

  

  

  

    

$

363,804

  

$

183,782

  

$

269,919

  

$

670,654

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

363,804

  

$

183,782

  

$

269,919

  

$

670,654

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

363,804

  

$

183,782

  

$

269,919

  

$

670,654

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

61,696

  

 

18,935

  

 

73,453

  

 

204,399

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

544,593

  

 

371,721

  

 

214,031

  

 

1,357,782

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.601821

  

 

$0.471553

  

 

$0.939595

  

 

$0.430777

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.599849

  

 

$0.470387

  

 

$0.938664

  

 

$0.429085

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

    

Janus Growth II (A/T)

Subaccount


  

Jennison Growth

Subaccount


  

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index

Subaccount


  

Marsico Growth

Subaccount


           

Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

987,005.988

  

 

495,823.431

  

 

1,486,662.265

  

 

171,395.681

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

78,937,120

  

$

5,096,211

  

$

23,936,048

  

$

1,504,700

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

32,136,915

  

$

2,826,194

  

$

14,777,423

  

$

1,151,779

Receivable for units sold

  

 

3

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

32,136,918

  

 

2,826,194

  

 

14,777,423

  

 

1,151,779

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

—  

  

 

6

  

 

1

  

 

1

    

  

  

  

    

$

32,136,918

  

$

2,826,188

  

$

14,777,422

  

$

1,151,778

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

32,136,918

  

$

2,826,188

  

$

14,777,422

  

$

1,151,778

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

32,136,918

  

$

2,826,188

  

$

14,777,422

  

$

1,151,778

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

260,846

  

 

842,937

  

 

2,460,344

  

 

334,221

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

1,799,933

  

 

3,985,892

  

 

11,893,663

  

 

1,711,305

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$15.704474

  

 

$0.589170

  

 

$1.036367

  

 

$0.564924

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$15.578617

  

 

$0.584450

  

 

$1.028077

  

 

$0.562710

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

 

    

MFS High Yield Subaccount


  

PBHG Mid Cap Growth Subaccount


  

PBHG/NWQ Value Select Subaccount


  

PIMCO Total Return Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

586,485.025

  

 

159,132.960

  

 

181,150.406

  

 

1,361,749.987

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

5,151,555

  

$

1,349,512

  

$

2,452,614

  

$

13,981,582

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

5,178,663

  

$

1,099,609

  

$

2,106,779

  

$

14,461,785

Receivable for units sold

  

 

—  

  

 

2

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

5,178,663

  

 

1,099,611

  

 

2,106,779

  

 

14,461,785

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

8

  

 

—  

  

 

1

  

 

9

    

  

  

  

    

$

5,178,655

  

$

1,099,611

  

$

2,106,778

  

$

14,461,776

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

5,178,655

  

$

1,099,611

  

$

2,106,778

  

$

14,461,776

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

5,178,655

  

$

1,099,611

  

$

2,106,778

  

$

14,461,776

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

1,415,069

  

 

409,547

  

 

206,458

  

 

2,092,533

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

3,994,851

  

 

2,726,209

  

 

2,185,520

  

 

11,672,666

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.962033

  

 

$0.351884

  

 

$0.883966

  

 

$1.051492

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.955558

  

 

$0.350486

  

 

$0.880466

  

 

$1.050445

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

 

    

Salomon All Cap Subaccount


  

Transamerica Convertible Securities Subaccount


  

Transamerica Equity Subaccount


  

Transamerica Growth Opportunities Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

1,026,198.102

  

 

14,851.865

  

 

563,343.063

  

 

78,237.306

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

12,586,302

  

$

139,014

  

$

8,838,888

  

$

815,273

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

9,954,122

  

$

138,419

  

$

7,740,334

  

$

749,513

Receivable for units sold

  

 

12

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

3

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

9,954,134

  

 

138,419

  

 

7,740,334

  

 

749,516

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

57

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

    

$

9,954,134

  

$

138,419

  

$

7,740,277

  

$

749,516

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

9,954,134

  

$

138,419

  

$

7,740,277

  

$

749,516

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

9,954,134

  

$

138,419

  

$

7,740,277

  

$

749,516

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

2,248,285

  

 

40,596

  

 

1,190,272

  

 

205,146

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

10,724,740

  

 

109,517

  

 

13,860,460

  

 

598,415

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.769798

  

 

$0.922763

  

 

$0.516143

  

 

$0.934457

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.766770

  

 

$0.921845

  

 

$0.514119

  

 

$0.932156

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

 

    

Transamerica U.S.

Government

Securities

Subaccount


  

T. Rowe Price

Dividend Growth

Subaccount


  

T. Rowe Price

Equity Income

Subaccount


  

T. Rowe Price

Growth Stock

Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

1,600,550.073

  

 

83,800.454

  

 

2,094,140.596

  

 

1,429,118.650

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

19,129,708

  

$

781,188

  

$

39,157,589

  

$

33,825,226

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

19,718,777

  

$

654,482

  

$

32,019,410

  

$

21,565,400

Receivable for units sold

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

9

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

19,718,777

  

 

654,482

  

 

32,019,410

  

 

21,565,409

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

17

  

 

—  

  

 

1

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

    

$

19,718,760

  

$

654,482

  

$

32,019,409

  

$

21,565,409

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

19,718,760

  

$

654,482

  

$

32,019,409

  

$

21,565,409

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

19,718,760

  

$

654,482

  

$

32,019,409

  

$

21,565,409

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

2,810,237

  

 

32,160

  

 

2,250,644

  

 

1,039,058

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

10,798,493

  

 

777,097

  

 

13,877,571

  

 

9,575,773

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$1.460102

  

 

$0.811801

  

 

$1.999060

  

 

$2.046402

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$1.446084

  

 

$0.808617

  

 

$1.983073

  

 

$2.030027

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

 

    

T. Rowe Price Small Cap Subaccount


  

Van Kampen Active International Allocation Subaccount


  

Van Kampen Asset Allocation Subaccount


  

Van Kampen

Money Market

Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

337,072.443

  

 

1,380,538.390

  

 

1,646,053.564

  

 

33,318,783.690

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

3,012,620

  

$

10,472,026

  

$

30,727,837

  

$

33,318,784

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

2,686,467

  

$

10,478,286

  

$

21,151,788

  

$

33,318,784

Receivable for units sold

  

 

—  

  

 

2

  

 

2

  

 

203

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

2,686,467

  

 

10,478,288

  

 

21,151,790

  

 

33,318,987

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

2

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

    

$

2,686,465

  

$

10,478,288

  

$

21,151,790

  

$

33,318,987

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

2,686,465

  

$

10,478,288

  

$

21,151,790

  

$

33,318,987

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

2,686,465

  

$

10,478,288

  

$

21,151,790

  

$

33,318,987

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

373,079

  

 

1,510,385

  

 

2,392,337

  

 

8,057,960

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

4,581,582

  

 

10,643,994

  

 

10,520,153

  

 

18,149,047

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.544196

  

 

$0.868180

  

 

$1.648851

  

 

$1.278447

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.542048

  

 

$0.861237

  

 

$1.635640

  

 

$1.268238

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

    

Van Kampen
Emerging
Growth Subaccount


  

AIM V.I.
Basic Value
Subaccount


    

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation
Subaccount


  

Alliance Growth & Income
Subaccount


Assets

                             

Investment in securities:

                             

Number of shares

  

 

102,393.552

  

 

121,268.745

    

 

4,913.903

  

 

170,469.257

    

  

    

  

Cost

  

$

1,623,397

  

$

977,847

    

$

80,874

  

$

3,488,055

    

  

    

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

1,331,116

  

$

965,299

    

$

80,490

  

$

2,811,038

Receivable for units sold

  

 

4

  

 

—  

    

 

—  

  

 

—  

    

  

    

  

Total assets

  

 

1,331,120

  

 

965,299

    

 

80,490

  

 

2,811,038

    

  

    

  

Liabilities

                             

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

    

 

—  

  

 

2

    

  

    

  

    

$

1,331,120

  

$

965,299

    

$

80,490

  

$

2,811,036

    

  

    

  

Net Assets:

                             

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

1,331,120

  

$

965,299

    

$

80,490

  

$

2,811,036

    

  

    

  

Total net assets

  

$

1,331,120

  

$

965,299

    

$

80,490

  

$

2,811,036

    

  

    

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                             

M&E—1.50%

  

 

211,456

  

 

271,013

    

 

8,537

  

 

562,773

    

  

    

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

2,299,820

  

 

1,003,800

    

 

93,051

  

 

3,412,179

    

  

    

  

Accumulation unit value:

                             

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.531264

  

 

$0.757796

    

 

$0.793030

  

 

$0.708682

    

  

    

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.529946

  

 

$0.757050

    

 

$0.792246

  

 

$0.706941

    

  

    

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

    

Alliance Premier Growth Subaccount


  

Janus Aspen—Aggressive Growth Subaccount


  

Janus Aspen—Strategic Value Subaccount


  

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

42,608.551

  

 

67,516.516

  

 

60,853.826

  

 

172,816.256

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

841,048

  

$

1,151,689

  

$

557,616

  

$

3,772,509

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

736,702

  

$

1,054,608

  

$

427,802

  

$

3,620,501

Receivable for units sold

  

 

—  

  

 

5

  

 

—  

  

 

3

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

736,702

  

 

1,054,613

  

 

427,802

  

 

3,620,504

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

    

$

736,702

  

$

1,054,613

  

$

427,802

  

$

3,620,504

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

736,702

  

$

1,054,613

  

$

427,802

  

$

3,620,504

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

736,702

  

$

1,054,613

  

$

427,802

  

$

3,620,504

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

290,129

  

 

418,083

  

 

118,270

  

 

1,288,017

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

977,258

  

 

2,981,371

  

 

512,467

  

 

6,042,240

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.582390

  

 

$0.311130

  

 

$0.680071

  

 

$0.495255

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.580946

  

 

$0.310104

  

 

$0.677839

  

 

$0.493626

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

    

MFS
New Discovery Subaccount


  

MFS
Total Return Subaccount


  

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Subaccount


  

Fidelity—VIP
Equity-Income
Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

7,093.843

  

 

166,451.128

  

 

407,290.139

  

 

206,821.481

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

74,425

  

$

2,807,351

  

$

7,797,653

  

$

4,131,122

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

73,634

  

$

2,837,992

  

$

7,310,858

  

$

3,722,787

Receivable for units sold

  

 

—  

  

 

1

  

 

2

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

73,634

  

 

2,837,993

  

 

7,310,860

  

 

3,722,787

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

1

    

  

  

  

    

$

73,634

  

$

2,837,993

  

$

7,310,860

  

$

3,722,786

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

73,634

  

$

2,837,993

  

$

7,310,860

  

$

3,722,786

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

73,634

  

$

2,837,993

  

$

7,310,860

  

$

3,722,786

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

10,624

  

 

243,516

  

 

1,989,715

  

 

875,534

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

88,053

  

 

2,852,668

  

 

8,369,367

  

 

3,647,123

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.746874

  

 

$0.917454

  

 

$0.707994

  

 

$0.825763

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.746131

  

 

$0.916538

  

 

$0.705209

  

 

$0.822512

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2002

 

    

Fidelity—VIP Growth Subaccount


  

Fidelity—VIP Growth Opportunities Subaccount


  

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Subaccount


  

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Subaccount


Assets

                           

Investment in securities:

                           

Number of shares

  

 

117,445.275

  

 

20,942.522

  

 

657,646.131

  

 

295,513.484

    

  

  

  

Cost

  

$

3,329,147

  

$

293,829

  

$

12,124,075

  

$

2,391,653

    

  

  

  

Investments in mutual funds, at net asset value

  

$

2,725,905

  

$

243,771

  

$

11,436,466

  

$

2,349,332

Receivable for units sold

  

 

—  

  

 

4

  

 

47

  

 

—  

    

  

  

  

Total assets

  

 

2,725,905

  

 

243,775

  

 

11,436,513

  

 

2,349,332

    

  

  

  

Liabilities

                           

Payable for units redeemed

  

 

3

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

  

 

32

    

  

  

  

    

$

2,725,902

  

$

243,775

  

$

11,436,513

  

$

2,349,300

    

  

  

  

Net Assets:

                           

Deferred annuity contracts terminable by owners

  

$

2,725,902

  

$

243,775

  

$

11,436,513

  

$

2,349,300

    

  

  

  

Total net assets

  

$

2,725,902

  

$

243,775

  

$

11,436,513

  

$

2,349,300

    

  

  

  

Accumulation units outstanding:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

311,640

  

 

41,431

  

 

1,109,568

  

 

233,603

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

4,275,756

  

 

405,196

  

 

11,119,727

  

 

2,909,202

    

  

  

  

Accumulation unit value:

                           

M&E—1.50%

  

 

$0.595582

  

 

$0.547765

  

 

$0.938535

  

 

$0.748203

    

  

  

  

M&E—1.65%

  

 

$0.594116

  

 

$0.545616

  

 

$0.934838

  

 

$0.747462

    

  

  

  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

    

Aggressive Asset

Allocation

Subaccount(1)


    

Conservative

Asset Allocation

Subaccount(1)


    

Moderate Asset

Allocation

Subaccount(1)


    

Moderately

Aggressive

Asset Allocation

Subaccount(1)


 

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

—  

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

—  

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

14,212

 

  

 

18,996

 

  

 

20,834

 

  

 

15,935

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

(14,212

)

  

 

(18,996

)

  

 

(20,834

)

  

 

(15,935

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

6,680

 

  

 

1,085,059

 

  

 

396,788

 

  

 

155,656

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

7,935

 

  

 

1,107,984

 

  

 

415,322

 

  

 

161,680

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(1,255

)

  

 

(22,925

)

  

 

(18,534

)

  

 

(6,024

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

End of period

  

 

(112,093

)

  

 

72,036

 

  

 

61,911

 

  

 

15,113

 

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(112,093

)

  

 

72,036

 

  

 

61,911

 

  

 

15,113

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(113,348

)

  

 

49,111

 

  

 

43,377

 

  

 

9,089

 

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(127,560

)

  

$

30,115

 

  

$

22,543

 

  

$

(6,846

)

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

    

Alger Aggressive Growth Subaccount


      

American Century Income & Growth Subaccount


    

American Century International Subaccount


    

BlackRock

Global Science &

Technology

Subaccount(1)


 

Net investment income (loss)

                                     

Income:

                                     

Dividends

  

$

—  

 

    

$

233

 

  

$

2,093

 

  

$

—  

 

Expenses:

                                     

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

17,931

 

    

 

11,220

 

  

 

12,016

 

  

 

134

 

    


    


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

(17,931

)

    

 

(10,987

)

  

 

(9,923

)

  

 

(134

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                     

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                     

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

 

    

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

318,487

 

    

 

981,720

 

  

 

30,085,447

 

  

 

7,212

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

371,422

 

    

 

1,054,519

 

  

 

30,128,485

 

  

 

7,208

 

    


    


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(52,935

)

    

 

(72,799

)

  

 

(43,038

)

  

 

4

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                     

Beginning of period

  

 

107,745

 

    

 

13,101

 

  

 

921

 

  

 

—  

 

End of period

  

 

(305,240

)

    

 

(81,460

)

  

 

990

 

  

 

(1,115

)

    


    


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(412,985

)

    

 

(94,561

)

  

 

69

 

  

 

(1,115

)

    


    


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(465,920

)

    

 

(167,360

)

  

 

(42,969

)

  

 

(1,111

)

    


    


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(483,851

)

    

$

(178,347

)

  

$

(52,892

)

  

$

(1,245

)

    


    


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

    

BlackRock

Mid Cap

Growth

Subaccount(1)


    

Capital Guardian Global Subaccount


    

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity Subaccount


    

Capital Guardian Value Subaccount


 

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

—  

 

  

$

22,263

 

  

$

30,548

 

  

$

1,110,181

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

808

 

  

 

187,459

 

  

 

125,407

 

  

 

429,674

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

(808

)

  

 

(165,196

)

  

 

(94,859

)

  

 

680,507

 

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

1,642

 

  

 

14,827,942

 

  

 

1,368,667

 

  

 

3,607,983

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

1,874

 

  

 

14,601,829

 

  

 

1,725,034

 

  

 

5,284,839

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(232

)

  

 

226,113

 

  

 

(356,367

)

  

 

(1,676,856

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

—  

 

  

 

409,959

 

  

 

(177,480

)

  

 

(3,050,779

)

End of period

  

 

(5,263

)

  

 

(2,292,276

)

  

 

(2,047,819

)

  

 

(8,839,846

)

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(5,263

)

  

 

(2,702,235

)

  

 

(1,870,339

)

  

 

(5,789,067

)

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(5,495

)

  

 

(2,476,122

)

  

 

(2,226,706

)

  

 

(7,465,923

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(6,303

)

  

$

(2,641,318

)

  

$

(2,321,565

)

  

$

(6,785,416

)

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

    

Clarion Real Estate Securities

Subaccount(1)


    

Dreyfus Small Cap Value

Subaccount


    

Gabelli Global Growth

Subaccount


    

Great Companies—AmericaSM

Subaccount


 
           

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

7,375

 

  

$

4,135,593

 

  

$

1,658

 

  

$

1,669

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

4,447

 

  

 

444,650

 

  

 

8,702

 

  

 

8,756

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

2,928

 

  

 

3,690,943

 

  

 

(7,044

)

  

 

(7,087

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

486

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

1,505,943

 

  

 

5,712,386

 

  

 

2,535,256

 

  

 

452,108

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

1,567,938

 

  

 

10,738,092

 

  

 

2,568,490

 

  

 

542,411

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(61,509

)

  

 

(5,025,706

)

  

 

(33,234

)

  

 

(90,303

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(2,075,065

)

  

 

6,815

 

  

 

5,738

 

End of period

  

 

26,399

 

  

 

(16,091,730

)

  

 

(48,929

)

  

 

(32,673

)

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

26,399

 

  

 

(14,016,665

)

  

 

(55,744

)

  

 

(38,411

)

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(35,110

)

  

 

(19,042,371

)

  

 

(88,978

)

  

 

(128,714

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(32,182

)

  

$

(15,351,428

)

  

$

(96,022

)

  

$

(135,801

)

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

    

Great
Companies—
Global(2)

Subaccount


    

Great
Companies—
TechnologySM

Subaccount


    

Janus Balanced (A/T)

Subaccount(1)


    

Janus Global

Subaccount


 
           

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

178

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

22,910

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

2,365

 

  

 

1,564

 

  

 

1,890

 

  

 

14,071

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

(2,187

)

  

 

(1,564

)

  

 

(1,890

)

  

 

8,839

 

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

461,683

 

  

 

124,105

 

  

 

241,609

 

  

 

239,393

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

472,555

 

  

 

160,373

 

  

 

252,270

 

  

 

453,204

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(10,872

)

  

 

(36,268

)

  

 

(10,661

)

  

 

(213,811

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

(1,709

)

  

 

(4,185

)

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(374,547

)

End of period

  

 

(7,023

)

  

 

(21,419

)

  

 

2,439

 

  

 

(451,017

)

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(5,314

)

  

 

(17,234

)

  

 

2,439

 

  

 

(76,470

)

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(16,186

)

  

 

(53,502

)

  

 

(8,222

)

  

 

(290,281

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(18,373

)

  

$

(55,066

)

  

$

(10,112

)

  

$

(281,442

)

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Janus Growth II (A/T)

Subaccount


    

Jennison Growth

Subaccount


    

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index

Subaccount


    

Marsico Growth

Subaccount


 
           

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

—  

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

71,517

 

  

$

1,646

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

717,753

 

  

 

55,871

 

  

 

292,673

 

  

 

27,225

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

(717,753

)

  

 

(55,871

)

  

 

(221,156

)

  

 

(25,579

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

15,580,566

 

  

 

818,132

 

  

 

5,111,980

 

  

 

1,933,118

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

32,118,172

 

  

 

1,470,804

 

  

 

7,801,383

 

  

 

2,297,923

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(16,537,606

)

  

 

(652,672

)

  

 

(2,689,403

)

  

 

(364,805

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

(45,326,755

)

  

 

(1,615,308

)

  

 

(6,371,488

)

  

 

(157,220

)

End of period

  

 

(46,800,205

)

  

 

(2,270,017

)

  

 

(9,158,625

)

  

 

(352,921

)

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(1,473,450

)

  

 

(654,709

)

  

 

(2,787,137

)

  

 

(195,701

)

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(18,011,056

)

  

 

(1,307,381

)

  

 

(5,476,540

)

  

 

(560,506

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(18,728,809

)

  

$

(1,363,252

)

  

$

(5,697,696

)

  

$

(586,085

)

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

    

MFS High Yield

Subaccount


    

PBHG Mid Cap Growth

Subaccount


    

PBHG/NWQ Value Select

Subaccount


    

PIMCO Total
Return

Subaccount(1)


 
           

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

135,446

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

49,744

 

  

$

—  

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

83,208

 

  

 

19,036

 

  

 

34,544

 

  

 

71,328

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

52,238

 

  

 

(19,036

)

  

 

15,200

 

  

 

(71,328

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

32,773

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

4,041,805

 

  

 

1,735,908

 

  

 

1,013,015

 

  

 

1,106,517

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

4,352,090

 

  

 

1,732,937

 

  

 

1,182,543

 

  

 

1,083,197

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(310,285

)

  

 

2,971

 

  

 

(136,755

)

  

 

23,320

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

(224,217

)

  

 

143,220

 

  

 

(27,594

)

  

 

—  

 

End of period

  

 

27,108

 

  

 

(249,903

)

  

 

(345,835

)

  

 

480,203

 

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

251,325

 

  

 

(393,123

)

  

 

(318,241

)

  

 

480,203

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(58,960

)

  

 

(390,152

)

  

 

(454,996

)

  

 

503,523

 

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(6,722

)

  

$

(409,188

)

  

$

(439,796

)

  

$

432,195

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Salomon All Cap

Subaccount


    

Transamerica Convertible Securities

Subaccount(1)


    

Transamerica Equity

Subaccount


    

Transamerica Growth Opportunities

Subaccount


 

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

122,043

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

—  

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

177,724

 

  

 

259

 

  

 

104,249

 

  

 

6,621

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

(55,681

)

  

 

(259

)

  

 

(104,249

)

  

 

(6,621

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

21,234

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

12,541,973

 

  

 

125,811

 

  

 

1,827,626

 

  

 

240,740

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

13,106,053

 

  

 

126,544

 

  

 

2,604,152

 

  

 

273,797

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(542,846

)

  

 

(733

)

  

 

(776,526

)

  

 

(33,057

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

399,381

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(405,355

)

  

 

7,015

 

End of period

  

 

(2,632,180

)

  

 

(595

)

  

 

(1,098,554

)

  

 

(65,760

)

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(3,031,561

)

  

 

(595

)

  

 

(693,199

)

  

 

(72,775

)

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(3,574,407

)

  

 

(1,328

)

  

 

(1,469,725

)

  

 

(105,832

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(3,630,088

)

  

$

(1,587

)

  

$

(1,573,974

)

  

$

(112,453

)

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

    

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities

  

T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth

    

T. Rowe Price Equity Income

    

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock

 
    

Subaccount


  

Subaccount


    

Subaccount


    

Subaccount


 

Net investment income (loss)

                                 

Income:

                                 

Dividends

  

$

387,801

  

$

3,976

 

  

$

402,981

 

  

$

12,124

 

Expenses:

                                 

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

287,165

  

 

13,826

 

  

 

562,928

 

  

 

438,856

 

    

  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

100,636

  

 

(9,850

)

  

 

(159,947

)

  

 

(426,732

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                 

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                 

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

 

  

 

604,545

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

7,633,900

  

 

851,295

 

  

 

5,474,394

 

  

 

7,355,622

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

7,360,206

  

 

937,925

 

  

 

6,296,163

 

  

 

10,976,220

 

    

  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

273,694

  

 

(86,630

)

  

 

(217,224

)

  

 

(3,620,598

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                 

Beginning of period

  

 

224,289

  

 

7,970

 

  

 

(2,209,551

)

  

 

(8,341,911

)

End of period

  

 

589,069

  

 

(126,706

)

  

 

(7,138,179

)

  

 

(12,259,826

)

    

  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

364,780

  

 

(134,676

)

  

 

(4,928,628

)

  

 

(3,917,915

)

    

  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

638,474

  

 

(221,306

)

  

 

(5,145,852

)

  

 

(7,538,513

)

    

  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

739,110

  

$

(231,156

)

  

$

(5,305,799

)

  

$

(7,965,245

)

    

  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

 

    

T. Rowe Price Small Cap

    

Van Kampen Active International Allocation

    

Van Kampen Asset Allocation

    

Van Kampen Money Market

 
    

Subaccount


    

Subaccount


    

Subaccount


    

Subaccount


 

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

—  

 

  

$

24,179

 

  

$

537,845

 

  

$

474,912

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

27,742

 

  

 

215,325

 

  

 

404,831

 

  

 

595,979

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

(27,742

)

  

 

(191,146

)

  

 

133,014

 

  

 

(121,067

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

553

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

1,014,109

 

  

 

72,069,625

 

  

 

6,500,300

 

  

 

218,389,146

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

1,248,343

 

  

 

73,793,826

 

  

 

10,448,512

 

  

 

218,389,146

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(234,234

)

  

 

(1,724,201

)

  

 

(3,948,212

)

  

 

553

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

(34,248

)

  

 

181,846

 

  

 

(8,184,888

)

  

 

—  

 

End of period

  

 

(326,153

)

  

 

6,260

 

  

 

(9,576,049

)

  

 

—  

 

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(291,905

)

  

 

(175,586

)

  

 

(1,391,161

)

  

 

—  

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(526,139

)

  

 

(1,899,787

)

  

 

(5,339,373

)

  

 

553

 

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(553,881

)

  

$

(2,090,933

)

  

$

(5,206,359

)

  

$

(120,514

)

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Van Kampen Emerging Growth Subaccount


    

AIM V.I.
Basic Value
Subaccount(1)


    

AIM V.I.
Capital
Appreciation

Subaccount(1)


    

Alliance Growth &
Income
Subaccount


 

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

884

 

  

$

11

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

16,249

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

16,242

 

  

 

4,711

 

  

 

318

 

  

 

44,417

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

(15,358

)

  

 

(4,700

)

  

 

(318

)

  

 

(28,168

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

99,881

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

7,022,847

 

  

 

59,142

 

  

 

16,859

 

  

 

660,371

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

7,145,971

 

  

 

71,050

 

  

 

17,035

 

  

 

922,294

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(123,124

)

  

 

(11,908

)

  

 

(176

)

  

 

(162,042

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

2,910

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

(48,810

)

End of period

  

 

(292,281

)

  

 

(12,548

)

  

 

(384

)

  

 

(677,017

)

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(295,191

)

  

 

(12,548

)

  

 

(384

)

  

 

(628,207

)

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(418,315

)

  

 

(24,456

)

  

 

(560

)

  

 

(790,249

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(433,673

)

  

$

(29,156

)

  

$

(878

)

  

$

(818,417

)

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Alliance Premier Growth

Subaccount


    

Janus Aspen— Aggressive Growth

Subaccount


    

Janus Aspen— Strategic Value

Subaccount


    

Janus Aspen— Worldwide Growth

Subaccount


 

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

—  

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

21,391

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

9,859

 

  

 

11,605

 

  

 

8,890

 

  

 

48,536

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

(9,859

)

  

 

(11,605

)

  

 

(8,890

)

  

 

(27,145

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

460,566

 

  

 

8,918,329

 

  

 

691,093

 

  

 

42,235,735

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

597,530

 

  

 

9,049,135

 

  

 

756,478

 

  

 

42,855,885

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(136,964

)

  

 

(130,806

)

  

 

(65,385

)

  

 

(620,150

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

17,566

 

  

 

8,902

 

  

 

(13,579

)

  

 

16,140

 

End of period

  

 

(104,346

)

  

 

(97,081

)

  

 

(129,814

)

  

 

(152,008

)

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(121,912

)

  

 

(105,983

)

  

 

(116,235

)

  

 

(168,148

)

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(258,876

)

  

 

(236,789

)

  

 

(181,620

)

  

 

(788,298

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(268,735

)

  

$

(248,394

)

  

$

(190,510

)

  

$

(815,443

)

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

      

MFS
New Discovery Subaccount(1)


    

MFS
Total Return
Subaccount(1)


    

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Subaccount


    

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income Subaccount


 

Net investment income (loss)

                                     

Income:

                                     

Dividends

    

$

—  

 

  

$

—  

 

  

$

22,490

 

  

$

35,229

 

Expenses:

                                     

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

    

 

361

 

  

 

12,001

 

  

 

88,026

 

  

 

49,564

 

      


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

    

 

(361

)

  

 

(12,001

)

  

 

(65,536

)

  

 

(14,335

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                     

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                     

Realized gain distributions

    

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

50,772

 

Proceeds from sales

    

 

17,951

 

  

 

84,534

 

  

 

1,812,517

 

  

 

1,513,296

 

Cost of investments sold

    

 

21,992

 

  

 

90,803

 

  

 

1,840,796

 

  

 

1,909,168

 

      


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

    

 

(4,041

)

  

 

(6,269

)

  

 

(28,279

)

  

 

(345,100

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                     

Beginning of period

    

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

107,428

 

  

 

(76,711

)

End of period

    

 

(791

)

  

 

30,641

 

  

 

(486,795

)

  

 

(408,335

)

      


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

    

 

(791

)

  

 

30,641

 

  

 

(594,223

)

  

 

(331,624

)

      


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

    

 

(4,832

)

  

 

24,372

 

  

 

(622,502

)

  

 

(676,724

)

      


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    

$

(5,193

)

  

$

12,371

 

  

$

(688,038

)

  

$

(691,059

)

      


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2002, Except as Noted

 

    

Fidelity—VIP
Growth
Subaccount


    

Fidelity—VIP Growth Opportunities Subaccount


    

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Subaccount


    

Fidelity—VIP
Value
Strategies
Subaccount(1)


 

Net investment income (loss)

                                   

Income:

                                   

Dividends

  

$

921

 

  

$

2,591

 

  

$

36,595

 

  

$

—  

 

Expenses:

                                   

Administrative, mortality and expense risk charge

  

 

31,059

 

  

 

5,074

 

  

 

128,367

 

  

 

10,251

 

    


  


  


  


Net investment income (loss)

  

 

(30,138

)

  

 

(2,483

)

  

 

(91,772

)

  

 

(10,251

)

Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

                                   

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments:

                                   

Realized gain distributions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

Proceeds from sales

  

 

353,600

 

  

 

197,463

 

  

 

1,882,112

 

  

 

103,557

 

Cost of investments sold

  

 

452,390

 

  

 

242,393

 

  

 

1,884,252

 

  

 

127,022

 

    


  


  


  


Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(98,790

)

  

 

(44,930

)

  

 

(2,140

)

  

 

(23,465

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments:

                                   

Beginning of period

  

 

(5,177

)

  

 

(11,602

)

  

 

185,301

 

  

 

—  

 

End of period

  

 

(603,242

)

  

 

(50,058

)

  

 

(687,609

)

  

 

(42,321

)

    


  


  


  


Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(598,065

)

  

 

(38,456

)

  

 

(872,910

)

  

 

(42,321

)

    


  


  


  


Net realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(696,855

)

  

 

(83,386

)

  

 

(875,050

)

  

 

(65,786

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

$

(726,993

)

  

$

(85,869

)

  

$

(966,822

)

  

$

(76,037

)

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

    

Aggressive Asset
Allocation 
Subaccount


  

Conservative Asset Allocation
Subaccount


    

2002(1)


    

2001


  

2002(1)


    

2001


Operations

                               

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(14,212

)

  

$

    —  

  

$

(18,996

)

  

$

    —  

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(1,255

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(22,925

)

  

 

—  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(112,093

)

  

 

—  

  

 

72,036

 

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(127,560

)

  

 

—  

  

 

30,115

 

  

 

—  

Contract transactions

                               

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

1,558,408

 

  

 

—  

  

 

2,036,005

 

  

 

—  

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

1,135,802

 

  

 

—  

  

 

2,214,636

 

  

 

—  

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(368

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(94,176

)

  

 

—  

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(257

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(1,235

)

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

2,693,585

 

  

 

—  

  

 

4,155,230

 

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

2,566,025

 

  

 

—  

  

 

4,185,345

 

  

 

—  

Net assets:

                               

Beginning of the period

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

End of the period

  

$

2,566,025

 

  

$

—  

  

$

4,185,345

 

  

$

—  

    


  

  


  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Moderate Asset Allocation
Subaccount


  

Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation
Subaccount


    

2002(1)


    

2001


  

2002(1)


    

2001


Operations

                               

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(20,834

)

  

$

—  

  

$

(15,935

)

  

$

—  

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(18,534

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(6,024

)

  

 

—  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation of investments

  

 

61,911

 

  

 

—  

  

 

15,113

 

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

22,543

 

  

 

—  

  

 

(6,846

)

  

 

—  

Contract transactions

                               

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

4,317,004

 

  

 

—  

  

 

3,674,975

 

  

 

—  

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

1,130,412

 

  

 

—  

  

 

2,435,193

 

  

 

—  

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(14,311

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(42,861

)

  

 

—  

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(531

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(2,380

)

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

5,432,574

 

  

 

—  

  

 

6,064,927

 

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

5,455,117

 

  

 

—  

  

 

6,058,081

 

  

 

—  

Net assets:

                               

Beginning of the period

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

End of the period

  

$

5,455,117

 

  

$

    —  

  

$

6,058,081

 

  

$

    —  

    


  

  


  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Alger Aggressive Growth Subaccount


    

American Century Income & Growth
Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001(1)


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(17,931

)

  

$

(18,852

)

  

$

(10,987

)

  

$

(1,439

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(52,935

)

  

 

(586,571

)

  

 

(72,799

)

  

 

(599

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation of investments

  

 

(412,985

)

  

 

396,003

 

  

 

(94,561

)

  

 

13,101

 

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(483,851

)

  

 

(209,420

)

  

 

(178,347

)

  

 

11,063

 

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

270,098

 

  

 

573,254

 

  

 

568,521

 

  

 

266,938

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(14,596

)

  

 

24,919

 

  

 

266,537

 

  

 

152,377

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(90,296

)

  

 

(85,415

)

  

 

(24,847

)

  

 

(3,059

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(2,736

)

  

 

(1,583

)

  

 

(1,851

)

  

 

(20

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

162,470

 

  

 

511,175

 

  

 

808,360

 

  

 

416,236

 

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

(321,381

)

  

 

301,755

 

  

 

630,013

 

  

 

427,299

 

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

1,309,127

 

  

 

1,007,372

 

  

 

427,299

 

  

 

—  

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

987,746

 

  

$

1,309,127

 

  

$

1,057,312

 

  

$

427,299

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

    

American Century International
Subaccount


    

BlackRock
Global Science & Technology
Subaccount


    

2002


    

2001(1)


    

2002(1)


    

2001


Operations

                                 

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(9,923

)

  

$

(464

)

  

$

(134

)

  

$

—  

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(43,038

)

  

 

3,282

 

  

 

4

 

  

 

—  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

69

 

  

 

921

 

  

 

(1,115

)

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(52,892

)

  

 

3,739

 

  

 

(1,245

)

  

 

—  

Contract transactions

                                 

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

1,850,373

 

  

 

38,027

 

  

 

11,566

 

  

 

—  

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(630,825

)

  

 

(4,038

)

  

 

12,132

 

  

 

—  

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(95,578

)

  

 

(822

)

  

 

(45

)

  

 

—  

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(306

)

  

 

(4

)

  

 

(79

)

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

1,123,664

 

  

 

33,163

 

  

 

23,574

 

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

1,070,772

 

  

 

36,902

 

  

 

22,329

 

  

 

—  

Net assets:

                                 

Beginning of the period

  

 

36,902

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

End of the period

  

$

1,107,674

 

  

$

36,902

 

  

$

22,329

 

  

$

    —  

    


  


  


  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

BlackRock Mid Cap Growth

Subaccount


  

Capital Guardian

Global

Subaccount


 
    

2002(1)


    

2001


  

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                 

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(808

)

  

$

—  

  

$

(165,196

)

  

$

(183,970

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(232

)

  

 

—  

  

 

226,113

 

  

 

(2,826,303

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(5,263

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(2,702,235

)

  

 

1,640,291

 

    


  

  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(6,303

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(2,641,318

)

  

 

(1,369,982

)

Contract transactions

                                 

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

158,551

 

  

 

—  

  

 

5,956,112

 

  

 

1,824,095

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

24,535

 

  

 

—  

  

 

(147,527

)

  

 

(2,749,905

)

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(985

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(593,811

)

  

 

(2,222,351

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

(16,379

)

  

 

(10,219

)

    


  

  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

182,101

 

  

 

—  

  

 

5,198,395

 

  

 

(3,158,380

)

    


  

  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

175,798

 

  

 

—  

  

 

2,557,077

 

  

 

(4,528,362

)

Net assets:

                                 

Beginning of the period

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

10,260,405

 

  

 

14,788,767

 

    


  

  


  


End of the period

  

$

175,798

 

  

$

  —  

  

$

12,817,482

 

  

$

10,260,405

 

    


  

  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

    

Capital Guardian
U.S. Equity
Subaccount


    

Capital Guardian
Value
Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(94,859

)

  

$

(121,553

)

  

$

680,507

 

  

$

(232,270

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(356,367

)

  

 

(64,781

)

  

 

(1,676,856

)

  

 

998,294

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(1,870,339

)

  

 

(263,318

)

  

 

(5,789,067

)

  

 

449,705

 

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(2,321,565

)

  

 

(449,652

)

  

 

(6,785,416

)

  

 

1,215,729

 

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

2,222,555

 

  

 

1,665,466

 

  

 

4,704,857

 

  

 

2,961,221

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(111,123

)

  

 

(66,899

)

  

 

607,546

 

  

 

923,679

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(624,046

)

  

 

(965,199

)

  

 

(1,956,088

)

  

 

(2,884,413

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(11,821

)

  

 

(8,923

)

  

 

(16,800

)

  

 

(11,327

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

1,475,565

 

  

 

624,445

 

  

 

3,339,515

 

  

 

989,160

 

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

(846,000

)

  

 

174,793

 

  

 

(3,445,901

)

  

 

2,204,889

 

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

8,459,365

 

  

 

8,284,572

 

  

 

27,847,418

 

  

 

25,642,529

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

7,613,365

 

  

$

8,459,365

 

  

$

24,401,517

 

  

$

27,847,418

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

    

Clarion
Real Estate
Securities
Subaccount


  

Dreyfus
Small Cap Value
Subaccount


 
    

2002(1)


    

2001


  

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                 

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

2,928

 

  

$

    —  

  

$

3,690,943

 

  

$

(525,969

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(61,509

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(5,025,706

)

  

 

9,843,435

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

26,399

 

  

 

—  

  

 

(14,016,665

)

  

 

(1,746,051

)

    


  

  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(32,182

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(15,351,428

)

  

 

7,571,415

 

Contract transactions

                                 

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

317,862

 

  

 

—  

  

 

4,578,447

 

  

 

2,936,622

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

380,416

 

  

 

—  

  

 

(1,934,718

)

  

 

472,857

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(22,195

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(2,260,721

)

  

 

(4,769,047

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(207

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(24,296

)

  

 

(17,694

)

    


  

  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

675,876

 

  

 

—  

  

 

358,712

 

  

 

(1,377,262

)

    


  

  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

643,694

 

  

 

—  

  

 

(14,992,716

)

  

 

6,194,153

 

Net assets:

                                 

Beginning of the period

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

34,925,006

 

  

 

28,730,853

 

    


  

  


  


End of the period

  

$

643,694

 

  

$

—  

  

$

19,932,290

 

  

$

34,925,006

 

    


  

  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

      

Gabelli Global Growth Subaccount


      

Great Companies—AmericaSM Subaccount


 
      

2002


      

2001


      

2002


      

2001(1)


 

Operations

                                           

Net investment income (loss)

    

$

(7,044

)

    

$

(6,708

)

    

$

(7,087

)

    

$

(707

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

    

 

(33,234

)

    

 

(62,538

)

    

 

(90,303

)

    

 

(39

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

    

 

(55,744

)

    

 

10,105

 

    

 

(38,411

)

    

 

5,738

 

      


    


    


    


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    

 

(96,022

)

    

 

(59,141

)

    

 

(135,801

)

    

 

4,992

 

Contract transactions

                                           

Net contract purchase payments

    

 

203,496

 

    

 

363,700

 

    

 

538,853

 

    

 

142,084

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

    

 

517,594

 

    

 

132,834

 

    

 

452,739

 

    

 

121,629

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

    

 

(47,017

)

    

 

(8,553

)

    

 

(15,636

)

    

 

(1,037

)

Contract maintenance charges

    

 

(1,367

)

    

 

(244

)

    

 

(1,145

)

    

 

(4

)

      


    


    


    


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    

 

672,706

 

    

 

487,737

 

    

 

974,811

 

    

 

262,672

 

      


    


    


    


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    

 

576,684

 

    

 

428,596

 

    

 

839,010

 

    

 

267,664

 

Net assets:

                                           

Beginning of the period

    

 

501,093

 

    

 

72,497

 

    

 

267,664

 

    

 

—  

 

      


    


    


    


End of the period

    

$

1,077,777

 

    

$

501,093

 

    

$

1,106,674

 

    

$

267,664

 

      


    


    


    


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Great Companies—Global2

Subaccount


      

Great Companies—TechnologySM

Subaccount


 
    

2002


      

2001


      

2002


      

2001(1)


 

Operations

                                         

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(2,187

)

    

$

(1,401

)

    

$

(1,564

)

    

$

(162

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(10,872

)

    

 

(13,755

)

    

 

(36,268

)

    

 

(235

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(5,314

)

    

 

(1,616

)

    

 

(17,234

)

    

 

(4,185

)

    


    


    


    


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(18,373

)

    

 

(16,772

)

    

 

(55,066

)

    

 

(4,582

)

Contract transactions

                                         

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

299,172

 

    

 

73,336

 

    

 

185,479

 

    

 

19,454

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(13,266

)

    

 

41,866

 

    

 

5,418

 

    

 

37,252

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(2,953

)

    

 

(768

)

    

 

(3,182

)

    

 

(799

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(270

)

    

 

(68

)

    

 

(189

)

    

 

(3

)

    


    


    


    


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

282,683

 

    

 

114,366

 

    

 

187,526

 

    

 

55,904

 

    


    


    


    


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

264,310

 

    

 

97,594

 

    

 

132,460

 

    

 

51,322

 

Net assets:

                                         

Beginning of the period

  

 

99,494

 

    

 

1,900

 

    

 

51,322

 

    

 

—  

 

    


    


    


    


End of the period

  

$

363,804

 

    

$

99,494

 

    

$

183,782

 

    

$

51,322

 

    


    


    


    


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Janus Balanced (A/T) Subaccount


  

Janus Global
Subaccount


 
    

2002(1)


      

2001


  

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(1,890

)

    

$

    —  

  

$

8,839

 

  

$

(12,758

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(10,661

)

    

 

—  

  

 

(213,811

)

  

 

(1,128,634

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

2,439

 

    

 

—  

  

 

(76,470

)

  

 

633,860

 

    


    

  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(10,112

)

    

 

—  

  

 

(281,442

)

  

 

(507,532

)

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

152,369

 

    

 

—  

  

 

1,238

 

  

 

16,947

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

130,055

 

    

 

—  

  

 

(58,869

)

  

 

(566,087

)

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(2,351

)

    

 

—  

  

 

(101,193

)

  

 

(146,537

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(42

)

    

 

—  

  

 

(2,386

)

  

 

(3,046

)

    


    

  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

280,031

 

    

 

—  

  

 

(161,210

)

  

 

(698,723

)

    


    

  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

269,919

 

    

 

—  

  

 

(442,652

)

  

 

(1,206,255

)

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

—  

 

    

 

—  

  

 

1,113,306

 

  

 

2,319,561

 

    


    

  


  


End of the period

  

$

269,919

 

    

$

    —  

  

$

670,654

 

  

$

1,113,306

 

    


    

  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Janus Growth II (A/T)

Subaccount


    

Jennison Growth
Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(717,753

)

  

$

(1,275,698

)

  

$

(55,871

)

  

$

23,723

 

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(16,537,606

)

  

 

2,717,856

 

  

 

(652,672

)

  

 

(476,105

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(1,473,450

)

  

 

(33,706,019

)

  

 

(654,709

)

  

 

(609,883

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(18,728,809

)

  

 

(32,263,861

)

  

 

(1,363,252

)

  

 

(1,062,265

)

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

1,340,246

 

  

 

4,924,812

 

  

 

613,887

 

  

 

545,494

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(9,759,068

)

  

 

(12,725,879

)

  

 

(279,100

)

  

 

(106,414

)

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(3,678,372

)

  

 

(10,685,037

)

  

 

(392,584

)

  

 

(584,330

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(52,407

)

  

 

(60,529

)

  

 

(3,485

)

  

 

(2,803

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

(12,149,601

)

  

 

(18,546,633

)

  

 

(61,282

)

  

 

(148,053

)

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

(30,878,410

)

  

 

(50,810,494

)

  

 

(1,424,534

)

  

 

(1,210,318

)

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

63,015,328

 

  

 

113,825,822

 

  

 

4,250,722

 

  

 

5,461,040

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

32,136,918

 

  

$

63,015,328

 

  

$

2,826,188

 

  

$

4,250,722

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index Subaccount


    

Marsico Growth
Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(221,156

)

  

$

(265,315

)

  

$

(25,579

)

  

$

(12,617

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(2,689,403

)

  

 

(1,629,028

)

  

 

(364,805

)

  

 

(161,719

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(2,787,137

)

  

 

(2,324,910

)

  

 

(195,701

)

  

 

(106,857

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(5,697,696

)

  

 

(4,219,253

)

  

 

(586,085

)

  

 

(281,193

)

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

796,800

 

  

 

907,661

 

  

 

281,668

 

  

 

779,919

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(2,196,534

)

  

 

(2,801,695

)

  

 

(550,762

)

  

 

559,817

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(1,562,362

)

  

 

(3,890,758

)

  

 

(62,126

)

  

 

(65,075

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(24,314

)

  

 

(26,760

)

  

 

(3,414

)

  

 

(1,215

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

(2,986,410

)

  

 

(5,811,552

)

  

 

(334,634

)

  

 

1,273,446

 

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

(8,684,106

)

  

 

(10,030,805

)

  

 

(920,719

)

  

 

992,253

 

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

23,461,528

 

  

 

33,492,333

 

  

 

2,072,497

 

  

 

1,080,244

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

14,777,422

 

  

$

23,461,528

 

  

$

1,151,778

 

  

$

2,072,497

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

    

MFS High Yield
Subaccount


    

PBHG Mid Cap Growth
Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

52,238

 

  

$

183,942

 

  

$

(19,036

)

  

$

(31,900

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(310,285

)

  

 

(269,612

)

  

 

2,971

 

  

 

(3,398,611

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

251,325

 

  

 

160,728

 

  

 

(393,123

)

  

 

1,974,812

 

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(6,722

)

  

 

75,058

 

  

 

(409,188

)

  

 

(1,455,699

)

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

637,820

 

  

 

789,138

 

  

 

498,438

 

  

 

563,102

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

182,767

 

  

 

307,792

 

  

 

(274,134

)

  

 

(547,271

)

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(319,683

)

  

 

(797,162

)

  

 

(102,750

)

  

 

(1,182,940

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(7,396

)

  

 

(3,419

)

  

 

(2,437

)

  

 

(1,547

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

493,508

 

  

 

296,349

 

  

 

119,117

 

  

 

(1,168,656

)

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

486,786

 

  

 

371,407

 

  

 

(290,071

)

  

 

(2,624,355

)

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

4,691,869

 

  

 

4,320,462

 

  

 

1,389,682

 

  

 

4,014,037

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

5,178,655

 

  

$

4,691,869

 

  

$

1,099,611

 

  

$

1,389,682

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

PBHG/NWQ Value Select Subaccount


    

PIMCO Total Return Subaccount


    

2002


    

2001


    

2002(1)


    

2001


Operations

                                 

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

15,200

 

  

$

(16,894

)

  

$

(71,328

)

  

$

—  

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(136,755

)

  

 

16,817

 

  

 

23,320

 

  

 

—  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(318,241

)

  

 

(55,546

)

  

 

480,203

 

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(439,796

)

  

 

(55,623

)

  

 

432,195

 

  

 

—  

Contract transactions

                                 

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

1,259,805

 

  

 

551,770

 

  

 

7,480,540

 

  

 

—  

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(267,020

)

  

 

892,100

 

  

 

6,798,706

 

  

 

—  

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(128,400

)

  

 

(63,544

)

  

 

(245,033

)

  

 

—  

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(3,587

)

  

 

(1,690

)

  

 

(4,632

)

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

860,798

 

  

 

1,378,636

 

  

 

14,029,581

 

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

421,002

 

  

 

1,323,013

 

  

 

14,461,776

 

  

 

—  

Net assets:

                                 

Beginning of the period

  

 

1,685,776

 

  

 

362,763

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

End of the period

  

$

2,106,778

 

  

$

1,685,776

 

  

$

14,461,776

 

  

$

    —  

    


  


  


  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Salomon All Cap

Subaccount


    

Transamerica Convertible Securities

Subaccount


    

2002


    

2001


    

2002(1)


    

2001


Operations

                                 

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(55,681

)

  

$

5,830

 

  

$

(259

)

  

$

—  

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(542,846

)

  

 

(374,826

)

  

 

(733

)

  

 

—  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(3,031,561

)

  

 

411,530

 

  

 

(595

)

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(3,630,088

)

  

 

42,534

 

  

 

(1,587

)

  

 

—  

Contract transactions

                                 

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

5,110,375

 

  

 

3,995,839

 

  

 

41,345

 

  

 

—  

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(234,562

)

  

 

4,213,153

 

  

 

98,690

 

  

 

—  

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(720,095

)

  

 

(227,693

)

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(15,314

)

  

 

(2,026

)

  

 

(29

)

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

4,140,404

 

  

 

7,979,273

 

  

 

140,006

 

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

510,316

 

  

 

8,021,807

 

  

 

138,419

 

  

 

—  

Net assets:

                                 

Beginning of the period

  

 

9,443,818

 

  

 

1,422,011

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

    


  


  


  

End of the period

  

$

9,954,134

 

  

$

9,443,818

 

  

$

138,419

 

  

$

    —  

    


  


  


  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Transamerica Equity
Subaccount


    

Transamerica Growth
Opportunities
Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001( 1)


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(104,249

)

  

$

(47,971

)

  

$

(6,621

)

  

$

(333

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(776,526

)

  

 

(302,244

)

  

 

(33,057

)

  

 

(204

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(693,199

)

  

 

(161,695

)

  

 

(72,775

)

  

 

7,015

 

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(1,573,974

)

  

 

(511,910

)

  

 

(112,453

)

  

 

6,478

 

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

4,784,795

 

  

 

3,839,565

 

  

 

556,921

 

  

 

60,316

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

1,962

 

  

 

405,177

 

  

 

246,583

 

  

 

(763

)

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(237,492

)

  

 

(130,857

)

  

 

(5,487

)

  

 

(1,573

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(8,485

)

  

 

(1,936

)

  

 

(500

)

  

 

(6

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

4,540,780

 

  

 

4,111,949

 

  

 

797,517

 

  

 

57,974

 

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

2,966,806

 

  

 

3,600,039

 

  

 

685,064

 

  

 

64,452

 

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

4,773,471

 

  

 

1,173,432

 

  

 

64,452

 

  

 

—  

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

7,740,277

 

  

$

4,773,471

 

  

$

749,516

 

  

$

64,452

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities

Subaccount


    

T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth

Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

100,636

 

  

$

459,614

 

  

$

(9,850

)

  

$

(5,651

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

273,694

 

  

 

(128,220

)

  

 

(86,630

)

  

 

(329

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

364,780

 

  

 

129,552

 

  

 

(134,676

)

  

 

(561

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

739,110

 

  

 

460,946

 

  

 

(231,156

)

  

 

(6,541

)

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

2,492,486

 

  

 

2,386,641

 

  

 

275,066

 

  

 

479,772

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

1,753,107

 

  

 

2,258,668

 

  

 

(511,157

)

  

 

601,359

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(2,111,231

)

  

 

(2,011,485

)

  

 

(77,104

)

  

 

(32,344

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(12,328

)

  

 

(6,426

)

  

 

(2,162

)

  

 

(484

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

2,122,034

 

  

 

2,627,398

 

  

 

(315,357

)

  

 

1,048,303

 

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

2,861,144

 

  

 

3,088,344

 

  

 

(546,513

)

  

 

1,041,762

 

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

16,857,616

 

  

 

13,769,272

 

  

 

1,200,995

 

  

 

159,233

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

19,718,760

 

  

$

16,857,616

 

  

$

654,482

 

  

$

1,200,995

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

T. Rowe Price Equity Income

Subaccount


    

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock

Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(159,947

)

  

$

73,150

 

  

$

(426,732

)

  

$

(613,447

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(217,224

)

  

 

2,315,635

 

  

 

(3,620,598

)

  

 

5,448,877

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(4,928,628

)

  

 

(2,173,935

)

  

 

(3,917,915

)

  

 

(10,477,263

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(5,305,799

)

  

 

214,850

 

  

 

(7,965,245

)

  

 

(5,641,833

)

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

3,186,380

 

  

 

2,379,109

 

  

 

967,217

 

  

 

1,210,336

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(201,919

)

  

 

3,644,653

 

  

 

(3,588,499

)

  

 

(2,905,815

)

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(3,289,529

)

  

 

(5,088,072

)

  

 

(2,188,228

)

  

 

(5,184,974

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(26,525

)

  

 

(21,148

)

  

 

(20,634

)

  

 

(19,354

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

(331,593

)

  

 

914,542

 

  

 

(4,830,144

)

  

 

(6,899,807

)

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

(5,637,392

)

  

 

1,129,392

 

  

 

(12,795,389

)

  

 

(12,541,640

)

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

37,656,801

 

  

 

36,527,409

 

  

 

34,360,798

 

  

 

46,902,438

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

32,019,409

 

  

$

37,656,801

 

  

$

21,565,409

 

  

$

34,360,798

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

T. Rowe Price Small Cap

Subaccount


    

Van Kampen Active International Allocation

Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(27,742

)

  

$

(12,428

)

  

$

(191,146

)

  

$

(325,441

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(234,234

)

  

 

(84,227

)

  

 

(1,724,201

)

  

 

(3,248,366

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(291,905

)

  

 

29,527

 

  

 

(175,586

)

  

 

(256,932

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(553,881

)

  

 

(67,128

)

  

 

(2,090,933

)

  

 

(3,830,739

)

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

2,001,127

 

  

 

170,626

 

  

 

1,971,296

 

  

 

856,736

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

45,724

 

  

 

400,844

 

  

 

(3,033,014

)

  

 

(3,933,077

)

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(62,775

)

  

 

(4,586

)

  

 

(1,488,756

)

  

 

(2,233,127

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(1,921

)

  

 

(1,187

)

  

 

(13,879

)

  

 

(13,172

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

1,982,155

 

  

 

565,697

 

  

 

(2,564,353

)

  

 

(5,322,640

)

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

1,428,274

 

  

 

498,569

 

  

 

(4,655,286

)

  

 

(9,153,379

)

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

1,258,191

 

  

 

759,622

 

  

 

15,133,574

 

  

 

24,286,953

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

2,686,465

 

  

$

1,258,191

 

  

$

10,478,288

 

  

$

15,133,574

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

    

Van Kampen Asset Allocation
Subaccount


    

Van Kampen Money Market
Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

133,014

 

  

$

130,241

 

  

$

(121,067

)

  

$

817,912

 

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(3,948,212

)

  

 

1,147,701

 

  

 

553

 

  

 

—  

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(1,391,161

)

  

 

(4,445,121

)

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

 

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(5,206,359

)

  

 

(3,167,179

)

  

 

(120,514

)

  

 

817,912

 

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

1,025,312

 

  

 

3,106,805

 

  

 

22,577,085

 

  

 

39,189,322

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(1,750,428

)

  

 

(2,169,641

)

  

 

3,081,502

 

  

 

12,531,014

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(3,418,095

)

  

 

(4,351,376

)

  

 

(46,259,692

)

  

 

(37,949,139

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(21,526

)

  

 

(18,398

)

  

 

(27,106

)

  

 

(18,372

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

(4,164,737

)

  

 

(3,432,610

)

  

 

(20,628,211

)

  

 

13,752,825

 

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

(9,371,096

)

  

 

(6,599,789

)

  

 

(20,748,725

)

  

 

14,570,737

 

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

30,522,886

 

  

 

37,122,675

 

  

 

54,067,712

 

  

 

39,496,975

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

21,151,790

 

  

$

30,522,886

 

  

$

33,318,987

 

  

$

54,067,712

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

   

Van Kampen Emerging Growth Subaccount


   

AIM V.I. Basic Value Subaccount


   

2002


   

2001(1)


   

2002(1)


   

2001


Operations

                             

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

(15,358

)

 

$

(3,382

)

 

$

(4,700

)

 

$

—  

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

 

 

(123,124

)

 

 

45,326

 

 

 

(11,908

)

 

 

—  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

 

 

(295,191

)

 

 

2,910

 

 

 

(12,548

)

 

 

—  

   


 


 


 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

 

 

(433,673

)

 

 

44,854

 

 

 

(29,156

)

 

 

—  

Contract transactions

                             

Net contract purchase payments

 

 

1,252,517

 

 

 

392,331

 

 

 

745,753

 

 

 

—  

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

 

 

40,410

 

 

 

48,744

 

 

 

253,482

 

 

 

—  

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

 

 

(12,020

)

 

 

(804

)

 

 

(4,598

)

 

 

—  

Contract maintenance charges

 

 

(1,234

)

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(182

)

 

 

—  

   


 


 


 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

 

 

1,279,673

 

 

 

440,266

 

 

 

994,455

 

 

 

—  

   


 


 


 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

846,000

 

 

 

485,120

 

 

 

965,299

 

 

 

—  

Net assets:

                             

Beginning of the period

 

 

485,120

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

   


 


 


 

End of the period

 

$

1,331,120

 

 

$

485,120

 

 

$

965,299

 

 

$

    —  

   


 


 


 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

    

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Subaccount


  

Alliance Growth
& Income
Subaccount


 
    

2002(1)


    

2001


  

2002


    

2001(1)


 

Operations

                                 

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(318

)

  

$

—  

  

$

(28,168

)

  

$

(8,613

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(176

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(162,042

)

  

 

17,708

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(384

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(628,207

)

  

 

(48,810

)

    


  

  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(878

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(818,417

)

  

 

(39,715

)

Contract transactions

                                 

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

54,397

 

  

 

—  

  

 

1,337,532

 

  

 

924,555

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

26,974

 

  

 

—  

  

 

143,026

 

  

 

1,385,677

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

(101,722

)

  

 

(15,176

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(3

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(4,593

)

  

 

(131

)

    


  

  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

81,368

 

  

 

—  

  

 

1,374,243

 

  

 

2,294,925

 

    


  

  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

80,490

 

  

 

—  

  

 

555,826

 

  

 

2,255,210

 

Net assets:

                                 

Beginning of the period

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

2,255,210

 

  

 

—  

 

    


  

  


  


End of the period

  

$

80,490

 

  

$

    —  

  

$

2,811,036

 

  

$

2,255,210

 

    


  

  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

      

Alliance Premier Growth Subaccount


      

Janus Aspen—Aggressive Growth
Subaccount


 
      

2002


      

2001(1)


      

2002


      

2001


 

Operations

                                           

Net investment income (loss)

    

$

(9,859

)

    

$

(2,307

)

    

$

(11,605

)

    

$

(10,519

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

    

 

(136,964

)

    

 

(3,399

)

    

 

(130,806

)

    

 

(202,927

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

    

 

(121,912

)

    

 

17,566

 

    

 

(105,983

)

    

 

26,888

 

      


    


    


    


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    

 

(268,735

)

    

 

11,860

 

    

 

(248,394

)

    

 

(186,558

)

Contract transactions

                                           

Net contract purchase payments

    

 

444,505

 

    

 

378,295

 

    

 

246,291

 

    

 

736,820

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

    

 

36,877

 

    

 

178,873

 

    

 

473,017

 

    

 

112,724

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

    

 

(49,284

)

    

 

5,835

 

    

 

(22,476

)

    

 

(191,779

)

Contract maintenance charges

    

 

(1,517

)

    

 

(7

)

    

 

(1,768

)

    

 

(184

)

      


    


    


    


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    

 

430,581

 

    

 

562,996

 

    

 

695,064

 

    

 

657,581

 

      


    


    


    


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    

 

161,846

 

    

 

574,856

 

    

 

446,670

 

    

 

471,023

 

Net assets:

                                           

Beginning of the period

    

 

574,856

 

    

 

—  

 

    

 

607,943

 

    

 

136,920

 

      


    


    


    


End of the period

    

$

736,702

 

    

$

574,856

 

    

$

1,054,613

 

    

$

607,943

 

      


    


    


    


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Janus Aspen—Strategic Value

Subaccount


    

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth

Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(8,890

)

  

$

(2,631

)

  

$

(27,145

)

  

$

(15,023

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(65,385

)

  

 

(832

)

  

 

(620,150

)

  

 

(26,173

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(116,235

)

  

 

(13,791

)

  

 

(168,148

)

  

 

10,051

 

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(190,510

)

  

 

(17,254

)

  

 

(815,443

)

  

 

(31,145

)

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

375,603

 

  

 

226,527

 

  

 

3,526,656

 

  

 

803,721

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(141,444

)

  

 

156,517

 

  

 

483,534

 

  

 

109,651

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(9,783

)

  

 

(26,247

)

  

 

(613,803

)

  

 

(40,450

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(1,136

)

  

 

(92

)

  

 

(3,056

)

  

 

(903

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

223,240

 

  

 

356,705

 

  

 

3,393,331

 

  

 

872,019

 

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

32,730

 

  

 

339,451

 

  

 

2,577,888

 

  

 

840,874

 

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

395,072

 

  

 

55,621

 

  

 

1,042,616

 

  

 

201,742

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

427,802

 

  

$

395,072

 

  

$

3,620,504

 

  

$

1,042,616

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

MFS New Discovery Subaccount


  

MFS Total Return Subaccount


    

2002(1)


    

2001


  

2002(1)


    

2001


Operations

                               

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(361

)

  

$

—  

  

$

(12,001

)

  

$

—  

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(4,041

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(6,269

)

  

 

—  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(791

)

  

 

—  

  

 

30,641

 

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(5,193

)

  

 

—  

  

 

12,371

 

  

 

—  

Contract transactions

                               

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

47,881

 

  

 

—  

  

 

2,422,714

 

  

 

—  

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

31,423

 

  

 

—  

  

 

431,309

 

  

 

—  

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(444

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(28,315

)

  

 

—  

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(33

)

  

 

—  

  

 

(86

)

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

78,827

 

  

 

—  

  

 

2,825,622

 

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

73,634

 

  

 

—  

  

 

2,837,993

 

  

 

—  

Net assets:

                               

Beginning of the period

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

  

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

    


  

  


  

End of the period

  

$

73,634

 

  

$

    —  

  

$

2,837,993

 

  

$

    —  

    


  

  


  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Subaccount


    

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income

Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(65,536

)

  

$

(18,721

)

  

$

(14,335

)

  

$

(9,769

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(28,279

)

  

 

(293,906

)

  

 

(345,100

)

  

 

967

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(594,223

)

  

 

153,273

 

  

 

(331,624

)

  

 

(90,213

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(688,038

)

  

 

(159,354

)

  

 

(691,059

)

  

 

(99,015

)

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

5,079,197

 

  

 

1,974,808

 

  

 

1,988,658

 

  

 

1,496,073

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

197,609

 

  

 

287,619

 

  

 

442,374

 

  

 

631,044

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(209,788

)

  

 

(72,590

)

  

 

(219,512

)

  

 

(100,968

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(8,772

)

  

 

(824

)

  

 

(5,284

)

  

 

(641

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

5,058,246

 

  

 

2,189,013

 

  

 

2,206,236

 

  

 

2,025,508

 

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

4,370,208

 

  

 

2,029,659

 

  

 

1,515,177

 

  

 

1,926,493

 

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

2,940,652

 

  

 

910,993

 

  

 

2,207,609

 

  

 

281,116

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

7,310,860

 

  

$

2,940,652

 

  

$

3,722,786

 

  

$

2,207,609

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

 

    

Fidelity—VIP Growth
Subaccount


    

Fidelity—VIP Growth
Opportunities
Subaccount


 
    

2002


    

2001(1)


    

2002


    

2001


 

Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(30,138

)

  

$

(1,236

)

  

$

(2,483

)

  

$

(5,112

)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(98,790

)

  

 

(511

)

  

 

(44,930

)

  

 

(84,539

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(598,065

)

  

 

(5,177

)

  

 

(38,456

)

  

 

22,844

 

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(726,993

)

  

 

(6,924

)

  

 

(85,869

)

  

 

(66,807

)

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

3,147,723

 

  

 

525,800

 

  

 

20,594

 

  

 

113,831

 

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

(218,922

)

  

 

65,171

 

  

 

(50,705

)

  

 

69,093

 

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(57,839

)

  

 

(912

)

  

 

(8,423

)

  

 

(16,544

)

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(1,198

)

  

 

(4

)

  

 

(672

)

  

 

(1,020

)

    


  


  


  


Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

2,869,764

 

  

 

590,055

 

  

 

(39,206

)

  

 

165,360

 

    


  


  


  


Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

2,142,771

 

  

 

583,131

 

  

 

(125,075

)

  

 

98,553

 

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

583,131

 

  

 

—  

 

  

 

368,850

 

  

 

270,297

 

    


  


  


  


End of the period

  

$

2,725,902

 

  

$

583,131

 

  

$

243,775

 

  

$

368,850

 

    


  


  


  


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, Except as Noted

 

    

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap

Subaccount


      

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies

Subaccount


    

2002


    

2001


      

2002(1)


    

2001


Operations

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

  

$

(91,772

)

  

$

(58,490

)

    

$

(10,251

)

  

$

    —  

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

  

 

(2,140

)

  

 

(180,046

)

    

 

(23,465

)

  

 

—  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

  

 

(872,910

)

  

 

55,538

 

    

 

(42,321

)

  

 

—  

    


  


    


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  

 

(966,822

)

  

 

(182,998

)

    

 

(76,037

)

  

 

—  

Contract transactions

                                   

Net contract purchase payments

  

 

6,519,791

 

  

 

1,073,519

 

    

 

2,215,493

 

  

 

—  

Transfer payments from (to) other subaccounts or general account

  

 

2,115,735

 

  

 

75,712

 

    

 

226,549

 

  

 

—  

Contract terminations, withdrawals, and other deductions

  

 

(429,929

)

  

 

(272,593

)

    

 

(16,660

)

  

 

—  

Contract maintenance charges

  

 

(6,997

)

  

 

(2,786

)

    

 

(45

)

  

 

—  

    


  


    


  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

  

 

8,198,600

 

  

 

873,852

 

    

 

2,425,337

 

  

 

—  

    


  


    


  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  

 

7,231,778

 

  

 

690,854

 

    

 

2,349,300

 

  

 

—  

Net assets:

                                   

Beginning of the period

  

 

4,204,735

 

  

 

3,513,881

 

    

 

—  

 

  

 

—  

    


  


    


  

End of the period

  

$

11,436,513

 

  

$

4,204,735

 

    

$

2,349,300

 

  

$

—  

    


  


    


  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Organization

 

The Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate Account B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity (the Mutual Fund Account) is a segregated investment account of Transamerica Life Insurance Company (Transamerica Life), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AEGON N.V., a holding company organized under the laws of The Netherlands.

 

The Mutual Fund Account is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a Unit Investment Trust pursuant to provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Mutual Fund Account consists of multiple investment subaccounts. Activity in these specific investment subaccounts is available to contract owners of The Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity, The Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity, and The Transamerica Landmark ML Variable Annuity, issued by Transamerica Life. The amounts reported herein represent the activity related to contract owners of The Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity only. The remaining subaccounts (not included herein) are available to the contract owners of The Transamerica Landmark ML Variable Annuity. Each Fund is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Subaccount Investment by Fund:

AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc.:

Aggressive Asset Allocation

 

PBHG Mid Cap Growth

Conservative Asset Allocation

 

PBHG/NWQ Value Select

Moderate Asset Allocation

 

PIMCO Total Return

Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation

 

Salomon All Cap

Alger Aggressive Growth

 

Transamerica Convertible Securities

American Century Income & Growth

 

Transamerica Equity

American Century International

 

Transamerica Growth Opportunities

BlackRock Global Science & Technology

 

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities

BlackRock Mid Cap Growth

 

T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth

Capital Guardian Global

 

T. Rowe Price Equity Income

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity

 

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock

Capital Guardian Value

 

T. Rowe Price Small Cap

Clarion Real Estate Securities

 

Van Kampen Active International Allocation

Dreyfus Small Cap Value

 

Van Kampen Asset Allocation

Gabelli Global Growth

 

Van Kampen Money Market

Great Companies—AmericaSM

 

Van Kampen Emerging Growth

Great Companies—Global2

 

AIM Variable Insurance Funds—Series II Shares:

Great Companies—TechnologySM

 

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund

Janus Balanced (A/T)

 

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund

Janus Global

 

Alliance Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.—Class B:

Janus Growth II (A/T)

 

Alliance Growth & Income Portfolio

Jennison Growth

 

Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index

   

Marsico Growth

   

MFS High Yield

   

 

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Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Subaccount Investment by Fund: (continued)

Janus Aspen Series—Service Shares:

Janus Aspen—Aggressive Growth Portfolio

Janus Aspen—Strategic Value Portfolio

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Portfolio

MFS® Variable Insurance TrustSM:

MFS New Discovery Series

MFS Total Return Series

Variable Insurance Products Fund (VIP)—Service Class 2:

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Growth Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Portfolio

 

Each period reported on reflects a full twelve month period except as follows:

 

Subaccount


  

Inception Date


Aggressive Asset Allocation

  

May 1, 2002

Conservative Asset Allocation

  

May 1, 2002

Moderate Asset Allocation

  

May 1, 2002

Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation

  

May 1, 2002

American Century Income & Growth

  

May 1, 2001

American Century International

  

May 1, 2001

BlackRock Global Science & Technology

  

May 1, 2002

BlackRock Mid Cap Growth

  

May 1, 2002

Clarion Real Estate Securities

  

May 1, 2002

Great Companies—AmericaSM

  

May 1, 2001

Great Companies—TechnologySM

  

May 1, 2001

Janus Balanced (A/T)

  

May 1, 2002

PIMCO Total Return

  

May 1, 2002

Transamerica Convertible Securities

  

May 1, 2002

Transamerica Growth Opportunities

  

May 1, 2001

Van Kampen Emerging Growth

  

May 1, 2001

AIM V.I. Basic Value

  

May 1, 2002

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation

  

May 1, 2002

Alliance Growth & Income

  

May 1, 2001

Alliance Premier Growth

  

May 1, 2001

MFS New Discovery

  

May 1, 2002

MFS Total Return

  

May 1, 2002

Fidelity VIP—Growth

  

May 1, 2001

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies

  

May 1, 2002

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The following Portfolio name changes were made effective during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002:

 

Portfolio


  

Formerly


Capital Guardian Global

  

Capital Guardian Global Portfolio

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity

  

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity Portfolio

Capital Guardian Value

  

Capital Guardian Value Portfolio

Dreyfus Small Cap Value

  

Dreyfus Small Cap Value Portfolio

Janus Growth II (A/T)

  

Endeavor Janus Growth Portfolio

Jennison Growth

  

Jennison Growth Portfolio

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index

  

Endeavor Enhanced Index Portfolio

Marsico Growth

  

Goldman Sachs Growth

MFS High Yield

  

Endeavor High Yield Portfolio

PBHG Mid Cap Growth

  

Pilgrim Baxter Mid Cap Growth

PBHG/NWQ Value Select

  

NWQ Value Equity

Transamerica Equity

  

Transamerica VIF Growth Portfolio

Transamerica Growth Opportunities

  

Transamerica VIF Small Company Portfolio

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities

  

Dreyfus U.S. Government Securities Portfolio

T. Rowe Price Equity Income

  

T. Rowe Price Equity Income Portfolio

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock

  

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Portfolio

Van Kampen Active International Allocation

  

T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio

Van Kampen Asset Allocation

  

Endeavor Asset Allocation Portfolio

Van Kampen Money Market

  

Endeavor Money Market Portfolio

 

The following subaccounts are only available to contract owners that held an investment in the subaccount on the designated closing date:

 

Subaccount


  

Close Date


Janus Global

  

September 1, 2000

Marsico Growth

  

May 1, 2002

T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth

  

May 1, 2002

Janus Aspen—Strategic Value

  

May 1, 2002

Fidelity—VIP Growth Opportunities

  

May 1, 2002

 

As of March 21, 2002, Fidelity funds are no longer referred to as VIP II or VIP III.

 

As of May 1, 2002, Endeavor Series Trust and Transamerica Variable Insurance Fund, Inc. merged with AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc.

 

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Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Investments

 

Net purchase payments received by the Mutual Fund Account for The Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity are invested in the portfolios of the Series Funds as selected by the contract owner. Investments are stated at the closing net asset values per share on December 31, 2002.

 

Realized capital gains and losses from sales of shares in the Series Funds are determined on the first-in, first-out basis. Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date (date the order to buy or sell is executed) and dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Unrealized gains or losses from investments in the Series Funds are included in the Statements of Operations.

 

Dividend Income

 

Dividends received from the Series Funds investments are reinvested to purchase additional mutual fund shares.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

2. Investments

 

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments for the period ended December 31, 2002 were as follows:

 

    

Purchases


  

Sales


AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc.:

             

Aggressive Asset Allocation

  

$

2,686,045

  

$

6,680

Conservative Asset Allocation

  

 

5,221,296

  

 

1,085,059

Moderate Asset Allocation

  

 

5,808,520

  

 

396,788

Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation

  

 

6,204,653

  

 

155,656

Alger Aggressive Growth

  

 

463,008

  

 

318,487

American Century Income & Growth

  

 

1,779,093

  

 

981,720

American Century International

  

 

31,199,183

  

 

30,085,447

BlackRock Global Science & Technology

  

 

30,652

  

 

7,212

BlackRock Mid Cap Growth

  

 

182,934

  

 

1,642

Capital Guardian Global

  

 

19,860,932

  

 

14,827,942

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity

  

 

2,749,199

  

 

1,368,667

Capital Guardian Value

  

 

7,628,005

  

 

3,607,983

Clarion Real Estate Securities

  

 

2,185,232

  

 

1,505,943

Dreyfus Small Cap Value

  

 

9,762,031

  

 

5,712,386

Gabelli Global Growth

  

 

3,200,908

  

 

2,535,256

Great Companies—AmericaSM

  

 

1,419,833

  

 

452,108

Great Companies—Global2

  

 

742,175

  

 

461,683

Great Companies—TechnologySM

  

 

310,060

  

 

124,105

Janus Balanced (A/T)

  

 

519,751

  

 

241,609

Janus Global

  

 

87,003

  

 

239,393

Janus Growth II (A/T)

  

 

2,713,210

  

 

15,580,566

Jennison Growth

  

 

701,056

  

 

818,132

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index

  

 

1,904,402

  

 

5,111,980

Marsico Growth

  

 

1,572,899

  

 

1,933,118

MFS High Yield

  

 

4,587,537

  

 

4,041,805

PBHG Mid Cap Growth

  

 

1,835,963

  

 

1,735,908

PBHG/NWQ Value Select

  

 

1,921,759

  

 

1,013,015

PIMCO Total Return

  

 

15,064,779

  

 

1,106,517

Salomon All Cap

  

 

16,647,624

  

 

12,541,973

Transamerica Convertible Securities

  

 

265,558

  

 

125,811

Transamerica Equity

  

 

6,264,114

  

 

1,827,626

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

2. Investments (continued)

 

    

Purchases


  

Sales


Transamerica Growth Opportunities

  

$

1,031,629

  

$

240,740

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities

  

 

9,856,577

  

 

7,633,900

T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth

  

 

526,074

  

 

851,295

T. Rowe Price Equity Income

  

 

5,587,401

  

 

5,474,394

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock

  

 

2,098,740

  

 

7,355,622

T. Rowe Price Small Cap

  

 

2,968,483

  

 

1,014,109

Van Kampen Active International Allocation

  

 

69,314,123

  

 

72,069,625

Van Kampen Asset Allocation

  

 

2,468,589

  

 

6,500,300

Van Kampen Money Market

  

 

197,641,385

  

 

218,389,146

Van Kampen Emerging Growth

  

 

8,287,142

  

 

7,022,847

AIM Variable Insurance Funds—Series II Shares:

             

AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund

  

 

1,048,897

  

 

59,142

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund

  

 

97,909

  

 

16,859

Alliance Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.—Class B:

             

Alliance Growth & Income Portfolio

  

 

2,106,296

  

 

660,371

Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio

  

 

881,290

  

 

460,566

Janus Aspen Series—Service Shares:

             

Janus Aspen—Aggressive Growth Portfolio

  

 

9,601,763

  

 

8,918,329

Janus Aspen—Strategic Value Portfolio

  

 

905,437

  

 

691,093

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth Portfolio

  

 

45,601,888

  

 

42,235,735

MFS® Variable Insurance TrustSM:

             

MFS New Discovery Series

  

 

96,417

  

 

17,951

MFS Total Return Series

  

 

2,898,154

  

 

84,534

Variable Insurance Products Fund (VIP)—Service Class 2:

             

Fidelity—VIP Contrafund® Portfolio

  

 

6,805,131

  

 

1,812,517

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income Portfolio

  

 

3,755,942

  

 

1,513,296

Fidelity—VIP Growth Portfolio

  

 

3,193,227

  

 

353,600

Fidelity—VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio

  

 

155,767

  

 

197,463

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Portfolio

  

 

9,988,823

  

 

1,882,112

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Portfolio

  

 

2,518,675

  

 

103,557

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

3. Accumulation Units Outstanding

 

A summary of changes in accumulation units outstanding follows:

 

    

Aggressive Asset Allocation Subaccount(1)


  

Conservative Asset Allocation Subaccount(1)


    

Moderate Asset Allocation Subaccount(1)


  

Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation Subaccount(1)


  

Alger

Aggressive

Growth

Subaccount


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

—  

  

—  

 

  

—  

  

—  

  

1,445,252

 

Units purchased

  

—  

  

—  

 

  

—  

  

—  

  

925,210

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

—  

  

—  

 

  

—  

  

—  

  

(85,681

)

    
  

  
  
  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

—  

  

—  

 

  

—  

  

—  

  

2,284,781

 

Units purchased

  

1,901,192

  

2,412,852

 

  

5,013,174

  

4,401,351

  

615,934

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

1,289,747

  

2,259,080

 

  

1,276,181

  

2,822,020

  

(229,428

)

    
  

  
  
  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

3,190,939

  

4,671,932

 

  

6,289,355

  

7,223,371

  

2,671,287

 

    
  

  
  
  

    

American Century Income & Growth Subaccount(1)


  

American Century International Subaccount(1)


    

BlackRock Global Science & Technology Subaccount(1)


  

BlackRock Mid Cap Growth Subaccount(1)


  

Capital

Guardian

Global

Subaccount


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

—  

  

—  

 

  

—  

  

—  

  

11,628,284

 

Units purchased

  

329,418

  

43,075

 

  

—  

  

—  

  

1,655,253

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

126,133

  

1,275

 

  

—  

  

—  

  

(4,136,765

)

    
  

  
  
  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

455,551

  

44,350

 

  

—  

  

—  

  

9,146,772

 

Units purchased

  

696,902

  

2,786,751

 

  

15,535

  

227,949

  

6,126,934

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

268,517

  

(1,095,677

)

  

15,694

  

4,305

  

(841,444

)

    
  

  
  
  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

1,420,970

  

1,735,424

 

  

31,229

  

232,254

  

14,432,262

 

    
  

  
  
  

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

3. Accumulation Units Outstanding (continued)

 

    

Capital

Guardian U.S.

Equity
Subaccount


      

Capital

Guardian Value
Subaccount


      

Clarion Real Estate Securities
Subaccount(1)


    

Dreyfus Small

Cap Value

Subaccount


    

Gabelli Global

Growth

Subaccount


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

9,382,375

 

    

12,237,425

 

    

—  

 

  

12,471,961

 

  

77,319

 

Units purchased

  

2,085,651

 

    

1,542,139

 

    

—  

 

  

1,126,667

 

  

407,421

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(1,391,262

)

    

(1,115,408

)

    

—  

 

  

(1,634,658

)

  

119,465

 

    

    

    

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

10,076,764

 

    

12,664,156

 

    

—  

 

  

11,963,970

 

  

604,205

 

Units purchased

  

3,393,470

 

    

2,470,953

 

    

341,516

 

  

1,809,105

 

  

290,214

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(1,372,932

)

    

(913,881

)

    

351,509

 

  

(2,308,751

)

  

683,954

 

    

    

    

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

12,097,302

 

    

14,221,228

 

    

693,025

 

  

11,464,324

 

  

1,578,373

 

    

    

    

  

  

    

Great Companies—

AmericaSM

Subaccount(1)


      

Great Companies—

Global2

Subaccount


      

Great

Companies—TechnologySM

Subaccount(1)


    

Janus Balanced

(A/T)

Subaccount(1)


    

Janus Global

Subaccount


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

—  

 

    

2,000

 

    

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

2,985,366

 

Units purchased

  

177,890

 

    

93,229

 

    

24,623

 

  

—  

 

  

22,238

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

94,787

 

    

32,838

 

    

41,787

 

  

—  

 

  

(1,119,962

)

    

    

    

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

272,677

 

    

128,067

 

    

66,410

 

  

—  

 

  

1,887,642

 

Units purchased

  

699,599

 

    

486,965

 

    

329,141

 

  

161,149

 

  

2,477

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

472,604

 

    

(8,743

)

    

(4,895

)

  

126,335

 

  

(327,938

)

    

    

    

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

1,444,880

 

    

606,289

 

    

390,656

 

  

287,484

 

  

1,562,181

 

    

    

    

  

  

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

3. Accumulation Units Outstanding (continued)

 

    

Janus Growth II

(A/T)

Subaccount


    

Jennison

Growth

Subaccount


    

J.P. Morgan

Enhanced Index

Subaccount


    

Marsico

Growth

Subaccount


    

MFS High

Yield

Subaccount


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

3,493,228

 

  

5,096,483

 

  

20,906,372

 

  

1,181,008

 

  

4,630,006

 

Units purchased

  

200,524

 

  

704,889

 

  

647,083

 

  

946,911

 

  

826,228

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(936,176

)

  

(851,355

)

  

(4,642,597

)

  

552,989

 

  

(532,350

)

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

2,757,576

 

  

4,950,017

 

  

16,910,858

 

  

2,680,908

 

  

4,923,884

 

Units purchased

  

77,466

 

  

890,104

 

  

753,967

 

  

392,622

 

  

823,121

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(774,263

)

  

(1,011,291

)

  

(3,310,817

)

  

(1,028,004

)

  

(337,085

)

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

2,060,779

 

  

4,828,830

 

  

14,354,008

 

  

2,045,526

 

  

5,409,920

 

    

  

  

  

  

    

PBHG Mid Cap

Growth

Subaccount


    

PBHG/NWQ

Value Select

Subaccount


    

PIMCO Total

Return

Subaccount(1)


    

Salomon All

Cap

Subaccount


    

Transamerica

Convertible

Securities

Subaccount(1)


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

5,082,272

 

  

335,841

 

  

—  

 

  

1,379,253

 

  

—  

 

Units purchased

  

1,009,996

 

  

513,757

 

  

—  

 

  

4,105,523

 

  

—  

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(3,300,130

)

  

765,842

 

  

—  

 

  

3,632,433

 

  

—  

 

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

2,792,138

 

  

1,615,440

 

  

—  

 

  

9,117,209

 

  

—  

 

Units purchased

  

1,257,098

 

  

1,281,421

 

  

7,300,319

 

  

5,526,890

 

  

44,592

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(913,481

)

  

(504,883

)

  

6,464,881

 

  

(1,671,074

)

  

105,522

 

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

3,135,755

 

  

2,391,978

 

  

13,765,200

 

  

12,973,025

 

  

150,114

 

    

  

  

  

  

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

3. Accumulation Units Outstanding (continued)

 

    

Transamerica

Equity

Subaccount


    

Transamerica

Growth

Opportunities

Subaccount(1)


    

Transamerica

U.S. Government

Securities

Subaccount


    

T. Rowe Price

Dividend

Growth

Subaccount


    

T. Rowe Price

Equity Income

Subaccount


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

1,414,447

 

  

—  

 

  

10,234,302

 

  

148,197

 

  

15,867,768

 

Units purchased

  

5,492,308

 

  

61,050

 

  

1,870,024

 

  

469,394

 

  

1,160,300

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

193,417

 

  

(2,766

)

  

14,204

 

  

568,211

 

  

(755,989

)

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

7,100,172

 

  

58,284

 

  

12,118,530

 

  

1,185,802

 

  

16,272,079

 

Units purchased

  

8,486,668

 

  

528,831

 

  

1,820,928

 

  

271,417

 

  

1,548,259

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(536,108

)

  

216,446

 

  

(330,728

)

  

(647,962

)

  

(1,692,123

)

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

15,050,732

 

  

803,561

 

  

13,608,730

 

  

809,257

 

  

16,128,215

 

    

  

  

  

  

    

T. Rowe Price

Growth Stock

Subaccount


    

T. Rowe Price

Small Cap

Subaccount


    

Van Kampen

Active

International

Allocation

Subaccount


    

Van Kampen

Asset Allocation

Subaccount


    

Van Kampen

Money Market

Subaccount


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

15,516,572

 

  

889,452

 

  

17,446,572

 

  

17,057,625

 

  

31,608,119

 

Units purchased

  

484,848

 

  

243,028

 

  

739,306

 

  

1,892,037

 

  

31,237,362

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(3,156,657

)

  

526,061

 

  

(3,843,843

)

  

(3,616,009

)

  

(20,471,620

)

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

12,844,763

 

  

1,658,541

 

  

14,342,035

 

  

15,333,653

 

  

42,373,861

 

Units purchased

  

428,834

 

  

3,306,774

 

  

2,299,834

 

  

667,425

 

  

17,896,582

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(2,658,766

)

  

(10,655

)

  

(4,487,490

)

  

(3,088,588

)

  

(34,063,435

)

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

10,614,831

 

  

4,954,660

 

  

12,154,379

 

  

12,912,490

 

  

26,207,008

 

    

  

  

  

  

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

3. Accumulation Units Outstanding (continued)

 

    

Van Kampen Emerging Growth Subaccount(1)


    

AIM V.I. Basic

Value Subaccount(1)


    

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Subaccount(1)


    

Alliance

Growth &

Income

Subaccount(1)


    

Alliance

Premier

Growth

Subaccount(1)


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

Units purchased

  

479,741

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

997,340

 

  

473,668

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

122,940

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

1,441,827

 

  

199,376

 

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

602,681

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

  

2,439,167

 

  

673,044

 

Units purchased

  

1,935,783

 

  

985,888

 

  

69,860

 

  

1,608,852

 

  

649,782

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(27,188

)

  

288,925

 

  

31,728

 

  

(73,067

)

  

(55,439

)

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

2,511,276

 

  

1,274,813

 

  

101,588

 

  

3,974,952

 

  

1,267,387

 

    

  

  

  

  

    

Janus Aspen—

Aggressive Growth Subaccount


    

Janus Aspen—

Strategic Value

Subaccount


    

Janus Aspen—

Worldwide Growth Subaccount


    

MFS New Discovery Subaccount(1)


    

MFS Total Return Subaccount(1)


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

185,520

 

  

55,711

 

  

227,352

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

Units purchased

  

1,906,351

 

  

276,745

 

  

1,051,671

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(706,098

)

  

106,429

 

  

263,904

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

1,385,773

 

  

438,885

 

  

1,542,927

 

  

—  

 

  

—  

 

Units purchased

  

694,799

 

  

445,659

 

  

5,901,127

 

  

60,498

 

  

2,672,662

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

1,318,882

 

  

(253,807

)

  

(113,797

)

  

38,179

 

  

423,522

 

    

  

  

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

3,399,454

 

  

630,737

 

  

7,330,257

 

  

98,677

 

  

3,096,184

 

    

  

  

  

  

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

3. Accumulation Units Outstanding (continued)

 

    

Fidelity—VIP

Contrafund®

Subaccount


    

Fidelity—VIP Equity-Income     Subaccount    


    

Fidelity—VIP
         Growth         
  Subaccount(1)  


    

Fidelity—VIP Growth Opportunities Subaccount


    

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap Subaccount


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

989,019

 

  

259,674

    

—  

 

  

319,144

 

  

3,157,495

 

Units purchased

  

2,525,309

 

  

1,450,526

    

600,695

 

  

178,205

 

  

1,069,369

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

192,521

 

  

475,958

    

72,109

 

  

21,222

 

  

(246,421

)

    

  
    

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

3,706,849

 

  

2,186,158

    

672,804

 

  

518,571

 

  

3,980,443

 

Units purchased

  

6,662,130

 

  

2,227,867

    

4,331,022

 

  

34,820

 

  

6,503,573

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

(9,897

)

  

108,632

    

(416,430

)

  

(106,765

)

  

1,745,280

 

    

  
    

  

  

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

10,359,082

 

  

4,522,657

    

4,587,396

 

  

446,626

 

  

12,229,296

 

    

  
    

  

  

                                

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies Subaccount(1)


 

Units outstanding at January 1, 2001

  

—  

 

Units purchased

  

—  

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

—  

 

    

Units outstanding at December 31, 2001

  

—  

 

Units purchased

  

2,934,525

 

Units redeemed and transferred

  

208,280

 

                                

Units outstanding at December 31, 2002

  

3,142,805

 

                                

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

 

4. Financial Highlights

 

The Mutual Fund Account offers various death benefit options, which have have differing fees that are charged against the contract owner’s account balance. These charges are discussed in more detail in the individual’s policy. Differences in the fee structures for these units result in different unit values, expense ratios, and total returns.

 

Effective with these 2001 annual financial statements, the Mutual Fund Account has presented the following disclosures required by the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies.

 

Subaccount


 

Year
Ended


   

Units


 

Unit Fair
Value
Lowest to
Highest


 

Net
Assets


  

Investment Income Ratio*


   

Expense
Ratio**
Lowest to
Highest


    

Total Return*** Lowest to Highest


 

Aggressive Asset Allocation

   

12/31/2002

(1)

 

3,190,939

 

$0.80

 

to

 

$0.80

 

$2,566,025

  

0.00

%

 

1.50% to 1.65

%

  

(19.59

)%

  

to

 

(19.51

)%

Conservative Asset Allocation

   

12/31/2002

(1)

 

4,671,932

 

0.90

 

to

 

0.90

 

4,185,345

  

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(10.45

)

  

to

 

(10.36

)

Moderate Asset Allocation

   

12/31/2002

(1)

 

6,289,355

 

0.87

 

to

 

0.87

 

5,455,117

  

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(13.29

)

  

to

 

(13.21

)

Moderately Aggressive Asset Allocation

   

12/31/2002

(1)

 

7,223,371

 

0.84

 

to

 

0.84

 

6,058,081

  

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(16.15

)

  

to

 

(16.06

)

Alger Aggressive Growth

   

12/31/2002

 

 

2,671,287

 

0.37

 

to

 

0.37

 

987,746

  

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(35.46

)

  

to

 

(35.37

)

   

12/31/2001

 

 

2,284,781

 

0.57

 

to

 

0.57

 

1,309,127

  

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(17.82

)

  

to

 

(17.70

)

American Century Income & Growth

   

12/31/2002

 

 

1,420,970

 

0.74

 

to

 

0.75

 

1,057,312

  

0.03

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(20.69

)

  

to

 

(20.58

)

   

12/31/2001

(1)

 

455,551

 

0.94

 

to

 

0.94

 

427,299

  

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(6.23

)

  

to

 

(6.14

)

American Century International

   

12/31/2002

 

 

1,735,424

 

0.64

 

to

 

0.64

 

1,107,674

  

0.23

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(23.28

)

  

to

 

(23.17

)

   

12/31/2001

(1)

 

44,350

 

0.83

 

to

 

0.83

 

36,902

  

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(16.82

)

  

to

 

(16.73

)

BlackRock Global Science & Technology

   

12/31/2002

(1)

 

31,229

 

0.71

 

to

 

0.72

 

22,329

  

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(28.51

)

  

to

 

(28.44

)

BlackRock Mid Cap Growth

   

12/31/2002

(1)

 

232,254

 

0.76

 

to

 

0.76

 

175,798

  

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(24.32

)

  

to

 

(24.24

)

Capital Guardian Global

   

12/31/2002

 

 

14,432,262

 

0.89

 

to

 

0.89

 

12,817,482

  

0.19

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(20.83

)

  

to

 

(20.71

)

   

12/31/2001

 

 

9,146,772

 

1.12

 

to

 

1.13

 

10,260,405

  

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(11.83

)

  

to

 

(11.69

)

Capital Guardian U.S. Equity

   

12/31/2002

 

 

12,097,302

 

0.63

 

to

 

0.63

 

7,613,365

  

0.39

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(25.04

)

  

to

 

(24.93

)

   

12/31/2001

 

 

10,076,764

 

0.84

 

to

 

0.84

 

8,459,365

  

0.10

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(4.96

)

  

to

 

(4.82

)

Capital Guardian Value

   

12/31/2002

 

 

14,221,228

 

1.71

 

to

 

1.73

 

24,401,517

  

4.17

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(21.99

)

  

to

 

(21.87

)

   

12/31/2001

 

 

12,664,156

 

2.20

 

to

 

2.21

 

27,847,418

  

0.74

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

4.90

 

  

to

 

5.05

 

Clarion Real Estate Securities

   

12/31/2002

(1)

 

693,025

 

0.93

 

to

 

0.93

 

643,694

  

2.80

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(7.14

)

  

to

 

(7.05

)

 

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

4. Financial Highlights (continued)

Subaccount


 

Year Ended


    

Units


  

Unit Fair Value Lowest to Highest


  

Net Assets


  

Investment Income Ratio*


    

Expense Ratio** Lowest to Highest


    

Total Return***

Lowest to Highest


 

Dreyfus Small Cap Value

                                                            
   

12/31/2002

 

  

11,464,324

  

$1.74

 

to

 

$1.75

  

$

19,932,290

  

14.94

%

  

1.50

%

 

to

 

1.65

%

  

(40.45

)%

 

to

 

(40.36

)%

   

12/31/2001

 

  

11,963,970

  

2.92

 

to

 

2.94

  

 

34,925,006

  

0.00

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

26.68

 

 

to

 

26.87

 

Gabelli Global Growth

                                                            
   

12/31/2002

 

  

1,578,373

  

0.68

 

to

 

0.68

  

 

1,077,777

  

0.31

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(17.66

)

 

to

 

(17.54

)

   

12/31/2001

 

  

604,205

  

0.83

 

to

 

0.83

  

 

501,093

  

0.11

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(11.58

)

 

to

 

(11.45

)

Great Companies—AmericaSM

                                                       
   

12/31/2002

 

  

1,444,880

  

0.77

 

to

 

0.77

  

 

1,106,674

  

0.30

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(21.98

)

 

to

 

(21.86

)

   

12/31/2001

(1)

  

272,677

  

0.98

 

to

 

0.98

  

 

267,664

  

0.11

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(1.85

)

 

to

 

(1.76

)

Great Companies—Global2

                                                            
   

12/31/2002

 

  

606,289

  

0.60

 

to

 

0.60

  

 

363,804

  

0.12

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(22.79

)

 

to

 

(22.67

)

   

12/31/2001

 

  

128,067

  

0.78

 

to

 

0.78

  

 

99,494

  

0.06

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(18.20

)

 

to

 

(18.07

)

Great Companies—TechnologySM

                                                       
   

12/31/2002

 

  

390,656

  

0.47

 

to

 

0.47

  

 

183,782

  

0.00

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(39.13

)

 

to

 

(39.04

)

   

12/31/2001

(1)

  

66,410

  

0.77

 

to

 

0.77

  

 

51,322

  

0.00

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(22.73

)

 

to

 

(22.65

)

Janus Balanced (A/T)

                                                       
   

12/31/2002

(1)

  

287,484

  

0.94

 

to

 

0.94

  

 

269,919

  

0.00

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(6.13

)

 

to

 

(6.04

)

Janus Global

                                                                 
   

12/31/2002

 

  

1,562,181

  

0.43

 

to

 

0.43

  

 

670,654

  

2.62

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(27.23

)

 

to

 

(27.12

)

   

12/31/2001

 

  

1,887,642

  

0.59

 

to

 

0.59

  

 

1,113,306

  

0.81

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(24.11

)

 

to

 

(23.99

)

Janus Growth II (A/T)

                                                       
   

12/31/2002

 

  

2,060,779

  

15.58

 

to

 

15.70

  

 

32,136,918

  

0.00

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(31.78

)

 

to

 

(31.68

)

   

12/31/2001

 

  

2,757,576

  

22.84

 

to

 

22.99

  

 

63,015,328

  

0.00

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(29.88

)

 

to

 

(29.78

)

Jennison Growth

                                                                 
   

12/31/2002

 

  

4,828,830

  

0.58

 

to

 

0.59

  

 

2,826,188

  

0.00

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(31.87

)

 

to

 

(31.77

)

   

12/31/2001

 

  

4,950,017

  

0.86

 

to

 

0.86

  

 

4,250,722

  

2.13

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(19.88

)

 

to

 

(19.76

)

J.P. Morgan Enhanced Index

                                                       
   

12/31/2002

 

  

14,354,008

  

1.03

 

to

 

1.04

  

 

14,777,422

  

0.39

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(25.82

)

 

to

 

(25.71

)

   

12/31/2001

 

  

16,910,857

  

1.39

 

to

 

1.39

  

 

23,461,528

  

0.64

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(13.42

)

 

to

 

(13.29

)

Marsico Growth

                                                                 
   

12/31/2002

 

  

2,045,526

  

0.56

 

to

 

0.56

  

 

1,151,778

  

0.09

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(27.19

)

 

to

 

(27.08

)

   

12/31/2001

 

  

2,680,908

  

0.77

 

to

 

0.77

  

 

2,072,497

  

0.87

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(15.50

)

 

to

 

(15.37

)

MFS High Yield

                                                            
   

12/31/2002

 

  

5,409,920

  

0.96

 

to

 

0.96

  

 

5,178,655

  

2.62

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

0.42

 

 

to

 

0.56

 

   

12/31/2001

 

  

4,923,884

  

0.95

 

to

 

0.96

  

 

4,691,869

  

5.51

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

2.09

 

 

to

 

2.24

 

PBHG Mid Cap Growth

                                                       
   

12/31/2002

 

  

3,135,755

  

0.35

 

to

 

0.35

  

 

1,099,611

  

0.00

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(29.56

)

 

to

 

(29.45

)

   

12/31/2001

 

  

2,792,138

  

0.50

 

to

 

0.50

  

 

1,389,682

  

0.00

 

  

1.50

 

 

to

 

1.65

 

  

(36.97

)

 

to

 

(36.88

)

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

4. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Subaccount


  

Year

Ended


    

Units


  

Unit Fair

Value

Lowest to Highest


  

Net

Assets


    

Investment Income Ratio*


    

Expense Ratio** Lowest to

Highest


  

Total Return*** Lowest to Highest


 

PBHG/NWQ Value Select

                      
    

12/31/2002

 

  

2,391,978

  

$0.88 to $0.88

  

$

2,106,778

    

2.36

%

  

1.50%

  

to

  

1.65%

  

(15.60

)%

  

to

 

(15.48

)%

    

12/31/2001

 

  

1,615,440

  

  1.04 to   1.05

  

 

1,685,776

    

0.17

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(3.41

)

  

to

 

(3.27

)

PIMCO Total Return

                      
    

12/31/2002

(1)

  

13,765,200

  

  1.05 to   1.05

  

 

14,461,776

    

0.00

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

5.04

 

  

to

 

5.15

 

Salomon All Cap

              

to

     
    

12/31/2002

 

  

12,973,025

  

  0.77 to   0.77

  

 

9,954,134

    

1.11

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(25.94

)

  

to

 

(25.83

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

9,117,209

  

  1.04 to   1.04

  

 

9,443,818

    

1.70

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

0.42

 

  

to

 

0.57

 

Transamerica Convertible Securities

                      
    

12/31/2002

(1)

  

150,114

  

  0.92 to   0.92

  

 

138,419

    

0.00

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(7.82

)

  

to

 

(7.72

)

Transamerica Equity

                      
    

12/31/2002

 

  

15,050,732

  

  0.51 to   0.52

  

 

7,740,277

    

0.00

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(23.51

)

  

to

 

(23.39

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

7,100,172

  

  0.67 to   0.67

  

 

4,773,471

    

0.00

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(18.97

)

  

to

 

(18.85

)

Transamerica Growth Opportunities

              

to

     
    

12/31/2002

 

  

803,561

  

  0.93 to   0.93

  

 

749,516

    

0.00

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(15.70

)

  

to

 

(15.58

)

    

12/31/2001

(1)

  

58,284

  

  1.11 to   1.11

  

 

64,452

    

0.00

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

10.58

 

  

to

 

10.69

 

Transamerica U.S. Government Securities

                      
    

12/31/2002

 

  

13,608,730

  

  1.45 to   1.46

  

 

19,718,760

    

2.17

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

4.10

 

  

to

 

4.25

 

    

12/31/2001

 

  

12,118,530

  

  1.39 to   1.40

  

 

16,857,616

    

4.61

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

3.38

 

  

to

 

3.53

 

T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth

                      
    

12/31/2002

 

  

809,257

  

  0.81 to   0.81

  

 

654,482

    

0.46

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(20.14

)

  

to

 

(20.02

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

1,185,802

  

  1.01 to   1.01

  

 

1,200,995

    

0.45

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(5.73

)

  

to

 

(5.59

)

T. Rowe Price Equity Income

              

to

     
    

12/31/2002

 

  

16,128,215

  

  1.98 to   2.00

  

 

32,019,409

    

1.15

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(14.23

)

  

to

 

(14.10

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

16,272,079

  

  2.31 to   2.33

  

 

37,656,801

    

1.83

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

0.50

 

  

to

 

0.65

 

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock

                      
    

12/31/2002

 

  

10,614,831

  

  2.03 to   2.05

  

 

21,565,409

    

0.04

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(24.07

)

  

to

 

(23.96

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

12,844,763

  

  2.67 to   2.69

  

 

34,360,798

    

0.00

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(11.51

)

  

to

 

(11.38

)

T. Rowe Price Small Cap

                      
    

12/31/2002

 

  

4,954,660

  

  0.54 to   0.54

  

 

2,686,465

    

0.00

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(28.53

)

  

to

 

(28.42

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

1,658,541

  

  0.76 to   0.76

  

 

1,258,191

    

0.00

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(11.19

)

  

to

 

(11.06

)

Van Kampen Active International Allocation

                      
    

12/31/2002

 

  

12,154,379

  

  0.86 to   0.87

  

 

10,478,288

    

0.18

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(18.32

)

  

to

 

(18.20

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

14,342,035

  

  1.05 to   1.06

  

 

15,133,574

    

0.00

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(24.22

)

  

to

 

(24.10

)

Van Kampen Asset Allocation

                      
    

12/31/2002

 

  

12,912,490

  

  1.64 to   1.65

  

 

21,151,790

    

2.13

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(17.74

)

  

to

 

(17.62

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

15,333,653

  

  1.99 to   2.00

  

 

30,522,886

    

2.02

 

  

1.50

  

to

  

1.65

  

(8.58

)

  

to

 

(8.44

)

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

 

4. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Subaccount


  

Year

Ended


    

Units


  

Unit Fair

Value

Lowest to

Highest


  

Net

Assets


    

Investment Income Ratio*


   

Expense

Ratio**

Lowest to

Highest


  

Total Return***

Lowest to Highest


 

Van Kampen Money Market

    

12/31/2002

 

  

26,207,008

  

$1.27 to $1.28

  

$

33,318,987

    

1.27

%

 

1.50% to 1.65%

  

(0.37

)%

  

to

 

(0.23

)%

    

12/31/2001

 

  

42,373,861

  

1.27 to   1.28

  

 

54,067,712

    

3.45

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

2.01

 

  

to

 

2.16

 

Van Kampen Emerging Growth

    

12/31/2002

 

  

2,511,276

  

0.53 to   0.53

  

 

1,331,120

    

0.09

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(34.15

)

  

to

 

(34.05

)

    

12/31/2001

(1)

  

602,681

  

0.80 to   0.81

  

 

485,120

    

0.04

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(19.52

)

  

to

 

(19.44

)

AIM V.I. Basic Value

    

12/31/2002

(1)

  

1,274,813

  

0.76 to   0.76

  

 

965,299

    

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(24.30

)

  

to

 

(24.22

)

AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation

    

12/31/2002

(1)

  

101,588

  

0.79 to   0.79

  

 

80,490

    

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(20.78

)

  

to

 

(20.70

)

Alliance Growth & Income

    

12/31/2002

 

  

3,974,952

  

0.71 to   0.71

  

 

2,811,036

    

0.59

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(23.53

)

  

to

 

(23.42

)

    

12/31/2001

(1)

  

2,439,167

  

0.92 to   0.92

  

 

2,255,210

    

0.24

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(7.55

)

  

to

 

(7.46

)

Alliance Premier Growth

    

12/31/2002

 

  

1,267,387

  

0.58 to   0.58

  

 

736,702

    

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(31.97

)

  

to

 

(31.86

)

    

12/31/2001

(1)

  

673,044

  

0.85 to   0.85

  

 

574,856

    

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(14.61

)

  

to

 

(14.52

)

Janus Aspen—Aggressive Growth

    

12/31/2002

 

  

3,399,454

  

0.31 to   0.31

  

 

1,054,613

    

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(29.29

)

  

to

 

(29.18

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

1,385,773

  

0.44 to   0.44

  

 

607,943

    

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(40.58

)

  

to

 

(40.49

)

Janus Aspen—Strategic Value

    

12/31/2002

 

  

630,737

  

0.68 to   0.68

  

 

427,802

    

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(24.67

)

  

to

 

(24.55

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

438,885

  

0.90 to   0.90

  

 

395,072

    

0.17

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(9.88

)

  

to

 

(9.74

)

Janus Aspen—Worldwide Growth

    

12/31/2002

 

  

7,330,257

  

0.49 to   0.50

  

 

3,620,504

    

0.69

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(26.91

)

  

to

 

(26.81

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

1,542,927

  

0.68 to   0.68

  

 

1,042,616

    

0.23

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(23.88

)

  

to

 

(23.77

)

MFS New Discovery

    

12/31/2002

(1)

  

98,677

  

0.75 to   0.75

  

 

73,634

    

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(25.39

)

  

to

 

(25.31

)

MFS Total Return

    

12/31/2002

(1)

  

3,096,184

  

0.92 to   0.92

  

 

2,837,993

    

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(8.35

)

  

to

 

(8.25

)

Fidelity – VIP Contrafund®

    

12/31/2002

 

  

10,359,082

  

0.71 to   0.71

  

 

7,310,860

    

0.41

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(11.07

)

  

to

 

(10.94

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

3,706,849

  

0.79 to   0.79

  

 

2,940,652

    

0.39

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(13.90

)

  

to

 

(13.77

)

Fidelity – VIP Equity-Income

    

12/31/2002

 

  

4,522,657

  

0.82 to   0.83

  

 

3,722,786

    

1.13

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(18.50

)

  

to

 

(18.38

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

2,186,158

  

1.01 to   1.01

  

 

2,207,609

    

0.84

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(6.77

)

  

to

 

(6.64

)

Fidelity – VIP Growth

    

12/31/2002

 

  

4,587,396

  

0.59 to   0.60

  

 

2,725,902

    

0.05

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(31.43

)

  

to

 

(31.33

)

    

12/31/2001

(1)

  

672,804

  

0.87 to   0.87

  

 

583,131

    

0.00

 

 

1.50    to 1.65

  

(13.36

)

  

to

 

(13.27

)

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company Separate

Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

4. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

Subaccount


  

Year
Ended


    

Units


  

Unit Fair Value Lowest to Highest


  

Net
Assets


    

Investment Income Ratio*


    

Expense Ratio** Lowest to Highest


    

Total Return***
Lowest to Highest


 

Fidelity—VIP Growth Opportunities

    

12/31/2002

 

  

446,626

  

$

0.55 to $0.55

  

$

243,775

    

0.83

%

  

1.50% to 1.65

%

  

(23.27

)%

 

to

 

(23.16

)%

    

12/31/2001

 

  

518,571

  

 

0.71 to   0.71

  

 

368,850

    

0.29

 

  

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(16.04

)

 

to

 

(15.91

)

Fidelity—VIP Mid Cap

    

12/31/2002

 

  

12,229,296

  

 

0.93 to   0.94

  

 

11,436,513

    

0.46

 

  

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(11.49

)

 

to

 

(11.36

)

    

12/31/2001

 

  

3,980,443

  

 

1.06 to   1.06

  

 

4,204,735

    

0.00

 

  

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(5.09

)

 

to

 

(4.95

)

Fidelity—VIP Value Strategies

                                              
    

12/31/2002

(1)

  

3,142,805

  

 

0.75 to   0.75

  

 

2,349,300

    

0.00

 

  

1.50    to 1.65

 

  

(25.25

)

 

to

 

(25.18

)

 

  *   These amounts represent the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the subaccount from the underlying Series Fund, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average net assets. These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that result in direct reductions in the unit values. The recognition of investment income by the subaccount is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying Series Fund in which the subaccounts invest.

 

  **   These ratios represent the annualized contract expenses of the Mutual Fund Account, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges. The ratios include only those expenses that result in a direct reduction to unit values. Charges made directly to contract owner accounts through the redemption of units and expenses of the underlying Series Fund are excluded. Expense ratios for periods of less than one year have been annualized.

 

  ***   These amounts represent the total return for the period indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying Series Fund, and reflect deductions for all items included in the expense ratio. The total return does not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units; inclusion of these expenses in the calculation would result in a reduction in the total return presented.

 

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Account VA B – Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002

 

5. Administrative, Mortality, and Expense Risk Charge

 

Administrative charges include an annual charge of the lesser of 2% of the policy value or $35 per contract which will commence on the first policy anniversary of each contract owners’ account. For policies issued on or after May 1, 1995, the fee is waived if the sum of the premium payments less the sum of all partial withdrawals is at least $50,000 on the policy anniversary. Transamerica Life also deducts a daily charge equal to an annual rate of .15% of the contract owners’ account for administrative expenses. In addition, during the first ten policy years Transamerica Life deducts a daily distribution financing charge equal to an annual rate of .25% of the value of the contract owners’ account.

 

Transamerica Life deducts a daily charge for assuming certain mortality and expense risks. An annual charge of 1.10% or 1.25% (depending on the death benefit selected) is assessed.

 

6. Income Taxes

 

Operations of the Mutual Fund Account form a part of Transamerica Life, which is taxed as a life insurance company under Subchapter L of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). The operations of the Mutual Fund Account are accounted for separately from other operations of Transamerica Life for purposes of federal income taxation. The Mutual Fund Account is not separately taxable as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is not otherwise taxable as an entity separate from Transamerica Life. Under existing federal income tax laws, the income of the Mutual Fund Account is not taxable to Transamerica Life, as long a earnings are credited under the variable annuity contracts.

 

7. Dividend Distributions

 

Dividends are not declared by the Mutual Fund Account, since the increase in the value of the underlying investment in the Funds is reflected daily in the accumulation unit price used to calculate the equity value within the Mutual Fund Account. Consequently, a dividend distribution by the underlying Funds does not change either the accumulation unit price or equity values within the Mutual Fund Account.

 

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PART C

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 24.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a)  Financial Statements

 

All required financial statements are included in Part B of this Registration Statement.

 

(b)  Exhibits:    The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

(1)

 

(a)

     

Resolution of the Board of Directors of PFL Life Insurance Company authorizing establishment of the Mutual Fund Account. Note 1.

   

(b)

     

Authorization Changing Name of the Mutual Fund Account. Note 11.

(2)

         

Not Applicable.

(3)

 

(a)

     

Principal Underwriting Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company, on its own behalf and on the behalf of the Mutual Fund Account, and AEGON USA Securities, Inc. Note 6.

   

(a)

 

(1)

 

Principal Underwriting Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company on its own behalf and on the behalf of the Mutual Fund Account and AFSG Securities Corporation. Note 13.

   

(a)

 

(2)

 

Termination of Principal Underwriting Agreement by and between AEGON USA Securities, Inc., formerly known as, MidAmerica Management Corporation, and PFL Life Insurance Company on its own behalf and on the behalf of PFL Endeavor Variable Annuity Account. Note 15.

   

(a)

 

(3)

 

Form of Amended and Reinstated Principal Underwriting Agreement by and between AFSG Securities Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company on its behalf and on behalf of the separate investment accounts. Note 30.

   

(b)

     

Form of Broker/Dealer Supervision and Sales Agreement by and between AFSG Securities Corporation, and the Broker/Dealer. Note 13.

(4)

 

(a)

     

Form of Policy for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 7.

   

(b)

     

Amended pages to Form of Policy for Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 8.

   

(c)

     

Form of Policy Endorsement (Death Benefits). Note 10.

   

(d)

     

Form of Policy for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 12.

             
   

(e)

     

Form of Policy Endorsement (Nursing Care). Note 12.

   

(f)

     

Form of Policy for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 13.

   

(g)

     

Form of Policy Endorsement (New Separate Accounts and Annuity Commencement Date). Note 13.

   

(h)

     

Form of Policy Rider (GMIB). Note 15.

   

(i)

     

Form of Policy Rider (Additional Death Distribution). Note 24.

   

(j)

     

Form of Policy Rider (Managed Annuity Program). Note 26.

   

(k)

     

Form of Policy Rider (MAP II). Note 31.

(5)

 

(a)

     

Form of Application for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 12.

   

(b)

     

Form of Application for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 13.

   

(c)

     

Form of Application for the Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity. Note 15.

   

(d)

     

Form of Application for the Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity (formerly Endeavor Platinum Variable Annuity) Note 24.

   

(e)

     

Form of Application for Transamerica Freedom. Note 32.

   

(f)

     

Form of Application. Note 33

(6)

 

(a)

     

Articles of Incorporation of PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 2.

   

(b)

     

ByLaws of PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 2.

(7)

         

Not Applicable.

(8)

 

(a)

     

Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and Endeavor Series Trust.

 

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Note 3.

    

(b)

       

Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and the WRL Growth Portfolio of WRL Series Fund, Inc. Note 4.

(8)

  

(b)

  

(1)

  

Amendment No. 12 to Participation Agreement among WRL Series Fund, Inc., PFL Life Insurance Company, AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc., and Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company. Note 17.

(8)

  

(b)

  

(2)

  

Amendment No. 15 to Participation Agreement among WRL Series Fund, Inc., PFL Life Insurance Company, AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc., and Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company. Note 22.

    

(b)

  

(3)

  

Amendment No. 17 to Participation Agreement among WRL Series Fund, Inc., Transamerica Life Insurance Company (formerly PFL Life Insurance Company), AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc., Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company. Note 24.

    

(b)

  

(4)

  

Form of Amendment No. 20 to Participation Agreement among AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc., Transamerica Life Insurance Company, AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc., Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company, Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company. Note 30.

    

(c)

       

Administrative Services Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company (assigned to Vantage Computer Systems, Inc.). Note 3.

    

(d)

       

Amendment and Assignment of Administrative Services Agreement. Note 4.

    

(e)

       

Second Amendment to Administrative Services Agreement. Note 5.

    

(f)

       

Amendment to Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and Endeavor Series Trust. Note 12.

(8)

  

(f)

  

(1)

  

Amendment No. 6 to Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company, Endeavor Management Co. and Endeavor Series Trust. Note 17.

(8)

  

(f)

  

(2)

  

Amendment to Schedule A of the Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and Endeavour Series Trust. Note 22.

    

(f)

  

(3)

  

Form of Termination of Participation Agreement among Transamerica Life Insurance Company, AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc., Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company, on their own behalf and on behalf of their separate accounts, Endeavor Series Trust and Endeavor Management Co. Note 30.

    

(g)

       

Participation Agreement by and between PFL Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Variable Insurance Fund, Inc. Note 20.

(8)

  

(g)

  

(1)

  

Termination of Participation Agreement (Transamerica). Note 26.

(8)

  

(g)

  

(2)

  

Participation Agreement (Transamerica). Note 26.

(8)

  

(g)

  

(3)

  

Addendum to Participation Agreement

 

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(Transamerica). Note 26.

   

(h)

      

Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Product Funds and Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and PFL Life Insurance Company, and Addendums thereto. Note 18.

   

(h)

 

(1)

  

Amended Schedule A to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Product Funds and Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 20.

   

(h)

 

(2)

  

Form of Amended Schedule A to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Product Funds and Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Transamerica Life Insurance Company (formerly PFL Life Insurance Company). Note 24.

   

(h)

 

(3)

  

Amendment No. 4 to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 25.

   

(h)

 

(4)

  

Amendment No. 4 to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 25.

   

(h)

 

(5)

  

Amended Schedule A to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Product Funds and Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 25.

   

(i)

      

Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Fund III, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 19.

   

(i)

 

(1)

  

Amended Schedule A to Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Fund III, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 20.

   

(i)

 

(2)

  

Amendment No. 2 to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Products Fund III, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 25.

   

(i)

 

(3)

  

Amended Schedule A to Participation Agreement by and between Variable Insurance Products Fund III, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 25.

(8)

 

(j)

      

Participation Agreement by and between Janus Aspen Series and PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 21.

(8)

 

(j)

 

(1)

  

Amendment No. 2 to Participation Agreement by and between Janus Aspen Series and PFL Life Insurance Company. Note 22.

(8)

 

(k)

      

Participation Agreement by and among Alliance Variable Products Series Fund, PFL Life Insurance Company, AFSG Securities Corporation. Note 23.

   

(k)

 

(1)

  

Amendment No. 2 to Participation Agreement by and among Alliance Variable Products Series Fund, Transamerica Life Insurance Company (formerly PFL Life Insurance Company), AFSG Securities Corporation. Note 26.

(8)

 

(l)

      

Participation Agreement by and among AIM Variable

 

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Insurance funds, Inc., AIM Distributors, Inc., PFL Life Insurance Company and AFSG Securities Corporation Note 27.

   

(l)

 

(1)

  

Form of Amendment No. 7 to Participation Agreement among AIM Variable Insurance Funds, AIM Distributors, Inc., Transamerica Life Insurance Company and AFSG Securities Corporation. Note 30.

(8)

 

(m)

      

Participation Agreement among MFS Variable Insurance Trust, PFL Life Insurance Company and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. Note 28.

   

(m)

 

(1)

  

Partial Termination of Participation Agreement among MFS Variable Insurance Trust, PFL Life Insurance Company and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. Note 29.

   

(m)

 

(2)

  

Form of Amendment to Participation Agreement by and among MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Massachusetts Financial Services Company, and Transamerica Life Insurance Company. Note 30.

(9)

 

(a)

      

Opinion and Consent of Counsel. Note 7.

   

(b)

      

Consent of Counsel. Note 7.

(10)

 

(a)

      

Consent of Independent Auditors. Note 33

   

(b)

      

Opinion and Consent of Actuary. Note 33

(11)

          

Not Applicable.

(12)

          

Not Applicable.

(13)

          

Performance Data Calculations. Note 33

(14)

          

Powers of Attorney (P.S. Baird, W.L. Busler, D.C. Kolsrud, R.J. Kontz). Note 7 (Craig D. Vermie) Note 11 (Brenda K. Clancy) Note 12 (Larry N. Norman) Note 15. (Bart Herbert, Jr.) Note 24. (Christopher H. Garrett, Arthur C. Schneider) Note 32.


Note 1.

 

Filed with the initial filing of this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908, 811-06032) on January 8, 1993.

Note 2.

 

Filed with the initial filing of Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085 on January 23, 1990.

Note 3.

 

Filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on April 9, 1990.

Note 4.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on April 1, 1991.

Note 5.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on May 1, 1992.

Note 6.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Form

 

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N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on April 30, 1993.

Note 7.

 

Filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on December 6, 1993.

Note 8.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on February 28, 1994.

Note 9.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 29, 1994.

Note 10.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 27, 1995.

Note 11.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 24, 1996.

Note 12.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 29, 1997.

Note 13.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on February 27, 1998.

Note 14.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 29, 1998.

Note 15.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on September 28, 1998.

Note 16.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 29, 1999.

Note 17.

 

Filed with the Initial filing of Form N-4 Registration Statement for the Access Variable Annuity (File No. 333-94489) on January 12, 2000.

Note 18.

 

Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No, 333-07509) on December 6, 1996.

Note 19.

 

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-07509) on April 29, 1997.

Note 20.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 27, 2000.

Note 21.

 

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (333-26209) on April 28, 2000.

Note 22.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on October 3, 2000.

Note 23.

 

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-26209) on April 28, 2000.

Note 24.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 30, 2001.

Note 25.

 

Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-63086) on September 13, 2001.

Note 26.

 

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on October 2, 2001.

Note 27.

 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-7509) on July 16, 1998.

Note 28.

 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-7509) on December 23, 1997.

Note 29.

 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-7509) on April 29, 1999.

Note 30.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to this Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on April 30, 2002.

Note 31.

 

Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-33085) on October 15, 2002.

Note 32.

 

Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to this form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-56908) on December 30, 2002.

Note 33.

 

Filed herewith.

 

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Item 25.     Directors and Officers of the Depositor

 

Name and Business Address


  

Principal Positions and Offices with Depositor


Larry N. Norman

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Director, Chairman of the Board and President

Christopher H. Garrett

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Director, CFO—Financial Partner

Craig D. Vermie

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Arthur C. Schneider

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Director and Chief Tax Officer

Robert J. Kontz

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Vice President and Corporate Controller

Brenda K. Clancy

  4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

  Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

  

Director, Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Item 26.     Persons Controlled by or under Common Control With the Depositor or Registrant.

 

Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


AEGON N.V.

  

Netherlands

  

32.47% of Vereniging

AEGON Netherlands

Membership Association

  

Holding company

AEGON Derivatives B.V.

  

Netherlands

  

100% AEGON N.V.

  

Holding company

AEGON Nederland N.V.

  

Netherlands

  

100% AEGON N.V.

  

Holding company

AEGON Nevak Holding B.V.

  

Netherlands

  

100% AEGON N.V.

  

Holding company

AEGON International N.V.

  

Netherlands

  

100% AEGON N.V.

  

Holding company

The AEGON Trust

Voting Trust Trustees:

Donald J. Shepard

Dennis Hersch

Joseph B.M. Streppel

  

Delaware

       

Voting Trust

AEGON U.S. Holding Corporation

  

Delaware

  

225 shares of Series A Preferred

Stock owned by Scottish Equitable

Finance Limited

  

Holding company

Short Hills Management Company

  

New Jersey

  

100% AEGON U.S.

Holding Corporation

  

Holding company

COPRA Reinsurance Company

  

New York

  

100% AEGON U.S.

Holding Corporation

  

Holding company

AEGON Management Company

  

Indiana

  

100% AEGON U.S.

Holding Corporation

  

Holding company

AEGON U.S. Corporation

  

Iowa

  

AEGON U.S. Holding Corporation owns 10,000 shares (75.54%); AEGON USA, Inc. owns 3,238 shares (24.46%)

  

Holding Company

AEGON USA, Inc.

  

Iowa

  

10 shares Series A Preferred Stock owned by AEGON U.S Holding Corporation; 150,000 shares of Class B Non-Voting Stock owned by AEGON U.S. Corporation; 100 shares Voting Common Stock owned by AEGON U.S Corporation

  

Holding company

RCC North America LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% AEGON USA, Inc.

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Eight LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Eleven LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Fifteen LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Five LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


ALH Properties Four LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Fourteen LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Nine LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Seven LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Seventeen LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Sixteen LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Ten LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Thirteen LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Three LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Twelve LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

ALH Properties Two LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

BF Equity LLC

  

New York

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

Eighty-Six Yorkville, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGH Eastern Region LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGH Property Services LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGH Realty Credit LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGH USA LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP 106 Fulton, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP 109th Street LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP 90 West Street LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Bala, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Broadway LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Burkewood, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Bush Terminal, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Centereach, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Colonial Plaza, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Coram, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Emerson, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Franklin LLC.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


FGP Herald Center, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Heritage Square, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Islandia, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Keene LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Lincoln, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Main Street, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Merrick, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Northern Blvd., Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Remsen, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Rockbeach, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Schenectady, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP Stamford, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP West 14th Street, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP West 32nd Street, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP West Street Two LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

FGP West Street LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

Fifth FGP LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

First FGP LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

Fourth FGP LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

Second FGP LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

Seventh FGP LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America LLC

  

Real estate

The RCC Group, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America, LLC

  

Real estate

Third FGP LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% RCC North America, LLC

  

Real estate

Transamerica Holding Company LLC

  

Delaware

  

100 shares Common Stock owned

by AEGON USA, Inc; 100

shares Series A Preferred

Stock owned by AEGON USA, Inc.

  

Holding company

AEGON Funding Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica

Holding Corporation LLC

  

Issue debt securities-net proceeds used to make

loans to affiliates

AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC

  

Iowa

  

100% Transamerica Holding

Corporation LLC.

  

Investment advisor

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


AUSA Holding Company

  

Maryland

  

100% AEGON USA, Inc.

  

Holding company

AEGON Asset Management Services, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Registered investment advisor

World Group Securities, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% AEGON Asset Management Services, Inc.

  

Broker-dealer

World Financial Group, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% AEGON Asset Management Services, Inc.

  

Marketing

AEGON USA Investment

Management, Inc.

  

Iowa

  

100% AUSA Holding Company

  

Investment advisor

AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.

  

Iowa

  

100% AUSA Holding Company

  

Administrative and investment services

RCC Properties Limited

Partnership

  

Iowa

  

AEGON USA Realty Advisors,

Inc. is General Partner and 5% owner.

  

Limited Partnership

QSC Holding, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.

  

Real estate and financial software production and sales

Realty Information Systems, Inc.

  

Iowa

  

100% AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.

  

Information Systems for real estate investment management

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 1 LLC

  

DE

  

100% AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.

  

Real estate alternatives investment

AEGON USA Real Estate

Services, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.

  

Real estate and mortgage holding company

Creditor Resources, Inc.

  

Michigan

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Credit insurance

Premier Solutions Group, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% Creditor Resources, Inc.

  

Credit insurance

CRC Creditor Resources

Canadian Dealer Network Inc.

  

Canada

  

100% Creditor Resources, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

Diversified Investment

Advisors, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Registered investment advisor

Diversified Investors Securities Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% Diversified Investment

Advisors, Inc.

  

Broker-Dealer

George Beram & Company, Inc.

  

Massachusetts

  

100% Diversified Investment

Advisors, Inc.

  

Employee benefit and actuarial consulting

AEGON/Transamerica Investors Services, Inc.

  

Florida

  

100% AUSA Holding Company

  

Shareholder services

InterSecurities, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Broker-Dealer

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Investors Warranty of

America, Inc.

  

Iowa

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Provider of automobile extended maintenance contracts

Massachusetts Fidelity Trust Co.

  

Iowa

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Trust company

Money Services, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Provides financial counseling for employees and agents of affiliated companies

ADB Corporation, L.L.C.

  

Delaware

  

100% Money Services, Inc.

  

Special purpose limited Liability company

AEGON USA Travel and Conference Services LLC

  

Iowa

  

100% Money Services, Inc.

  

Travel and conference services

ORBA Insurance Services, Inc.

  

California

  

40.15% Money Services, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

Great Companies, L.L.C.

  

Iowa

  

30% Money Services, Inc.

  

Markets & sells mutual funds & individually managed accounts

Monumental General Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Holding company

Monumental General

Administrators, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% Monumental General

Insurance Group, Inc.

  

Provides management srvcs. to unaffiliated third party administrator

Monumental General Mass Marketing, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% Monumental General

Insurance Group, Inc.

  

Marketing arm for sale of mass marketed insurance coverage

Trip Mate Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Kansas

  

100% Monumental General

Insurance Group, Inc.

  

Sale/admin. of travel insurance

National Association Management and Consultant Services, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% Monumental General Administrators, Inc.

  

Provides actuarial consulting services

Roundit, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

50% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Financial services

Transamerica Capital, Inc.

  

California

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Broker/Dealer

Universal Benefits Corporation

  

Iowa

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Third party administrator

Zahorik Company, Inc.

  

California

  

100% AUSA Holding Co.

  

Broker-Dealer

ZCI, Inc.

  

Alabama

  

100% Zahorik Company, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

Zahorik Texas, Inc.

  

Texas

  

100% Zahorik Company, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

Commonwealth General

Corporation (“CGC”)

  

Delaware

  

100% AEGON U.S. Corporation

  

Holding company

Academy Insurance Group, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Holding company

 

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Academy Life Insurance Co.

  

Missouri

  

100% Academy Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Insurance company

Pension Life Insurance

Company of America

  

New Jersey

  

100% Academy Life

Insurance Company

  

Insurance company

Ammest Massachusetts

Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Massachusetts

  

100% Academy Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Ammest Realty, Inc.

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Academy Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Ampac, Inc.

  

Texas

  

100% Academy Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Managing general agent

Ampac Insurance Agency, Inc.

(EIN 23-2364438)

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Academy Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

FED Financial, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Academy Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Force Financial Group, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Academy Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Force Financial Services, Inc.

  

Massachusetts

  

100% Force Financial Group, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Military Associates, Inc.

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Academy Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

NCOAA Management Company

  

Texas

  

100% Academy Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Unicom Administrative

Services, Inc.

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Academy Insurance

Group, Inc.

  

Provider of admin. services

Unicom Administrative

Services, GmbH

  

Germany

  

100% Unicom Administrative Services, Inc.

  

Provider of admin. services

AEGON Institutional Markets, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Provider of investment, marketing and admin. services to ins. cos.

AEGON Structured Settlements, Inc.

  

Kentucky

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Administers structured settlements of plaintiff’s physical injury claims against property and casualty insurance companies

AFSG Securities Corporation

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Broker-Dealer

Ampac Insurance Agency, Inc.

(EIN 23-1720755)

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Provider of management support services

Compass Rose Development Corporation

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Ampac Insurance

Agency, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Financial Planning Services, Inc.

  

Dist. Columbia

  

100% Ampac Insurance

Agency, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Frazer Association Consultants, Inc.

  

Illinois

  

100% Ampac Insurance

Agency, Inc.

  

TPA license-holder

National Home Life Corporation

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Ampac Insurance

Agency, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Valley Forge Associates, Inc.

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Ampac Insurance

Agency, Inc.

  

Furniture & equipment lessor

Veterans Benefit Plans, Inc.

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Ampac Insurance

Agency, Inc.

  

Administrator of group insurance programs

Veterans Insurance Services, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Ampac Insurance

Agency, Inc.

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Benefit Plans, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

TPA for Peoples Security Life Insurance Company

AEGON Alliances, Inc.

  

Virginia

  

100% Benefit Plans, Inc.

  

General agent

Capital 200 Block Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Real estate holdings

Capital General Development Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% Commonwealth General

Development

  

Holding company

Monumental Life Insurance Company

  

Maryland

  

73.23% Capital General Development Company

26.77% First AUSA Life

Insurance Company

  

Insurance company

AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% Monumental Life Insurance Company

  

Marketing company

Transamerica Affinity Services, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% AEGON Direct Marketing

Services, Inc.

  

Marketing company

Apple Partners of Iowa LLC

  

Iowa

  

58.13% Monumental Life Insurance Company; 41.87% Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company

  

Hold title on Trustee’s Deeds on secured property

Ammest Realty Corporation

  

Texas

  

100% Monumental Life Insurance Company

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Exchange Management Services, Inc.

  

Missouri

  

100% Monumental Life Insurance Company

  

Management company

Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company

  

Iowa

  

3.7% CGC

20% Capital Liberty, L.P.

76.3% Monumental Life

Insurance Company

  

Insurance company

Coverna Direct Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% Peoples Benefit

Life Insurance Company

  

Insurance agency

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


JMH Operating Company, Inc.

  

Mississippi

  

100% People’s Benefit Life

Insurance Company

  

Real estate holdings

Capital Liberty, L.P.

  

Delaware

  

99.0% Monumental Life Insurance Company (Limited Partner); 1.0% Commonwealth General Corporation (General Partner)

  

Holding company

Consumer Membership Services, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Credit card protection

Global Premier Reinsurance

  Company, Ltd.

  

British Virgin

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Reinsurance company

Health Benefit Services, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Health discount plan

Insurance Consultants

  

Nebraska

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Brokerage

Icon Partners, Limited

  

UK

  

100% Insurance Consultants, Inc.

  

Insurance intermediary

Quest Membership Services, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Travel discount plan

Stonebridge Group, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

General purpose corporation

Stonebridge Life Insurance Company

  

Vermont

  

100% Commonwealth General Corporation

  

Insurance company

Stonebridge Casualty Insurance Company

  

Ohio

  

100% AEGON U.S. Corporation

  

Insurance company

AEGON DMS Holding B.V.

  

Netherlands

  

100% AEGON International N.V.

  

Holding company

Canadian Premier Holdings Ltd.

  

Canada

  

100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.

  

Holding company

Canadian Premier Life Insurance Company

  

Canada

  

100% Canadian Premier Holdings Ltd.

  

Insurance company

Legacy General Insurance Company

  

Canada

  

100% Canadian Premier

Holdings Ltd.

  

Insurance company

Cornerstone International Holdings Ltd.

  

UK

  

100% AEGON DMS

Holding B.V.

  

Holding company

Cornerstone International Marketing Ltd.

  

UK

  

100% Cornerstone International Holdings Ltd.

  

Marketing company

Stonebridge International Insurance Ltd.

  

UK

  

100% Cornerstone International Holdings Ltd.

  

General insurance company

Transamerica Direct Marketing Korea Ltd.

  

Korea

  

99% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.: 1% AEGON International N.V.

  

Marketing company

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Transamerica Direct Marketing Japan K.K.

  

Japan

  

100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.

  

Marketing company

Transamerica Direct Marketing Asia Pacific Pty Ltd.

  

Australia

  

100% AEGON DMS Holding B.V.

  

Holding company

Transamerica Insurance Marketing

  Asia Pacific Pty Ltd.

  

Australia

  

100% Transamerica Direct Marketing Asia Pacific Pty Ltd.

  

Insurance intermediary

Transamerica Direct Marketing

  Australia Pty Ltd.

  

Australia

  

100% Transamerica Direct Marketing Asia Pacific Pty Ltd.

  

Marketing/operations company

Transamerica Holding B.V.

  

Netherlands

  

100% AEGON International N.V.

  

Holding company

Transamerica Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Holding B.V.

  

Major interest in insurance and finance

AEGON Funding Corp. II

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Commercial paper insurance

Transamerica Pacific Insurance Company, Ltd.

  

Hawaii

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Life insurance

ARC Reinsurance Corporation

  

Hawaii

  

100% Transamerica Corp,

  

Property & Casualty Insurance

Inter-America Corporation

  

California

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Insurance Broker

Pyramid Insurance Company, Ltd.

  

Hawaii

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Property & Casualty Insurance

Transamerica Business Technologies Corporation.

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Telecommunications and data processing

Transamerica CBO I, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Owns and manages a pool of high-yield bonds

Transamerica Corporation (Oregon)

  

Oregon

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Name holding only – Inactive

Transamerica Finance Corporation (“TFC”)

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Commercial & Consumer Lending & equipment leasing

TA Leasing Holding Co., Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TFC

  

Holding company

Trans Ocean Ltd.

  

Delaware

  

100% TA Leasing Holding Co. Inc.

  

Holding company

Trans Ocean Container Corp.

(“TOCC”)

  

Delaware

  

100% Trans Ocean Ltd.

  

Intermodal leasing

SpaceWise Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Ocean

Container Corp.

  

Intermodal leasing

Trans Ocean Leasing

Deutschland GmbH

  

Germany

  

100% Transamerica Ocean

Container Corp.

  

Intermodal leasing

 

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Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Trans Ocean Management Corporation

  

California

  

100% Transamerica Ocean

Container Corp.

  

Inactive

Trans Ocean Management S.A.

  

Switzerland

  

100% Transamerica Ocean

Container Corp.

  

Intermodal leasing

Trans Ocean Regional

Corporate Holdings

  

California

  

100% Transamerica Ocean

Container Corp.

  

Holding company

Transamerica Leasing Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Leasing Holding Co.

  

Leases & Services intermodal equipment

Transamerica Leasing DO Brasil LTDA.

  

Brazil

  

100% Transamerica Leasing, Inc.

  

Container Leasing

Transamerica Leasing Holdings Inc. (“TLHI”)

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Leasing Inc.

  

Holding company

Greybox Logistics Services Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TLHI

  

Intermodal leasing

Greybox L.L.C. (“G”)

  

Delaware

  

100% TLHI

  

Intermodal freight container interchange facilitation service

Transamerica Trailer Leasing S.N.C.

  

France

  

100% Greybox L.L.C.

  

Leasing

Greybox Services Limited

  

U.K.

  

100% TLHI

  

Intermodal leasing

Intermodal Equipment, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TLHI

  

Intermodal leasing

Transamerica Leasing N.V.

  

Belgium

  

100% Intermodal Equipment Inc.

  

Leasing

Transamerica Leasing SRL

  

Italy

  

100% Intermodal Equipment Inc.

  

Leasing

Transamerica Distribution

Services, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TLHI

  

Dormant

Transamerica Leasing

Coordination Center

  

Belgium

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Leasing GmbH

  

Germany

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Trailer Leasing Sp. Z.O.O.

  

Poland

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Leasing Limited

  

U.K.

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

ICS Terminals (UK) Limited

  

U.K.

  

100% Transamerica Leasing Limited

  

Leasing

Transamerica Leasing Pty. Ltd.

  

Australia

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Leasing (HK) Ltd.

  

H.K.

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Leasing (Proprietary) Limited

  

South Africa

  

100% TLHI

  

In Liquidation – Intermodal leasing

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting

Securities Owned


  

Business


Transamerica Trailer Holdings I Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TLHI

  

Holding company

Transamerica Funding LP

  

UK

  

98% Transamerica Trailer Holdings I, Inc.; 1% Transamerica Distribution Services, Inc.; 1% ICS Terminals (UK) Limited

  

Intermodal leasing

Transamerica Trailer Holdings II Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TLHI

  

Holding company

Transamerica Trailer Holdings III Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TLHI

  

Holding company

Transamerica Trailer Leasing AB

  

Sweden

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Trailer Leasing AG

  

Switzerland

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Trailer Leasing A/S

  

Denmark

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Trailer Leasing GmbH

  

Germany

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Trailer Leasing (Belgium) N.V.

  

Belgium

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Trailer Leasing (Netherlands) B.V.

  

Netherlands

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Alquiler de Trailer Spain S.L.

  

Spain

  

100% TLHI

  

Leasing

Transamerica Transport Inc.

  

New Jersey

  

100% TLHI

  

Dormant

TREIC Enterprises, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TFC

  

Investments

TFC Properties, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TFC

  

Holding company

Transamerica Retirement Communities S.F., Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TFC Properties, Inc.

  

Owned property

Transamerica Retirement Communities S.J., Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TFC Properties, Inc.

  

Owned property

Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, I

  

Delaware

  

100% TFC.

  

Holding company

Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, II (“TCFCII”)

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, I

  

Holding company

BWAC Credit Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% TCFCII

  

Inactive

BWAC International Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% TCFCII

  

Retail Appliance and furniture stores

BWAC Twelve, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TCFCII

  

Holding company

TIFCO Lending Corporation

  

Illinois

  

100% BWAC Twelve, Inc.

  

General financing

 

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Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Transamerica Insurance Finance Corporation

  

Maryland

  

100% BWAC Twelve, Inc.

  

Insurance premium financing

Transamerica Insurance Finance Corporation, California

  

California

  

100% Transamerica Insurance Finance Corporation

  

Insurance premium

TBCC Funding Trust I

  

Delaware

  

100% TCFCII

  

Delaware Business Trust

TBCC Funding I LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% TBCC Funding Trust I

  

Delaware Business Trust

TBCC Funding Trust II

  

Delaware

  

100% TCFCII

  

Delaware Business Trust

TBCC Funding II LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% TBCC Funding Trust II

  

Delaware Business Trust

Private Label Funding LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% TBCC Funding Trust II

  

Delaware Business Trust

M Credit, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TCFCII

  

Commercial lending

Bay Capital Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

Coast Funding Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

Transamerica Small Business Capital, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Holding company

Gulf Capital Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

Direct Capital Equity Investments, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Small business loans

Direct Capital Partners LLC

  

Delaware

  

33.33% M Credit, Inc.

  

Investment banking

Direct Capital Partners LP

  

Delaware

  

25% Direct Capital Partners LLC (General Partner); 75% Direct Capital Equity Investments, Inc. (Limited Partnership)

  

Investment banking

Inland Water Transportation LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% Capital Partners LP

  

Finance barges

TBC IV, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

TBC Tax I, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

TBC Tax II, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

TBC Tax III, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

TBC Tax IV, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

 

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Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


TBC Tax V, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

TBC Tax VI, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

TBC Tax VII, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

TBC Tax VIII, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

TBC Tax IX, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% M Credit, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

T Holdings, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TCFCII

  

Holding company

TBC I, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% T Holdings, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

Facta LLP

  

Illinois

  

50% TBC I, Inc.

  

Commercial finance

TBC III, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TBCC

  

Special purpose corporation

Transcap Trade Finance

  

Illinois

  

50% TBC III, Inc.

  

Commercial finance

Transamerica Mezzanine

  Financing, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% T Holdings, Inc.

  

Holding company

Transamerica Commercial Real Estate Finance LLC

  

Illinois

  

100% T Holdings, Inc.

  

Bridge/mezzanine finance

Transamerica Business Capital Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% TCFCII

  

Commercial lending

Auto Funding Services LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Business Capital Corporation

  

Commercial lending

Transamerica Distribution Finance Corporation (“TDFC”)

  

Delaware

  

100% TCFCII

  

Holding company

Transamerica Accounts Holding Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Distribution Finance Corporation

  

Holding company

ARS Funding Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Accounts Holding Corporation

  

Dormant

Transamerica Inventory Finance Corporation (“TIFC”)

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Distribution Finance Corporation

  

Holding company

BWAC Seventeen, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TIFC

  

Holding company

Transamerica Commercial Finance Canada, Limited

  

Ontario

  

100% BWAC Seventeen, Inc.

  

Dormant

 

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Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, Canada

  

Canada

  

100% BWAC Seventeen, Inc.

  

Commercial finance

Transamerica Acquisition Corporation, Canada

  

Canada

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, Canada

  

Holding company

Cantrex Group Inc.

  

Quebec

  

100% Transamerica Acquisition Corporation Canada

  

Buying group and retail merchant services

2953-9087 Quebec, Inc.

  

Quebec

  

100% Cantrex Group Inc.

  

Inactive

Corbeil Electrique, Inc.

  

Quebec

  

100% Cantrex Group, Inc.

  

Inactive

Prestex Marketing, Inc.

  

Canada

  

100% Cantrex Group, Inc.

  

Inactive

BWAC Twenty-One, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TIFC

  

Holding company

ODBH Ltd./Harley Davidson Acceptance

  

U.K.

  

100% BWAC Twenty-One, Inc.

  

Holding company

Transamerica Commercial Holdings Limited

  

U.K.

  

100% BWAC Twenty-One Inc.

  

Holding company

Transamerica Trailer Leasing Limited

  

N.Y.

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Holding Limited

  

Leasing

Transamerica Commercial Finance Limited

  

U.K.

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Holding Limited

  

Commercial lending

TDF Credit Insurance Services Limited

  

U.K.

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Limited

  

Credit insurance brokerage

Whirlpool Financial Corporation Polska SpoZOO

  

Poland

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Limited

  

Inactive—commercial finance

Transamerica Commercial Finance France S.A.

  

France

  

100% TIFC

  

Factoring company

Transamerica GmbH, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TIFC

  

Holding company

Transamerica Fincieringsmaatschappij B.V.

  

Netherlands

  

100% Transamerica GmbH, Inc.

  

Commercial lending in Europe

Transamerica GmbH

  

Germany

  

90% Transamerica GmbH, Inc.

  

Commercial lending in Germany

Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% TIFC

  

Finance company

TCF Asset Management Corporation

  

Colorado

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation

  

A depository for foreclosed real and personal property

Transamerica Catalyst Financial Services LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation

  

Owns & operates electronic/internet enabled system

 

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Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Transamerica Distribution Finance Insurance Services, Inc.

  

Illinois

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation

  

Finance company

Transamerica Distribution Finance Factorje S.A. de C.V.

  

Mexico

  

99% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation

  

Finance company

Inventory Funding Trust

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation

  

Delaware Business Trust

Inventory Funding Company, LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% Inventory Funding Trust

  

Holding company

Transamerica Joint Ventures, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation

  

Holding company

Transamerica Venture LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Joint Ventures, Inc.

  

Ownership and operation of a commercial finance business for Brunswick Corp. customers

Amana Finance

  

Illinois

  

50% Transamerica Joint Ventures, Inc.

  

Commercial finance

American Standard Financial Services

  

Illinois

  

50% Transamerica Joint Ventures, Inc.

  

Commercial finance

Penske Financial Services LLC

  

Delaware

  

50% Transamerica Joint Ventures, Inc.

  

Commercial finance

Polaris Acceptance

  

Illinois

  

50% Transamerica Joint Ventures, Inc.

  

Commercial finance

Transamerica Distribution Finance Corporation—Overseas, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation

  

Commercial Finance

TDF-Mauritius Limited

  

Mauritius

  

100% Transamerica Distribution Finance Corporation—Overseas, Inc.

  

Mauritius holding company

Transamerica Apple Distribution Finance Public Limited

  

India

  

69.94% TDF-Mauritius Limited

  

Finance company

Transamerica Distribution Finance Corporation de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.

  

Mexico

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation

  

Holding company in Mexican subsidiaries

TDF de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.

  

Mexico

  

99% Transamerica Distribution Finance Corporation de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.

  

Service company for Whirlpool receivables

Transamerica Corporate Services

  De Mexico S. de R.L. de CV

  

Mexico

  

99% Transamerica Distribution Finance Corporation de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.

  

Holds employees

Distribution Support Services LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation

  

Holding company

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Transamerica Equipment Financial Services Corporation (“TEFSC”)

  

Delaware

  

100% TCFCII

  

Investment in Various equipment leases and loans

First AUSA Life Insurance Company

  

Maryland

  

385,000 shares Common Stock owned by Transamerica Holding Company LLC; 115,000 Series A Preferred Stock owned by Transamerica Holding Company LLC

  

Insurance holding company

AUSA Life Insurance

  Company, Inc.

  

New York

  

82.33% First AUSA Life Insurance Company

17.67% Veterans Life Insurance Company

  

Insurance

AUSACAN LLP

  

Canada

  

General Partner—AUSA Holding Company (1%); Limited Partner—First AUSA Life Insurance Company (99%)

  

Inter-company lending and general business

Bankers Financial Life Ins. Co.

  

Arizona

  

100% Voting Common Stock

Class B Common stock is allocated 75% of total cumulative vote. Class A Common stock is allocated 25% of total cumulative vote.

  

Insurance

Iowa Fidelity Life Insurance Co.

  

Arizona

  

Ordinary common stock is allowed 60% of total cumulative vote. Participating common stock is allowed 40% of total cumulative vote

  

Insurance

Life Investors Insurance

  Company of America

  

Iowa

  

504,032 shares Common Stock owned by First AUSA Life Insurance Company; 504,033 shares Series A Preferred Stock owned by First AUSA Life Insurance Company.

  

Insurance

Life Investors Alliance, LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% LIICA

  

Purchase, own, and hold the equity interest of other entities

Monumental General Casualty Co.

  

Maryland

  

100% First AUSA Life Ins. Co.

  

Insurance

Monumental General Life

  Insurance Company of

  Puerto Rico

  

Puerto Rico

  

First AUSA Life Insurance Company owns 51%; Baldrich & Associates of Puerto Rico owns 49%.

  

Insurance

Southwest Equity Life Ins. Co.

  

Arizona

  

100% of Common Voting Stock First AUSA Life Ins. Co.

  

Insurance

The Whitestone Corporation

  

Maryland

  

100% First AUSA Life Ins. Co.

  

Insurance agency

United Financial Services, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% First AUSA Life Ins. Co.

  

General agency

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio

  

Ohio

  

100% First AUSA Life Ins. Co.

  

Insurance

AEGON Equity Group, Inc.

  

Florida

  

100% Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio

  

Insurance agency

AEGON/Transamerica Fund Advisers, Inc.

  

Florida

  

Western Reserve Life Assurance Company of Ohio owns 77%; AUSA Holding Company owns 23%

  

Fund advisor

Transamerica Income Shares, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% AEGON/Transamerica Fund Advisers, Inc.

  

Mutual fund

IDEX Mutual Funds

  

Massachusetts

  

100% AEGON/Transamerica Fund Advisers, Inc.

  

Mutual fund

AEGON/Transamerica Fund Services, Inc.

  

Florida

  

100% Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio

  

Mutual fund

AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

Various

  

Investment advisor, transfer agent, administrator, sponsor, principal underwriter/distributor or general partner.

World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

California

  

100% Western Reserve Life

Assurance Co. of Ohio

  

Insurance agency

WFG Insurance Agency of Puerto Rico, Inc.

  

Puerto Rico

  

100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Alabama, Inc.

  

Alabama

  

100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Hawaii, Inc.

  

Hawaii

  

100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc.

  

Massachusetts

  

100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

World Financial Group Insurance Agency of New Mexico, Inc.

  

New Mexico

  

100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Ohio, Inc.

  

Ohio

  

100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Wyoming, Inc.

  

Wyoming

  

100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Georgia

  

100% World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency of Alabama, Inc.

  

Alabama

  

100% WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

 

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Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency of California, Inc.

  

California

  

100% WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency of Mississippi, Inc.

  

Mississippi

  

100% WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency of Nevada, Inc.

  

Nevada

  

100% WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency of Wyoming, Inc.

  

Wyoming

  

100% WFG Property & Casualty Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

WFG Insurance Agency of Texas, Inc.

  

Texas

  

Record Shareholder—Jack Linder

  

Insurance agency

WRL Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

California

  

100% Western Reserve Life

Assurance Co. of Ohio

  

Insurance agency

WRL Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc.

  

Massachusetts

  

100% WRL Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

WRL Insurance Agency of Nevada, Inc.

  

Nevada

  

100% WRL Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

WRL Insurance Agency of Wyoming, Inc.

  

Wyoming

  

100% WRL Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Insurance agency

WRL Insurance Agency of Texas, Inc.

  

Texas

  

Record Shareholder – Daniel L. DeMarco

  

Insurance agency

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

  

Iowa

  

223,500 shares Common Stock owned by Transamerica Holding Company LLC; 42,500 shares Series A Preferred Stock owned by Transamerica Holding Company LLC.

  

Insurance

AEGON Financial Services

  Group, Inc.

  

Minnesota

  

100% Transamerica Life Insurance Co.

  

Marketing

AEGON Assignment Corporation

  of Kentucky

  

Kentucky

  

100% AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.

  

Administrator of structured settlements

AEGON Assignment Corporation

  

Illinois

  

100% AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.

  

Administrator of structured settlements

Transamerica Financial Institutions, Inc.

  

Minnesota

  

100% AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.

  

Life insurance and underwriting services

Professional Life & Annuity Insurance Company

  

Arizona

  

100% Transamerica Life Insurance Co.

    

Veterans Life Insurance Company

  

Illinois

  

100% Transamerica Holding Company LLC

  

Insurance company

 

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Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Peoples Benefit Services, Inc.

  

Pennsylvania

  

100% Veterans Life Insurance Company

  

Special-purpose subsidiary

Veterans Life Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

100% Veterans Life Insurance Company

  

Insurance

TA Air V, Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Air IX, Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Air X, Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Air XI, Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Air XV, Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Air XVIII, Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Air XIX, Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Heli I, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Marine I, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Marine II, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Marine IV, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Marine VI, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Marine V, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Marine III, Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Public Finance Air I, Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

Transamerica Vendor Financial Service Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% TDFC

  

Provides commercial leasing

Transamerica Flood Hazard Certification, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TFC

  

Flood Zone certification service

Transamerica Home Loan

  

California

  

100% TFC

  

Consumer mortgages

 

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Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Transamerica Public Finance, LLC

  

Delaware

  

70% TFC

  

Financial Services

Transamerica Advisors, Inc.

  

California

  

100% TSC

  

Retail sale of investment advisory services

Transamerica Annuity Service Corp.

  

New Mexico

  

100% TSC

  

Performs services required for structured settlements

TBK Insurance Agency

  of Ohio, Inc.

  

Ohio

  

100% Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.

  

Variable insurance contract sales in state of Ohio

Transamerica Financial Resources Agency of Alabama, Inc.

  

Alabama

  

100% Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.

  

Insurance agent & broker

Transamerica Financial Resources Ins. Agency of Massachusetts, Inc.

  

Massachusetts

  

100% Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.

  

Insurance agent & broker

Transamerica Financial Resources Ins. Agency of Nevada, Inc.

  

Nevada

  

100% Transamerica Fin. Financial Advisors, Inc.

  

Insurance agent & broker

Transamerica International Insurance Services, Inc. (“TIISI”)

  

Delaware

  

100% TSC

  

Holding & administering foreign operations

AEGON Canada Inc. (“ACI”)

  

Canada

  

100% TIHI

  

Holding company

Transamerica Life Canada

  

Canada

  

100% ACI

  

Life insurance company

Home Loans and Finance Ltd.

  

U.K.

  

100% TIISI

  

Inactive

Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company (“TOLIC”)

  

Iowa

  

100% TSC

  

Life insurance

NEF Investment Company

  

California

  

100% TOLIC

  

Real estate development

Transamerica China Investments Holdings Limited

  

Hong Kong

  

99% TOLIC

  

Holding company

Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company (“TALIAC”)

  

N. Carolina

  

100% TOLIC

  

Life insurance

Transamerica Assurance Company

  

Missouri

  

100% TALIAC

  

Life and disability insurance

Gemini Investments, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TALIAC

  

Investment subsidiary

Transamerica Life Insurance Company of New York

  

New York

  

100% TOLIC

  

Insurance sales

USA Administration Services, Inc.

  

Kansas

  

100% TOLIC

  

Third party administrator

Transamerica Products, Inc. (“TPI”)

  

California

  

100% TSC

  

Holding company

Transamerica Products I, Inc.

  

California

  

100% TPI

  

Co-general partner

Transamerica Securities Sales Corp.

  

Maryland

  

100% TSC

  

Life insurance sales

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


Transamerica Service Company (“TSC”)

  

Delaware

  

100% TIHI

  

Passive loss tax service

Transamerica International RE (Bermuda) Ltd.

  

Bermuda

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Reinsurance

Transamerica Intellitech, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TFC

  

Real estate information and technology services

Transamerica Investment Services, Inc. (“TISI”)

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Investment adviser

Transamerica Real Estate Tax Service, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TFC

  

Real estate tax reporting and processing services

Transamerica Realty Services, LLC (“TRS”)

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Corp.

  

Real estate investments

Bankers Mortgage Company of CA

  

California

  

100% TRS

  

Investment management

The Gilwell Company

  

California

  

100% TRS

  

Ground lessee of 517 Washington Street, San Francisco

Transamerica Affordable Housing, Inc.

  

California

  

100% TRS

  

General partner LHTC Partnership

Transamerica Minerals Company

  

California

  

100% TRS

  

Owner and lessor of oil and gas properties

Transamerica Oakmont Corporation

  

California

  

100% TRS

  

General partner retirement properties

AEGON Capital Management, Inc.

  

Canada

  

100% TIHI

  

Investment counsel and portfolio manager

AEGON Dealer Services Canada, Inc.

  

Canada

  

100% National Finance Corporation

  

Mutual fund dealer

AEGON Fund Management, Inc.

  

Canada

  

100% TIHI

  

Mutual fund issuer

Edgewood IP, LLC

  

Iowa

  

100% TOLIC

  

Limited liability company

Emergent Business Capital Holdings, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Small Business Capital, Inc.

  

Small business capital and mezzanine financing company

Financial Resources Insurance Agency of Texas

  

Texas

  

100% Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.

  

Retail sale of securities products

Money Concept (Canada) Limited

  

Canada

  

100% National Financial Corporation

  

Financial services, marketing and distribution

National Financial Corporation

  

Canada

  

100% AEGON Canada, Inc.

  

Holding company

 

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Name


  

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation


  

Percent of Voting Securities Owned


  

Business


National Financial Insurance Agency, Inc.

  

Canada

  

100%Money Concept (Canada) Limited

  

Insurance agency

Quantitative Data Solutions, LLC

  

Delaware

  

60% owned by TOLIC; 40% owned by Primary Knowledge, Inc.

  

Special purpose corporation

TA Steel I LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

Transamerica Aviation 041 Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

Transamerica Aviation 400 Corp.

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

Transamerica Avaiation LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% TEFSC

  

Special purpose corporation

Transamerica Consultora Y Servicios Limitada

  

Chile

  

95% TOLIC; 5% Transamerica International Re(Bermuda), Ltd.

  

Special purpose limited liability corporation

Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.

  

Delaware

  

100% TSC

  

Broker/dealer

Transamerica Investors, Inc.

  

Maryland

  

Maintains advisor status

  

Advisor

Transamerica Pyramid Properties LLC

  

Iowa

  

100% TOLIC

  

Realty limited liability company

Transamerica Realty Investment Properties LLC

  

Delaware

  

100% TOLIC

  

Realty limited liability company

Transamerica Technology Services Limited

  

UK

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Limited

  

Service company

Transamerica Technology Finance Corporation

  

Delaware

  

100% Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation, II

  

Commercial lending and leasing

WFG Securities of Canada, Inc.

  

Canada

  

100% Work Financial Group Holding Company of Canada, Inc.

  

Mutual fund dealer

World Financial Group Holding Company of Canada, Inc.

  

Canada

  

100%TIHI

  

Holding company

World Financial Group Subholding Company of Canada, Inc.

  

Canada

  

100% World Financial Group Holding Company of Canada, Inc.

  

Holding company

 

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Item 27.    Number of Policyowners

 

As of December 31, 2002, there were 8,255 Owners of the Policies.

 

Item 28.    Indemnification

 

The Iowa Code (Sections 490.850 et. seq.) provides for permissive indemnification in certain situations, mandatory indemnification in other situations, and prohibits indemnification in certain situations. The Code also specifies procedures for determining when indemnification payments can be made.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Depositor pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Depositor has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Depositor of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered), the Depositor will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

Item 29.    Principal Underwriter

 

                   AFSG Securitite Corporation

                   4333 Edgewood Road, N.E.

                   Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001

 

The directors and officers of AFSG Securities Corporation are as follows:5

 

Larry N. Norman

Director and President

 

Anne Spaes

Director and Vice President

Frank A. Camp

Secretary

 

Darin Smith

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

Lisa Wachendorf

Director, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

 

William G. Cummings

Treasurer/Controller and Vice President

Thomas R. Moriarty

Vice President

 

Emily Bates

Assistant Treasurer

Priscilla Hechler

Assistant Vice President

 

Clifton Flenniken

Assistant Treasurer

Teresa Stolba

Assistant Compliance Officer

   

  5   The principal business address of each person listed is AFSG Securities Corporation, 4333 Edgewood Road N.E., Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001.

 

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Commissions and Other Compensation Received by Principal Underwriter.

 

AFSG Securities Corporation, the broker/dealer, received $6,334,200.93, $5,475,635.22, and $5,870,143,06 from the Registrant for the period ending December 31, 2002, December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000 respectively, for its services in distributing the Policies. No other commission or compensation was received by the principal underwriter, directly or indirectly, from the Registrant during the fiscal year.

 

Commissions and Other Compensation Received by Principal Underwriter.

 

AFSG Securities Corporation serves as the principal underwriter for Separate Account VA B, the Retirement Builder Variable Annuity Account, Separate Account VA A, Separate Account VA C, Separate Account VA D, Separate Account VA E, Separate Account VA F, Separate Account VA I, Separate Account VA J, Separate Account VA K, Separate Account VA L, Separate Account VA P, Separate Account VL A and Legacy Builder Variable Life Separate Account. These accounts are separate accounts of Transamerica Life Insurance Company.

 

AFSG Securities Corporation serves as principal underwriter for Separate Account VA BNY, Separate Account C, TFLIC Series Life Account (formerly AUSA Series Life Account), TFLIC Series Annuity Account (formerly AUSA Series Annuity Account) and TFLIC Series Annuity Account B (formerly AUSA Series Annuity Account B). These accounts are separate accounts of Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (formerly AUSA Life Insurance Company, Inc.)

 

AFSG Securities Corporation serves as principal underwriter for Separate Account I, Separate Account II and Separate Account V. These accounts are separate accounts of Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company.

 

AFSG Securities Corporation serves as principal underwriter for WRL Series Life Account, WRL Series Life Corporate Account, WRL Series Annuity Account and WRL Series Annuity Account B. These accounts are separate accounts of Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio.

 

AFSG Securities Corporation also serves as principal underwriter for Separate Account VA G, Separate Account VA H, Separate Account VA-2L and Transamerica Occidental Life Separate Account VUL-3. These accounts are separate accounts of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company.

 

AFSG Securities Corporation also serves as principal underwriter for Separate Account VA-2LNY. This account is a separate account of Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (formerly Transamerica Life Insurance Company of New York).

 

Item 30.    Location of Accounts and Records

 

The records required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 31a-1 to 31a-3 promulgated thereunder, are maintained by Manager Regulatory Filing Unit Transamerica Life Insurance Company at 4333 Edgewood Road, N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499.

 

Item 31.    Management Services.

 

All management policies are discussed in Part A or Part B.

 

Item 32.    Undertakings

 

(a)  Registrant undertakes that it will file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement as frequently as necessary to ensure that the audited financial statements in the registration statement are never more than 16 months old for so long as Premiums under the Policy may be accepted.

 

(b)  Registrant undertakes that it will include either (i) a postcard or similar written communication affixed to or included in the Prospectus that the applicant can remove to send for a Statement of Additional Information or (ii) a space in the Policy application that an applicant can check to request a Statement of Additional Information.

 

(c)  Registrant 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 to Transamerica at the address or phone number listed in the Prospectus.

 

(d)  Transamerica Life Insurance Company hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under the policies, in the Aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Transamerica Life Insurance Company.

 

Section 403(b) Representations

 

Transamerica represents that it is relying on a no-action letter dated November 28, 1988, to the American Council of Life Insurance (Ref. No. IP-6-88), regarding Sections 22(e), 27(c)(1), and 27(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, in connection with redeemability restrictions on Section 403(b) Policies, and that paragraphs numbered (1) through (4) of that letter will be complied with.

 

Statement Pursuant to Rule 6c-7: Texas Optional Retirement Program

 

Transamerica and the Mutual Fund Account rely on 17 C.F.R. Sec. 270.6c-7, and represent that the provisions of that Rule have been or will be complied with.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant hereby certifies that this Amendment to the Registration Statement meets the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 and has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of Cedar Rapids and State of Iowa, on this 28th day of April, 2003.

 

SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA B

 

TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Depositor

 

                                                                                  *


Larry N. Norman

President

 

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the duties indicated.

 

Signatures


  

Title


 

Date


                                                                         *


Christopher H. Garrett

  

Director

 

                     , 2003

/s/ Craig D. Vermie


Craig D. Vermie

  

Director

 

         April 28, 2003

                                                                         *


Larry N. Norman

  

Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

                     , 2003

                                                                         *


Arthur C. Schneider

  

Director

 

                     , 2003

                                                                         *


Robert J. Kontz

  

Vice President and

Corporate Controller

 

                     , 2003

                                                                         *


Brenda K. Clancy

  

Director, Vice President,

Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer

 

                     , 2003

*By Craig D. Vermie, Attorney-in-Fact

        

 


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Registration No.

33-56908

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

 

EXHIBITS

 

TO

 

FORM N-4

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

UNDER

 

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

FOR

 

SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA B

 


 

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.


  

Description of Exhibit


  

Page No.*


(5)(f)

  

Form of Application

    

10(a)

  

Consent of Independent Auditors

    

10(b)

  

Opinion and Consent of Actuary

    

13

  

Performance Data Calculations

    

* Page numbers included only in manually executed original.