EX-13 7 d492162dex13.htm EXHIBIT 13 Exhibit 13

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POWERS OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Arthur C. Schneider, a Director, Chief Tax Officer and Senior Vice President of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Darin D. Smith and Richard J. Wirth, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name

   

Separate Account Name

    SEC 1940 File
Number		  

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Partners Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Retirement Income Plus

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

ABC Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

123 Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple Advantage® Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA-2L      811-07042   

DWS Personal Pension Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA HH      811-22544   

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of March, 2013.

 

/s/ Arthur C. Schneider
Arthur C. Schneider
Director, Chief Tax Officer and
Senior Vice President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Brenda K. Clancy, a Director and President of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Darin D. Smith and Richard J. Wirth, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name

   

Separate Account Name

    SEC 1940 File
Number		  

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Partners Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Retirement Income Plus

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

ABC Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

123 Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple Advantage® Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA-2L      811-07042   

DWS Personal Pension Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA HH      811-22544   

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of March, 2013.

 

/s/ Brenda K. Clancy
Brenda K. Clancy
Director and President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, C. Michiel. Van Katwijk, a Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Darin D. Smith and Richard J. Wirth, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name

   

Separate Account Name

    SEC 1940 File
Number		  

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Partners Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Retirement Income Plus

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

ABC Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

123 Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple Advantage® Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA-2L      811-07042   

DWS Personal Pension Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA HH      811-22544   

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of March, 2013.

 

/s/ C. Michiel Van Katwijk
C. Michiel. Van Katwijk
Director, Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Craig D. Vermie, a Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Darin D. Smith and Richard J. Wirth, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name

   

Separate Account Name

    SEC 1940 File
Number		  

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Partners Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Retirement Income Plus

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

ABC Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

123 Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple Advantage® Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA-2L      811-07042   

DWS Personal Pension Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA HH      811-22544   

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of March, 2013.

 

/s/ Craig D. Vermie
Craig D. Vermie
Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Eric J. Martin, a Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Darin D. Smith and Richard J. Wirth, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name

   

Separate Account Name

    SEC 1940 File
Number		  

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Partners Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Retirement Income Plus

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

ABC Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

123 Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple Advantage® Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA-2L      811-07042   

DWS Personal Pension Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA HH      811-22544   

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of April, 2013.

 

/s/ Eric J. Martin
Eric J. Martin
Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Mark W. Mullin, a Director and Chairman of the Board of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Darin D. Smith and Richard J. Wirth, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.

 

Product Name

   

Separate Account Name

    SEC 1940 File
Number		  

Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Landmark Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Partners Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Freedom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium III

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite II

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Retirement Income Plus

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

ABC Variable Annuity Series

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

123 Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Extra Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Income Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Members Liberty Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Advisor Elite Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Transamerica Principium II Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA B      811-06032   

Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple Advantage® Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA-2L      811-07042   

DWS Personal Pension Variable Annuity

    Separate Account VA HH      811-22544   

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of March, 2013.

 

/s/ Mark W. Mullin
Mark W. Mullin
Director and Chairman of the Board