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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2011
 
Registration Nos. 333-52290
and 811-08994

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-4
 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
X

Pre-Effective Amendment No.
 
   
Post-Effective Amendment No. 15
X
 
and/or
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
X

Amendment No. 53
X

 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
(Exact Name of Registrant)
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Depositor)

3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565
(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)

Depositor’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  (816) 753-7000

A. Craig Mason Jr.
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
Copy to:
W. Thomas Conner
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004-2415

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
 
___  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
 
  X    on May 1, 2011 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
 
___  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
 
___  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

Title of Securities Being Registered:  Units of interest in a separate account under individual flexible premium deferred variable annuity contracts.
 
 
 
 

 
 
CENTURY II AFFINITY VARIABLE ANNUITY PROSPECTUS

INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PREMIUM DEFERRED VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT

KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT OF

KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Street Address:
Send correspondence to:
3520 Broadway
Variable Administration
Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565
P.O. Box 219364
Telephone (816) 753-7000
Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9364
 
Telephone (800) 616-3670

This Prospectus describes an individual flexible premium deferred variable annuity contract ("Contract") offered by Kansas City Life Insurance Company (“Kansas City Life”).  We have provided a definitions section at the beginning of this Prospectus for your reference as you read.

The Contract is designed to meet investors' long-term investment needs.  The Contract also provides you the opportunity to allocate your premiums to one or more divisions (“Subaccounts”) of the Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (“Variable Account”) or the Fixed Account.  The assets of each Subaccount are invested in a corresponding portfolio (“Portfolio”) of a designated mutual fund (“Fund”) as follows:

AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds)
 
Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series I Shares
 
Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund – Series I Shares
 
Invesco V.I. Technology Fund – Series I Shares
 
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.
 
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund – Class I
 
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund – Class I
 
American Century VP International Fund – Class I
 
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund – Class I
 
American Century VP Ultra® Fund – Class I
 
American Century VP Value Fund – Class I
 
American Century Variable Portfolios II, Inc.
 
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund – Class II
 
Calamos® Advisors Trust
 
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust I
 
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Growth Fund (Class 2)
 
Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II
 
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Seligman Global Technology Fund (Class 2)
 
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Smaller-Cap Value Fund (Class 2)
 
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
 
Appreciation Portfolio – Initial Shares
 
Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio – Initial Shares
 
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares
 
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund Inc. – Initial Shares
 
Federated Insurance Series
 
Federated Capital Appreciation Fund II
 
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
 
Federated Prime Money Fund II
 
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Contrafund® Portfolio
 
VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products
 
VIP Freedom Income Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
VIP Freedom 2035 Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
VIP Freedom 2040 Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
VIP Freedom 2045 Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
VIP Freedom 2050 Portfolio – Service Class 2
 
 
 

 

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
 
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund – Class 2
 
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund – Class 2
 
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund – Class 2
 
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2
 
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
 
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio – Class 1 Shares
 
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio – Class 1 Shares
 
JPMorgan Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio – Class 1 Shares
 
MFS® Variable Insurance Trust
 
MFS® Growth Series – Initial Class Shares
 
MFS® Research Series – Initial Class Shares
 
MFS® Research Bond Series – Initial Class Shares
 
MFS® Strategic Income Series – Initial Class Shares
 
MFS® Total Return Series – Initial Class Shares
 
MFS® Utilities Series – Initial Class Shares
 
The accompanying prospectuses for the Funds describe these Portfolios.  The value of amounts allocated to the Variable Account will vary according to the investment performance of the Funds.  You bear the entire investment risk of amounts allocated to the Variable Account.  Another choice available for allocation of premiums is our Fixed Account.  The Fixed Account is part of Kansas City Life’s general account.  It pays interest at declared rates guaranteed to equal or exceed the guaranteed interest rate.

This Prospectus provides basic information about the Contract and the Variable Account that you should know before investing.  The Statement of Additional Information, dated the same as this Prospectus, contains more information about the Contract and the Variable Account and is incorporated by reference.  We show the Table of Contents for the Statement of Additional Information at the end of this Prospectus.  You may obtain a copy of the Statement of Additional Information free of charge by writing or calling us at the address or telephone number shown above.

The Securities and Exchange Commission maintains a website that contains the Statement of Additional Information, material incorporated by reference, and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The address of the site is http://www.sec.gov.

If you already have a variable annuity contract, you should consider whether purchasing another contract as a replacement for your existing contract is advisable.

This Prospectus and the accompanying Fund prospectuses provide important information you should have before deciding to purchase a Contract.  Please keep for future reference.

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

The Subaccounts and the Fixed Account are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank, nor are federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  An investment in the Contract involves certain risks including the loss of premium payments (principal).

The date of this Prospectus is May 1, 2011.
 
 
 

 
 
PROSPECTUS CONTENTS
 
DEFINITIONS
1
HIGHLIGHTS
3
THE CONTRACT
3
CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS
5
ANNUITY PROVISIONS
6
FEDERAL TAX STATUS
6
FEE TABLE
7
OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
7
PERIODIC CHARGES OTHER THAN PORTFOLIO EXPENSES
7
RANGE OF PORTFOLIO OPERATING EXPENSES
8
ANNUAL PORTFOLIO OPERATING EXPENSES
8
EXAMPLE OF CHARGES
13
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
14
KANSAS CITY LIFE, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT AND THE FUNDS
15
KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
15
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
15
THE FUNDS
15
RESOLVING MATERIAL CONFLICTS
20
ADDITION, DELETION OR SUBSTITUTION OF INVESTMENTS
21
VOTING RIGHTS
21
DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTRACT
21
PURCHASING A CONTRACT
22
REPLACEMENT OF CONTRACTS
22
FREE-LOOK PERIOD
22
ALLOCATION OF PREMIUMS
22
DETERMINATION OF CONTRACT VALUE
23
VARIABLE ACCOUNT VALUE
23
TRANSFER PRIVILEGE
25
DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PLAN
27
PORTFOLIO REBALANCING PLAN
27
PARTIAL AND FULL CASH SURRENDERS
28
CONTRACT TERMINATION
29
CONTRACT LOANS
29
DEATH BENEFIT BEFORE MATURITY DATE
30
PROCEEDS ON MATURITY DATE
33
PAYMENTS
33
MODIFICATIONS
34
REPORTS TO CONTRACT OWNER
34
TELEPHONE, FACSIMILE, ELECTRONIC MAIL, AND INTERNET AUTHORIZATIONS
34
OPTIONAL RIDERS
35
FIVE PLUSSM GUARANTEED MINIMUM WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT
35
THE FIXED ACCOUNT
48
CALCULATION OF FIXED ACCOUNT VALUE
49
TRANSFERS FROM FIXED ACCOUNT
50
DELAY OF PAYMENT
50
CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS
50
SURRENDER CHARGE
50
TRANSFER PROCESSING FEE
51
ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES
51
 
 
 

 
 
MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE
52
MONTHLY GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT EXPENSE CHARGE
52
GUARANTEED MINIMUM WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT CHARGE
52
PREMIUM TAXES
52
REDUCED CHARGES FOR ELIGIBLE GROUPS
52
OTHER TAXES
53
LOAN INTEREST CHARGE
53
INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES AND OTHER EXPENSES OF THE FUNDS
53
PAYMENT OPTIONS
53
ELECTION OF OPTIONS
54
DESCRIPTION OF OPTIONS
54
YIELDS AND TOTAL RETURNS
54
YIELDS
54
TOTAL RETURNS
55
FEDERAL TAX STATUS
55
INTRODUCTION
55
TAXATION OF NON-QUALIFIED CONTRACTS
56
TAXATION OF QUALIFIED CONTRACTS
57
FEDERAL ESTATE TAXES
58
GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX
59
TAX RELIEF, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REAUTHORIZATION, AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 2010
59
ANNUITY PURCHASES BY NONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
59
ANNUITY PURCHASES BY RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO
59
POSSIBLE TAX LAW CHANGES
59
FOREIGN TAX CREDITS
59
SALE OF THE CONTRACTS
60
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
60
COMPANY HOLIDAYS
61
CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTIFICATION
61
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
61
APPENDIX A - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
62
APPENDIX B - GMWB RIDER EXAMPLES
77
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS
84
 
 
 

 
 
DEFINITIONS

Many terms used within this Prospectus are described within the text where they appear.  The descriptions of those terms are not repeated in this section.

Annuitant
The person on whose life the Contract’s annuity benefit is based.
   
Beneficiary
The person you designate to receive any Proceeds payable under the Contract at your death or the death of the Annuitant.
   
Contract Anniversary
The same day and month as the Contract Date each year that the Contract remains in force.
   
Cash Surrender Value
The Contract Value less any applicable surrender charge, loan balance and premium taxes payable.
   
Contract Date
The date from which Contract months, Contract Years, and Contract Anniversaries are measured.
   
Contract Value
The sum of the Variable Account Value and the Fixed Account Value.
   
Contract Year
Any period of twelve months starting with the Contract Date or any Contract Anniversary.
   
Fixed Account
An account that is one option we offer for allocation of your premiums.  It is part of our general account and is not part of, or dependent on, the investment performance of the Variable Account.
   
Fixed Account Value
Measure of value accumulating in the Fixed Account.
   
Guaranteed Minimum Death
Benefit Option
This Contract provides for a Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.  In addition, there are two enhanced death benefit options available under the Contract.  The two options provide different levels of death benefit guarantees.  The two options have different issue requirements and expense charges associated with them.  These Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Options are available only in the states where we have received regulatory approval.
   
Home Office
When the term "Home Office" is used in this Prospectus in connection with transactions under the Contract, it means our Variable Administration office.  Transaction requests and other types of Written Notices should be sent to P.O. Box 219364, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9364.  The telephone number at our Variable Administration office is 800-616-3670.
   
Issue Age
The Annuitant's age on his/her last birthday as of or on the Contract Date.
   
Life Payment Option
A payment option based upon the life of the Annuitant.
   
Maturity Date
The date when the Contract terminates and we either pay the Proceeds under a payment option or pay you the Cash Surrender Value in a lump sum.  The latest Maturity Date is the later of the Contract Anniversary following the Annuitant's 85th birthday and the tenth Contract Anniversary.  (Certain states and Qualified Contracts may place additional restrictions on the maximum Maturity Date.)
   
Monthly Anniversary Day
The same day of each month as the Contract Date, or the last day of the month for those months not having such a day.
   
Non-Life Payment Option
A payment option that is not based upon the life of the Annuitant.
   
Non-Qualified Contract
A Contract that is not a "Qualified Contract."
 
 
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Owner
The person entitled to exercise all rights and privileges provided in the Contract.  The terms "you" and "your" refer to the Owner.
   
Premium Year
Refers to the 12-month period following the date we credit a particular premium to your Contract.  This measure of time is important in calculating the surrender charge applicable to the Contract.
   
Proceeds
The total amount we are obligated to pay under the terms of the Contract.
   
Qualified Contract
A Contract issued in connection with plans that qualify for special federal income tax treatment under sections 401, 403, 408 or 408A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
   
Redetermination Dates
The first Contract Anniversary and each subsequent Contract Anniversary, upon which the guaranteed interest rate for the Fixed Account will be redetermined.  Redetermination Dates only apply to Contracts issued on or after May 31, 2011, if approved in your state.
   
Subaccount
The divisions of the Variable Account.  The assets of each Subaccount are invested in a Portfolio of a designated Fund.
   
Valuation Day
Each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.  Currently, the New York Stock Exchange is closed on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. The New York Stock Exchange and Kansas City Life recognize holidays that fall on a Saturday on the previous Friday.  Kansas City Life will recognize holidays that fall on a Sunday on the following Monday.
   
Valuation Period
The interval of time beginning at the close of normal trading on the New York Stock Exchange on one Valuation Day and ending at the close of normal trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the next Valuation Day.  Currently, the close of normal trading is 3:00 P.M. Central Time.  The term "Valuation Period" is used in this Prospectus to specify, among other things, when a transaction order or request is deemed to be received by us at our Variable Administration office.
   
Variable Account Value
The Variable Account Value is equal to the sum of all Subaccount values of a Contract.
   
Written Notice/Written Request
A Written Notice or Written Request in a form satisfactory to us that is signed by the Owner and received at the Home Office.  Under certain circumstances as described in this Prospectus, Written Notice/Written Request may be satisfied by telephone, facsimile, electronic mail and Internet.
 
 
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HIGHLIGHTS
                                                                                                                                        
THE CONTRACT

Who Should Invest.  The Contract is designed for investors seeking long-term tax-deferred accumulation of funds.  The goal for this accumulation is generally retirement, but may be for other long-term investment purposes.  We offer the Contract as both a Qualified Contract and a Non-Qualified Contract.  (See "FEDERAL TAX STATUS")

The tax advantages provided by a variable annuity are already available with tax-qualified plans, including IRAs and Roth IRAs.  You should carefully consider the advantages and disadvantages of owning a variable annuity in a tax-qualified plan, including the costs and benefits of the Contract (including the annuity payment options), before you purchase the Contract in a tax-qualified plan.  There should be reasons other than tax deferral for acquiring an annuity contract within a qualified plan.

The Contract.  The Contract is an individual flexible premium deferred variable annuity.  In order to purchase a Contract, you must complete an application and submit it to us through a licensed Kansas City Life representative, who is also a registered representative of Sunset Financial Services, Inc. ("Sunset Financial").  You must pay the minimum initial premium.  The maximum Issue Age is 80.  (See "PURCHASING A CONTRACT")

We offer other variable annuity contracts that have a different death benefit and different contract features.  However, these contracts also have different charges that would affect your Subaccount performance and Contract Value.  To obtain more information about the other contracts, contact our Home Office or your registered representative.

Free-Look Period.  You have the right to cancel your Contract and receive a refund if you return the Contract within 10 days after receiving it.  The amount returned to you will vary depending on your state.  (See "FREE-LOOK PERIOD")

Premiums.  The minimum amount that we will accept as an initial premium is $10,000.  You may pay additional premiums at any time during the Annuitant’s lifetime and before the Maturity Date.  The minimum premium allowed after the initial premium is $50.  (See "PURCHASING A CONTRACT")  We reserve the right to waive the $10,000 minimum premium requirement for certain corporate markets contracts.

Premium Allocation.  You direct the allocation of premium payments among the Subaccounts of the Variable Account and/or the Fixed Account.  In the Contract application, you specify the percentage of the premium, in whole numbers, you want allocated to each Subaccount and/or to the Fixed Account.  We will invest the assets of each Subaccount in a corresponding Portfolio of a designated Fund.  The Contract Value, except for amounts in the Fixed Account, will vary according to the investment performance of the Subaccounts.  We will credit interest to amounts in the Fixed Account at a guaranteed minimum rate.  We may declare a higher current interest rate.

The sum of your allocations must equal 100%.  We have the right to limit the number of Subaccounts to which you may allocate premiums (not applicable to Texas Contracts).  We will never limit the number to less than 15.  You can change the allocation percentages at any time by sending Written Notice.  You can make changes in your allocation by telephone, facsimile and electronic mail if you have provided proper authorization.  (See "TELEPHONE, FACSIMILE, ELECTRONIC MAIL, AND INTERNET AUTHORIZATIONS")  The change will apply to the premium payments received with or after receipt of your notice.

We will allocate the initial premium to the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount for a 15-day period in states that:

·  
require premium payments to be refunded under the free-look provision; or
·  
require the greater of premium payments or Contract Value to be refunded under the free-look provision.

At the end of that period, we will allocate the amount in the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount to the Subaccounts and Fixed Account according to your allocation instructions.  (See "ALLOCATION OF PREMIUMS")

Transfers.  After the free look period and before the Maturity Date, you may transfer amounts among the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account.  Certain restrictions apply.  The first six transfers during a Contract Year are free.  After the first six transfers, we will assess a $25 transfer processing fee.  (See "TRANSFER PRIVILEGE")

We have policies and procedures that attempt to detect frequent, large, programmed or short-term transfers among Subaccounts that may adversely affect other Owners and persons with rights under the Contracts.  We employ various
 
 
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means to try to detect such transfer activity, but the detection and deterrence of harmful trading activity involves judgments that are inherently subjective.  Our ability to detect such transfer activity may be limited by operational and technological systems, as well as our ability to predict strategies employed by Owners to avoid such detection.  Accordingly, there is no assurance that we will prevent all transfer activity that may adversely affect Owners and other persons with interests under the Contracts.  In addition, we cannot guarantee that the Funds will not be harmed by transfer activity related to other insurance companies and/or retirement plans that may invest in the Funds.

Full and Partial Surrender.  You may surrender all or part of the Cash Surrender Value (subject to certain limitations) any time before the earlier of:

·  
the date that the Annuitant dies; or
·  
the Maturity Date.

Certain partial surrenders, depending on the amount and timing, may negatively impact the benefits and guarantees provided by your Contract.  You should carefully consider whether a withdrawal under a particular circumstance will have any negative impact to your benefits or guarantees.  The impact of partial surrenders on your benefits and guarantees is discussed in the corresponding sections of the Prospectus describing such benefits and guarantees.

Five PlusSM Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit. If you are concerned that poor investment performance or market volatility may adversely impact the amount of money you may withdraw from the Contract, we offer, for a fee, a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit.  Under the rider, we provide alternative guarantees depending on the amount you withdraw and the age of the covered person.  If you satisfy the conditions of the rider, which, in part, limit the amount you may withdraw during a Contract Year, the rider guarantees the return of all the amounts you have invested in the Contract and may also guarantee annual payments for the rest of the covered person’s life, no matter how long the covered person lives.

Subaccount Bonus.  There are two bonuses that will be credited to the Variable Account Value.  We credit the first bonus on each Monthly Anniversary Date where the Contract Value is greater than or equal to $100,000 on that day.  The monthly amount of this bonus equals 0.0125% of the Variable Account Value, which equals 0.15% on an annualized basis.

We credit a second bonus on all Contracts, regardless of size.  After the eighth Contract Year, we credit this bonus each Monthly Anniversary Date to the Variable Account Value.  The monthly amount of this bonus equals 0.01665% of the Variable Account Value, which equals 0.20% on an annualized basis.

Both of the bonuses are guaranteed.  We pay these bonus amounts out of the increased revenues on Contracts that have been in force for longer periods of time and the expense efficiencies that result from Contracts with higher Contract Values. These bonus amounts are provided in lieu of reducing expenses directly.  We will not attempt to recapture the bonus at any time, including upon surrender, death or election of an annuity option.  Each of the bonuses, if applicable, is paid on the Variable Account Value on the Monthly Anniversary Date.

Death Benefit Before the Maturity Date.  If the Annuitant dies before the Maturity Date while the Contract is in force, the Beneficiary will receive a death benefit.  The death benefit will be calculated depending upon which Guaranteed Death Benefit Option is in effect on the Contract at the date of death.  There is a base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option.  One of two enhanced options may be chosen at issue.  There is an additional charge assessed each month if one of the enhanced options is selected.  There are three Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Options available as follows:

·  
Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option;
·  
Annual Ratchet Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option; and
·  
Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option.

The issue requirements and the Monthly Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Expense Charges vary for each Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option.  (See “DEATH BENEFIT BEFORE MATURITY DATE”)

 
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The minimum death benefit (Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option) is equal to the greater of:

·  
premiums paid, proportionately adjusted for any surrenders (including applicable surrender charges) less any loan balance; and
·  
the Contract Value on the date we receive due proof of Annuitant's death (including any documents we require to process and make the payments).

If you die before the Maturity Date, the Cash Surrender Value (or, if the Owner is also the Annuitant, the death benefit) must generally be distributed to the Beneficiary within five years after the date of the Owner's death.  (See “DEATH BENEFIT BEFORE MATURITY DATE”)

The Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit is paid to the Beneficiary at the death of the Annuitant if the Annuitant dies before the Maturity Date.  If the Owner, who is not the same as the Annuitant, predeceases the Annuitant before the Maturity Date, the Cash Surrender Value of the Contract will be paid to the Beneficiary.

Death benefit Proceeds are taxable and generally are included in the income of the recipient as follows:

·  
If received under a payment option, they are taxed in the same manner as annuity payments.
·  
If distributed in a lump sum, they are taxed in the same manner as a full surrender.

CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS

The following charges and deductions apply to the Contract:

Surrender Charge.  We do not deduct a charge for sales expenses from premiums at the time they are paid.  However, we may deduct a surrender charge when a premium is withdrawn upon a surrender or partial surrender or applied to certain annuity options during the first eight years following the payment of that premium.

The surrender charge is calculated as a percentage of your premium payment being withdrawn or annuitized during the applicable Premium Year.  The amount of the surrender charge decreases over time, measured from the date the premium payment is credited to the Contract.  The surrender charge percentages are shown below.

Premium Years since payment of the premium
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9+
Charge (%)
8
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
0

Each premium payment has its own surrender charge period.  When you make a withdrawal, we assume that the oldest premium payment is being withdrawn first so that the lowest surrender charge is deducted from the amount withdrawn.  After eight (8) complete Premium Years from the date you make a premium payment, no surrender charge will be assessed if you withdraw or surrender that premium payment.  The total surrender charge at a given time will be the sum of the surrender charges applicable to each premium that has been paid.

Subject to certain restrictions, the first withdrawal up to 10% of the Contract Value per Contract Year will not be subject to a surrender charge.  (See "SURRENDER CHARGE")

Annual Administration Fee.  We will deduct an annual administration fee of $30 from the Contract Value for administrative expenses at the beginning of each Contract Year.  We will waive this fee for Contracts with Contract Values of $50,000 or more.  (See "ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES")

Transfer Processing Fee.  The first six transfers of amounts in the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account each Contract Year are free.  We assess a $25 transfer processing fee for each additional transfer during a Contract Year.  (See "TRANSFER PROCESSING FEE")

Asset-Based Administration Charge.  We deduct a daily asset-based administration charge for expenses we incur in administration of the Contract.  Prior to the Maturity Date, we deduct the charge from the assets of the Variable Account at an annual rate of 0.15%.  (See "ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES")

 
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Mortality and Expense Risk Charge.  We deduct a daily mortality and expense risk charge to compensate us for assuming certain mortality and expense risks.  Prior to the Maturity Date, we deduct this charge from the assets of the Variable Account at an annual rate of 1.25%.  (See “MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE”)

Monthly Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Expense Charge.  If a Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option other than the base provision is selected, there is an additional charge.  The amount of this charge varies depending on the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option you have elected, as follows:

·  
Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option: no additional charge
·  
Annual Ratchet Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option: A Monthly charge of 0.01665% of the Variable Account Value is deducted from the Variable Account Value on the Monthly Anniversary Date.  This charge equals 0.20% of the Variable Account Value on an annualized basis.
·  
Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option:  A monthly charge of 0.02912% of Variable Account Value is deducted from the Variable Account Value on the Monthly Anniversary Date.  This charge equals 0.35% of Variable Account Value on an annualized basis.  (See "MONTHLY GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT EXPENSE CHARGE")

Five PlusSM Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit. The monthly charge for the benefit is guaranteed not to exceed 0.10% multiplied by the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.  The current monthly charge for Five PlusSM Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefits elected on and after January 1, 2009 is 0.079% multiplied by the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.

Premium Taxes.  If state or other premium taxes are applicable to a Contract, we will deduct them either upon surrender or when we apply the Proceeds to a payment option.  (See "PREMIUM TAXES")

Investment Advisory Fees and Other Expenses of the Funds.  The Funds deduct investment advisory fees on a daily basis and incur other expenses.  The value of the net assets of each Subaccount already reflects the investment advisory fees and other expenses incurred by the corresponding Fund in which the Subaccount invests.  This means that these charges are deducted before we calculate Subaccount Values.  Expenses of the Funds are not fixed or specified in the Contract and actual expenses may vary.  See the prospectuses for the Funds for specific information about these fees. (See “INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES AND OTHER EXPENSES OF THE FUNDS")

For information concerning compensation paid for the sale of Contracts, see “SALE OF THE CONTRACTS.”

ANNUITY PROVISIONS

Maturity Date.  On the Maturity Date, we will apply the Proceeds to the payment option you choose.  If you choose a Life Payment Option, the amount of Proceeds will be the full Contract Value.  If you elect a payment option other than a Life Payment Option or if you elect to receive a lump sum payment, we will apply the Cash Surrender Value.  (See “PAYMENT OPTIONS")

Payment Options.  The payment options are:

·  
Interest Payments (Non-Life Payment Option)
·  
Installments of a Specified Amount (Non-Life Payment Option)
·  
Installments for a Specified Period (Non-Life Payment Option)
·  
Life Income (Life Payment Option)
·  
Joint and Survivor Income (Life Payment Option)

Payments under these options do not vary based on Variable Account performance.  (See “PAYMENT OPTIONS")

FEDERAL TAX STATUS

Under existing tax law there generally should be no federal income tax on increases in the Contract Value until a distribution under the Contract occurs.  A distribution includes an actual distribution of funds such as a surrender or annuity payment.  However, a distribution also includes a pledge or assignment.  Generally, all or part of any distribution is taxable as ordinary income.  In addition, a penalty tax may apply to certain distributions made prior to the Owner's reaching age 59½.  Special tax rules apply to Qualified Contracts, and distributions from certain Qualified Contracts may be subject to
 
 
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restrictions.  Governing federal tax statutes may be amended, revoked, or replaced by new legislation.  Changes in interpretation of these statutes may also occur.  We encourage you to consult your own tax adviser before making a purchase of the Contract.  (See "FEDERAL TAX STATUS")

FEE TABLE
                                                                                                                                       
The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering the Contract. The first table describes the fees and charges that you will pay at the time that you buy the Contract, partially or fully surrender the Contract, or transfer amounts between the Subaccounts and/or the Fixed Account.  State premium taxes may also be deducted.

OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES

Sales Load on Premium Payments
None
Maximum Surrender Charge (as a % of each premium payment withdrawn or Annuitized under a Non-Life Payment Option1)
8%
Transfer Processing Fee
No fee for the first 6 transfers in a Contract Year; $25 for each additional transfer during a Contract Year

1 We do not deduct a charge for sales expenses from premiums at the time they are paid.  However, we may deduct a surrender charge when a premium is withdrawn upon a surrender or partial surrender or applied to certain annuity options during the first eight years following the payment of that premium.  The surrender charge is calculated as a percentage of the premium payment being withdrawn or annuitized during the applicable Premium Year.  The amount of the surrender charge decreases over time, measured from the date the premium payment is credited to the Contract. The surrender charge percentages are shown below.
 
Premium Years Since Payment of Premium
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9+
Charge (%)
8
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
0
 
The next table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time that you own the Contract, not including Portfolio fees and expenses.  This table also includes the charges you would pay if you added an enhanced death benefit option to your Contract.

PERIODIC CHARGES OTHER THAN PORTFOLIO EXPENSES

Annual Administration Fee
$30 per Contract Year2
Loan Interest Charge
5.00%3
Variable Account Annual Expenses (as a % of average annual Variable Account Value during the accumulation period)
 
Under Standard Death Benefit:
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge
Asset-Based Administration Charge
Total Variable Account Annual Expenses
 
1.25%
0.15%
1.40%
Optional Rider Charges
 
Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Expense Charge (as a percentage of average annual Variable Account Value)
 
Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option
0.00%
Annual Ratchet Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option (optional)
0.20%
Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option (optional)
0.35%
FIVE PlusSM Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit
0.10% multiplied by Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance4

3 The maximum guaranteed net cost of loans (available under section 403(b) TSA Qualified Contract) is 5% annually.  The net cost of a loan is the difference between the loan interest charged (8%) and the amount credited to the loan account (3%).
4 The current charge for the FIVE PlusSM Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit is 0.079% multiplied by the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance (assessed monthly).  However, if you elected the FIVE PlusSM Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit before January 1, 2009, your current monthly charge is 0.05% multiplied by the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance (assessed monthly).
The next table shows the lowest and highest total operating expenses deducted from Portfolio assets during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.  Expenses of the Portfolios may be higher or lower in the future.  More detail concerning each Portfolio’s fees and expenses is contained in the prospectus for each Portfolio.

 
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RANGE OF PORTFOLIO OPERATING EXPENSES5

 
Minimum
 
Maximum
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (total of all expenses that are deducted from Portfolio assets, including management fees, distribution or service fees (12b-1 fees), and other expenses-before any contractual waiver of fees and expenses)
0.27%
 
3.07%6

5 The portfolio expenses used to prepare this table were provided to Kansas City Life by the Fund(s) or their investment advisers.  The expenses shown are those incurred for the year ended December 31, 2010.  Current or future expenses may be greater or less than those shown.  If required by applicable law, Kansas City Life may deduct any redemption fees imposed by the Funds.
6 The table showing the range of expenses of the Portfolios takes into account the expenses of several fund asset allocation portfolios that are “fund of funds.”  A “fund of funds” portfolio typically allocates its assets, within predetermined percentage ranges, among certain other fund portfolios (each such portfolio an “acquired fund.”)  Each “fund of funds” has its own set of operating expenses, as does each of the portfolios in which it invests.  In determining the range of portfolio expenses, Kansas City Life took into account the information received from the Fund on the combined actual expenses for each of the “fund of funds” and the portfolios in which it invests.  See the Fund prospectuses for more information.
 
The following tables show the fees and expenses charged (after contractual waiver or reimbursement) by each Portfolio for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

ANNUAL PORTFOLIO OPERATING EXPENSES7

(expenses that are deducted from Portfolio assets, as a percentage of net assets of the Portfolio):

 
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Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds)
             
Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series I Shares
0.62%
NA
0.29%
NA
0.91%8
NA
NA
Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund – Series I Shares
0.61%
NA
0.28%
NA
0.89%8
NA
NA
Invesco V.I Technology Fund – Series I Shares
0.75%
NA
0.39%
NA
1.14%8
NA
NA

8 Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has contractually agreed, through at least April 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of Series I shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (excluding certain items discussed below) of Series I shares to 1.30% of average daily net assets.  In determining the adviser's obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements to exceed the numbers reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes;  (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement.  Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on April 30, 2012. 
 
Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.
             
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund – Class 1
1.00%
NA
0.01%
NA
1.01%
NA
NA
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund – Class 1
0.70%
NA
0.02%
NA
0.72%
NA
NA
American Century VP International Fund – Class 1
1.40%
NA
0.01%
NA
1.41%
NA
NA
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund – Class 1
1.00%
NA
0.05%
NA
1.05%
NA
NA
American Century VP Ultra® Fund – Class 1
1.00%
NA
0.02%
NA
1.02%
NA
NA
American Century VP Value Fund – Class 1
0.97%
NA
0.01%
NA
0.98%
NA
NA
American Century Variable Portfolios II, Inc.
             
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund – Class II
0.48%
0.25%
0.01%
NA
0.74%
NA
NA

Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
Calamos® Advisors Trust
             
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
0.75%
NA
0.68%
NA9
1.43%
NA
NA

 
 
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Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust I
             
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Growth Fund (Class 2)
0.82%10
0.25%
0.61%11
NA
1.68%
0.53%12
1.15%

10 Management Fees have been restated to reflect contractual changes to the investment advisory and/or administrative fee rates.
11 Other expenses have been restated to reflect contractual changes to transfer agency fees paid and contractual changes to certain other fees.
12 The Adviser and/or its affiliates have contractually agreed to bear, through April 30, 2012, a portion of the Fund’s expenses so that the Fund’s ordinary operating expenses (excluding brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses, if any), after giving effect to any balance credits from the Fund’s custodian, do not exceed the annual rates of 1.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class 2 shares. This expense arrangement may only be modified or amended with approval from all parties to such arrangements, including the Fund and the Adviser.
 
Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II
             
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Seligman Global Technology Fund (Class 2)
0.95%
0.25%
1.87%
NA
3.07%
1.83%13
1.24%13
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Smaller-Cap Value Fund (Class 2)14
0.79%
0.25%
0.21%
NA
1.25%
0.05%15
1.20%15

13 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC  and its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive certain fees and to reimburse certain expenses (other than acquired fund fees and expenses, if any) until April 30, 2012, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Any amounts waived will not be reimbursed by the Fund.  Under this agreement, net fund expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, if any), will not exceed 1.24% for Class 2.
14 The expense ratios have been adjusted to reflect current fees.
15 Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC  and its affiliates have contractually agreed to waive certain fees and to reimburse certain expenses (other than acquired fund fees and expenses, if any) until April 30, 2012, unless sooner terminated at the sole discretion of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Any amounts waived will not be reimbursed by the Fund.  Under this agreement, net fund expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, if any), will not exceed 1.205% for Class 2.
 
Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
             
Appreciation Portfolio – Initial Shares
0.75%
NA
0.06%
NA
0.81%
NA
NA
Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio – Initial Shares
0.75%
NA
0.11%
NA
0.86%
NA
NA
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares
0.25%
NA
0.02%
NA
0.27%
NA
NA
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares
0.75%
NA
0.14%
NA
0.89%
NA
NA
 
 
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Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
Federated Insurance Series
             
Federated Capital Appreciation Fund II
0.85%
0.25%
0.74%
NA
1.84%
0.66%
1.18%
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
0.60%
NA
0.43%
NA
1.03%
0.18%
0.85%
Federated Prime Money Fund II
0.50%
NA
0.40%
NA
0.90%
0.23%
0.67%

Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Contrafund® Portfolio
             
VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2
0.56%
0.25%
0.09%
NA
0.90%16
NA
NA
Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products
             
VIP Freedom Income Portfolio – Service Class 2
NA
0.25%
0.00%
0.43%
0.68%17
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio – Service Class 2
NA
0.25%
0.00%
0.57%
0.82%17
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio – Service Class 2
NA
0.25%
0.00%
0.57%
0.82%17
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio – Service Class 2
NA
0.25%
0.00%
0.62%
0.87%17
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio – Service Class 2
NA
0.25%
0.00%
0.64%
0.89%17
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio – Service Class 2
NA
0.25%
0.00%
0.66%
0.91%17
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2035 Portfolio – Service Class 218
NA
0.25%
0.00%
0.68%
0.93%17
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2040 Portfolio – Service Class 218
NA
0.25%
0.00%
0.69%
0.94%17
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2045 Portfolio – Service Class 218
NA
0.25%
0.00%
0.69%
0.94%17
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2050 Portfolio – Service Class 218
NA
0.25%
0.00%
0.71%
0.96%17
NA
NA
17 Fidelity Management & Research Company has voluntarily agreed to reimburse Service Class 2 of each Fund to the extent that total operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, 12b-1 fees, fund and acquired fees and expenses, if any), as a percentage of their respective average net assets, exceed 0.25% for Service Class 2.
18 This Fund commenced operations on April 8, 2009.

 
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Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
             
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund – Class 2
0.80%
0.25%
0.31%
NA
1.36%
0.11%19
1.25%
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund – Class 2
0.51%
0.25%
0.29%
0.01%
1.06%
0.01%20
1.05%
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund – Class 2
1.24%
0.25%
0.26%
0.01%
1.76%
0.01%20
1.75%
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2
0.65%
0.25%
0.14%
0.01%
1.05%
0.01%20
1.04%

19 The investment manager and administrator have contractually agreed to waive or limit their respective fees so that the increase in investment management and fund administration fees paid by the Fund is phased in over a five year period, starting on May 1, 2007, with there being no increase in the rate of such fees for the first year ended April 30, 2008. For each of four years thereafter through April 30, 2012, the investment manager and administrator will receive one-fifth of the increase in the rate of fees. Beginning May 1, 2012, the full new investment management and administration fees will then be in effect. Based on Fund total assets of $393.3 million on December 31, 2010, it is estimated that the increase for the year ending April 30, 2012 will be 0.11%, which is a 0.06% increase in the management fee and a 0.05% increase in the administration fee, for common annual Fund operating expenses (i.e., a combination of investment management fees, fund administration fees, and other expenses, but excluding Rule 12b-1 fees and acquired fund fees and expenses) of 1.11%.
20 The manager and administrator have agreed in advance to reduce their fees as a result of the Fund’s investment in a Franklin Templeton money market fund (“Sweep Money Fund” shown above in column “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses”). This reduction will continue until at least April 30, 2012.
 
Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
             
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio – Class 1 Shares
0.65%
NA
0.17%
NA
0.82%21
NA
NA
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio – Class 1 Shares
0.65%
NA
0.39%
0.01%
1.05%
0.01%
1.04%22
JPMorgan Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio – Class 1 Shares
0.55%
NA
0.27%
NA
0.82%
0.02%
0.80%23
22 The Portfolio’s adviser and administrator (the Service Providers) have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement of Class 1 Shares (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expenses relating to short sales, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses and expenses related to the Board of Trustees’ deferred compensation plan) exceed 1.03% of their average daily net assets.  This contract cannot be terminated prior to 5/1/12, at which time, the Service Providers will determine whether or not to renew or revise it.
23 The Portfolio’s adviser and administrator (the Service Providers) have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement of Class 1 Shares (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expenses relating to short sales, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses and expenses related to the Board of Trustees’ deferred compensation plan) exceed 0.80% of their average daily net assets.  This contract cannot be terminated prior to 5/1/12, at which time, the Service Providers will determine whether or not to renew or revise it.

 
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Portfolio
Management Fees
12b-1/ Service Fees
Other Expenses
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses
Contractual Fee Waiver or Expense Reimbursement
Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement
MFS® Variable Insurance Trust-
             
MFS® Growth Series – Initial Class Shares
0.75%
NA
0.10%
NA
0.85%
NA
NA
MFS® Research Series – Initial Class Shares
0.75%
NA
0.14%
NA
0.89%
NA
NA
MFS® Research Bond Series – Initial Class Shares
0.50%
NA
0.09%
NA
0.59%
NA
NA
MFS® Strategic Income Series – Initial Class Shares
0.70%
NA
0.44%
NA
1.14%
0.34%24
0.80%
MFS® Total Return Series – Initial Class Shares
0.75%
NA
0.06%
NA
0.81%
0.04%25
0.77%
MFS® Utilities Series – Initial Class Shares
0.73%
NA
0.08%
NA
0.81%
NA
NA

24 MFS has agreed in writing to bear the Fund’s expenses, excluding interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses, brokerage and transaction costs and investment-related expenses (such as interest and borrowing expenses incurred in connection with the Fund’s investment activity), such that “Total Portfolio Annual Operating Expenses After Reimbursement” do not exceed 0.80% of the Fund’s average daily net assets annually for Initial Class shares. This written agreement will continue until modified by a vote of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, but such agreement will continue until at least April 30, 2012.

EXAMPLE OF CHARGES

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Contract with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts.  The example shows the maximum costs of investing in the Contract, including Owner transaction expenses, the annual administration fee, Variable Account charges, the Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option (“GMDB”) charge, a monthly Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (“GMWB”) charge of 0.10% multiplied by the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, and highest annual portfolio operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2010.  The example also shows the same maximum costs of investing in the Contract, but reflecting the lowest annual portfolio operating expenses.  Further, the example shows what your costs would be if you did not elect the optional Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit and the optional Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated.  The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year.

(1) If the Contract is surrendered or is paid out under a Non-Life Payment Option at the end of the applicable time period:

Maximum Portfolio Expenses with the Enhanced Combination GMDB and with GMWB
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
$1,322.38
$2,417.62
$3,402.92
$5,778.66

Maximum Portfolio Expenses without the Enhanced Combination GMDB and without GMWB
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
$1,183.29
$2,022.89
$2,775.30
$4,671.56

Minimum Portfolio Expenses with the Enhanced Combination GMDB and with GMWB
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
$1,069.04
$1,689.02
$2,228.12
$3,624.07

 
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Minimum Portfolio Expenses without the Enhanced Combination GMDB and without GMWB
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
$925.97
$1,258.68
$1,501.28
$2,116.15

(2) If the Contract is not surrendered or is paid out under a Life Payment Option at the end of the applicable time period:

Maximum Portfolio Expenses with the Enhanced Combination GMDB and with GMWB
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
$611.56
$1,811.39
$2,980.86
$5,778.66

Maximum Portfolio Expenses without the Enhanced Combination GMDB and without GMWB
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
$461.35
$1,387.79
$2,319.21
$4,671.56

Minimum Portfolio Expenses with the Enhanced Combination GMDB and with GMWB
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
$338.03
$1,029.67
$1,742.63
$3,624.07

Minimum Portfolio Expenses without the Enhanced Combination GMDB and without GMWB
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
$183.53
$567.93
$976.66
$2,116.15

The example does not reflect transfer fees or premium taxes (which may range up to 3.5%, depending on the jurisdiction).

Please remember that the example is an illustration and does not represent past or future expenses.  Your actual expenses may be higher or lower than those shown.  Similarly, your rate of return may be more or less than the 5% assumed in the example.

The example above assumes that we assess no transfer charges or premium taxes.  The annual administration fee is $30.00 for Contracts with a Contract Value less than $50,000 at the beginning of the Contract Year.  There is no administration fee for Contracts with a Contract Value greater than or equal to $50,000 at the beginning of the Contract Year.  As of 12/31/10, the average Contract Value is equal to $91,265.06 with an average administration fee equal to $14.07.  This translates the annual administrative fee into a 0.141% charge on a $10,000 investment for the purposes of the example.

You should not consider the assumed expenses in the example to represent past or future expenses.  Actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown.  The assumed 5% annual rate of return is hypothetical and you should not view it as a representation of past or future annual returns.  Actual returns may be greater or less than the assumed amount.

The various Funds themselves or their investment advisers provided the expense information regarding the Funds.  The Funds and their investment advisers are not affiliated with us.  While we have no reason to doubt the accuracy of these figures provided by these non-affiliated Funds, we have not independently verified the figures.

CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                                                                                                                                       
Condensed financial information containing the accumulation unit value listing appears at the end of this Prospectus.
 
 
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KANSAS CITY LIFE, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT AND THE FUNDS
                                                                                                                              
KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Kansas City Life Insurance Company is a stock life insurance company, which was organized under the laws of the State of Missouri on May 1, 1895.  Kansas City Life is currently licensed to transact life insurance business in 48 states and the District of Columbia.

We are regulated by the Department of Insurance of the State of Missouri as well as by the insurance departments of all other states and jurisdictions in which we do business.  We submit annual statements on our operations and finances to insurance officials in such states and jurisdictions.  We also file the forms for the Contract described in this Prospectus with insurance officials in each state and jurisdiction in which Contracts are sold.

KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT

We established the Variable Account as a separate investment account under Missouri law on January 23, 1995.  This Variable Account supports the Contracts and may be used to support other variable annuity insurance contracts and for other purposes as permitted by law.  The Variable Account is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and is a “separate account” within the meaning of the federal securities laws.  We have established other separate investment accounts that may also be registered with the SEC.

The Variable Account is divided into Subaccounts.  The Subaccounts available under the Contract invest in shares of corresponding Fund Portfolios.  The Variable Account may include other Subaccounts not available under the Contracts and not otherwise discussed in this Prospectus.  We own the assets in the Variable Account.

We apply income, gains and losses of a Subaccount (realized or unrealized) without regard to any other income, gains or losses of Kansas City Life or any other separate account.  We cannot use Variable Account assets (reserves and other contract liabilities) to cover liabilities arising out of any other business we conduct.  We are obligated to pay all benefits provided under the Contracts.

THE FUNDS

Each of the Funds is registered with the SEC as a diversified open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act.  However, the SEC does not supervise their management, investment practices or policies.  Each Fund is a series fund-type mutual fund made up of the Portfolios and other series that are not available under the Contracts.  The investment objectives of each of the Portfolios are described below.

Certain Subaccounts invest in Portfolios that have similar investment objectives and/or policies.  Therefore, before choosing Subaccounts, carefully read the individual prospectuses for the Funds along with this Prospectus.

The investment objectives and policies of certain Portfolios are similar to the investment objectives and policies of other funds that may be managed by the same investment adviser or manager.  The investment results of the Portfolios, however, may be higher or lower than the results of such other funds.  There can be no assurance that the investment results of any of the Portfolios will be comparable to the investment results of any other funds, even if the other fund has the same investment adviser or manager.

Not all Funds may be available in all states.

AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds)

Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series I Shares (Manager: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”)). The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.  The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of issuers of all market capitalizations.

Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund – Series I Shares (Manager: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”)).  The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.  The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities.

 
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Invesco V.I. Technology Fund – Series I Shares (Manager: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”)). The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.  The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of issuers engaged primarily in technology-related industries.

American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.

American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund – Class I (Manager: American Century Investment Management, Inc.).  The investment objective of American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund is to seek capital growth.

American Century VP Income & Growth Fund – Class I (Manager: American Century Investment Management, Inc.).  The investment objective of American Century VP Income & Growth Fund is to seek capital growth by investing in common stocks.  Income is a secondary objective.

American Century VP International Fund – Class I (Manager: American Century Global Investment Management, Inc.).  The investment objective of American Century VP International Fund is to seek capital growth.

American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund – Class I (Manager: American Century Investment Management, Inc.). The investment objective of American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund is to seek long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary objective.

American Century VP Ultra® Fund – Class I (Manager: American Century Investment Management, Inc.).  The investment objective of American Century VP Ultra® Fund is to seek long-term capital growth.

American Century VP Value Fund – Class I (Manager: American Century Investment Management, Inc.).  The investment objective of American Century VP Value Fund is to seek long-term capital growth.  Income is a secondary objective.

American Century Variable Portfolios II, Inc.

American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund – Class II (Manager: American Century Investment Management, Inc.).  The investment objective of American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund is to pursue long-term total returns using a strategy that seeks to protect against U.S. inflation.

Calamos® Advisors Trust

Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio (Manager: Calamos Asset Management, Inc.).  The Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio’s investment objective is high long-term total return through growth and current income.

Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust I
 
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Growth Fund (Class 2) (formerly, Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Variable Series (Class B)) (Manager: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.).  The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide shareholders with long-term capital appreciation.

Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II (formerly, RiverSource Variable Series Trust)

Columbia Variable Portfolio – Seligman Global Technology Fund (Class 2) (formerly, Seligman Global Technology Portfolio (Class 2)) (Manager: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.).  The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide shareholders with long-term capital appreciation.

Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Smaller-Cap Value Fund (Class 2) (formerly, Seligman Variable Portfolio – Smaller-Cap Value Fund (Class 2)) (Manager: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC.).  The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide shareholders with long-term capital growth.
 
 
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Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund

Appreciation Portfolio – Initial Shares (Manager: The Dreyfus Corporation; Sub-Investment Advisor: Fayez Sarofim & Co.).  The Fund seeks long-term capital growth consistent with the preservation of capital. Its secondary goal is current income. To pursue its goals, the Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in common stocks. The Fund focuses on “blue chip” companies with total market capitalizations of more than $5 billion at the time of purchase, including multinational companies. These are established companies that have demonstrated sustained patterns of profitability, strong balance sheets, an expanding global presence and the potential to achieve predictable, above-average earnings growth. In choosing stocks, the Fund first identifies economic sectors it believes will expand over the next three to five years or longer. Using fundamental analysis, the Fund then seeks companies within these sectors that have proven track records and dominant positions in their industries. The Fund also may invest in companies which it considers undervalued in terms of earnings, assets or growth prospects. The Fund employs a “buy-and-hold” investment strategy, which generally has resulted in an annual portfolio turnover of below 15%.

Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio – Initial Shares (Manager: The Dreyfus Corporation).  The Fund seeks capital growth. To pursue its goal, the Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in the stocks of small-cap companies. Stocks are selected for the Fund's portfolio based primarily on bottom-up fundamental analysis. The Fund's portfolio managers use a disciplined investment process that relies, in general, on proprietary fundamental research and valuation. Generally, elements of the process include analysis of mid-cycle business prospects, estimation of the intrinsic value of the company and the identification of a revaluation trigger. Intrinsic value is based on the combination of the valuation assessment of the company's operating divisions with the firm's economic balance sheet. Mid-cycle estimates, growth prospects and competitive advantages are some of the factors used in the valuation assessment. A company's stated and hidden liabilities and assets are included in the portfolio managers' economic balance sheet calculation. Sector overweights and underweights are a function of the relative attractiveness of securities within the Fund's investable universe. The Fund's portfolio managers invest in stocks that they believe have attractive reward to risk opportunities and may actively adjust the Fund's portfolio to reflect new developments.

Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares (Manager: The Dreyfus Corporation). The Fund seeks to match the total return of the Standard & Poor’s® 500 Composite Stock Price Index. To pursue its goal, the Fund generally is fully invested in stocks included in the S&P 500® Index and in futures whose performance is tied to the index. The Fund generally invests in all 500 stocks in the S&P 500 Index in proportion to their weighting in the index. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of 500 common stocks chosen to reflect the industries of the U.S. economy and is often considered a proxy for the stock market in general. S&P weights each company’s stock in the index by its market capitalization, adjusted by the number of available float shares divided by the company’s total shares outstanding, which means larger companies with more available float shares have greater representation in the index than smaller ones. The Fund attempts to have a correlation between its performance and that of the S&P 500 Index of at least .95 before expenses. A correlation of 1.00 would mean that the Fund and the index were perfectly correlated.

The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares (Manager: The Dreyfus Corporation).  The Fund seeks to provide capital growth, with current income as a secondary goal. To pursue its goals, the Fund, in the common stocks of companies that, in the opinion of the Fund’s management, meet traditional investment standards and conduct their business in a manner that contributes to the enhancement of the quality of life in America. The Fund’s investment strategy combines a disciplined investment process that consists of computer modeling techniques, fundamental analysis and risk management with a social investment process. In selecting stocks, the portfolio manager begins by using computer models to identify and rank stocks within an industry or sector, based on several characteristics, including value, growth and financial profile. Next, based on fundamental analysis, the portfolio manager designates the most attractive of the higher ranked securities as potential purchase candidates, drawing on a variety of sources, including company management and internal as well as Wall Street research. The portfolio manager then evaluates each stock to determine whether the company enhances the quality of life in America by considering its record in the areas of protection and improvement of the environment and the proper use of our natural resources, occupational health and safety, consumer protection and product purity and equal employment opportunity. The portfolio manager then further examines the companies determined to be eligible for purchase, by industry or sector, and select investments from those companies the portfolio manager considers to be the most attractive based on financial considerations.

Federated Insurance Series

Federated Capital Appreciation Fund II (Manager: Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania).  The investment objective of the Federated Capital Appreciation Fund II is to seek capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of large- and mid-cap companies.
 
 
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Federated High Income Bond Fund II (Manager: Federated Investment Management Company).  The investment objective of the Federated High Income Bond Fund II is to seek high current income.  The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of high quality, lower-rated corporate bonds (also known as “junk bonds”).

Federated Prime Money Fund II (Manager: Federated Investment Management Company).  The investment objective of the Federated Prime Money Fund II is to provide current income consistent with stability of principal and liquidity.  The Fund invests primarily in a portfolio of short-term, high-quality, fixed-income securities issued by banks, corpo­rations and the U.S. government maturing in 397 days or less.

Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Contrafund® Portfolio

VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR); Sub-Advisors:  FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other affiliates of FMR).  The investment objective of the VIP Contrafund® Portfolio is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products

VIP Freedom Income Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Strategic Advisers, Inc.).  The investment objective of the VIP Freedom Income Portfolio is to seek high total return with a secondary objective of principal preservation.

VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Strategic Advisers, Inc.).  The investment objective of the VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio is to seek high total return with a secondary objective of principal preservation as the Fund approaches its target date and beyond.

VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Strategic Advisers, Inc.). The investment objective of the VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio is to seek high total return with a secondary objective of principal preservation as the Fund approaches its target date and beyond.

VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Strategic Advisers, Inc.).  The investment objective of the VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio is to seek high total return with a secondary objective of principal preservation as the Fund approaches its target date and beyond.

VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Strategic Advisers, Inc.). The investment objective of the VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio is to seek high total return with a secondary objective of principal preservation as the Fund approaches its target date and beyond.

VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Strategic Advisers, Inc.).  The investment objective of the VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio is to seek high total return with a secondary objective of principal preservation as the Fund approaches its target date and beyond.

VIP Freedom 2035 Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Strategic Advisers, Inc.).  The investment objective of the VIP Freedom 2035 Portfolio is to seek high total return with a secondary objective of principal preservation as the Fund approaches its target date and beyond.

VIP Freedom 2040 Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Strategic Advisers, Inc.).  The investment objective of the VIP Freedom 2040 Portfolio is to seek high total return with a secondary objective of principal preservation as the Fund approaches its target date and beyond.

VIP Freedom 2045 Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Strategic Advisers, Inc.).  The investment objective of the VIP Freedom 2045 Portfolio is to seek high total return with a secondary objective of principal preservation as the Fund approaches its target date and beyond.

VIP Freedom 2050 Portfolio – Service Class 2 (Manager: Strategic Advisers, Inc.).  The investment objective of the VIP Freedom 2050 Portfolio is to seek high total return with a secondary objective of principal preservation as the Fund approaches its target date and beyond.

 
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Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust

Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund – Class 2 (Manager: Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC).  The investment goal of the Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund is to seek high total return. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in investments of companies located anywhere in the world that operate in the real estate sector.

Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund – Class 2 (Manager: Franklin Advisers, Inc.).  The investment goal of the Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund is to seek long-term capital growth. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in investments of small capitalization and mid capitalization companies.

Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund – Class 2 (Manager: Templeton Asset Management Ltd. (Asset Management)).  The investment goal of the Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in emerging market investments.

Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2 (Manager: Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC).  The investment goal of the Templeton Foreign Securities Fund is to seek long-term capital growth.  The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in investments of issuers located outside the U.S., including those in emerging markets.

JPMorgan Insurance Trust

JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio – Class 1 Shares (Manager: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.).  The Portfolio seeks capital appreciation with the secondary goal of achieving current income by investing primarily in equity securities.  Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Portfolio’s Assets will be invested in equity securities of mid cap companies, including common stock and debt securities and preferred stocks both of which are convertible into common stock.  "Assets" mean net assets, plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes.

JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio – Class 1 Shares (Manager: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.).  The Portfolio seeks capital growth over the long term. Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its Assets in equity securities of small cap companies.  "Assets" mean net assets, plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes.

JPMorgan Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio – Class 1 Shares (Manager: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.).  The Portfolio seeks to provide high total return from a portfolio of selected equity securities.  Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its Assets in equity securities of U.S. companies.  "Assets" mean net assets, plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes.

MFS® Variable Insurance Trust

MFS® Growth Series – Initial Class Shares (Manager:  MFS® Investment Management).  The Fund's investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s objective may be changed without shareholder approval.

MFS® Research Series – Initial Class Shares (Manager:  MFS® Investment Management).  The Fund's investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s objective may be changed without shareholder approval.

MFS® Research Bond Series – Initial Class Shares (Manager:  MFS® Investment Management). The Fund's investment objective is to seek total return with an emphasis on current income, but also considering capital appreciation. The Fund’s objective may be changed without shareholder approval.

MFS® Strategic Income Series – Initial Class Shares (Manager:  MFS® Investment Management).  The Fund's investment objective is to seek total return with an emphasis on high current income, but also considering capital appreciation. The Fund’s objective may be changed without shareholder approval.

MFS® Total Return Series – Initial Class Shares (Manager:  MFS® Investment Management).  The Fund's investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund’s objective may be changed without shareholder approval.

MFS® Utilities Series – Initial Class Shares (Manager:  MFS® Investment Management). The Fund's investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund’s objective may be changed without shareholder approval.

 
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There is no assurance that the Funds will achieve their stated objectives and policies.

See the current prospectus for each Fund that accompanies this Prospectus as well as the current Statement of Additional Information for each Fund.  These important documents contain more detailed information regarding all aspects of the Funds.  Please read the prospectuses for the Funds carefully before making any decision concerning the allocation of premium payments or transfers among the Subaccounts.  There is no assurance that the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount will be able to maintain a stable net asset value per share.  You should know that during extended periods of low interest rates, and partly as a result of insurance charges, the yields of the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount may also become extremely low and possibly negative.

We cannot guarantee that each Fund or Portfolio will always be available for the Contracts, but in the event that a Fund or Portfolio is not available, we will take reasonable steps to secure the availability of a comparable fund.  Shares of each Portfolio are purchased and redeemed at net asset value, without a sales charge.

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

We do not provide any investment advice and do not recommend or endorse any particular Fund.  You bear the risk of any decline in the Variable Account Value of your Contract resulting from the performance of the Funds you have chosen.

We (or our affiliates) may receive payments from a Fund’s investment adviser (or its affiliates).  These payments may be used for any corporate purpose, including payment of expenses that Kansas City Life and/or its affiliates incur in promoting, marketing, and administering the Contracts and, in its role as an intermediary, the Funds.  Kansas City Life and its affiliates may profit from these payments.  These payments may be derived, in whole or in part, from the advisory fee deducted from Fund assets.  Owners, through their indirect investment in the Funds, bear the costs of these advisory fees. (See the Funds’ prospectuses for more information)  This compensation is not reflected in fees and expenses listed in the fee table set forth in each Fund's prospectus.  The amount of this compensation is generally based upon a percentage of the assets of the Fund attributable to the Contracts and other contracts we issue.  These percentages differ and some advisers (or affiliates) may pay us (or our affiliates) more than others.  Currently, these percentages range from 0.15% to 0.25%.

Additionally, an investment adviser or sub-adviser of a Fund or its affiliates may provide Kansas City Life with wholesaling services that assist in the distribution of the Contracts and may pay Kansas City Life and/or certain of our affiliates amounts to participate in sales meetings.  These amounts may be significant and may provide the adviser or sub-adviser (or their affiliate) with increased access to persons involved in the distribution of the Contracts.

Certain Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan under Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act.  The Distribution Plan is described in more detail in the underlying Fund’s prospectus.  (See “FEE TABLE – ANNUAL PORTFOLIO OPERATING EXPENSES” and “SALE OF THE CONTRACTS”)  The payments are deducted from assets of the Funds and are paid to our distributor, Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (“Sunset Financial”).  These payments decrease the Fund’s investment return.

We make certain payments to Sunset Financial Services, Inc., principal underwriter for the Contracts.  (See “SALE OF THE CONTRACTS”)

RESOLVING MATERIAL CONFLICTS

The Funds presently serve as the investment medium for the Contracts.  In addition, the Funds are available to registered separate accounts of other insurance companies offering variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts.

We do not currently foresee any disadvantages to you resulting from the Funds selling shares to fund products other than the Contracts.  However, there is a possibility that a material conflict of interest may arise between Contract Owners and the owners of variable contracts issued by other companies whose values are allocated to one of the Funds.  Shares of some of the Funds may also be sold to certain qualified pension and retirement plans qualifying under section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”).  As a result, there is a possibility that a material conflict may arise between the interests
 
 
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of Owners or owners of other contracts (including contracts issued by other companies), and such retirement plans or participants in such retirement plans.  In the event of a material conflict, we will take any necessary steps, including removing the Variable Account from that Fund, to resolve the matter.  The Board of Directors of each Fund will monitor events in order to identify any material conflicts that may arise and determine what action, if any, should be taken in response to those events or conflicts.  See the accompanying prospectuses of the Funds for more information.

ADDITION, DELETION OR SUBSTITUTION OF INVESTMENTS

Subject to applicable law, we may make additions to, deletions from, or substitutions for the shares that are held in the Variable Account or that the Variable Account may purchase.  If the shares of a Portfolio are no longer available for investment, or for any other reason in our sole discretion we decide that further investment in any Portfolio should become inappropriate in view of the purposes of the Variable Account, we may redeem the shares, if any, of that Portfolio and substitute shares of another registered open-end management investment company.  The substituted fund may have different fees and expenses.  Substitutions may be made with respect to existing investments or the investment of future premiums or both.  We will not substitute any shares attributable to a Contract's interest in a Subaccount of the Variable Account without notice and prior approval of the SEC and state insurance authorities, to the extent required by applicable law.

Subject to applicable law and any required SEC approval, we may establish new Subaccounts or eliminate one or more Subaccounts if marketing needs, tax considerations or investment conditions warrants or for any reason in our sole discretion.  We will determine on what basis we might make any new Subaccounts available to existing Contract Owners.  We may close Subaccounts to allocation of premiums or Contract Value, or both, at any time in our sole discretion.

If we make any of these substitutions or changes we may, by appropriate endorsement, change the Contract to reflect the substitution or change.  If we decide it is in the best interests of Contract Owners (subject to any approvals that may be required under applicable law), we may take the following actions with regard to the Variable Account:

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operate the Variable Account as a management investment company under the 1940 Act;
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de-register it under that Act if registration is no longer required;
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combine it with other Kansas City Life separate accounts; or
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make any changes required by the 1940 Act.

VOTING RIGHTS

We are the legal owner of shares held by the Subaccounts and we have the right to vote on all matters submitted to shareholders of the Funds.  As required by law, we will vote shares held in the Subaccounts in accordance with instructions received from Owners with Contract Value in the Subaccounts.  We may be permitted to vote shares of the Funds in our own right if the applicable federal securities laws, regulations or interpretations of those laws or regulations change.

We will solicit voting instructions from you, as required by applicable law or regulation, before any Fund shareholder meeting.  Your votes will be calculated separately for each Subaccount of the Variable Account, and may include fractional shares.  We will determine the number of votes attributable to a Subaccount by applying your percentage interest, if any, in a particular Subaccount to the total number of votes attributable to that Subaccount.  The number of votes for which you may give instructions will be determined as of the date established by the Fund for determining shareholders eligible to vote.  We will vote shares held by a Subaccount for which we have no instructions and any shares held in our General Account in the same proportion as those shares for which we do receive voting instructions.  This means that a small number of Owners may control the outcome of the vote.

DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTRACT
                                                                                                                                        
The Contract is a variable annuity that provides accumulation of Variable Account Value based on the performance of Subaccounts within the Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account.  You may also allocate a portion of your premiums to our Fixed Account.  We provide options such as the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan, the Portfolio Rebalancing Plan and the Systematic Partial Surrender Plan.  The Contract offers only fixed annuity payment options.

Contracts issued in your state may provide different features and benefits from those described in this Prospectus.  Differences could include the length of the free-look period and the calculation of the free-look refund, maturity date and
 
 
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annuitization, and under payments or over payments due to misstatement of age or sex.  In addition, optional riders may not be available in all states.  See your Contract for specific variations.  Your registered representative may also provide you with additional information about state variations.

PURCHASING A CONTRACT

The maximum Issue Age for which we issue a Contract is 80.  However, for Qualified Contracts with an Issue Age of 70½ or greater, tax laws may require that distributions begin immediately.  We may issue Contracts above the maximum Issue Age under certain circumstances.  We may issue Contracts in connection with retirement plans that may or may not qualify for special federal tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code.

The Annual Ratchet and Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Options are only available at issue of the Contract.  The Annual Ratchet option is available for Annuitants with Issue Ages of 75 and below and the Enhanced Combination option is only available for Annuitants with Issue Ages of 70 and below.  The Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Options are offered only in the states where we have received regulatory approval.

The minimum initial premium that we accept is a single premium of $10,000.  You may pay additional premium payments at any time while the Annuitant is alive and before the Maturity Date.  These payments must be at least $50.  We may limit the number and amount of additional premium payments (where permitted).

REPLACEMENT OF CONTRACTS

It may not be in your best interest to surrender, lapse, change, or borrow from existing life insurance or annuity contracts in connection with the purchase of a Contract.  You should replace your existing insurance only when you determine that the Contract is better for you.  The charges and benefits of your existing insurance may be different from a Contract purchased from us.  You may have to pay a surrender charge on your existing insurance, and the Contract will impose a new surrender charge period.

You should talk to your financial professional or tax adviser to make sure the exchange will be tax-free.  If you surrender your existing contract for cash and then buy the Contract, you may have to pay a tax, including possibly a penalty tax, on the surrender.  Also, because we will not issue the Contract until we have received an initial premium from your existing insurance company, the issuance of the Contract may be delayed.

FREE-LOOK PERIOD

You may cancel your Contract for a refund during your "free-look" period.  The free look period applies for the 10 days after you receive the Contract.  When we receive the returned Contract at our Home Office, we will cancel the Contract.  The amount that we will refund will vary according to state requirements.  Most states allow us to refund Contract Value.  In those states, we will return an amount equal to the Contract Value.  We will determine the amount of the Contract Value as of the earlier of:

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the date the returned Contract is received by us at our Home Office; or
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the date the returned Contract is received by the registered representative who sold you the Contract.

A few states require a return of the greater of premium payments or Contract Value.  In these states, we will refund the greater of:

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the premiums paid under the Contract; and
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the Contract Value as of the earlier of:
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the date the returned Contract is received by us at our Home Office; or
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the date the returned Contract is received by the registered representative who sold you the Contract.

Some states permit only the return of premiums even if this amount is less than what we would have returned otherwise.  In all states, we will also refund the $30 annual administration fee, if it was deducted prior to the return of the Contract.

ALLOCATION OF PREMIUMS

At the time of application, you select how we will allocate premiums among the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account.  You can change the allocation percentages at any time by sending Written Notice to us.  You may also change your allocation
 
 
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by telephone, facsimile, and electronic mail if you have provided proper authorization.  (See “TELEPHONE, FACSIMILE, ELECTRONIC MAIL, AND INTERNET AUTHORIZATIONS”)

Our procedures for allocation of premiums during the free-look period vary by state, based on the amount that each state requires to be refunded if the Contract is returned within the free-look period:

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for Contracts sold to residents of states that allow refund of Contract Value, we will immediately allocate premiums according to the allocation you requested; and
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for Contracts sold as an Individual Retirement Annuity or to residents of states that require either the refund of premiums paid or the refund of the greater of Contract Value or premiums paid, we will allocate premiums received during a 15-day period following the Contract Date to the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount for that 15-day period.  At the end of this 15-day period, we will allocate the amount in the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount according to your allocation instructions.

We will allocate the initial premium within two business days of when we receive the premium at our Home Office.  In order to allocate the premium in this time frame, you must properly complete the application and it must include all the information necessary to process it, including payment of the initial premium.  If the application is not properly completed, we will retain the premium for up to five business days while we attempt to complete the application.  If the application is not complete at the end of the 5-day period, we will inform you of the reason for the delay.  We will also return the initial premium immediately, unless you specifically consent to our keeping the premium until the application is complete.  Once the application is complete, we will allocate the initial premium within two business days.  There may be delays in our receipt of application that are outside of our control because of the failure of the registered representative to forward the application to us promptly, because the application was sent to the wrong address, or because of delays in determining that the Contract is suitable for you.  Any such delays will affect when your Contract is issued and when your premium is allocated among the Subaccounts and/or the Fixed Account.

We will allocate subsequent premiums at the end of the Valuation Period in which we receive the premium payment at our Home Office.  Premiums received at our Home Office before the New York Stock Exchange closes are priced using the Subaccount accumulation unit value determined at the close of that regular business session of the New York Stock Exchange (usually 3:00 p.m. Central Time).  If we receive a premium payment after the New York Stock Exchange closes, we will process the order using the Subaccount accumulation unit value determined at the close of the next regular session of the New York Stock Exchange.  We will credit amounts to the Subaccounts only on a Valuation Day, that is, on a date the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.

The values of the Subaccounts will vary with their investment experience, so that you bear the entire investment risk with respect to the Variable Account Value.  You should periodically review your premium allocation schedule in light of market conditions and your overall financial objectives.

If mandated under applicable law, we may be required to reject a premium payment.  We may also be required to provide additional information about you or your account to government regulators.  In addition, we may be required to block an Owner’s account and thereby refuse to pay any request for transfers, surrenders, loans, annuity payments, or death benefits, until instructions are received from the appropriate regulator.

DETERMINATION OF CONTRACT VALUE

The Contract Value is the sum of the Variable Account Value and the Fixed Account Value.

VARIABLE ACCOUNT VALUE

The Variable Account Value reflects the following:

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the investment experience of the selected Subaccounts;
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premiums paid;
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surrenders;
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transfers;
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charges assessed in connection with the Contract;
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Contract loan balance; and
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bonuses paid on the Monthly Anniversary Date.

 
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There are two bonuses that will be credited to the Variable Account Value.  The first bonus is credited to Contracts on each Monthly Anniversary Date where the Contract Value is greater than or equal to $100,000 on that date.  The monthly amount of this bonus equals 0.0125% of the Variable Account Value, which equals 0.15% on an annualized basis.

The second bonus is credited to all Contracts, regardless of size.  After the eighth Contract Year, this bonus will be credited each Monthly Anniversary Date to the Variable Account Value.  The amount of this bonus equals 0.01665% of the Variable Account Value, which equals 0.20% on an annualized basis.

Both of the bonuses are guaranteed.  We will not attempt to recapture the bonus at any time, including upon surrender, death or election of an annuity option.  Each of the bonuses, if applicable, is paid on the Variable Account Value on the Monthly Anniversary Date.  Please note that because a bonus will increase Variable Account Value, charges that are based on a percentage of Variable Account Value also will increase.

There is no guaranteed minimum Variable Account Value.  Since a Contract's Variable Account Value on any future date depends upon a number of factors, it cannot be predetermined.

Calculation of Variable Account Value.  We calculate the Variable Account Value on each Valuation Date.  Its value will be the sum of the values attributable to the Contract in each of the Subaccounts.  We will determine the amount for each Subaccount by multiplying the Subaccount's unit value on the Valuation Date by the number of Subaccount accumulation units allocated to the Contract.  The unit value of a Subaccount may increase, decrease, or remain the same.

Determination of Number of Accumulation Units.  We will convert any amounts allocated to a Subaccount into accumulation units of that Subaccount.  We determine the number of accumulation units credited to the Contract by dividing the dollar amount allocated to the Subaccount by the unit value for that Subaccount at the end of the Valuation Period during which the amount was allocated.

We will increase the number of accumulation units in any Subaccount at the end of the Valuation Period by:

·  
any premiums allocated to the Subaccount during the current Valuation Period; and
·  
transfers to the Subaccount from another Subaccount or from the Fixed Account during the current Valuation Period; and
·  
bonuses credited on the Monthly Anniversary Date.

We will decrease the number of accumulation units in any Subaccount at the end of the Valuation Period by:

·  
amounts transferred from the Subaccount to another Subaccount or the Fixed Account including any applicable transfer fee;
·  
amounts surrendered (including applicable charges) during the current Valuation Period; and
·  
the pro rata portion of the monthly Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit charge assessed on the Monthly Anniversary Day.

The number of units in any Subaccount will also be reduced at the beginning of each Contract Year by a pro rata share of the $30 annual administration fee.

Net Investment Factor.  We will calculate a net investment factor on each Valuation Day.  A Subaccount's net investment factor measures the investment performance of an accumulation unit in that Subaccount during a Valuation Period.  The formula for the net investment factor equals:

(X/Y) – Z

where "X" equals the sum of:

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the net asset value per accumulation unit held in the Subaccount at the end of the current Valuation Day; plus
·  
the per accumulation unit amount of any dividend or capital gain distribution on shares held in the Subaccount during the current Valuation Day; less
·  
the per accumulation unit amount of any capital loss distribution on shares held in the Subaccount during the current Valuation Day; less
 
 
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the per accumulation unit amount of any taxes or any amount set aside during the Valuation Day as a reserve for taxes.
 
"Y" equals the net asset value per accumulation unit held in the Subaccount as of the end of the immediately preceding Valuation Day; and

"Z" equals the charges we deduct from the Subaccount on a daily basis.  These charges equal the sum of the asset-based administration charge and the mortality and expense risk charge.  The asset-based administration charge equals 0.15% on an annual basis.  The mortality and expense risk charge equals 1.25% on an annual basis.

Determination of Unit Value.  We arbitrarily set the value of an accumulation unit for each of the Subaccounts at $10 when the first investments were bought.  The accumulation unit value for each subsequent Valuation Period is equal to:

A x B

"A" is equal to the Subaccount's accumulation unit value for the end of the immediately preceding Valuation Day; and

"B" is equal to the net investment factor for the current Valuation Day.

This accumulation unit value may increase or decrease from day to day based on investment results.

TRANSFER PRIVILEGE

After the free-look period and before the Maturity Date, you may transfer amounts among the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account.  Transfers are subject to the following restrictions:

·  
the minimum transfer amount is the lesser of $250 or the entire amount in that Subaccount or the Fixed Account;
·  
we will treat a transfer request that would reduce the amount in a Subaccount or the Fixed Account below $250 as a transfer request for the entire amount in that Subaccount or the Fixed Account;
·  
we currently have no limit on the number of transfers that you can make between Subaccounts or to the Fixed Account.  However, you can make only one transfer from the Fixed Account each Contract Year.  (See "TRANSFERS FROM FIXED ACCOUNT" for restrictions); and
·  
we have the right, where permitted, to suspend or modify this transfer privilege at any time.  Any suspension or modification of this privilege will be communicated in writing.

We will make a transfer on the date that we receive Written Notice requesting the transfer.  You may also make transfers by telephone, facsimile and electronic mail if you have provided proper authorization, unless, in accordance with our policies and procedures regarding frequent transfers among Subaccounts, we require you to provide us with a Written Request for transfers.  (See "TELEPHONE, FACSIMILE, ELECTRONIC MAIL, AND INTERNET AUTHORIZATIONS")  Transfer requests made in writing, by facsimile, or by electronic mail must be received, and transfer requests made by telephone must be completed, before 3:00 p.m. Central Time to receive same-day pricing of the transaction.  Transfer requests received (or completed) before the New York Stock Exchange closes are priced using the Subaccount accumulation unit value determined at the close of that regular business session of the New York Stock Exchange (usually 3:00 p.m. Central Time).  If we receive a transfer request after the New York Stock Exchange closes, we will process the order using the Subaccount accumulation unit value determined at the close of the next regular business session of the New York Stock Exchange.

The first six transfers during each Contract Year are free.  We will charge a $25 transfer processing fee for all transfers during a Contract Year in addition to the six free ones.  For the purpose of charging the fee, we will consider each request to be one transfer, regardless of the number of Subaccounts or the Fixed Account affected by that request.  We will deduct the transfer processing fee from the amount being transferred or from the remaining Contract Value, according to your instructions.

Frequent Transfers Among Subaccounts. Frequent requests from Owners to transfer Contract Value between Subaccounts may dilute the value of a Portfolio's shares if the frequent trading involves an attempt to take advantage of pricing inefficiencies created by a lag between a change in the value of the securities held by a Portfolio and the reflection of that change in the Portfolio's share price.  Frequent transfers may also increase brokerage and administrative costs of the Portfolios, and may interfere with the efficient management of a Portfolio, requiring it to maintain a high cash position and possibly result in lost investment opportunities and forced liquidations.  Accordingly, frequent transfers may adversely
 
 
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affect the long-term performance of the Portfolios, which, in turn, may adversely affect other Owners and persons with interests under the Contracts (e.g., Annuitants or Beneficiaries).

We have policies and procedures that attempt to detect and deter frequent transfer activity among Subaccounts.  Our procedures for detecting frequent transfer activity involve examining the number of transfers made by an Owner within given periods of time.  Currently, we monitor for 12 or more transfers in a Contract within a calendar year.  For purposes of applying the parameters used to detect frequent transfer activity, we will aggregate transfers made on the same Valuation Day under multiple contracts owned by the same Owner.  However, we do not aggregate transfers made pursuant to the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan and the Portfolio Rebalancing Plan.

If transfer activity violates our established parameters for detecting frequent transfers, we review those transfers to determine if, in our judgment, the transfers are potentially harmful frequent transfer activity.  If, in our sole opinion, a pattern of excessive transfers develops or a transfer is not in the best interests of one or more Owners, we either will suspend the transfer privilege or will apply limitations or modifications to transfers to or from one or more of the Subaccounts.  We will communicate to Owners in writing any suspension or limitation or modification of the transfer privilege.  Our policies and procedures specify the following as limitations that will be applied to deter excessive transfers:

·  
the requirement of a minimum time period between each transfer;
·  
not accepting a transfer request from a third party acting under authorization on behalf of more than one Owner;
·  
limiting the dollar amount that may be transferred between the Subaccounts by an Owner at any one time;
·  
implementing and administering redemption fees imposed by one or more of the Funds in the future; and
·  
requiring that a Written Request be provided to us at our Home Office, signed by an Owner.

The detection and deterrence of harmful transfer activity involves judgments that are inherently subjective, including our judgment as to what parameters to use to detect potentially harmful frequent transfer activity and what particular limitation of the five possible limitations described above to apply to deter excessive transfers when a particular instance of potentially harmful transfer activity is detected.  Our ability to detect and apply specific limitations to such transfer activity may be limited by operational and technological systems, as well as by our ability to predict strategies employed by Owners to avoid such detection.  We apply our procedures consistently to Owners without special arrangement, waiver or exception.  However, we may vary our procedures from Subaccount to Subaccount, and may be more restrictive with regard to certain Subaccounts than others.  There is no assurance that we will prevent all transfer activity that may adversely affect Owners and other persons with interests in the Contracts.

In our sole discretion, we may at any time and without prior notice revise any procedures we follow as necessary:  to better detect and deter frequent, large, or short-term transfers that may adversely affect Owners and other persons with interests under the Contracts; to comply with state or federal regulatory requirements; or to impose additional or alternate restrictions (such as percentage limits on transfers) on Owners engaging in frequent transfer activity among the Subaccounts.  We also may not process a transfer request if the Subaccount affected by the transfer is unable to purchase or redeem shares of its corresponding Fund Portfolio because of actions taken or limitations imposed by the Fund.

The Funds with Portfolios available as investment options under the Contract may have adopted their own policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of their respective shares.  The prospectuses for the Funds describe any such policies and procedures, which may be more or less restrictive than the frequent trading policies and procedures of other Funds and the policies and procedures we have adopted to discourage frequent transfers among Subaccounts.  You should read the prospectuses of the Funds for more details on their ability to refuse or restrict purchases or redemptions of their shares.  You should be aware that we have entered into a written agreement, as required by SEC regulation, with each Fund or its principal underwriter that obligates us (1) to provide the Fund promptly upon request certain information about the trading activity of individual Owners, and (2) to execute instructions from the Fund to restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by specific Owners who violate the frequent trading policies established by the Fund.

Owners and other persons with interests under the Contracts also should be aware that the purchase and redemption orders received by the Funds generally are “omnibus” orders from other insurance companies or from intermediaries such as retirement plans.  The omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual retirement plan participants and/or individual owners of variable insurance contracts.  The omnibus nature of these orders may limit a Fund's ability to apply its respective frequent trading policies and procedures.  We cannot guarantee that the Funds will not be harmed by transfer activity relating to the retirement plans and/or other insurance companies that may invest in the Funds.
 
 
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In accordance with applicable law, we reserve the right to modify or terminate the transfer privilege at any time.  We also reserve the right to defer or restrict the transfer privilege at any time that we are unable to purchase or redeem shares of any of the Portfolios, including any refusal or restriction on purchases or redemptions of Portfolio shares as a result of a Fund's own policies and procedures on frequent purchase and redemption of Fund shares (even if an entire omnibus order is rejected because or frequent transfer activity of a single Owner).  You should read the Fund prospectuses for more details.

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PLAN

The Dollar Cost Averaging Plan is an optional feature available with the Contract.  If you elect this plan, it enables you to automatically transfer amounts from the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount to other Subaccounts.  The goal of the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan is to make you less susceptible to market fluctuations by allocating on a regularly scheduled basis instead of allocating the total amount all at one time.  We do not guarantee that the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan will result in a gain or prevent a loss.

Transfers under this plan occur on a monthly basis for a period you choose, ranging from 3 to 36 months.  To participate in this plan you must transfer at least $250 from the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount each month.  You may allocate the required amounts to the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount through initial and subsequent premium payments or by transferring amounts into the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount from the other Subaccounts.  Restrictions apply to transfers from the Fixed Account.

You may elect this plan at the time of application by completing the authorization.  You may also elect it at any time after the Contract is issued by completing the election form.  Dollar cost averaging transfers will start on the next Monthly Anniversary Day following the date we receive your request or on the date you request.  We do not impose a charge for participating in this plan.

Once elected, we will process transfers from the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount monthly until:

·  
we have completed the number of designated transfers;
·  
the value of the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount is completely depleted; or
·  
you send us Written Notice instructing us to cancel the monthly transfers.

There is no transfer charge for participation in the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan and transfers made under the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan will not count toward the six free transfers allowed each Contract Year.  We have the right to cancel this feature at any time with notice to you.

PORTFOLIO REBALANCING PLAN

The Portfolio Rebalancing Plan is an optional feature available with the Contract.  Under this plan, we will redistribute the accumulated balance of each Subaccount to equal a specified percentage of the Variable Account Value.  We will do this on a quarterly basis at three-month intervals from the Monthly Anniversary Day on which the Portfolio Rebalancing Plan begins.  The purpose of the Portfolio Rebalancing Plan is to automatically diversify your portfolio mix.  The plan automatically adjusts your portfolio mix to be consistent with your current premium allocation instructions.  If you make a change to your premium allocation, we will also automatically change the allocation used for portfolio rebalancing to be consistent with the new premium allocation.  We do not impose a charge for participating in this plan.

The redistribution will not count as a transfer permitted under the Contract each Contract Year.  If you also have elected the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan and it has not been completed, the Portfolio Rebalancing Plan will start on the Monthly Anniversary Day the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan ends.  If the Contract Value is negative at the time portfolio rebalancing is scheduled, we will not complete the redistribution.

You may elect this plan at the time of application by completing the authorization.  You may also elect it at any time after the Contract is issued by completing the election form.  Portfolio rebalancing will terminate when:

·  
you request any transfer unless you authorize a new allocation; or
·  
the day we receive Written Notice instructing us to cancel the plan.

 
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PARTIAL AND FULL CASH SURRENDERS

Partial Surrenders. You may surrender part of the Cash Surrender Value at any time before your death, the Annuitant’s death and the Maturity Date.  You may submit a Written Notice to the Home Office or provide notice by telephone if you have provided proper authorization to us.  (See “TELEPHONE, FACSIMILE, ELECTRONIC MAIL, AND INTERNET AUTHORIZATIONS”)  The minimum partial surrender requested must be at least $100.  We will surrender the amount requested from the Contract Value on the date we receive your Written Notice or notice by telephone for the surrender.  We will price a partial surrender request received in good order before the New York Stock Exchange closes using the Subaccount accumulation unit value determined at the close of that regular business session of the New York Stock Exchange (usually 3:00 pm Central Time).  For requests received in good order after the New York Stock Exchange closes, we will price such partial surrender request using the Subaccount accumulation unit value determined at the close of the next regular session of the New York Stock Exchange.  We will deduct any applicable surrender charge from the amount surrendered or from the remaining Contract Value, according to your instructions.  If you instruct us to deduct the surrender charge from the remaining Contract Value and the remaining Contract Value is insufficient to fully cover the surrender charge, we will deduct the unpaid portion of the surrender charge from the amount paid to you.  We will make the surrender from each Subaccount and the Fixed Account based on your instructions.  If the amount requested exceeds the Subaccount and/or Fixed Account Value, we will process the surrender for the amount available and then contact you for further instructions.

Subject to certain restrictions, we will not apply a surrender charge on the first partial surrender of up to 10% of the Contract Value per Contract Year.  (See “SURRENDER CHARGE”)

Systematic Partial Surrender Plan.  The Systematic Partial Surrender Plan enables you to authorize an automatic regular payment of a partial surrender amount.  If you wish to participate in the plan, you should instruct us to surrender a particular dollar amount from the Contract on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis.  The minimum payment under this plan is $100.  We will make the surrender from each Subaccount and the Fixed Account based on your instructions.  If the amount requested exceeds the Subaccount and/or Fixed Account Value, we will process the surrender for the amount available and then contact you for further instructions.

Subject to certain restrictions, we will not apply a surrender charge on the first amounts paid out under the Systematic Partial Surrender Plan of up to 10% of the Contract Value each Contract Year.  (See “SURRENDER CHARGE”)

You may discontinue participation in the Systematic Partial Surrender Plan at any time by sending us Written Notice.

Certain federal income tax consequences may apply to partial and systematic partial surrenders.  You should consult your tax adviser before requesting a partial or systematic partial surrender.  (See “FEDERAL TAX STATUS")

Full Surrender.  You may request a surrender of the Contract for its Cash Surrender Value at any time before the Annuitant’s death and before the Maturity Date.  The Cash Surrender Value will equal the Contract Value less:

·  
any applicable surrender charge;
·  
any loan balance;
·  
any premium taxes payable; and
·  
any withholding taxes.

We will determine the Cash Surrender Value on the date we receive Written Notice of surrender and the Contract.  We will price a surrender request received in good order before the New York Stock Exchange closes for normal trading using the Subaccount accumulation unit value determined at the close of that regular business session of the New York Stock Exchange (usually 3:00 p.m. Central Time).  For requests received in good order after the New York Stock Exchange closes, we will price such surrender request using the Subaccount accumulation unit value determined at the close of the next regular session of the New York Stock Exchange.

Subject to certain restrictions, we will not apply a surrender charge on up to 10% of the Contract Value when you surrender the Contract.  (See “SURRENDER CHARGE”)

Certain federal income tax consequences may apply to a surrender of the Contract.  You should consult your tax adviser before requesting a surrender.  (See "FEDERAL TAX STATUS")

 
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Restrictions on Distributions from Certain Contracts.  Certain restrictions apply to surrenders and partial surrenders from Contracts used as funding vehicles for Internal Revenue Code section 403(b) retirement plans.  Section 403(b)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, restricts the distribution under section 403(b) annuity contracts of:

·  
elective contributions made in years beginning after December 31, 1988;
·  
earnings on those contributions; and
·  
earnings in such years on amounts held as of the last year beginning before January 1, 1989.

Distributions of those amounts may only occur upon:

·  
the death of the employee;
·  
attainment of age 59½;
·  
severance from employment;
·  
disability; or
·  
financial hardship.

In addition, income attributable to elective contributions may not be distributed in the case of hardship.  Amounts attributable to non-elective contributions may be subject to distribution restrictions specified in the employer’s section 403(b) plan.

Pursuant to tax regulations, we generally are required to confirm, with your section 403(b) plan sponsor or otherwise, that surrenders you request from a section 403(b) contract comply with applicable tax requirements before we process your request.

CONTRACT TERMINATION

We may terminate the Contract and pay you the Cash Surrender Value if all of these events simultaneously exist prior to the Maturity Date:

·  
you have not paid premiums for at least two years;
·  
the Contract Value is less than $2,000; and
·  
total premiums paid under the Contract, less any partial surrenders, is less than $2,000.

We will mail a termination notice to you and to the holder of any assignment of record at least six months before we terminate the Contract.  We have the right to automatically terminate the Contract on the date specified in the notice unless we receive an additional premium payment before the termination date specified or the Contract Value has increased to the amount required due to positive investment performance.  This additional premium payment must be for at least the required minimum amount.

CONTRACT LOANS

If your Contract is a section 403(b) TSA Qualified Contract, you may have the option of taking a Contract loan at any time after the first Contract Year if permitted by your employer’s section 403(b) plan.  Pursuant to new tax regulations, we generally are required to confirm, with your section 403(b) plan sponsor or otherwise, that loans you request from a section 403(b) contract comply with applicable tax requirements before we process your request.  You may obtain a loan by submitting Written Notice.  The only security we require is an assignment of the Contract to us.  We allow only one loan per Contract Year.

We will show the current loan amount and any withdrawals for unpaid interest on your annual report.

Amount of Loan Available.  You may borrow up to the least of:

·  
$50,000, reduced by the excess (if any) of the highest outstanding loan balance during the one-year period ending on the day before the loan is made over the outstanding loan balance on the day loan is made;
·  
the greater of 50% of the Cash Surrender Value of the Contract or $10,000; or
·  
the Cash Surrender Value less any outstanding loans, determined as of the date of the loan.

 
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At any time you make a new loan the sum of all prior loans, loan interest outstanding, and the current loan applied for may not exceed the applicable limit described above.  Each loan must be at least $2,500.

Loan Account.  When you make a loan, we will withdraw an amount equal to the loan from the Fixed Account and Variable Account and transfer this amount to the loan account.  The loan account is part of the Fixed Account.  If you do not specify allocation instructions in your loan application, we will withdraw the loan pro rata from all Subaccounts having values and from the Fixed Account.  Amounts transferred to the loan account do not participate in the investment experience of the Fixed Account and the Subaccounts from which they were withdrawn.

Interest Credited on Loaned Amount.  We will pay interest on amounts in the loan account at the minimum guaranteed effective annual interest rate of 3% per year.  We may apply different interest rates to the loan account than the Fixed Account.  Any interest we credit on loaned amounts will remain in the Fixed Account.

Loan Interest Charged.  On each Contract Anniversary, we will charge accrued interest on a Contract loan at the maximum rate of 8% per year.  We may establish a lower rate for any period during which the Contract loan is outstanding. Interest is payable at the end of each Contract Year and on the date the loan is repaid.

If we do not receive the loan interest payment by the Contract Anniversary, we will transfer the accrued loan interest from the Fixed Account and Subaccounts to the loan account on a pro rata basis.

Repayment of Loan. You must specifically identify any loan repayment as such in order to ensure that it will be applied correctly.  Each loan repayment will result in a transfer of an amount equal to the loan repayment from the loan account to the Fixed Account and/or Subaccounts.  We will use your current premium allocation schedule to allocate the loan repayment, unless you provide specific instructions to allocate the loan repayment differently.  Each loan repayment must be at least $25.

You must repay principal and interest in substantially equal monthly payments over a five-year period.  You are allowed a 31-day grace period from the installment due date.  If a monthly installment is not received within the 31-day grace period, under federal tax law you will be treated as having a deemed distribution of the entire amount of the outstanding principal, interest due, and any applicable charges under this Contract, including any surrender charge.  This deemed distribution may be subject to income and penalty tax under the Code.

Loan Balance.  Loan balance means all unpaid Contract loans and loan interest.  We will deduct any outstanding loan balance from the Contract Proceeds.  We will terminate your Contract if your total loan balance exceeds the Cash Surrender Value of the Contract.  We will mail notice to you at least 31 days before such termination.

Allowing a Contract to terminate under these circumstances could have adverse tax consequences and may adversely affect the treatment of the Contract under Internal Revenue Code section 403(b).

ERISA Plans.  If your section 403(b) TSA Qualified Contract is part of a plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), you should consult a qualified legal adviser about compliance with ERISA requirements prior to requesting a Contract loan.  Any loan under this Contract may also be subject to the rules of the plan it is part of. You are responsible for determining whether your plan is subject to, and complies with, ERISA and the Department of Labor regulations governing plan loans.

DEATH BENEFIT BEFORE MATURITY DATE

A death benefit will be paid at the death of either the Annuitant or the Owner of the Contract.  We will determine the amount of and pay the death benefit Proceeds on an individual Contract upon receipt at our Home Office of satisfactory proof of the Owner's or the Annuitant's death before the Maturity Date, plus written direction (from each eligible recipient of death benefit Proceeds) regarding how to pay the death benefit payment, and any other documents, forms and information we need.  Once a death benefit has been paid, the Contract is terminated.  If you are also the Annuitant, the death benefit Proceeds payable will be those payable on the death of the Annuitant.  However, if the Contract is issued with an Owner and an Annuitant who is not the same individual, the benefit will be paid at the first death.  If the Owner predeceases the Annuitant, the Cash Surrender Value of the Contract will be paid to the Beneficiary.  If the Annuitant predeceases the Owner, the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit, as described below, will be paid to the Beneficiary.

 
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Calculation of the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit.  The Contract provides a Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option and also offers two enhanced Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Options that can be selected at issue for an additional charge.

The two options are:

·  
The Annual Ratchet Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option; and
·  
The Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option.

The issue requirements and the Monthly Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Charge will vary for each Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option as described below.  Any amount we pay in excess of your Contract Value is subject to our financial strength and claims-paying ability.

Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option

Under this option we guarantee that the death benefit will be the greater of:

·  
premiums paid, proportionately adjusted for partial surrenders, less any loan balance; or
·  
the Contract Value less any loan balance on the date we receive proof of the Annuitant's death.

There is no additional charge for the Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option.  This option is available at issue and at any time after.

Annual Ratchet Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option

Under this option we guarantee that the death benefit for ages 80 and below will be the greater of:

·  
the death benefit calculated under the Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option; or
·  
the highest Contract Value as of a Contract Anniversary during any point the Contract has been in effect on or before the Annuitant’s death.  Any loan balance will be deducted from such Contract Value and the Contract Value will also be proportionally adjusted for partial surrenders.

We guarantee that the death benefit for ages above 80 equal the greater of:

·  
the Contract Value at the time of death; or
·  
the death benefit calculated as described above for ages 80 and below plus any additional premiums paid.
 
If you elect the Annual Ratchet Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option, the monthly Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit charge will equal 0.01665% of Variable Account Value, which equals 0.20% of the Variable Account Value on an annualized basis.  This charge is deducted from the Variable Account Value every Monthly Anniversary Day.  (See “MONTHLY GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT EXPENSE CHARGE”)  This option is only available at issue of the Contract and is only available to Annuitants with Issue Ages of 75 or below.

Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option

Under this option we guarantee that the death benefit for ages 80 and below will be the greatest of:

·  
the death benefit calculated under the Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option; or
·  
premiums paid, accumulated annually at 5% interest until the date of the Annuitant’s death, proportionately adjusted for partial surrenders and deducting any loan balance.  We place a maximum on the amount accumulated at 5% interest of two times the total premiums paid, less surrenders and any loan balance; or
·  
the highest Contract Value as of a Contract Anniversary during any point the Contract has been in effect on or before the Annuitant’s death. Any loan balance will be deducted from and premiums paid since the last Contract Anniversary will be added to such Contract Value and the Contract Value will also be proportionately adjusted for partial surrenders.

We guarantee that the death benefit for ages above 80 equal the greater of:

·  
the Contract Value at the time of death; or
 
 
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the value of the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit on the Contract Anniversary following the Annuitant’s 80th birthday, calculated as described above, adjusted proportionately for partial surrenders, less any loan balance and plus any premiums paid since the Contract Anniversary following the Annuitant’s 80th birthday.
 
If you elect the Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option, the monthly Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit charge will equal 0.02912% of the Variable Account Value, which equals 0.35% of the Variable Account on an annualized basis.  This charge is deducted from the Variable Account Value every Monthly Anniversary Day.  (See "MONTHLY GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT EXPENSE CHARGE")  This option is only available at issue of the Contract and is only available to Annuitants with Issue Ages of 70 or below.

Adjustment to Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Calculation for Partial Surrenders

We will reduce the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit calculation by an amount equal to the percentage of the partial surrender as compared to the Contract Value as of the date of the withdrawal.

Changes in Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Options

If you have elected the Annual Ratchet or Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Options, you may change the option at any time to the Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option.  The effective date of change will be the Monthly Anniversary Day on or following the date we receive Written Notice of the change.

Death of Annuitant.  If the Annuitant dies before the Maturity Date while the Owner is alive, we will pay the death benefit Proceeds under the Contract to the Beneficiary.

We will pay the Proceeds to the Beneficiary in a lump sum unless you or the Beneficiary elect a payment option.  If the Annuitant is an Owner, we are required to distribute the Proceeds in accordance with the rules described below in "Death of Owner" for the death of an Owner before the Maturity Date.

No death benefit is payable if the Annuitant dies on or after the Maturity Date.

Death of Owner.  If an Owner dies before the Maturity Date while the Annuitant is alive, federal tax law requires (for a Non-Qualified Contract) that we distribute the Cash Surrender Value (or if an Owner is the Annuitant, the Proceeds payable upon the Annuitant's death) to the Beneficiary within five years after the date of the Owner's death.  If an Owner dies on or after the Maturity Date, we must distribute any remaining payments at least as rapidly as under the payment option in effect on the date of such Owner's death.

These distribution requirements will be considered satisfied as to any portion payable to the benefit of the Beneficiary if:

·  
the Proceeds are distributed over the life of that Beneficiary (or a period not exceeding the Beneficiary’s life expectancy);
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the distributions begin within one year of the Owner’s death; and
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the Beneficiary is a natural person, not a legal entity such as a corporation or trust.

If the deceased Owner's spouse is the designated Beneficiary, the Contract may be continued with such surviving spouse as the new Owner.  In this situation, if the Beneficiary wants to leave the Contract in force and the death benefit due to the Beneficiary is greater than the Contract Value; we will increase the Contract Value to equal the death benefit.  We will base this increase on the Contract Value on the date we are notified of the death of the Owner.  If the Contract has joint Owners, the surviving joint Owner will be the Beneficiary, unless otherwise specified in the application.  Joint Owners must be husband and wife as of the Contract Date.

The right of a spouse to continue the Contract, and all Contract provisions relating to spousal continuation are available only to a person who meets the definition of “spouse” under Federal law.  The Federal Defense of Marriage Act currently does not recognize same-sex marriages or civil unions, even those which are permitted under individual state laws. Therefore the spousal continuation provisions of this Contract will not be available to such partners or same sex marriage spouses.  Consult a tax advisor for more information on this subject.

If an Owner is not an individual, the Annuitant, as determined in accordance with section 72(s) of the Internal Revenue Code, will be treated as an Owner for purposes of these distribution requirements.  Any change in or death of the Annuitant will be treated as the death of an Owner.
 
 
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Other rules may apply to a Qualified Contract.

PROCEEDS ON MATURITY DATE

The Maturity Date is the latest date when Proceeds under the Contract are payable.  The Proceeds available on the Maturity Date vary depending upon how you elect to receive the Proceeds:

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we will apply the Contract Value (less any loan balance and any applicable premium taxes) if you elect to receive the Proceeds under a Life Payment Option; and
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we will apply the Cash Surrender Value (less any applicable premium taxes) if you elect to receive the Proceeds as a lump sum payment or as a Non-Life Payment Option.

You select the Maturity Date, subject to the following restrictions.  The latest Maturity Date is the later of:

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the Contract Anniversary following the Annuitant's 85th birthday; or
·  
the tenth Contract Anniversary.

For Qualified Contracts, distributions may be required to begin at age 70½.  Certain states limit the maximum Maturity Date.

You may change the Maturity Date subject to these limitations:

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we must receive your Written Notice at least 30 days before the current Maturity Date;
·  
you must request a Maturity Date that is at least 30 days after receipt of the Written Notice;
·  
the requested Maturity Date must be not later than any earlier Maturity Date required by law; and
·  
you submit your Contract if we require it.

On the Maturity Date, we will apply the Proceeds under the Life Annuity with Ten Year Certain Payment Option, unless you have chosen to receive the Proceeds under another payment option or in a lump sum.  (See "PAYMENT OPTIONS”)

PAYMENTS

We will usually pay any partial surrender, full surrender, or death benefit within seven days of receipt of a Written Notice.  All documents received must be in good order.  This means that instructions are sufficiently clear so that we do not need to exercise any discretion to follow such instructions.  We must also receive due proof of death to pay a death benefit.  We may postpone payments if:

·  
the New York Stock Exchange is closed, other than customary weekend and holiday closings or trading on the exchange is restricted as determined by the SEC; or
·  
the SEC permits by an order the postponement for the protection of Owners; or
·  
the SEC determines that an emergency exists that would make the disposal of securities held in the Variable Account or the determination of the value of the Variable Account's net assets not reasonably practical.

In addition, if, pursuant to SEC rules, the Federated Prime Money Fund II suspends payment of redemption proceeds in connection with a liquidation of the Fund, we will delay payment of any transfer, partial surrender, surrender, loan, or death benefit from the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount until the Fund is liquidated.

If you have made a recent premium or loan payment by check or draft, we may defer payment until such check or draft has been honored.  We also reserve the right to defer payment of transfers, partial and full cash surrenders, loans or death benefit Proceeds from the Fixed Account for up to six months.

If mandated under applicable law, we may be required to block an Owner's account and thereby refuse to pay any request for transfers, surrenders, loans, annuity payments, or death benefit Proceeds until instructions are received from the appropriate regulator.  We also may be required to provide additional information about you or your account to government regulators.

Legacy Account.  As described below, Kansas City Life will pay death benefit Proceeds through Kansas City Life's Legacy Accounts.  For each claim, which meets the criteria listed below, Kansas City Life will set up a Legacy Account.  Kansas City Life will forward a Legacy Account checkbook to the Owner or Beneficiary.  The individual Legacy Accounts
 
 
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are managed by a third party administrator and the checks are drawn on a bank separate from the Kansas City Life general account.  The Legacy Accounts pay interest and provide check-writing privileges, which are funded by Kansas City Life.  An Owner or Beneficiary (whichever applicable) has immediate and full access to Proceeds by writing a check on the account.  Kansas City Life pays interest on death benefit Proceeds from the date of death to the date the Legacy Account is closed, and holds reserves to fund disbursements.  However, the Legacy Accounts are subject to the claims of creditors of Kansas City Life.  In addition, any interest credited to the Legacy Account will be currently taxable to the Owner or Beneficiary in the year in which it is credited.  Kansas City Life may profit from amounts left in a Legacy Account.  Further, the Legacy Accounts are retained asset accounts and are not bank accounts and are not insured, nor guaranteed, by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Kansas City Life will pay death benefit Proceeds through the Legacy Account when:

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the Proceeds are paid to an individual; and
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the amount of Proceeds is $5,000 or more; and
·  
the treatment is acceptable in the state in which the claim is made.

Any other use of the Legacy Account requires approval of the Company.

MODIFICATIONS

We may modify the Contract, subject to providing notice to you.  We may only make modification if it is necessary to:

·  
make the Contract or the Variable Account comply with any law or regulation issued by a governmental agency to which we are subject;
·  
assure continued qualification of the Contract under the Internal Revenue Code or other federal or state laws relating to retirement annuities or variable annuity contracts (except that your consent may be required by some states);
·  
reflect a change in the operation of the Variable Account; or
·  
provide additional Variable Account and/or fixed accumulation options.

We also have the right to modify the Contract as necessary to attempt to prevent the Contract Owner from being considered the owner of the assets of the Variable Account.

In the event of any such modification, we will issue an endorsement to the Contract (if required), which will reflect the changes.

REPORTS TO CONTRACT OWNER

We will mail you a report containing key information about the Contract at least annually.  The report will include the Contract Value and Cash Surrender Value of your Contract and any further information required by any applicable law or regulation.  We will show the information in the report as of a date no more than two months prior to the date of mailing.  We will send you a report at any other time during the year that you request for a reasonable charge.

TELEPHONE, FACSIMILE, ELECTRONIC MAIL, AND INTERNET AUTHORIZATIONS

You may request the following transactions by telephone, facsimile, electronic mail or via the Kansas City Life website, if you provided proper authorization to us:

·  
transfer of Contract Value;
·  
change in premium allocation;
·  
change in dollar cost averaging;
·  
change in portfolio rebalancing; or
·  
Contract loan.

In addition, you may make a partial surrender request by telephone if you provided proper authorization to us.  We may suspend these privileges at any time if we decide that such suspension is in the best interests of Owners.

We accept Written Requests transmitted by facsimile, but reserve the right to require you to send us the original Written Request.
 
 
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Electronic mail requests that are received at customerservice@kclife.com before 3:00 Central Time on a Valuation Day will be processed on that Valuation Day.  If we receive a request after the New York Stock Exchange closes, we will process the order using the Subaccount accumulation unit value determined at the close of the next regular business session of the New York Stock Exchange.  If an incomplete request is received, we will notify you as soon as possible by return e-mail.  Your request will be honored as of the Valuation Day when all required information is received.

Requests can also be made by accessing your account on the Internet at http://www.kclife.com.  Requests received before 3:00 p.m. Central Time on a Valuation Day will be processed on that Valuation Day.  If we receive a request after the New York Stock Exchange closes, we will process the order using the Subaccount accumulation unit value determined at the close of the next regular business session of the New York Stock Exchange.  If any of the fields are left incomplete, the request will not be processed and you will receive an error message.  Your request will be honored as of the Valuation Day when all required information is received.  You will receive a confirmation in the mail of the changes made within 5 days of your request.

We will employ reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions communicated to us by telephone, facsimile, or email are genuine.  If we follow those procedures, we will not be liable for any losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent instructions.

The procedures we will follow for telephone privileges include requiring some form of personal identification prior to acting on instructions received by telephone, providing written confirmation of the transaction, and making a tape recording of the instructions given by telephone.  The procedures we will follow for facsimile and email communications include verification of Contract number, social security number and date of birth.

Telephone, facsimile, electronic mail systems and the website may not always be available.  Any telephone, facsimile, electronic mail system or Internet connection, whether it is yours, your service provider’s, your registered representative’s, or ours, can experience outages or slowdowns for a variety of reasons.  These outages may delay or prevent our processing of your request.  Although we have taken precautions to help our systems handle heavy use, we cannot promise complete reliability under all circumstances.  If you are experiencing problems, you should make your request by writing to our Home Office.

OPTIONAL RIDERS
                                                                                                                                      
FIVE PLUSSM GUARANTEED MINIMUM WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT

IMPORTANT TERMS

Covered Person means:  the person whose life we use to determine the duration of the Lifetime Income Amount payments.  You should carefully consider who will be the Covered Person under the Five PlusSM Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (the “GMWB”) rider.  Under Qualified Contracts, the Covered Person must be the Owner.  Under Non-Qualified Contracts, the Covered Person must be the Owner, Annuitant, or Beneficiary.  Certain benefits under this rider depend on the age of the Covered Person and the relationship of the Owner to the Beneficiary.  (See “LIFETIME INCOME AMOUNT” and “DEATH BENEFITS”)

Designated Subaccounts means:  the Designated Subaccounts to which you can allocate premiums and Contract Value under this rider.

Excess Withdrawal means:  a withdrawal, and any subsequent withdrawals in that Contract Year, that causes total withdrawals during a Contract Year to exceed the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount; or a withdrawal, and any subsequent withdrawals in that Contract Year, that causes total withdrawals during a Contract Year after the Lifetime Income Date to exceed the Lifetime Income Amount.

Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance means:  the total amount available for future periodic guaranteed withdrawals.

Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount means:  the amount we guarantee to be available each Contract Year for withdrawal until the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance reduces to zero.

Investment Strategy means:  the Model Allocations and/or Designated Subaccounts to which you must allocate premiums and Contract Value for this rider to remain in effect.
 
 
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Model Allocation means:  one of the choices available for allocating your premiums and Contract Value under this rider.

Rider Effective Date means:  the Contract Anniversary date that the Five PlusSM Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (the “GMWB”) is effective from.

Lifetime Income Amount means:  the amount we guarantee to be available each Contract Year for withdrawal during the life of the Covered Person while this rider is in effect.  The Lifetime Income Amount reduces to zero upon the death of the Covered Person or upon a change in a Non-Qualified Contract that removes the Covered Person from the Contract as an Owner, Beneficiary, or Annuitant or upon a change in a Qualified Contract that removes the Covered Person from the Contract as an Owner.

Lifetime Income Date means:  the Contract Anniversary on or after the Covered Person reaches age 65, or the Rider Effective Date if the Covered Person is already age 65 or older at the time the rider is elected.

Withdrawal means:  the amounts partially surrendered as described in the Contract, including any applicable surrender charges.

Settlement Phase occurs:  when total withdrawals during the Contract Year are equal to or less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount; and when the Contract Value reduces to zero; and either the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance or the Lifetime Income Amount immediately after the withdrawal is greater than zero.

Note: Illustrations of how the Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit rider works are provided in Appendix B to this Prospectus.

DESCRIPTION OF THE GMWB RIDER

If you are concerned that poor investment performance or market volatility in the Subaccounts may adversely impact the amount of money you can withdraw from the Contract, we offer for an additional charge an optional GMWB rider.  The GMWB provides alternative guarantees --- which guarantee you receive depends on the amount of the withdrawals you take and the age of the Covered Person.  First, the GMWB guarantees the return of all of the amounts you have invested in the Contract, as long as you limit your withdrawals each Contract Year to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount (this guarantee is available both before and after the Lifetime Income Date).  Second, on and after the Lifetime Income Date, as long as you limit your annual withdrawals to the Lifetime Income Amount, the GMWB guarantees you annual payments of that amount for the rest of the Covered Person’s life, no matter how long the Covered Person lives, even after you have recovered your investments in the Contract and even if your Contract Value reduces to zero.  However, the maximum amount you may be able to withdraw as a Lifetime Income Amount may be less than if you continued to take withdrawals as a Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount.

Example:

Assume that you purchase a Contract with the GMWB when you are 55.  Your initial premium payment is $100,000.  You make annual withdrawals in each of the next ten years equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount, or $5,000 (5% of the initial premium payment of $100,000).  Assuming 0% net investment experience and no annual bonus amounts credited during each of the ten years, after the 10th Contract Year your Contract Value will be $50,000 and your Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance will be $50,000.  You are the Covered Person under the Contract and are now 65 years old.  You have reached the Lifetime Income Date.  If, in each Contract Year thereafter, you limited your annual withdrawals to the Lifetime Income Amount of $2,500 (5% of $50,000 on the Lifetime Income Date), you would be eligible to receive the Lifetime Income Amount of $2,500 annually for the rest of your life.  However, if you continued to withdraw $5,000 annually, you would be guaranteed to receive back your entire $100,000 initial premium payment because your annual withdrawals did not exceed the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount.  You would then not be guaranteed to receive the Lifetime Income Amount annually for the rest of your life, because your annual withdrawals exceeded the Lifetime Income Amount of $2,500.

The GMWB does not guarantee Contract Value or the performance of any investment option or model allocation.

 
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IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

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If your annual withdrawals are greater than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount or the Lifetime Income Amount (after the Lifetime Income Date), the value of the GMWB rider may be significantly reduced.
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You must allocate all premiums and Contract Value to the Investment Strategy (described below) on and after the Rider Effective Date.
·  
To maximize your potential to receive payments under the GMWB rider, you must limit your withdrawals to withdrawals that are not Excess Withdrawals each Contract Year and allocate your Contract Value according to the Investment Strategy options described below.  These restrictions are intended to minimize the risk that your Contract Value will be reduced to zero before death, thereby requiring us to make settlement payments.
·  
Accordingly, a significant risk against which the rider protects, i.e., that your Contract Value will reduce to zero (other than due to an Excess Withdrawal) while you are alive, may be minimal.
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Moreover, because these restrictions lessen the risk that your Contract Value will be reduced to zero while you are still alive, they also significantly reduce the risk that we will make any settlement payments.
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In fact, if your Contract’s investment performance over time is sufficient to generate gains that can sustain periodic withdrawals equal to or greater than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, then your Contract Value will never be reduced to zero and we will never make settlement payments.
·  
The GMWB rider will end on the Maturity Date unless we are making payments under the Settlement Phase of the GMWB rider.
·  
We do not automatically increase your Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance when your Contract appreciates in value.  We will only increase your Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance if you pay an additional premium or if there is a step-up or bonus.
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Please remember that all withdrawals, including those made under the GMWB rider, reduce your Contract Value and death benefit, may result in receipt of taxable income to the Owner under federal and state law, and if made before the Owner attains age 59½, may be subject to a 10% penalty tax.
·  
Withdrawals under the GMWB rider are not annuity payments.  Annuity payments generally receive more favorable tax treatment than withdrawals.  (See “FEDERAL TAX ISSUES”)
·  
You will begin paying the GMWB rider charge as of the Rider Effective Date, even if you do not begin taking withdrawals for many years.
·  
If the Covered Person dies or is no longer an Owner, Beneficiary, or Annuitant of the Non-Qualified Contract or is no longer an Owner of the Qualified Contract, the Lifetime Income Amount reduces to zero.
·  
To receive the full benefit of withdrawals for your lifetime, your Contract Value must be reduced to zero and the Annuitant must be living at that time.
·  
You may not make additional premium payments during the Contract’s Settlement Phase.
·  
If you choose to not take withdrawals equal to or less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount during each Contract Year, the remaining Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount may not be carried forward to any other Contract Year.
·  
The GMWB rider may not be available in all states, and we may otherwise limit its availability.
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Once you elect the GMWB rider, you may not cancel it for 5 years after the Rider Effective Date.
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If the Covered Person is the Owner and the Owner dies before the Settlement Phase, the Lifetime Income Amount will reduce to zero.  The benefits provided by this rider will only continue if the Beneficiary is the surviving spouse of the Owner, the death benefit or the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is greater than zero at the time the death benefit is determined, and the Beneficiary does not take the death benefit under the terms of the Contract.
·  
Surrender charges will apply to the withdrawals you take.  (See “CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS”)
·  
Inflation may impact the value of the GMWB rider.
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The addition of the GMWB rider to your Contract will not automatically cancel any Systematic Partial Surrender Plan you have established.  Since withdrawals more than your Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount may significantly reduce or eliminate your ability to make withdrawals on and after the Lifetime Income Date, you should consider adjusting your existing Systematic Partial Surrender Plan.
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Any amount we pay in excess of your Contract Value is subject to our financial strength and claims-paying ability.

You should not purchase the GMWB if:

·  
you expect to take annual withdrawals in excess of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount or the Lifetime Income Amount (after the Lifetime Income Date) because such Excess Withdrawals may significantly reduce or eliminate the value of the benefit;
·  
you are primarily interested in maximizing the Contract’s potential for long-term accumulation rather than building a Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance that will provide guaranteed withdrawals;
·  
your Contract is a Qualified Contract that has withdrawal restrictions that prevent you from taking withdrawals; or
 
 
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you do not expect to take withdrawals.
 
In considering whether to purchase the GMWB rider, you must consider your desire for protection and the cost of the rider versus the possibility that had you not purchased the GMWB rider, your Contract Value may have been higher.  You should consult your financial professional to discuss whether the GMWB rider suits your needs.

WHEN TO TAKE WITHDRAWALS

You should carefully consider when to begin taking withdrawals if you have elected the GMWB.  If you begin taking withdrawals too soon, you may limit the value of the GMWB.  For example, you may not be able to increase your Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance and you may lose the potential for increases though step-ups and bonuses.  If you delay taking withdrawals for too long, you may limit the number of years available for you to take withdrawals in the future (due to life expectancy) and you may be paying for a benefit you are not using.

PURCHASING THE GMWB RIDER

You may elect the GMWB rider at the time you purchase a Contract or the rider may be added to an existing Contract provided:

·  
the rider is available for sale in the state where the Contract is sold;
·  
you limit your investment of premiums and Contract Value to the Investment Strategy options we make available with the rider;
·  
the Covered Person has attained age 20 and has not yet attained age 81; and
·  
the Contract does not have a loan balance.

We reserve the right to refuse to issue the GMWB rider at our sole discretion.

GUARANTEED WITHDRAWAL BALANCE

The Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is used to calculate the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and Lifetime Income Amount.  Your Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is not permitted to exceed $5 million.  The initial Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is equal to your initial premium, or if the GMWB rider is added after the Contract Date, the initial Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is the Contract Value on the Rider Effective Date.  Each time an additional premium is paid, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance increases by the amount of the additional premium.  The Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance may also increase as a result of a bonus or step-up and it will decrease as a result of a withdrawal.  (See “BONUS,” “STEP-UPS,” and “EFFECT OF WITHDRAWALS ON THE GUARANTEED WITHDRAWAL BALANCE AND THE GUARANTEED WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT”)  The Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is not a cash value or surrender value, is not available to the Owner, Annuitant or Beneficiary, is not a minimum return for any Subaccount, is not a guarantee of Contract Value, and may not be withdrawn as a lump sum.

GUARANTEED WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT

The Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is the amount we guarantee to be available each Contract Year for withdrawal until the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance reduces to zero while the GMWB rider is in effect.  The maximum Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount at any time is $250,000.  The initial Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is equal to 5% of the initial Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.

LIFETIME INCOME AMOUNT

The Lifetime Income Amount is the amount we guarantee to be available each Contract Year, on and after the Lifetime Income Date, for withdrawal during the life of the Covered Person while the GMWB rider is in effect.  We determine the initial Lifetime Income Amount on the Lifetime Income Date. The initial Lifetime Income Amount is equal to 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance at the time we make our determination.  The Lifetime Income Amount reduces to zero upon the death of the Covered Person or upon a change on a Non-Qualified Contract that removes the Covered Person from the Contract as an Owner, Beneficiary, or Annuitant or upon a change on a Qualified Contract that removes the Covered Person from the Contract as an Owner.

Effect of Withdrawals on the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance and the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount.  If your total withdrawals during a Contract Year are less than or equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount, we will decrease the
 
 
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Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance by the amount of the withdrawals.  If a withdrawal causes total withdrawals during a Contract Year to exceed the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount or if total withdrawals during a Contract Year have already exceeded the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount (referred to as “Excess Withdrawals”), we will automatically reset the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance to equal the lesser of:

·  
the Contract Value immediately after the Excess Withdrawal; or
·  
the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal minus the amount of the Excess Withdrawal.

Each time we reset the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, we also recalculate the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount.

The Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount will equal the lesser of:

·  
the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal; or
·  
5% multiplied by the greater of:
·  
the Contract Value immediately after the Excess Withdrawal; or
·  
the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately after the Excess Withdrawal.

We do not recalculate your Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount when you make a withdrawal that is less than or equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and total withdrawals during that Contract Year remain below or equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount.

Effect of Withdrawals on the Lifetime Income Amount.  On or after the Lifetime Income Date, we will recalculate the Lifetime Income Amount if a withdrawal causes total withdrawals during a Contract Year to exceed the Lifetime Income Amount or if total withdrawals during a Contract Year have already exceeded the Lifetime Income Amount (also referred to as “Excess Withdrawals”).  The Lifetime Income Amount will be automatically reset to equal the lesser of:

·  
the Lifetime Income Amount immediately prior to the Excess Withdrawal; or
·  
5% multiplied by the greater of:
·  
the Contract Value immediately after the Excess Withdrawal; or
·  
the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately after the Excess Withdrawal.

We do not recalculate your Lifetime Income Amount when you make a withdrawal that is less than or equal to the Lifetime Income Amount and total withdrawals during that Contract Year remain below or equal to the Lifetime Income Amount.  In certain circumstances, however, we will not reset the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and/or the Lifetime Income Amount, even where a withdrawal would exceed the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and/or Lifetime Income Amount for a Contract Year.  These involve withdrawals taken as Required Minimum Distributions.  (See “REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS”)

Please note if you take any withdrawals before the Lifetime Income Date, the initial amount of the Lifetime Income Amount may be less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount.  Although you may continue to take withdrawals up to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount after the Lifetime Income Date without reduction of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount (as long as the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance has not reduced to zero) your Lifetime Income Amount may be reduced if the amount you withdraw exceeds the Lifetime Income Amount.  You could eventually lose any benefit based on the Lifetime Income Amount if you continue to take withdrawals in excess of the Lifetime Income Amount.

Remember:

·  
Excess Withdrawals could reduce your Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance by substantially more than the actual amount of the withdrawal.
·  
Excess Withdrawals may significantly reduce or eliminate future Guaranteed Withdrawal Amounts and Lifetime Income Amounts.

BONUS

We will increase the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance at the end of each Contract Year during the GMWB rider’s bonus period if you take no withdrawals during that Contract Year.  The bonus period is the first 10 Contract Years after the Rider Effective Date while the Covered Person is less than age 80.  Each time you qualify for a bonus:
 
 
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If the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance was not previously stepped-up or reset, we will increase the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance by:

·  
an amount equal to 5% of total premiums paid (subject to the applicable limits on additional premiums) to the Contract if the rider is issued on the Contract Date; or
·  
an amount equal to 5% of the initial Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, increased by any premiums paid (subject to the applicable limits on additional premiums) since the Rider Effective Date, if this rider is added after the Contract Date.

If the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance was previously stepped-up or reset, we will increase the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance by an amount equal to 5% of the sum of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately after the latest step-up or reset, and any premiums received since such latest step-up or reset.

Each time we apply a bonus to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, we will also recalculate the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and the Lifetime Income Amount as follows:

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The Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount will equal the greater of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount immediately prior to the bonus or 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately after the bonus; and
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The Lifetime Income Amount will equal the greater of the Lifetime Income Amount immediately prior to the bonus or 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately after the bonus.

Bonuses, when applied, will increase the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance and consequently, will increase the rider charges (because such charges are based on a greater Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance).  Further, bonuses may increase the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and the Lifetime Income Amount.  Bonuses do not increase the Contract Value of the Contract.

STEP-UPS

If the Contract Value on any step-up date is greater than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance on that date, we will automatically increase (“step-up”) the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance to equal the Contract Value (subject to the maximum Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance limit of $5 million). Upon a step-up, we will also recalculate the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount, the Lifetime Income Amount, and the current monthly rider charge percentage.  (See “GMWB RIDER CHARGE”)

The Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount will equal the greater of:

·  
the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount immediately prior to the step-up; or
·  
5% multiplied by the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately after the step-up.

The Lifetime Income Amount will equal the greater of:

·  
the Lifetime Income Amount immediately prior to the step-up; or
·  
5% multiplied by the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately after the step-up.

We reserve the right to increase the current monthly rider charge percentage up to 0.10%.  If we decide to increase the current monthly rider charge percentage at the time of a step-up, you will receive advance notice and be given the opportunity to decline the automatic step-up.  (See “GMWB RIDER CHARGE”)

The step-up dates occur only while the GMWB rider is in effect. The step-up dates occur on each of the 3rd, 6th, and 9th Contract Anniversaries after the Rider Effective Date.  After the 9th Contract Anniversary, the step-up dates occur on each succeeding Contract Anniversary (e.g., the 10th, 11th, 12th etc.) up to and including the 30th Contract Anniversary.

If you decline an automatic step-up, you will have the option to elect to step-up the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance (as well as the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and Lifetime Income Amount) within 30 days of subsequent step-up dates. If you decide to step-up the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, we will thereafter resume automatic step-ups.
 
 
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Please note that the automatic step-up may be of limited benefit if you intend to make premium payments that would cause your Contract Value to approach $5 million, since the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is not permitted to exceed $5 million.

Step-ups will increase the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance and may increase the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and the Lifetime Income Amount.

ADDITIONAL PREMIUMS

We will increase the total Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance by the amount of each additional premium we accept (subject to the maximum Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance limit of $5 million). In addition, we will recalculate the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and the Lifetime Income Amount:

In the case of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount, to equal the greater of the:

·  
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount immediately prior to the premium; or
·  
the lesser of:
·  
5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately after the premium; or
·  
the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount immediately prior to the premium plus an amount equal to 5% of the premium.

In the case of the Lifetime Income Amount, to equal the greater of the:

·  
Lifetime Income Amount immediately prior to the premium; or
·  
the lesser of:
·  
 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately after the premium; or
·  
the Lifetime Income Amount immediately prior to the premium plus an amount equal to 5% of the premium.

We do not permit additional premiums during a Contract’s “Settlement Phase,” as described below.

Premium limits on Non-Qualified Contracts.   If we issue your Contract not in connection with an IRA or other tax-qualified retirement plan, we also impose the following limit on your ability to pay premiums.  On or after the first Contract Anniversary following the Rider Effective Date, we will not accept any additional premium without our prior approval that either:

·  
exceeds $100,000; or
·  
causes the total of all additional premiums paid since the first Contract Anniversary following the Rider Effective Date to exceed $100,000.

For Non-Qualified Contracts, we reserve the right to refuse to accept additional premiums at any time after the first Contract Anniversary following the Rider Effective Date.

Premium limits on Qualified Contracts. If we issue your Contract in connection with a tax-qualified retirement plan, including an IRA, we also impose additional limits on your ability to make premium payments:

·  
after the first Contract Anniversary after the Covered Person reaches age 65, we will not accept additional premium payments, without our prior approval, that exceed $100,000 or cause the total premiums paid after the first Contract Anniversary following the Rider Effective Date to exceed $100,000; and
·  
we will not accept any premium after the Covered Person becomes age 81.

For Qualified Contracts, we reserve the right to refuse to accept additional premiums at any time after the first Contract Anniversary after the Covered Person reaches age 65.

You should consult with a qualified tax adviser prior to electing the GMWB rider for further information on tax rules affecting Qualified Contracts, including IRAs.

Please note that the premium limitations discussed in this section are in addition to the premium limitations discussed under “Purchasing a Contract” earlier in the Prospectus.
 
 
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INVESTMENT STRATEGY

The Investment Strategy includes several Model Allocations, each based on different profiles of an investor’s willingness to accept investment risk, and Designated Subaccounts.  You must choose one of these available Model Allocations or Designated Subaccounts and your initial premium payment (in the case of a new application) or Contract Value, as applicable, will be allocated to the Investment Strategy according to the investment option you select.  Subsequent premium payments will also be allocated accordingly.  Contract Value will be rebalanced quarterly to maintain the current allocations.  Investment in an Investment Strategy is intended to minimize the risk that your Contract Value will be reduced to zero because of guaranteed withdrawals before the Annuitant’s death, thereby requiring Kansas City Life to make settlement payments to you during the Settlement Phase.

While the GMWB rider is in effect, you must invest 100% of your premium payments and Contract Value at all times in a manner consistent with any one of the Model Allocations or Designated Subaccounts currently offered in the Investment Strategy (please note that solely for the purposes of the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan, under our current administrative procedures, we deem the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount to be a Designated Subaccount.  (See “AVAILABLE MODEL ALLOCATIONS AND DESIGNATED SUBACCOUNTS”)

Unless you request otherwise, withdrawals will be taken in proportion to the Contract Value in the Subaccounts; you may specify the Subaccounts from which a withdrawal is to be made.

You should consult with your financial professional to assist you in determining which Model Allocation or Designated Subaccount available with the GMWB rider is best suited for your financial needs and risk tolerance.

AVAILABLE MODEL ALLOCATIONS AND DESIGNATED SUBACCOUNTS

You must allocate your entire Contract Value to one of the available Investment Strategy options shown below (however, solely for the purposes of the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan, under our current administrative procedures, we deem the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount to be a Designated Subaccount).  On a quarterly basis, we will rebalance your entire Contract Value to the Subaccounts in accordance with the percentages specified in the Model Allocation/Designated Subaccount you elected.

Under our Dollar Cost Averaging Plan, you may elect to allocate your premiums and Contract Value over time to one of the available Model Allocations or Designated Subaccounts.  If you elect the Dollar Cost Averaging Plan and you have elected the GMWB rider, transfers will occur on a monthly basis for a period you choose, ranging from 3 to 12 months.

We offer 5 Model Allocations, each comprised of a carefully selected combination of investment options, and 4 Designated Subaccounts.  You need to determine which Model Allocation or Designated Subaccount is best for you.  You should consult with your financial adviser on this decision.  Your financial adviser can help you determine which Investment Strategy option is best suited to your financial needs, investment time horizon, and willingness to accept investment risk.  You should periodically review these factors with your financial adviser to determine if you should change the Investment Strategy option to keep up with changes in your personal circumstances.  Your financial adviser can assist you in completing the proper forms to make a change to a different Investment Strategy option.  Kansas City Life bears no responsibility for your decision to select or change your Investment Strategy option.

 
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The available Model Allocations are:

Moderate Aggressive
Allocation
Subaccount
14%
American Century VP Value Fund – Class I
14%
MFS Research Bond Series – Initial Class Shares
12%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares
11%
American Century VP International Fund – Class I
8%
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2
7%
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund – Class II
7%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio – Class 1 Shares
7%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio – Class 1 Shares
6%
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Growth Fund – Class 2
4%
Fidelity VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2
4%
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund – Class 2
3%
American Century VP Ultra® Fund – Class I
3%
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund – Class 2

Moderate
Allocation
Subaccount
17%
MFS Research Bond Series – Initial Class Shares
13%
American Century VP Value Fund – Class I
12%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares
10%
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund – Class II
8%
American Century VP International Fund – Class I
8%
MFS Strategic Income Series – Initial Class Shares
7%
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2
5%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio – Class 1 Shares
4%
Fidelity VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2
4%
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Growth Fund – Class 2
3%
Federated Prime Money Fund II
3%
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund – Class 2
3%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio – Class 1 Shares
3%
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund – Class 2

Moderate Conservative
Allocation
Subaccount
23%
MFS Research Bond Series – Initial Class Shares
14%
MFS Strategic Income Series – Initial Class Shares
13%
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund – Class II
13%
American Century VP Value Fund – Class I
8%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares
7%
American Century VP International Fund – Class I
6%
Federated Prime Money Fund II
5%
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund – Class 2
4%
Fidelity VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2
4%
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Growth Fund – Class 2
3%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio – Class 1 Shares

 
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Conservative
Allocation
Subaccount
33%
MFS Research Bond Series – Initial Class Shares
21%
MFS Strategic Income Series – Initial Class Shares
17%
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund – Class II
9%
American Century VP Value Fund – Class I
9%
Federated Prime Money Fund II
5%
American Century VP International Fund – Class I
3%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares
3%
Fidelity VIP Contrafund® Portfolio – Service Class 2

Indexed Strategy
Allocation
Subaccount
65%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares
35%
MFS Research Bond Series – Initial Class Shares

You may allocate your premiums and Contract Value among any of the Designated Subaccounts.  Allocation percentages must be whole percentages only and the total of allocation percentages in the Designated Subaccounts must equal 100%.

The available Designated Subaccounts are:

·  
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio – Service Class 2
·  
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio – Service Class 2
·  
Fidelity VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio – Service Class 2
·  
Fidelity VIP Freedom Income Portfolio – Service Class 2

Sunset Financial Services, Inc., an affiliate of Kansas City Life Insurance Company, will serve as your investment adviser solely for purposes of developing and updating the Model Allocations.  If you select a Designated Subaccount instead of a Model Allocation, you will not have an investment advisory relationship with Sunset Financial.  For more information on Sunset Financial’s role as investment adviser in connection with the Model Allocations, please see Part 2 of Sunset Financial’s Form ADV (the investment adviser registration form), which will be provided to you if you select a Model Allocation and at any time upon your request.

On a periodic basis or when Sunset Financial believes appropriate, the Model Allocations are evaluated and the Model Allocations are updated, as discussed below.  In developing and periodically updating the Model Allocations, we currently rely on the recommendations of an independent third-party analytical firm.  We may change the firm that we use from time to time, or, to the extent permissible under applicable law, use no independent firm at all.

Each of the Model Allocations is evaluated periodically to assess whether the combination of Investment Options within each Model Allocation should be changed.  As a result of the periodic analysis, the percentage allocations in each Model Allocation may change, and Subaccounts may be added to or substituted in a Model Allocation (including Subaccounts not currently available), or Subaccounts may be deleted from a Model Allocation.  We also periodically evaluate the Designated Subaccounts, and may add, remove, or substitute the Designated Subaccounts within the Investment Strategy.

We will notify you at least 30 days in advance of any substitution, removal, or change to a Model Allocation or Designated Subaccount that you selected.  You should carefully review these notices.  If you wish to accept the changes in your selected Investment Strategy option, you will not need to take any action, as your Contract Value and any subsequent premium payments will be reallocated in accordance with the updated Investment Strategy option accordingly.  If you do not wish to accept the changes to your selected Investment Strategy option, you can change to a different Investment Strategy option or terminate the GMWB rider.

No Model Allocation is a fund-of-funds.  For more information regarding each Fund that we permit you to invest in through an Investment Strategy option, including information relating to that Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, and the risks of investing in that Fund, please see the “Kansas City Life, the Variable
 
 
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Account and the Funds” section of this Prospectus as well as the Fund’s prospectus.  You can obtain a Prospectus containing more complete information on each of the Funds by contacting Variable Administration at 1-800-616-3670.  You should read the Fund’s prospectus carefully before investing.

You may change to one of the other available Model Allocations or Designated Subaccounts within the Investment Strategy, at any time, by Written Request.  Any change will be effective on the date we receive your Written Request.  You must transfer all of your Contract Value at the time of such Written Request to that Model Allocation or Designated Subaccount.  You may not make transfers between the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account other than to transfer 100% of your Contract Value to another Investment Strategy option.  We will waive the restrictions defined in “Transfer Privilege” if the applicable transfer is required under the terms of the GMWB rider.

A Model Allocation or a Designated Subaccount may not perform as intended.  Although the Model Allocations are intended to optimize returns given various levels of risk tolerance, portfolio, market and asset class performance may differ in the future from the historical performance and assumptions upon which the Model Allocations are based, which could cause the Model Allocations to be ineffective or less effective in reducing volatility.  Investment performance of your Contract Value could be better or worse than expected.  A Model Allocation may perform better or worse than any single Subaccount or asset class or other combinations of Investment Options or asset classes.  One purpose of requiring you to invest in accordance with the Investment Strategy is to limit Kansas City Life’s exposure under the GMWB rider.  This is done by ensuring that your Contract Value is diversified and not concentrated in the riskiest Subaccounts.  You should not purchase the GMWB rider if you wish to allocate your Contract Value in a non-diversified or highly aggressive manner.

Model Allocation performance is dependent upon the performance of the component Subaccounts.  The timing of your investment and the frequency of automatic rebalancing may affect performance.  Your Contract Value will fluctuate, and when redeemed, may be worth more of less than the original cost.

Sunset Financial may be subject to competing interests that have the potential to influence its decision making with regard to the Model Allocations (such competing interests also may be present when Kansas City Life selects the Designated Subaccounts that are available in the Investment Strategy).  For example, Kansas City Life may receive greater compensation in connection with investments in certain Subaccounts than other Subaccounts, thereby providing Sunset Financial with incentive to use the Subaccount with the higher compensation as part of a Model Allocation.  All Model Allocations are analyzed by an independent third party analytical firm.  We do not dictate to the third party analytical firm the number of Subaccounts in a Model Allocation, the percent that any Subaccount represents in a Model Allocation, or which Subaccounts may be selected (other than to require the exclusion of any Subaccount that is expected to be liquidated, merged into another Subaccount, or otherwise closed).  We believe our reliance on the recommendations of an independent third-party analytical firm to develop and update the Model Allocations (as described above) reduces the potential for us to be influenced by these competing interests, but there can be no assurance of this.

The Subaccounts and the Funds in which they invest will need to issue new accumulation units or shares, or redeem their accumulation units or shares, as a result of the periodic updating of the Model Allocations.  Therefore, a Fund may need to buy securities with the money it receives from shares issued or sell securities to raise cash to pay redemption proceeds, thereby incurring transaction costs and possibly disrupting the management of the Fund.  This may adversely affect the performance of the Funds and the Model Allocations.

If you elect to purchase the GMWB rider you may invest your Contract Value only in the Investment Strategy options we make available with this benefit.

REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS

For purposes of the GMWB rider, withdrawals considered Required Minimum Distributions are distributions within a calendar year that are intended to be paid to you as required by section 401(a)(9), section 403(b)(10), section 408(b)(3), or section 408A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Under our Required Minimum Distributions program, each withdrawal will be in an amount that we determine to be your Required Minimum Distribution under your Contract, considering only that Contract.  Our calculation will be based on information that you provide and our understanding of the Code.  We reserve the right to make any changes we deem necessary to comply with the Code and Treasury Regulations.

You should discuss these matters with your tax adviser prior to electing the GMWB rider.
 
 
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Each withdrawal under our Required Minimum Distributions program will reduce your Contract Value and your Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.  We will not, however, reset your Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount or Lifetime Income Amount if a withdrawal under our Required Minimum Distributions program (based on our current understanding and interpretation of the tax law) causes total withdrawals during a Contract Year to exceed the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount or Lifetime Income Amount, as applicable.

We will not make any further withdrawals under our Required Minimum Distributions program if both the Contract Value and the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance reduce to zero.  We will make distributions as part of the Contract’s Settlement Phase, however, if the Lifetime Income Amount is greater than zero and the Covered Person is living at that time.

Required Minimum Distributions provide minimum lifetime distributions as described or as required under certain sections of the Code.  Withdrawals under our Required Minimum Distributions program will not be treated as Excess Withdrawals and will not reset the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount or Lifetime Income Amount.

SETTLEMENT PHASE

We automatically make settlement payments during the GMWB rider’s Settlement Phase.  The Settlement Phase begins if total withdrawals during the Contract Year:

·  
are equal to or less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount; and
·  
the Contract Value reduces to zero and either the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance or the Lifetime Income Amount immediately after the withdrawal is still greater than zero.

During this phase, the Contract will continue but all other rights and benefits under the Contract, including death benefits and any additional riders, terminate.  We will not accept additional premiums and we will not deduct any charge for the GMWB rider during the Settlement Phase.

At the beginning of the Settlement Phase, you generally may choose an annual settlement payment amount that we will automatically pay to you.  The settlement payment amount we permit you to choose varies:

·  
You may choose an amount that is equal to, or no greater than, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount if the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is greater than zero at the beginning of the Settlement Phase.  We reduce any remaining Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance each time we make a settlement payment, and automatically pay the settlement amount to you each Contract Year while the Covered Person is alive until the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance reduces to zero.  After that, we will make settlement payments to you each Contract Year during the Covered Person’s lifetime in an amount that is equal to any remaining Lifetime Income Amount.  Keep in mind that in certain circumstances the Lifetime Income Amount may be less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount, and under those circumstances your choice of an amount in excess of the Lifetime Income Amount could result in a reduction of the Lifetime Income Amount.  (See “EFFECT OF WITHDRAWALS ON THE LIFETIME INCOME AMOUNT”)
·  
You may choose to continue to receive distribution payments under the Required Minimum Distribution program if the program is in effect and the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is greater than zero at the beginning of the Settlement Phase. If you do, we will reduce any remaining Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance each time we make a distribution payment and automatically make distribution payments each Contract Year while the Covered Person is alive until the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance reduces to zero.  (See “REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS”)  After that, we will make settlement payments to you each Contract Year during the Covered Person’s lifetime in an amount that is equal to any remaining Lifetime Income Amount.
·  
We will make annual settlement payments to you each Contract Year during the Covered Person’s lifetime in an amount that is equal to the Lifetime Income Amount if there is no remaining Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance at the beginning of the Settlement Phase.
·  
After the Lifetime Income Date, if you choose to receive a settlement payment that is in excess of the Lifetime Income Amount, we will recalculate the Lifetime Income Amount in the same manner as a withdrawal that exceeds the Lifetime Income Amount.  (See “EFFECT OF WITHDRAWALS ON THE LIFETIME INCOME AMOUNT”)  We do not recalculate the Lifetime Income Amount, however, if you receive distribution payments under the Required Minimum Distribution program.

 
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Any withdrawal you make under the GMWB rider before the Settlement Phase is a withdrawal from your Contract Value. We are only required to start using our own money to make payments when the GMWB rider Settlement Phase begins.

Withdrawals under the GMWB rider are not annuity payouts.  Annuity payouts generally receive a more favorable tax treatment than other withdrawals.

DEATH BENEFITS

Death benefits before the Settlement Phase

If you die while the GMWB rider is in effect but before the Settlement Phase, the GMWB rider generally will terminate.  This means Kansas City Life will make no more payments under this rider.

However, if (i) you die while the GMWB rider is in effect but before the Settlement Phase, (ii) the sole Beneficiary is your surviving spouse, and (iii) your surviving spouse does not elect to take the death benefit under the terms of the Contract, the following will apply:

If:
Then the GMWB rider:
the Covered Person is no longer alive
· Does not continue with respect to the Lifetime Income Amount, but continues with respect to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount if the death benefit or the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is greater than zero. We will automatically step-up the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance to equal the death benefit on the date it is determined, if the death benefit on that date is greater than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.
· Enters the Settlement Phase if a withdrawal would reduce the Contract Value to zero, and the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is still greater than zero.
· Continues to impose the GMWB rider charge.
· Continues to be eligible for any remaining bonuses and step-ups. We will permit the spouse to opt out of the initial death benefit step-up, if any, and any future step-ups if we would increase the rate of the GMWB rider charge at that time.
the Covered Person is alive
(e.g.  if the Beneficiary is the Covered Person)
· Continues with respect to the Lifetime Income Amount for the Beneficiary. If the Lifetime Income Amount has not been determined prior to the payment of the death benefit, we will determine the initial Lifetime Income Amount on the first Contract Anniversary after the Covered Person has reached age 65.
· Continues with respect to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount if the death benefit or the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is greater than zero.  We will automatically step-up the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance to equal the death benefit on the date it is determined, if the death benefit on that date is greater than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.
· Enters the Settlement Phase if a withdrawal would reduce the Contract Value to zero, and either the Lifetime Income Amount or the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is still greater than zero.
· Continues to impose the GMWB rider charge.
· Continues to be eligible for any remaining bonuses and step-ups. We will permit the spouse to opt out of the initial death benefit step-up, if any, and any future step-ups if we would increase the rate of the GMWB rider charge at that time.

Note that under Qualified Contracts other than IRAs, spousal continuation will not satisfy Required Minimum Distributions.  Consult a tax adviser.

Death benefit during the Settlement Phase

If the Covered Person dies during the Settlement Phase, no death benefit under the Contract will be payable.  The only death benefit we provide are the remaining settlement payments that may become due under the GMWB rider.  Those payments will be made at least as rapidly as they were being paid before the death of the Covered Person.

 
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TERMINATION

You may not terminate the GMWB rider for five years from the Rider Effective Date. The GMWB rider will terminate automatically upon the earliest of:

·  
the date the Contract terminates for any reason; or
·  
the date this rider is cancelled by you; or
·  
the date a death benefit is payable upon the death of any Owner, unless the surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary; or
·  
the date a death benefit is payable upon the death of the Owner and the Beneficiary takes the death benefit under the terms of the Contract; or
·  
the date a death benefit is payable upon the death of the Annuitant who is not the Owner; or
·  
the date an annuity option under the Contract begins; or
·  
the date the Contract Value, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, and the Lifetime Income Amount all equal zero; or
·  
the date you change the allocation of a subsequent premium payment or transfer Contract Value to an investment option other than to an Investment Strategy option.

GMWB RIDER CHARGE

We charge an additional monthly charge on the Monthly Anniversary Day for the GMWB rider.  The current GMWB rider charge is equal to 0.079% multiplied by the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.  However, if you elected the GMWB rider before January 1, 2009, the current charge for your GMWB rider is 0.05% multiplied by the Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Balance.  We deduct the rider charge from each Subaccount in the same proportion that the value of each Subaccount is to the Contract Value.  We do not deduct the rider charge during the GMWB rider’s Settlement Phase.

We reserve the right to increase the current monthly rider charge percentage on the effective date of each step-up.  However, the current monthly rider charge percentage will never exceed 0.10%.

The addition of the GMWB rider to a Contract may not always be in your interest since an additional charge is deducted monthly for this benefit and the Covered Person must attain age 65 and remain living for you to receive certain benefits.  Furthermore, the GMWB rider limits the investment options otherwise available under the Contract, contains age caps and limitations on an Owner’s rights and benefits at certain ages and values, and provides no guaranteed withdrawal benefits once payments begin under any of the payment options described in this Prospectus.  You should carefully consider each of these factors before deciding if the GMWB rider is suitable for your needs, especially at older ages.

FEDERAL TAX ISSUES

The application of certain tax rules to the GMWB rider, particularly those rules relating to distributions from your Contract, are not entirely clear.  In this regard, we intend to treat any amounts received by you under the GMWB rider during the Settlement Phase as annuity payments for tax purposes.  However, we intend to treat the payments made to you prior to the Settlement Phase or to our establishing an annuity date, as withdrawals for tax purposes.  (See “FEDERAL TAX STATUS”)  In view of this uncertainty, you should consult a tax adviser before purchasing a GMWB rider.

The value of the GMWB rider may need to be included in calculating Required Minimum Distributions under Qualified Contracts.  Consult a tax adviser.

THE FIXED ACCOUNT
                                                                                                                                          
You may allocate some or all of the premiums and transfer some or all of the Variable Account Value to the Fixed Account. You may also make transfers from the Fixed Account, but restrictions may apply.  (See “TRANSFERS FROM FIXED ACCOUNT”)  The Fixed Account is part of our general account and pays interest at declared rates guaranteed for each calendar year.  We guarantee the amount of premiums paid plus guaranteed interest and less applicable deductions.

Our general account supports our insurance and annuity obligations.  Since the Fixed Account is part of our general account, we assume the risk of investment gain or loss on this amount.  All assets in the general account are subject to our general liabilities from business operations.
 
 
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The Fixed Account is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  The Securities and Exchange Commission has not reviewed the disclosure in this Prospectus relating to the Fixed Account.  Certain general provisions of the Federal securities laws relating to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in prospectuses still apply.

GUARANTEED AND CURRENT INTEREST RATES
 
There are two interest rates that are applicable to the Fixed Account – the guaranteed interest rate and the current interest rate.  The actual rate credited to the Fixed Account Value is the greater of the guaranteed interest rate and the current interest rate.

Guaranteed interest rate for Contracts issued on or after May 31, 2011, if approved in your state.  The guaranteed interest rate is the minimum interest rate that we will credit to the Fixed Account Value.  We guarantee that this rate will be at least 1% but not more than 3% per year.

We determine the guaranteed interest rate on your Contract Date and on each Redetermination Date thereafter.  The guaranteed interest rate will be in effect from the Contract Date until the first Redetermination Date, and thereafter, from each Redetermination Date until the next Redetermination Date.

The redetermined guaranteed interest rate for the Fixed Account is based on the 5-year Constant Treasury Maturity monthly average rate for November of the previous calendar year published by the Federal Reserve (the “Treasury Rate”). The redetermined guaranteed interest rate for the Fixed Account will be calculated as the Treasury Rate rounded to the nearest five-hundredths of one percent (0.05%) reduced by 1.25%, and will be at least 1% and not more than 3% annually. We will notify you when your guaranteed interest rate is redetermined.

Guaranteed interest rate for Contracts issued before May 31, 2011 and for Contracts issued on and after May 31, 2011 where the guaranteed interest rate described above has not been approved by your state.  The guaranteed interest rate is the minimum interest rate that we will credit to the Fixed Account Value.  The guaranteed interest rate is 3% per year.

Current Interest Rate.  We may credit a current interest rate in excess of the guaranteed interest rate. Current interest rates are influenced by, but do not necessarily correspond to, prevailing market interest rates.  We will determine current interest rates at our discretion.  You assume the risk that the interest rate we credit may not exceed the guaranteed interest rate.  Since we anticipate changing the current interest rate from time to time, we may credit different allocations with different current interest rates, based upon the date amounts are allocated to the Fixed Account.  We will not change the current interest rate credited to funds in the Fixed Account more often than once each year.

For the purpose of crediting interest, we currently account for amounts deducted from the Fixed Account on a last-in, first out (“LIFO”) basis.  We may change the method of crediting interest from time to time, provided that such changes do not have the effect of reducing the guaranteed rate of interest.  We may also shorten the period for which the interest rate applies to less than a year (except for the year in which such amount is received or transferred).

CALCULATION OF FIXED ACCOUNT VALUE

On the Contract Date, the Fixed Account Value is equal to the portion of the premium allocated to the Fixed Account.
 
On each Valuation Day thereafter, the Fixed Account Value is equal to:

·  
Fixed Account Value on the preceding Valuation Day; plus
·  
amounts allocated or transferred to the Fixed Account; plus
·  
interest credited; less
·  
amounts deducted, transferred, or surrendered from the Fixed Account since the preceding Valuation Day, including any interest.

 
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TRANSFERS FROM FIXED ACCOUNT

We allow one transfer each Contract Year from the Fixed Account.  During the first eight Contract Years, the amount transferred from the Fixed Account may not exceed the greatest of:
·  
25% of the unloaned Fixed Account Value in the Fixed Account on the date of transfer (unless the balance after the transfer is less than $250, in which case we will transfer the entire amount); or
·  
the amount transferred out of the Fixed Account in the prior Contract Year; or
·  
$2,000 (or the unloaned Fixed Account Value, if less).

Beginning in the 9th Contract Year, there is no limitation on the amount transferred from the Fixed Account.

DELAY OF PAYMENT

We have the right to defer payment of any surrender, partial surrender, or transfer from the Fixed Account for up to six months from the date we receive Written Notice for a partial surrender, full surrender, or transfer.  If we do not make the payment within 30 days after we receive the documentation required to complete the transaction, we will add 3% interest to the amount paid from the date we receive documentation.  Some states may require that we pay interest on periods of delay less than 30 days and some states may require us to pay an interest rate higher than 3% when we delay payment Proceeds.

CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS
                                                                                                                                        
SURRENDER CHARGE

General.  We do not deduct a charge for sales expense from premiums at the time you pay them.  However, we may deduct a surrender charge when a premium is withdrawn upon a surrender or partial surrender or if you elect a Non-Life Payment Option during the first eight years following the payment of that premium.  The purpose of the surrender charge is to reimburse us for some of the expenses we incur in distributing the Contracts.  If the surrender charges are not enough to cover sales expenses, we will bear the loss.  If the amount of such charges proves more than enough, we will keep the excess.  We do not currently believe that the surrender charges imposed will cover the expected costs of distributing the Contracts.  We will make up any shortfall from our general assets, which may include amounts we derive from the mortality and expense risk charge.

Charge for Partial Surrender or Surrender.  If you take a partial or full surrender of the Contract or elect a Non-Life Payment Option, the applicable surrender charge applicable to each premium withdrawn or annuitized will be as follows:

During Premium Year*
Year
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9+
Percentage
8%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
0%

*Premium Year refers to the 12-month period following the date we credit a particular premium to your Contract.  After eight years following the date we credit a particular premium, there will be no surrender charge applicable to that premium payment.

The total surrender charge applicable will be the sum of the surrender charges applicable to each premium.  To determine the surrender charge we first assume that your surrender or Non-Life Payment Option election is from amounts (other than earnings) that can be withdrawn without a surrender charge, then from other amounts (other than earnings) and then from earnings, each on a “first-in-first-out” (oldest money first) basis.  Once we have calculated the total surrender charge amount we actually withdraw it from the Fixed Account and Subaccounts in the same proportion that the withdrawal is being made.  In calculating the surrender charge, we do not include earnings, although the actual withdrawal to pay the surrender charge may come from earnings.

If you surrender the Contract, we will deduct the surrender charge from the Contract Value in determining the Cash Surrender Value.  For a partial surrender, we will deduct the surrender charge from the amount surrendered or from the Contract Value remaining after the amount requested is surrendered, according to your instructions.

Amounts Not Subject to Surrender Charge.  Your first partial surrender during a Contract Year will not be subject to a surrender charge to the extent that the amount you surrender under the plan is not in excess of 10% of the Contract
 
 
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Value.  We limit this 10% free partial surrender to the first partial surrender per Contract Year, even if the amount you surrender is less than 10% of the Contract Value.  We will assess the applicable surrender charge on any amounts surrendered in excess of 10% and any additional surrenders, which occur after the first partial surrender in a Contract Year.  The 10% free partial surrender is not cumulative from year to year.

If you make a full surrender of the Contract the surrender charge does not apply to 10% of the Contract Value provided you have not already received credit for the 10% free partial surrender during that Contract Year.  If you have not already received the free 10% partial surrender in that Contract Year, then only 90% of the Contract Value is subject to a surrender charge upon a full surrender.

If you have elected to participate in the Systematic Partial Surrender Plan, your 10% free partial withdrawal may apply to payments under this plan as long as you have not already received your free partial withdrawal for that Contract Year.  (See “SYSTEMATIC PARTIAL SURRENDER PLAN”)  You are limited to one election of the Systematic Partial Surrender Plan per Contract Year without being subject to the surrender charge.  (This limitation applies even if the amount surrendered during that Contract Year is less than 10% of the Contract Value.)  In the Contract Year in which you elect to participate in the plan, we will calculate the 10% limitation based on the Contract Value at the time of election.  In each subsequent Contract Year in which you continue to participate in the Plan, we will calculate the 10% limitation based on the Contract Value as of the beginning of that year.  We will notify you if the total amount to be surrendered in a subsequent Contract Year will exceed 10% of the Contract Value as of the beginning of such Contract Year.  Unless you instruct us to reduce the surrender amount for that year so that it does not exceed the 10% limit, we will continue to process surrenders for the designated amount.  Once the amount of the surrender exceeds the 10% limit, we will deduct the applicable surrender charge from the remaining Contract Value.  Eight years after the final premium payment, when the surrender charge reaches zero, we will no longer apply a surrender charge, unless additional premium payments are received.

If you elect a Life Payment Option, we will not apply a surrender charge.

Nursing Home Waiver.  If you meet the requirements described below for the Nursing Home Waiver, we will pay out the full Contract Value without applying any surrender charges.  In order to be eligible for this waiver:

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we must receive satisfactory proof that you are admitted to a licensed nursing home;
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the Contract Value must be paid out in equal amounts over at least a three-year period; and
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you must be confined for at least 90 days before we will waive the surrender charges.

This waiver may not be available in all states.

TRANSFER PROCESSING FEE

The first six transfers during each Contract Year are free.  We will assess a transfer processing fee of $25 for each additional transfer during such Contract Year.  For the purpose of assessing the fee, we will consider each Written Request for a transfer to be one transfer, regardless of the number of accounts affected by the transfer.  We will deduct the transfer processing fee from the amount being transferred or from the remaining Contract Value, according to your instructions.

ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES

Annual Administration Fee.  At the beginning of each Contract Year we will deduct an annual administration fee of $30 (or less if required by applicable state law) from the Contract Value.  The purpose of this fee is to reimburse us for administrative expenses relating to the Contract.  We will waive this fee for Contracts with Contract Values of $50,000 or more at the beginning of the applicable Contract Year.  We will deduct the charge from each Subaccount and the Fixed Account based on the proportion that the value in each account bears to the total Contract Value.  This fee does not apply after the Maturity Date.

Asset-Based Administration Charge.  We will deduct a daily asset-based administration charge from the assets of the Variable Account equal to an annual rate of 0.15%.  This translates to a daily rate of 0.0004110%.  The purpose of this charge is to reimburse us for costs associated with administration of the Contract amounts allocated to the Variable Account.  This charge does not apply after the Maturity Date.

 
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MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE

We will deduct a daily mortality and expense risk charge from the assets of the Variable Account.  This charge will be equal to an annual rate of 1.25%.  This translates to a daily rate of 0.0034247%.  The purpose of this charge is to compensate us for assuming mortality and expense risks.  This charge does not apply after the Maturity Date.

The mortality risk we assume is that Annuitants may live for a longer period of time than estimated when we established the guarantees in the Contract.  Because of these guarantees, we provide each payee with the assurance that longevity will not have an adverse effect on the annuity payments received.  The mortality risk we assume also includes a guarantee to pay a death benefit if the Annuitant dies before the Maturity Date.  The expense risk we assume is the risk that the annual administration fee, asset-based administration charge, and transfer processing fee may be insufficient to cover actual future expenses.

If the mortality and expense risk charge is not enough to cover the actual cost of the mortality and expense risks we undertake, we will bear the loss.  If the amount of such charges proves more than enough, we will keep the excess and this amount will be available for any proper corporate purpose including financing of distribution expenses.

MONTHLY GUARANTEED MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT EXPENSE CHARGE

If a Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option other than the base provision is selected, there is an additional charge.  The amount of this charge varies depending on the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option you have elected, as follows:

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Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option:  no additional charge.
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Annual Ratchet Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option:  A Monthly charge of 0.01665% of the Variable Account Value is deducted from the Variable Account Value on the Monthly Anniversary Date.  This charge equals 0.20% of the Variable Account Value on an annualized basis.
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Enhanced Combination Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option:  A monthly charge of 0.02912% of Variable Account Value is deducted from the Variable Account Value on the Monthly Anniversary Date.  This charge equals 0.35% of Variable Account Value on an annualized basis.

It is possible that the Internal Revenue Service may take a position that death benefit option charges are deemed to be taxable distributions to you.  Although we do not believe that a death benefit option charge under the Contract should be treated as a taxable withdrawal, you should consult your tax advisor prior to selecting such a death benefit option under the Contract.

GUARANTEED MINIMUM WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT CHARGE

We charge an additional monthly charge on the Monthly Anniversary Day for the GMWB rider.  The GMWB rider charge is equal to 0.10% (currently 0.079% for GMWB riders elected on and after January 1, 2009) multiplied by the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.  We deduct the rider charge from each Subaccount in the same proportion that the value of each Subaccount is to the Contract Value.  We do not deduct the rider charge during the GMWB rider’s Settlement Phase.

PREMIUM TAXES

Various states and other governmental entities levy a premium tax, currently ranging up to 3.5%, on annuity contracts issued by insurance companies.  Premium tax rates may change from time to time by legislative and other governmental action.  In addition, other governmental units within a state may levy such taxes.

If premium taxes are applicable, we will deduct them upon surrender or when we apply the Contract Proceeds to a payment option or a lump sum payment.

REDUCED CHARGES FOR ELIGIBLE GROUPS

We may reduce the surrender charges and/or administration charges for Contracts issued to a class of associated individuals or to a trustee, employer or similar entity.  We may reduce these charges if we anticipate that the sales to the members of the class will result in lower than normal sales or administrative expenses.  We will make any reductions in accordance with our rules in effect at the time of the application.  The factors we will consider in determining the eligibility of a particular group and the level of the reduction are as follows:
 
 
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nature of the association and its organizational framework;
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method by which sales will be made to the members of the class;
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facility with which premiums will be collected from the associated individuals;
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association’s capabilities with respect to administrative tasks;
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anticipated persistency of the Contract;
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size of the class of associated individuals;
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number of years the association has been in existence; and
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any other such circumstances which justify a reduction in sales or administrative expenses.

Any reduction will be reasonable, will apply uniformly to all prospective Contract purchases in the class and will not be unfairly discriminatory to the interests of any Owner.

OTHER TAXES

We do not currently assess a charge against the Variable Account for federal income taxes.  We may make such a charge in the future if income or gains within the Variable Account result in any federal income tax liability to us.  We may also deduct charges for other taxes attributable to the Variable Account.

LOAN INTEREST CHARGE

If a Contract is a section 403(b) TSA Qualified Contract, Contract loans may be available if permitted by an employer’s section 403(b) plan.  A loan interest charge is assessed by crediting a lower rate on amounts held in the loan account as collateral than the rate charged on the loan amount.  The maximum amount of interest we charge on a loan is 8% annually of the loan amount.  The net loan interest charge is the difference between the amount charged on any loan amount and the amount credited to the loan account (3% annually).

INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES AND OTHER EXPENSES OF THE FUNDS

The funds deduct investment advisory fees and other expenses.  The value of the net assets of each Subaccount already reflects the investment advisory fees and other expenses incurred by the corresponding Fund in which the Subaccount invests.  This means that these charges are deducted before we calculate Subaccount values.  These charges are not directly deducted from your Contract Value.  See the prospectuses for the Funds for more information about the investment advisory fees and other expenses.

PAYMENT OPTIONS
                                                                                                                                      
The Contract offers a variety of ways, in addition to a lump sum, for you to receive Proceeds payable under the Contract.  Payment options are available for use with various types of Proceeds, such as surrender, death or maturity.  We summarize these payment options below.  All of these options are forms of fixed-benefit annuities which do not vary with the investment performance of a separate account.

The Contract ends on the Maturity Date and we will pay the Proceeds to the payee under the payment option selected.  The amount we apply to the payment option will vary depending upon which payment option you select.  If you elect a Life Payment Option (Options 4 and 5 described below), we will apply the full Contract Value to that option.  If you elect a Non-Life Payment Option (Options 1, 2, and 3 described below) or you have elected to receive a lump sum payment, we will apply the Cash Surrender Value.  If you have not filed an election of a payment option with us on the Maturity Date, we will pay the Contract Proceeds as a life annuity with payments guaranteed for ten years.

You may also apply Contract Proceeds under a payment option prior to the Maturity Date.  If you elect a Life Payment Option, we will apply the full Contract Value.  If you elect a Non-Life Payment Option or a lump sum payment, we will apply the Cash Surrender Value.

The Beneficiary may also apply a death benefit (upon the Annuitant’s death) under a payment option.

Naming different persons as Owner and Annuitant can affect whether the death benefit is payable, the amount of the benefit, and who will receive it.  Use care when naming Owners, Annuitants and Beneficiaries, and consult your registered representative if you have questions.

 
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We will deduct any premium tax applicable from Proceeds at the time payments start.  In order for us to pay Proceeds under a payment option or a lump sum, the Contract must be surrendered.

We describe the payment options available below.  The term "payee" means a person who is entitled to receive payment under that option.

If we have options or rates available on a more favorable basis than those guaranteed at the time a payment option is elected, the more favorable benefits will apply.

ELECTION OF OPTIONS

You may elect, revoke or change an option at any time before the Maturity Date while the Annuitant is living.  If the payee is not the Owner, we must provide our consent for the election of a payment option.  If an election is not in effect at the Annuitant's death or if payment is to be made in one sum under an existing election, the Beneficiary may elect one of the options after the Annuitant’s death.

An election of a payment option and any revocation or change must be made by Written Notice.  Proceeds of at least $2,000 are required for all payment options.  You may not elect an option if any periodic payment under the election would be less than $50.  We may make payments less frequently so that each payment is at least $50.  Subject to this condition, we will make payments annually or monthly at the end of such period.

DESCRIPTION OF OPTIONS

Option 1: Interest Payments. We will make guaranteed interest payments to the payee annually or monthly as elected.  We will pay interest on the Proceeds at the guaranteed rate per year.  We may pay additional interest annually.  The Proceeds and any unpaid interest may be withdrawn in full at any time.

Option 2: Installments of a Specified Amount. We will make annual or monthly payments until the Proceeds plus interest are fully paid.  We will pay interest on the Proceeds at the guaranteed rate per year.  We may pay additional interest.  The present value of any unpaid installments may be withdrawn at any time.

Option 3: Installments for a Specified Period. We will pay the Proceeds in equal annual or monthly payments for a specified number of years.  We will pay interest on the Proceeds at the guaranteed rate per year.  We may also pay additional interest.  The present value of any unpaid installments may be withdrawn at any time.

Option 4: Life Income. We will pay an income during the payee's lifetime.  A minimum guaranteed payment period may be chosen.  Another form of minimum guaranteed payment period is the installment refund option under which we will make payments until the total income payments received equal the Proceeds applied.

Option 5: Joint and Survivor Income. We will pay an income during the lifetime of two persons and will continue to pay an income as long as either person is living.  A minimum guaranteed payment period of ten years may be chosen.

Choice of Options: You may choose an option by Written Notice during the Annuitant’s lifetime.  If an option for payment of Proceeds is not in effect at the Annuitant’s death, the Beneficiary may make a choice.

Options 1, 2, and 3 may not satisfy the minimum required distribution requirements for a Qualified Contract.  Consult a tax adviser.  If you elect options 2 or 3 and withdraw the unpaid installments, our obligations under the payment option will end.

YIELDS AND TOTAL RETURNS
                                                                                                                                          
YIELDS

From time to time, we may advertise or include in sales literature yields, effective yields and total returns for the Subaccounts.  These figures are based on historical earnings and do not indicate or project future performance.  Each Subaccount may, from time to time, advertise or include in sales literature performance relative to certain performance rankings and indices compiled by independent organizations.  More detailed information as to the calculation of performance information, as well as comparisons with unmanaged market indices, appears in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
 
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Effective yields and total returns for the Subaccounts are based on the investment performance of the corresponding Portfolio of the Funds.  The Funds' performance reflects the Funds' expenses.  (See the prospectuses for the Funds)

The yield of the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount refers to the annualized income generated by an investment 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 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.

The yield of a Subaccount (except the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount) refers to the annualized income generated by an investment in the Subaccount over a specified 30-day or one-month period.  The yield is calculated by assuming that the income generated by the investment during that 30-day or one-month period is generated each period over a 12-month period and is shown as a percentage of the investment.

TOTAL RETURNS

Standard Subaccount Average Annual Total Return. The average annual total return of a Subaccount refers to return quotations assuming an investment under a Contract has been held in the Subaccount for various periods of time, each beginning with 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 average annual total return quotations represent the average annual compounded rates of return that would equate an initial investment of $10,000 under a Contract to the redemption value of that investment as of the last day of each of the periods for which standard subaccount average annual total return quotations are provided.  Standard subaccount average annual total return information shows the average percentage change in the value of an investment in the Subaccount from the beginning date of the measuring period to the end of that period.  This standardized average annual total return reflects all historical investment results, less all charges and deductions applied against the Subaccount (including any surrender charge that would apply if you terminated the Contract at the end of each period indicated, but excluding any deductions for premium taxes).

Adjusted Historic Portfolio Average Annual Total Returns. In addition to the standard version described above, other total return performance information computed on two different bases may be used in advertisements.  For periods prior to the date the Variable Account commenced operations, performance information for Contracts funded by the Subaccounts will be calculated based on the performance of the Funds' Portfolios and the assumption that the Subaccounts were in existence for the same periods as those indicated for the Funds' Portfolios, with the level of Contract charges that were in effect at the inception of the Subaccounts for the Contracts.  Adjusted historic portfolio average annual total return information may be presented, computed on the same basis as described above, except deductions will not include the surrender charge.  In addition, we may from time to time disclose standard subaccount average annual total return in non-standard formats and cumulative total return for Contracts funded by Subaccounts.

We will only disclose other total returns if we also disclose the standard average annual total returns for the required periods.  For additional information regarding the calculation of performance data, please refer to the Statement of Additional Information.

FEDERAL TAX STATUS
                                                                                                                                       
INTRODUCTION

The following discussion is general in nature and is not intended as tax advice.  Each person concerned should consult a competent tax adviser.  No attempt is made to consider any applicable state or other income tax laws, any state and local estate or inheritance tax, or other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of distributions under a Contract.

When you invest in an annuity contract, you usually do not pay taxes on your investment gains until you withdraw the money -- generally for retirement purposes.  If you invest in a variable annuity as part of a pension plan or employer-sponsored retirement program, your Contract is called a Qualified Contract.  If your annuity is independent of any formal retirement or pension plan, it is termed a Non-Qualified Contract.  The tax rules applicable to Qualified Contracts vary according to the type of retirement plan and the terms and conditions of the plan.

 
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TAXATION OF NON-QUALIFIED CONTRACTS

Non-Natural Person.  If a non-natural person (e.g., a corporation or a trust) owns a Non-Qualified Contract, the taxpayer generally must include in income any annual increases of the Contract Value.  There are some exceptions to this rule and a prospective Owner that is not a natural person should discuss these with a tax adviser.

The following discussion generally applies to Contracts owned by natural persons.

Withdrawals.  When a withdrawal from a Non-Qualified Contract occurs, the amount received will be treated as ordinary income subject to tax up to an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Contract Value immediately before the distribution over the Owner’s investment in the Contract (generally, the premiums or other consideration paid for the Contract, reduced by any amount previously distributed from the Contract that was not subject to tax) at that time.  In the case of a surrender under a Non-Qualified Contract, the amount received generally will be taxable only to the extent it exceeds the Owner’s investment in the Contract.

Penalty Tax on Certain Withdrawals.  In the case of a distribution from a Non-Qualified Contract, there may be imposed a federal tax penalty equal to 10% of the amount treated as income.  In general, however, there is no penalty on distributions:

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made on or after the taxpayer reaches age 59½;
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made on or after the death of an Owner;
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attributable to the taxpayer’s becoming disabled; or
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made as part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments for the life (or life expectancy) of the taxpayer or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the taxpayer and his or her designated Beneficiary.

Other exceptions may be applicable under certain circumstances and special rules may be applicable in connection with the exceptions enumerated above.  You should consult a tax adviser with regard to exceptions from the penalty tax.  A similar penalty tax, and additional exceptions, may apply to Qualified Contracts.

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

Annuity Payments.  Although tax consequences may vary depending on the payment option elected under an annuity contract, a portion of each annuity payment is generally not taxed and the remainder is taxed as ordinary income.  The non-taxable portion of an annuity payment is generally determined in a manner that is designed to allow you to recover your investment in the Contract ratably on a tax-free basis over the expected stream of annuity payments, as determined when annuity payments start.  Once your investment in the Contract has been fully recovered, however, the full amount of each annuity payment is subject to tax as ordinary income.

Partial Annuitization.  Under a new tax provision enacted in 2010, if part of an annuity contract’s value is applied to an annuity option that provides payments for one or more lives and for a period of at least ten years, those payments may be taxed as annuity payments instead of withdrawals.  None of the payment options under the Contract is intended to qualify for this “partial annuitization” treatment and, if you apply only part of the value of the Contract to a payment option, we will treat those payments as withdrawals for tax purposes.

Death Benefit Options.  It is possible that the Internal Revenue Service may take a position that death benefit option charges are deemed to be taxable distributions to you.  Although we do not believe that a death benefit option charge under the Contract should be treated as a taxable withdrawal, you should consult your tax advisor prior to selecting such a death benefit option under the Contract.

Taxation of Death Benefit Proceeds.  Amounts may be distributed from a Contract because of your death or the death of the Annuitant.  Generally, such amounts are includible in the income of the recipient as follows:  (i) if distributed in a lump sum, they are taxed in the same manner as a surrender of the Contract, or (ii) if distributed under a payment option, they are taxed in the same way as annuity payments.

 
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Transfers, Assignments or Exchanges of a Contract.  A transfer or assignment of ownership of a Contract, the designation of an Annuitant other than the owner, the selection of certain Maturity Dates, or the exchange of a Contract may result in certain tax consequences to you that are not discussed herein.  An Owner contemplating any such transfer, assignment or exchange should consult a tax adviser as to the tax consequences.

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

Multiple Contracts.  All non-qualified deferred annuity contracts that are issued by us (or our affiliates) to the same Owner during any calendar year are treated as one annuity contract for purposes of determining the amount includible in such Owner’s income when a taxable distribution occurs.

Further Information.  We believe that the Contracts will qualify as annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes and the above discussion is based on that assumption.  Further details can be found in the Statement of Additional Information under the heading “Tax Status of the Contracts.”

TAXATION OF QUALIFIED CONTRACTS

The tax rules applicable to Qualified Contracts vary according to the type of retirement plan and the terms and conditions of the plan.  Your rights under a Qualified Contract may be subject to the terms of the retirement plan itself, regardless of the terms of the Qualified Contract.  Adverse tax consequences may result if you do not ensure that contributions, distributions and other transactions with respect to the Contract comply with the law.

In the case of a withdrawal under a Qualified Contract, a ratable portion of the amount received is taxable, generally based on the ratio of the “investment in the contract” to the individual’s total account balance or accrued benefit under the retirement plan.  The “investment in the contract” generally equals the amount of any non-deductible premiums paid by or on behalf of any individual.  In many cases, the “investment in the contract” under a Qualified Contract can be zero.

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), as defined in sections 219 and 408 of the Code, permit individuals to make annual contributions in 2011 of up to the lesser of $5,000 (or $6,000 if you are age 50 or over) or the amount of compensation includible in the individual’s gross income for the year.  The contributions may be deductible in whole or in part, depending on the individual’s income.  Distributions from certain pension plans may be “rolled over” into an IRA on a tax-deferred basis without regard to these limits.  Amounts in the IRA (other than nondeductible contributions) are taxed when distributed from the IRA.  A 10% penalty tax generally applies to distributions made before age 59½, unless certain exceptions apply.

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 a death benefit provision such as the optional enhanced death benefit provisions in the Contract comports with IRA qualification requirements.  The value of the enhanced death benefits may need to be considered in calculating minimum required distributions.

SIMPLE IRAs permit certain small employers to establish SIMPLE plans as provided by section 408(p) of the Code, under which employees may elect to defer to a SIMPLE IRA a percentage of compensation, in 2011 up to $11,500 (or $14,000 if you are age 50 or over).  The sponsoring employer is required to make matching or non-elective contributions on behalf of employees.  Distributions from SIMPLE IRAs are subject to the same restrictions that apply to IRA distributions and are taxed as ordinary income.  Subject to certain exceptions, premature distributions prior to age 59½ are subject to a 10% penalty tax, which is increased to 25% if the distribution occurs within the first two years after the commencement of the employee’s participation in the plan.

Roth IRAs, as described in Code section 408A, permit certain eligible individuals to make non-deductible contributions to a Roth IRA in cash or as a rollover or transfer from another Roth IRA or other IRA.  A conversion of an IRA to a Roth IRA is generally subject to tax.  A special rule permits taxation of Roth IRA conversions made during the 2010 tax year to be split between 2011 and 2012.  The Owner may wish to consult a tax adviser before combining any converted amounts with any other Roth IRA contributions, including any other conversion amounts from other tax years.  Distributions from a Roth IRA generally are not taxed, except that, once aggregate distributions exceed contributions to the Roth IRA, income tax and a 10% penalty tax may apply to distributions made (1) before age 59½ (subject to certain exceptions) or (2) during the five taxable years starting with the year in which the first contribution is made to any Roth IRA.

 
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A 10% penalty tax may apply to amounts attributable to a conversion from an IRA if they are distributed during the five taxable years beginning in the year in which the conversion was made.

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 a death benefit provision such as the provision in the Contract comports with IRA qualification requirements.

Corporate pension and profit-sharing plans under section 401(a) of the Code allow corporate employers to establish various types of retirement plans for employees, and self-employed individuals to establish qualified plans for themselves and their employees.  Adverse tax consequences to the retirement plan, the participant, or both, may result if the Contract is transferred to any individual as a means to provide benefit payments, unless the plan complies with all the requirements applicable to such benefits prior to transferring the Contract.  A 10% penalty tax generally applies to distributions made before age 59½, unless certain exceptions apply.  The Contract includes a death benefit that in some cases may exceed the greater of the premium payments or the Contract Value.  The death benefit could be characterized as an incidental benefit, the amount of which is limited in any pension or profit-sharing plan.  Because the death benefit may exceed this limitation, employers using the Contract in connection with such plans should contact their tax adviser.

Tax Sheltered Annuities under section 403(b) of the Code allow employees of certain section 501(c)(3) organizations and public schools to exclude from their gross income the premium payments made, within certain limits, on a Contract that will provide an annuity for the employee’s retirement.  These premium payments may be subject to FICA (social security) tax.  Distributions of (1) salary reduction contributions made in years beginning after December 31, 1988; (2) earnings on those contributions; and (3) earnings on amounts held as of the last year beginning before January 1, 1989, are not allowed prior to age 59½, severance from employment, death or disability.  Salary reduction contributions may also be distributed upon hardship, but would generally be subject to penalties.  For Contracts issued after 2008, amounts attributable to non-elective contributions may be subject to distribution restrictions specified in the employer’s section 403(b) plan.  A 10% penalty tax generally applies to distributions made before age 59½, unless certain exceptions apply.  The Contract includes a death benefit that in some cases may exceed the greater of the premium payments or the Contract 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 Contract in connection with such plans should contact their tax adviser.  If your Contract was issued pursuant to a section 403(b) plan, starting January 1, 2009 we generally are required to confirm, with your section 403(b) plan sponsor or otherwise, that surrenders, loans or transfers you request comply with applicable tax requirements and to decline requests that are not in compliance.  We will defer such payments you request until all information required under the tax law has been received.  By requesting a surrender, loan or transfer, you consent to the sharing of confidential information about you, the policy, and transactions under the policy and any other section 403(b) contracts or accounts you have under the section 403(b) plan among us, your employer or plan sponsor, any plan administrator or recordkeeper, and other product providers.

Other Tax Issues.  Qualified Contracts have minimum distribution rules that govern the timing and amount of distributions.  You should refer to your retirement plan, adoption agreement, or consult a tax adviser for more information about these distribution rules.

Distributions from Qualified Contracts generally are subject to withholding for the Owner’s federal income tax liability.  The withholding rate varies according to the type of distribution and the Owner’s tax status.  The Owner will be provided the opportunity to elect not to have tax withheld from distributions.

Taxable “eligible rollover distributions” from section 401(a) plans and section 403(b) annuities are subject to a mandatory federal income tax withholding of 20%.  An eligible rollover distribution is any distribution from such a plan, except certain distributions such as distributions required by the Code, to an employee (or employee’s spouse or former spouse as Beneficiary or alternate payee), distributions in a specified annuity form, or hardships distributions.  The 20% withholding does not apply, however, to nontaxable distributions or if (i) the employee (or employee’s spouse or former spouse as beneficiary or alternate payee) chooses a “direct rollover” from the plan to a tax-qualified plan, IRA, Roth IRA or tax sheltered annuity or to a governmental 457 plan that agrees to separately account for rollover contributions; or (ii) a non-spouse beneficiary chooses a “direct rollover” from the plan to an IRA established by the direct rollover.

FEDERAL ESTATE TAXES

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

GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX

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

TAX RELIEF, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REAUTHORIZATION, AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 2010

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the “2010 Act”) increases the federal estate tax exemption to $5,000,000 and reduces the federal estate tax rate to 35%; increases the Federal gift tax exemption to $5,000,000 and retains the federal gift tax rate at 35%; and increases the generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) tax exemption to $5,000,000 and reduces the GST tax rate to 35%.  Commencing in 2012, these exemption amounts will be indexed for inflation.

The estate, gift, and GST provisions of the 2010 Act are only effective until December 31, 2012, after which the provisions will sunset, and the federal estate, gift and GST taxes will return to their pre-2001 levels, resulting in significantly lower exemptions and significantly higher tax rates.  Between now and the end of 2012, Congress may make these provisions of the 2010 Act permanent, or they may do nothing and allow these 2010 Act provisions to sunset, or they may alter the exemptions and/or applicable tax rates.

The uncertainty as to how the current law might be modified in coming years underscores the importance of seeking guidance from a qualified adviser to help ensure that your estate plan adequately addresses your needs and that of your beneficiaries under all possible scenarios.

ANNUITY PURCHASES BY NONRESIDENT ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS

The discussion above provides general information regarding U.S. federal income tax consequences to annuity purchasers that are U.S. citizens or residents.  Purchasers that are not U.S. citizens or residents will generally be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax on taxable distributions from annuity contracts at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies.  In addition, purchasers may be subject to state and/or municipal taxes and taxes that may be imposed by the purchaser’s country of citizenship or residence.  Prospective purchasers are advised to consult with a qualified tax adviser regarding U.S. state, and foreign taxation with respect to an annuity contract purchase.

ANNUITY PURCHASES BY RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO

In Rev. Rul. 2004-75, 2004-31 I.R.B. 109, the Internal Revenue Service recently announced that income received by residents of Puerto Rico under life insurance or annuity contracts issued by a Puerto Rico branch of a United States life insurance company is U.S.-source income that is generally subject to United States Federal income tax.

POSSIBLE TAX LAW CHANGES

Although the likelihood of legislative changes is uncertain, there is always the possibility that the tax treatment of the Contract could change by legislation or otherwise.  Consult a tax adviser with respect to legislative developments and their effect on the Contract.  We have the right to modify the Contract in response to legislative changes that could otherwise diminish the favorable tax treatment that Contract Owners currently receive.  We make no guarantee regarding the tax status of any Contact and do not intend the above discussion as tax advice.

FOREIGN TAX CREDITS

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

 
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SALE OF THE CONTRACTS
                                                                                                                                         
We have entered into an Underwriting Agreement with our affiliate, Sunset Financial Services, Inc., for the distribution and sale of the Contracts.  Sunset Financial sells the Contracts through its registered representatives.  Sunset Financial also may enter into selling agreements with other broker-dealers that in turn may sell the Contracts through their registered representatives.

We pay commissions to Sunset Financial for the sale of the Contracts by its registered representatives as well as selling firms.  Sunset Financial will receive commissions of up to 6.00% of premiums paid.  In addition, we may pay an asset-based commission of an amount up to 0.70% in years two and beyond.  Additional amounts may be paid in certain circumstances.  Sunset Financial may pay additional compensation from its own resources to broker-dealers based on the level of Contract sales or premium payments.  Sunset Financial does not retain any override as principal underwriter for the Contracts.  However, under the Distribution Agreement with Sunset Financial, we pay the following sales expenses:  registered representative training allowances; deferred compensation and insurance benefits of registered persons; advertising expenses; and all other expenses of distributing the Contracts.  We also pay for Sunset Financial’s operating and other expenses.

Sunset Financial registered representatives and their managers are eligible for various cash benefits, such as bonuses, insurance benefits and financing arrangements, and non-cash compensation programs that Kansas City Life offers.  These programs include conferences, seminars, meals, entertainment, payment for travel, lodging and entertainment, prizes, and awards, subject to applicable regulatory requirements.  Sales of the Contracts may help registered representatives and their managers qualify for such benefits.  Because they are also appointed insurance agents of Kansas City Life, Sunset Financial registered representatives may receive other payments from Kansas City Life for services that do not directly involve the sale of the Contracts, including payments made for the recruitment and training of personnel, production of promotional literature, and similar services.

Other selling broker-dealers may share commissions and additional amounts received for sales of the Contracts with their registered representatives in accordance with their programs for compensating registered representatives.  These programs may also include other types of cash and non-cash compensation and other benefits.  Ask your registered representative for further information about what your registered representative and the selling firm for which he or she works may receive in connection with your purchase of a Contract.

American Century® Variable Portfolios II, Inc., Columbia Funds Series Trust I, Columbia Funds Series Trust II, Federated Insurance Series, Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Contrafund® Portfolio, Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products, and Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust each have adopted a Distribution Plan in connection with its 12b-1 shares, and each, under its respective agreement with Sunset Financial, currently pays Sunset Financial fees in consideration of distribution services provided and expenses incurred in the performance of Sunset Financial’s obligations under such agreements.  All or some of these payments may be passed on to selling firms that have entered into a selling agreement with Sunset Financial.  The Distribution Plans have been adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which allows funds to pay fees to those who sell and distribute fund shares out of fund assets.  Under the Distribution Plan, fees ranging up to 0.25% of Variable Account assets invested in the Funds are paid to Sunset Financial for its distribution-related services and expenses under such agreement.

Commissions and other incentives or payment described above are not charged directly to Owners or the Variable Account.  However, commissions and other incentives or payments described above are reflected in the fees and charges that Owners do pay directly or indirectly.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
                                                                                                                                          
The life insurance industry, including Kansas City Life, has been subject to an increase in litigation in recent years.  Such litigation has been pursued on behalf of purported classes of policyholders and other claims and legal actions in jurisdictions where juries often award punitive damages, which are grossly disproportionate to actual damages.

Although no assurances can be given and no determinations can be made at this time, management believes that the ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these claims and actions, would have no material effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial position.

 
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COMPANY HOLIDAYS
                                                                                                                                        
We are closed on the days that the New York Stock Exchange is closed.  Currently the New York Stock Exchange is closed on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.  The New York Stock Exchange recognizes holidays that fall on a Saturday on the previous Friday.  We will recognize holidays that fall on a Sunday on the following Monday.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTIFICATION

To protect you from fraud and theft, Kansas City Life may verify any changes you request by sending a confirmation of the change to both your old and new addresses.  Kansas City Life may also call you to verify the change of address.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                                                                                                                        
The following financial statements for Kansas City Life Insurance Company are included in the Statement of Additional Information:

·  
consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2010 and 2009; and
·  
related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010.

The following financial statements for the Variable Account are included in the Statement of Additional Information:

·  
statement of net assets as of December 31, 2010; and
·  
related statement of operations for the period or year ended December 31, 2010, statements of changes in net assets for each of the periods or years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2010, and financial highlights for each of the periods or years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2010.

Kansas City Life's financial statements should be distinguished from financial statements of the Variable Account. You should consider Kansas City Life's financial statements only as an indication of Kansas City Life's ability to meet its obligations under the Contracts.  Please note that in addition to Fixed Account allocations, general account assets are used to guarantee the payment of living and death benefits under the Contracts.  To the extent that Kansas City Life is required to pay you amounts in addition to your Contract Value under these benefits, such amounts will come from general account assets.  You should be aware that the Kansas City Life’s principal investments are in fixed maturity securities, mortgage loans and real estate; all of which are exposed to three primary sources of investment risk:  credit risk, interest rate risk, and liquidity risk.  Kansas City Life’s financial statements include a further discussion of risks inherent within general account investments.  However, you should not consider Kansas City Life’s financial statements as having an effect on the investment performance of the assets held in the Variable Account.
 
 
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APPENDIX A - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
The unit values (in dollars) and the number of accumulation units for each Subaccount for the periods shown are as follows:
 
 
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-10
12-31-10
1-1-10
12-31-09
12-31-09
1-1-09
12-31-08
12-31-08
1-1-08
12-31-07
12-31-07
1-1-07
AIM Variable Insurance Funds
                       
V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund - Series I Shares
105,740
4.50
4.00
131,322
3.95
3.39
195,413
3.31
5.77
284,300
5.83
5.27
V.I. Core Equity Fund - Series I Shares
167,793
7.55
7.08
190,924
6.99
5.70
188,736
5.52
7.95
244,534
8.02
7.52
V.I. Technology Fund - Series I Shares
148,303
2.99
2.54
185,724
2.50
1.68
347,489
1.61
2.89
427,420
2.95
2.79
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.
                       
VP Capital Appreciation Fund - Class I
262,301
19.33
15.25
311,753
14.93
11.39
332,971
11.05
20.65
347,993
20.82
14.45
VP Income & Growth Fund - Class I
188,959
7.08
6.39
231,894
6.29
5.56
322,036
5.40
8.27
391,267
8.38
8.46
VP International Fund -  Class I
585,788
20.43
18.78
552,798
18.29
14.12
524,108
13.87
25.33
438,043
25.49
22.09
VP Mid Cap Value Fund - Class I
26,261
11.97
10.26
21,989
10.18
8.10
12,837
7.94
10.49
17,114
10.65
11.07
VP Ultra Fund - Class I
132,684
12.59
11.18
130,210
11.00
8.54
145,076
8.30
14.20
167,063
14.38
12.06
VP Value Fund - Class I
1,392,114
10.22
9.27
1,270,260
9.13
7.94
1,092,202
7.73
10.53
1,060,538
10.70
11.47
American Century Variable Portfolios II, Inc.
                       
VP Inflation Protection Fund - Class II
710,922
12.44
12.02
646,781
12.01
10.91
628,770
11.05
11.50
171,412
11.38
10.57

 
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No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-10
12-31-10
1-1-10
12-31-09
12-31-09
1-1-09
12-31-08
12-31-08
1-1-08
12-31-07
12-31-07
1-1-07
Calamos Advisors Trust
                       
Growth and Income Portfolio
819,060
19.13
17.68
976,968
17.38
12.99
1,175,969
12.64
18.61
1,570,694
18.78
17.51
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
                       
Appreciation Portfolio - Initial Shares
332,466
16.43
14.68
381,452
14.45
12.27
428,194
11.96
17.02
558,844
17.21
16.24
Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio - Initial Shares
386,320
14.48
11.48
473,319
11.20
9.16
531,682
9.01
14.38
698,757
14.64
16.71
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. - Initial Shares
1,442,719
15.14
13.58
1,430,900
13.37
11.07
1,325,407
10.73
17.07
1,363,084
17.31
16.66
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. - Initial Shares
22,936
27.63
24.75
27,938
24.41
19.14
33,316
18.50
28.22
41,502
28.62
26.93
Federated Insurance Series
                       
Capital Appreciation Fund II
241,897
17.78
16.32
277,729
15.95
14.43
327,237
14.10
21.28
434,263
21.60
24.21
High Income Bond Fund II
197,631
21.83
19.38
189,624
19.30
12.85
247,930
12.80
17.54
394,671
17.54
17.22
Prime Money Fund II
473,260
12.98
13.16
549,296
13.16
13.28
663,950
13.28
13.14
678,008
13.14
12.72
 
 
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No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-10
12-31-10
1-1-10
12-31-09
12-31-09
1-1-09
12-31-08
12-31-08
1-1-08
12-31-07
12-31-07
1-1-07
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Contrafund Portfolio
                       
VIP Contrafund Portfolio - Service Class 2
537,561
9.62
8.50
475,975
8.35
6.45
374,198
6.25
10.94
145,674
11.06
NA
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products
                       
VIP Freedom Income Portfolio - Service Class 2
89,055
10.74
10.21
48,371
10.16
9.03
47,338
8.99
10.20
6,242
10.21
NA
VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio - Service Class 2
59,103
10.28
9.36
65,780
9.26
7.67
56,316
7.58
10.24
16,107
10.27
NA
VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio - Service Class 2
132,685
10.11
9.20
143,558
9.09
7.48
151,895
7.37
10.24
77,469
10.29
NA
VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio - Service Class 2
889,038
9.76
8.78
917,461
8.66
6.95
835,815
6.83
10.25
130,319
10.31
NA
VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio - Service Class 2
28,137
9.73
8.67
22,033
8.55
6.81
26,568
6.68
10.25
15,154
10.32
NA
VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio - Service Class 2
120,456
9.31
8.28
120,367
8.15
6.44
137,966
6.30
10.25
33,774
10.33
NA
VIP Freedom 2035 Portfolio - Service Class 2
534
10.70
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2040 Portfolio - Service Class 2
1,576
10.71
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2045 Portfolio - Service Class 2
489
10.71
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2050 Portfolio - Service Class 2
1,109
10.73
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA

 
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No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-10
12-31-10
1-1-10
12-31-09
12-31-09
1-1-09
12-31-08
12-31-08
1-1-08
12-31-07
12-31-07
1-1-07
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
                       
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund - Class 2
245,883
16.44
13.73
257,580
13.78
11.67
242,059
11.73
20.50
333,630
20.66
26.24
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund - Class 2
108,164
8.34
6.74
138,023
6.63
4.85
167,201
4.68
8.14
201,841
8.26
7.50
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund - Class 2
263,410
25.53
22.51
294,131
22.02
13.39
327,799
12.94
27.53
322,369
27.74
21.87
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2
280,573
26.93
25.69
255,146
25.19
18.98
277,746
18.64
31.58
253,681
31.70
28.02
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
                       
Mid Cap Value Portfolio - Class 1 Shares
375,872
17.98
14.95
370,963
14.77
12.09
369,681
11.83
17.69
378,020
17.96
17.80
Small Cap Core Portfolio - Class 1 Shares
270,856
19.10
15.58
269,521
15.24
12.77
250,833
12.61
18.49
252,929
18.80
20.20
U.S. Equity Portfolio -     Class 1 Shares
77,943
15.63
14.18
91,073
13.95
11.02
109,000
10.69
16.20
166,788
16.41
16.38

 
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No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-10
12-31-10
1-1-10
12-31-09
12-31-09
1-1-09
12-31-08
12-31-08
1-1-08
12-31-07
12-31-07
1-1-07
MFS Variable Insurance Trust
                       
Growth Series - Initial Class Shares
366,740
21.61
19.28
419,635
19.00
14.39
495,829
13.99
22.36
622,108
22.67
19.00
Research Series - Initial Class Shares
372,332
20.36
18.10
426,337
17.82
14.27
486,959
13.84
21.64
605,553
21.96
19.65
Research Bond Series  - Initial Class Shares
902,938
19.80
18.71
736,200
18.68
16.24
503,160
16.31
17.03
371,585
16.94
16.53
Total Return Series - Initial Class Shares
329,123
23.72
22.10
379,894
21.88
19.07
436,787
18.80
24.34
630,832
24.49
23.83
Strategic Income Series - Initial Class Shares
422,330
17.14
15.83
344,032
15.78
12.85
198,138
12.88
14.92
131,003
14.85
14.57
Utilities Series - Initial Class Shares
391,243
42.34
38.28
476,928
37.73
29.65
581,984
28.72
46.43
795,664
46.73
36.95
Seligman Portfolios, Inc.
                       
Capital Portfolio - Class 2 X
625,084
7.66
6.19
614,616
6.06
4.28
614,329
4.14
8.00
450,130
8.09
7.03
Communications and Information Portfolio           - Class 2 Y
272,666
9.97
8.93
324,946
8.81
5.81
401,677
5.60
8.74
578,384
8.93
7.88
Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio - Class 2 Z
97,449
17.97
14.46
117,570
14.21
10.99
134,555
10.67
17.53
155,264
17.91
17.42

X The Capital Portfolio – Class 2 merged into the Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Variable Series (Class B) effective April 29, 2011 (renamed Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Growth Fund (Class 2) effective May 2, 2011).
 
Y The Communications and Information Portfolio – Class 2 merged into the Seligman Global Technology Portfolio (Class 2) effective March 11, 2011 (renamed Columbia Variable Portfolio – Seligman Global Technology Fund (Class 2) effective May 2, 2011).
 
Z The Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio – Class 2 merged into the Seligman Variable Portfolio – Smaller Cap Value Fund (Class 2) effective March 11, 2011 (renamed Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Smaller-Cap Value Fund (Class 2) effective May 2, 2011).
 
 
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No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-06
12-31-06
1-1-06
12-31-05
12-31-05
1-1-05
12-31-04
12-31-04
1-1-04
12-31-03
12-31-03
1-1-03
AIM Variable Insurance Funds
                       
V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund - Series I Shares
354,234
5.28
5.06
405,102
4.96
4.70
445,418
4.74
4.43
419,298
4.44
3.40
V.I. Core Equity Fund - Series I Shares
218,697
7.52
6.73
208,170
6.61
6.28
269,776
6.35
6.07
311,742
6.09
5.10
V.I. Technology Fund - Series I Shares
409,396
2.77
2.60
362,068
2.55
2.50
395,445
2.53
2.44
341,981
2.45
1.69
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.
                       
VP Capital Appreciation Fund - Class I
370,692
14.48
12.82
336,991
12.53
10.25
367,882
10.40
9.78
390,728
9.80
8.49
VP Income & Growth Fund - Class I
427,071
8.50
7.49
489,495
7.36
7.06
393,185
7.13
6.39
386,192
6.40
5.18
VP International Fund -  Class I
405,253
21.89
18.34
395,745
17.75
15.90
444,884
15.90
14.20
504,718
14.03
11.60
VP Mid Cap Value Fund - Class I
5,668
11.05
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VP Ultra Fund - Class I
129,797
12.05
12.78
172,910
12.63
12.40
121,995
12.53
11.46
53,762
11.48
NA
VP Value Fund - Class I
966,387
11.44
9.89
923,129
9.78
9.35
717,567
9.44
8.35
562,353
8.37
6.76
American Century Variable Portfolios II, Inc.
                       
VP Inflation Protection Fund - Class II
119,508
10.54
10.54
123,617
10.51
10.49
96,325
10.50
10.02
50,320
10.06
NA

 
67

 
 
 
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-06
12-31-06
1-1-06
12-31-05
12-31-05
1-1-05
12-31-04
12-31-04
1-1-04
12-31-03
12-31-03
1-1-03
Calamos Advisors Trust
                       
Growth and Income Portfolio
1,782,879
17.50
16.44
1,891,453
16.21
15.16
1,899,592
15.34
14.01
1,395,819
14.00
11.47
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
                       
Appreciation Portfolio - Initial Shares
688,824
16.30
14.43
802,286
14.18
13.69
901,300
13.78
13.28
903,536
13.30
11.43
Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio - Initial Shares
885,851
16.70
16.57
1,049,610
16.31
15.39
1,198,446
15.64
14.30
1,209,253
14.24
11.28
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. - Initial Shares
1,465,519
16.68
14.88
1,725,607
14.64
14.07
1,974,714
14.19
12.96
1,934,470
13.00
10.61
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. - Initial Shares
46,520
26.93
25.34
57,372
25.00
24.30
74,179
24.47
23.32
91,101
23.37
19.41
Federated Insurance Series
                       
Capital Appreciation Fund II
515,719
24.24
21.31
601,412
21.04
20.14
667,076
20.32
18.74
701,683
18.77
15.33
High Income Bond Fund II
403,123
17.20
15.76
434,429
15.74
15.59
472,100
15.55
14.29
504,168
14.28
11.86
Prime Money Fund II
539,416
12.71
12.34
404,843
12.33
12.18
496,302
12.18
12.25
620,055
12.25
12.34

 
68

 
 
 
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-06
12-31-06
1-1-06
12-31-05
12-31-05
1-1-05
12-31-04
12-31-04
1-1-04
12-31-03
12-31-03
1-1-03
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Contrafund Portfolio
                       
VIP Contrafund Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products
                       
VIP Freedom Income Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2035 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2040 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2045 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2050 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA

 
69

 

 
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-06
12-31-06
1-1-06
12-31-05
12-31-05
1-1-05
12-31-04
12-31-04
1-1-04
12-31-03
12-31-03
1-1-03
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
                       
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund - Class 2
397,715
26.47
22.65
394,371
22.26
19.70
353,300
19.89
15.27
235,173
15.31
11.50
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund - Class 2
216,342
7.53
7.10
265,586
7.02
6.70
333,913
6.80
6.20
190,760
6.18
4.69
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund - Class 2
297,525
21.85
17.66
181,143
17.29
13.76
80,233
13.76
11.43
55,378
11.19
7.45
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2
236,126
27.85
23.77
219,019
23.25
21.35
171,203
21.40
18.43
133,599
18.31
14.27
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
                       
Mid Cap Value Portfolio - Class 1 Shares
340,536
17.78
15.59
295,372
15.43
14.12
147,837
14.33
11.97
47,779
12.00
NA
Small Cap Core Portfolio - Class 1 Shares
249,380
20.21
18.12
212,810
17.81
17.14
160,995
17.47
13.93
137,120
13.93
10.64
U.S. Equity Portfolio -     Class 1 Shares
152,395
16.38
14.44
150,482
14.24
14.14
165,669
14.25
13.20
181,306
13.20
10.80

 
70

 

 
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-06
12-31-06
1-1-06
12-31-05
12-31-05
1-1-05
12-31-04
12-31-04
1-1-04
12-31-03
12-31-03
1-1-03
MFS Variable Insurance Trust
                       
Growth Series - Initial Class Shares
751,510
18.98
18.14
831,420
17.83
16.39
988,598
16.56
14.86
1,058,250
14.87
11.96
Research Series - Initial Class Shares
664,418
19.68
18.39
719,591
18.06
16.84
792,429
16.99
14.84
960,387
14.87
12.44
Research Bond Series - Initial Class Shares
297,134
16.49
16.10
355,468
16.07
16.06
384,096
16.05
15.30
412,384
15.35
14.10
Total Return Series - Initial Class Shares
697,504
23.83
21.84
805,800
21.59
21.16
803,008
21.29
19.36
813,603
19.40
17.16
Strategic Income Series - Initial Class Shares
103,628
14.53
13.85
103,335
13.81
13.75
95,926
13.75
12.92
112,189
12.94
11.83
Utilities Series - Initial Class Shares
834,067
37.05
29.22
860,443
28.62
24.63
836,120
24.84
19.43
858,009
19.35
14.74
Seligman Portfolios, Inc.
                       
Capital Portfolio - Class 2 X
490,300
7.06
6.86
544,028
6.76
6.03
611,798
6.11
5.71
552,731
5.72
4.42
Communications and Information Portfolio           - Class 2 Y
596,741
7.87
6.63
545,886
6.54
6.10
560,217
6.16
5.63
445,901
5.64
4.08
Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio - Class 2 Z
151,243
17.47
14.82
165,606
14.64
15.21
141,347
15.48
13.20
28,419
13.13
NA

X The Capital Portfolio – Class 2 merged into the Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Variable Series (Class B) effective April 29, 2011 (renamed Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Growth Fund (Class 2) effective May 2, 2011).
 
Y The Communications and Information Portfolio – Class 2 merged into the Seligman Global Technology Portfolio (Class 2) effective March 11, 2011 (renamed Columbia Variable Portfolio – Seligman Global Technology Fund (Class 2) effective May 2, 2011).
 
Z The Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio – Class 2 merged into the Seligman Variable Portfolio – Smaller Cap Value Fund (Class 2) effective March 11, 2011 (renamed Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Smaller-Cap Value Fund (Class 2) effective May 2, 2011).
 
 
71

 
 
 
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-02
12-31-02
1-1-02
12-31-01
12-31-01
5-1-01
AIM Variable Insurance Funds
           
V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund - Series I Shares
371,251
3.28
4.94
394,589
4.90
6.17
V.I. Core Equity Fund - Series I Shares
299,481
4.94
7.18
235,650
7.18
4.36
V.I. Technology Fund - Series I Shares
318,425
1.63
3.02
253,770
3.01
3.93
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.
           
VP Capital Appreciation Fund - Class I
407,005
8.26
10.50
438,956
10.63
13.53
VP Income & Growth Fund - Class I
387,036
5.02
6.34
488,090
6.32
7.26
VP International Fund -  Class I
554,851
11.43
14.57
610,610
14.55
13.76
VP Mid Cap Value Fund - Class I
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VP Ultra Fund - Class I
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VP Value Fund - Class I
509,854
6.59
7.62
383,125
7.64
7.47
American Century Variable Portfolios II, Inc.
           
VP Inflation Protection Fund - Class II
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
 
 
72

 
 
 
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-02
12-31-02
1-1-02
12-31-01
12-31-01
5-1-01
Calamos Advisors Trust
           
Growth and Income Portfolio
1,219,555
11.29
11.90
1,102,523
11.94
12.92
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
           
Appreciation Portfolio - Initial Shares
900,065
11.14
13.65
921,942
13.56
14.66
Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio - Initial Shares
1,282,099
10.97
13.67
1,212,035
13.75
13.52
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. - Initial Shares
1,838,860
10.27
13.49
1,833,590
13.42
15.59
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. - Initial Shares
106,578
18.81
27.07
129,288
26.84
33.89
Federated Insurance Series
           
Capital Appreciation Fund II
757,149
14.91
18.92
803,723
18.95
20.36
High Income Bond Fund II
468,639
11.85
11.91
539,719
11.85
12.16
Prime Money Fund II
835,149
12.34
12.34
913,702
12.34
12.39
 
 
73

 
 
 
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-02
12-31-02
1-1-02
12-31-01
12-31-01
5-1-01
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Contrafund Portfolio
           
VIP Contrafund Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products
           
VIP Freedom Income Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2010 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2015 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2020 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2025 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2030 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2035 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2040 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2045 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
VIP Freedom 2050 Portfolio - Service Class 2
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA

 
74

 

 
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-02
12-31-02
1-1-02
12-31-01
12-31-01
5-1-01
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
           
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund - Class 2
224,878
11.43
11.34
72,838
11.36
10.90
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund - Class 2
113,154
4.57
6.49
101,690
6.50
7.49
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund - Class 2
26,015
7.42
7.56
14,670
7.53
8.35
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2
119,919
14.05
17.58
100,204
17.49
20.60
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
           
Mid Cap Value Portfolio - Class 1 Shares
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Small Cap Core Portfolio - Class 1 Shares
130,565
10.39
13.33
136,287
13.45
14.94
U.S. Equity Portfolio -     Class 1 Shares
188,673
10.45
14.13
208,516
14.06
16.41

 
75

 

 
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
No. of Units as of
Unit Value as of
 
12-31-02
12-31-02
1-1-02
12-31-01
12-31-01
5-1-01
MFS Variable Insurance Trust
           
Growth Series - Initial Class Shares
1,142,128
11.58
17.78
1,377,606
17.73
22.01
Research Series - Initial Class Shares
1,056,015
12.09
16.25
1,139,247
16.25
19.28
Research Bond Series - Initial Class Shares
357,755
14.24
13.18
318,363
13.26
12.16
Total Return Series - Initial Class Shares
821,472
16.92
18.03
813,241
18.09
18.33
Strategic Income Series - Initial Class Shares
74,607
11.89
11.08
45,118
11.12
10.39
Utilities Series - Initial Class Shares
977,812
14.44
19.04
1,199,579
18.96
24.34
Seligman Portfolios, Inc.
           
Capital Portfolio - Class 2 X
496,576
4.28
6.51
446,571
6.49
7.08
Communications and Information Portfolio               - Class 2 Y
380,892
3.97
6.34
318,950
6.32
7.61
Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio - Class 2 Z
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA

X The Capital Portfolio – Class 2 merged into the Columbia Mid Cap Growth Fund, Variable Series (Class B) effective April 29, 2011 (renamed Columbia Variable Portfolio – Mid Cap Growth Fund (Class 2) effective May 2, 2011).
 
Y The Communications and Information Portfolio – Class 2 merged into the Seligman Global Technology Portfolio (Class 2) effective March 11, 2011 (renamed Columbia Variable Portfolio – Seligman Global Technology Fund (Class 2) effective May 2, 2011).
 
Z The Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio – Class 2 merged into the Seligman Variable Portfolio – Smaller Cap Value Fund (Class 2) effective March 11, 2011 (renamed Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Smaller-Cap Value Fund (Class 2) effective May 2, 2011).
 
 
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APPENDIX B - GMWB RIDER EXAMPLES

The following examples provide hypothetical illustrations of the benefits provided under the GMWB rider. These illustrations are not representative of future performance under your Contract.  Actual values may be higher or lower than the amounts shown.

Example 1. Assume the rider was issued on the Contract Date, and assume a single premium of $100,000 at Covered Person’s age 55, no additional premiums are paid, and withdrawals equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount are taken beginning in year 11.  Also assume that the Contract Value is less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance at the eligible step-up Dates, so there is no step-up and the Covered Person survives at least 31 years from the Rider Effective Date.

Contract Year
Premiums
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount
Lifetime Income Amount
Withdrawal Taken
Bonus
Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance
1
$100,000
$5,000A
N/A
$0
$5,000B
$100,000A
2
0
5,250
N/A
0
5,000
105,000C
3
0
5,500
N/A
0
5,000
110,000
4
0
5,750
N/A
0
5,000
115,000
5
0
6,000
N/A
0
5,000
120,000
6
0
6,250
N/A
0
5,000
125,000
7
0
6,500
N/A
0
5,000
130,000
8
0
6,750
N/A
0
5,000
135,000
9
0
7,000
N/A
0
5,000
140,000
10
0
7,250
N/A
0
5,000
145,000
11
0
7,500
$7,500D
7,500
0
150,000
12
0
7,500
7,500
7,500
0
142,500
13
0
7,500
7,500
7,500
0
135,000
14
0
7,500
7,500
7,500
0
127,500
15
0
7,500
7,500
7,500
0
120,000
20
0
7,500
7,500
7,500
0
82,500
25
0
7,500
7,500
7,500
0
45,000
30
0
7,500
7,500
7,500
0
7,500
31
0
0
7,500
7,500
0
0

A The initial Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is equal to the initial payment of $100,000.  The initial Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is equal to 5% of the initial Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance (0.05 x $100,000 = $5,000).

B There is no withdrawal during the first Contract Year so a bonus will be added to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance. The bonus amount is equal to 5% of the total premiums to date (0.05 x $100,000 = $5,000).

C Following a bonus, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance and the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount are recalculated.  The new Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance before the bonus increased by the amount of the bonus ($100,000 + $5,000 = $105,000).  The Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is equal to the greater of (a) the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount prior to the bonus ($5,000) or 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance after the bonus (0.05 X $105,000 = $5,250).

D The Lifetime Income Amount is calculated on the Contract Anniversary after the Covered Person’s 65th birthday.  The Lifetime Income Amount is initially equal to 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance at that time (0.05 X $150,000 = $7,500).  As long as you limit your future annual withdrawals to the Lifetime Income Amount of $7,500, the GMWB guarantees you annual payments of that amount for the rest of your life, no matter how long you live, even after you have recovered your investments in the Contract and even if your Contract Value reduces to zero.
 
 
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Example 2. Assume the rider was issued on the Contract Date, and assume an initial premium of $100,000 at Covered Person’s age 65, an additional premium of $10,000 is made at the beginning of the Contract Year 2, a withdrawal equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is taken in Contract Year 3, no withdrawals are taken in Contract Years 1, 2, 4, 5 (resulting in bonuses in those years). Also assume that the Contract Value at the end of year 3 is less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance so there is no step-up.

Contract Year
Premiums
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount
Lifetime Income Amount
Withdrawal Taken
Bonus
Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance
1
$100,000
$5,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
$100,000
2
10,000A
5,750A
5,750
0
5,500B
115,000
3
0
6,025
6,025
6,025C
0D
120,500
4
0
6,025
6,025
0
5,500
114,475C
5
0
6,025
6,025
0
5,500
119,975

A There is an additional premium at the beginning of the second Contract Year.  Prior to that premium, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is $5,250, as in Example 1 above.  Following the additional premium, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is calculated as the lesser of (a) 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance immediately after the premium (.05 X (105,000 + 10,000) = $5,750) or (b) the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount immediately prior to the premium plus 5% of the premium ($5,250 + (0.05 X $10,000)) = $5,750).

B There is no withdrawal during the second Contract Year so a bonus will be added to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.  The bonus is equal to 5% of the total premiums paid to date (0.05 X $110,000 = $5,500).

C There is a withdrawal equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount $6,025 in year 3. This withdrawal does not exceed the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount so the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is not reset, but the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal ($120,500 - $6,025 = $114,475).

D No bonus is payable in any year that a withdrawal is taken.
 
 
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Example 3.  Assume a single premium of $100,000 at age 63, no additional premiums are made, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance steps-up at the end of Contract Year 3, withdrawals equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount are taken in Contract Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 and a withdrawal exceeding the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is taken at the end of Contract Year 5 which results in a reset. Since withdrawals are taken every year, there are no bonuses.

Contract Year
Premiums
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount
Lifetime Income Amount
Withdrawal Taken
Hypothetical Contract Value
Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance
1
$100,000
$5,000
N/A
$5,000
$102,000
$100,000
2
0
5,000
N/A
5,000
103,828
95,000
3
0
5,000
$4,500A
5,000
105,781B
90,000
4
0
5,289C
5,289C
5,289
94,946
105,781B
5
0
5,289
5,289
10,000D
79,898
100,492
6
0
3,995D
3,995D
3,995
75,213
79,898D

A The Lifetime Income Amount is calculated on the Contract Anniversary after the Covered Person’s 65th birthday. The Lifetime Income Amount is equal to 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance on that Contract Anniversary (0.05 X $90,000 = $4,500). In this example, since withdrawals were taken prior to the Contract Anniversary following the Contract Year in which the Covered Person has reached age 65, the initial Lifetime Income Amount is less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount.

B At the end of Contract Year 3, the Contract Value in this example, $105,781 is greater than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance ($90,000 - $5,000 = $85,000). The Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance will step-up to equal the Contract Value of $105,781.

C Following the Step-up of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is recalculated as the greater of (a) the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount prior to the Step-up ($5,000) or (b) 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance after the Step-up (0.05 X $105,781 = $5,289). The Lifetime Income Amount is also recalculated as the greater of (a) the Lifetime Income Amount prior to the Step-up ($4,500) or (b) 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance after the Step-up (0.05 X $105,781 = $5,289).

D At the end of year 5, there is a withdrawal of $10,000, which is greater than both the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and the Lifetime Income Amount.  Since this is an Excess Withdrawal, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance will be reset to the lesser of (a) the Contract Value after the withdrawal ($79,898) or (b) the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance prior to the withdrawal minus the amount of the withdrawal ($100,492 - $10,000 = $90,492). Since the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance was reset, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and the Lifetime Income Amount will both be reset.  The Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount will equal the lesser of (a) the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount prior to the withdrawal ($5,289) or (b) 5% of the greater of the Contract Value after the withdrawal or the new Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance Value (0.05 X $79,898 = $3,995). The Lifetime Income Amount will equal the lesser of (a) the Lifetime Income Amount prior to the withdrawal ($5,289) or (b) 5% of the greater of the Contract Value after the withdrawal or the new Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance Value (0.05 X $79,898 = $3,995).
 
 
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Example 4.  Assume the rider was issued on the Contract Date, and assume a single premium of $50,000 at Covered Person’s age 50, no additional premiums are paid, a withdrawal of $10,000 is taken at the end of Contract Year 5 and no other withdrawals are taken.

Contract Year
Premiums
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount
Lifetime Income Amount
Withdrawal Taken
Bonus
Hypothetical Contract Value
Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance
1
$50,000
$2,500
N/A
$0
$2,500
$51,870
$50,000
2
0
2,625
N/A
0
2,500
50,003
52,500
3
0
2,750
N/A
0
2,500
52,961A
55,000
4
0
2,875
N/A
0
2,500
54,311
57,500
5
0
3,000
N/A
10,000B
0
46,748B
60,000
6
0
2,337B
N/A
0
2,337C
45,741A
46,748B
7
0
2,454
N/A
0
2,337
49,579
49,085
8
0
2,571
N/A
0
2,337
49,280
51,422
9
0
2,687
N/A
0
2,337
52,609A
53,759
10
0
2,804
N/A
0
2,337
55,031A
56,096

A The Contract Value on the eligible step-up dates shown (3rd, 6th, 9th, 10th Contract Anniversaries), is less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance so no step-up occurs.

B At the end of year 5, there is a withdrawal of $10,000.  Since this is an Excess Withdrawal, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance will be reset to the lesser of (a) the Contract Value after the withdrawal ($46,748) or (b) the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance prior to the withdrawal minus the amount of the withdrawal ($60,000 - $10,000 = $50,000). Since the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance was reset, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount will be reset.  The Lifetime Income Amount has not been calculated yet so it will not be reset.  The Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount will equal the lesser of (a) the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount prior to the withdrawal ($3,000) or (b) 5% of the greater of the Contract Value after the withdrawal or the new Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance (0.05 X $46,748 = $2,337).

C There is no withdrawal during the sixth Contract Year so a bonus will be added to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.  Because a reset has occurred due to an Excess Withdrawal, the bonus will be 5% of the previously stepped-up or reset Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance (0.05 X $46,748 = $2,337).
 
 
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Example 5.  Assume the rider was issued on the Contract Date, and assume a single premium of $200,000 at Covered Person’s age 75, no additional premiums are paid, and withdrawals equal to the Lifetime Income Amount begin in year 1.  Since withdrawals are taken every year, there are no bonuses.

Contract Year
Premiums
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount
Lifetime Income Amount
Withdrawal Taken
Bonus
Hypothetical Contract Value
Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance
1
$200,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$0
$176,476
$200,000
2
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
151,890
190,000
3
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
126,478
180,000
4
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
100,396
170,000
5
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
84,307
160,000
6
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
61,597
150,000
7
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
49,438
140,000
8
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
31,299
130,000
9
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
19,448
120,000
10
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
17,308
110,000
11
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
6,529
100,000
12
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
0A
90,000A
13
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
0
80,000
14
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
0
70,000
15
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
0
60,000
16
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
0
50,000
17
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
0
40,000
18
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
0
30,000
19
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
0
20,000
20
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
0
10,000
21+
0
0B
10,000B
10,000
0
0
0B

A During year 12, the Lifetime Income Amount withdrawal causes the Contract Value to reduce to zero.  At that time, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance and the Lifetime Income Amount are both greater than zero and the Contract enters the Settlement Phase.  No additional premiums will be accepted and no rider charge will be deducted.  All other rights and benefits under the Contract terminate.

B The Lifetime Income Amount continues to be available as long as the Covered Person remains alive, even when the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance reduces to zero.
 
 
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Example 6.  Assume the rider was issued on the Contract Date, and assume a single premium of $100,000 at Covered Person’s age 55, no additional premiums are paid, and withdrawals equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount are taken beginning in year 5.  Also assume that the Contract Value is less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance at the eligible step-up dates, so there is no step-up.

Contract Year
Premiums
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount
Lifetime Income Amount
Withdrawal Taken
Bonus
Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance
1
$100,000
$5,000
N/A
$0
$5,000A
$100,000
2
0
5,250
N/A
0
5,000
105,000
3
0
5,500
N/A
0
5,000
110,000
4
0
5,750
N/A
0
5,000
115,000
5
0
6,000
N/A
6,000B
0
120,000
6
0
6,000
N/A
6,000
0
114,000B
7
0
6,000
N/A
6,000
0
108,000
8
0
6,000
N/A
6,000
0
102,000
9
0
6,000
N/A
6,000
0
96,000
10
0
6,000
N/A
6,000
0
90,000
11
0
6,000D
$4,200C
4,200D
0
84,000
12
0
6,000
4,200
4,200
0
79,800
13
0
6,000
4,200
4,200
0
75,600
14
0
6,000
4,200
4,200
0
71,400
15
0
6,000
4,200
4,200
0
67,200

A There is no withdrawal during the first five Contract Years so a bonus will be added to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.  The bonus is equal to 5% of the total premiums paid to date (0.05 X $100,000 = $5,000).

B There are withdrawals equal to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount ($6,000) beginning in year 5. These withdrawals do not exceed the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount so the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount is not reset, but the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance is reduced by the amount of the withdrawal ($120,000 - $6,000 = $114,000).

C The Lifetime Income Amount is calculated on the Contract Anniversary after the Covered Person’s 65th birthday. The Lifetime Income Amount is equal to 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance on that Contract Anniversary (0.05 X $84,000 = $4,200). In this example, since withdrawals were taken prior to the Contract Anniversary following the Contract Year in which the Covered Person has reached age 65, the initial Lifetime Income Amount is less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount.

D At the Covered Person’s age 65, the Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount and the Lifetime Income Amount are not equal.  The Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount of $6,000 can continue to be taken until the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance reduces to zero.  Or the Lifetime Income Amount of $4,200 can be taken as long as the Covered Person is alive.  This example shows Lifetime Income Amount withdrawals beginning at age 65.
 
 
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Example 7. Assume the rider was issued on the Contract Date, and assume premiums of $10,000 annually beginning at Covered Person’s age 53 and premiums ending at age 64, no withdrawals are taken until age 65, and the Contract Value is less than the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance at the eligible step-up dates, so there is no step-up.

Contract Year
Premiums
Guaranteed Withdrawal Amount
Lifetime Income Amount
Withdrawal Taken
Bonus
Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance
1
$10,000
$500
N/A
$0
$500
$10,000
2
10,000
1,025
N/A
0
1,000A
20,500
3
10,000
1,575
N/A
0
1,500
31,500
4
10,000
2,150
N/A
0
2,000
43,000
5
10,000
2,750
N/A
0
2,500
55,000
6
10,000
3,375
N/A
0
3,000
67,500
7
10,000
4,025
N/A
0
3,500
80,500
8
10,000
4,700
N/A
0
4,000
94,000
9
10,000
5,400
N/A
0
4,500
108,000
10
10,000
6,125
N/A
0
5,000
122,500
11
10,000
6,875
N/A
0
0B
137,500
12
10,000
7,375
N/A
0
0
147,500
13
0
7,375
$7,375C
7,375
0
147,500

A There is no withdrawal during the second Contract Year so a bonus will be added to the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance.  The bonus is equal to 5% of the total premiums paid to date (0.05 X $20,000 = $1,000).

B The bonus is applied in the first 10 years following the rider effective date (and up to age 80 of the covered person) so the bonus is 0 in years 11 and on.

C The Lifetime Income Amount is calculated on the Contract Anniversary after the Covered Person’s 65th birthday. The Lifetime Income Amount is equal to 5% of the Guaranteed Withdrawal Balance on that Contract Anniversary (0.05 X $147,500 = $7,375). At this point, the Lifetime Income Amount is payable until the death of the Covered Person.
 
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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                                                                                                          
ADDITIONAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS
1
 
THE CONTRACT
1
 
INCONTESTABILITY
1
 
MISSTATEMENT OF AGE OR SEX
1
 
NON-PARTICIPATION
1
 
TAX STATUS OF THE CONTRACTS
1
CONTROL OF THE CONTRACT
2
 
OWNERSHIP
2
 
CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP
2
 
ASSIGNMENT
2
 
BENEFICIARY
2
 
SIMULTANEOUS DEATH OF BENEFICIARY AND ANNUITANT
3
 
SALE OF THE CONTRACTS
3
CALCULATION OF YIELDS AND TOTAL RETURNS
3
 
FEDERATED PRIME MONEY FUND II SUBACCOUNT YIELDS
3
 
OTHER SUBACCOUNT YIELDS
4
 
STANDARD SUBACCOUNT AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
5
 
OTHER TOTAL RETURNS
5
 
EFFECT OF THE ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION FEE ON PERFORMANCE DATA
6
SAFEKEEPING OF ACCOUNT ASSETS
6
STATE REGULATION
6
RECORDS AND REPORTS
6
LEGAL MATTERS
6
EXPERTS
6
OTHER INFORMATION
7
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
7

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To order a copy of the Statement of Additional Information you must complete and mail the form below, or you may call
(800) 616-3670 to order a copy.

To:
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
 
Variable Administration Department
 
P.O. Box 219364
 
Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9364

Please mail a copy of Statement of Additional Information for the Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account to:

Name:___________________________________________________________________________________________
 
Address:_________________________________________________________________________________________
 
City:_________________________________________
State:_________________________
Zip:_____________
 
Signature of Requestor:__________________________________________________________
Date:____________
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company

3520 Broadway

P.O. Box 219364

Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9364

(800) 616-3670


Statement of Additional Information

Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account

Individual Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity Contract

This Statement of Additional Information contains information in addition to the information described in the Prospectus for an individual flexible premium deferred variable annuity contract ("Contract") we offer.  This Statement of Additional Information is not a Prospectus and you should read it only in conjunction with the Prospectus for the Contract and the prospectuses for the Funds.  The Prospectus is dated the same as this Statement of Additional Information.  Terms defined in the Prospectus have the same meaning in this Statement of Additional Information.  You may obtain a copy of the Prospectus by writing or calling Kansas City Life at the address or phone number shown above.

The date of this Statement of Additional Information is May 1, 2011.
 
 
 

 
 
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                                                                                     
 
ADDITIONAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS
1
THE CONTRACT
1
INCONTESTABILITY
1
MISSTATEMENT OF AGE OR SEX
1
NON-PARTICIPATION
1
TAX STATUS OF THE CONTRACTS
1
CONTROL OF THE CONTRACT
2
OWNERSHIP
2
CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP
2
ASSIGNMENT
2
BENEFICIARY
2
SIMULTANEOUS DEATH OF BENEFICIARY AND ANNUITANT
3
SALE OF THE CONTRACTS
3
CALCULATION OF YIELDS AND TOTAL RETURNS
3
FEDERATED PRIME MONEY FUND II SUBACCOUNT YIELDS
3
OTHER SUBACCOUNT YIELDS
4
STANDARD SUBACCOUNT AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
5
OTHER TOTAL RETURNS
5
EFFECT OF THE ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION FEE ON PERFORMANCE DATA
6
SAFEKEEPING OF ACCOUNT ASSETS
6
STATE REGULATION
6
RECORDS AND REPORTS
6
LEGAL MATTERS
6
EXPERTS
6
OTHER INFORMATION
7
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
7
 
 
 

 
 
ADDITIONAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS

THE CONTRACT

The entire Contract is made up of the contract and the application.  The statements made in the application are deemed representations and not warranties.  We cannot use any statement to deny a claim or to void the Contract unless it is in the application and we attach a copy of the application to the Contract at issue.

INCONTESTABILITY

We will not contest the Contract after it has been in force during the Annuitant's lifetime for two years from the Contract Date of the Contract.

MISSTATEMENT OF AGE OR SEX

If the age or sex of the Annuitant has been misstated, the amount that we will pay is the amount that the Proceeds would have purchased at the correct age and sex.

If we make an overpayment because of an error in age or sex, the overpayment plus interest at 3% (compounded annually) will be a debt against the Contract.  If you do not repay this amount, we will reduce future payments accordingly.

If an underpayment is made because of an error in age or sex, we will calculate any annuity payments at the correct age and sex and we will adjust future payments.  We will pay the underpayment with interest at 3% (compounded annually) in a single sum.

NON-PARTICIPATION

The Contract is not eligible for any dividends and will not participate in our surplus earnings.

TAX STATUS OF THE CONTRACTS

Tax law imposes several requirements that variable annuities must satisfy in order to receive the tax treatment normally accorded to annuity contracts.

Diversification Requirements.  The Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) requires that the investments of each investment division of the separate account underlying the Contracts be “adequately diversified” in order for the Contracts to be treated as annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes.  It is intended that the Variable Account, through each Portfolio of the Funds, will satisfy these diversification requirements.

Owner Control.  In certain circumstances, owners of variable annuity contracts have been considered, for federal income tax purposes, to be the owners of the assets of the separate account supporting their contracts due to their ability to exercise investment control over those assets.  When this is the case, the contract owners have been currently taxed on income and gains attributable to the variable account assets.  There is little guidance in this area, and some features of the Contract, such as the flexibility of an Owner to allocate premium payments and transfer amounts among the investment divisions of the separate account, have not been explicitly addressed in published rulings.  While we believe that the Contract does not give an Owner investment control over separate account assets, we reserve the right to modify the Contract as necessary to prevent an Owner from being treated as the owner of the separate account assets supporting the Contract.

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

The Non-Qualified Contracts contain provisions that are intended to comply with these Code requirements, although no regulations interpreting these requirements have yet been issued.  We intend to review such provisions and modify them if necessary to assure that they comply with the applicable requirements when such requirements are clarified by regulation or otherwise.

Other rules may apply to Qualified Contracts.

CONTROL OF THE CONTRACT

OWNERSHIP

The Annuitant is the Owner unless otherwise provided in the application.  As Owner, you may exercise every right provided by your Contract.  These rights and privileges end at the Annuitant’s death.

The consent of the Beneficiary is required to exercise these rights if you have not reserved the right to change the Beneficiary.

CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP

You may change the ownership of this Contract by giving Written Notice to us.  The change will be effective on the date your Written Notice was signed but will have no effect on any payment made or other action taken by us before we receive it.  We may require that the Contract be submitted for endorsement to show the change.

Certain federal income tax consequences may apply to a change of ownership on Non-Qualified Contracts.  You should consult with your tax adviser before requesting any changes of ownership on a Non-Qualified Contract.

ASSIGNMENT

An assignment is a transfer of some or all of your rights under this Contract.  No assignment will be binding on us unless made in writing and filed at our Home Office.  We assume no responsibility for the validity or effect of any assignment.

Certain federal income tax consequences may apply to an assignment.  You should consult with your tax adviser before requesting an assignment.

BENEFICIARY

The Beneficiary is shown on the application or in the last Beneficiary designation filed with us.  Death benefit Proceeds will be paid to the Beneficiary except as provided in this section.

If any Beneficiary dies before the Annuitant, that Beneficiary’s interest will pass to any other Beneficiaries according to their respective interest.

If all Beneficiaries die before the Annuitant, we will pay death benefit Proceeds to you, if living, otherwise to your estate or legal successors.

Unless you have waived the right to do so, you may change the Beneficiary by filing a Written Notice in a form satisfactory to us.  In order to be effective, the Written Notice for change of Beneficiary must be signed while your Contract is in force and the Annuitant is living.  The change will be effective on the date your Written Notice was signed but will have no effect on any payment made or other action taken by us before we receive it.

The interest of any Beneficiary will be subject to:

·  
any assignment of this Contract which is binding on us; and
·  
any optional settlement agreement in effect at the Annuitant’s death.

 
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SIMULTANEOUS DEATH OF BENEFICIARY AND ANNUITANT

We will pay death benefit Proceeds as though the Beneficiary died before the Annuitant if:

·  
the Beneficiary dies at the same time as or within 15 days of the Annuitant’s death; and
·  
we have not paid the Proceeds to the Beneficiary within this 15-day period.

SALE OF THE CONTRACTS

We offer the Contracts to the public on a continuous basis through Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (“Sunset Financial”).  We anticipate continuing to offer the Contracts, but reserve the right to discontinue the offering.

Sunset Financial is responsible for distributing the Contracts pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement with us.  Sunset Financial serves as principal underwriter for the Contracts.  Sunset Financial, incorporated in the state of Washington on April 23, 1964, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and has its principal business address at P.O. Box 219365, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9365.  Sunset Financial is registered as a broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“1934 Act”), and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).  Sunset Financial is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.

Sunset Financial offers the Contracts through its registered representatives.  Sunset Financial may also enter into selling agreements with other broker-dealers for sales of the Contracts through their registered representatives.  Registered representatives must be licensed as insurance agents and appointed by us.

We pay commissions to Sunset Financial for sales of the Contracts, which Sunset Financial shares with its registered representatives and also with broker-dealers who have entered into selling agreements.
 
 
Sunset Financial received sales compensation with respect to all variable contracts in the following amounts during the periods indicated:

Fiscal Year
Aggregate Amount of Commissions Paid to Sunset Financial*
Aggregate Amount of Commissions Retained by Sunset Financial After Payments to its Registered Persons and Other Broker-Dealers
2008
$2,189,088.00
$85,139.00
2009
$1,519,126.00
$50,315.00
2010
$1,763,890.00
$116,631.00
* Includes sales compensation paid to registered persons of Sunset Financial.

CALCULATION OF YIELDS AND TOTAL RETURNS

From time to time, we may disclose yields, total returns, and other performance data pertaining to the Contracts for a Subaccount.  Such performance data will be computed, or accompanied by performance data computed, in accordance with the standards defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

Because of the charges and deductions imposed under a Contract, the yield for the Subaccounts will be lower than the yield for their respective Portfolios.  The calculations of yields, total returns, and other performance data do not reflect the effect of any premium tax that may be applicable to a particular Contract.  Premium taxes currently range from 0% to 3.5% of premium based on the state in which the Contract is sold.

FEDERATED PRIME MONEY FUND II SUBACCOUNT YIELDS

From time to time, advertisements and sales literature may quote the current annualized yield of the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount for a seven-day period in a manner that does not take into consideration any realized or unrealized gains or losses, or income other than investment income, on shares of the Federated Prime Money Fund II or on its portfolio securities.
 
 
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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 exclusive of income other than investment income) at the end of the seven-day period in the value of a hypothetical account under a Contract having a balance of one unit of the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount at the beginning of the period, dividing such net change in account value by the value of the hypothetical 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:

·  
net income from the Federated Prime Money Fund II attributable to the hypothetical account; and
·  
charges and deductions imposed under the Contract which are attributable to the hypothetical account.

The charges and deductions include the per unit charges for the hypothetical account for:

·  
the annual administration fee,
·  
the asset-based administration charge, and
·  
the mortality and expense risk charge.

For purposes of calculating current yields for a Contract, an average per unit administrative fee is used based on the $30 annual administration fee deducted at the beginning of each Contract Year and an assumed account size equal to the Subaccount’s average account size.

Because of the charges and deductions imposed under the Contract, the yield for the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount will be lower than the yield for the Federated Prime Money Fund II.

The current and effective yields on amounts held in the Federated Prime Money Fund II 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 Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount's actual yield is affected by:

·  
changes in interest rates on money market securities;
·  
average portfolio maturity of the Federated Prime Money Fund II;
·  
the types and quality of portfolio securities held by the Federated Prime Money Fund II; and
·  
the Federated Prime Money Fund II's operating expenses.

Yields on amounts held in the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount may also be presented for periods other than a seven-day period.

OTHER SUBACCOUNT YIELDS

From time to time, sales literature or advertisements may quote the current annualized yield of one or more of the Subaccounts (except the Federated Prime Money Fund II Subaccount) for a Contract for 30-day or one-month periods. The annualized yield of a Subaccount refers to income generated by the Subaccount during a 30-day or one-month period that is assumed to be generated each period over a 12-month period.

The yield is computed by:

·  
dividing the net investment income of the Portfolio attributable to the Subaccount units less Subaccount expenses for the period; by
·  
the maximum offering price per unit on the last day of the period times the daily average number of units outstanding for the period; by
·  
compounding that yield for a six-month period; and by
·  
multiplying that result by two.  Expenses attributable to the Subaccount include the annual administration fee, asset-based administration charge, and mortality and expense risk charge.

The yield calculation assumes an annual administration fee of $30 per year per Contract deducted at the beginning of each Contract Year.  For purposes of calculating the 30-day or one-month yield, an average annual administration fee per
 
 
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dollar of Contract Value in the Account is used to determine the amount of the charge attributable to the Subaccount for the 30-day or one-month period.

Because of the charges and deductions imposed under the Contracts, the yield for the Subaccount will be lower than the yield for the corresponding Fund’s Portfolio.

The yield on the 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.  A Subaccount's actual yield is affected by the types and quality of portfolio securities held by the corresponding Portfolio and its operating expenses.

Yield calculations do not take into account the surrender charge under the Contract.  The surrender charge is calculated as a percentage of your premium payment being surrendered or withdrawn during the applicable Premium Year.  The amount of the surrender charge decreases over time, measured from the date the premium payment is applied.  The initial surrender charge is 8%, decreasing to 0 after the eight Premium Years.  Subject to certain restrictions, a surrender charge will not be imposed upon surrender or on the first partial surrender in any Contract Year on an amount up to 10% of the Contract Value as of the beginning of the Contract Year.

STANDARD SUBACCOUNT AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

From time to time, sales literature or advertisements may also quote standard subaccount average annual total returns for the Subaccounts for various periods of time.

When a Subaccount has been in operation for one, five and 10 years, respectively, the standard subaccount average annual total return for these periods will be provided.  Standard subaccount average annual total returns for other periods of time may, from time to time, also be disclosed.

Standard subaccount average annual total returns represent the average annual compounded rates of return that would equate an initial investment of $10,000 under a Contract 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 that will be stated in the communication.

We will calculate standard subaccount average annual total returns using Subaccount unit values which we calculate on each valuation day based on:

·  
the performance of the Subaccount's underlying Portfolio;
·  
the deductions for the annual administration fee;
·  
asset-based administration charge; and
·  
mortality and expense risk charge.

The calculation assumes that the annual administration fee is $30 per year per Contract deducted at the beginning of each Contract Year.  For purposes of calculating average annual total return, an average per dollar annual administration fee attributable to the hypothetical account for the period is used based on an account size equal to the Subaccount’s average account size.  The calculation assumes the selection of the Base Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Option.  The calculation also assumes surrender of the Contract at the end of the period for the return quotation.  Standard subaccount average annual total returns will therefore reflect a deduction of the surrender charge for any period less than eight years.   The calculation does not reflect either of the guaranteed bonuses.

OTHER TOTAL RETURNS

Adjusted Historic Portfolio Average Annual Total Return.  From time to time, sales literature or advertisements may also quote total returns for periods prior to the date the Variable Account began operations.  Such performance information will be calculated based on the performance of the Portfolios and the assumption that the Subaccounts were in existence for the same periods as those indicated for the Portfolios, with the level of Contract charges currently in effect.

From time to time, sales literature or advertisements may also quote adjusted historic portfolio average annual total returns that do not reflect the surrender charge.  These are calculated in exactly the same way as the adjusted historic
 
 
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portfolio average annual total returns described above, except that the ending redeemable value of the hypothetical account for the period is replaced with an ending value for the period that does not take into account any charges on amounts surrendered.

We may disclose cumulative total returns in conjunction with the standard formats described above.

EFFECT OF THE ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION FEE ON PERFORMANCE DATA

The Contract provides for a $30 annual administration fee (waived for Contracts with a Contract Value of at least $50,000 at the beginning of the Contract Year) to be deducted annually at the beginning of each Contract Year, from the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account based on the proportion that the value of each such account bears to the total Contract Value. For purposes of reflecting the annual administration fee in yield and total return quotations, the annual charge is converted into a per-dollar per-day charge based on the average Contract Value in the Variable Account of all Contracts on the last day of the period for which quotations are provided. The per-dollar per-day average charge will then be adjusted to reflect the basis upon which the particular quotation is calculated.

SAFEKEEPING OF ACCOUNT ASSETS

We hold the title to the assets of the Variable Account.  The assets are kept physically segregated and held separate and apart from our Account assets and from the assets in any other separate account.

Records are maintained of all purchases and redemption’s of Portfolio shares held by each of the Subaccounts.

Our officers and employees are covered by an insurance company blanket bond issued by Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland to Kansas City Life in the amount of $5,000,000.  The bond insures against dishonest and fraudulent acts of officers and employees.

STATE REGULATION

We are subject to regulation and supervision by the Department of Insurance of the State of Missouri, which periodically examines our affairs.  We are also subject to the insurance laws and regulations of all jurisdictions where we are authorized to do business.  A copy of the Contract form has been filed with, and where required approved by, insurance officials in each jurisdiction where the Contracts are sold.  We are required to submit annual statements of our operations, including financial statements, to the insurance departments of the various jurisdictions in which we do business for the purposes of determining solvency and compliance with local insurance laws and regulations.

RECORDS AND REPORTS

We will retain all records and accounts relating to the Variable Account.  As presently required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and regulations promulgated thereunder, reports containing such information as may be required under the Act or by any other applicable law or regulation will be sent to Contract Owners semi-annually at the Owner's last known address of record.

LEGAL MATTERS

All matters relating to Missouri law pertaining to the Contracts, including the validity of the Contracts and Kansas City Life's authority to issue the Contracts, have been passed upon by A. Craig Mason Jr., General Counsel of Kansas City Life.  Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP of Washington, D.C. has provided legal advice on certain matters relating to the federal securities laws.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of Kansas City Life Insurance Company as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010; the statement of net assets of the Variable Account as of December 31, 2010, and the related statements of operations for the period or year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the periods or years in the two-year period then ended, and financial highlights for each of the periods or years in the five-year period then ended; have been included herein in reliance upon the report of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, appearing elsewhere herein, and
 
 
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upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.  Their report on the consolidated financial statements of Kansas City Life Insurance Company contains an explanatory paragraph stating that as discussed in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2009, the Company changed its method of accounting for other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities due to the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 320.
 
OTHER INFORMATION

A registration statement has been filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Contracts discussed in this Statement of Additional Information.  Not all the information set forth in the registration statement, amendments and exhibits thereto has been included in this Statement of Additional Information.  Statements contained in this Statement of Additional Information concerning the content of the Contracts 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 following financial statements for Kansas City Life Insurance Company are included in this Statement of Additional Information:

·  
consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2010 and 2009; and
·  
related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010.

The following financial statements for the Variable Account are included in this Statement of Additional Information:

·  
statement of net assets as of December 31, 2010; and
·  
related statement of operations for the period or year ended December 31, 2010, statements of changes in net assets for each of the periods or years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2010, and financial highlights for each of the periods or years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2010.

Kansas City Life's financial statements should be distinguished from financial statements of the Variable Account. You should consider Kansas City Life's financial statements only as an indication of Kansas City Life's ability to meet its obligations under the Contracts.  Please note that in addition to Fixed Account allocations, general account assets are used to guarantee the payment of living and death benefits under the Contracts.  To the extent that Kansas City Life is required to pay you amounts in addition to your Contract Value under these benefits, such amounts will come from general account assets.  You should be aware that the Kansas City Life’s principal investments are in fixed maturity securities, mortgage loans and real estate; all of which are exposed to three primary sources of investment risk:  credit risk, interest rate risk, and liquidity risk.  Kansas City Life’s financial statements include a further discussion of risks inherent within general account investments.  However, you should not consider Kansas City Life’s financial statements as having an effect on the investment performance of the assets held in the Variable Account.
 
 
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Amounts in thousands, except share data, or as otherwise noted
 
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Consolidated Balance Sheets
               
         
December 31
         
2010
 
2009
ASSETS
       
Investments:
     
 
Fixed maturity securities available for sale, at fair value
     
     
(amortized cost:  2010 - $2,540,725; 2009 - $2,470,516)
 $  2,648,888
 
 $  2,469,272
 
Equity securities available for sale, at fair value
     
     
(cost: 2010 - $36,293; 2009 - $35,405)
          38,321
 
          36,876
 
Mortgage loans
        559,167
 
        457,582
 
Real estate
        119,909
 
        114,076
 
Policy loans
          84,281
 
          85,585
 
Short-term investments
          15,713
 
        138,704
 
Other investments
            5,009
 
            6,379
   
Total investments
     3,471,288
 
     3,308,474
               
Cash
     
            5,445
 
            4,981
Accrued investment income
          35,742
 
          32,989
Deferred acquisition costs
        192,943
 
        209,495
Reinsurance receivables
        187,123
 
        179,365
Property and equipment
          23,514
 
          24,393
Other assets
          78,198
 
        103,664
Separate account assets
        339,029
 
        312,824
   
Total assets
 $  4,333,282
 
 $  4,176,185
               
LIABILITIES
     
Future policy benefits
 $     884,380
 
 $     866,889
Policyholder account balances
     2,065,878
 
     2,048,828
Policy and contract claims
          44,046
 
          33,484
Other policyholder funds
        145,560
 
        137,847
Other liabilities
        174,917
 
        147,950
Separate account liabilities
        339,029
 
        312,824
   
Total liabilities
     3,653,810
 
     3,547,822
               
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
     
Common stock, par value $1.25 per share
     
 
Authorized 36,000,000 shares,
     
   
issued 18,496,680 shares
          23,121
 
          23,121
Additional paid in capital
          41,085
 
          41,068
Retained earnings
        767,126
 
        757,225
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
            7,807
 
         (36,477)
Treasury stock, at cost (2010 - 7,029,575 shares;
     
 
2009 - 6,931,589 shares)
      (159,667)
 
       (156,574)
   
Total stockholders' equity
        679,472
 
        628,363
               
   
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 $  4,333,282
 
 $  4,176,185
               
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Consolidated Statements of Income
                 
       
Year Ended December 31
       
2010
 
2009
 
2008
REVENUES
         
Insurance revenues:
         
 
Premiums, net
 $      139,811
 
 $      137,067
 
 $      127,166
 
Contract charges
         106,019
 
         105,735
 
         109,007
     
Total insurance revenues
         245,830
 
         242,802
 
         236,173
Investment revenues:
         
 
Net investment income
         175,859
 
         177,428
 
         177,419
 
Realized investment gains, excluding
         
   
impairment losses
             4,355
 
           10,979
 
           10,422
 
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings:
         
   
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses
           (4,129)
 
         (37,125)
 
         (62,693)
   
Portion of impairment losses recognized in
         
     
other comprehensive income (loss)
                309
 
           16,070
 
                     -
 
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
           (3,820)
 
         (21,055)
 
         (62,693)
     
Total investment revenues
         176,394
 
         167,352
 
         125,148
Other revenues
             9,139
 
           10,491
 
           13,005
     
Total revenues
         431,363
 
         420,645
 
         374,326
                 
BENEFITS AND EXPENSES
         
Policyholder benefits
         182,997
 
         178,990
 
         178,749
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
           85,949
 
           86,713
 
           86,899
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs
           27,033
 
           35,126
 
           34,989
Operating expenses
         100,625
 
         103,364
 
           99,903
     
Total benefits and expenses
         396,604
 
         404,193
 
         400,540
                 
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
           34,759
 
           16,452
 
         (26,214)
                 
Income tax expense (benefit)
           12,457
 
             5,720
 
           (9,164)
                 
NET INCOME (LOSS)
 $        22,302
 
 $        10,732
 
 $      (17,050)
                 
                 
Comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:
         
 
Change in net unrealized gains and (losses) on
         
   
securities available for sale
 $        42,862
 
 $        89,709
 
 $      (89,921)
 
Change in benefit plan obligations
             1,422
 
           11,212
 
         (21,067)
   
Other comprehensive income (loss)
           44,284
 
         100,921
 
       (110,988)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
 $        66,586
 
 $      111,653
 
 $    (128,038)
                 
Basic and diluted earnings per share:
         
 
Net income (loss)
 $            1.95
 
 $            0.93
 
 $          (1.47)
                 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
           
 
Year Ended December 31
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
           
COMMON STOCK, beginning and end of year
 $      23,121
 
 $      23,121
 
 $      23,121
           
ADDITIONAL PAID IN CAPITAL
         
Beginning of year
         41,068
 
         36,281
 
         30,244
Excess of proceeds over cost of treasury stock sold
                17
 
           4,787
 
           6,037
           
    End of year
         41,085
 
         41,068
 
         36,281
           
RETAINED EARNINGS
         
Beginning of year
       757,225
 
       750,600
 
       780,133
Cummulative effect of change in accounting
         
    principle (See Note 15)
                  -
 
           8,399
 
                  -
Net income (loss)
         22,302
 
         10,732
 
       (17,050)
Stockholder dividends of $1.08 per share
         
    (2009 - $1.08; 2008 - $1.08)
       (12,401)
 
       (12,506)
 
       (12,483)
           
    End of year
       767,126
 
       757,225
 
       750,600
           
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE
         
INCOME (LOSS), net of taxes
         
Beginning of year
       (36,477)
 
     (130,799)
 
       (19,811)
Cummulative effect of change in accounting
         
    principle (See Note 15)
                  -
 
         (6,599)
 
                  -
Other comprehensive income (loss)
         44,284
 
       100,921
 
     (110,988)
           
    End of year
           7,807
 
       (36,477)
 
     (130,799)
           
TREASURY STOCK, at cost
         
Beginning of year
     (156,574)
 
     (152,096)
 
     (129,286)
Cost of 99,012 shares acquired
         
    (2009 - 396,821 shares; 2008 - 557,424 shares)
         (3,108)
 
       (11,957)
 
       (25,972)
Cost of 1,026 shares sold
         
    (2009 - 526,708 shares; 2008 -222,687 shares)
                15
 
           7,479
 
           3,162
           
    End of year
     (159,667)
 
     (156,574)
 
     (152,096)
           
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 $    679,472
 
 $    628,363
 
 $    527,107
           
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                   
         
Year Ended December 31
         
2010
 
2009
 
2008
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
         
Net income (loss)
 $      22,302
 
 $      10,732
 
 $    (17,050)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to
         
 
net cash provided by operating activities:
         
   
Amortization of investment premium
           3,263
 
           3,838
 
           5,114
   
Depreciation
           2,786
 
           2,919
 
           3,008
   
Acquisition costs capitalized
       (37,017)
 
       (33,557)
 
       (27,804)
   
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs
         27,033
 
         35,575
 
         34,989
   
Realized investment (gains) losses
            (535)
 
         10,076
 
         52,271
   
Changes in assets and liabilities:
         
     
Reinsurance receivables
         (7,758)
 
       (10,975)
 
         (6,050)
     
Future policy benefits
         10,391
 
         13,433
 
           1,633
     
Policyholder account balances
       (34,944)
 
       (22,122)
 
       (17,378)
     
Income taxes payable and deferred
         22,255
 
         10,733
 
       (29,978)
   
Other, net
         12,515
 
         11,028
 
         17,321
   
Net cash provided
         20,291
 
         31,680
 
         16,076
                   
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
         
Purchases of investments:
         
 
Fixed maturity securities
     (423,039)
 
     (322,508)
 
     (251,136)
 
Equity securities
         (1,471)
 
         (4,025)
 
         (8,300)
 
Mortgage loans
     (155,818)
 
       (59,650)
 
       (49,273)
 
Real estate
       (12,238)
 
       (22,130)
 
       (31,091)
 
Policy loans
       (16,765)
 
       (17,244)
 
       (17,496)
 
Other investments
            (644)
 
            (214)
 
         (2,208)
Sales of investments:
         
 
Fixed maturity securities
         81,441
 
       134,810
 
         33,499
 
Equity securities
              584
 
           4,781
 
           8,811
 
Real estate
                  -
 
           2,066
 
         30,035
 
Other investments
              858
 
                  -
 
                  -
Net sales (purchases) of short-term investments
       122,991
 
     (103,566)
 
           1,384
Maturities and principal paydowns of investments:
         
 
Fixed maturity securities
       268,669
 
       247,925
 
       254,950
 
Mortgage loans
         54,233
 
         47,458
 
         54,031
 
Policy loans
         18,069
 
         19,963
 
         21,995
Net disposition (acquisition) of property and equipment
            (406)
 
              (68)
 
                  3
   
Net cash provided (used)
       (63,536)
 
       (72,402)
 
         45,204
 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)
                   
         
Year Ended December 31
         
2010
 
2009
 
2008
                   
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
         
Proceeds from borrowings
 $        8,000
 
 $        1,500
 
 $    100,962
Repayment of borrowings
         (8,000)
 
         (4,400)
 
     (108,462)
Deposits on policyholder account balances
       238,213
 
       239,642
 
       200,465
Withdrawals from policyholder account balances
     (189,326)
 
     (201,711)
 
     (243,438)
Net transfers from separate accounts
           7,177
 
           7,271
 
         11,486
Change in other deposits
           3,122
 
           5,878
 
           4,525
Cash dividends to stockholders
       (12,401)
 
       (12,506)
 
       (12,483)
Net disposition (acquisition) of treasury stock
         (3,076)
 
              309
 
       (16,773)
   
Net cash provided (used)
         43,709
 
         35,983
 
       (63,718)
                   
Increase (decrease) in cash
              464
 
         (4,739)
 
         (2,438)
Cash at beginning of year
           4,981
 
           9,720
 
         12,158
       
 
         
   
Cash at end of year
 $        5,445
 
 $        4,981
 
 $        9,720
                   
       
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
   
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies

Business
Kansas City Life Insurance Company is a Missouri domiciled stock life insurance company which, with its subsidiaries, is licensed to sell insurance products in 49 states and the District of Columbia. The Company offers a diversified portfolio of individual insurance, annuity and group products through three life insurance companies.  The consolidated entity (the Company) primarily consists of three life insurance companies.  Kansas City Life Insurance Company (Kansas City Life) is the parent company.  Sunset Life Insurance Company of America (Sunset Life) and Old American Insurance Company (Old American) are wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and include the accounts of Kansas City Life and its subsidiaries, principally Sunset Life and Old American. Significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation and certain immaterial reclassifications have been made to the prior period results to conform with the current period’s presentation.

Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period.  These estimates are inherently subject to change and actual results could differ from these estimates.  Included among the material (or potentially material) reported amounts and disclosures that require extensive use of estimates are the fair value of certain invested assets, deferred acquisition costs, value of business acquired, future policy benefits, policy and contract claim liabilities, pension and other postretirement benefits and the valuation allowance on deferred income tax assets.

Business Changes
The Company has not had any significant business changes in the three years ended December 31, 2010.

Significant Accounting Policies
Presented below is a summary of significant accounting policies used by the Company.

Investments
Investment income is recognized when earned.  Premiums and discounts on fixed maturity securities are amortized over the life of the related security as an adjustment to yield using the effective interest method.  Realized gains and losses on the sale of investments are determined on the basis of specific security identification recorded on the trade date. Securities available for sale are stated at fair value.  Unrealized gains and losses, net of adjustments to deferred acquisition costs (DAC), value of business acquired (VOBA), policyholder account balances and deferred income taxes, are reported as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders' equity.  Unrealized losses represent the difference between amortized cost and fair value on the valuation date.  The adjustments to DAC and VOBA represent changes in the amortization of DAC and VOBA that would have been required as a charge or credit to income had such unrealized amounts been realized.  The adjustment to policyholder account balances represents the increase from using a discount rate that would have been required if such unrealized gains or losses had been realized and the proceeds reinvested at current market interest rates, which were lower than the then-current effective portfolio rate.

The Company’s fair value of fixed maturity and equity securities are derived from external pricing sources, brokers, and internal matrices and calculations.  At December 31, 2010, approximately 96% of the carrying value of these investments was from external pricing services and 4% was derived from brokers, internal matrices and calculations.  The investment portfolio is monitored regularly to ensure that investments which may be other-than-temporarily impaired are identified in a timely fashion and properly valued.  Other-than-temporary impairments that are determined to be due to credit are charged against earnings as realized investment losses.  See Note 3 – Investments for further details.

 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
Investment income on residential mortgage-backed securities is initially based upon yield, cash flow, and prepayment assumptions at the date of purchase.  Subsequent revisions in those assumptions are recorded using the retrospective method, except for adjustable rate residential mortgage-backed securities where the prospective method is used.  Under the retrospective method, the amortized cost of the security is adjusted to the amount that would have existed had the revised assumptions been in place at the time of purchase.  Under the prospective method, future cash flows are estimated and interest income is recognized going forward using the new effective yield to maturity.  The adjustments to amortized cost under both methods are recorded as a charge or credit to net investment income.  The Company bases its historical results from individual securities and internal assessments of likely future results for these securities.   These results are based upon validations and comparisons to similar securities provided by third parties such as rating agency analysis.

Mortgage loans are stated at cost, adjusted for amortization of premium and accrual of discount, less an allowance for potential future losses.  A loan is considered impaired if it is probable that contractual amounts due will not be collected.  The allowance for loss on mortgage loans is maintained at a level believed by management to be adequate to absorb potential future credit losses.  Management’s periodic evaluation and assessment of the adequacy of the reserve is based on known and inherent risks in the portfolio, historical and industry data, current economic conditions and other relevant factors.  Loans in foreclosure and loans considered to be impaired are placed on a non-accrual status.

Real estate consists of directly owned investments and real estate joint ventures.  Real estate that is directly owned is carried at depreciated cost.  Real estate joint ventures consist primarily of office buildings, industrial warehouses, unimproved land for future development and low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) investments.  Real estate joint ventures are consolidated when required or are valued at cost, adjusted for the Company’s equity in earnings.

Policy loans are carried at cost, less principal payments received.  Short-term investments are stated at cost, adjusted for amortization of premium and accrual of discount.

Valuation of Investments
The Company’s principal investments are in fixed maturity securities, mortgage loans and real estate; all of which are exposed to three primary sources of investment risk: credit, interest rate and liquidity.  The fixed maturity securities, which are all classified as available for sale, are carried at their fair value in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, with unrealized gains or losses recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).  The unrealized gains or losses are recorded net of the adjustment to policyholder account balances and deferred acquisition costs to reflect what would have been earned had those gains or losses been realized and the proceeds reinvested.

The Company has a policy and process in place to identify securities that could potentially have an impairment that is other-than-temporary.  This process involves monitoring market events and other items that could impact issuers’ credit ratings, business climate, management changes, litigation and government actions, and other similar factors.  This process also involves monitoring late payments, downgrades by rating agencies, key financial ratios, financial statements, revenue forecasts, asset quality and cash flow projections as indicators of credit issues.

The Company monitors the various markets in which its investments are traded.  The Company utilizes a primary independent third-party pricing service to determine the majority of its fair values.  The Company uses a second third-party pricing service to validate the fair market values provided by the primary pricing service.  The Company also uses the second pricing service to determine the fair value of certain securities for which the primary pricing service was unable to provide.  The Company reviews values received from independent pricing sources for unusual fluctuations.  In addition, the Company tests a limited number of securities from the primary independent pricing service each reporting period to further validate reliance on the fair values provided.  When fair values are not available from external service providers, where possible, the Company pursues external pricing from brokers.  Generally, the Company pursues and utilizes only one broker quote per security.  In doing so, the Company solicits only brokers which have previously demonstrated knowledge and experience of the subject security.  When the Company cannot obtain reliable broker pricing, a fair value is determined based upon an assessment of several factors appropriate for the specific issue, including but not limited to: the issuer’s industry; liquidity; cash flows; marketability, ratings and the ability of the issuer to satisfy the obligation; government intervention or regulations; fair value of comparable securities in actively traded or quoted markets; or other factors.  The Company creates a matrix of factors from which to calculate an estimable value.  However, all factors may not be known or publicly available from which to determine a value and, as such, the fair value used by the Company may not be truly indicative of the actual value available in an active market or an actual exit price if the Company were to sell the security in the current market.

At the end of each quarter, all securities are reviewed to determine whether impairments exist and whether other-than-temporary impairments should be recorded.  This quarterly process includes an assessment of the credit quality of each investment in the entire securities portfolio.  Additional reporting and review procedures are conducted for those securities
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
where fair value is less than 90% of amortized cost.  The Company prepares a formal review document no less often than quarterly of all investments where fair value is less than 80% of amortized cost for six months or more and selected investments that have changed significantly from a previous period and that have a decline in fair value greater than 10% of amortized cost.

The Company considers relevant facts and circumstances in evaluating whether the impairment of a security is other-than-temporary.  Relevant facts and circumstances considered include but are not limited to:

 
·
The current fair value of the security as compared to amortized cost;
 
·
The credit rating of the security;
 
·
The extent and the length of time the fair value has been below amortized cost;
 
·
The financial position of the issuer, including the current and future impact of any specific events, material declines in the issuer’s revenues, margins, cash positions, liquidity issues, asset quality, debt levels and income results;
 
·
Significant management or organizational changes;
 
·
Significant uncertainty regarding the issuer’s industry;
 
·
Violation of financial covenants;
 
·
Consideration of information or evidence that supports timely recovery;
 
·
The Company’s intent and ability to hold an equity security until it recovers in value;
 
·
Whether the Company intends to sell a debt security and whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell a debt security before recovery of the amortized cost basis; and
 
·
Other business factors related to the issuer’s industry.

To the extent the Company determines that a fixed maturity security is deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired, the portion of the impairment that is deemed to be due to credit is charged to the Consolidated Statements of Income and the cost basis of the underlying investment is reduced.  The portion of the impairment that is deemed to be non-credit is charged to other comprehensive income (loss).  Equity securities that are determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired are written down to fair value and the impairment is charged to the Consolidated Statements of Income.

There are a number of significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the process of monitoring impairments, determining if an impairment is other-than-temporary and determining the portion of an other-than-temporary impairment that is due to credit.  These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to:

 
·
The risk that the Company’s assessment of an issuer’s ability to meet all of its contractual obligations will change based on changes in the credit characteristics of that issuer;
 
·
The risk that the economic outlook will be worse than expected or have more of an impact on the issuer than anticipated;
 
·
The risk that the performance of the underlying collateral for securities could deteriorate in the future and the Company’s credit enhancement levels and recovery values do not provide sufficient protection to the Company’s contractual principal and interest;
 
·
The risk that fraudulent, inaccurate or misleading information could be provided to the Company’s credit, investment and accounting professionals who determine the fair value estimates and accounting treatment for securities;
 
·
The risk that actions of trustees, custodians or other parties with interests in the security may have an unforeseen adverse impact on the Company’s investments;
 
·
The risk that new information obtained by the Company or changes in other facts and circumstances may lead the Company to change its intent to sell the security before it recovers in value;
 
·
The risk that facts and circumstances change such that it becomes more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investment before recovery of the amortized cost basis; and
 
·
The risk that the methodology or assumptions used to develop estimates of the portion of impairments due to credit prove, over time, to be inaccurate or insufficient.

Any of these situations could result in a charge to income in a future period.

The Company may selectively determine that it no longer intends to hold a specific issue to its maturity.  If the Company makes this determination and the fair value is less than the cost basis, an analysis of the fair value of the investment is performed and the investment is written down to the fair value and an other-than-temporary impairment is recorded on this
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
particular position.  Subsequently, the Company seeks to obtain the best possible outcome available for this specific issue and records an investment gain or loss at the disposal date.

The Company has exposure to the municipal bond market.  The Company’s investments in municipal bonds present unique considerations in evaluating other-than-temporary impairments.  Judgments regarding whether a municipal debt security is other-than-temporarily impaired include analyzing a number of rather unique characteristics pertaining to the issuer.  Municipalities possess unique powers, along with special legal standing and protections.  These powers include the sovereign power to tax, access to one-time revenue sources, capacity to issue or restructure debt and the ability to shift spending to other authorities.  In addition, state governments often provide secondary support to local governments in times of financial stress and the federal government has also provided assistance to state governments as well.

The evaluation of loan-backed and similar asset-backed securities, particularly including residential mortgage-backed securities, with significant indications of potential other-than-temporary impairment requires considerable use of estimates and judgment.  Specifically, the Company performs discounted cash flow projections on these securities to evaluate whether the value of the investment is expected to be fully realized.  Projections of expected future cash flows are based upon considerations of the performance of the actual underlying assets, including historical delinquencies, defaults, severity of losses incurred, and prepayments, along with the Company’s estimates of future results for these factors.  The Company’s estimates of future results are based upon actual historical performance of the underlying assets relative to historical, current and expected general economic conditions, specific conditions related to the underlying assets, industry data, and other factors that are believed to be relevant.  If the present value of the projected expected future cash flows are determined to be below the Company’s carrying value, the Company recognizes an other-than-temporary impairment on the portion of the carrying value that exceeds the projected expected future cash flows.  To the extent that the loan-backed or other asset-backed securities were high quality investments at the time of acquisition, and they remain high quality investments and do not otherwise demonstrate characteristics of impairment, the Company performs other initial evaluations to determine whether other-than-temporary cash flow evaluations need to be performed.

The discounted future cash flow calculation typically becomes the primary determinant of whether any portion and to what extent an unrealized loss is due to credit on loan-backed and similar asset-backed securities with significant indications of potential other-than-temporary impairment.  Such indications typically include below investment grade ratings and significant unrealized losses for an extended period of time, among other factors.  The Company identified 12 and 13 non-U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities that had such indications as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.  Discounted future cash flow analysis was performed for each of these securities to determine if any portion of the impairment was due to credit and deemed to be other-than-temporary.  The discount rate used in calculating the present value of future cash flows was the investment yield at the time of purchase for each security.  The initial default rates were assumed to remain constant over a 24-month time frame and grade down thereafter, reflecting the general perspective of a more stabilized residential housing environment in the future.

The determination of any amount of impairment that is due to credit is based upon a comparison of the present value of the projected future cash flows on the security to the amortized cost.  If any portion of the impairment is determined to be due to credit, based upon the present value of projected future cash flows being less than the amortized cost of the security, this amount is recognized as a realized loss in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income and the carrying value of the security is written down by the same amount.  The portion of an impairment that is determined not to be due to credit is recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Significant unrealized losses on securities can continue for extended periods of time, particularly for certain individual securities.  While this can be an indication of potential credit impairments, it can also be an indication of illiquidity in a particular sector or security.  In addition, the fair value of an individual security can be heavily influenced by the complexities of varying market sentiment or uncertainty regarding the prospects for an individual security.  This has been the situation in the non-U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities market in recent periods.  Based upon the process described above, the Company is best able to determine if and to what extent credit impairment may exist in these securities by performing present value calculations of projected future cash flows at the conclusion of each reporting period.  By reviewing the most recent data available regarding the security and other relevant industry and market factors, the Company can modify assumptions used in the cash flow projections and determine the best estimate of the portion of any impairment that is due to credit at the conclusion of each period.

Financing Receivables

The Company has financing receivables as defined in the newly issued and adopted guidance Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-20 “Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses.”
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The Company has several categories of receivables, not all of which meet the definition of a financing receivable as defined under the guidance.  The Company has both long-term receivables and short-term receivables which might otherwise meet the definition, except that short-term receivables are specifically excluded under the guidance.  To qualify as a financing receivable, a receivable must have both a specific maturity date, either on demand or on a fixed or determinable date, and it must be recognized as an asset in the Company’s statement of financial position.  In addition, certain investments in mortgage loans and policy loans were also be evaluated to determine whether they meet the definition of a financing receivable.  The Company’s financing receivables are defined as follows:

·  
The Company has mortgage loans which are identified as financing receivables.  Mortgage loans at December 31, 2010 totaled $559.2 million, net of the allowance for loss.  Please see the mortgage loan section contained in Note 3 – Investments for further details.
·  
The Company has agent receivables which are classified as financing receivables and which are reduced by an allowance for doubtful accounts.  These receivables are long-term in nature, are trade receivables with the Company’s sales force, contain specifically agreed contracts and are specifically assessed as to the collectability of each receivable.  The Company’s gross agent receivables totaled $2.8 million at December 31, 2010 and the Company maintained an allowance for doubtful accounts totaling $0.6 million.  The Company has two types of agent receivables included in this category as follows:
·  
Agent specific loans.  These loans totaled $0.3 million with a minimal allowance for doubtful accounts.
·  
Various agent commission advances and other commission receivables.  Gross agent receivables in this category totaled $2.5 million, and the Company maintained an allowance for doubtful accounts of $0.6 million.

The table below identifies the Company’s financing  receivables by classification amount as of December 31, 2010.
 
Receivables:
 
    Agent receivables, net (uncollectible allowance $644)
 $          2,120
Investment-related financing receivables:
 
    Mortgage loans, net (allowance $3,410)
         559,167
        Total financing receivables
 $      561,287
 
Deferred Acquisition Costs
Deferred acquisition costs (DAC), principally agent commissions and other selling, selection and issue costs, which vary with and are directly related to the production of new business, are capitalized as incurred.  At least annually, the Company reviews its DAC capitalization policy and the specific items which are capitalized with existing guidance.  These deferred costs for life insurance products are generally deferred and amortized over the premium paying period.  Policy acquisition costs that relate to interest sensitive and variable insurance products are deferred and amortized with interest in relation to the estimated gross profits to be realized over the lives of the contracts.

For interest sensitive and variable insurance products, estimated gross profits are composed of net interest income, net realized investment gains and losses, fees, surrender charges, expenses, and mortality gains and losses.  At the issuance of policies, projections of estimated gross profits are made which are then replaced by actual gross profits over the lives of the policies.  In addition to other factors, emerging experience may lead to a revised outlook for the remaining estimated gross profits.  Accordingly, DAC may be recalculated using these new assumptions and any resulting adjustment is included in income.  The Company considers the following assumptions to be of significance when evaluating future estimated gross profits: mortality, interest rates and spreads, surrender and withdrawal rates and expense margins.

DAC is also reviewed on an ongoing basis to determine that the unamortized portion does not exceed the expected recoverable amounts.  If it is determined from emerging experience that the premium margins or expected gross profits are insufficient to amortize deferred acquisition costs, then the asset will be adjusted downward with the adjustment recorded as an expense in the current period.  No impairment adjustments have been recorded in the years presented. The DAC asset is also adjusted at each reporting date to reflect the impact of unrealized gains and losses on fixed maturity and equity securities available for sale as though such gains and losses had been realized.

The Company may consider refinements in estimates due to improved capabilities resulting from administrative or actuarial system upgrades.  The Company considers such enhancements to determine whether and to what extent they are associated with prior periods or simply improvements in the projection of future expected gross profits due to improved functionality.  To the extent they represent such improvements, these items are applied to the appropriate financial statement line items in a manner similar to unlocking adjustments.

 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The amortization of DAC decreased $8.1 million or 23% in 2010 compared to one year ago.  This decrease was primarily the result of a refinement in methodology (resulting in a change in estimate) and an unlocking of certain assumptions.  The Company refined its estimate as a result of the implementation of an actuarial system upgrade.  This upgrade allowed the Company to refine its projection of future expected gross profits on investment-type contracts which impacted the calculation of DAC amortization.  The effect of the change in estimate was an increase in the DAC asset and a reduction in current period DAC amortization of $1.8 million.  There was no material refinement in either 2009 or 2008.

The other factor impacting the amortization of DAC was an unlocking that occurred in 2010.  The unlocking primarily related to a change in the estimated future gross profits associated with the mortality assumption for certain universal life and variable universal life products.  This unlocking adjustment reflects actual experience from mortality results that have emerged and which have been better than assumed in expected future profits previously established.  The unlocking of the mortality assumption on the variable universal life product included a change to a more recent mortality table.   This table is also currently used by the Company in the mortality assumption for universal life and allows the Company enhanced consistency with mortality assumptions on other interest-sensitive products.  In addition, the Company also unlocked an interest rate assumption on selected fixed deferred annuity products.  The impact of unlocking was an increase in the DAC asset and a corresponding decrease in the amortization of DAC of $5.8 million.  While no material DAC unlocking or change in estimate occurred in 2009, DAC amortization was reduced by $3.0 million due to unlocking during 2008.

The following table identifies the effects of the DAC change in estimate and unlocking in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31.

   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
             
Change in estimate
 $      1,795
 
 $             6
 
 $              -
Unlocking
         5,831
 
                 -
 
         2,974
 
Total
 $      7,626
 
 $             6
 
 $      2,974
 
The DAC asset is adjusted to reflect the impact of unrealized gains and losses on fixed maturity securities available for sale, as described in the Investments section of Note 1.  The change in DAC from unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities was $(26.5) million for year ended 2010 (2009 - $(52.1) million; 2008 - $51.2 million).

The following table provides information about DAC at December 31.
  
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Balance at beginning of year
 $    209,495
 
 $    263,756
 
 $    217,512
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (See Note 15)
                  -
 
            (450)
 
                  -
Capitalization of commissions, sales and issue expenses
         37,017
 
         33,557
 
         27,804
Gross amortization
       (38,896)
 
       (46,678)
 
       (46,411)
Accrual of interest
         11,863
 
         11,552
 
         11,422
Amortization due to realized investment (gains) losses
              (67)
 
            (177)
 
           2,243
Change in DAC due to unrealized investment (gains) losses
       (26,469)
 
       (52,065)
 
         51,186
Balance at end of year
 $    192,943
 
 $    209,495
 
 $    263,756
 
Value of Business Acquired
When a new block of business is acquired or when an insurance company is purchased, a portion of the purchase price is allocated to a separately identifiable intangible asset, called the value of business acquired (VOBA).  VOBA is established as the actuarially determined present value of future gross profits of the business acquired and is amortized with interest in proportion to future premium revenues or the expected future profits, depending on the type of business acquired.  VOBA is reported as a component of other assets with related amortization included in operating expenses.  Amortization of VOBA occurs with interest over the anticipated lives of the underlying business to which it relates, initially 15 to 30 years.  Similar to DAC, the assumptions regarding future experience can affect the carrying value of VOBA, including interest spreads, mortality, expense margins and policy and premium persistency experience.  Significant changes in these assumptions can impact the carrying balance of VOBA and produce changes that are reflected in the current period’s income as an unlocking adjustment.  Profit expectations are based upon assumptions of future interest spreads, mortality margins, expense margins and policy and premium persistency experience.  Mortality relates to the occurrence of death.  Interest spreads are the difference between the investment returns earned and the crediting rates of interest applied to policyholder account balances.  Surrender rates relate to the relative volume of policy terminations.  Expense margins involve the expenses incurred for
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
maintaining and servicing in force policies.  These assumptions involve judgment and are compared to actual experience on an ongoing basis.  If it is determined that the assumptions related to the profit expectations for interest sensitive and variable insurance products should be revised, the impact of the change is reported in the current period’s income as an unlocking adjustment.

At least annually, a review is performed of the models and the assumptions used to develop expected future profits, based upon management’s current view of future events.  VOBA is reviewed on an ongoing basis to determine that the unamortized portion does not exceed the expected recoverable amounts.  Management’s view primarily reflects Company experience but can also reflect emerging trends within the industry.  Short-term deviations in experience affect the amortization of VOBA in the period, but do not necessarily indicate that a change to the long-term assumptions of future experience is warranted.  If it is determined that it is appropriate to change the assumptions related to future experience, then an unlocking adjustment is recognized for the block of business being evaluated.  Certain assumptions, such as interest spreads and surrender rates, may be interrelated.  As such, unlocking adjustments often reflect revisions to multiple assumptions.  The VOBA balance is immediately impacted by any assumption changes, with the change reflected through the income statement as an unlocking adjustment in the amount of VOBA amortized.  These adjustments can be positive or negative with adjustments reducing amortization limited to amounts previously deferred plus interest accrued through the date of the adjustment.

In addition, the Company may consider refinements in estimates due to improved capabilities resulting from administrative or actuarial system upgrades.  The Company considers such enhancements to determine whether and to what extent they are associated with prior periods or simply improvements in the projection of future expected gross profits due to improved functionality.  To the extent they represent such improvements, these items are applied to the appropriate financial statement line items in a manner similar to unlocking adjustments.

VOBA is also reviewed on an ongoing basis to determine that the unamortized portion does not exceed the expected recoverable amounts.  If it is determined from emerging experience that the premium margins or gross profits are insufficient to amortize deferred acquisition costs, then the asset will be adjusted downward with the adjustment recorded as an expense in the current period.  No impairment adjustments have been recorded in the years presented.

The amortization of VOBA increased $2.2 million in 2010 compared to the same period in the prior year.  This increase was due primarily to two factors, both which occurred in the prior year.  First, in 2009, the Company refined its method for calculating VOBA from a premium-based method to a volume-based method for certain traditional life products.  Since the Company’s establishment of VOBA, it had used the measure of premium in force which had been inconsistent from period to period due to the way the premium in force was identified and captured.  This resulted in a corresponding volatile amortization of VOBA that was inconsistent when related to the actual run off of the in force policies.  Accordingly, the Company refined its method of estimating VOBA to the use of volume in force.  This refinement in estimate reduced VOBA amortization $2.5 million in 2009.  Second, the Company had an unlocking adjustment on interest-sensitive products, which decreased VOBA amortization $0.2 million in 2009.  There was no unlocking or refinement in methodology in 2010 (2008 – increased amortization $0.2 million).

The following table identifies the effects of the VOBA change in estimate and unlocking in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31.

   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
             
Change in estimate
 $              -
 
 $      2,477
 
$              -
Unlocking
                 -
 
            163
 
           (180)
 
Total
 $              -
 
 $      2,640
 
    $        (180)
 
The VOBA asset is adjusted to reflect the impact of unrealized gains and losses on fixed maturity securities available for sale, as described in the Investments section of Note 1.  The change in VOBA asset from unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities in 2010 was $(10.1) million (2009 - $(12.4) million; 2008 - $15.2 million).
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table provides information about VOBA at December 31.
 
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Balance at beginning of year
 $     66,114
 
 $     82,855
 
 $     73,517
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (See Note 15)
                 -
 
           (135)
 
                 -
Gross amortization
      (10,432)
 
        (8,644)
 
      (11,704)
Accrual of interest
          3,654
 
          4,115
 
          4,610
Amortization due to realized investment (gains) losses
               58
 
             336
 
          1,187
Change in VOBA due to unrealized investment (gains) losses
      (10,123)
 
      (12,413)
 
        15,245
Balance at end of year
 $     49,271
 
 $     66,114
 
 $     82,855

The accrual of interest for Old American VOBA was calculated at a 13.0% interest rate for the life block and a 7.0% rate for the accident and health block.  In 2010, interest was accrued on the GuideOne acquisition VOBA at the rates of 4.5% on the interest sensitive life block, 4.1% on the deferred annuity block and 5.3% on the traditional life block.  The VOBA on a separate acquired block of business used a 7.0% interest rate on the traditional life portion and a 5.4% interest rate on the interest sensitive portion.  The interest rates used in the calculation of VOBA are based on rates appropriate at the time of acquisition. The expected amortization of VOBA each year over the next five years, 2011 through 2015, is $9,925, $7,272, $6,783, $6,136, and $5,725, respectively. 

Contract Charges
Contract charges consist of cost of insurance, expense loads, the amortization of unearned revenues and surrender charges.  Cost of insurance relates to charges for mortality.  These charges are applied to the excess of the mortality benefit over the account value for universal life policies.  Expense loads are amounts that are assessed against the policyholder balance as consideration for origination and maintenance of the contract.  Surrender charges are fees imposed on policyholders upon cancellation of a policy.

One component of contract charges is the recognition over time of the deferred revenue liability (DRL) from certain universal life policies.  This liability arises from front-end loads on such policies and is recognized into the Consolidated Statements of Income in concert with the future expected gross profits, similar to the amortization of DAC.  In 2010, the Company had a refinement in methodology resulting in a change in estimate.  The Company refined its methodology primarily as a result of the implementation of an actuarial system upgrade.  This upgrade allowed the Company to refine its calculation of the DRL liability.  The effect of the refinement in estimate on the DRL was an increase in the liability and a reduction to contract charges of $0.9 million.  No refinements of the DRL calculation occurred during 2009 or 2008.

Unlocking or other events may also have an impact on products and policies.  If it is determined that it is appropriate to change the assumptions of future experience, then an unlocking adjustment is recognized for the block of business being evaluated.  Certain assumptions, such as interest spreads and surrender rates, may be interrelated.  As such, unlocking adjustments often reflect revisions to multiple assumptions.  In addition, the Company may also consider refinements in estimates for other unusual or one-time occurrences for events such as administrative or actuarial system upgrades.  These items are applied to the appropriate financial statement line items similar to unlocking adjustments.

At least annually, a review is performed regarding the assumptions related to profit expectations consistent with those performed for DAC and VOBA.  If it is determined that the assumptions should be revised, an adjustment may be recorded to contract charge deferred revenues in the current period as an unlocking adjustment.  The Company had an unlocking in the DRL in 2010.  The 2010 unlocking adjustment reflects actual experience from mortality results, premium persistency, and surrender rates that have emerged.  The impact of the unlocking on DRL was a decrease in the liability and a corresponding increase in the recognition of deferred revenue in the current period of $1.1 million.  While there was no unlocking affecting the DRL in 2009, there was an increase in the liability of $0.8 million due to unlocking.

 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
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The following table identifies the effect of the deferred revenue change in estimate and unlocking recognized in contract charges in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
             
Change in estimate
      $        (922)
 
 $              -
 
$              -
Unlocking
         1,107
 
                 -
 
           (811)
 
Total
 $         185
 
 $              -
 
 $        (811)
 
Reinsurance
Consistent with the general practice of the life insurance industry, the Company enters into traditional agreements of indemnity reinsurance with other insurance companies to support sales of new products and the in force business.  The reinsurance arrangements have taken various forms over the years.  The Company has reinsurance in force on all of the following bases:  automatic and facultative; yearly renewable term (YRT) and coinsurance; and excess and quota share basis.  For additional information pertaining to the Company’s significant reinsurers, along with additional information pertaining to reinsurance, please see Note 13 - Reinsurance in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 

Currently, new sales of traditional life and universal life products are reinsured on a YRT basis in excess of the Company’s retention limits while sales of certain term life insurance products are reinsured on a quota share (a portion of each policy is reinsured), coinsurance basis.  Sales of group disability income products are reinsured on a quota share coinsurance basis.  New sales of group life are reinsured on an excess of retention basis with the accidental death and dismemberment benefits being 100% reinsured.  The Company’s maximum retention limit on individual life insurance products is three hundred fifty thousand dollars and on group life business is one hundred thousand dollars. 

Reinsurance receivables include amounts related to paid benefits and estimated amounts related to unpaid policy and contract claims, future policy benefits and policyholder account balances.  All insurance related revenues, benefits and expenses are reported net of reinsurance ceded.  Policies and contracts assumed are accounted for in a manner similar to that followed for direct business.

Separate Accounts
Separate account assets and liabilities arise from the sale of variable universal life insurance and variable annuity products.  The separate account represents funds segregated for the benefit of certain policyholders who bear the investment risk.  The assets are legally segregated and are not subject to claims which may arise from any other business of the Company.  The separate account assets and liabilities, which are equal, are recorded at fair value based upon net asset value (NAV).  Policyholder account deposits and withdrawals, investment income and realized investment gains and losses are excluded from the amounts reported in the Consolidated Statements of Income.  Revenues to the Company from separate accounts consist principally of contract charges, which include maintenance charges, administrative fees and mortality and risk charges.

The following table provides a reconciliation of activity within separate account liabilities at December 31.
 
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Balance at beginning of year
 $   312,824
 
 $   258,565
 
 $   420,393
Deposits on variable policyholder contracts
        36,062
 
        35,180
 
        48,994
Transfers to general account
        (7,177)
 
        (7,271)
 
      (11,486)
Investment performance
        43,096
 
        70,096
 
    (135,280)
Policyholder benefits
      (33,066)
 
      (31,347)
 
      (49,863)
Contract charges
      (12,710)
 
      (12,399)
 
      (14,193)
Balance at end of year
 $   339,029
 
 $   312,824
 
 $   258,565
 
The Company has a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit (GMWB) rider that can be added to new or existing variable annuity contracts.  The rider provides an enhanced withdrawal benefit that guarantees a stream of income payments to an owner or annuitant, regardless of the contract account value.  The value of variable annuity separate accounts with the GMWB rider was $80.3 million at December 31, 2010 (2009 - $57.9 million) and the guarantee liability was $(2.8) million at December 31, 2010 (2009 - $(1.6) million).  The value of the GMWB rider is recorded at fair value.  The change in this value is included in policyholder benefits in the Consolidated Statements of Income.  The value of variable annuity separate accounts with the GMWB rider is recorded in separate account liabilities and the value of the rider is included in other policyholder funds in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The determination of fair value of the GMWB liability requires
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
models that use actuarial and financial market assumptions, which reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the contract, including adjustments for risk and issuer non-performance.  The Company refined its process in 2010 to incorporate an index from an industry-recognized actuarial consulting firm that the Company believes is more consistent with the attributes of the product and better matches the volatility measure with the expected life of the underlying contracts.

The total separate account assets were $339.0 million as of December 31, 2010.  Variable universal life and variable annuity assets comprised 29% and 71% of this amount, respectively.  A guaranteed minimum death benefit (GMDB) rider is available on certain variable universal life contracts, and GMDB are provided on all variable annuities.  The GMDB rider for variable universal life and variable annuity contracts guarantees the death benefit for specified periods of time, regardless of investment performance, provided cumulative premium requirements are met.

As of December 31, 2010, separate account balances for variable annuity contracts were $240.6 million.   The total reserve held for variable annuity GMDB was $0.3 million.  Additional information related to the GMDB and related separate account balances and net amount at risk (the amount by which the GMDB exceeds the account balance) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 is provided below:

               2010     2009
   
Separate
 
Net
 
Separate
 
Net
   
Account
 
Amount
 
Account
 
Amount
   
Balance
 
at Risk
 
Balance
 
at Risk
                 
Return of net deposits
 $      206,227
 
 $      3,431
 
 $  193,870
 
 $      8,932
Return of the greater of the highest anniversary
             
 
contract value or net deposits
             4,546
 
            239
 
         4,580
 
            485
Return of the greater of every fifth year highest
             
 
anniversary contract value or net deposits
             6,234
 
            215
 
         6,078
 
            593
Return of the greater of net deposits accumulated annually
             
 
at 5% or the highest anniversary contract value
           23,615
 
         3,715
 
       17,195
 
         2,995
Total
 $      240,622
 
 $      7,600
 
 $  221,723
 
 $    13,005
 
The following table presents the GMDB for the variable annuity incurred and paid death benefits for the three years ended December 31.

 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Variable annuity incurred death benefits
 $      1,955
 
 $      5,778
 
 $      4,426
Variable annuity paid death benefits
 $      1,808
 
 $      5,899
 
 $      4,528
 
The following table presents the aggregate fair value of assets by major investment asset category supporting the variable annuity separate accounts with guaranteed benefits at December 31.

   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Money market
 $        6,727
 
 $        8,358
 
 $      10,256
Fixed income
         22,340
 
         18,066
 
         13,827
Balanced
         52,792
 
         51,935
 
         45,089
International equity
         26,818
 
         23,540
 
         17,258
Intermediate equity
         69,373
 
         63,083
 
         50,389
Aggressive equity
         62,572
 
         56,741
 
         45,495
 
Total
 $    240,622
 
 $    221,723
 
 $    182,314
 
Future Policy Benefits
The Company establishes liabilities for amounts payable under insurance policies, including traditional life insurance, immediate annuities with life contingencies, supplementary contracts with life contingencies and accident and health insurance.  Generally, amounts are payable over an extended period of time.  Liabilities for future policy benefits of traditional life insurance have been computed by a net level premium method based upon estimates at the time of issue for investment yields, mortality and withdrawals.  These estimates include provisions for experience less favorable than initially
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
expected.  Mortality assumptions are based on Company experience expressed as a percentage of standard mortality tables.  The 2001 Valuation Basic Table and the 1975-1980 Select and Ultimate Basic Table serve as the bases for most mortality assumptions.

Liabilities for future policy benefits of immediate annuities and supplementary contracts with life contingencies are computed by calculating an actuarial present value of future policy benefits, based upon estimates for investment yields and mortality at the time of issue.

Liabilities for future policy benefits of accident and health insurance represent estimates of payments to be made on reported insurance claims, as well as claims incurred but not yet reported.  These liabilities are estimated using actuarial analyses and case basis evaluations that are based upon past claims experience, claim trends and industry experience.

The following table provides detail about future policy benefits at December 31.

     
2010
 
2009
Life insurance
 $     618,961
 
 $     617,247
Immediate annuities and supplementary
     
 
contracts with life contingencies
        218,645
 
        201,554
   
Total
        837,606
 
        818,801
Accident and health insurance
          46,774
 
          48,088
           
   
Total future policy benefits
 $     884,380
 
 $     866,889

Policyholder Account Balances
Policyholder account balances include universal life insurance, fixed deferred annuity contracts and investment-type contracts.  Liabilities for these policyholder account balances are included without reduction for potential surrender charges and deferred front-end contract charges.  The account balances for universal life contracts are equal to cumulative deposits, less contract charges and withdrawals, plus interest credited.  The account balances for fixed deferred annuities and investment-type contracts are equal to the cumulative deposits, less any applicable contract charges and withdrawals, plus interest credited.  Front-end contract charges are deferred and amortized over the term of the policies.  Policyholder benefits incurred in excess of related policyholder account balances are charged to policyholder benefits expense.  Interest on policyholder account balances is credited as earned.

Crediting rates for universal life insurance and fixed deferred annuity products ranged from 2.00% to 5.50% in 2010 (2009 – 3.00% to 5.50%; 2008 – 3.00% to 5.50%).


The following table provides detail about policyholder account balances at December 31.

   
2010
 
2009
Universal life insurance
 $     970,535
 
 $     989,929
Fixed deferred annuities
     1,037,331
 
        999,500
Supplemenatry contracts
     
 
without life contingencies
          58,012
 
          59,399
 
Policyholder account balances
 $  2,065,878
 
 $  2,048,828

Recognition of Revenues
Premiums for traditional life insurance products are reported as revenue when due.  Premiums on accident and health, disability and dental insurance are reported as earned ratably over the contract period in proportion to the amount of insurance protection provided.  A reserve is provided for the portion of premiums written which relate to unexpired terms of coverage.

Deposits related to universal life, fixed deferred annuity contracts and investment-type products are credited to policyholder account balances.  Revenues from such contracts consist of amounts assessed against policyholder account balances for mortality, policy administration and surrender charges, and are recognized in the period in which the benefits and services are
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
provided.  The cash flows from deposits are credited to policyholder account balances.  Deposits are not recorded as revenue.  Deposits are shown as a Financing Activity in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

The Company measures its sales or new business production with two components: new premiums recorded and new deposits received.  Premiums and deposits are subdivided into two categories: new and renewal.  New premiums and deposits are measures of sales or new business production.  Renewal premiums and deposits occur as continuing business from existing customers.

Income Taxes
Deferred income taxes are recorded on the differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and the amounts at which they are reported in the consolidated financial statements.  Recorded amounts are adjusted to reflect changes in income tax rates and other tax law provisions as they become enacted.

Deferred income tax assets are subject to ongoing evaluation of whether such assets will be realized.  The ultimate realization of deferred income tax assets generally depends on the reversal of deferred tax liabilities and the generation of future taxable income and realized gains during the periods in which temporary differences become deductible.  Deferred income taxes include future deductible differences relating to unrealized losses on investment securities.  The Company evaluates the character and timing of unrealized gains and losses to determine whether sufficient future taxable amounts are sufficient to offset future deductible amounts.  A valuation allowance against deferred income tax assets may be required if future taxable income of the correct character is not expected.

The Company and its subsidiaries file a consolidated federal income tax return that includes both life insurance companies and non-life insurance companies.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Comprehensive income (loss) is comprised of net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss).  Other comprehensive income (loss) includes the unrealized investment gains or losses on securities available for sale (net of adjustments for realized investment gains or losses) net of adjustments to DAC, VOBA and policyholder account balances.  In addition, other comprehensive income (loss) includes the change in the liability for benefit plan obligations.  Other comprehensive income (loss) reflects these items net of tax.

Income (Loss) Per Share
Due to the Company's capital structure and the absence of other potentially dilutive securities, there is no difference between basic and diluted earnings per common share for any of the years reported. The average number of shares outstanding during 2010 was 11,486,306 shares (2009 – 11,550,016 shares; 2008 – 11,568,635 shares). The number of shares outstanding at year-end 2010 was 11,467,105 (2009 – 11,565,091).

Participating Policies
The Company has some insurance contracts where the policyholder is entitled to share in the earnings through dividends that reflect the difference between the premium charged and the actual experience.  Participating business at year-end 2010 approximated 4% of statutory premiums and 5% of the life insurance in force. The amount of dividends to be paid is determined annually by the Board of Directors.  Provision has been made in the liability for future policy benefits to allocate amounts to participating policyholders on the basis of dividend scales contemplated at the time the policies were issued.  Additional provisions have been made for policyholder dividends in excess of the original scale, which have been declared by the Board of Directors.

New Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the FASB issued new guidance to provide a single definition of fair value, together with a framework for measuring it, and required additional disclosure about the use of fair value to measure assets and liabilities.  The FASB emphasized that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement, and it established a fair value hierarchy with the highest priority being the quoted price in active markets.  This guidance became effective for years beginning after November 15, 2007.  The Company adopted it on January 1, 2008 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In February 2007, the FASB issued new guidance to permit an entity to measure certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value.  Under this guidance, entities that elect the fair value option report unrealized gains and losses in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option may be elected on an instrument-by-instrument basis, with a few exceptions, as long as it is applied to the instrument in its entirety.  Once adopted, the fair value option election is irrevocable, unless a new election date occurs.  This guidance became effective for years beginning after November 15, 2007.  The Company 
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
adopted it on January 1, 2008 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.  The Company elected to not measure financial assets and liabilities at fair value other than those already prescribed.

In March 2008, the FASB issued new guidance to require companies with derivative instruments to disclose information about how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for, and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows.  This guidance became effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008.  The Company adopted it on January 1, 2009 with no material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In October 2008, the FASB issued new guidance to clarify the application of fair value accounting in a market that is not active and to provide an example to illustrate key considerations in determining the fair value of a financial asset when the market for that financial asset is not active.  The Company adopted this guidance upon issuance, with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In December 2008, the FASB issued new guidance regarding employers’ disclosures about postretirement benefit plan assets. It requires entities to provide disclosures about employer’s defined benefit plans and other post retirement plans that would help users of the financial statements understand how investment allocation decisions are made, the major categories of plan assets, the inputs and the valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of plan assets, the effect of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) on changes in plan assets for the period, and significant concentrations of risk within plan assets. This guidance became effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009.  The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2009 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued new guidance to clarify fair valuation in inactive markets and includes all assets and liabilities subject to fair valuation measurements.  Enhanced disclosures related to the fair value of assets and liabilities became required.  This guidance became effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009.  The Company elected early adoption effective for the period ended March 31, 2009 with retroactive application effective January 1, 2009 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued new guidance regarding other-than-temporary impairment of debt securities and changes in the recognition and presentation of debt securities determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired.  The guidance requires an enterprise to bifurcate any other-than-temporary impairment between credit and non-credit impairments and then establish accounting treatment for each aspect, in current and subsequent periods.  Retroactive application became required to other-than-temporary impairments recorded in prior periods by making a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the period of adoption.  This guidance became effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009.  The Company elected early adoption effective for the period ended March 31, 2009 with retroactive application effective January 1, 2009.  For additional information pertaining to this guidance, please see Note 15 – Accumulated Effect of Change in Accounting Principle.

In April 2009, the FASB issued new guidance to expand the fair value disclosures required for financial instruments for interim periods.  The guidance also requires entities to disclose the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments in financial statements on an interim and annual basis and to highlight any changes from prior periods.  This guidance became effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009.  The Company elected early adoption effective for the period ended March 31, 2009 with retroactive application effective January 1, 2009 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In May 2009, the FASB issued new guidance that established general accounting standards and disclosure for events occurring subsequent to the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are issued.  This guidance became effective for interim and annual accounting periods ending after June 15, 2009.  The Company adopted it upon issuance, with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In June 2009, the FASB issued new guidance to improve the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial reports related to a transfer of financial assets.  It addresses the effects of a transfer on financial position, financial performance, cash flows and a transferor’s continuing involvement in transferred financial assets.  In addition, this guidance also eliminates the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity.  This guidance became effective for interim and annual accounting periods beginning after November 15, 2009.  The Company adopted it on January 1, 2010 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
In June 2009, the FASB issued new guidance to improve financial reporting by enterprises involved with variable interest entities (VIEs).  This guidance changes the approach to determining a VIE’s primary beneficiary and requires companies to continuously reassess whether investments in VIEs must be consolidated.  This guidance became effective for interim and annual accounting periods beginning after November 15, 2009.  The Company adopted it on January 1, 2010 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In June 2009, the FASB issued new guidance to establish the FASB ASC as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by non-governmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP.  This guidance replaced previous guidance related to the same issue and became effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after September 15, 2009.  The Company adopted it upon issuance, with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In January 2010, the FASB issued amendments to existing guidance regarding accounting and reporting for decreases in ownership of a subsidiary.  The amendments affect entities that experience a decrease in ownership in a subsidiary that is a business or nonprofit activity.  The amendments also affect entities that exchange a group of assets that constitutes a business or nonprofit activity for an equity interest in another entity.  This guidance became effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after December 15, 2009 for the Company since it had previously adopted SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements.”  The Company adopted the amendment on January 1, 2010 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In January 2010, the FASB issued new guidance to improve disclosures about fair value measurements.  This guidance requires new disclosures and clarification of existing disclosures regarding Levels 1, 2 and 3 in the fair value hierarchy.  The majority of this guidance became effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009.  However, disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements will become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and for interim periods within those years.  The Company adopted the guidance on January 1, 2010 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In July 2010, the FASB issued guidance to expand existing disclosures about the credit quality of financing receivables and the related allowance for credit losses.  As a result of these amendments, an entity is required to disaggregate by portfolio segment or class certain existing disclosures and provide certain new disclosures about its financing receivables and related allowance for credit losses.  For public entities, the disclosures as of the end of a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010.  The disclosures about activity that occurs during a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010.  The Company adopted this new guidance on December 15, 2010 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In October 2010, the FASB issued guidance that modifies the types of costs incurred by insurance entities that can be capitalized when issuing or renewing insurance contracts.  The guidance requires costs to be incremental or directly related to the successful acquisition of new or renewal contracts in order to be capitalized as a deferred acquisition cost.  This guidance will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, with either prospective or retrospective application permitted.  The Company is currently evaluating this new guidance and its materiality to the consolidated financial statements.

All other new accounting standards and updates of existing standards issued during 2010 did not relate to accounting policies and procedures pertinent to the Company at this time.

Other Regulatory Activity

Health Care Reform
The Company has assessed, based upon the information available, the Affordable Care Act, as passed in the first quarter of 2010.  The Company has considered its medical and dental plans provided for employees, agents and retirees.  While the Company will incur additional costs associated with the implementation of this Act, it does not believe these costs or ongoing costs associated with this Act will have a material impact to the consolidated financial statements.  The Company does not provide a separate prescription drug plan to its retirees.  In addition, the Company does not sell any medical insurance or prescription drug coverage.  However, the Company does sell dental and vision insurance but believes that the impact of this Act is immaterial to these products.  The Company will continue to assess the information contained in this Act as additional guidance becomes available and as additional implications are understood or clarified.

 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
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Financial Reform
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was passed in July of 2010.  This Act focuses on financial reform, specifically changes to derivatives regulation, regulatory framework for executive pay, corporate governance, investor protection, clawback provisions, mortgage reform, and numerous other issues.  The Company will continue to assess the information contained in this Bill as additional guidance becomes available and as additional implications are clarified.  The Company expects that additional disclosures will become required and additional costs may be associated with this Act.  However, the Company does not believe they will have a material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

2. Fair Value Measurements

Fair Values Hierarchy
The Company groups its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value in three levels, based on the inputs and assumptions used to determine the fair value.  These levels are as follows:

Level 1 – Valuations are based upon quoted prices for identical instruments traded in active markets.

Level 2 – Valuations are based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market.  Valuations are obtained from third-party pricing services or inputs that are observable or derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 – Valuations are generated from techniques that use significant assumptions not observable in the market.  These unobservable assumptions reflect the Company’s assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.  Valuation techniques include the use of discounted cash flow models, spread-based models, and similar techniques, using the best information available in the circumstances.

Determination of Fair Value
Under U.S. GAAP, fair value represents the price that would be received to sell an asset (exit price) or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  It is the Company’s policy to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when developing fair value measurements.  Accordingly, the Company utilizes a primary independent third-party pricing service to determine the majority of its fair values on investment securities available for sale.  At December 31, 2010, the Company used a second independent third-party pricing service to validate the fair market values provided by the primary pricing service.  The Company also used the second pricing service to determine the fair value of certain securities for which the primary pricing service was unable to provide.

The Company reviews prices received from service providers for unusual fluctuations but generally accepts the price identified from the primary pricing service.  However, if the primary pricing service does not provide a price, the Company utilizes the price provided by the second pricing service if a price is available.  In the event a price is not available from either third-party pricing service, the Company pursues external pricing from brokers.  Generally, the Company pursues and utilizes only one broker quote per security.  In doing so, the Company solicits only brokers which have previously demonstrated knowledge and experience of the subject security.  If a broker price is not available, the Company determines a carrying value through various valuation techniques that may include discounted cash flows, spread-based models or similar techniques depending upon the specific security to be priced.  These techniques are primarily applied to private placement securities.  The Company utilizes available market information, wherever possible, to identify inputs into the fair value determination, primarily including prices and spreads on comparable securities.

The Company performs an analysis on the prices received from third-party security pricing services and independent brokers to ensure that the prices represent a reasonable estimate of the fair value.  The Company corroborates and validates the primary pricing sources through a variety of procedures that include but are not limited to comparison to additional independent third-party pricing services or brokers, where possible, a review of third-party pricing service methodologies, back testing and comparison of prices to actual trades for specific securities where observable data exists.  In addition, the Company analyzes the primary third-party pricing service’s methodologies and related inputs and also evaluates the various types of securities in its investment portfolio to determine an appropriate fair value hierarchy.

Fair value measurements for assets and liabilities where there exists limited or no observable market data are calculated using the Company’s own estimates, based on current interest rates, credit spreads, liquidity premium or discount, the economic and competitive environment, unique characteristics of the asset or liability and other pertinent factors.  Therefore, the results cannot be determined with precision and may not be realized in an actual sale or immediate settlement of the asset or liability.  
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
Additionally, there may be inherent weaknesses in any calculation technique.  Further, changes in the underlying assumptions used, including discount rates and estimates of future cash flows, could significantly affect the results of current or future values.

The Company’s own estimates of fair value are derived in a number of ways, including but not limited to: 1) pricing provided by brokers, where the price indicates reliability as to value; 2) fair values of comparable securities, incorporating a spread adjustment for maturity differences, collateralization, credit quality, liquidity and other items, if applicable; 3) discounted cash flow models and margin spreads; 4) bond yield curves; 5) observable market prices and exchange transaction information not provided by external pricing services; and 6) statement values provided to the Company by fund managers.

Following is a description of valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities recorded at fair value and for estimating fair value for financial instruments not recorded at fair value but for which fair value is disclosed.

Assets
Securities Available for Sale
Fixed maturities and equity securities available for sale are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.  Fair value measurement is based upon quoted prices, if available.  If quoted prices are not available, fair values are determined as described in the preceding paragraphs.

Short-Term Financial Assets
Short-term financial assets include cash and other short-term investments and are carried at historical cost.  The carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of the fair value because of the relatively short time between the purchase of the instrument and its expected repayment or maturity.

Loans
The Company does not record loans at fair value.  As such, valuation techniques discussed herein for loans are primarily for estimating fair value for purpose of disclosure.

Fair values of mortgage loans on real estate properties are calculated by discounting contractual cash flows, using discount rates based on current industry pricing or the Company’s estimate of an appropriate risk-adjusted discount rate for loans of similar size, type, remaining maturity, likelihood of prepayment, and repricing characteristics.

The Company also has loans made to policyholders.  These loans cannot exceed the cash surrender value of the policy.  Fair value is calculated by discounting contractual cash flows, using discount rates based on the Company’s estimate of appropriate risk-adjusted discount rates for these loans.

Liabilities
Investment-Type Liabilities Included in Policyholder Account Balances and Other Policyholder Funds
Fair values for liabilities under investment-type insurance contracts are based upon account value.  The fair values of investment-type insurance contracts included with policyholder account balances for fixed deferred annuities and other policyholder funds for supplementary contracts without life contingencies are estimated to be their cash surrender values.  The fair values of deposits with no stated maturity are equal to the amount payable on demand at the measurement date.

Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefits (GMWB)
The Company offers a GMWB rider that can be added to new or existing variable annuity contracts.  The rider provides an enhanced withdrawal benefit that guarantees a stream of income payments to an owner or annuitant, regardless of the contract account value.  Fair value for GMWB rider contracts results in a Level 3 valuation, as it is based on models which utilize significant unobservable inputs.  These models require actuarial and financial market assumptions, which reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the contract, including adjustments for risk and issuer non-performance.

Notes Payable
The Company had no borrowings at December 31, 2010 or December 31, 2009.
 
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
Categories Reported at Fair Value
The following tables present categories reported at fair value on a recurring basis.
 
   
December 31, 2010
Assets:
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
U.S. Treasury securities and
             
 
    obligations of U.S. Government
 $       11,544
 
 $     119,624
 
 $         3,974
 
 $     135,142
 
Federal agencies 1
                    -
 
          26,095
 
                    -
 
          26,095
 
Federal agency issued
             
 
    residential mortgage-backed securities 1
                    -
 
        138,056
 
                    -
 
        138,056
 
        Subtotal
          11,544
 
        283,775
 
            3,974
 
        299,293
 
Corporate obligations:
             
 
    Industrial
                    -
 
        430,283
 
            2,235
 
        432,518
 
    Energy
                    -
 
        176,220
 
            2,291
 
        178,511
 
    Communications and technology
                    -
 
        172,946
 
                    -
 
        172,946
 
    Financial
                    -
 
        347,884
 
            2,775
 
        350,659
 
    Consumer
                    -
 
        408,592
 
          21,912
 
        430,504
 
    Public utilities
                    -
 
        324,800
 
                    -
 
        324,800
 
        Subtotal
                    -
 
     1,860,725
 
          29,213
 
     1,889,938
 
Corporate private-labeled residential
             
 
    mortgage-backed securities
                    -
 
        195,055
 
                    -
 
        195,055
 
Municipal securities
   
        146,083
 
            5,748
 
        151,831
 
Other
                    -
 
          81,136
 
          16,866
 
          98,002
 
Redeemable preferred stocks
          14,769
 
                    -
 
                    -
 
          14,769
 
Fixed maturity securities
          26,313
 
     2,566,774
 
          55,801
 
     2,648,888
 
Equity securities
            3,871
 
          33,270
 
            1,180
 
          38,321
 
Total
 $       30,184
 
 $  2,600,044
 
 $       56,981
 
 $  2,687,209
                 
Percent of Total
1%
 
97%
 
2%
 
100%
                 
Liabilities:
             
Other policyholder funds
             
 
Guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits
 $               -
 
 $               -
 
 $       (2,799)
 
 $       (2,799)
 
Total
 $               -
 
 $               -
 
 $       (2,799)
 
 $       (2,799)
 
1 Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
   
December 31, 2009
Assets:
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
U.S. Treasury securities and
             
 
    obligations of U.S. Government
 $         9,939
 
 $       98,383
 
 $       14,275
 
 $     122,597
 
Federal agencies 1
                    -
 
          28,321
 
                    -
 
          28,321
 
Federal agency issued
             
 
    residential mortgage-backed securities 1
                    -
 
        175,858
 
                    -
 
        175,858
 
        Subtotal
            9,939
 
        302,562
 
          14,275
 
        326,776
 
Corporate obligations:
             
 
    Industrial
                    -
 
        362,735
 
            3,654
 
        366,389
 
    Energy
                    -
 
        172,167
 
                    -
 
        172,167
 
    Communications and technology
                    -
 
        136,076
 
                    -
 
        136,076
 
    Financial
                    -
 
        336,781
 
            2,840
 
        339,621
 
    Consumer
                    -
 
        348,981
 
          22,596
 
        371,577
 
    Public utilities
                    -
 
        313,871
 
                    -
 
        313,871
 
        Subtotal
                    -
 
     1,670,611
 
          29,090
 
     1,699,701
 
Corporate private-labeled residential
             
 
    mortgage-backed securities
                    -
 
        196,660
 
                    -
 
        196,660
 
Municipal securities
                    -
 
          48,056
 
            6,386
 
          54,442
 
Other
                    -
 
        175,369
 
            2,723
 
        178,092
 
Redeemable preferred stocks
          13,601
 
                    -
 
                    -
 
          13,601
 
Fixed maturity securities
          23,540
 
     2,393,258
 
          52,474
 
     2,469,272
 
Equity securities
            3,400
 
          32,439
 
            1,037
 
          36,876
 
Total
 $       26,940
 
 $  2,425,697
 
 $       53,511
 
 $  2,506,148
                 
Percent of Total
1%
 
97%
 
2%
 
100%
                 
Liabilities:
             
Other policyholder funds
             
 
Guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits
 $               -
 
 $               -
 
 $       (1,642)
 
 $       (1,642)
 
Total
 $               -
 
 $               -
 
 $       (1,642)
 
 $       (1,642)

1 Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

The following table presents the fair value of fixed maturities and equity securities available for sale by pricing source and fair value hierarchy level.

     
December 31, 2010
     
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Fixed maturities available for sale:
             
 
Priced from external pricing services
 $        26,313
 
 $         2,537,287
 
 $                  -
 
 $         2,563,600
 
Priced from independent broker quotations
                     -
 
                 29,487
 
                     -
 
                 29,487
 
Priced from internal matrices and calculations
                     -
 
                           -
 
           55,801
 
                 55,801
   
Subtotal
           26,313
 
            2,566,774
 
           55,801
 
            2,648,888
Equity securities available for sale:
             
 
Priced from external pricing services
             3,871
 
                   7,125
 
                     -
 
                 10,996
 
Priced from independent broker quotations
                     -
 
                           -
 
                     -
 
                           -
 
Priced from internal matrices and calculations
                     -
 
                 26,145
 
             1,180
 
                 27,325
   
Subtotal
             3,871
 
                 33,270
 
             1,180
 
                 38,321
 
Total
 $        30,184
 
 $         2,600,044
 
 $        56,981
 
 $         2,687,209
 
Percent of Total
1%
 
97%
 
2%
 
100%
 
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
     
December 31, 2009
     
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Fixed maturities available for sale:
             
 
Priced from external pricing services
 $        23,540
 
 $         2,277,303
 
 $                  -
 
 $         2,300,843
 
Priced from independent broker quotations
                     -
 
               111,587
 
                     -
 
               111,587
 
Priced from internal matrices and calculations
                     -
 
                   4,368
 
           52,474
 
                 56,842
   
Subtotal
           23,540
 
            2,393,258
 
           52,474
 
            2,469,272
Equity securities available for sale:
             
 
Priced from external pricing services
             3,400
 
                   7,419
 
                     -
 
                 10,819
 
Priced from independent broker quotations
                     -
 
                           -
 
                     -
 
                           -
 
Priced from internal matrices and calculations
                     -
 
                 25,020
 
             1,037
 
                 26,057
   
Subtotal
             3,400
 
                 32,439
 
             1,037
 
                 36,876
 
Total
 $        26,940
 
 $         2,425,697
 
 $        53,511
 
 $         2,506,148
 
Percent of Total
1%
 
97%
 
2%
 
100%
 
The changes in Level 1 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the year ended December 31, 2010 are summarized below:

     
2010
             
Included in
             
Net
     
Beginning
 
Included
 
Other
 
Purchases
 
Net
 
Ending
 
Unrealized Gains
     
Balance as of
 
in
 
Comprehensive
 
and
 
Transfers
 
Balance as of
 
(Losses) at
     
December 31, 2009
 
Earnings
 
Income (Loss)
 
Dispositions
 
In (Out)
 
December 31, 2010
 
December 31, 2010
Assets:
                         
Fixed maturities available
                         
 
for sale
 $                 23,540
 
 $         (5)
 
 $               1,335
 
 $          145
 
 $        1,298
 
 $                  26,313
 
 $                   1,469
Equity securities available
                         
 
for sale
                      3,400
 
              -
 
                     298
 
             173
 
                   -
 
                       3,871
 
                         298
Total
 
 $                 26,940
 
 $         (5)
 
 $               1,633
 
 $          318
 
 $        1,298
 
 $                  30,184
 
 $                   1,767

The changes in Level 2 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the year ended December 31, 2010 are summarized below:

     
2010
             
Included in
             
Net
     
Beginning
 
Included
 
Other
 
Purchases
 
Net
 
Ending
 
Unrealized Gains
     
Balance as of
 
in
 
Comprehensive
 
and
 
Transfers
 
Balance as of
 
(Losses) at
     
December 31, 2009
 
Earnings
 
Income (Loss)
 
Dispositions
 
In (Out)
 
December 31, 2010
 
December 31, 2010
Assets:
                         
Fixed maturities available
                         
 
for sale
 $            2,393,258
 
 $       254
 
 $           107,131
 
 $     72,999
 
 $      (6,868)
 
 $             2,566,774
 
 $               103,635
Equity securities available
                         
 
for sale
                    32,439
 
              2
 
                     116
 
             713
 
                   -
 
                     33,270
 
                         189
Total
 
 $            2,425,697
 
 $       256
 
 $           107,247
 
 $     73,712
 
 $      (6,868)
 
 $             2,600,044
 
 $               103,824
 
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the years ended December 31 are summarized below:
 
     
2010
             
Included in
             
Net
     
Beginning
 
Included
 
Other
 
Purchases
 
Net
 
Ending
 
Unrealized Gains
     
Balance as of
 
in
 
Comprehensive
 
and
 
Transfers
 
Balance as of
 
(Losses) at
     
December 31, 2009
Earnings
 
Income (Loss)
 
Dispositions
 
In (Out)
 
December 31, 2010
 
December 31, 2010
Assets:
                         
Fixed maturities available
                         
 
for sale
 $             52,474
 
 $          (4)
 
 $                  920
 
 $      (3,159)
 
 $        5,570
 
 $                  55,801
 
 $                      922
Equity securities available
                         
 
for sale
                  1,037
 
               -
 
                     143
 
                  -
 
                   -
 
                       1,180
 
                         143
Total
 
 $             53,511
 
 $          (4)
 
 $               1,063
 
 $      (3,159)
 
 $        5,570
 
 $                  56,981
 
 $                   1,065

     
2009
             
Included in
             
Net
     
Beginning
 
Included
 
Other
 
Purchases
 
Net
 
Ending
 
Unrealized Gains
     
Balance as of
 
in
 
Comprehensive
 
and
 
Transfers
 
Balance as of
 
(Losses) at
     
December 31, 2008
Earnings
 
Income (Loss)
 
Dispositions
 
In (Out)
 
December 31, 2009
 
December 31, 2009
Assets:
                         
Fixed maturities available
                         
 
for sale
 $             89,499
 
 $   (1,172)
 
 $               3,100
 
 $      (1,985)
 
 $    (36,968)
 
 $                  52,474
 
 $                   2,533
Equity securities available
                         
 
for sale
                         -
 
               -
 
                     229
 
                  -
 
              808
 
                       1,037
 
                         228
Total
 
 $             89,499
 
 $   (1,172)
 
 $               3,329
 
 $      (1,985)
 
 $    (36,160)
 
 $                  53,511
 
 $                   2,761

The Company had $18.6 million transfers into Level 3 and $13.0 million transfers out of Level 3 for the year ended December 31, 2010.  The Company did not exclude any realized or unrealized gains or losses on items transferred into Level 3.  Depending upon the availability of Level 1 or Level 2 pricing, specific securities may transfer into or out of Level 3.

The table below is a summary of fair value estimates as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 for financial instruments.  The Company has not included assets and liabilities that are not financial instruments in this disclosure.  The total of the fair value calculations presented do not represent, and should not be construed to represent, the underlying value of the Company.

     
December 31, 2010
 
December 31, 2009
     
Carrying
 
 Fair
 
Carrying
 
 Fair
     
Value
 
 Value
 
Value
 
 Value
Assets:
             
 
Investments:
             
   
Fixed maturities available for sale
 $   2,648,888
 
 $   2,648,888
 
 $   2,469,272
 
 $   2,469,272
   
Equity securities available for sale
           38,321
 
           38,321
 
           36,876
 
           36,876
   
Mortgage loans
         559,167
 
         593,418
 
         457,582
 
         456,819
   
Policy loans
           84,281
 
           84,281
 
           85,585
 
           85,585
   
Cash and short-term investments
           21,158
 
           21,158
 
         143,685
 
         143,685
 
Separate account assets
         339,029
 
         339,029
 
         312,824
 
         312,824
                   
Liabilities:
             
 
Individual and group annuities
      1,037,331
 
      1,017,135
 
         999,500
 
         977,573
 
Supplementary contracts without
             
   
life contingencies
           58,012
 
           56,514
 
           59,399
 
           57,023
 
Separate account liabilities
         339,029
 
         339,029
 
         312,824
 
         312,824
 
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
3. Investments

Investment Revenues
The following table provides investment revenues by major category for the years ended December 31.

   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Net investment income:
         
 
Fixed maturity securities
 $  140,600
 
 $  143,514
 
 $  147,600
 
Equity securities
         1,636
 
         2,822
 
       (2,599)
 
Mortgage loans
       31,261
 
       29,361
 
       29,735
 
Real estate
         6,840
 
         5,673
 
         5,678
 
Policy loans
         5,827
 
         5,897
 
         6,210
 
Short-term investments
            177
 
            272
 
         1,043
 
Other
            652
 
            436
 
            673
   
     186,993
 
     187,975
 
     188,340
Less investment expenses
     (11,134)
 
     (10,547)
 
     (10,921)
   
 $  175,859
 
 $  177,428
 
 $  177,419
 
The following table provides realized investment gains (losses) and net impairment losses by major category for the years ended December 31.  Realized gains and losses on the sale of investments are determined on the basis of specific security identification.

   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Realized investment gains (losses):
         
 
Fixed maturity securities
 $         542
 
 $    (9,685)
 
 $  (50,682)
 
Equity securities
                2
 
            903
 
     (10,173)
 
Real estate
                -
 
       (1,453)
 
         5,154
   
            544
 
     (10,235)
 
     (55,701)
 
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
              (9)
 
            159
 
         3,430
   
 $         535
 
 $  (10,076)
 
 $  (52,271)

Contractual Maturities
The following tables provide the distribution of maturities for fixed maturity securities available for sale as of December 31.  Expected maturities may differ from these contractual maturities since borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations.

 
December 31, 2010
 
Amortized
 
Fair
 
Cost
 
Value
       
Due in one year or less
 $       93,283
 
 $       95,392
Due after one year through five years
        590,868
 
        625,121
Due after five years through ten years
        884,404
 
        948,239
Due after ten years
        523,608
 
        530,365
Securities with variable principal payments
        433,696
 
        435,002
Redeemable preferred stocks
          14,866
 
          14,769
 
 $  2,540,725
 
 $  2,648,888
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
 
December 31, 2009
 
Amortized
 
Fair
 
Cost
 
Value
       
Due in one year or less
 $       88,137
 
 $       89,563
Due after one year through five years
        524,283
 
        544,819
Due after five years through ten years
        816,117
 
        842,457
Due after ten years
        521,780
 
        505,466
Securities with variable principal payments
        505,333
 
        473,366
Redeemable preferred stocks
          14,866
 
          13,601
 
 $  2,470,516
 
 $  2,469,272
 
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)

Realized Gains (Losses)
The following table provides detail concerning realized investment gains and losses by asset class for the three years ended December 31.

         
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Gross gains resulting from:
         
 
Sales of investment securities:
         
   
Federal agencies
 $           51
 
 $      1,381
 
 $              -
   
Federal agency issued
         
     
residential mortgage-backed securities 1
                 -
 
            261
 
                 -
   
Corporate obligations:
         
     
Industrial
            342
 
         2,454
 
                 -
     
Communications and technology
            315
 
         1,006
 
            573
     
Financial
            258
 
         3,162
 
                 -
     
Consumer
            981
 
         1,390
 
              35
     
Public utility
                 -
 
            232
 
              45
     
Municipal securities
              53
 
                 -
 
                 -
     
Other
            545
 
                 -
 
                 -
 
Investment securities called and other:
         
   
Federal agencies
              77
 
            191
 
            416
   
Corporate obligations:
         
     
Industrial
            817
 
            149
 
              18
     
Energy
              53
 
                 -
 
         1,020
     
Communications and technology
            586
 
                5
 
              35
     
Consumer
              92
 
              38
 
                 -
     
Public utility
              44
 
                 -
 
            372
   
Corporate private-labeled residential
         
     
mortgage-backed securities
              34
 
                1
 
                 -
   
Other
            436
 
            290
 
            439
 
Sales of real estate
                 -
 
            661
 
         5,154
       
Total gross gains
         4,684
 
       11,221
 
         8,107
 
Gross losses resulting from:
         
 
Sales of investment securities
         
   
Corporate obligations:
         
     
Industrial
                 -
 
             (21)
 
           (445)
     
Communications and technology
             (63)
 
                 -
 
                 -
     
Financial
                 -
 
           (290)
 
           (510)
     
Consumer
                 -
 
               (2)
 
           (160)
   
     Municipal securities
               (4)
 
                 -
 
                 -
 
Investment securities called and other:
         
   
Financial
                 -
 
             (73)
 
                 -
   
Other
           (253)
 
             (15)
 
                 -
       
Total gross losses
           (320)
 
           (401)
 
        (1,115)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
               (9)
 
            159
 
         3,430
Realized investment gains, excluding
         
   
impairment losses
 $      4,355
 
 $    10,979
 
 $    10,422
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
         
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses
         
 
recognized in earnings:
         
     
Federal agencies
 $              -
 
 $              -
 
 $     (6,803)
     
Corporate obligations:
         
       
Industrial
                 -
 
        (4,886)
 
        (2,105)
       
Communications and technology
                 -
 
        (1,239)
 
        (3,273)
       
Financial
                 -
 
      (12,466)
 
      (27,142)
       
Consumer
                 -
 
        (1,697)
 
        (6,051)
     
Corporate private-labeled residential
         
       
mortgage-backed securities
        (1,821)
 
      (14,403)
 
        (4,164)
     
Municipal securities
             (65)
 
                 -
 
                 -
     
Other
        (2,243)
 
           (320)
 
      (13,155)
     
Real estate
                 -
 
        (2,114)
 
                 -
   
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses
        (4,129)
 
      (37,125)
 
      (62,693)
 
Portion of impairment losses recognized in other
         
   
comprehensive income (loss):
         
     
Corporate obligations:
         
       
Industrial
                 -
 
         1,676
 
                 -
       
Financial
                 -
 
            764
 
                 -
       
Consumer
                 -
 
            462
 
                 -
     
Corporate private-labeled residential
         
       
mortgage-backed securities
            317
 
       13,124
 
                 -
     
Other
               (8)
 
              44
 
                 -
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
        (3,820)
 
      (21,055)
 
      (62,693)
Realized investment gains (losses)
 $         535
 
 $   (10,076)
 
 $   (52,271)

1 Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table provides amortized cost and fair value of securities by asset class at December 31, 2010.

           
Gross
   
       
Amortized
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
       
Cost
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
Value
U.S. Treasury securities and
             
 
obligations of U.S. Government
 $           128,280
 
 $       7,180
 
 $               318
 
 $     135,142
Federal agencies 1
                24,144
 
          1,951
 
                       -
 
          26,095
Federal agency issued
             
 
residential mortgage-backed securities 1
              128,318
 
          9,740
 
                      2
 
        138,056
   
Subtotal
              280,742
 
        18,871
 
                  320
 
        299,293
Corporate obligations:
             
 
Industrial
              409,193
 
        26,255
 
               2,930
 
        432,518
 
Energy
              163,237
 
        15,498
 
                  224
 
        178,511
 
Communications and technology
              164,499
 
          9,243
 
                  796
 
        172,946
 
Financial
              341,520
 
        14,161
 
               5,022
 
        350,659
 
Consumer
              404,152
 
        28,725
 
               2,373
 
        430,504
 
Public utilities
              298,626
 
        27,640
 
               1,466
 
        324,800
   
Subtotal
           1,781,227
 
      121,522
 
             12,811
 
     1,889,938
Corporate private-labeled residential
             
 
mortgage-backed securities
              209,529
 
          2,352
 
             16,826
 
        195,055
Municipal securities
              153,813
 
          1,319
 
               3,301
 
        151,831
Other
 
              100,548
 
          5,193
 
               7,739
 
          98,002
Redeemable preferred stocks
                14,866
 
             343
 
                  440
 
          14,769
Fixed maturity securities
           2,540,725
 
      149,600
 
             41,437
 
     2,648,888
Equity securities
                36,293
 
          2,165
 
                  137
 
          38,321
Total
 
 $        2,577,018
 
 $   151,765
 
 $          41,574
 
 $  2,687,209

1 Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)

The following table provides amortized cost and fair value for securities by asset class at December 31, 2009.

           
Gross
   
       
Amortized
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
       
Cost
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
Value
U.S. Treasury securities and
             
 
obligations of U.S. Government
 $           118,863
 
 $       4,755
 
 $            1,021
 
 $     122,597
Federal agencies 1
                27,640
 
             681
 
                       -
 
          28,321
Federal agency issued
             
 
residential mortgage-backed securities 1
              168,439
 
          7,474
 
                    55
 
        175,858
   
Subtotal
              314,942
 
        12,910
 
               1,076
 
        326,776
Corporate obligations:
             
 
Industrial
              354,310
 
        14,653
 
               2,574
 
        366,389
 
Energy
              163,336
 
          9,562
 
                  731
 
        172,167
 
Communications and technology
              131,929
 
          5,933
 
               1,786
 
        136,076
 
Financial
              345,730
 
          8,667
 
             14,776
 
        339,621
 
Consumer
              356,213
 
        18,570
 
               3,206
 
        371,577
 
Public utilities
              299,573
 
        16,888
 
               2,590
 
        313,871
   
Subtotal
           1,651,091
 
        74,273
 
             25,663
 
     1,699,701
Corporate private-labeled residential
             
 
mortgage-backed securities
              239,455
 
             135
 
             42,930
 
        196,660
Municipal securities
              131,929
 
          5,933
 
               1,786
 
        136,076
Other
 
              118,233
 
         (1,584)
 
             20,191
 
          96,458
Redeemable preferred stocks
                14,866
 
               98
 
               1,363
 
          13,601
Fixed maturity securities
           2,470,516
 
        91,765
 
             93,009
 
     2,469,272
Equity securities
                35,405
 
          1,657
 
                  186
 
          36,876
Total
 
 $        2,505,921
 
 $     93,422
 
 $          93,195
 
 $  2,506,148
 
1 Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Unrealized Gains and Losses
The Company reviews all security investments, with particular attention given to those having unrealized losses.  Further, the Company specifically assesses all investments with greater than 10% declines in fair value and, in general, monitors all security investments as to ongoing risk.  These risks are fundamentally evaluated through both a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the issuer.  The Company also prepares a formal review document no less often than quarterly of all investments where fair value is less than 80% of amortized cost for six months or more and selected investments that have changed significantly from a previous period and that have a decline in fair value greater than 10% of amortized cost.

The Company has a policy and process in place to identify securities that could potentially have an impairment that is other-than-temporary.  This process involves monitoring market events and other items that could impact issuers.  The evaluation includes but is not limited to such factors as the issuer’s stated intent and ability to make all principal and interest payments when due, near-term business prospects, cash flow and liquidity, credit ratings, business climate, management changes and litigation and government actions.  This process also involves monitoring several factors, including late payments, downgrades by rating agencies, key financial ratios, financial statements, revenue forecasts, asset quality and cash flow projections, as indicators of credit issues.

The Company considers relevant facts and circumstances in evaluating whether the impairment of a security is other-than-temporary.  Relevant facts and circumstances considered are described in the Valuation of Investments section of Note 1 – Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies.

To the extent the Company determines that a fixed maturity security is deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired, the portion of the impairment that is deemed to be due to credit is charged to the Consolidated Statements of Income and the cost basis of the underlying investment is reduced.  The portion of the impairment that is deemed to be non-credit is charged to other comprehensive income (loss).  Equity securities that are determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired are written down to fair value and the impairment is charged to the Consolidated Statements of Income.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
There are a number of significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the process of monitoring impairments, determining if an impairment is other-than-temporary and determining the portion of an other-than-temporary impairment that is due to credit.  These risks and uncertainties are described in the Valuation of Investments Section of Note 1.

At December 31, 2010, the Company had gross unrealized losses of $41.6 million on investment securities, including fixed maturity and equity securities that had a fair value of $589.1 million.  In addition, included in the gross unrealized losses are securities that the Company determined had other-than-temporary impairments.  Accordingly, the Company bifurcated these impairments between credit and non-credit impairments.  As identified in the Consolidated Statements of Income, the Company had non-credit impairments recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) of $0.3 million and $16.1 million on securities considered to be impaired for the years ended December31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  As of December 31, 2009, the Company had gross unrealized losses of $93.2 million on investment securities, including fixed maturity and equity securities that had a fair value of $814.4 million. The decrease in unrealized losses was primarily attributable to lower interest rates, along with decreased credit and liquidity risk discounts in the pricing of financial assets.  Although these changes affected the broad financial markets, specific sectors, security issuers and security issues were affected differently.

Once a security is determined to have met certain of the criteria for consideration as being other-than-temporarily impaired, further information is gathered and evaluated pertaining to the particular security.  If the security is an unsecured obligation, the additional research is a top-down approach with particular emphasis on the likelihood of the issuer to meet the contractual terms of the obligation.  If the security is secured by an asset or guaranteed by another party, the value of the underlying secured asset or the financial ability of the third-party guarantor is evaluated as a secondary source of repayment. Such research is based upon a top-down approach, narrowing to the specific estimates of value and cash flow of the underlying secured asset or guarantor.  If the security is a collateralized obligation, such as a mortgage-backed or other asset-backed instrument, research is also conducted to obtain and analyze the performance of the collateral relative to expectations at the time of acquisition and with regard to projections for the future. Such analyses are based upon historical results, trends, comparisons to collateral performance of similar securities and analyses performed by third parties. This information is used to develop projected cash flows that are compared to the amortized cost of the security.

If a determination is made that an unsecured security, secured security or security with a guaranty of payment by a third-party is other-than-temporarily impaired, an estimate is developed of the portion of such impairment that is due to credit.  The estimate of the portion of impairment due to credit is based upon a comparison of ratings and maturity horizon for the security and relative historical default probabilities from one or more nationally recognized rating organizations.  When appropriate for any given security, sector or period in the business cycle, the historical default probability is adjusted to reflect periods or situations of distress by adding to the default probability increments of standard deviations from mean historical results. The credit impairment analysis is supplemented by estimates of potential recovery values for the specific security, including the potential impact of the value of any secured assets, in the event of default.  This information is used to determine the Company’s best estimate, derived from probability-weighted cash flows.

The Company has exposure to the municipal bond market.  The Company’s investments in municipal bonds present unique considerations in evaluating other-than-temporary impairments.  Judgments regarding whether a municipal debt security is other-than-temporarily impaired include analyzing a number of rather unique characteristics pertaining to the issuer.  Municipalities possess unique powers, along with special legal standing and protections.  These powers include the sovereign power to tax, access to one-time revenue sources, capacity to issue or restructure debt and the ability to shift spending to other authorities.  In addition, state governments often provide secondary support to local governments in times of financial stress and the federal government has also provided assistance to state governments as well.

The evaluation of loan-backed and similar asset-backed securities, particularly including residential mortgage-backed securities, with significant indications of potential other-than-temporary impairment requires considerable use of estimates and judgment.  Specifically, the Company performs discounted cash flow projections on these securities to evaluate whether the value of the investment is expected to be fully realized. Projections of expected future cash flows are based upon considerations of the performance of the actual underlying assets, including historical delinquencies, defaults, severity of losses incurred, and prepayments, along with the Company’s estimates of future results for these factors.  The Company’s estimates of future results are based upon actual historical performance of the underlying assets relative to historical, current and expected general economic conditions, specific conditions related to the underlying assets, industry data, and other factors that are believed to be relevant.  If the present value of the projected expected future cash flows are determined to be below the Company’s carrying value, the Company recognizes an other-than-temporary impairment on the portion of the carrying value that exceeds the projected expected future cash flows.  To the extent that the loan-backed or other asset-backed securities remain high quality investments and do not otherwise demonstrate characteristics of impairment, the Company performs other initial evaluations to determine whether other-than-temporary cash flow evaluations need to be performed.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The discounted future cash flow calculation typically becomes the primary determinant of whether any portion and to what extent an unrealized loss is due to credit on loan-backed and similar asset-backed securities with significant indications of potential other-than-temporary impairment.  Such indications typically include below investment grade ratings and significant unrealized losses for an extended period of time, among other factors.  The Company identified 12 and 13 non-U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities that had such indications as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.  Discounted future cash flow analysis was performed for each of these securities to determine if any portion of the impairment was due to credit and deemed to be other-than-temporary.  The discount rate used in calculating the present value of future cash flows was the investment yield at the time of purchase for each security.  The initial default rates were assumed to remain constant over a 24-month time frame and grade down thereafter, reflecting the general perspective of a more stabilized residential housing environment in the future.

The determination of any amount of impairment that is due to credit is based upon a comparison of the present value of the projected future cash flows on the security to the amortized cost.  If any portion of the impairment is determined to be due to credit, based upon the present value of projected future cash flows being less than the amortized cost of the security, this amount is recognized as a realized loss in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income and the carrying value of the security is written down by the same amount.  The portion of an impairment that is determined not to be due to credit is recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

If the discounted cash flow for a collateralized security is determined to be less than the amortized cost, the difference is recorded as an other-than-temporary impairment due to credit in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

The total impairment for any security that is deemed to have an other-than-temporary impairment is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Income as a net realized loss from investments.  The portion of such impairment that is determined to be non-credit-related is deducted from net realized loss in the Consolidated Statements of Income and reflected in other comprehensive income (loss) and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), which is a component of stockholders’ equity in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As part of the required accounting for unrealized gains and losses, the Company also adjusts the DAC and VOBA assets to recognize the adjustment to those assets as if the unrealized gains and losses from securities classified as available-for-sale actually had been realized.

The following table provides the net unrealized gains (losses) reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on the Company’s investments in securities available for sale, at December 31.

     
2010
 
2009
 
2008
               
Net unrealized gains (losses)
 $    110,191
 
 $             227
 
 $    (192,114)
 
Amounts resulting from:
         
   
DAC and VOBA
       (35,538)
 
             1,055
 
          65,534
   
Policyholder account balances
         (7,430)
 
                    -
 
                    -
Deferred income taxes
       (23,528)
 
              (449)
 
          44,303
   
 
         
     
 $      43,695
 
 $             833
 
 $      (82,277)

The following table provides the change in the net unrealized gains (losses) reported in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax.

     
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Change in net unrealized
         
 
gains (losses) during the year:
         
   
Fixed maturity securities
 $      42,645
 
 $        82,208
 
 $      (89,106)
   
Equity securities
              217
 
                902
 
              (815)
               
     
 $      42,862
 
 $        83,110
 
 $      (89,921)
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table provides information regarding fixed maturity and equity security investments available for sale with unrealized losses by length of time as of December 31, 2010.

       
Less Than 12 Months
 
12 Months or Longer
 
Total
       
Fair
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
       
Value
 
Losses
 
Value
 
Losses
 
Value
 
Losses
U.S. Treasury securities and
                     
 
obligations of U.S. Government
 $       7,663
 
 $         286
 
 $        2,206
 
 $           32
 
 $           9,869
 
 $         318
Federal agency issued
                     
 
residential mortgage-backed securities 1
               16
 
                1
 
              281
 
                1
 
                 297
 
                2
   
Subtotal
          7,679
 
            287
 
           2,487
 
              33
 
            10,166
 
            320
Corporate obligations:
                     
 
Industrial
        76,795
 
         2,825
 
           3,023
 
            105
 
            79,818
 
         2,930
 
Energy
          7,848
 
            224
 
                  -
 
                -
 
              7,848
 
            224
 
Communications and technology
        38,762
 
            796
 
                  -
 
                -
 
            38,762
 
            796
 
Financial
        50,744
 
            900
 
         38,170
 
         4,122
 
            88,914
 
         5,022
 
Consumer
        67,690
 
         1,444
 
         14,931
 
            929
 
            82,621
 
         2,373
 
Public utilities
        24,165
 
         1,204
 
           4,394
 
            262
 
            28,559
 
         1,466
Total corporate obligations
      266,004
 
         7,393
 
         60,518
 
         5,418
 
          326,522
 
       12,811
Corporate private-labeled residential
                     
 
mortgage-backed securities
                  -
 
                -
 
         96,581
 
       16,826
 
            96,581
 
       16,826
Municipal securities
        81,799
 
         2,537
 
           7,145
 
            764
 
            88,944
 
         3,301
Other
 
          5,379
 
            182
 
         54,488
 
         7,557
 
            59,867
 
         7,739
Redeemable preferred stocks
             618
 
                8
 
           4,333
 
            432
 
              4,951
 
            440
Fixed maturity securities
      361,479
 
       10,407
 
       225,552
 
       31,030
 
          587,031
 
       41,437
Equity securities
                  -
 
                -
 
           2,034
 
            137
 
              2,034
 
            137
Total
   
 $   361,479
 
 $    10,407
 
 $    227,586
 
 $    31,167
 
 $       589,065
 
 $    41,574

1 Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table provides information regarding fixed maturity and equity security investments available for sale with unrealized losses by length of time as of December 31, 2009.

       
Less Than 12 Months
 
12 Months or Longer
 
Total
       
Fair
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
       
Value
 
Losses
 
Value
 
Losses
 
Value
 
Losses
U.S. Treasury securities and
                     
 
obligations of U.S. Government
 $     30,616
 
 $         913
 
 $        3,040
 
 $         108
 
 $         33,656
 
 $      1,021
Federal agency issued
                     
 
residential mortgage-backed securities 1
          1,363
 
                4
 
           6,191
 
              51
 
              7,554
 
              55
   
Subtotal
        31,979
 
            917
 
           9,231
 
            159
 
            41,210
 
         1,076
Corporate obligations:
                     
 
Industrial
        53,908
 
            603
 
         20,621
 
         1,971
 
            74,529
 
         2,574
 
Energy
          8,603
 
            130
 
           6,922
 
            601
 
            15,525
 
            731
 
Communications and technology
          6,365
 
            120
 
         28,166
 
         1,666
 
            34,531
 
         1,786
 
Financial
        32,267
 
            503
 
       116,043
 
       14,273
 
          148,310
 
       14,776
 
Consumer
        26,740
 
            921
 
         45,255
 
         2,285
 
            71,995
 
         3,206
 
Public utilities
        37,896
 
            769
 
         24,817
 
         1,821
 
            62,713
 
         2,590
Total corporate obligations
      165,779
 
         3,046
 
       241,824
 
       22,617
 
          407,603
 
       25,663
Corporate private-labeled residential
                     
 
mortgage-backed securities
        18,319
 
         2,266
 
       158,813
 
       40,664
 
          177,132
 
       42,930
Municipal securities
        25,385
 
            787
 
         10,752
 
         1,823
 
            36,137
 
         2,610
Other
 
             362
 
            153
 
       141,516
 
       19,214
 
          141,878
 
       19,367
Redeemable preferred stocks
             831
 
                2
 
           7,672
 
         1,361
 
              8,503
 
         1,363
Fixed maturity securities
      242,655
 
         7,171
 
       569,808
 
       85,838
 
          812,463
 
       93,009
Equity securities
                  -
 
                -
 
           1,986
 
            186
 
              1,986
 
            186
Total
   
 $   242,655
 
 $      7,171
 
 $    571,794
 
 $    86,024
 
 $       814,449
 
 $    93,195

1 Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

As of December 31, 2010, the Company had gross unrealized losses of $41.6 million on investment securities, including fixed maturity and equity securities, that had a fair value of $589.1 million. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had gross unrealized losses of $93.2 million on investment securities, including fixed maturity and equity securities that had a fair value of $814.4 million.  The decrease in unrealized losses was primarily attributable to the improved economy and financial markets, along with a decline in interest rates during the twelve months ended December 31, 2010.  These changes affected the broad financial markets and resulted in price improvements in virtually every sector.  At December 31, 2010, approximately 25% of the gross unrealized losses were attributable to securities having gross unrealized losses of less than 12 months.  This compares to approximately 8% at December 31, 2009.  At December 31, 2010, unrealized losses on investments available for sale were primarily due to $16.8 million in unrealized losses on corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities.  In addition, unrealized losses on corporate securities totaled $12.8 million.  Based, in part, on the Company’s assessment of the performance of the underlying collateral compared to the credit enhancement, the Company concluded that these securities were not other-than-temporarily impaired at December 31, 2010.

In addition, the Company also considers as part of its monitoring and evaluation process the length of time a security is below cost.  At December 31, 2010, the Company had unrealized losses on its investment portfolio for fixed maturities and equity securities as follows:

 
·
130 security issues representing 69% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 94% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for less than one year;
 
·
18 security issues representing 10% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 56% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for one year or more and less than three years; and
 
·
39 security issues representing 21% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 49% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for three years or more.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
At December 31, 2009, the Company had unrealized losses on its investment portfolio for fixed maturities and equity securities as follows:

 
·
84 security issues representing 36% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 93% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for less than one year;
 
·
96 security issues representing 41% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 80% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for one year or more and less than three years; and
 
·
52 security issues representing 23% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 81% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for three years or more.
 
The following tables provide the distribution of maturities for fixed maturity securities available for sale with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.  Expected maturities may differ from these contractual maturities since borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations.

     
December 31, 2010
         
Gross
Fixed maturity security securities
Fair
 
Unrealized
available for sale:
Value
 
Losses
 
Due in one year or less
 $              28
 
 $                  -
 
Due after one year through five years
          75,560
 
             1,948
 
Due after five years through ten years
        166,658
 
             6,005
 
Due after ten years
        242,949
 
           16,217
   
Total
        485,195
 
           24,170
Securities with variable principal payments
          96,885
 
           16,828
Redeemable preferred stocks
            4,951
 
                439
   
Total
 $     587,031
 
 $        41,437
  
 
     
December 31, 2009
         
Gross
Fixed maturity security securities
Fair
 
Unrealized
available for sale:
Value
 
Losses
 
Due in one year or less
 $       10,483
 
 $               26
 
Due after one year through five years
          65,359
 
             4,842
 
Due after five years through ten years
        220,600
 
           12,402
 
Due after ten years
        295,339
 
           30,521
   
Total
        591,781
 
           47,791
Securities with variable principal payments
        212,179
 
           43,855
Redeemable preferred stocks
            8,503
 
             1,363
   
Total
 $     812,463
 
 $        93,009
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following tables summarize the Company’s investments in securities available for sale with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
       
December 31, 2010
               
Gross
       
Amortized
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
Securities owned without realized impairment:
Cost
 
Value
 
Losses
Unrealized losses of 10% or less
 $          480,498
 
 $          465,414
 
 $         15,084
Unrealized losses of 20% or less and greater than 10%
               71,101
 
               61,718
 
              9,383
 
Subtotal
             551,599
 
             527,132
 
            24,467
Unrealized losses greater than 20%:
         
 
Investment grade
         
   
Less than twelve months
                         -
 
                        -
 
                      -
   
Twelve months or greater
                 5,908
 
                 4,458
 
              1,450
     
Total investment grade
                 5,908
 
                 4,458
 
              1,450
 
Below investment grade
         
   
Less than twelve months
                         -
 
                        -
 
                      -
   
Twelve months or greater
                         -
 
                        -
 
                      -
     
Total below investment grade
                         -
 
                        -
 
                      -
 
Unrealized losses greater than 20%
                 5,908
 
                 4,458
 
              1,450
Subtotal
             557,507
 
             531,590
 
            25,917
                 
Securities owned with realized impairment:
         
Unrealized losses of 10% or less
                 5,642
 
                 5,217
 
                 425
Unrealized losses of 20% or less and greater than 10%
               16,073
 
               14,009
 
              2,064
 
Subtotal
               21,715
 
               19,226
 
              2,489
Unrealized losses greater than 20%:
         
 
Investment grade
         
   
Less than twelve months
                         -
 
                        -
 
                      -
   
Twelve months or greater
                         -
 
                        -
 
                      -
     
Total investment grade
                         -
 
                        -
 
                      -
 
Below investment grade
         
   
Less than twelve months
               13,366
 
               10,629
 
              2,737
   
Twelve months or greater
               38,051
 
               27,620
 
            10,431
     
Total below investment grade
               51,417
 
               38,249
 
            13,168
 
Unrealized losses greater than 20%
               51,417
 
               38,249
 
            13,168
Subtotal
               73,132
 
               57,475
 
            15,657
Total
   
 $          630,639
 
 $          589,065
 
 $         41,574
 
 
37

 
 
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
       
December 31, 2009
               
Gross
       
Amortized
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
Securities owned without realized impairment:
Cost
 
Value
 
Losses
Unrealized losses of 10% or less
 $          633,514
 
 $          608,280
 
 $         25,234
Unrealized losses of 20% or less and greater than 10%
             109,379
 
               94,348
 
            15,031
 
Subtotal
             742,893
 
             702,628
 
            40,265
Unrealized losses greater than 20%:
         
 
Investment grade
         
   
Less than twelve months
               38,538
 
               29,448
 
              9,090
   
Twelve months or greater
               34,906
 
               22,225
 
            12,681
     
Total investment grade
               73,444
 
               51,673
 
            21,771
 
Below investment grade
         
   
Less than twelve months
                 4,654
 
                 2,954
 
              1,700
   
Twelve months or greater
               15,139
 
               11,139
 
              4,000
     
Total below investment grade
               19,793
 
               14,093
 
              5,700
 
Unrealized losses greater than 20%
               93,237
 
               65,766
 
            27,471
Subtotal
             836,130
 
             768,394
 
            67,736
                 
Securities owned with realized impairment:
         
Unrealized losses of 10% or less
                 4,850
 
                 4,634
 
                 216
Unrealized losses of 20% or less and greater than 10%
               10,594
 
                 8,720
 
              1,874
 
Subtotal
               15,444
 
               13,354
 
              2,090
Unrealized losses greater than 20%:
         
 
Investment grade
         
   
Less than twelve months
                         -
 
                        -
 
                      -
   
Twelve months or greater
               17,937
 
               12,298
 
              5,639
     
Total investment grade
               17,937
 
               12,298
 
              5,639
 
Below investment grade
         
   
Less than twelve months
                 6,373
 
                 4,306
 
              2,067
   
Twelve months or greater
               31,760
 
               16,097
 
            15,663
     
Total below investment grade
               38,133
 
               20,403
 
            17,730
 
Unrealized losses greater than 20%
               56,070
 
               32,701
 
            23,369
Subtotal
               71,514
 
               46,055
 
            25,459
Total
   
 $          907,644
 
 $          814,449
 
 $         93,195
 
 
38

 
 
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table provides information regarding fixed maturity securities by asset class at December 31, 2010.
 
             
Fair Value
     
Fair Value
   
             
of Securities
     
of Securities
 
     
Total
     
with Gross
 
Gross
 
with Gross
 
Gross
     
Fair
 
%
 
Unrealized
 
Unrealized
Unrealized
 
Unrealized
     
Value
 
of Total
 
Gains
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
Losses
U.S. Treasury securities and
                     
 
obligations of U.S. Government
 $       135,142
 
5%
 
 $      125,273
 
 $      7,180
 
 $        9,869
 
 $         318
Federal agencies 1
            26,095
 
1%
 
           26,095
 
         1,951
 
                  -
 
                 -
Federal agency issued
                     
 
residential mortgage-backed securities 1
          138,056
 
5%
 
         137,759
 
         9,740
 
              297
 
                2
   
Subtotal
          299,293
 
11%
 
         289,127
 
       18,871
 
         10,166
 
            320
Corporate obligations:
                     
 
Industrial
          432,518
 
16%
 
         352,700
 
       26,255
 
         79,818
 
         2,930
 
Energy
          178,511
 
7%
 
         170,663
 
       15,498
 
           7,848
 
            224
 
Communications and technology
          172,946
 
6%
 
         134,184
 
         9,243
 
         38,762
 
            796
 
Financial
          350,659
 
13%
 
         261,745
 
       14,161
 
         88,914
 
         5,022
 
Consumer
          430,504
 
16%
 
         347,883
 
       28,725
 
         82,621
 
         2,373
 
Public utilities
          324,800
 
12%
 
         296,241
 
       27,640
 
         28,559
 
         1,466
   
Subtotal
       1,889,938
 
70%
 
      1,563,416
 
     121,522
 
       326,522
 
       12,811
Corporate private-labeled residential
                     
 
mortgage-backed securities
          195,055
 
7%
 
           98,474
 
         2,352
 
         96,581
 
       16,826
Municipal securities
          151,831
 
6%
 
           62,887
 
         1,319
 
         88,944
 
         3,301
Other
            98,002
 
4%
 
           38,135
 
         5,194
 
         59,867
 
         7,739
Redeemable preferred stocks
            14,769
 
1%
 
             9,818
 
            342
 
           4,951
 
            440
Fixed maturities
       2,648,888
 
99%
 
      2,061,857
 
     149,600
 
       587,031
 
       41,437
Equity securities
            38,321
 
1%
 
           36,287
 
         2,165
 
           2,034
 
            137
Total
 $    2,687,209
 
100%
 
 $   2,098,144
 
 $  151,765
 
 $    589,065
 
 $    41,574
 
1 Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table provides information regarding fixed maturity securities by asset class at December 31, 2009.
 
             
Fair Value
     
Fair Value
   
             
of Securities
   
of Securities
 
     
Total
     
with Gross
 
Gross
 
with Gross
 
Gross
     
Fair
 
%
 
Unrealized
 
Unrealized
Unrealized
 
Unrealized
     
Value
 
of Total
 
Gains
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
Losses
U.S. Treasury securities and
                     
 
obligations of U.S. Government
 $    122,597
 
5%
 
 $      88,941
 
 $      4,755
 
 $     33,656
 
 $      1,021
Federal agencies 1
         28,321
 
1%
 
         28,321
 
            681
 
                  -
 
                -
Federal agency issued
                     
 
residential mortgage-backed securities 1
       175,858
 
7%
 
       168,304
 
         7,474
 
          7,554
 
              55
   
Subtotal
       326,776
 
13%
 
       285,566
 
       12,910
 
        41,210
 
         1,076
Corporate obligations:
                     
 
Industrial
       366,389
 
15%
 
       291,860
 
       14,653
 
        74,529
 
         2,574
 
Energy
       172,167
 
7%
 
       156,642
 
         9,562
 
        15,525
 
            731
 
Communications and technology
       136,076
 
5%
 
       101,545
 
         5,933
 
        34,531
 
         1,786
 
Financial
       339,621
 
14%
 
       191,311
 
         8,667
 
      148,310
 
       14,776
 
Consumer
       371,577
 
15%
 
       299,582
 
       18,570
 
        71,995
 
         3,206
 
Public utilities
       313,871
 
13%
 
       251,158
 
       16,888
 
        62,713
 
         2,590
   
Subtotal
    1,699,701
 
69%
 
    1,292,098
 
       74,273
 
      407,603
 
       25,663
Corporate private-labeled residential
                     
 
mortgage-backed securities
       196,660
 
8%
 
         19,528
 
            135
 
      177,132
 
       42,930
Municipal securities
         54,442
 
2%
 
         18,305
 
            730
 
        36,137
 
         2,610
Other
       178,092
 
7%
 
         36,214
 
         3,619
 
      141,878
 
       19,367
Redeemable preferred stocks
         13,601
 
-
 
           5,098
 
              98
 
          8,503
 
         1,363
Fixed maturities
    2,469,272
 
99%
 
    1,656,809
 
       91,765
 
      812,463
 
       93,009
Equity securities
         36,876
 
1%
 
         34,890
 
         1,657
 
          1,986
 
            186
Total
 $ 2,506,148
 
100%
 
 $ 1,691,699
 
 $    93,422
 
 $   814,449
 
 $    93,195

1 Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

The Company held two non-income producing securities with a carrying value of $2.8 million at December 31, 2010 (2009 – one security with a carrying value of $2.7 million).  These securities were previously written down due to other-than-temporary impairments and placed on non-accrual status.

The Company did not hold securities of any corporation and its affiliates that exceeded 10% of stockholders' equity at December 31, 2010 or December 31, 2009.

No derivative financial instruments were held during the three years ended December 31, 2010.

The Company is exposed to risk that issuers of securities owned by the Company will default or that interest rates or credit spreads will change and cause a decrease in the value of its investments. With residential mortgage-backed securities, the Company is also exposed to prepayment and extension risks. As interest rates change, the rate at which these securities pay down principal may change.  These risks are mitigated by investing in high-grade securities and managing the maturities and cash flows of investments and liabilities.

Subprime securities include all bonds or portion of bonds where the underlying collateral is made up of home equity loans or first mortgage loans to borrowers whose credit scores at the time of origination were lower than the level recognized in the market at prime.  The Company’s classification of subprime does not include Alt-A or jumbo loans, unless the collateral otherwise meets the preceding definition.  At December 31, 2010, the Company had investments with subprime residential mortgage exposure of $19.6 million and a related $4.9 million unrealized loss.  At December 31, 2009, the Company had investments with subprime residential mortgage exposure of $20.9 million and a related $8.0 million unrealized loss.  This exposure amounted to less than 1% of the Company’s invested assets at both December 31, 2010 and 2009.

 
40

 
 
 Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table provides a reconciliation of credit losses recognized in earnings on fixed maturity securities held by the Company for which a portion of the other-than-temporary loss was recognized in other comprehensive income (loss).

Credit losses on securities held at beginning of year in other
 
 
comprehensive income (loss)
 $           8,179
Additions for credit losses not previously recognized in other-than-
 
 
temporary impairment
              1,911
Additions for increases in the credit loss for which an other-than-
 
 
temporary impairment previously recognized when there was no
 
 
intent to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis
              1,909
Reductions for securities sold during the period (realized)
                      -
Reductions for securities previously recognized in other
 
 
comprehensive income (loss) because of intent to sell
 
 
the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis
                      -
Reductions for increases in cash flows expected to be collected
 
 
that are recognized over the remaining life of the security
                (432)
Credit losses on securities held at the end of year in other
 
 
comprehensive income (loss)
 $         11,567
 
Proceeds From Sales of Investment Securities
The table below provides sales of investment securities available for sale, excluding maturities and calls, for the three years ended December 31.
 
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
           
Proceeds
 $   82,025
 
 $ 139,591
 
 $   42,310
Gross realized gains
        2,545
 
        9,886
 
           811
Gross realized losses
             67
 
           313
 
        1,115

Mortgage Loans
Investments in mortgage loans totaled $559.2 million at December 31, 2010 ($457.6 million – December 31, 2009).  The Company’s mortgage loans are mostly secured by commercial real estate and are stated at cost, adjusted for amortization of premium and accrual of discount, less an allowance for potential future losses.  The allowance for mortgage loans is maintained at a level believed by management to be adequate to absorb estimated credit losses and was $3.4 million as of December 31, 2010 and 2009.  Management’s periodic evaluation and assessment of the adequacy of the allowance is based on known and inherent risks in the portfolio, historical experience, industry data, current economic conditions and other relevant factors.  One mortgage loan has been foreclosed upon and transferred to real estate investments during the past three years.  Also, there were two delinquent mortgage loans at December 31, 2010 (none in 2009), although payments were subsequently received in January 2011 to bring these loans current.  The Company does not hold mortgage loans of any single borrower that exceeds 5% of stockholders’ equity.

At December 31, 2010, the Company had 16% of its invested assets in mortgage loans, up from 14% at December 31, 2009.  The Company originates and services fixed-rate commercial mortgage loans for its investment portfolio.  New commercial loans were $146.1 million, $61.2 million and $54.4 million for 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The level of new commercial mortgage loans in any year is influenced by market conditions, as the Company responds to changes in interest rates, available spreads and borrower demand.  In addition to the subject collateral underlying the mortgage, the Company typically requires some amount of recourse from borrowers as another potential source of repayment. The recourse requirement is determined as part of the underwriting requirements of each loan.

The Company added 69 new loans to the portfolio during 2010 of which 54 or 78% of these loans had some amount of recourse requirement.  A total of 38 new loans or $86.5 million were purchased from institutional lenders during 2010 and 15% of the Company’s commercial mortgage portfolio having been acquired rather than originated by the Company.  The purchased loans are seasoned performing loans having characteristics of property type, geographical diversification, term, underwriting and cash flows that are similar to the Company’s portfolio of originated loans. The average loan to value ratio for the overall portfolio was 49% at December 31, 2010 and 2009, based upon the appraisal of value at the time the loan was originated or acquired.  The average loan balance was approximately $1.5 million at December 31, 2010.

 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table summarizes the amount of mortgage loans held by the Company at December 31, 2010, segregated by origination year.  The 2010 amount includes the seasoned mortgage loans purchased from institutional lenders, as previously discussed.
 
 
Carrying
 
%
 
Amount
 
of Total
       
Prior to 2002
 $             61,897
 
12%
2003
                47,240
 
8%
2004
                39,078
 
7%
2005
                62,500
 
11%
2006
                54,890
 
10%
2007
                40,975
 
7%
2008
                45,968
 
8%
2009
                57,073
 
10%
2010
              152,956
 
28%
Allowance for loss
                (3,410)
 
(1%)
    Total
 $           559,167
 
100%
 
The tables below identify mortgage loans by geographic location and property type as of December 31.

   
2010
 
2009
   
Carrying
 
Carrying
   
Amount
 
Amount
Geographic region:
     
 
Pacific
 $           134,892
 
 $           101,648
 
West north central
              122,228
 
              113,997
 
West south central
              106,093
 
              106,625
 
Mountain
                72,871
 
                64,142
 
South atlantic
                50,454
 
                31,966
 
East north central
                30,905
 
                19,783
 
Middle atlantic
                22,975
 
                  6,776
 
East south central
                22,159
 
                16,055
 
Allowance for loss
                (3,410)
 
                (3,410)
 
    Total
 $           559,167
 
 $           457,582
         
Property type:
     
 
Industrial
 $           263,621
 
 $           248,397
 
Office
              227,772
 
              179,517
 
Medical
                35,223
 
                27,873
 
Other
                35,961
 
                  5,205
 
Allowance for loss
                (3,410)
 
                (3,410)
 
    Total
 $           559,167
 
 $           457,582
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table identifies the concentration of mortgage loans by state greater than 5% as of December 31.

 
2010
 
2009
 
Carrying
%
 
Carrying
%
 
Amount
of Total
 
Amount
of Total
           
California
 $      115,766
21%
 
 $             87,013
19%
Texas
           81,903
15%
 
                81,534
18%
Minnesota
           56,537
10%
 
                60,992
13%
Florida
           28,770
5%
 
                26,278
6%
All others
         279,601
50%
 
              205,175
45%
Allowance for loss
           (3,410)
(1%)
 
                (3,410)
(1%)
    Total
 $      559,167
100%
 
 $           457,582
100%
 
The table below identifies mortgage loans by maturity as of December 31.

 
2010
 
2009
Mortgage loans by maturity:
     
   Due in one year or less
 $             33,703
 
 $             10,486
   Due after one year through five years
              177,182
 
              164,691
   Due after five years through ten years
              235,566
 
              204,754
   Due after ten years
              116,126
 
                81,061
   Allowance for loss
                (3,410)
 
                (3,410)
      Total
 $           559,167
 
 $           457,582
 
Commercial mortgage loans in California accounted for 21% of the Company’s commercial mortgage loan portfolio at December 31, 2010.  The next largest concentration by state was 15% in Texas.  Through this concentration in California, along with other states included in the pacific region, the Company is exposed to potential losses from a regional economic downturn and certain catastrophes, such as earthquakes and fires that may affect certain areas of the region.  The Company requires borrowers to maintain fire insurance coverage to provide reimbursement for any losses due to fire.  The Company diversifies its commercial mortgage loan portfolio both geographically and by property type to reduce certain catastrophe and economic exposure.  However, diversification may not always sufficiently mitigate the risk of such losses.  Historically, the delinquency rate of the Company’s pacific region commercial mortgage loans has been substantially below the industry average and consistent with the Company’s experience in other states.  The Company does not require earthquake insurance for properties on which it makes commercial mortgage loans.  However, the Company does consider the potential for earthquake loss if the property lies within areas believed by the Company to be seismically active submarkets and structural information specific to each property.  The Company does not expect catastrophe or earthquake damage or economic downturn in the pacific region to have a material adverse effect on its business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.  However, the Company cannot provide assurance that such risks could not have such material adverse effects.

Under the laws of certain states, environmental contamination of a property may result in a lien on the property to secure recovery of the costs of cleanup.  In some states, such a lien has priority over the lien of an existing mortgage against such property.  As a commercial mortgage lender, the Company customarily conducts environmental assessments prior to making commercial mortgage loans secured by real estate and before taking title on real estate.  Based on the Company’s environmental assessments, the Company believes that any compliance costs associated with environmental laws and regulations or any remediation of affected properties would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.  However, the Company cannot provide assurance that material compliance costs will not be incurred.

In the normal course of business, the Company commits to fund commercial mortgage loans generally up to 120 days in advance.  The Company had commitments to originate mortgage loans of $6.6 million at December 31, 2010 with fixed interest rates ranging from 5.25% to 6.25%.  These commitments generally have fixed expiration dates.  A small percentage of commitments expire due to the borrower’s failure to deliver the requirements of the commitment by the expiration date.  In these cases, the Company will retain the commitment fee.  The commitments in place at December 31, 2010 were funded in January and February 2011, $5.3 million and $1.3 million, respectively.

 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
In December 2009, a construction-to-permanent loan in the amount of $16.0 million was executed.  In the second quarter of 2010 the Company issued a second construction-to-permanent loan in the amount of $1.8 million.  At December 31, 2010, $12.6 million had been disbursed for the two construction loans, with an unfunded amount of $5.2 million.  Both projects are scheduled for completion by mid-2011. At completion and fulfillment of occupancy requirements, the loans will convert to long-term, fixed rate permanent loans.

Financing Receivables – Mortgage Loans
The Company considers its mortgage loan portfolio to be long-term financing receivables.  Mortgage loans are stated at cost net of allowance for potential future losses.  Mortgage loan interest income is recognized on an accrual basis with any premium or discount amortized over the life of the loan.  Prepayment and late fees are recorded on the date of collection.  Loans in foreclosure, loans considered impaired or loans past due 90 days or more are placed on a non-accrual status.

If a mortgage loan is determined to be on non-accrual status, the mortgage loan does not accrue any revenue into the Consolidated Statements of Income.  The loan is independently monitored and evaluated as to potential impairment or foreclosure.  This evaluation includes assessing the probability of receiving future cash flows, along with consideration of many of the factors described below.  If delinquent payments are made and the loan is brought current, then the Company returns the loan to active status and accrues income accordingly.

Generally, the Company considers its mortgage loans to be a portfolio segment.  The Company considers its primary class to be property type.  The Company primarily uses loan-to-value as its credit risk quality indicator but also monitors additional secondary risk factors, such as geographic distribution both on a regional and specific state basis.  The mortgage loan portfolio segment is presented by property-type in a table in this section.  In addition, geographic distribution for both regional and significant state concentrations are also presented.  These measures are also supplemented with various other analytics targeted to provide specific additional information concerning a mortgage loan and supports management’s assessment of each financing receivable.

The following table presents an aging schedule for delinquent payments for both principal and interest as of December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, by class.
 
       
Amount of Payments Past Due
December 31, 2010
 
Book Value
 
30-59 Days
 
60-89 Days
 
> 90 Days
 
Total
Industrial
 
 $                 1,187
 
 $                      11
 
 $                         -
 
 $                         -
 
 $                      11
Medical
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
Office
 
                    2,219
 
                         22
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                         22
Other
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
Total
 
 $                 3,406
 
 $                      33
 
 $                         -
 
 $                         -
 
 $                      33
                     
December 31, 2009
                   
Industrial
 
 $                         -
 
 $                         -
 
 $                         -
 
 $                         -
 
 $                         -
Medical
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
Office
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
Other
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
 
                            -
Total
 
 $                         -
 
 $                         -
 
 $                         -
 
 $                         -
 
 $                         -
 
As of December 31, 2010, there were two mortgage loans that were 30 days past due.  Subsequently, payments were received on both of these loans and the loans were brought current in January 2011.

The allowance for losses on mortgage loans is maintained at a level believed by management to be adequate to absorb estimated credit losses.  Management’s periodic evaluation and assessment of the adequacy of the reserve is based on known and inherent risks in the portfolio, historical and industry data, current economic conditions and other relevant factors.  A loan is considered impaired if it is probable that contractual amounts due will not be collected.

The allowance for loss is monitored and evaluated with a process that includes, but is not limited to, the following factors:
 
·  
Monthly monitoring of the payment history of each borrower;
 
·  
Annual monitoring of each loan’s property financial statement including net operating income, debt service coverage and occupancy level;
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
·  
Analysis of the Company’s loan portfolio based on loan size concentrations, geographic concentrations, property type concentrations, maturity concentrations, origination loan-to-value concentrations and borrower concentrations;
 
·  
Analysis of the loan originations for the year;
 
·  
Analysis of the Company’s own historical loss experiences over the last several years;
 
·  
Analysis of current industry conditions that are affecting the market, including rental and vacancy rates;
 
·  
Analysis of the markets and sub markets in which the Company has mortgage loans; and
 
·  
Analysis of industry historical loss experience.
 
These categories are generally monitored on an individual and aggregate basis to determine that the appropriate level of allowance is maintained.  The Company’s allowance for credit losses was $3.4 million at December 31, 2010.  Generally, the Company establishes the allowance for credit losses using the collectively evaluated impairment methodology.  The Company has not acquired any mortgage loans with deteriorated credit quality.

There are a number of significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the process of monitoring impairments on loans, determining if impairment is other-than-temporary and determining the amount of an other-than-temporary impairment.  These risks include but are not limited to:
 
·  
The risk that the Company’s assessment of a borrower to meet all of its contractual obligations will change based on changes in the credit characteristics of the borrower or property;
 
·  
The risk that the economic outlook will be worse than expected or have more of an impact on the borrower than anticipated;
 
·  
The risk that the performance of the underlying property could deteriorate in the future;
 
·  
The risk that fraudulent, inaccurate or misleading information could be provided to the Company;
 
·  
The risk that the methodology or assumptions used to develop estimates of the portion of the impairment of the loan prove over time to be inaccurate; and
 
·  
The risk that other facts and circumstances change such that it becomes more likely than not that the Company will not obtain all of it contractual payments.
 
To the extent the Company determines a loan is impaired, that amount will be charged to the allowance for loss and the loan balance will be reduced.  In the event the property is foreclosed upon, the carrying value will be written down to the lesser of the current fair value less costs to sell, or book value of the property with a charge to the allowance for loss and a corresponding reduction to the mortgage loan asset.

Over the past three years, the Company has had one mortgage loan default, which occurred in the fourth quarter of 2010.  The Company completed the foreclosure on this loan in the fourth quarter of 2010 with no impairment recorded due to the fair value of the equity in the property being greater than its book value.  Based in part on the above factors, the Company has determined that it does not have any impairments in its portfolio.  The Company had no loans that were restructured or modified in 2010.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
The following chart details the activity of the collectively evaluated allowance for loss as of December 31.

     
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Beginning of year
 
 $          3,410
 
 $          3,410
 
 $          3,410
Additions
 
                     -
 
                     -
 
                     -
Deductions
 
                     -
 
                     -
 
                     -
 
End of year
 
 $          3,410
 
 $          3,410
 
 $          3,410
 
The Company purchased $84.6 million of seasoned mortgage loans in 2010.  These purchases resulted in an addition to the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio with a weighted average net yield of 6.6%.  These loans were all performing loans which met or exceeded all of the Company’s normal underwriting criteria.  Additionally in 2010, the Company purchased one $1.9 million loan in December 2010 from a separate originator.

Real Estate
Investments in real estate totaled $119.9 million at December 31, 2010 ($114.1 million at December 31, 2009).  The table below provides information concerning the Company's real estate investments by major category as of December 31.

   
2010
 
2009
Land
 $    17,850
 
 $    17,370
Buildings
       66,961
 
       63,704
 
Less accumulated depreciation
     (21,566)
 
     (21,809)
Real estate, commercial
       63,245
 
       59,265
Real estate, joint ventures
       56,664
 
       54,811
   
 $  119,909
 
 $  114,076

Investment real estate is depreciated on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from 3 to 60 years.

The Company had non-income producing real estate of $29.7 million, consisting of vacant properties and properties under development, at December 31, 2010 (2009 - $28.1 million).

The Company had no commitments to buy or sell real estate investments at December 31, 2010.  The Company had commitments to fund affordable housing project obligations of $9.6 million at December 31, 2010 (2009 - $7.4 million).

4. Variable Interest Entities

The Company invests in certain affordable housing and real estate joint ventures which are considered to be variable interest entities (VIEs).  The assets held in affordable housing real estate joint venture VIEs are primarily residential real estate properties that are restricted to provide affordable housing under federal or state programs for varying periods of time.  The restrictions primarily apply to the rents that may be paid by tenants residing in the properties during the term of an agreement to remain in the affordable housing program.  Investments in real estate joint ventures are equity interests in partnerships or limited liability corporations that may or may not participate in profits or residual value.  In certain cases, the Company may issue fixed-rate senior mortgage loan investments secured by properties controlled by VIEs.  These investments are classified as mortgage loans in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and the income received from such investments is recorded as investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Investments in the affordable housing real estate joint ventures and real estate joint ventures are interests that will absorb portions of the VIE’s expected losses or receive portions of expected residual returns of the VIE’s net assets exclusive of variable interests.  The Company makes an initial assessment of whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE at the time of the initial investment and on an ongoing basis thereafter.  The Company considers many factors when making this determination based upon a review of the underlying investment agreement and other information related to the specific investment.  The first factor is whether the Company has the ability to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance.  The power to direct the activities of the VIE is generally vested in the managing general partner or managing member of the VIE, which is not the position held by the Company in these investments.  Other factors include the entity’s equity investment at risk, decision-making abilities, obligations to absorb economic risks and the right to receive economic rewards of the entity; and the extent to which the Company shares in the VIE’s expected losses and residual returns.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
Most of the Company’s investment interests in VIEs not in the form of a fixed-rate senior mortgage debt investment are recorded using the equity method, with cash distributions from the VIE and cash contributions to the VIE recorded as decreases or increases, respectively, in the carrying value of the VIE. Certain other equity investments in VIEs, where permitted, are recorded on an amortized cost basis.  The operating performance of investments in the VIE is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Income as investment income or as a component of income tax expense, depending upon the nature and primary design of the investment.  The Company evaluates the carrying value of VIEs for impairment on an ongoing basis to assess whether the carrying value is expected to be realized during the anticipated life of the investment.  Fixed-rate senior mortgage debt investments secured by properties controlled by VIEs are classified as commercial mortgages, and income received from such investments is recorded as investment income.

The following table presents the carrying amount and maximum exposure to loss relating to VIEs for which the Company holds a variable interest, but is not the primary beneficiary, and which have not been consolidated at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.  The table includes investments in 10 real estate joint ventures and 28 affordable housing real estate joint ventures as of December 31, 2010 and investments in nine real estate joint ventures and 26 affordable housing real estate joint ventures as of December 31, 2009.

 
2010
 
2009
     
Maximum
     
Maximum
 
Carrying
 
Exposure
 
Carrying
 
Exposure
 
Amount
 
to Loss
 
Amount
 
to Loss
Real estate joint ventures
 $      35,089
 
 $         35,089
 
 $      35,265
 
 $         35,265
Affordable housing real estate
             
   joint ventures
         21,129
 
            63,444
 
         19,546
 
            72,590
Total
 $      56,218
 
 $         98,533
 
 $      54,811
 
 $       107,855
 
The maximum exposure to loss relating to the real estate joint ventures and affordable housing real estate joint ventures, as shown in the table above, is equal to the carrying amounts plus any unfunded equity commitments, exposure to potential recapture of tax credits, guarantees of debt or other obligations of the VIE with recourse to the Company.  Unfunded equity and loan commitments typically require financial or operating performance by other parties and have not yet become due or payable but which may become due in the future.  The Company had contingent commitments to fund additional equity contributions to certain affordable housing real estate joint venture VIEs, as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 of $9.2 and $7.0 million, respectively, which could result in additional exposure to loss.

In addition, the maximum exposure to loss on affordable housing joint ventures as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 includes $12.0 million and $33.5 million, respectively, of losses which could be realized if the tax credits received by the VIEs were recaptured. Recapture events would cause the Company to reverse some or all of the benefit previously recognized by the Company or third parties to whom the tax credit interests were transferred.  A recapture event can occur at any time during a 15-year required compliance period. The principal causes of recapture include financial default and non-compliance with affordable housing program requirements by the properties controlled by the VIE.  The potential exposure due to recapture may be mitigated by guarantees from the managing member or managing partner in the VIE, insurance contracts, or changes in the residual value accruing to the Company’s interests in the VIEs.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
5. Unpaid Accident and Health Claims Liability

The liability for unpaid accident and health claims is included with policy and contract claims on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Claim adjustment expenditures are expensed as incurred and were not material in any year presented. Activity in the liability follows.

   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
             
Gross liability at beginning of year
 $     8,667
 
 $     7,006
 
 $     7,089
Less reinsurance recoverable
       (4,774)
 
       (3,495)
 
       (3,826)
Net liability at beginning of year
        3,893
 
        3,511
 
        3,263
             
Incurred benefits related to:
         
 
Current year
      27,481
 
      27,602
 
      26,411
 
Prior years 1
          (441)
 
          (448)
 
           271
             
Total incurred benefits
      27,040
 
      27,154
 
      26,682
             
Paid benefits related to:
         
 
Current year
      24,114
 
      23,764
 
      23,178
 
Prior years
        3,328
 
        3,008
 
        3,256
             
Total paid benefits
      27,442
 
      26,772
 
      26,434
             
Net liability at end of year
        3,491
 
        3,893
 
        3,511
Reinsurance recoverable
        4,400
 
        4,774
 
        3,495
             
Gross liability at end of year
 $     7,891
 
 $     8,667
 
 $     7,006

1 The incurred benefits related to prior years’ unpaid accident and health claims reflect the change in these liabilities.

6. Notes Payable

The Company had no notes payable at December 31, 2010 or December 31, 2009. 

As a member of the FHLB with a capital investment of $4.8 million, the Company has the ability to borrow on a collateralized basis from the FHLB.  The Company received annual dividends on the capital investment in the FHLB equal to $0.1 million (2009 - $0.1 million; 2008 - $0.3 million).

The Company has unsecured revolving lines of credit of $60.0 million with two major commercial banks with no balances outstanding and which are at variable interest rates based upon short-term indices.  These lines of credit will expire in June of 2011.   The Company anticipates renewing these lines as they come due.

Interest paid on all borrowings was less than $0.1 million in 2010 (2009 - less than $0.1 million; 2008 - $1.1 million).

7. Statutory Information and Stockholder Dividends Restriction

The table below provides Kansas City Life’s net gain from operations, net income (loss) and capital and surplus (stockholders' equity), on the statutory basis used to report to regulatory authorities for the years ended December 31.
  
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
(unaudited)    
     
Net gain from operations
 $   13,400
 
 $   24,979
 
 $   27,301
           
Net income (loss)
      12,748
 
      19,455
 
     (20,114)
           
Capital and surplus
    322,459
 
    336,615
 
    306,247
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
Stockholder dividends may not exceed statutory unassigned surplus. Additionally, under Missouri law, the Company must have the prior approval of the Missouri Director of Insurance in order to pay dividends in any consecutive twelve-month period exceeding the greater of statutory net gain from operations for the preceding year or 10% of statutory stockholders' equity at the end of the preceding year.  The maximum stockholder dividends payable in 2011 without prior approval is $32.2 million, 10% of 2010 capital and surplus.  The Company believes these statutory limitations impose no practical restrictions on its dividend payment plans.

The Company is required to deposit a defined amount of assets with state regulatory authorities. Such assets had a statutory carrying value of $12.0 million at December 31, 2010 (2009 – $11.6 million; 2008 – $12.1 million).

8. Income Taxes

The following tables provide information about income taxes and a reconciliation of the federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31.
 
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
             
Current income tax expense (benefit)
 $        4,872
 
 $           476
 
 $      (1,386)
 
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
           7,585
 
           5,244
 
         (7,778)
 
Total income tax expense (benefit)
 $      12,457
 
 $        5,720
 
 $      (9,164)
 
             
             
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
             
Federal income tax rate
                35
 %
                35
 %
                35
 %
Tax credits, net of equity adjustment
                  5
 
                  6
 
                   -
 
Permanent differences
                 (5)
 
                 (3)
 
                  1
 
Prior year taxes
                  1
 
                 (3)
 
                (1)
 
Effective income tax rate
                36
 %
                35
 %
                35
 %
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)

Presented below are tax effects of temporary differences that result in significant deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31.

     
2010
 
2009
Deferred tax assets:
     
 
Future policy benefits
 $    44,487
 
 $    41,248
 
Employee retirement benefits
       20,990
 
       26,154
 
Tax carryovers
            874
 
            938
Gross and net deferred tax assets
       66,351
 
       68,340
           
Deferred tax liabilities:
     
 
Basis differences between tax and
     
   
GAAP accounting for investments
         7,871
 
         7,782
 
Unrealized investment gains
       38,567
 
              79
 
Capitalization of deferred acquisition
     
   
costs, net of amortization
       32,431
 
       37,902
 
Value of business acquired
       17,245
 
       23,140
 
Property and equipment, net
         6,961
 
         7,290
 
Other
       16,557
 
       13,998
Gross deferred tax liabilities
     119,632
 
       90,191
 
Net deferred tax liability
       53,281
 
       21,851
 
Current tax (receivable) liability
            216
 
       (8,784)
Income taxes payable
 $    53,497
 
 $    13,067

A valuation allowance must be established for any portion of the deferred tax asset which is believed not to be realizable. Based predominately upon review of the Company’s anticipated future earnings, reversal of future taxable differences, the available capital loss carryback period, tax planning strategies that are prudent and feasible, and our ability and intent to hold securities until their recovery, in management's opinion it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefit of its deferred tax assets.

Federal income taxes paid during 2010 were $4.0 million (2009 – $6.5 million; 2008 – $9.9 million).

The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions.  In general, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state or local income tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2007.  The Company is not currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

 
2010
 
2009
       
 Beginning of year
 $      6,636
 
 $      6,268
       
 Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
                 -
 
            720
 Additions for tax positions of prior years
                 -
 
              56
 Reductions for tax positions of prior years
       (6,499)
 
           (294)
 Reductions for statute of limitations lapse
          (137)
 
           (114)
       
 End of year
 $              -
 
 $      6,636

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, that would impact the effective tax rate was $0.6 million as of December 31, 2009.  The decrease in unrecognized tax benefits in 2010 is primarily attributable to an accounting method change that was approved by the IRS during 2010.

 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The Company recognizes interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense (benefit).  During the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, the Company recognized expense (benefit) of approximately ($0.7) million, ($0.2) million, and $0.1 million in interest and penalties, respectively.  The Company did not have any accrued interest and penalties at December 31, 2010 and $0.7 million for the payment of interest and penalties accrued at December 31, 2009.

The income tax expense is recorded in various places in the Company's financial statements, as detailed below, for the years ended December 31.

       
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Income tax expense (benefit)
 $      12,457
 
 $        5,720
 
 $      (9,164)
Stockholders' equity:
         
 
Related to:
         
   
Unrealized gains (losses), net
         23,080
 
         49,274
 
       (48,419)
   
Change in benefit
         
     
plan obligations
              766
 
           6,037
 
       (11,343)
Total income tax expense (benefit)
         
 
included in financial statements
 $      36,303
 
 $      61,031
 
 $    (68,926)

9. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

The Company has pension and other postretirement benefit plans covering substantially all its employees for which the measurement date is December 31.

The Kansas City Life Cash Balance Pension Plan (the Plan) was amended effective December 31, 2010 to provide that participants’ accrued benefits will be frozen as of, and that no further benefits or accruals will be earned after December 31, 2010.  Although participants will no longer accrue additional benefits under the Plan as of December 31, 2010, participants will continue to earn years of service for vesting purposes under the Plan with respect to their benefits accrued through December 31, 2010.  In addition, the cash balance account will continue to earn annual interest.  Plan benefits are based on a cash balance account consisting of credits to the account based upon an employee’s years of service, compensation and interest credits on account balances calculated using the greater of the average 30-year Treasury bond rate for November of each year or 5.5%.  The benefits expected to be paid in each year from 2011 through 2015 are $9.8 million, $9.9 million, $9.4 million, $10.4 million, and $10.9 million, respectively.  The aggregate benefits expected to be paid in the five years from 2016 through 2020 are $51.4 million.  The expected benefits to be paid are based on the same assumptions used to measure the Company’s benefit obligation at December 31, 2010 and include estimated future employee service.  The 2011 contribution for the plan has not been determined.

The asset allocation of the fair value of pension plan assets at December 31 was:

   
Plan Assets
 
Target
   
2010
 
2009
 
Allocation
                 
Debt securities
 
35%
 
39%
 
26%
-
42%
Equity securities
 
65%
 
60%
 
56%
-
76%
Cash equivalents
 
0%
 
1%
 
0%
-
2%
 
Certain of the Company’s pension plan assets consist of investments in pooled separate accounts offered by the Plan.  Net asset value (NAV) of the separate accounts is calculated in a manner consistent with U.S. GAAP for investments companies and is determinative of their fair value.  Several of the separate accounts invest in publicly quoted mutual funds or actively managed stocks.  The fair value of the underlying mutual funds or stock is used to determine the NAV of the separate account, which is not publicly quoted.  Some of the separate accounts also invest in fixed income securities.  The fair value of the underlying securities is based on quoted prices of similar assets and used to determine the NAV of the separate account.  Sale of plan assets may be at values less than NAV and certain redemption restrictions may apply.

Plan fiduciaries set investment policies and strategies and oversee its investment allocation, which includes selecting investment managers, commissioning periodic asset-liability studies and setting long-term strategic targets.  Long-term
 
 
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strategic investment objectives include preserving the funded status of the plan and balancing risk and return.  Target allocation ranges are guidelines, not limitations, and occasionally plan fiduciaries will approve allocations above or below a target range.  The Plan does not expect to return any plan assets to the Company during 2011.

The current assumption for the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets is 8.0%.  This assumption is determined by analyzing: 1) historical average returns, 2) historical data on the volatility of returns, 3) current yields available in the marketplace, 4) actual returns on plan assets, and 5) current and anticipated future allocation among asset classes.  The asset classes used for this analysis are domestic and international equities, investment grade corporate bonds, alternative assets, and cash.  The overall rate is derived as a weighted average of the estimated long-term returns on the asset classes represented in the investment portfolio of the plan.

The assumed discount rates used to determine the benefit obligation for pension benefits and postretirement benefits are 5.02% and 5.59%, respectively.  The discount rates were determined by reference to the Citigroup Pension Liability Yield Curve on December 31, 2010.  Specifically, the spot rate curve represents the rates on zero coupon securities of the quality and type included in the pension index at various maturities.  By discounting benefit cash flows at these rates, a notional amount equal to the fair value of a cash flow defeasing portfolio of bonds was determined.  The discount rate for benefits was calculated as a single rate giving the same discounted value as the notional amount.

The postretirement medical plans for eligible employees, agents, and their dependents are contributory with contributions adjusted annually.  The benefits expected to be paid in each year from 2011 through 2014 are $1.1 million each year and $1.2 million for 2015.  The aggregate benefits expected to be paid in the five years from 2016 through 2020 are $6.6 million.  The expected benefits to be paid are based on the same assumptions used to measure the Company’s benefit obligation at December 31, 2010.  The 2011 contribution for the plan is estimated to be $1.1 million.  The Company pays these medical costs as they become due and the plan incorporates cost-sharing features.  The postretirement plan disclosures included herein do not include the potential impact from the Medicare Act (the Act) that became law in December 2003.  The Act introduced a new federal subsidy to sponsors of certain retiree healthcare plans that provide a benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare.  Since the Company does not provide benefits that are actuarially equivalent to Medicare, the Act did not impact the Company’s disclosures.

The postretirement life insurance plan is non-contributory with level annual payments over the participants' expected service periods.  The plan covers only those employees with at least one year of service as of December 31, 1997.  The benefits in this plan are frozen, using the employees' years of service and compensation as of December 31, 1997.

Non-contributory defined contribution retirement plans for eligible general agents and sales agents provide supplemental payments based upon earned agency first year individual life and annuity commissions.  Contributions to these plans in 2010 were $0.1 million (2009 - $0.1 million; 2008 - $0.1 million).  Non-contributory deferred compensation plans for eligible agents based upon earned first year commissions are also offered.  Contributions to these plans in 2010 were $0.3 million (2009 - $0.3 million; 2008 - $0.4 million).

Savings plans for eligible employees and agents match employee and agent contributions up to 6% of salary and 2.5% of agents’ prior year paid commissions, respectively.  Contributions to the plan in 2010 were $1.2 million (2009 – $1.3 million; 2008 – $1.8 million).  Effective January 1, 2011 the plan was amended, increasing the employer match from 6% to 8%.  The Company may contribute an additional profit sharing amount up to 4% of salary for eligible employees, depending upon corporate profits.  The Company made no profit sharing contribution in 2010 or in the prior two years.

A non-contributory trusteed employee stock ownership plan covers substantially all salaried employees.  No contributions have been made to this plan since 1992.

The Company recognizes the funded status of its defined pension and postretirement plans, measured as the difference between plan assets at fair value and the projected benefit obligation, on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Changes in the funded status that arise during the period, but are not recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost, are recognized within other comprehensive income (loss) net of taxes.
 
 
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Pension Benefits
 
Other Benefits
     
2010
 
2009
 
2010
 
2009
                   
Change in projected benefit obligation:
             
 
Benefit obligation at beginning of year
 $   136,686
 
 $  137,492
 
 $    28,013
 
 $    29,738
 
Service cost
          2,115
 
         2,059
 
            594
 
            730
 
Interest cost
          7,554
 
         7,922
 
         1,432
 
         1,590
 
Curtailments and plan changes
         (5,159)
 
                 -
 
          (460)
 
                 -
 
Actuarial (gain) loss
        10,370
 
         2,044
 
          (922)
 
       (3,309)
 
Benefits paid
         (8,362)
 
     (12,831)
 
          (889)
 
          (736)
   
Benefit obligation at end of year
 $   143,204
 
 $  136,686
 
 $    27,768
 
 $    28,013
                   
Change in plan assets:
             
 
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year
 $   107,946
 
 $    94,832
 
 $         618
 
 $         836
 
Return on plan assets
        11,446
 
       19,865
 
              33
 
              38
 
Company contributions
          6,062
 
         6,080
 
                 -
 
                 -
 
Benefits paid
         (8,362)
 
     (12,831)
 
            (32)
 
          (256)
   
Fair value of plan assets at end of year
 $   117,092
 
 $  107,946
 
 $         619
 
 $         618
                   
Unfunded status at end of year
 $     26,112
 
 $    28,740
 
 $    27,149
 
 $    27,395
                   
Amounts recognized in accumulated other
             
 
comprehensive income (loss):
             
 
Net loss
 $     55,971
 
 $    57,614
 
 $         452
 
 $      1,390
 
Prior service cost
                  -
 
(602)
 
       (1,209)
 
(1,001)
   
Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
 $     55,971
 
 $    57,012
 
 $       (757)
 
 $         389
 
 
Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations
Pension
 
Other
    recognized in other comprehensive income (loss):
2010
 
2009
 
2010
 
2009
        Unrecognized actuarial loss
 $      2,178
 
 $  (10,432)
 
 $      (922)
 
 $   (3,307)
        Unrecognized prior service cost
                -
 
                -
 
         (460)
 
               -
        Amortization of net gain
       (3,821)
 
       (4,594)
 
           (16)
 
           (11)
        Amortization of prior service cost
            602
 
           706
 
           252
 
           389
        Total recognized in other comprehensive income (loss)
 $    (1,041)
 
 $  (14,320)
 
 $   (1,146)
 
 $   (2,929)
 
 
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Pension Benefits
 
Other Benefits
     
2010
 
2009
 
2010
 
2009
Plans with underfunded accumulated
             
   
benefit obligation:
             
 
Projected benefit obligation
 $   143,204
 
 $   136,686
 
                 -
 
                 -
 
Accumulated benefit obligation
      143,204
 
      132,070
 
                 -
 
                 -
 
Fair value of plan assets
      117,092
 
      107,946
 
                 -
 
                 -
                   
Weighted average assumptions used
             
   
to determine benefit obligations
             
   
at December 31:
             
 
Discount rate
5.02%
 
5.62%
 
5.59%
 
6.01%
 
Expected return on plan assets
8.00%
 
8.00%
 
5.50%
 
5.50%
 
Rate of compensation increase
3.00%
 
3.00%
 
                 -
 
                 -
                   
Weighted average assumptions used
             
   
to determine net periodic benefit
             
   
cost for years ended December 31:
             
 
Discount rate
5.62%
 
6.00%
 
6.01%
 
5.75%
 
Expected return on plan assets
8.00%
 
8.00%
 
5.50%
 
5.50%
 
Rate of compensation increase
3.00%
 
3.38%
 
                 -
 
                 -
 
The following table presents the fair value of each major category of pension plan and other postretirement assets as of December 31:

 
Pension Plan
 
Other Benefits
Assets, at fair value:
2010
 
2009
 
2010
 
2009
   Cash and cash equivalents
 $                  40
 
 $                  89
 
 $                619
 
 $                618
Equity securities
                5,323
 
                4,614
 
                        -
 
                        -
Investment funds:
             
        Stock and bond funds
              71,391
 
              65,355
 
                        -
 
                        -
        Money market funds
                1,142
 
                     76
 
                        -
 
                        -
        Hedge funds
              15,643
 
              16,346
 
                        -
 
                        -
Fixed maturity securities:
             
        U.S. Treasury securities and obligations
             
of U.S. Government
                2,211
 
                2,621
 
                        -
 
                        -
Corporate obligations
              20,981
 
              18,488
 
                        -
 
                        -
Mineral rights
                     78
 
                     71
 
                        -
 
                        -
Real estate
                     19
 
                     19
 
                        -
 
                        -
Other
                   264
 
                   267
 
                        -
 
                        -
        Fair value of assets at end of year
 $         117,092
 
 $         107,946
 
 $                619
 
 $                618
 
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table discloses the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the pension plan and other postretirement assets fall.
 
Assets, at fair value as of December 31, 2010
Pension Plan
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
   Equity securities
 $    5,323
 
 $              -
 
 $           -
 
 $       5,323
   Investment funds:
             
        Stock and bond funds
              -
 
        71,391
 
              -
 
        71,391
        Money market funds
       1,142
         
          1,142
        Hedge funds
              -
 
        15,643
 
              -
 
        15,643
   Fixed maturity securities:
             
        U.S. Treasury securities and obligations
             
of U.S. Government
              -
 
          2,211
 
              -
 
          2,211
        Corporate obligations
              -
 
        19,910
 
       1,071
 
        20,981
   Other assets
          304
 
                 -
 
            97
 
             401
        Total
 $    6,769
 
 $   109,155
 
 $    1,168
 
 $   117,092
               
 
Other Benefits
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
   Cash and cash equivalents
          619
 
                 -
 
              -
 
             619
        Total
 $       619
 
 $              -
 
 $           -
 
 $          619
               
               
Assets, at fair value as of December 31, 2009
Pension Plan
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
   Equity securities
 $    4,614
 
 $              -
 
 $           -
 
 $       4,614
   Investment funds:
             
        Stock and bond funds
              -
 
        65,355
 
              -
 
        65,355
        Money market funds
            76
 
                 -
 
              -
 
               76
        Hedge funds
              -
 
        16,346
 
              -
 
        16,346
   Fixed maturity securities:
             
        U.S. Treasury securities and obligations
             
of U.S. Government
              -
 
          2,621
 
              -
 
          2,621
        Corporate obligations
              -
 
        18,378
 
          110
 
        18,488
   Other assets
          356
 
                 -
 
            90
 
             446
        Total
 $    5,046
 
 $   102,700
 
 $       200
 
 $   107,946
               
 
Other Benefits
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
   Cash and cash equivalents
          618
 
                 -
 
              -
 
             618
        Total
 $       618
 
 $              -
 
 $           -
 
 $          618
 
The following table discloses the changes in Level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the years ended December 31:

 
Pension Plan
 
Other Benefits
Plan assets:
2010
 
2009
 
2010
 
2009
       Balance, beginning of period
 $       200
 
 $    1,213
 
 $            -
 
 $            -
   Gains (losses) realized and unrealized
            40
 
           (92)
 
               -
 
               -
   Transfers in
       1,038
 
               -
 
               -
 
               -
   Transfers out
         (110)
 
         (921)
 
               -
 
               -
       Balance, end of period
 $    1,168
 
 $       200
 
 $            -
 
 $            -
 
 
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The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for the years ended December 31.

     
Pension Benefits
 
Other Benefits
     
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Service cost
 $    2,115
 
 $    2,059
 
 $    2,405
 
 $       594
 
 $       731
 
 $       821
Interest cost
       7,554
 
       7,922
 
       7,662
 
       1,432
 
       1,590
 
       1,599
Expected return on plan assets
     (8,413)
 
     (7,389)
 
     (9,986)
 
          (34)
 
          (41)
 
          (51)
Amortization of:
                     
   
Unrecognized actuarial loss
       3,821
 
       4,594
 
       2,375
 
            16
 
            11
 
          172
   
Unrecognized prior service cost
        (602)
 
        (706)
 
        (646)
 
        (252)
 
        (389)
 
        (222)
 
Net periodic benefit cost
       4,475
 
       6,480
 
       1,810
 
       1,756
 
       1,902
 
       2,319
Total recognized in other comprehensive income (loss)
     (1,041)
 
   (14,320)
 
     31,951
 
     (1,146)
 
     (2,929)
 
          459
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and
                     
   
other comprehensive income (loss)
 $    3,434
 
 $  (7,840)
 
 $  33,761
 
 $       610
 
 $  (1,027)
 
 $    2,778

The following table provides the estimated net loss and prior service cost for the pension plan and other postretirement plans that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into net periodic benefit cost in 2011.

   
Pension
 
Other
   
Benefits
 
Benefits
Actuarial gain (loss)
 
 $      3,583
 
 $              -
Prior service cost (credit)
 
                 -
 
           (252)

The assumed growth rate of health care costs has a significant effect on the benefit amounts reported, as the table below demonstrates.
 
 
One Percentage Point
 
Change in the Growth Rate
 
Increase
 
Decrease
       
Service and interest cost components
 $        401
 
 $         (327)
Postretirement benefit obligation
        4,881
 
         (3,976)

For measurement purposes a 10.0% annual increase in the per capita cost of covered health care benefits was assumed to decrease gradually to 6.0% in 2018 and thereafter.

10. Share-Based Payment

The Company has a long-term incentive plan for senior management that provides a cash award to participants for the increase in the share price of the Company’s common stock through units (phantom shares) assigned by the Board of Directors.  The cash award is calculated over a three-year interval on a calendar year basis.  At the conclusion of each three-year interval, participants will receive a cash award based on the increase in the share price during a defined measurement period, times the number of units.  The increase in the share price will be determined based on the change in the share price from the beginning to the end of the three-year interval.  Dividends are accrued and paid at the end of each three-year interval to the extent that they exceed negative stock price appreciation.  Plan payments are contingent on the continued employment of the participant unless termination is due to a qualifying event such as death, disability or retirement.  The Company does not make payments in shares, warrants or options.

The following table provides information about the outstanding three-year intervals as of December 31, 2010.

 Defined
       
 Measurement
 
 Number
 
 Grant
 Period
 
 of Units
 
 Price
 2008-2010
 
   178,133
 
 $ 44.33
 2009-2011
 
   170,417
 
 $ 44.93
 2010-2012
 
   223,968
 
 $ 30.04
 2011-2013
 
   200,061
 
 $ 32.45

 
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No payments were made during 2010 for the three-year interval ended December 31, 2009.  Also, no payments were made during 2009 for the three-year interval ended December 31, 2008.  During 2008, the plan made a payment of $0.1 million to plan participants for the three-year interval ended December 31, 2007.  The cost of compensation charged as an operating expense during 2010 was $0.3 million, net of tax.  The change in accrual for share-based compensation that reduced operating expense during 2009 was $0.1 million, net of tax.  The cost of compensation charged as an operating expense during 2008 was $0.1 million, net of tax.

11. Segment Information

The Company has three reportable business segments, which are defined based on the nature of the products and services offered:  Individual Insurance, Group Insurance and Old American.  The Individual Insurance segment consists of individual insurance products for both Kansas City Life and Sunset Life.  The Individual Insurance segment is marketed through a nationwide sales force of independent general agents and third-party marketing arrangements.  The Group Insurance segment consists of sales of group life, dental, vision and long-term and short-term disability products.  This segment is marketed through a nationwide sales force of independent general agents, group brokers and third-party marketing arrangements.  The Old American segment consists of individual insurance products designed largely as final expense products.  These products are marketed through a nationwide general agency sales force with exclusive territories, using direct response marketing to supply agents with leads.

Insurance revenues, as shown in the Consolidated Statements of Income, consist of premiums and contract charges, less reinsurance ceded.  Insurance revenues are defined as “customer revenues” for segment reporting purposes.  Other revenues consist primarily of supplementary contract considerations, policyholder dividends left with the Company to accumulate, income received on the sale of low income housing tax credits by a subsidiary of the Company, and fees charged on products and sales from the Company’s broker-dealer subsidiary.  Customer revenues are added to other revenues, net investment income and realized investment gains (losses) to reconcile to the Company’s total revenues.  Benefits and expenses are specifically and directly identified and recorded by segment.  Certain expenses may also be allocated as necessary.

Separate investment portfolios are maintained for each of the three life insurance companies.  However, investment assets and income are allocated to the Group Insurance segment based upon its cash flows and future policy benefit liabilities.  Home office functions are fully integrated for all segments in order to maximize economies of scale.  Therefore, operating expenses are allocated to the segments based upon internal cost studies, which are consistent with industry cost methodologies.

Inter-segment revenues are not material. The Company operates solely in the United States and no individual customer accounts for 10% or more of the Company's revenue.
 
 
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        Individual     Group     Old   Intercompany    
     
Insurance
 
Insurance
 
American
 
Eliminations 1
 
Total
2010:
                 
Insurance revenues (customer revenues)
 $         131,774
 
 $         49,355
 
 $         65,229
 
 $            (528)
 
 $        245,830
Net investment income
            162,997
 
                 553
 
            12,309
 
                     -
 
           175,859
Realized investment gains
                   202
 
                     -
 
                 333
 
                     -
 
                  535
Other revenues
                8,978
 
                 156
 
                     5
 
                     -
 
               9,139
   
Total revenues
            303,951
 
            50,064
 
            77,876
 
               (528)
 
           431,363
                       
Policyholder benefits
            106,523
 
            32,131
 
            44,343
 
                     -
 
           182,997
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
              85,949
 
                     -
 
                     -
 
                     -
 
             85,949
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs
              14,976
 
                     -
 
            12,057
 
                     -
 
             27,033
Operating expenses
              60,141
 
            21,917
 
            19,095
 
               (528)
 
           100,625
   
Total benefits and expenses
            267,589
 
            54,048
 
            75,495
 
               (528)
 
           396,604
                       
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
              36,362
 
            (3,984)
 
              2,381
 
                     -
 
             34,759
Income tax expense (benefit)
              12,855
 
            (1,394)
 
                 996
 
                     -
 
             12,457
Segment net income (loss)
 $           23,507
 
 $         (2,590)
 
 $           1,385
 
 $                  -
 
 $          22,302
                       
Segment assets
 $      3,956,901
 
 $         10,268
 
 $       366,113
 
 $                  -
 
 $     4,333,282
Interest expense
 $                    1
 
 $                  -
 
 $                  -
 
 $                  -
 
 $                   1
                       
                       
2009:
                 
Insurance revenues (customer revenues)
 $         132,107
 
 $         48,980
 
 $         62,261
 
 $            (546)
 
 $        242,802
Net investment income
            164,133
 
                 554
 
            12,741
 
                     -
 
           177,428
Realized investment losses
              (8,221)
 
                     -
 
            (1,855)
 
                     -
 
            (10,076)
Other revenues
              10,323
 
                 167
 
                     1
 
                     -
 
             10,491
   
Total revenues
            298,342
 
            49,701
 
            73,148
 
               (546)
 
           420,645
                       
Policyholder benefits
            102,499
 
            33,799
 
            42,692
 
                     -
 
           178,990
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
              86,713
 
                     -
 
                     -
 
                     -
 
             86,713
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs
              24,023
 
                     -
 
            11,103
 
                     -
 
             35,126
Operating expenses
              67,908
 
            19,479
 
            16,523
 
               (546)
 
           103,364
   
Total benefits and expenses
            281,143
 
            53,278
 
            70,318
 
               (546)
 
           404,193
                       
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
              17,199
 
            (3,577)
 
              2,830
 
                     -
 
             16,452
Income tax expense (benefit)
                5,981
 
            (1,252)
 
                 991
 
                     -
 
               5,720
Segment net income (loss)
 $           11,218
 
 $         (2,325)
 
 $           1,839
 
 $                  -
 
 $          10,732
                       
Segment assets
 $      3,808,909
 
 $           9,949
 
 $       357,327
 
 $                  -
 
 $     4,176,185
Interest expense
 $                    -
 
  $                  -
 
 $                  4
 
 $                  -
 
 $                   4
 
1 Elimination entries to remove intercompany transactions for life and accident and health insurance were as follows:  insurance revenues from the Group Insurance segment and operating expenses from the Individual Insurance segment to arrive at Consolidated Statements of Income.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
   Individual    Group    Old   Intercompany    
2008:
Insurance
 
Insurance
 
American
 
Eliminations 1
 
Total
Insurance revenues (customer revenues)
 $         126,480
 
 $         48,763
 
 $         61,517
 
 $            (587)
 
 $        236,173
Net investment income
            164,243
 
                 525
 
            12,651
 
                     -
 
           177,419
Realized investment losses
            (49,987)
 
                     -
 
            (2,284)
 
                     -
 
            (52,271)
Other revenues
              12,734
 
                 268
 
                     3
 
                     -
 
             13,005
   
Total revenues
            253,470
 
            49,556
 
            71,887
 
               (587)
 
           374,326
                       
Policyholder benefits
            101,275
 
            32,956
 
            44,518
 
                     -
 
           178,749
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
              86,899
 
                     -
 
                     -
 
                     -
 
             86,899
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs
              24,304
 
                     -
 
            10,685
 
                     -
 
             34,989
Operating expenses
              65,641
 
            18,950
 
            15,899
 
               (587)
 
             99,903
   
Total benefits and expenses
            278,119
 
            51,906
 
            71,102
 
               (587)
 
           400,540
                       
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
            (24,649)
 
            (2,350)
 
                 785
 
                     -
 
            (26,214)
Income tax expense (benefit)
              (8,724)
 
               (845)
 
                 405
 
                     -
 
              (9,164)
Segment net income (loss)
 $         (15,925)
 
 $         (1,505)
 
 $              380
 
 $                  -
 
 $         (17,050)
                       
Segment assets
 $      3,618,510
 
 $           8,780
 
 $       339,801
 
 $                  -
 
 $     3,967,091
Interest expense
 $                928
 
 $                  -
 
 $              118
 
 $                  -
 
 $            1,046

1 Elimination entries to remove intercompany transactions for life and accident and health insurance were as follows:  insurance revenues from the Group Insurance segment and operating expenses from the Individual Insurance segment to arrive at Consolidated Statements of Income.

The following table provides information about the Company’s customer revenues for the years ended December 31.

   
2010
 
2009
 
2008
Customer revenues by line of business:
           
Traditional individual insurance products, net
 
 $            90,456
 
 $             88,087
 
 $            78,403
Interest sensitive products
 
               90,568
 
                89,458
 
               89,828
Variable life insurance and annuities
 
               15,451
 
                16,277
 
               19,179
Group life and disability products, net
 
               49,355
 
                48,980
 
               48,763
Insurance revenues
 
 $          245,830
 
 $           242,802
 
 $          236,173

12. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated over estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. The home office is depreciated over 25 to 50 years and furniture and equipment is depreciated over 3 to 10 years.  The table below provides information as of December 31.

 
2010
 
2009
Land
 $           766
 
 $           766
Home office complex
         20,638
 
         20,365
Furniture and equipment
         45,096
 
         44,803
 
         66,500
 
         65,934
       
Accumulated depreciation
       (42,986)
 
       (41,541)
       
 
 $      23,514
 
 $      24,393
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
13. Reinsurance

The table below provides information about reinsurance for the years ended December 31.
 
     
2010
 
2009
 
2008
               
Life insurance in force (in millions) :
         
 
Direct
 $      28,329
 
 $      29,201
 
 $      28,691
 
Ceded
       (14,116)
 
       (14,190)
 
       (14,492)
 
Assumed
           1,379
 
           1,482
 
           1,609
   
Net
 $      15,592
 
 $      16,493
 
 $      15,808
               
Premiums:
         
Life insurance:
         
 
Direct
 $    142,235
 
 $    139,418
 
 $    130,008
 
Ceded
       (46,133)
 
       (45,508)
 
       (46,205)
 
Assumed
           3,285
 
           3,383
 
           3,773
   
Net
 $      99,387
 
 $      97,293
 
 $      87,576
               
 Accident and health:
         
 
Direct
 $      49,267
 
 $      47,998
 
 $      47,001
 
Ceded
         (8,843)
 
         (8,224)
 
         (7,411)
 
Assumed
                  -
 
                  -
 
                  -
   
Net
 $      40,424
 
 $      39,774
 
 $      39,590

Old American has a coinsurance agreement that reinsures certain whole life policies issued by Old American prior to December 1, 1986.  These policies had a face value of $36.8 million as of December 31, 2010 (2009 - $40.9 million).  The reserve for future policy benefits ceded under this agreement at December 31, 2010 was $20.1 million at December 31, 2010 (2009 - $21.9 million).

Kansas City Life acquired a block of traditional life and universal life products in 1997.  As of December 31, 2010, the block had $1.4 billion of life insurance in force (2009 - $1.5 billion).  The block generated life insurance premiums of $3.0 million in 2010 (2009 - $3.2 million; 2008 - $3.4 million) and had reinsurance ceded of $0.8 million in 2010 (2009 - $1.0 million; 2008 - $1.0 million).

Sunset Life entered into a yearly renewable term reinsurance agreement January 1, 2002, whereby it ceded 80% of its retained mortality risk on traditional and universal life policies.  As of December 31, 2010, the insurance in force ceded approximated $1.4 billion (2009 - $1.7 billion) and premiums totaled $8.9 million (2009 - $8.9 million; 2008 - $8.9 million).

Reinsurance receivables were $187.1 million at year end 2010, consisting of reserves ceded of $170.1 million and claims ceded of $17.0 million.  Reinsurance receivables were $179.3 million at year end 2009, consisting of reserves ceded of $165.7 million and claims ceded of $13.6 million.

The maximum retention on any one life is three hundred fifty thousand dollars for ordinary life plans and one hundred thousand dollars for group coverage. A contingent liability exists with respect to reinsurance, which may become a liability of the Company in the unlikely event that the reinsurers should be unable to meet obligations assumed under reinsurance contracts.  The solvency of reinsurers is reviewed annually.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
The following table reflects the Company’s significant reinsurance partners along with their A. M. Best credit rating and the amount of reinsurance recoverable and their related percent of recoverable at December 31, 2010.

 
A. M. Best
Reinsurance
 
% of
 
Rating
 
 Recoverable
 
Recoverable
TransAmerica Life Insurance Company
A+
 
 $        34,616
 
19%
Security Life of Denver
A
 
           26,095
 
14%
Employers Reassurance Corporation
A-
 
           19,952
 
11%
RGA Reinsurance Company
A+
 
           16,643
 
9%
Swiss Re America Corporation
A
 
           13,822
 
7%
UNUM Life Inusrance Company of America
A
 
           13,822
 
7%
Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company
A
 
           11,971
 
6%
Lewer Life Insurance Company
B
 
             9,487
 
5%
Union Security Insurance Company
A-
 
             9,268
 
5%
Other (19 Companies)
   
           31,447
 
17%
Total
   
 $      187,123
 
100%
 
The Company monitors several factors that it considers relevant to satisfy itself as to the ongoing ability of a reinsurer to meet all obligations of the reinsurance agreements.  These factors include the credit rating of the reinsurer, the financial strength of the reinsurer, significant changes or events of the reinsurer, and any other relevant factors.  If the Company believes that any reinsurer would not be able to satisfy its obligations with the Company, a separate contingency reserve may be established.  As of year-end 2010 and 2009, no reinsurer met these conditions.

The reinsurance recoverable is composed of reinsurance ceded receipts due from policyholder benefit payments of $17.0 million and reserves for life and accident and health business of $170.1 million at December 31, 2010.

14. Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) is comprised of net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss).  Other comprehensive income (loss) includes the unrealized investment gains or losses on securities available for sale (net of adjustments for realized investment gains or losses) net of adjustments to DAC, VOBA and policyholder account balances.  In addition, other comprehensive income (loss) includes the change in the liability for benefit plan obligations.  Other comprehensive income (loss) reflects these items net of tax.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)

The tables below provide information about comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31.
 
     
Unrealized
 
Pension
   
     
Gain (Loss)
and Other
   
     
on Securities
Benefits
 
Total
2010:
         
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the year
 $      110,508
 
 $                  -
 
 $      110,508
Less:
         
 
Net realized investment gains (losses),excluding
       
   
impairment losses
             4,364
 
                     -
 
             4,364
 
Other-than-temporary impairment losses
         
   
recognized in earnings
           (4,129)
 
                     -
 
           (4,129)
 
Other-than-temporary impairment losses
         
   
recognized in other comprehensive income (loss)
                309
 
                     -
 
                309
Net unrealized gains (losses) excluding impairment losses
         109,964
 
                     -
 
         109,964
Change in benefit plan obligations
                     -
 
             2,187
 
             2,187
Effect on DAC and VOBA
         (36,593)
 
                     -
 
         (36,593)
Policyholder account balances
           (7,430)
 
                     -
 
           (7,430)
Deferred income taxes
         (23,079)
 
              (765)
 
         (23,844)
Other comprehensive income
 $        42,862
 
 $          1,422
 
           44,284
   
Net  income
       
           22,302
   
Comprehensive income
       
 $        66,586
               
               
               
     
Unrealized
 
Pension
   
     
Gain (Loss)
and Other
   
     
on Securities
Benefits
 
Total
2009:
         
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the year
 $      197,065
 
 $                  -
 
 $      197,065
Less:
         
 
Net realized investment gains (losses),excluding
       
   
impairment losses
           10,159
 
                     -
 
           10,159
 
Other-than-temporary impairment losses
         
   
recognized in earnings
         (35,011)
 
                     -
 
         (35,011)
 
Other-than-temporary impairment losses
         
   
recognized in other comprehensive income (loss)
           16,070
 
                     -
 
           16,070
Net unrealized gains (losses) excluding impairment losses
         205,847
 
                     -
 
         205,847
Change in benefit plan obligations
                     -
 
           17,249
 
           17,249
Effect on DAC and VOBA
         (67,833)
 
                     -
 
         (67,833)
Policyholder account balances
                     -
 
                     -
 
                     -
Deferred income taxes
         (48,305)
 
           (6,037)
 
         (54,342)
Other comprehensive income
 $        89,709
 
 $        11,212
 
         100,921
   
Net  income
       
           10,732
   
Comprehensive income
       
 $      111,653
 
 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
     
Unrealized
 
Pension
   
     
Gain (Loss)
and Other
   
     
on Securities
Benefits
 
Total
2008:
         
Net unrealized losses arising during the year
 $    (266,176)
 
 $                  -
 
 $    (266,176)
Less:  Realized losses included in net loss
         (60,856)
 
                     -
 
         (60,856)
Net unrealized loss
       (205,320)
 
                     -
 
       (205,320)
Change in benefit plan obligations
                     -
 
         (32,410)
 
         (32,410)
Effect on DAC
           51,187
 
                     -
 
           51,187
Effect on VOBA
           15,245
 
                     -
 
           15,245
Policyholder account balances
                548
 
                     -
 
                548
Deferred income taxes
           48,419
 
           11,343
 
           59,762
Other comprehensive loss
 $      (89,921)
 
 $      (21,067)
 
       (110,988)
 
Net loss
       
         (17,050)
 
Comprehensive loss
       
 $    (128,038)
 
The following table provides accumulated balances related to each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) at December 31.
    
   
Unrealized
 
Unrealized
                   
   
Gain (Loss) on
Gain (Loss) on
Benefit
 
DAC/
 
Policyholder
     
   
Non-Impaired
Impaired
 
Plan
 
VOBA
 
Account
       
   
Securities
 
Securities
 
Obligations
 
Impact
 
Balances
 
Tax Effect
 
Total
2010:
                         
Beginning of year
 $        22,795
 
 $      (22,566)
 
 $      (57,402)
 
 $      1,055
 
 $               -
 
 $    19,641
 
 $     (36,477)
 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
           99,629
 
           10,335
 
             1,422
 
     (36,593)
 
         (7,430)
 
     (23,079)
 
         44,284
End of year
 $      122,424
 
 $      (12,231)
 
 $      (55,980)
 
 $  (35,538)
 
 $      (7,430)
 
 $    (3,438)
 
 $        7,807
                             
2009:
                         
Beginning of year
 $    (189,916)
 
 $        (2,197)
 
 $      (74,650)
 
 $    65,534
 
 $               -
 
 $    70,430
 
 $   (130,799)
 
Cumulative effect of change in
                         
 
    accounting principle
                     -
 
         (13,507)
 
                     -
 
         3,355
 
                  -
 
         3,553
 
          (6,599)
 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
         212,711
 
           (6,862)
 
           17,248
 
     (67,834)
 
                  -
 
     (54,342)
 
       100,921
End of year
 $        22,795
 
 $      (22,566)
 
 $      (57,402)
 
 $      1,055
 
 $               -
 
 $    19,641
 
 $     (36,477)
 
15.  Accumulated Effect of Change in Accounting Principle

Effective for the period ended March 31, 2009, the Company adopted FASB guidance related to the recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairments.  Pursuant to this guidance, the Company reviewed all previously-recorded other-than-temporary impairments of securities and developed an estimate of the portion of such impairments using a methodology consistent with that applied to the current period other-than-temporary bifurcation of credit and non-credit as of January 1, 2009.  As a result, the Company determined that $13.5 million in previously recorded other-than-temporary impairments had been due to non-credit impairments as of January 1, 2009.

The process used by the Company in estimating the portion of previously recorded other-than-temporary impairments due to credit as of January 1, 2009 was consistent with the methodology currently employed for those securities determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired.  Specifically, if the security is unsecured, secured by an asset or includes a guaranty of payment by a third-party, the estimate of the portion of impairment due to credit was based upon a comparison of ratings and maturity horizon for the security relative to historical default probabilities from one or more nationally recognized rating organizations.  When appropriate for any given security, sector or period in the business cycle, the historical default probability was adjusted to reflect periods or situations of distress by adding to the default probability increments of standard deviations from mean historical results. The credit impairment analysis was supplemented by estimates of potential recovery values for the specific security, including the potential impact of the value of any secured assets, in the event of default.  This information was used to determine the Company’s best estimate, derived from probability-weighted cash flows.

 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
Estimates of impairment due to credit involving collateralized securities were based upon review of projected cash flows relative to amortized cost at the time the security was determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired.  The credit component of the impairment for these securities was determined to be the difference between the amortized cost of the security and the projected cash flows.

In addition, as an insurance enterprise, the Company must also consider the impact of DAC and VOBA on any realized and unrealized loss and the appropriate tax effect.  The establishment of non-credit impairments to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in accordance with the guidance from retained earnings also requires a netting of applicable DAC and VOBA and income taxes.  The methodology by which DAC and VOBA are calculated and applied to realized gains and losses is different than the methodology employed to calculate DAC and VOBA charges on unrealized gains and losses and results in differences among the transfer between retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

In the implementation of this guidance at March 31, 2009, the Company recorded an opening balance adjustment that increased retained earnings in the amount of $8.4 million and increased accumulated other comprehensive loss in the amount of $6.6 million.  The adjustment to retained earnings consisted of an increase of $8.8 million related to non-credit impairments taken in prior periods, net of tax.  This adjustment also included a $0.4 million decrease due to offsetting adjustments to DAC and VOBA, net of tax.  The adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive loss consisted of a decrease of $8.8 million related to non-credit impairments taken in prior periods, net of tax.  This adjustment also included a $2.2 million increase due to offsetting adjustments to DAC and VOBA, net of tax.

16. Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data (unaudited)

The unaudited quarterly results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 are summarized in the table below.
  
   
First
 
Second
 
Third
 
Fourth
2010:
             
Total revenues
 $  107,082
 
 $  106,580
 
 $  108,125
 
 $  109,576
                 
Net income
            963
 
       10,060
 
         4,456
 
         6,823
                 
Per common share,
             
 
basic and diluted
           0.08
 
           0.88
 
           0.39
 
           0.60
                 
2009:
             
Total revenues
 $  101,632
 
 $  101,728
 
 $  112,734
 
 $  104,551
                 
Net income (loss)
       (4,548)
 
         8,044
 
         5,181
 
         2,055
                 
Per common share,
             
 
basic and diluted
         (0.40)
 
           0.70
 
           0.45
 
           0.18

17. Commitments

In the normal course of business, the Company has open purchase and sale commitments. At December 31, 2010, the Company had purchase commitments to fund mortgage loans and affordable housing projects of $16.2 million.  At December 31, 2010, the Company also had commitments to fund two construction-to-permanent loans of $5.2 million that are subject to the borrower’s performance.

Subsequent to December 31, 2010, the company entered into commitments to fund additional mortgage loans of $14.4 million and real estate and joint venture investments of $1.1 million and to sell real estate investments for $0.4 million.  The Company has funded $2.4 million of the commitments on the two construction-to-permanent loans that were outstanding at December 31, 2010 as well as funded $1.1 million of the affordable housing purchases.  In addition, the Company also has entered into a commitment to fund another construction-to-permanent loan of $2.8 million that is subject to the borrower’s performance.

 
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-(Continued)
 
18. Contingent Liabilities

The life insurance industry, including the Company, has been subject to an increase in litigation in recent years.  Such litigation has been pursued on behalf of purported classes of policyholders and other claims and legal actions in jurisdictions where juries often award punitive damages, which may be grossly disproportionate to actual damages.

Although no assurances can be given and no determinations can be made at this time, management believes that the ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these claims and actions, would not have a material effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial position.

19.  Guarantees and Indemnifications

The Company is subject to various indemnification obligations issued in conjunction with certain transactions, primarily assumption reinsurance agreements, stock purchase agreements, mortgage servicing agreements, tax credit assignment agreements, construction and lease guarantees and borrowing agreements whose terms range in duration and often are not explicitly defined.  Generally, a maximum obligation is not explicitly stated.  Therefore, the overall maximum amount of the obligation under the indemnifications cannot be reasonably estimated.  The Company is unable to estimate with certainty the ultimate legal and financial liability with respect to these indemnifications.  The Company believes that the likelihood is remote that material payments would be required under such indemnifications and therefore such indemnifications would not result in a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations.

20. Subsequent Events

On January 24, 2011, the Kansas City Life Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $ 0.27 per share, paid on February 9, 2011 to stockholders of record on February 3, 2011.
 
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Kansas City Life Insurance Company

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Kansas City Life Insurance Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010. In connection with our audits of the consolidated financial statements, we also have audited financial schedules I-V. We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for financial statement schedules, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Assessment of Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and financial schedules and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
 
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
 
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Kansas City Life Insurance Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.  Also in our opinion, Kansas City Life Insurance Company and subsidiaries maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
 
As discussed in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2009, the Company changed its method of accounting for other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities due to the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 320.
 
 
/s/KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP
 
Kansas City, MO
February 28, 2011
 
 
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Stockholder Information

Corporate Headquarters
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
3520 Broadway
Post Office Box 219139
Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9139
Telephone:  (816) 753-7000
Fax: (816) 753-4902
Internet: http://www.kclife.com
E-mail: kclife@kclife.com


Notice of Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of stockholders will be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at Kansas City Life's corporate headquarters.


Transfer Agent
Janice Poe, Stock Agent and Assistant Secretary
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Post Office Box 219139
Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9139


10-K Request
Stockholders may request a free copy of Kansas City Life's Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, by writing to Secretary, Kansas City Life Insurance Company.


Security Holders
As of January 31, 2011, Kansas City Life had approximately 2,500 security holders, including individual participants in security position listings.
 
 
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Stock and Dividend Information

The following table presents the high and low prices for the Company’s common stock for the periods indicated and the dividends declared per share and paid during such periods.  The Company’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “KCLI.”

         
Dividend
 
High
 
Low
 
Paid
           
2010
         
First quarter
 $ 33.50
 
 $  24.86
 
 $      0.27
Second quarter
    35.85
 
     27.84
 
         0.27
Third quarter
    32.63
 
     28.58
 
         0.27
Fourth quarter
    33.77
 
     30.42
 
         0.27
     
 
 
 $      1.08
2009
         
First quarter
 $ 44.63
 
 $  15.20
 
 $      0.27
Second quarter
    40.22
 
     19.70
 
         0.27
Third quarter
    37.75
 
     25.39
 
         0.27
Fourth quarter
    33.31
 
     25.00
 
         0.27
     
 
 
 $      1.08

A quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share was paid February 9, 2011.

NASDAQ market quotations are compiled according to Company records and may reflect inter-dealer prices, without markup, markdown or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

The Company has determined at this time that all compensation shall be paid in cash.    As a result, the Company currently offers no equity compensation or equity compensation plan to its employees.
 
 
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KANSAS CITY LIFE
VARIABLE ANNUITY
SEPARATE ACCOUNT

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009























TABLE OF CONTENTS

Statement of Net Assets
Statement of Operations
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Notes to Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 
 
 

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
DECEMBER  31, 2010
                                     
                 
Century II
 
Century II
     
                 
Variable Annuity
 
          Freedom Variable Annuity
 
           
Number
   
Number
 
Unit
 
Number
 
Unit
 
Fair
 
Net Assets
 
Shares
NAV
 
of Units
 
Value
 
of Units
 
Value
 
Value
Cost
                                 
(in thousands)
 
Federated Insurance Series
                           
   
Capital Appreciation Fund II
 
              676,156
 $          6.40
 
            241,897
 
 $           17.776
 
                2,273
 
 $           12.100
 
 $           4,327
 $            5,659
   
High Income Bond Fund II
 
              652,650
             7.03
 
            197,631
 
              21.832
 
              15,416
 
              17.737
 
              4,588
               4,328
   
Prime Money Fund II
 
           6,731,483
             1.00
 
            473,260
 
              12.975
 
              57,268
 
              10.312
 
              6,731
               6,731
                                     
 
MFS Variable Insurance Trust
                           
   
Research Series
 
              405,572
           19.04
 
            372,332
 
              20.363
 
                8,258
 
              17.001
 
              7,722
               6,542
   
Growth Series
 
              323,772
           24.69
 
            366,740
 
              21.606
 
                3,811
 
              18.436
 
              7,994
               6,420
   
Total Return Series
 
              451,289
           18.71
 
            329,123
 
              23.720
 
              45,409
 
              14.027
 
              8,444
               8,518
   
Research Bond Series
 
           1,447,719
           12.66
 
            902,938
 
              19.799
 
              33,114
 
              13.605
 
            18,328
             17,102
   
Strategic Income Series
 
              747,874
           10.14
 
            422,330
 
              17.139
 
              24,462
 
              14.111
 
              7,584
               7,190
   
Utilities Series
 
              670,146
           25.27
 
            391,243
 
              42.341
 
              12,870
 
              28.660
 
            16,935
             15,464
                                     
 
American Century Variable Portfolios
                           
   
VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
              366,091
           14.14
 
            262,301
 
              19.331
 
                4,468
 
              23.702
 
              5,177
               3,795
   
VP International Fund
 
           1,418,881
             8.56
 
            585,788
 
              20.434
 
                9,565
 
              18.362
 
            12,146
             11,068
   
VP Value Fund
 
           2,493,288
             5.86
 
         1,392,114
 
              10.217
 
              24,645
 
              15.742
 
            14,611
             14,425
   
VP Income & Growth Fund
 
              231,778
             6.05
 
            188,959
 
                7.084
 
                4,471
 
              14.260
 
              1,402
               1,562
   
VP Ultra Fund
 
              180,305
             9.38
 
            132,684
 
              12.593
 
                1,648
 
              12.355
 
              1,691
               1,558
   
VP Mid Cap Value Fund
 
                22,577
           14.14
 
              26,261
 
              11.966
 
                   424
 
              11.827
 
                 319
                  260
                                     
 
American Century Variable Portfolios II
                           
   
VP Inflation Protection Fund (Class II)
              830,840
           11.09
 
            710,922
 
              12.445
 
              30,087
 
              12.211
 
              9,215
               8,724
                                     
 
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
                           
   
Appreciation Portfolio
 
              155,273
           35.44
 
            332,466
 
              16.434
 
                2,607
 
              15.000
 
              5,503
               5,233
   
Opportunistic Small Cap
 
              183,571
           30.59
 
            386,320
 
              14.484
 
                1,523
 
              13.160
 
              5,615
               6,295
                                     
 
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
 
              750,246
           29.67
 
         1,442,719
 
              15.138
 
              28,264
 
              14.854
 
            22,260
             20,889
                                     
 
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
                21,274
           29.90
 
              22,936
 
              27.633
 
                   155
 
              14.831
 
                 636
                  610
                                     
 
 
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JPMorgan Insurance Trust
                           
   
Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio
 
                78,980
           15.69
 
              77,943
 
              15.627
 
                1,406
 
              15.064
 
              1,239
               1,155
   
Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio
              357,193
           14.95
 
            270,856
 
              19.101
 
                8,922
 
              18.638
 
              5,340
               4,653
   
Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio
           1,025,297
             6.80
 
            375,872
 
              17.980
 
              12,132
 
              17.640
 
              6,972
               6,063
                                     
 
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
                         
   
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund (Class II)
              318,367
           12.83
 
            245,883
 
              16.436
 
                2,997
 
              14.498
 
              4,085
               5,047
   
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class II)
                42,341
           21.53
 
            108,164
 
                8.341
 
                   512
 
              18.371
 
                 912
                  769
   
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class II)
              607,213
           11.30
 
            263,410
 
              25.531
 
                3,987
 
              34.217
 
              6,862
               6,047
   
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
              547,654
           14.29
 
            280,573
 
              26.926
 
              14,029
 
              19.329
 
              7,826
               7,507
                                     
 
Calamos Advisors Trust
                           
   
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
           1,154,208
           13.88
 
            819,060
 
              19.127
 
              21,518
 
              16.451
 
            16,020
             15,022
                                     
 
Invesco Variable Insurance Funds
                           
   
V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
                20,600
           23.30
 
            105,740
 
                4.497
 
                   333
 
              13.501
 
                 480
                  481
   
V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
                28,273
           16.00
 
            148,303
 
                2.993
 
                   475
 
              17.876
 
                 452
                  368
   
V.I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
                46,866
           27.03
 
            167,793
 
                7.550
 
                        -
 
              15.357
 
              1,267
               1,108
                                     
 
Seligman Portfolios, Inc.
                           
   
Communications and Information Portfolio (Class II)
              126,001
           22.43
 
            272,666
 
                9.969
 
                4,087
 
              25.430
 
              2,826
               1,880
   
Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
              293,306
           16.52
 
            625,084
 
                7.658
 
                3,473
 
              17.941
 
              4,845
               3,695
   
Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
              225,946
             7.91
 
              97,449
 
              17.965
 
                2,072
 
              17.626
 
              1,787
               1,998
                                     
 
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products
                           
   
VIP Contrafund Portfolio
 
              226,551
           23.49
 
            537,561
 
                9.622
 
              15,629
 
                9.535
 
              5,322
               4,418
   
VIP Freedom Funds - Income
 
                94,375
           10.24
 
              89,055
 
              10.744
 
                   902
 
              10.646
 
                 966
                  970
   
VIP Freedom Funds - 2010
 
                58,916
           10.56
 
              59,103
 
              10.278
 
                1,445
 
              10.184
 
                 622
                  548
   
VIP Freedom Funds - 2015
 
              127,998
           10.65
 
            132,685
 
              10.112
 
                2,144
 
              10.020
 
              1,363
               1,430
   
VIP Freedom Funds - 2020
 
              829,199
           10.55
 
            889,038
 
                9.759
 
                7,455
 
                9.670
 
              8,748
               8,743
   
VIP Freedom Funds - 2025
 
                26,834
           10.44
 
              28,137
 
                9.730
 
                   662
 
                9.641
 
                 280
                  268
   
VIP Freedom Funds - 2030
 
              112,021
           10.18
 
            120,456
 
                9.313
 
                2,016
 
                9.228
 
              1,140
               1,181
   
VIP Freedom Funds - 2035
 
                     388
           14.72
 
                   534
 
              10.702
 
                        -
 
              10.684
 
                     6
                      6
   
VIP Freedom Funds - 2040
 
                  1,204
           14.02
 
                1,576
 
              10.710
 
                        -
 
              10.692
 
                   17
                    18
   
VIP Freedom Funds - 2045
 
                     359
           14.61
 
                   489
 
              10.712
 
                        -
 
              10.694
 
                     5
                      6
   
VIP Freedom Funds - 2050
 
                     753
           15.81
 
                1,109
 
              10.726
 
                        -
 
              10.708
 
                   12
                    11
                                     
 
Total Net Assets
                       
 $       240,622
 $        225,765
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
 
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KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
(in thousands)
                               
                               
                               
           
Federated Insurance Series
 
MFS Variable Insurance Trust
                               
             
High
               
           
Capital
Income
Prime
     
Total
Research
Strategic
 
           
Appreciation
Bond
Money
 
Research
Growth
Return
Bond
Income
Utilities
           
Fund II
Fund II
Fund II
 
Series
Series
Series
Series
Series
Series
                               
Investment Income:
                     
 
Income:
                     
 
  Dividend Distributions
$
                      87
                    317
                        -
 
                       68
                         9
                    244
                   494
                    305
                      565
 
Expenses:
                     
 
  Mortality and Expense Risk Fees and
                     
 
    Administrative Charges
 
                      60
                      59
                    106
 
                    103
                     107
                    122
                   230
                      93
                      240
       
Investment Income (Loss)
 
                      27
                    258
                  (106)
 
                     (35)
                     (98)
                    122
                   264
                    212
                      325
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:
                 
 
  Realized Gain (Loss)
 
                  (586)
                         3
                        -
 
                       76
                     136
                   (142)
                   223
                      48
                       (86)
 
  Capital Gains Distributions
 
                        -
                        -
                        -
 
                        -
                        -
                        -
                     51
                       -
                          -
 
  Unrealized Appreciation
 
                 1,008
                    258
                        -
 
                    938
                     919
                    690
                   364
                    267
                   1,632
       
Net Gain on Investments
 
                    422
                    261
                        -
 
                 1,014
                 1,055
                    548
                   638
                    315
                   1,546
                               
       
    Change in Net Assets from Operations
 $
                    449
                    519
                  (106)
 
                    979
                     957
                    670
                   902
                    527
                   1,871
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
 
 
3

 
 
                               
                               
                               
                               
                       
American
     
                       
Century
     
                       
Variable
 
Dreyfus Variable
         
American Century Variable Portfolios
 
Portfolios II
 
Investment Fund
                               
               
VP
     
VP Inflation
     
         
VP Capital
VP
VP
Income &
VP
VP
 
Protection
     
         
Appreciation
International
Value
Growth
Ultra
Mid Cap
 
Fund
 
Appreciation
Opportunistic
         
Fund
Fund
Fund
Fund
Fund
Value
 
(Class II)
 
Portfolio
Small Cap
                               
Investment Income:
                       
 
Income:
                       
 
  Dividend Distributions
$
                       -
                    246
                    290
                      21
                        8
                        6
 
                    142
 
                    117
                      40
 
Expenses:
                       
 
  Mortality and Expense Risk Fees and
                       
 
    Administrative Charges
 
                      68
                    154
                    180
                      20
                      21
                        4
 
                    120
 
                      74
                      73
     
Investment Income (Loss)
 
                    (68)
                      92
                    110
                        1
                    (13)
                        2
 
                      22
 
                      43
                    (33)
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:
                   
 
  Realized Gain (Loss)
 
                    198
                    (28)
                  (234)
                    (98)
                    (12)
                        3
 
                    104
 
                    (69)
                  (608)
 
  Capital Gains Distributions
 
                       -
                       -
                       -
                       -
                       -
                       -
 
                       -
 
                       -
                       -
 
  Unrealized Appreciation
 
                1,142
                1,264
                1,636
                    269
                    239
                      40
 
                    152
 
                    700
                1,995
     
Net Gain on Investments
 
                1,340
                1,236
                1,402
                    171
                    227
                      43
 
                    256
 
                    631
                1,387
                               
     
    Change in Net Assets from Operations
 $
                1,272
                1,328
                1,512
                    172
                    214
                      45
 
                    278
 
                    674
                1,354
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
 
4

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
(in thousands)
                                 
                                 
                                 
                 
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
 
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
             
The Dreyfus
 
Insurance
Insurance
Insurance
 
Franklin
Franklin
Templeton
 
         
Dreyfus
 
Socially
 
Trust
Trust
Trust
 
Global
Small-Mid
Developing
Templeton
         
Stock
 
Responsible
U.S
Small
Mid
 
Real Estate
Cap Growth
Markets
Foreign
         
Index
 
Growth
 
Equity
Cap Core
Cap Value
 
Securities
Securities
Securities
Securities
         
Fund, Inc.
 
Fund, Inc.
 
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
 
Fund (Class II)
Fund (Class II)
Fund (Class II)
Fund (Class II)
                                 
Investment Income:
                         
 
Income:
                         
 
  Dividend Distributions
$
                    374
 
                      6
 
                    11
                       -
                      72
 
                     110
                         -
                     112
                     137
 
Expenses:
                         
 
  Mortality and Expense Risk Fees and
                         
 
    Administrative Charges
 
                    286
 
                      9
 
                    17
                     66
                      87
 
                       53
                       13
                       92
                       99
     
Investment Income (Loss)
 
                      88
 
                    (3)
 
                    (6)
                    (66)
                     (15)
 
                       57
                      (13)
                       20
                       38
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:
                     
 
  Realized Gain (Loss)
 
                  (201)
 
                  (24)
 
                    (7)
                        2
                      33
 
                   (405)
                          1
                      (53)
                      (98)
 
  Capital Gains Distributions
 
                        -
 
                     -
 
                     -
                       -
                        -
 
                         -
                         -
                         -
                         -
 
  Unrealized Appreciation
 
                 2,679
 
                    97
 
                 152
                1,171
                 1,231
 
                  1,024
                     214
                     971
                     582
     
Net Gain on Investments
 
                 2,478
 
                    73
 
                 145
                1,173
                 1,264
 
                     619
                     215
                     918
                     484
                                 
     
    Change in Net Assets from Operations
 $
                 2,566
 
                    70
 
                 139
                1,107
                 1,249
 
                     676
                     202
                     938
                     522
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
 
 
5

 
 
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
           
Calamos
               
           
Advisors
               
           
Trust
 
Invesco Variable Insurance Funds
 
Seligman Portfolios, Inc.
                       
       Communications
 
               
V.I. Capital
V.I.
V.I.
 
and
 
Smaller-Cap
           
Growth and
 
Appreciation
Technology
Core Equity
 
Information
Capital
Value
           
Income
 
Fund
Fund
Fund
 
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
           
Portfolio
 
(Series I)
(Series I)
(Series I)
 
(Class II)
(Class II)
(Class II)
                             
Investment Income:
                   
 
Income:
                   
 
  Dividend Distributions
$
                    330
 
                        3
                       -
                      12
 
                            -
                       -
                       -
 
Expenses:
                   
 
  Mortality and Expense Risk Fees and
                   
 
    Administrative Charges
 
                    231
 
                        7
                        6
                      18
 
                           39
                      59
                      24
       
Investment Income (Loss)
 
                      99
 
                       (4)
                       (6)
                       (6)
 
                         (39)
                    (59)
                    (24)
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:
               
 
  Realized Gain (Loss)
 
                  (131)
 
                    (23)
                        2
                      12
 
                        180
                    151
                  (184)
 
  Capital Gains Distributions
 
                       -
 
                       -
                       -
                       -
 
                            -
                       -
                       -
 
  Unrealized Appreciation
 
                1,503
 
                      84
                      77
                      82
 
                        195
                    936
                    602
       
Net Gain on Investments
 
                1,372
 
                      61
                      79
                      94
 
                        375
                1,087
                    418
                             
       
    Change in Net Assets from Operations
 $
                1,471
 
                      57
                      73
                      88
 
                        336
                1,028
                    394
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
 
6

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
(in thousands)
                           
                           
                           
         
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products
                           
           
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
         
VIP
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
         
Contrafund
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
         
Portfolio
Income
2010
2015
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
                           
Investment Income:
                   
 
Income:
                   
 
  Dividend Distributions
$
                      49
                      16
                      12
                      25
                    165
                        5
                      19
                       -
                       -
 
Expenses:
                   
 
  Mortality and Expense Risk Fees and
                   
 
    Administrative Charges
 
                      64
                      10
                        9
                      20
                    117
                        4
                      15
                       -
                       -
     
Investment Income (Loss)
 
                    (15)
                        6
                        3
                        5
                      48
                        1
                        4
                       -
                       -
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:
               
 
  Realized Gain (Loss)
 
                      53
                       (1)
                        5
                    (48)
                    (76)
                       (2)
                    (45)
                       -
                       -
 
  Capital Gains Distributions
 
                        2
                      24
                      11
                      17
                      66
                        2
                        8
                       -
                        2
 
  Unrealized Appreciation
 
                    658
                      14
                      43
                    169
                    961
                      35
                    171
                       -
                       (1)
     
Net Gain on Investments
 
                    713
                      37
                      59
                    138
                    951
                      35
                    134
                       -
                        1
                           
     
    Change in Net Assets from Operations
 $
                    698
                      43
                      62
                    143
                    999
                      36
                    138
                       -
                        1
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
 
 
7

 
 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
           Fidelity Variable Insurance Products    
                 
         
VIP
VIP
   
         
Freedom
Freedom
   
         
Funds
Funds
   
         
2045
2050
 
Total
                 
Investment Income:
         
 
Income:
         
 
  Dividend Distributions
$
                         -
                         -
 
                     4,417
 
Expenses:
         
 
  Mortality and Expense Risk Fees and
         
 
    Administrative Charges
 
                         -
                         -
 
                     3,179
     
Investment Income (Loss)
 
                         -
                         -
 
                     1,238
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:
     
 
  Realized Gain (Loss)
 
                         -
                         -
 
                   (1,931)
 
  Capital Gains Distributions
 
                          1
                         -
 
                        184
 
  Unrealized Appreciation
 
                         -
                          1
 
                  27,164
     
Net Gain on Investments
 
                          1
                          1
 
                  25,417
                 
     
    Change in Net Assets from Operations
 $
                          1
                          1
 
                  26,655
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
 
8

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
(in thousands)
                               
                               
                               
           
Federated Insurance Series
 
MFS Variable Insurance Trust
                               
             
High
               
           
Capital
Income
Prime
     
Total
Research
Strategic
 
           
Appreciation
Bond
Money
 
Research
Growth
Return
Bond
Income
Utilities
           
Fund II
Fund II
Fund II
 
Series
Series
Series
Series
Series
Series
                               
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
                     
 
Investment Income (Loss)
 $
                      27
                    258
                  (106)
 
                     (35)
                     (98)
                    122
                   264
                    212
                      325
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
                  (586)
                         3
                        -
 
                       76
                     136
                   (142)
                   274
                      48
                       (86)
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                 1,008
                    258
                        -
 
                    938
                     919
                    690
                   364
                    267
                   1,632
     
Change in Net Assets from Operations
 
                    449
                    519
                  (106)
 
                    979
                     957
                    670
                   902
                    527
                   1,871
                               
Deposits
 
                    103
                    273
              13,755
 
                    241
                     235
                    250
                1,100
                    440
                      409
                               
Payments and Withdrawals:
                     
 
Death Benefits
 
                      11
                      32
                      15
 
                       51
                        (1)
                       58
                     82
                      23
                      126
 
Withdrawals
 
                    536
                    515
                 1,269
 
                    770
                     902
                 1,223
                1,378
                    447
                   2,219
 
Administrative Fees
 
                         4
                         4
                      33
 
                         7
                         9
                         6
                   104
                      37
                        15
 
Transfers (in) out
 
                    129
                  (473)
              13,953
 
                    338
                     322
                    130
              (3,799)
               (1,468)
                   1,396
     
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                    680
                      78
              15,270
 
                 1,166
                 1,232
                 1,417
              (2,235)
                  (961)
                   3,756
                               
Net Assets:
                     
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
                  (128)
                    714
               (1,621)
 
                       54
                     (40)
                   (497)
                4,237
                1,928
                 (1,476)
 
Beginning of Year
 
                 4,455
                 3,874
                 8,352
 
                 7,668
                 8,034
                 8,941
             14,091
                5,656
                18,411
                               
     
End of Year
 $
                 4,327
                 4,588
                 6,731
 
                 7,722
                 7,994
                 8,444
             18,328
                7,584
                16,935
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
 
 
9

 
 
                               
                               
                               
                               
                       
American
     
                       
Century
     
                       
Variable
 
 Dreyfus Variable
         
American Century Variable Portfolios
 
Portfolios II
 
Investment Fund
                               
               
VP
     
VP Inflation
     
         
VP Capital
VP
VP
Income &
VP
VP
 
Protection
     
         
Appreciation
International
Value
Growth
Ultra
Mid Cap
 
Fund
 
Appreciation
Opportunistic
         
Fund
Fund
Fund
Fund
Fund
Value
 
(Class II)
 
Portfolio
Small Cap
                               
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
                       
 
Investment Income (Loss)
 $
                    (68)
                      92
                    110
                        1
                    (13)
                        2
 
                      22
 
                      43
                    (33)
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
                    198
                    (28)
                  (234)
                    (98)
                    (12)
                        3
 
                    104
 
                    (69)
                  (608)
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                1,142
                1,264
                1,636
                    269
                    239
                      40
 
                    152
 
                    700
                1,995
   
Change in Net Assets from Operations
 
                1,272
                1,328
                1,512
                    172
                    214
                      45
 
                    278
 
                    674
                1,354
                               
Deposits
 
                    140
                    653
                    723
                      26
                      74
                      22
 
                    540
 
                    117
                    175
                               
Payments and Withdrawals:
                       
 
Death Benefits
 
                        8
                      26
                      56
                         -
                        2
                         -
 
                      48
 
                      13
                      22
 
Withdrawals
 
                    671
                    952
                1,186
                    237
                    131
                      13
 
                    559
 
                    691
                    821
 
Administrative Fees
 
                        5
                      48
                      65
                        1
                        7
                         -
 
                      49
 
                        5
                        6
 
Transfers (in) out
 
                    293
                  (934)
               (1,776)
                      77
                    (92)
                    (37)
 
               (1,023)
 
                    138
                    382
   
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                    977
                      92
                  (469)
                    315
                      48
                    (24)
 
                  (367)
 
                    847
                1,231
                               
Net Assets:
                       
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
                    435
                1,889
                2,704
                  (117)
                    240
                      91
 
                1,185
 
                    (56)
                    298
 
Beginning of Year
 
                4,742
              10,257
              11,907
                1,519
                1,451
                    228
 
                8,030
 
                5,559
                5,317
                               
   
End of Year
 $
                5,177
              12,146
              14,611
                1,402
                1,691
                    319
 
                9,215
 
                5,503
                5,615
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
                               
 
 
10

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
(in thousands)
                                 
                                 
                                 
                 
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
 
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
             
The Dreyfus
Insurance
Insurance
Insurance
 
Franklin
Franklin
Templeton
 
         
Dreyfus
 
Socially
 
Trust
Trust
Trust
 
Global
Small-Mid
Developing
Templeton
         
Stock
 
Responsible
U.S
Small
Mid
 
Real Estate
Cap Growth
Markets
Foreign
         
Index
 
Growth
 
Equity
Cap Core
Cap Value
 
Securities
Securities
Securities
Securities
         
Fund, Inc.
 
Fund, Inc.
 
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
 
Fund (Class II)
Fund (Class II)
Fund (Class II)
Fund (Class II)
                                 
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
                         
 
Investment Income (Loss)
 $
                      88
 
                    (3)
 
                    (6)
                    (66)
                     (15)
 
                       57
                      (13)
                       20
                       38
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
                  (201)
 
                  (24)
 
                    (7)
                        2
                      33
 
                   (405)
                          1
                      (53)
                      (98)
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                 2,679
 
                    97
 
                 152
                1,171
                 1,231
 
                  1,024
                     214
                     971
                     582
   
Change in Net Assets from Operations
 
                 2,566
 
                    70
 
                 139
                1,107
                 1,249
 
                     676
                     202
                     938
                     522
                                 
Deposits
 
                 1,028
 
                    16
 
                    26
                   242
                    341
 
                     193
                       28
                     258
                     394
                                 
Payments and Withdrawals:
                         
 
Death Benefits
 
                      99
 
                    11
 
                      9
                     28
                      13
 
                       26
                          7
                       20
                       45
 
Withdrawals
 
                 2,243
 
                    93
 
                    91
                   362
                    557
 
                     396
                     172
                     673
                     601
 
Administrative Fees
 
                      81
 
                      1
 
                      1
                     20
                      26
 
                       15
                          1
                       16
                       32
 
Transfers (in) out
 
               (1,630)
 
                    29
 
                 110
                 (166)
                  (333)
 
                      (71)
                       64
                     264
                   (959)
   
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                    793
 
                 134
 
                 211
                   244
                    263
 
                     366
                     244
                     973
                   (281)
                                 
Net Assets:
                         
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
                 2,801
 
                  (48)
 
                  (46)
                1,105
                 1,327
 
                     503
                      (14)
                     223
                  1,197
 
Beginning of Year
 
              19,459
 
                 684
 
              1,285
                4,235
                 5,645
 
                  3,582
                     926
                  6,639
                  6,629
                                 
   
End of Year
 $
              22,260
 
                 636
 
              1,239
                5,340
                 6,972
 
                  4,085
                     912
                  6,862
                  7,826
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
 
 
11

 
 
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
           
Calamos
               
           
Advisors
               
           
Trust
 
Invesco Variable Insurance Funds
 
Seligman Portfolios, Inc.
                       
       Communications
 
               
V.I. Capital
V.I.
V.I.
 
and
 
Smaller-Cap
           
Growth and
 
Appreciation
Technology
Core Equity
 
Information
Capital
Value
           
Income
 
Fund
Fund
Fund
 
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
           
Portfolio
 
(Series I)
(Series I)
(Series I)
 
(Class II)
(Class II)
(Class II)
                             
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
                   
 
Investment Income (Loss)
 $
                      99
 
                       (4)
                       (6)
                       (6)
 
                         (39)
                    (59)
                    (24)
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
                  (131)
 
                    (23)
                        2
                      12
 
                        180
                    151
                  (184)
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                1,503
 
                      84
                      77
                      82
 
                        195
                    936
                    602
   
Change in Net Assets from Operations
 
                1,471
 
                      57
                      73
                      88
 
                        336
                1,028
                    394
                             
Deposits
 
                    585
 
                      19
                      22
                      49
 
                           86
                    243
                      41
                             
Payments and Withdrawals:
                   
 
Death Benefits
 
                      81
 
                        6
                       -
                        5
 
                             3
                        3
                      42
 
Withdrawals
 
                2,273
 
                      61
                      54
                    184
 
                        338
                    479
                    219
 
Administrative Fees
 
                      19
 
                        1
                        1
                        1
 
                             3
                      22
                        2
 
Transfers (in) out
 
                1,189
 
                      50
                      64
                      14
 
                        195
                  (321)
                      85
   
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                3,562
 
                    118
                    119
                    204
 
                        539
                    183
                    348
                             
Net Assets:
                   
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
               (1,506)
 
                    (42)
                    (24)
                    (67)
 
                       (117)
                1,088
                      87
 
Beginning of Year
 
              17,526
 
                    522
                    476
                1,334
 
                     2,943
                3,757
                1,700
                             
   
End of Year
 $
              16,020
 
                    480
                    452
                1,267
 
                     2,826
                4,845
                1,787
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
                             
 
 
12

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
(in thousands)
                           
                           
                           
         
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products
                           
           
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
         
VIP
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
         
Contrafund
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
         
Portfolio
Income
2010
2015
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
                           
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
                   
 
Investment Income (Loss)
 $
                    (15)
                        6
                        3
                        5
                      48
                        1
                        4
                       -
                       -
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
                      55
                      23
                      16
                    (31)
                    (10)
                       -
                    (37)
                       -
                        2
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                    658
                      14
                      43
                    169
                    961
                      35
                    171
                       -
                       (1)
     
Change in Net Assets from Operations
                    698
                      43
                      62
                    143
                    999
                      36
                    138
                       -
                        1
                           
Deposits
 
                    246
                      18
                        6
                      15
                    310
                      40
                      98
                       -
                       -
                           
Payments and Withdrawals:
                   
 
Death Benefits
 
                       -
                       -
                        3
                       -
                      44
                       -
                       -
                       -
                       -
 
Withdrawals
 
                    353
                      86
                      13
                    205
                    335
                      17
                    240
                       -
                       -
 
Administrative Fees
 
                      20
                        4
                        3
                        8
                      44
                        1
                        2
                       -
                       -
 
Transfers (in) out
 
                  (629)
                  (501)
                      49
                    (22)
                    147
                    (34)
                    (88)
                       (6)
                    (16)
     
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                  (256)
                  (411)
                      68
                    191
                    570
                    (16)
                    154
                       (6)
                    (16)
                           
Net Assets:
                   
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
                1,200
                    472
                       -
                    (33)
                    739
                      92
                      82
                        6
                      17
 
Beginning of Year
 
                4,122
                    494
                    622
                1,396
                8,009
                    188
                1,058
                       -
                       -
                           
     
End of Year
 $
                5,322
                    966
                    622
                1,363
                8,748
                    280
                1,140
                        6
                      17
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
 
 
13

 
 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
          Fidelity Variable Insurance Products    
                 
         
VIP
VIP
   
         
Freedom
Freedom
   
         
Funds
Funds
   
         
2045
2050
 
Total
                 
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
         
 
Investment Income (Loss)
 $
                         -
                         -
 
                     1,238
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
                          1
                         -
 
                   (1,747)
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                         -
                          1
 
                  27,164
     
Change in Net Assets from Operations
 
                          1
                          1
 
                  26,655
                 
Deposits
 
                         -
                         -
 
                  23,580
                 
Payments and Withdrawals:
         
 
Death Benefits
 
                         -
                         -
 
                     1,017
 
Withdrawals
 
                         -
                         -
 
                  24,565
 
Administrative Fees
 
                         -
                         -
 
                        729
 
Transfers (in) out
 
                        (4)
                      (11)
 
                     5,025
     
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                        (4)
                      (11)
 
                  31,336
                 
Net Assets:
         
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
                          5
                       12
 
                  18,899
 
Beginning of Year
 
                         -
                         -
 
                221,723
                 
     
End of Year
 $
                          5
                       12
 
                240,622
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
                 
 
 
14

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
(in thousands)
                             
                             
                             
         
Federated Insurance Series
 
MFS Variable Insurance Trust
                             
           
High
               
         
Clover
Income
Prime
     
Total
Research
Strategic
 
         
Value
Bond
Money
 
Research
Growth
Return
Bond
Income
Utilities
         
Fund II
Fund II
Fund II
 
Series
Series
Series
Series
Series
Series
                             
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
                     
 
Investment Income (Loss)
$
                      56
                    353
                    (88)
 
                        6
                    (78)
                    199
                    273
                    285
                    608
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
               (1,591)
                  (371)
                       -
 
                  (306)
                  (296)
                  (456)
                      58
                    (58)
               (1,278)
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                2,031
                1,423
                       -
 
                2,070
                2,559
                1,510
                1,148
                    532
                5,246
   
Change in Net Assets from Operations
 
                    496
                1,405
                    (88)
 
                1,770
                2,185
                1,253
                1,479
                    759
                4,576
                             
Deposits
 
                    151
                    119
              11,314
 
                    267
                    225
                    326
                1,114
                    404
                    386
                             
Payments and Withdrawals:
                     
 
Death Benefits
 
                      52
                      24
                      13
 
                      26
                      44
                      29
                      43
                      61
                    420
 
Withdrawals
 
                    409
                    554
                2,753
 
                    670
                    639
                    965
                    904
                    369
                1,790
 
Administrative Fees
 
                        5
                        3
                      25
 
                        9
                      11
                        8
                      63
                      20
                      17
 
Transfers (in) out
 
                    360
                    406
              10,330
 
                    473
                    668
                    425
               (3,993)
               (2,170)
                1,370
   
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                    826
                    987
              13,121
 
                1,178
                1,362
                1,427
               (2,983)
               (1,720)
                3,597
                             
Net Assets:
                     
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
                  (179)
                    537
               (1,895)
 
                    859
                1,048
                    152
                5,576
                2,883
                1,365
 
Beginning of Year
 
                4,634
                3,337
              10,247
 
                6,809
                6,986
                8,789
                8,515
                2,773
              17,046
                             
   
End of Year
 $
                4,455
                3,874
                8,352
 
                7,668
                8,034
                8,941
              14,091
                5,656
              18,411
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
                             
 
 
15

 
 
                               
                               
                               
                               
                       
American
     
                       
Century
     
                       
Variable
 
 Dreyfus Variable
         
American Century Variable Portfolios
 
Portfolios II
 
Investment Fund
                               
               
VP
     
VP Inflation
     
         
VP Capital
VP
VP
Income &
VP
VP
 
Protection
   
Developing
         
Appreciation
International
Value
Growth
Ultra
Mid Cap
 
Fund
 
Appreciation
Leaders
         
Fund
Fund
Fund
Fund
Fund
Value
 
(Class II)
 
Portfolio
Portfolio
                               
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
                       
 
Investment Income (Loss)
$
                     (24)
                      47
                    397
                      55
                     (15)
                         4
 
                      25
 
                      63
                      13
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
                  (213)
                  (627)
               (1,044)
                  (341)
                  (171)
                       (3)
 
                      11
 
                      39
                  (950)
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                 1,506
                 3,149
                 2,567
                    489
                    571
                      47
 
                    532
 
                    886
                 1,991
   
Change in Net Assets from Operations
 
                 1,269
                 2,569
                 1,920
                    203
                    385
                      48
 
                    568
 
                    988
                 1,054
                               
Deposits
 
                    194
                    681
                    841
                      36
                    104
                      19
 
                    592
 
                    107
                    189
                               
Payments and Withdrawals:
                       
 
Death Benefits
 
                      17
                      27
                    111
                      44
                      12
                         4
 
                 1,078
 
                      84
                      45
 
Withdrawals
 
                    319
                    512
                    886
                    253
                    144
                         9
 
                 1,101
 
                    522
                    490
 
Administrative Fees
 
                         5
                      34
                      44
                         2
                         6
                          -
 
                      30
 
                         6
                         6
 
Transfers (in) out
 
                    140
                  (185)
               (1,475)
                    215
                      95
                     (65)
 
               (1,820)
 
                      83
                    193
   
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                    481
                    388
                  (434)
                    514
                    257
                     (52)
 
                    389
 
                    695
                    734
                               
Net Assets:
                       
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
                    982
                 2,862
                 3,195
                  (275)
                    232
                    119
 
                    771
 
                    400
                    509
 
Beginning of Year
 
                 3,760
                 7,395
                 8,712
                 1,794
                 1,219
                    109
 
                 7,259
 
                 5,159
                 4,808
                               
   
End of Year
 $
                 4,742
              10,257
              11,907
                 1,519
                 1,451
                    228
 
                 8,030
 
                 5,559
                 5,317
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
 
 
16

 
 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
 
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
(in thousands)
 
                                   
                                   
                   
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
 
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
               
The Dreyfus
Insurance
Insurance
Insurance
 
Franklin
Franklin
Templeton
 
           
Dreyfus
 
Socially
 
Trust
Trust
Trust
 
Global
Small-Mid
Developing
Templeton
           
Stock
 
Responsible
U.S
Small
Mid
 
Real Estate
Cap Growth
Markets
Foreign
           
Index
 
Growth
 
Equity
Cap Core
Cap Value
 
Securities
Securities
Securities
Securities
           
Fund, Inc.
 
Fund, Inc.
 
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
 
Fund (Class II)
Fund (Class II)
Fund (Class II)
Fund (Class II)
                                   
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
                         
 
Investment Income (Loss)
$
                    115
 
                       (2)
 
                      11
                    (22)
                      44
 
                    352
                    (11)
                    163
                    112
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
                  (123)
 
                    (73)
 
                    (95)
                  (352)
                  (454)
 
                  (971)
                  (107)
               (1,046)
                  (446)
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                3,853
 
                    240
 
                    412
                1,171
                1,586
 
                1,231
                    404
                3,796
                2,186
   
Change in Net Assets from Operations
 
                3,845
 
                    165
 
                    328
                    797
                1,176
 
                    612
                    286
                2,913
                1,852
                                   
Deposits
 
                1,264
 
                      24
 
                      28
                    308
                    413
 
                    260
                      28
                    293
                    448
                                   
Payments and Withdrawals:
                         
 
Death Benefits
 
                    123
 
                       -
 
                       -
                      15
                      40
 
                      41
                      27
                      25
                      96
 
Withdrawals
 
                1,276
 
                      78
 
                      90
                    308
                    450
 
                    238
                      78
                    589
                    477
 
Administrative Fees
 
                      58
 
                        1
 
                        1
                      15
                      19
 
                      11
                        1
                      12
                      23
 
Transfers (in) out
 
               (1,306)
 
                      44
 
                    155
                  (194)
                    (53)
 
                  (131)
                      74
                    458
                    410
   
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                    151
 
                    123
 
                    246
                    144
                    456
 
                    159
                    180
                1,084
                1,006
                                   
Net Assets:
                         
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
                4,958
 
                      66
 
                    110
                    961
                1,133
 
                    713
                    134
                2,122
                1,294
 
Beginning of Year
 
              14,501
 
                    618
 
                1,175
                3,274
                4,512
 
                2,869
                    792
                4,517
                5,335
                                   
   
End of Year
 $
              19,459
 
                    684
 
                1,285
                4,235
                5,645
 
                3,582
                    926
                6,639
                6,629
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
 
17

 
 
                           
         
Calamos
               
         
Advisors
               
         
Trust
 
AIM Variable Insurance Funds
 
Seligman Portfolios, Inc.
                     
    Communications
 
             
V.I. Capital
V.I.
V.I.
 
and
 
Smaller-Cap
         
Growth and
 
Appreciation
Technology
Core Equity
 
Information
Capital
Value
         
Income
 
Fund
Fund
Fund
 
Portfolio
Portfolio
Portfolio
         
Portfolio
 
(Series I)
(Series I)
(Series I)
 
(Class II)
(Class II)
(Class II)
                           
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
                   
 
Investment Income (Loss)
$
                    220
 
                       (5)
                       (7)
                        6
 
                    (37)
                    (44)
                    (20)
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
               (1,272)
 
                  (126)
                  (131)
                    (36)
 
                      69
                  (229)
                  (479)
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                5,977
 
                    214
                    361
                    330
 
                1,132
                1,483
                    914
   
Change in Net Assets from Operations
 
                4,925
 
                      83
                    223
                    300
 
                1,164
                1,210
                    415
                           
Deposits
 
                    258
 
                      17
                      21
                      50
 
                      87
                    309
                      29
                           
Payments and Withdrawals:
                   
 
Death Benefits
 
                    218
 
                        4
                      20
                        8
 
                      19
                      17
                      26
 
Withdrawals
 
                1,584
 
                      77
                      62
                    106
 
                    242
                    312
                    146
 
Administrative Fees
 
                      18
 
                        1
                        1
                        1
 
                        4
                      15
                        2
 
Transfers (in) out
 
                1,181
 
                    146
                    253
                    (55)
 
                    347
                    (12)
                      30
   
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                3,001
 
                    228
                    336
                      60
 
                    612
                    332
                    204
                           
Net Assets:
                   
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
                2,182
 
                  (128)
                    (92)
                    290
 
                    639
                1,187
                    240
 
Beginning of Year
 
              15,344
 
                    650
                    568
                1,044
 
                2,304
                2,570
                1,460
                           
   
End of Year
 $
              17,526
 
                    522
                    476
                1,334
 
                2,943
                3,757
                1,700
                           
 
 
18

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
(in thousands)
                           
                           
                           
         
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products
   
                           
           
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
VIP
   
         
VIP
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
   
         
Contrafund
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
   
         
Portfolio
Income
2010
2015
2020
2025
2030
 
Total
                           
Change in Net Assets from Operations:
                   
 
Investment Income (Loss)
$
                       (4)
                        9
                      15
                      27
                    130
                        2
                        5
 
                3,238
 
Realized Gain (Loss) and Capital Gains Distributions
                  (249)
                       (1)
                    (33)
                    (70)
                    (67)
                    (19)
                  (106)
 
            (14,013)
 
Unrealized Appreciation
 
                1,297
                      50
                    107
                    282
                1,643
                      69
                    352
 
              57,347
     
Change in Net Assets from Operations
                1,044
                      58
                      89
                    239
                1,706
                      52
                    251
 
              46,572
                           
Deposits
 
                    260
                        9
                      16
                      18
                    285
                      40
                      94
 
              21,628
                           
Payments and Withdrawals:
                   
 
Death Benefits
 
                      11
                       -
                       -
                       -
                       -
                       -
                       -
 
                2,824
 
Withdrawals
 
                    264
                      68
                      89
                      33
                    248
                      30
                      67
 
              20,201
 
Administrative Fees
 
                      13
                        3
                        2
                        8
                      41
                        1
                        2
 
                   547
 
Transfers (in) out
 
                  (650)
                    (49)
                  (170)
                      14
                  (518)
                      50
                    145
 
                5,219
     
Payments and Withdrawals
 
                  (362)
                      22
                    (79)
                      55
                  (229)
                      81
                    214
 
              28,791
                           
Net Assets:
                   
 
Net Increase (Decrease)
 
                1,666
                      45
                    184
                    202
                2,220
                      11
                    131
 
              39,409
 
Beginning of Year
 
                2,456
                    449
                    438
                1,194
                5,789
                    177
                    927
 
           182,314
                           
     
End of Year
 $
                4,122
                    494
                    622
                1,396
                8,009
                    188
                1,058
 
           221,723
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
       
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
 
19

 
 
Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements
 
1.      Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (the Account) is a separate account of Kansas City Life Insurance Company (KCL).  This account is presented herein and marketed as Century II Variable Annuity (which includes Century II Variable Annuity, Century II Affinity Variable Annuity and Century II Single Premium Affinity Variable Annuity) and Century II Freedom Variable Annuity.  The Account is registered as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  Under applicable insurance law, the assets and liabilities of the Account are clearly identified and distinguished from KCL’s other assets and liabilities.  The portion of the Account’s assets applicable to the variable annuity contracts is not available to service the liabilities arising out of any other business KCL may be conducting.

All deposits received by the Account have been directed by the contract owners into subaccounts that invest in thirteen series-type mutual funds, as listed below with each fund’s objective, or into KCL’s Fixed Account.  The underlying mutual fund options are not available to the general public directly. The underlying mutual funds are available as investment options in variable annuity contracts issued by KCL.
 
Some of the underlying mutual funds have been established by investment advisers which manage publicly traded mutual funds having similar names and investment objectives. While some of the underlying mutual funds may be similar to, and may in fact be modeled after, publicly traded mutual funds, the underlying mutual funds are not otherwise directly related to any publicly traded mutual fund. Consequently, the investment performance of publicly traded mutual funds and any corresponding underlying mutual funds may differ.
 
 
20

 
 
Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
Series-Type Mutual Fund
 
Fund Objective
     
Federated Insurance Series
   
Capital Appreciation II
 
Long-term growth of capital from investing in common stocks of U.S. companies operating in a broad range of industries based primarily on value characterizations such as price, cash flow, price to earnings and price to book value.
     
High Income Bond Fund II
 
High current income from investing in high-yield, lower-rated corporate bonds.
     
Prime Money Fund II
 
Current income with stability of principal and liquidity from investing in short-term, high-quality fixed income securities.
     
MFS Variable Insurance Trust
   
Research Series
 
Long-term growth of capital from investing in common stock within targeted industries.
     
Growth Series
 
Long-term growth of capital from investing in common stock and related securities of emerging growth companies.
     
Total Return Series
 
Income and opportunities for growth of capital and income from investing in a combination of equity and fixed income securities.
     
Research Bond Series
 
Total return with its primary emphasis on current income and secondary emphasis on capital appreciation.
     
Strategic Income Series
 
Income and capital appreciation from investing in U.S. and foreign fixed income securities.
     
Utilities Series
 
Capital growth and current income from investing in equity and debt securities of domestic and foreign companies in the utilities industry.
     
American Century Variable Portfolios
   
VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
Capital growth from investing primarily in common stocks of growing companies.
     
VP International Fund
 
Capital growth from investing primarily in common stocks of foreign companies.
     
VP Value Fund
 
Long-term capital growth and income from investing primarily in stocks of companies believed to be undervalued.
     
VP Income & Growth Fund
 
Capital growth and income from investing primarily in common stocks.
     
VP Ultra Fund
 
Long-term capital growth from investing primarily in U.S. large-cap companies.
     
VP Mid Cap Value Fund
 
Long-term capital growth and income from investing primarily in stocks of companies believed to be undervalued.
 
 
21

 
 
Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
American Century Variable Portfolios II
   
VP Inflation Protection (Class II)
 
Long-term total return and protection against U.S. inflation through a portfolio of inflation-indexed bonds primarily issued by the U.S. Treasury, as well as other investment grade bonds.
     
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
   
Appreciation Portfolio
 
Long-term capital growth and income from investing in common stocks of large “blue chip” companies.
     
Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio
 
Capital growth from primarily investing in securities of small U.S. companies.
     
Dreyfus Stock Index Funds, Inc.
 
Match the total return of the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Composite Stock Price Index from investing in all 500 stocks in the S&P 500 in proportion to their weighting in the index.
     
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible
Growth Fund, Inc.
 
Capital growth and current income from investing in common stocks of companies that meet traditional investment standards and conduct their business in a manner that contributes to the enhancement of the quality of life in America.
     
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
   
Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio
 
High total return from investing primarily in large U.S. companies.
     
Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio
 
High total return from investing in small companies.
     
Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
Growth from capital appreciation from investing in equity securities of mid-cap companies.
     
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance
Products Trust
   
Franklin Global Real Estate
Securities Fund (Class II)
 
Capital appreciation and current income from investing in securities of companies operating in the real estate industry.
     
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth
Securities Fund (Class II)
 
Long-term capital growth from investing primarily in equity securities of small and mid-size U.S. companies.
     
Templeton Developing Markets
Securities Fund (ClassII)
 
Long-term capital appreciation from investing primarily in equity securities of companies in emerging market countries.
     
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
 
Long-term capital growth from investing primarily in equity securities of foreign companies.
     
Calamos Advisors Trust
   
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
High long-term total return from investing primarily in convertible, equity and fixed-income securities.
     
INVESCO Variable Insurance Funds
   
V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
 
Long-term growth of capital from investing in securities of companies that are likely to benefit from changing demographic, economic and lifestyle trends.
     
V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
Capital growth from investing broadly in equity securities across the technology universe.
 
 
22

 
 
Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
V.I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
Long-term growth of capital and income from investing in equity securities of companies believed to be undervalued.
     
Seligman Portfolios, Inc.
   
Communications and Information
Portfolio (Class II)
 
Capital gain from investing in securities of companies operating in the communications, information and related industries.
     
Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
Capital appreciation from investing primarily in common stocks of medium-sized U.S. companies.
     
Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
Long-term capital appreciation from investing generally in smaller companies believed to be undervalued.
     
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products
   
VIP Contrafund Portfolio
 
Long term capital appreciation from investing in growth and value stocks.
     
VIP Freedom Funds – Income
 
High total return with preservation of capital from investing in fixed income and short term money market funds.
     
VIP Freedom Funds – 2010
 
High total return with preservation of capital from investing in fixed income and short term money market funds.
     
VIP Freedom Funds – 2015
 
High total return with preservation of capital from investing in fixed income and short term money market funds.
     
VIP Freedom Funds – 2020
 
High total return with preservation of capital from investing in fixed income and short term money market funds.
     
VIP Freedom Funds – 2025
 
High total return with preservation of capital from investing in fixed income and short term money market funds.
     
VIP Freedom Funds – 2030
 
High total return with preservation of capital from investing in fixed income and short term money market funds.
 
VIP Freedom Funds – 2035
 
VIP Freedom Funds – 2040
 
VIP Freedom Funds – 2045
 
VIP Freedom Funds - 2050
 
High total return with preservation of capital from investing in fixed income and short term money market funds.
 
High total return with preservation of capital from investing in fixed income and short term money market funds.
 
High total return with preservation of capital from investing in fixed income and short term money market funds.
 
High total return with preservation of capital from investing in fixed income and short term money market funds.
 
 
23

 
 
Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
Fund Changes

During the year ended December 31, 2010, the following portfolios changed their names as summarized, with the effective date of the change, in the following table:

Prior Portfolio Name
Current Portfolio Name
Effective Date
     
Federated Clover Value
Federated Capital Appreciation Fund II
March  3, 2010
Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio Initial Shares
Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio
April 19, 2010
 
Initial Shares
 
AIM VI Capital Appreciation Series I
Invesco VI Capital Appreciation Series I
April 30, 2010
AIM VI Core Equity Series I
Invesco VI Core Equity Series I
April 30, 2010
AIM VI Technology Fund Series I
Invseco VI Technology Series I
April 30, 2010

During the year ended December 31, 2010, the following portfolios were added as summarized, with the effective date of the change:

Portfolio Name
Effective Date
   
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – 2035
May 1, 2010
   
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – 2040
May 1, 2010
   
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – 2045
May 1, 2010
   
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds – 2050
May 1, 2010


Risks and Uncertainties

Certain risks and uncertainties are inherent to the Account’s day-to-day operations and to the process of preparing its financial statements.  The more significant of those risks and uncertainties, as well as the Account’s method for attempting to mitigate the risks, are presented below and throughout the notes to the financial statements.

 
Financial Statements - The preparation of financial statements on the basis of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period.  These estimates are inherently subject to change and actual results could differ from these estimates.

 
Investments - The Account is exposed to risks that issuers of securities owned by the Series-Type Mutual Funds will default, or that interest rates will change and cause a decrease in the value of the investments.  The market value of the investments and their investment performance, including the realization of gains or losses, may vary depending on economic and market conditions.  Management attempts to mitigate these risks by offering the investor a variety of investment options, fund prospectuses, quarterly personal investment statements and annual financial statements.

Reinvestment of Dividends
 
Interest and dividend income and capital gain distributions paid by the mutual funds to the Account are reinvested in additional shares of each respective subaccount.

Federal Income Taxes

The Account is treated as part of KCL for federal income tax purposes.  Under current interpretations of existing federal income tax law, no income taxes are payable on investment income or capital gain distributions received by the Account from the underlying funds.  Any applicable taxes will be the responsibility of contract holders or beneficiaries upon termination or withdrawal.

 
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Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
Investment Valuation

Investments in mutual fund shares are reported in the statement of net assets at fair value (Net asset value (NAV) of the underlying mutual fund which is valued at fair value).  The average cost method is used to determine realized gains and losses.  Transactions are recorded on a trade date basis.  Income from dividends and gains from realized gains distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In April 2009, the FASB issued new guidance to clarify fair value in inactive markets and includes all assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements.  Enhanced disclosures related to the fair value of assets and liabilities were also required.  This guidance became effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009.  The Account adopted this guidance in 2009 with no material impact to the financial statements.

In January 2010, the FASB issued new guidance to improve disclosures about fair value measurements.  This guidance requires new disclosures and clarification of existing disclosures regarding Levels 1, 2 and 3 in the fair value hierarchy.  The majority of this guidance became effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009.  However, disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the rollforward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements will become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and for interim periods within those years.  The Company adopted the guidance on January 1, 2010 with no material impact to the financial statements.

All other new accounting standards and updates of existing standards issued during 2010 did not relate to accounting policies and procedures pertinent to the Company at this time.

Subsequent Events

Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date that the financial statements have been issued.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales for the years ended December 31 were as follows:
         
2010
   
Cost of
Purchases
   
Proceeds
from Sales
 
 
( in thousands)
         
Federated Capital Appreciation Fund II
 
 $             604
 
 $          1,153
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
 
             1,602
 
             1,149
Federated Prime Money Fund II
 
           30,055
 
           31,676
MFS Research Series
 
                644
 
             1,603
MFS Growth Series
 
                562
 
             1,656
MFS Total Return Series
 
                860
 
             1,906
MFS Research Bond Series
 
             6,903
 
             3,253
MFS Strategic Income Series
 
             2,930
 
             1,318
MFS Utilities Series
 
             1,647
 
             4,669
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
                490
 
             1,396
American Century VP International Fund
 
             3,018
 
             2,365
American Century VP Value Fund
 
             3,896
 
             2,594
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund
 
                107
 
                395
American Century VP Ultra Fund
 
                296
 
                284
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund
 
                  77
 
                  29
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund (Class II)
 
             3,000
 
             2,072
Dreyfus Appreciation Portfolio
 
                372
 
             1,058
Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap
 
                521
 
             1,610
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
 
             4,678
 
             4,354
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
 
                  74
 
                195
JPMorgan Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio
 
                  75
 
                265
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio
 
             1,105
 
             1,172
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
             1,396
 
             1,333
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                883
 
                999
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                  75
 
                306
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class II)
 
             1,567
 
             2,263
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
 
             2,212
 
             1,499
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
             2,009
 
             4,887
Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
 
                  46
 
                150
Invesco V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
                  79
 
                182
Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
                153
 
                315
Seligman Communications and Information Portfolio (Class II)
 
                236
 
                727
Seligman Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
             1,216
 
             1,214
Seligman Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
                282
 
                613
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio
 
             1,225
 
                736
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - Income
 
                614
 
                154
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2010
 
                  29
 
                  77
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2015
 
                281
 
                434
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2020
 
                816
 
                962
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2025
 
                127
 
                  69
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2030
 
                233
 
                278
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2035
 
                    6
 
                     -
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2040
 
                  18
 
                     -
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2045
 
                    6
 
                     -
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2050
 
                  11
 
                     -
 
 
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Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales for the year were as follows:
   
         
2009
   
Cost of
Purchases
   
Proceeds
from Sales
   
( in thousands)
         
Federated Clover Value Fund II
 
 $               1,008
 
 $               1,628
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
 
                     898
 
                  1,412
Federated Prime Money Fund II
 
                31,682
 
                33,577
MFS Research Series
 
                     811
 
                  1,715
MFS Growth Series
 
                     606
 
                  1,822
MFS Total Return Series
 
                     987
 
                  1,889
MFS Research Bond Series
 
                  8,069
 
                  3,697
MFS Strategic Income Series
 
                  3,335
 
                     925
MFS Utilities Series
 
                  3,247
 
                  5,850
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
                     873
 
                  1,185
American Century VP International Fund
 
                  3,035
 
                  2,696
American Century VP Value Fund
 
                  4,721
 
                  3,049
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund
 
                     206
 
                     630
American Century VP Ultra Fund
 
                     366
 
                     534
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund
 
                     103
 
                       29
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund (Class II)
 
                  3,949
 
                  3,721
Dreyfus Appreciation Portfolio
 
                  1,159
 
                  1,292
Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio
 
                     527
 
                  1,060
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
 
                  6,058
 
                  3,854
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
 
                       70
 
                     170
JPMorgan Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio
 
                     131
 
                     338
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio
 
                  1,364
 
                  1,165
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
                  1,556
 
                  1,545
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                  1,444
 
                     991
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                     100
 
                     263
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                  2,230
 
                  2,836
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                  2,278
 
                  2,486
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
                  2,045
 
                  4,569
AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
 
                       82
 
                     297
AIM V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
                     121
 
                     442
AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
                     297
 
                     301
Seligman Communications and Information Portfolio (Class II)
 
                     445
 
                  1,008
Seligman Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
                  1,158
 
                  1,226
Seligman Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
                     376
 
                     534
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio
 
                  2,006
 
                  1,386
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - Income
 
                       80
 
                       77
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2010
 
                     385
 
                     270
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2015
 
                     199
 
                     191
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2020
 
                  1,434
 
                     706
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2025
 
                       48
 
                       85
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2030
 
                     183
 
                     283
 
 
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Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
2. Fair Value Measurement

The Company groups its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value in three levels, based on the inputs and assumptions used to determine the fair value.  These levels are as follows:

Level 1 – Valuations are based upon quoted prices for identical instruments traded in active markets.

Level 2 – Valuations are based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market.  Valuations are obtained from third-party pricing services or inputs that are observable or derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.
 
Level 3 – Valuations are generated from techniques that use significant assumptions not observable in the market.  These unobservable assumptions reflect the Company’s assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.  Valuation techniques include the use of discounted cash flow models, spread-based models, and similar techniques, using the best information available in the circumstances.
 
As of December 31, 2010 all assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis totaling $240,622 were Level 2 assets.
 
NAV of the separate accounts is calculated in a manner consistent with U.S. GAAP for investment companies and is determinative of their fair value.  Several of the separate accounts invest in publicly quoted mutual funds or actively managed stocks.  The fair value of the underlying mutual funds or stock is used to determine the NAV of the separate account, which is not publicly quoted.  Some of the separate accounts also invest in fixed income securities.  The fair values of the underlying securities are based on quoted prices from similar assets and are used to determine the NAV of the separate account.  Sale of separate account assets may be at asset values less than NAV and certain redemption restrictions may apply.
 
 
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Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
3. Contract Charges

Century II Variable Annuity

Mortality and expense risk assumed by KCL are compensated for by a fee equivalent to an annual rate of 1.25% of the asset value of the subaccounts of each contract, including 0.70% for assuming mortality risk and 0.55% for expense risk.  Additionally, KCL is compensated for administrative expenses by a charge based on an annual rate of 0.15% of the asset value of each contract.  These charges are assessed for each subaccount through the reduction of unit values.

KCL deducts an administrative fee of $30 per year for each contract under $50,000.  Other fees are deducted from each contract when certain events occur, such as the seventh fund transfer in a contract year.  These fees are assessed through the reduction of units from the contract.

When applicable, an amount for state premium taxes is deducted as provided by pertinent state law upon surrender.

For the Century II Variable Annuity, a contingent deferred sales charge is assessed against certain withdrawals during the first seven years of the contract, declining from 7% in the first three years to 2% in the seventh year.  For the Century II Affinity Variable Annuity, a contingent deferred sales charge is assessed against certain withdrawals during the first eight years of the contract, declining from 8% in the first two years to 2% in the eighth year.  During 2010, $276,000 (2009 - $331,000) was assessed in surrender charges.  Other contract charges, primarily annual administrative fees, totaled $3,799,000 (2009 - $3,151,000).

Century II Freedom Annuity

Mortality and expense risk assumed by KCL are compensated for by a fee equivalent to an annual rate of 1.40% of the asset value of the subaccounts of each contract.  Additionally, KCL is compensated for administrative expenses by a charge based on an annual rate of 0.25% of the asset value of each contract.  These charges are assessed for each subaccount through the reduction of unit values.

When applicable, an amount for state premium taxes is deducted as provided by pertinent state law upon surrender.

For the Century II Freedom Variable Annuity, no contingent deferred sales charge nor surrender charges are assessed.  During 2010, $109,000 (2009 - $102,000) was assessed in other contract charges.

 
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
The Mortality and Expense Risk Fees and other Administrative Charges for the year ended December 31 were as follows:
             
2010:
 
 
Century II
Variable
Annuity
 
Century II
Freedom
Variable
Annuity
 
 
Total
Variable
Annuity
   
 (in thousands)
             
Federated Capital Appreciation Fund II
 
 $                    59
 
 $                      1
 
 $                    60
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
 
                       55
 
                         4
 
                       59
Federated Prime Money Fund II
 
                       93
 
                       13
 
                     106
MFS Research Series
 
                     101
 
                         2
 
                     103
MFS Growth Series
 
                     106
 
                         1
 
                     107
MFS Total Return Series
 
                     112
 
                       10
 
                     122
MFS Research Bond Series
 
                     223
 
                         7
 
                     230
MFS Strategic Income Series
 
                       88
 
                         5
 
                       93
MFS Utilities Series
 
                     234
 
                         6
 
                     240
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
                       67
 
                         1
 
                       68
American Century VP International Fund
 
                     151
 
                         3
 
                     154
American Century VP Value Fund
 
                     174
 
                         6
 
                     180
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund
 
                       19
 
                         1
 
                       20
American Century VP Ultra Fund
 
                       21
 
                         -
 
                       21
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund
 
                         4
 
                         -
 
                         4
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund (Class II)
 
                     114
 
                         6
 
                     120
Dreyfus Appreciation Portfolio
 
                       73
 
                         1
 
                       74
Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap
 
                       73
 
                         -
 
                       73
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
 
                     280
 
                         6
 
                     286
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
 
                         9
 
                         -
 
                         9
JPMorgan Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio
 
                       17
 
                         -
 
                       17
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio
 
                       63
 
                         3
 
                       66
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
                       84
 
                         3
 
                       87
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                       52
 
                         1
 
                       53
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                       13
 
                         -
 
                       13
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                       90
 
                         2
 
                       92
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                       95
 
                         4
 
                       99
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
                     225
 
                         6
 
                     231
Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
 
                         7
 
                         -
 
                         7
Invesco V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
                         6
 
                         -
 
                         6
Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
                       18
 
                         -
 
                       18
Seligman Communications and Information Portfolio (Class II)
 
                       38
 
                         1
 
                       39
Seligman Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
                       58
 
                         1
 
                       59
Seligman Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
                       23
 
                         1
 
                       24
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio
 
                       61
 
                         3
 
                       64
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - Income
 
                       10
 
                         -
 
                       10
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2010
 
                         9
 
                         -
 
                         9
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2015
 
                       19
 
                         1
 
                       20
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2020
 
                     116
 
                         1
 
                     117
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2025
 
                         4
 
                         -
 
                         4
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2030
 
                       14
 
                         1
 
                       15
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2035
 
                         -
 
                         -
 
                       -
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2040
 
                         -
 
                         -
 
                       -
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2045
 
                         -
 
                         -
 
                       -
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2050
 
                         -
 
                         -
 
                       -
   
 $               3,078
 
 $                  101
 
 $               3,179
 
 
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Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
4.  Change in Units Outstanding
           
             
The changes in units outstanding for the year were as follows:
           
             
2010:
   Units
Purchased
   Units
Redeemed
  Net Increase
(Decrease)
       (in thousands)
             
Federated Capital Appreciation Fund II
 
                  33
 
                  69
 
                (36)
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
 
                  63
 
                  53
 
                  10
Federated Prime Money Fund II
 
             2,311
 
             2,437
 
              (126)
MFS Research Series
 
                  32
 
                  82
 
                (50)
MFS Growth Series
 
                  29
 
                  81
 
                (52)
MFS Total Return Series
 
                  27
 
                  80
 
                (53)
MFS Research Bond Series
 
                329
 
                155
 
                174
MFS Strategic Income Series
 
                159
 
                  73
 
                  86
MFS Utilities Series
 
                  29
 
                118
 
                (89)
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
                  30
 
                  79
 
                (49)
American Century VP International Fund
 
                154
 
                121
 
                  33
American Century VP Value Fund
 
                384
 
                259
 
                125
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund
 
                  12
 
                  56
 
                (44)
American Century VP Ultra Fund
 
                  26
 
                  24
 
                    2
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund
 
                    7
 
                    2
 
                    5
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund (Class II)
 
                232
 
                160
 
                  72
Dreyfus Appreciation Portfolio
 
                  17
 
                  67
 
                (50)
Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap
 
                  40
 
                127
 
                (87)
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
 
                315
 
                300
 
                  15
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
 
                    3
 
                    8
 
                  (5)
JPMorgan Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio
 
                    5
 
                  18
 
                (13)
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio
 
                  68
 
                  66
 
                    2
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
                  84
 
                  78
 
                    6
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                  53
 
                  64
 
                (11)
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                  11
 
                  41
 
                (30)
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                  66
 
                  99
 
                (33)
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
 
                  86
 
                  57
 
                  29
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
                  96
 
                268
 
              (172)
Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
 
                  11
 
                  37
 
                (26)
Invesco V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
                  32
 
                  70
 
                (38)
Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
                  20
 
                  43
 
                (23)
Seligman Communications and Information Portfolio (Class II)
 
                  26
 
                  78
 
                (52)
Seligman Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
                187
 
                175
 
                  12
Seligman Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
                  17
 
                  37
 
                (20)
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio
 
                137
 
                  78
 
                  59
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - Income
 
                  55
 
                  14
 
                  41
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2010
 
                    1
 
                    7
 
                  (6)
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2015
 
                  25
 
                  44
 
                (19)
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2020
 
                  66
 
                  95
 
                (29)
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2025
 
                  14
 
                    7
 
                    7
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2030
 
                  24
 
                  32
 
                  (8)
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2035
 
                    1
 
                   -
 
                    1
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2040
 
                    2
 
                   -
 
                    2
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2045
 
                   -
 
                   -
 
                   -
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2050
 
                    1
 
                   -
 
                    1
 
 
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KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                         
                                         
5.  Financial Highlights
                                   
                                         
A summary of unit values and units outstanding for variable annuity contracts, net assets, net investment income ratios, total return ratios, and the expense ratios, excluding expenses of the underlying
funds and expenses charged through the redemption of units, for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2010, follows:
                                         
                       
For the Year Ended
       
At December 31, 2010
 
December 31, 2010
                                         
           
Unit Fair Value
 
Net
 
Investment a
Expense Ratio b
 
Total Return c
       
Units
 
Lowest to
 
Assets
 
Income
 
Lowest to
 
Lowest to
       
(000's)
 
Highest
 
(000's)
 
Ratio
 
Highest
 
Highest
                                         
Federated Capital Appreciation Fund II
 
           244
 
 $ 12.100
to
 $  17.776
 
 $         4,327
 
2.06%
 
1.40%
to
1.65%
 
11.18%
to
11.46%
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
 
           213
 
    17.737
to
     21.832
 
            4,588
 
7.53
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
12.85%
to
13.14%
Federated Prime Money Fund II
 
           531
 
    10.312
to
     12.975
 
            6,731
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-1.64%
to
-1.39%
MFS Research Series
 
           381
 
    17.001
to
     20.363
 
            7,722
 
0.93
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
14.00%
to
14.29%
MFS Growth Series
 
           371
 
    18.436
to
     21.606
 
            7,994
 
0.12
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
13.45%
to
13.73%
MFS Total Return Series
 
           375
 
    14.027
to
     23.720
 
            8,444
 
2.83
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
8.13%
to
8.40%
MFS Research Bond Series
 
           936
 
    13.605
to
     19.799
 
          18,328
 
3.01
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
5.71%
to
5.97%
MFS Strategic Income Series
 
           447
 
    14.111
to
     17.139
 
            7,584
 
4.60
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
8.31%
to
8.58%
MFS Utilities Series
 
           404
 
    28.660
to
     42.341
 
          16,935
 
3.31
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
11.94%
to
12.22%
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
           267
 
    19.331
to
     23.702
 
            5,177
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
29.14%
to
29.47%
American Century VP International Fund
 
           595
 
    18.362
to
     20.434
 
          12,146
 
2.23
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
11.44%
to
11.72%
American Century VP Value Fund
 
        1,417
 
    10.217
to
     15.742
 
          14,611
 
2.26
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
11.57%
to
11.85%
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund
 
           193
 
      7.084
to
     14.260
 
            1,402
 
1.49
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
12.28%
to
12.56%
American Century VP Ultra Fund
 
           134
 
    12.355
to
     12.593
 
            1,691
 
0.49
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
14.18%
to
14.47%
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund
 
             27
 
    11.827
to
     11.966
 
               319
 
2.34
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
17.30%
to
17.60%
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund (Class II)
 
           741
 
    12.211
to
     12.445
 
            9,215
 
1.67
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
3.40%
to
3.66%
Dreyfus Appreciation Portfolio
 
           335
 
    15.000
to
     16.434
 
            5,503
 
2.21
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
13.43%
to
13.71%
Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap
 
           388
 
    13.160
to
     14.484
 
            5,615
 
0.77
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
29.00%
to
29.33%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
 
        1,471
 
    14.854
to
     15.138
 
          22,260
 
1.84
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
12.96%
to
13.24%
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
 
             23
 
    14.831
to
     27.633
 
               636
 
0.89
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
12.94%
to
13.22%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio
 
             79
 
    15.064
to
     15.627
 
            1,239
 
0.94
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
11.72%
to
12.00%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio
 
           280
 
    18.638
to
     19.101
 
            5,340
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
25.05%
to
25.36%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
           388
 
    17.640
to
     17.980
 
            6,972
 
1.17
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
21.43%
to
21.74%
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           249
 
    14.498
to
     16.436
 
            4,085
 
2.90
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
18.99%
to
19.29%
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           109
 
      8.341
to
     18.371
 
               912
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
25.54%
to
25.85%
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           267
 
    25.531
to
     34.217
 
            6,862
 
1.71
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
15.66%
to
15.95%
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           295
 
    19.329
to
     26.926
 
            7,826
 
1.95
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
6.63%
to
6.90%
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
           841
 
    16.451
to
     19.127
 
          16,020
 
2.01
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
9.77%
to
10.04%
Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
 
           106
 
      4.497
to
     13.501
 
               480
 
0.72
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
13.60%
to
13.88%
Invesco V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
           149
 
      2.993
to
     17.876
 
               452
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
19.32%
to
19.62%
Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
           168
 
      7.550
to
     15.357
 
            1,267
 
0.93
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
7.76%
to
8.03%
Seligman Communications and Information Portfolio (Class II)
 
           277
 
      9.969
to
     25.430
 
            2,826
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
12.91%
to
13.19%
Seligman Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
           629
 
      7.658
to
     17.941
 
            4,845
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
25.97%
to
26.28%
Seligman Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
           100
 
    17.626
to
     17.965
 
            1,787
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
26.10%
to
26.42%
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio
 
           553
 
      9.535
to
       9.622
 
            5,322
 
1.07
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
15.01%
to
15.30%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - Income
 
             90
 
    10.646
to
     10.744
 
               966
 
2.30
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
5.50%
to
5.76%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2010
 
             61
 
    10.184
to
     10.278
 
               622
 
1.87
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
10.70%
to
10.98%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2015
 
           135
 
    10.020
to
     10.112
 
            1,363
 
1.77
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
10.94%
to
11.22%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2020
 
           896
 
      9.670
to
       9.759
 
            8,748
 
1.97
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
12.46%
to
12.74%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2025
 
             29
 
      9.641
to
       9.730
 
               280
 
2.08
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
13.58%
to
13.86%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2030
 
           122
 
      9.228
to
       9.313
 
            1,140
 
1.78
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
13.99%
to
14.28%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2035 d
 
               1
 
    10.684
to
     10.702
 
                   6
 
2.20
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
6.84%
to
7.02%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2040 d
 
               2
 
    10.692
to
     10.710
 
                 17
 
1.99
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
6.92%
to
7.10%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2045 d
 
              -
 
    10.694
to
     10.712
 
                   5
 
1.63
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
6.94%
to
7.12%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2050 d
 
               1
 
    10.708
to
     10.726
 
                 12
 
2.50
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
7.08%
to
7.26%
                                         
a   The investment income ratio represents the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the subaccount from the underlying mutual fund, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average daily net assets.  These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that are assessed against contract owner accounts either through reductions in the unit values or the redemption of units.  The recognition of investment income by the subaccount is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying fund in which the subaccounts invest.
                                         
b  These amounts represent the annualized contract expenses of the separate account, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges, for each period indicated.  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 fund have been excluded.
                                         
c  These amounts represent the total return for the periods indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying fund, and expenses assessed through the reduction of unit values. These ratios do not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units. Investment options with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the variable account. The total return is calculated for each period indicated or from the effective date through the end of the reporting period. As the total return is presented as a range of minimum to maximum values, based on the product grouping representing the minimum and maximum expense ratio amounts, some individual contract total returns are not within the ranges presented.
                                         
d  This fund was added effective May 1, 2010.
                                   
 
 
32

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                         
                       
For the Year Ended
       
At December 31, 2009
 
December 31, 2009
                                         
           
Unit Fair Value
 
Net
 
Investment a
Expense Ratio b
 
Total Return c
       
Units
 
Lowest to
 
Assets
 
Income
 
Lowest to
 
Lowest to
       
(000's)
 
Highest
 
(000's)
 
Ratio
 
Highest
 
Highest
                                         
Federated Clover Value Fund II
 
           280
 
    10.884
to
     15.948
 
            4,455
 
0.03
 
       0.01
to
  0.02
 
12.84%
to
13.12%
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
 
           203
 
    15.717
to
     19.297
 
            3,874
 
11.55
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
50.35%
to
50.73%
Federated Prime Money Fund II
 
           657
 
    10.483
to
     13.158
 
            8,352
 
0.46
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-1.19%
to
-0.94%
MFS Research Series
 
           431
 
    14.913
to
     17.817
 
            7,668
 
1.48
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
28.41%
to
28.73%
MFS Growth Series
 
           423
 
    16.250
to
     18.997
 
            8,034
 
0.31
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
35.42%
to
35.76%
MFS Total Return Series
 
           428
 
    12.972
to
     21.881
 
            8,941
 
3.78
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
16.10%
to
16.39%
MFS Research Bond Series
 
           762
 
    12.870
to
     18.684
 
          14,091
 
3.87
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
14.26%
to
14.54%
MFS Strategic Income Series
 
           361
 
    13.028
to
     15.785
 
            5,656
 
8.69
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
22.22%
to
22.52%
MFS Utilities Series
 
           493
 
    25.602
to
     37.729
 
          18,411
 
5.06
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
31.04%
to
31.37%
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
           316
 
    14.932
to
     18.353
 
            4,742
 
0.82
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
34.83%
to
35.17%
American Century VP International Fund
 
           562
 
    16.477
to
     18.291
 
          10,257
 
1.94
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
31.58%
to
31.91%
American Century VP Value Fund
 
        1,292
 
      9.135
to
     14.110
 
          11,907
 
5.43
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
17.90%
to
18.20%
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund
 
           237
 
      6.293
to
     12.701
 
            1,519
 
5.05
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
16.17%
to
16.46%
American Century VP Ultra Fund
 
           132
 
    10.820
to
     11.001
 
            1,451
 
0.29
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
32.28%
to
32.61%
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund
 
             22
 
    10.082
to
     10.175
 
               228
 
3.60
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
27.82%
to
28.14%
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund (Class II)
 
           669
 
    11.810
to
     12.005
 
            8,030
 
1.78
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
8.42%
to
8.69%
Dreyfus Appreciation Portfolio
 
           385
 
    13.224
to
     14.452
 
            5,559
 
2.63
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
20.55%
to
20.86%
Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio
 
           475
 
    10.201
to
     11.199
 
            5,317
 
1.67
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
23.98%
to
24.29%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
 
        1,456
 
    13.150
to
     13.368
 
          19,459
 
2.11
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
24.27%
to
24.58%
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
 
             28
 
    13.132
to
     24.407
 
               684
 
0.96
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
31.57%
to
31.90%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust U.S. Equity Portfolio
 
             92
 
    13.484
to
     13.953
 
            1,285
 
2.38
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
30.25%
to
30.58%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Small Cap Core Portfolio
 
           278
 
    14.905
to
     15.237
 
            4,235
 
0.78
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
20.57%
to
20.87%
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
           382
 
    14.526
to
     14.769
 
            5,645
 
2.31
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
24.55%
to
24.86%
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           260
 
    12.184
to
     13.778
 
            3,582
 
13.23
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
17.14%
to
17.43%
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           139
 
      6.628
to
     14.634
 
               926
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
41.23%
to
41.58%
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           300
 
    22.019
to
     29.584
 
            6,639
 
4.42
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
69.77%
to
70.19%
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           266
 
    18.127
to
     25.189
 
            6,629
 
3.31
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
34.80%
to
35.14%
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
        1,013
 
    14.988
to
     17.382
 
          17,526
 
2.82
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
37.14%
to
37.48%
AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
 
           132
 
      3.948
to
     11.885
 
               522
 
0.56
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
19.10%
to
19.40%
AIM V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
           187
 
      2.502
to
     14.982
 
               476
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
54.83%
to
55.21%
AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
           191
 
      6.988
to
     14.251
 
            1,334
 
1.87
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
26.20%
to
26.51%
Seligman Communications and Information Portfolio (Class II)
 
           329
 
      8.807
to
     22.522
 
            2,943
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
56.78%
to
57.17%
Seligman Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
           617
 
      6.065
to
     14.243
 
            3,757
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
46.02%
to
46.38%
Seligman Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
           120
 
    13.977
to
     14.211
 
            1,700
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
32.88%
to
33.22%
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio
 
           494
 
      8.290
to
       8.346
 
            4,122
 
1.25
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
33.25%
to
33.59%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - Income
 
             49
 
    10.091
to
     10.158
 
               494
 
3.34
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
12.76%
to
13.05%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2010
 
             67
 
      9.199
to
       9.261
 
               622
 
4.70
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
21.93%
to
22.23%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2015
 
           154
 
      9.031
to
       9.092
 
            1,396
 
3.69
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
22.98%
to
23.28%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2020
 
           925
 
      8.598
to
       8.656
 
            8,009
 
3.32
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
26.45%
to
26.76%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2025
 
             22
 
      8.488
to
       8.545
 
               188
 
2.91
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
27.67%
to
27.99%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2030
 
           130
 
      8.095
to
       8.149
 
            1,058
 
1.96
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
29.03%
to
29.36%
                                         
a   The investment income ratio represents the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the subaccount from the underlying mutual fund, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average daily net assets.  These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that are assessed against contract owner accounts either through reductions in the unit values or the redemption of units.  The recognition of investment income by the subaccount is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying fund in which the subaccounts invest.
                                         
b  These amounts represent the annualized contract expenses of the separate account, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges, for each period indicated.  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 fund have been excluded.
                                         
c  These amounts represent the total return for the periods indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying fund, and expenses assessed through the reduction of unit values. These ratios do not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units. Investment options with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the variable account. The total return is calculated for each period indicated or from the effective date through the end of the reporting period. As the total return is presented as a range of minimum to maximum values, based on the product grouping representing the minimum and maximum expense ratio amounts, some individual contract total returns are not within the ranges presented.
 
 
33

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                         
                       
For the Year Ended
       
At December 31, 2008
 
December 31, 2008
                                         
           
Unit Fair Value
 
Net
 
Investment a
Expense Ratio b
 
Total Return c
       
Units
 
Lowest to
 
Assets
 
Income
 
Lowest to
 
Lowest to
       
(000's)
 
Highest
 
(000's)
 
Ratio
 
Highest
 
Highest
                                         
Federated American Leaders Fund II
 
           329
 
 $   9.645
to
 $  14.098
 
 $         4,634
 
1.93%
 
1.40%
to
1.65%
 
-34.88%
to
-34.72%
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
 
           263
 
    10.454
to
     12.803
 
            3,337
 
10.49
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-27.21%
to
-27.03%
Federated Prime Money Fund II
 
           799
 
    10.610
to
     13.283
 
          10,247
 
2.52
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
0.86%
to
1.11%
MFS Research Series
 
           493
 
    11.614
to
     13.841
 
            6,809
 
0.55
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-37.14%
to
-36.98%
MFS Growth Series
 
           500
 
    12.000
to
     13.993
 
            6,986
 
0.24
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-38.45%
to
-38.29%
MFS Total Return Series
 
           488
 
    11.173
to
     18.800
 
            8,789
 
3.27
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-23.41%
to
-23.22%
MFS Research Bond Series
 
           530
 
    11.264
to
     16.311
 
            8,515
 
2.67
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-3.97%
to
-3.73%
MFS Strategic Income Series
 
           219
 
    10.660
to
     12.883
 
            2,773
 
5.71
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-13.48%
to
-13.26%
MFS Utilities Series
 
           599
 
    19.538
to
     28.720
 
          17,046
 
1.62
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-38.69%
to
-38.54%
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
           339
 
    11.047
to
     13.612
 
            3,760
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-47.07%
to
-46.93%
American Century VP International Fund
 
           534
 
    12.523
to
     13.867
 
            7,395
 
0.79
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-45.73%
to
-45.59%
American Century VP Value Fund
 
        1,115
 
      7.728
to
     11.967
 
            8,712
 
2.37
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-27.98%
to
-27.80%
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund
 
           327
 
      5.404
to
     10.933
 
            1,794
 
2.13
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-35.66%
to
-35.50%
American Century VP Ultra Fund
 
           147
 
      8.180
to
       8.296
 
            1,219
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-42.44%
to
-42.30%
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund
 
             14
 
      7.888
to
       7.941
 
               109
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-25.59%
to
-25.40%
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund (Class II)
 
           658
 
    10.892
to
     11.045
 
            7,259
 
4.45
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-3.21%
to
-2.97%
Dreyfus Appreciation Portfolio
 
           432
 
    10.970
to
     11.958
 
            5,159
 
2.07
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-30.71%
to
-30.53%
Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio
 
           534
 
      8.228
to
       9.011
 
            4,808
 
0.96
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-38.62%
to
-38.46%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
 
        1,352
 
    10.582
to
     10.731
 
          14,501
 
2.12
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-38.17%
to
-38.02%
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
 
             33
 
      9.981
to
     18.505
 
               618
 
0.78
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-35.50%
to
-35.34%
JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Equity Portfolio
 
           110
 
    10.353
to
     10.686
 
            1,175
 
1.41
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-35.06%
to
-34.90%
JPMorgan Small Company Portfolio
 
           260
 
    12.362
to
     12.606
 
            3,274
 
0.19
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-33.10%
to
-32.93%
JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
           382
 
    11.663
to
     11.829
 
            4,512
 
1.12
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-34.30%
to
-34.14%
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           245
 
    10.402
to
     11.733
 
            2,869
 
0.95
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-43.34%
to
-43.20%
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           168
 
      4.681
to
     10.362
 
               792
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-43.44%
to
-43.30%
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           344
 
    12.937
to
     17.426
 
            4,517
 
2.69
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-53.48%
to
-53.37%
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           289
 
    13.447
to
     18.639
 
            5,335
 
2.38
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-41.36%
to
-41.21%
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
        1,220
 
    10.929
to
     12.643
 
          15,344
 
1.10
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-32.86%
to
-32.69%
AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
 
           196
 
      3.307
to
       9.979
 
               650
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-43.44%
to
-43.30%
AIM V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
           348
 
      1.612
to
       9.677
 
               568
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-45.42%
to
-45.28%
AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
           189
 
      5.524
to
     11.292
 
            1,044
 
1.95
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-31.29%
to
-31.12%
Seligman Communications and Information Portfolio (Class II)
 
           405
 
      5.604
to
     14.366
 
            2,304
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-37.42%
to
-37.27%
Seligman Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
           617
 
      4.143
to
       9.754
 
            2,570
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-48.94%
to
-48.81%
Seligman Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
           137
 
    10.518
to
     10.668
 
            1,460
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-40.57%
to
-40.42%
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio
 
           393
 
      6.221
to
       6.247
 
            2,456
 
1.14
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-43.63%
to
-43.49%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - Income
 
             50
 
      8.949
to
       8.986
 
               449
 
3.57
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-12.17%
to
-11.95%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2010
 
             58
 
      7.545
to
       7.576
 
               438
 
5.04
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-26.40%
to
-26.21%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2015
 
           162
 
      7.344
to
       7.375
 
            1,194
 
2.75
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-28.49%
to
-28.31%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2020
 
           848
 
      6.800
to
       6.829
 
            5,789
 
3.72
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-33.90%
to
-33.74%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2025
 
             27
 
      6.648
to
       6.676
 
               177
 
1.04
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-35.44%
to
-35.28%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2030
 
           147
 
      6.273
to
       6.300
 
               927
 
2.57
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-39.19%
to
-39.03%
                                         
a   The investment income ratio represents the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the subaccount from the underlying mutual fund, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average daily net assets.  These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that are assessed against contract owner accounts either through reductions in the unit values or the redemption of units.  The recognition of investment income by the subaccount is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying fund in which the subaccounts invest.
                                         
b  These amounts represent the annualized contract expenses of the separate account, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges, for each period indicated.  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 fund have been excluded.
                                         
c  These amounts represent the total return for the periods indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying fund, and expenses assessed through the reduction of unit values. These ratios do not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units. Investment options with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the variable account. The total return is calculated for each period indicated or from the effective date through the end of the reporting period. As the total return is presented as a range of minimum to maximum values, based on the product grouping representing the minimum and maximum expense ratio amounts, some individual contract total returns are not within the ranges presented.
 
 
34

 
 
KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                         
                       
For the Year Ended
       
At December 31, 2007
 
December 31, 2007
                                         
           
Unit Fair Value
 
Net
 
Investment a
Expense Ratio b
 
Total Return c
       
Units
 
Lowest to
 
Assets
 
Income
 
Lowest to
 
Lowest to
       
(000's)
 
Highest
 
(000's)
 
Ratio
 
Highest
 
Highest
                                         
Federated American Leaders Fund II
 
           440
 
 $ 14.811
to
 $  21.595
 
 $         9,458
 
1.51%
 
1.40%
to
1.65%
 
-11.15%
to
-10.93%
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
 
           457
 
    14.361
to
     17.544
 
            7,820
 
7.41
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
1.73%
to
1.99%
Federated Prime Money Fund II
 
           728
 
    10.519
to
     13.137
 
            9,434
 
4.65
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
3.09%
to
3.34%
MFS Research Series
 
           612
 
    18.474
to
     21.962
 
          13,417
 
0.68
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
11.34%
to
11.62%
MFS Growth Series
 
           626
 
    19.494
to
     22.675
 
          14,187
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
19.18%
to
19.48%
MFS Total Return Series
 
           693
 
    14.588
to
     24.485
 
          16,360
 
2.58
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
2.50%
to
2.76%
MFS Research Bond Series
 
           391
 
    11.730
to
     16.943
 
            6,527
 
3.17
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
2.50%
to
2.75%
MFS Strategic Income Series
 
           142
 
    12.321
to
     14.853
 
            2,084
 
4.25
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
1.99%
to
2.24%
MFS Utilities Series
 
           832
 
    31.869
to
     46.730
 
          38,325
 
0.94
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
25.79%
to
26.11%
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
           352
 
    20.817
to
     25.716
 
            7,346
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
43.41%
to
43.76%
American Century VP International Fund
 
           447
 
    23.075
to
     25.487
 
          11,360
 
0.65
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
16.12%
to
16.41%
American Century VP Value Fund
 
        1,092
 
    10.704
to
     16.616
 
          11,867
 
1.50
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-6.70%
to
-6.46%
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund
 
           403
 
      8.378
to
     16.993
 
            3,479
 
1.95
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-1.71%
to
-1.46%
American Century VP Ultra Fund
 
           172
 
    14.212
to
     14.377
 
            2,466
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
19.02%
to
19.32%
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund
 
             18
 
    10.600
to
     10.645
 
               192
 
0.77
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-3.91%
to
-3.67%
American Century VP Inflation Protection Fund (Class II)
 
           192
 
    11.253
to
     11.383
 
            2,181
 
4.41
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
7.72%
to
8.00%
Dreyfus Appreciation Portfolio
 
           562
 
    15.831
to
     17.214
 
            9,674
 
1.62
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
5.37%
to
5.64%
Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio
 
           701
 
    13.405
to
     14.643
 
          10,264
 
0.79
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-12.52%
to
-12.30%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
 
        1,394
 
    17.116
to
     17.312
 
          24,130
 
1.71
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
3.52%
to
3.79%
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
 
             42
 
    15.475
to
     28.618
 
            1,190
 
0.53
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
6.01%
to
6.28%
JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Equity Portfolio
 
           169
 
    15.943
to
     16.415
 
            2,775
 
1.07
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-0.01%
to
0.24%
JPMorgan Small Company Portfolio
 
           264
 
    18.478
to
     18.796
 
            4,952
 
0.01
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-7.22%
to
-6.99%
JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
           393
 
    17.753
to
     17.960
 
            7,060
 
0.86
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
0.77%
to
1.02%
Franklin Global Real Estate Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           340
 
    18.358
to
     20.655
 
            7,010
 
2.47
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-22.16%
to
-21.97%
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           203
 
      8.256
to
     18.321
 
            1,690
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
9.41%
to
9.68%
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           338
 
    27.742
to
     37.461
 
            9,518
 
2.32
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
26.67%
to
26.98%
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           267
 
    22.930
to
     31.705
 
            8,353
 
1.97
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
13.56%
to
13.84%
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
        1,616
 
    16.277
to
     18.783
 
          30,234
 
1.34
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
7.08%
to
7.35%
AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
 
           285
 
      5.832
to
     17.643
 
            1,663
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
10.17%
to
10.45%
AIM V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
           433
 
      2.946
to
     17.728
 
            1,352
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
5.93%
to
6.20%
AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
           246
 
      8.019
to
     16.434
 
            1,980
 
1.20
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
6.34%
to
6.61%
Seligman Communications and Information Portfolio (Class II)
 
           584
 
      8.932
to
     22.957
 
            5,287
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
13.22%
to
13.51%
Seligman Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
           452
 
      8.094
to
     19.104
 
            3,678
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
14.34%
to
14.62%
Seligman Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
           158
 
    17.700
to
     17.906
 
            2,836
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
2.25%
to
2.50%
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio d
 
           189
 
    11.037
to
     11.055
 
            2,088
 
1.34
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
10.37%
to
10.55%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - Income d
 
               6
 
    10.189
to
     10.206
 
                 64
 
8.32
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
1.89%
to
2.06%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2010 d
 
             18
 
    10.250
to
     10.268
 
               180
 
8.25
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
2.50%
to
2.68%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2015 d
 
             77
 
    10.270
to
     10.287
 
               797
 
7.16
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
2.70%
to
2.87%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2020 d
 
           132
 
    10.288
to
     10.305
 
            1,364
 
6.80
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
2.88%
to
3.05%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2025 d
 
             15
 
    10.299
to
     10.316
 
               156
 
3.38
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
2.99%
to
3.16%
Fidelity VIP Freedom Funds - 2030 d
 
             36
 
    10.316
to
     10.333
 
               375
 
6.72
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
3.16%
to
3.33%
                                         
a   The investment income ratio represents the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the subaccount from the underlying mutual fund, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average daily net assets.  These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that are assessed against contract owner accounts either through reductions in the unit values or the redemption of units.  The recognition of investment income by the subaccount is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying fund in which the subaccounts invest.
                                         
b  These amounts represent the annualized contract expenses of the separate account, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges, for each period indicated.  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 fund have been excluded.
                                         
c  These amounts represent the total return for the periods indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying fund, and expenses assessed through the reduction of unit values. These ratios do not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units. Investment options with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the variable account. The total return is calculated for each period indicated or from the effective date through the end of the reporting period. As the total return is presented as a range of minimum to maximum values, based on the product grouping representing the minimum and maximum expense ratio amounts, some individual contract total returns are not within the ranges presented.
                                         
d  This fund was added effective May 1, 2007.
                                   
 
 
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KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                         
                       
For the Year Ended
       
At December 31, 2006
 
December 31, 2006
                                         
           
Unit Fair Value
 
Net
 
Investment a
Expense Ratio b
 
Total Return c
       
Units
 
Lowest to
 
Assets
 
Income
 
Lowest to
 
Lowest to
       
(000's)
 
Highest
 
(000's)
 
Ratio
 
Highest
 
Highest
                                         
Federated American Leaders Fund II
 
           521
 
 $ 16.670
to
 $  24.244
 
 $       12,584
 
1.54%
 
1.40%
to
1.65%
 
14.90%
to
15.19%
Federated High Income Bond Fund II
 
           413
 
    14.117
to
     17.203
 
            7,068
 
8.54
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
9.00%
to
9.27%
Federated Prime Money Fund II
 
           545
 
    10.204
to
     12.712
 
            6,911
 
4.45
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
2.80%
to
3.06%
MFS Research Series
 
           672
 
    16.592
to
     19.675
 
          13,196
 
0.51
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
8.67%
to
8.95%
MFS Growth Series
 
           757
 
    16.357
to
     18.978
 
          14,360
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
6.13%
to
6.40%
MFS Total Return Series
 
           762
 
    14.232
to
     23.828
 
          17,542
 
2.37
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
10.07%
to
10.34%
MFS Research Bond Series
 
           305
 
    11.444
to
     16.489
 
            4,995
 
4.37
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
2.35%
to
2.60%
MFS Strategic Income Series
 
           105
 
    12.081
to
     14.528
 
            1,523
 
5.12
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
4.93%
to
5.19%
MFS Utilities Series
 
           861
 
    25.335
to
     37.055
 
          31,583
 
2.01
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
29.12%
to
29.44%
American Century VP Capital Appreciation Fund
 
           375
 
    14.480
to
     17.932
 
            5,443
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
15.31%
to
15.59%
American Century VP International Fund
 
           412
 
    19.872
to
     21.895
 
            9,008
 
1.54
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
22.99%
to
23.29%
American Century VP Value Fund
 
           992
 
    11.443
to
     17.809
 
          11,506
 
1.33
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
16.72%
to
17.01%
American Century VP Income & Growth Fund
 
           442
 
      8.502
to
     17.289
 
            3,886
 
1.89
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
15.18%
to
15.46%
American Century VP Ultra Fund
 
           131
 
    11.940
to
     12.049
 
            1,575
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-4.85%
to
-4.62%
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund d
 
               6
 
    11.032
to
     11.050
 
                 63
 
1.57
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
10.32%
to
10.50%
American Century VP Inflation Protection (Class II)
 
           137
 
    10.447
to
     10.540
 
            1,439
 
3.32
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
-0.05%
to
0.20%
Dreyfus Appreciation Portfolio
 
           691
 
    15.024
to
     16.296
 
          11,259
 
1.61
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
14.58%
to
14.86%
Dreyfus Developing Leaders Portfolio
 
           891
 
    15.324
to
     16.697
 
          14,869
 
0.41
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
2.08%
to
2.33%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
 
        1,489
 
    16.534
to
     16.681
 
          24,843
 
1.65
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
13.61%
to
13.90%
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
 
             47
 
    14.598
to
     26.927
 
            1,253
 
0.11
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
7.42%
to
7.69%
JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Equity Portfolio
 
           155
 
    15.945
to
     16.375
 
            2,545
 
0.98
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
14.67%
to
14.96%
JPMorgan Small Company Portfolio
 
           261
 
    19.917
to
     20.208
 
            5,281
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
13.13%
to
13.41%
JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
           362
 
    17.618
to
     17.779
 
            6,427
 
0.56
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
14.93%
to
15.22%
Franklin Real Estate Fund (Class II)
 
           444
 
    23.585
to
     26.471
 
          11,629
 
2.01
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
18.62%
to
18.91%
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           220
 
      7.527
to
     16.745
 
            1,688
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
6.92%
to
7.19%
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           312
 
    21.847
to
     29.575
 
            6,915
 
1.12
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
26.00%
to
26.31%
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class II)
 
           247
 
    20.192
to
     27.849
 
            6,791
 
1.24
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
19.46%
to
19.76%
Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio
 
        1,830
 
    15.201
to
     17.497
 
          31,911
 
2.01
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
7.66%
to
7.93%
AIM V. I. Capital Appreciation Fund (Series I)
 
           356
 
      5.280
to
     16.014
 
            1,898
 
0.06
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
6.04%
to
6.30%
AIM V. I. Technology Fund (Series I)
 
           412
 
      2.774
to
     16.735
 
            1,179
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
8.68%
to
8.95%
AIM V. I. Core Equity Fund (Series I)
 
           220
 
      7.522
to
     15.455
 
            1,661
 
1.63
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
13.36%
to
13.65%
Seligman Communications and Information Portfolio (Class II)
 
           604
 
      7.869
to
     20.276
 
            4,835
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
20.02%
to
20.32%
Seligman Capital Portfolio (Class II)
 
           492
 
      7.061
to
     16.708
 
            3,489
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
4.08%
to
4.34%
Seligman Smaller-Cap Value Portfolio (Class II)
 
           154
 
    17.311
to
     17.469
 
            2,696
 
0.00
 
       1.40
to
  1.65
 
19.01%
to
19.31%
                                         
a   The investment income ratio represents the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the subaccount from the underlying mutual fund, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average daily net assets.  These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that are assessed against contract owner accounts either through reductions in the unit values or the redemption of units.  The recognition of investment income by the subaccount is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying fund in which the subaccounts invest.
                                         
b  These amounts represent the annualized contract expenses of the separate account, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges, for each period indicated.  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 fund have been excluded.
                                         
c  These amounts represent the total return for the periods indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying fund, and expenses assessed through the reduction of unit values. These ratios do not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units. Investment options with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the variable account. The total return is calculated for each period indicated or from the effective date through the end of the reporting period. As the total return is presented as a range of minimum to maximum values, based on the product grouping representing the minimum and maximum expense ratio amounts, some individual contract total returns are not within the ranges presented.
                                         
d  This fund was added effective May 1, 2006.
                                   
 
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
The Contract Owners
Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
and
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Kansas City Life Insurance Company:

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets of Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (the Account) (comprising individual subaccounts as listed in note 1 to the financial statements) as of December 31, 2010, and the related statements of operations for the period or year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the periods or years in the two-year period then ended, and financial highlights for each of the periods or years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Account Oversight Board (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 securities owned as of December 31, 2010 by correspondence with the transfer agent of the underlying funds. 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 and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the subaccounts of Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account as of December 31, 2010 and the results of its operations for the period or year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the periods or years in the two-year period then ended, and financial highlights for each of the periods or years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
 
/s/ KPMG LLP
 
 
April 15, 2011
 
 
 

 
 
PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 24.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)  
Financial Statements included in the SAI.

(b)  
Exhibits:

(1)  
Resolutions of the board of directors of Kansas City Life Insurance Company ("Kansas City Life") establishing Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account (the "Variable Account"). (1)

(2)  
Not Applicable.

(3)  
(a)  Distribution Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (6)

(b)  Amendment to Distribution Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (6)

(4)  
(a)  Contract Form J157. (3)

(b)  Bonus Endorsement M465. (3)

(c)  Bonus Endorsement M466. (3)

(d)  Form of GMWB Rider and Schedule Pages. (5)

(e)  Contract Form J186. (9)

(5)  
Contract Application. (3)

(6)  
(a)  Restated Articles of Incorporation of Kansas City Life. (1)

(b)  By-Laws of Kansas City Life. (2)

(7)  
Not Applicable.

(8)  
(a.1)  Participation Agreement between AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., A I M Distributors Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (6)

(a.2)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., A I M Distributors Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (6)

(a.3)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., A I M Distributors Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (6)

(a.4)  Rule 22c-2 Agreement between AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated June 2, 2006. (4)

(a.5)  Administrative Services Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and A I M Advisors, Inc. (6)

(b.1)  Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, TCI Portfolios, Inc., and Investors Research Corporation. (6)

 
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(b.2)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, TCI Portfolios, Inc., and Investors Research Corporation. (6)

(b.3)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, TCI Portfolios, Inc., and Investors Research Corporation. (6)

(b.4)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, TCI Portfolios, Inc., and Investors Research Corporation. (6)

(b.5)  Rule 22c-2 Agreement between American Century Investment Services, Inc. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated June 28, 2006. (4)

(b.6)  Novation Agreement between American Century Investment Services, Inc., American Century Services, LLC., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company.  (7)

(c.1)  Amended and Restated Participation Agreement between Calmos Advisors Trust, Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Calamos Financial Services, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)

(c.2)  Amendment to Amended and Restated Participation Agreement between Calmos Advisors Trust, Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Calamos Financial Services, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)

(c.3)  Rule 22c-2 Agreement between Calamos Financial Services, LLC. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated April 16, 2007. (4)

(c.4)  Administrative Services Agreement between Calamos Asset Management, Inc. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)

(d.1)  Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and each of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. and Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. (d/b/a Dreyfus Stock Index Fund). (6)

(d.2)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and each of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. and Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. (d/b/a Dreyfus Stock Index Fund). (6)

(d.3)  Rule 22c-2 Agreement between Dreyfus Service Corporation and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated September 19, 2006. (4)
 
(d.4)  Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and each of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. and Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. (d/b/a Dreyfus Stock Index Fund). (8)
 
(e.1)  Participation Agreement between Federated Securities Corp., Federated Insurance Series, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (7)

(e.2)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Federated Securities Corp., Federated Insurance Series, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (7)

(f.1)  Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)

(f.2)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)

(f.3)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)
 
 
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(f.4)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (7)
 
(g.1)  Participation Agreement between Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (7)

(g.2)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (8)

(h.1)  Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, JPMorgan Insurance Trust, JPMorgan Investment Advisors Inc., J. P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., and JPMorgan Funds Management, Inc. (6)

(h.2)  Supplemental Payment Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, JPMorgan Investment Advisors Inc., and J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (6)

(i.1)  Participation Agreement between MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. (6)

(i.2)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. (6)

(i.3)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. (6)

(i.4)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. (6)

(i.5)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. (6)

(i.6)  Rule 22c-2 Agreement between MFS Fund Distributors, Inc.("MFD") and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated September 19, 2006. (4)

(i.7)  Indemnification Agreement between Massachusetts Financial Services Company and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)

(j.1)  Participation Agreement between Seligman Portfolios, Inc., Seligman Advisors, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)

(j.2)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Seligman Portfolios, Inc., Seligman Advisors, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)

(j.3)  Amendment to Participation Agreement between Seligman Portfolios, Inc., Seligman Advisors, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)

(j.4)  Rule 22c-2 Agreement between Seligman Group of Funds and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated April 3, 2007. (4)

(j.5)  Shareholder Servicing Agreement between Seligman Advisors, Inc. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)

(j.6)  Assignment and Assumption Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company (“Kansas City Life”), Seligman Portfolios, Inc., Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (formerly named RiverSource Investments, LLC, and successor to Seligman Advisors, Inc.) (“Columbia”), and Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust. (8)

 
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(j.7)  Assignment and Assumption Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company (“Kansas City Life”), Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (formerly named RiverSource Investments, LLC, and successor to Seligman Advisors, Inc.) (“Columbia”), Seligman Portfolios, Inc. and RiverSource Variable Series Trust. (8)

(9)  
Opinion and Consent of Counsel.  (9)

(10)  
(a)  Consent of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP.  (9)

(b)  Consent of KPMG LLP.  (9)

(11)  
Not Applicable.

(12)  
Not Applicable.

----------------

(1)  Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 1995 (File No. 33-89984).

(2)  Incorporated herein by reference to the Form S-6 Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2000 (File No. 333-49000).

(3)  Incorporated herein by reference to the Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-52290) for Kansas City Life Variable Separate Account filed on December 20, 2000.

(4)  Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2007 (File No. 033-95354).

(5)  Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 (File No. 33-89984) filed on May 22, 2007.

(6)  Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2009 (File No. 333-150926).

(7)  Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2010 (File No. 333-165116).

(8)  Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2011 (File No. 033-89984).

(9)  Filed herewith.

 
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Item 25.  Directors and Officers of the Depositor

Name and Principal Business Address*
Position and Offices with Depositor
Kevin G. Barth
Director
R. Philip Bixby
President, CEO, Chairman of the Board and Director
Walter E. Bixby
Vice Chairman of the Board and Director
Nancy Bixby Hudson
Director
William R. Blessing
Director
Michael Braude
Director
James T. Carr
Director
John C. Cozad
Director
Charles R. Duffy, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Operations
Richard L. Finn
Director
Tracy W. Knapp
Senior Vice President, Finance, CFO and Director
Donald E. Krebs
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
David A. Laird
Vice President and Controller
A. Craig Mason Jr.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Cecil R. Miller
Director
Robert J. Milroy
Vice President, Underwriting and New Business
Mark A. Milton
Senior Vice President, Actuary and Director
Robert W. Nagel
Assistant Vice President, Governmental Affairs and Treasurer
Bradford T. Nordholm
Director
William A. Schalekamp
Director

* The principal business address of all the persons listed above is 3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565.

Item 26.  Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant

Name
Jurisdiction
Percent of Voting Securities Owned
Sunset Life Insurance Company of America
Washington
Ownership of all voting securities by depositor
Sunset Financial Services, Inc.
Washington
Ownership of all voting securities by Sunset Insurance Company of America
KCL Service Company
Missouri
Ownership of all voting securities by depositor
Old American Insurance Company
Missouri
Ownership of all voting securities by depositor
Kansas City Life Financial Group, Inc.
Missouri
Ownership of all voting securities by depositor

Item 27.  Number of Contract Owners

793 Owners as of April 20, 2011.

Item 28.  Indemnification

The By-Laws of Kansas City Life Insurance Company provide, in part, in Article XII:

1.  The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the Company, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Director, Officer or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer or employee of another company, partner ship, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
 
 
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conviction or upon a plea of nolo contend ere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

2.  The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of the company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director, officer or employee of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the company unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability and in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

3.  To the extent that a Director, Officer or employee of the Company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding.

4.  Any indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, Officer or employee is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Article. The determination shall be made by the Board of Directors of the Company by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, or, if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if
obtainable a quorum of disinterested Directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or by the Stockholders of the Company.

5.  Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case up on receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Director, Officer or employee to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in this Article.

6.  The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or any agreement, vote of Stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

7.  The Company shall have the power to give any further indemnity, in addition to the indemnity authorized or contemplated under this Article, including subsection 6, to any person who is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Company, or to any person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, provided such further indemnity is either (i) authorized, directed, or provided for in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company or any duly adopted amendment thereof or (ii) is authorized, directed, or provided for in any bylaw or agreement of the Company which has been adopted by a vote of the Stockholders of the Company, and provided further that no such indemnity shall indemnify any person from or on account of such person's conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest, or willful misconduct . Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to limit the power of the Company under subsection 6 of this Bylaw to enact Bylaws or to enter into agreement without Stockholder adoption of the same.

8.  The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article.

 
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9.  For the purpose of this Article, references to "the Company" include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation so that any person who is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would if he or she had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

10.  For purposes of this Article, the term "other enterprise" shall include employee benefit plans; the term "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and the term "serving at the request of the Company" shall include any service as a Director, Officer or employee of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such Director, Officer or employee with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonable believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Company" as referred to in this Article.

11.  Any Director, Officer or employee of the Company shall be indemnified under this Article for any act taken in good faith and upon reliance upon the books and records of the Company, upon financial statements or other reports prepared by the Officers of the Company, or on financial statements prepared by the Company's independent accountants, or on information or documents prepared or provided by legal counsel to the Company.

12.  To the extent that the indemnification of Officers, Directors or employees as permitted under Section 351.355 (as amended or superseded) of The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, as in effect from time to time, provides for greater indemnification of those individuals than the provisions of this Article XII, then the Company shall indemnify its Directors, Officers, employees as provided in and to the full extent allowed by Section 351.355.

13.  The indemnification provided by this Article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director or Officer of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. All rights to
indemnification under this Article shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Company and the person who serves in such capacity at any time while these Bylaws and other relevant provisions of the applicable law, if any, are in effect. Any repeal or modification thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing.

14.  If this Article or any portion or provision hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each person entitled to indemnification pursuant too this Article to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article that shall not have been invalidated, or to the fullest extent provided by any other applicable law.

Missouri law authorizes Missouri corporations to provide indemnification to directors, officers and other persons.

Kansas City Life owns a directors and officers liability insurance policy covering liabilities that directors and officers of Kansas City Life and its subsidiaries and affiliates may incur in acting as directors and officers.

Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 
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Item 29.  Principal Underwriter

(a)  Sunset Financial Services, Inc. is the registrant's principal underwriter.

(b)  Officers and Directors of Sunset Financial:

Name and Principal Business Address*
Positions and Offices with Sunset Financial Services, Inc.
R. Philip Bixby
Chairman of the Board and Director
Walter E. Bixby
Director
Janice L. Brandt
Assistant Vice President
Susanna J. Denney
Vice President
Charles R. Duffy, Jr.
Director
Gary K. Hoffman
Assistant Secretary
Kim P. Kirkman
Assistant Vice President
Donald E. Krebs
Director
David A. Laird
Treasurer
A. Craig Mason Jr.
Secretary and Director
Dustin S. Meza
Assistant Vice President
Mark A. Milton
Director
Bruce G. Olberding
President and Director
Kristen Peil
Assistant Vice President
Kelly T. Ullom
Vice President

* The principal business address of all of the persons listed above is P.O. Box 219365, Kansas City, Missouri, 64121-9365.

(c)  Compensation from the Registrant. The following commissions and other compensation were received by each principal underwriter, directly or indirectly, from the Registrant during the Registrant's last fiscal year:

(1)
Name of Principal Underwriter
(2)
Net Underwriting Discounts and Commissions
(3)
Compensation on Redemption
(4)
Brokerage Commissions
(5)
Other Compensation
Sunset Financial Services, Inc.
$1,763,890.00
None
N/A
N/A

Item 30.  Location of Accounts and Records

All of the accounts, books, records or other documents required to be kept by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules thereunder, are maintained by Kansas City Life at 3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565.

Item 31.  Management Services

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

Item 32.  Undertakings and Representations

(a)  The registrant undertakes that it will file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement as frequently as is necessary to ensure that the audited financial statements in the registration statement are never more than 16 months old for as long as purchase payments under the policies offered herein are being accepted.

(b)  The registrant undertakes that it will include either (1) as part of any application to purchase a policy offered by the prospectus, a space that an applicant can check to request a Statement of Additional Information, or (2) a post card or similar written communication affixed to or included in the prospectus that the applicant can remove and send to Kansas City Life for a Statement of Additional Information.

 
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(c)  The registrant undertakes to deliver any Statement of Additional Information and any financial statements required to be made available under this Form N-4 promptly upon written or oral request to Kansas City Life at the address or phone number listed in the prospectus.

(d)  Kansas City Life represents that in connection with its offering of the policies as funding vehicles for retirement plans meeting the requirements of Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 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, and that paragraphs numbered (1) through (4) of that letter will be complied with.

(e)  Kansas City Life Insurance Company hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under the Contracts described in this post-effective amendment are, in the aggregate, reasonable in relationship to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Kansas City Life Insurance Company.
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account, certifies that it meets all of the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of this Registration Statement and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be hereunto affixed and attested, all in the City of Kansas City and the State of Missouri on the 25th day of April, 2011.
 
 
Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
 
(Registrant)
   
   
 
(SEAL)
By: /s/ R. Philip Bixby
R. Philip Bixby, President, CEO, Chairman of the Board and Director
   
   
 
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
 
(Depositor)
   
   
Attest: /s/ A. Craig Mason Jr.
A. Craig Mason Jr., Secretary
By: /s/ R. Philip Bixby
R. Philip Bixby, President, CEO, Chairman of the Board and Director
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated.
 
Signature
Title
Date
     
/s/ R. Philip Bixby
R. Philip Bixby
President, CEO, Chairman of the Board and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ Tracy W. Knapp
Tracy W. Knapp
Senior Vice President, Finance, CFO and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ David A. Laird
David A. Laird
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ Walter E. Bixby
Walter E. Bixby
Vice Chairman of the Board and Director
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ Kevin G. Barth
Kevin G. Barth
Director
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ Nancy Bixby Hudson
Nancy Bixby Hudson
Director
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ William R. Blessing
William R. Blessing
Director
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ Michael Braude
Michael Braude
Director
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ James T. Carr
James T. Carr
Director
April 25, 2011
     
 
 
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/s/ John C. Cozad
John C. Cozad
Director
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ Richard L. Finn
Richard L. Finn
Director
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ Cecil R. Miller
Cecil R. Miller
Director
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ Mark A. Milton
Mark A. Milton
Director
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ Bradford T. Nordholm
Bradford T. Nordholm
Director
April 25, 2011
     
/s/ William A. Schalekamp
William A. Schalekamp
Director
April 25, 2011
 
 
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