Exhibit 99.(4)(A)
TIAA-CREF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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SINGLE PREMIUM ONE-LIFE IMMEDIATE ANNUITY
Issue Date
Contract Number Mo. Day Yr.
[Y-000000-1] [05 01 2001]
Annuitant: [▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇]
Owner: [▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇]
This is a contract between you, the owner, and TIAA-CREF Life Insurance
Company ("TIAA-CREF Life," "we," "us"). This page refers briefly to some of the
features of this contract. The next pages set forth in detail the rights and
obligations of both TIAA-CREF Life and you under the contract.
PLEASE READ YOUR CONTRACT. IT IS IMPORTANT.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
TIAA-CREF Life will provide annuity payments under this contract to you,
the owner, for the life of the annuitant, who may be you or another person.
Annuity payments from the fixed account are guaranteed. ANNUITY PAYMENTS FROM
THE INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED; THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF EACH PAYMENT
MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT RESULTS OF THE FUNDS
UNDERLYING THE INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS.
The guaranteed period you have chosen, if any, is shown on page 3. If the
annuitant dies before the end of this guaranteed period, annuity payments will
continue until the end of the period. If your contract doesn't have a guaranteed
period, no further payments will be made to anyone after the death of the
annuitant.
If you die while payments remain due under this contract, your beneficiary
will become the owner and will receive all future payments.
30 DAY RIGHT TO EXAMINE YOUR CONTRACT. You have 30 days from the day you receive
this contract to examine it and cancel it. To cancel this contract, send it and
your request to cancel to TIAA-CREF Life at the address above. We will refund
the current value under your contract as of the date you mailed your request.
Any premium taxes and expense charges deducted from the premium also will be
refunded. The contract will be void as of the issue date and no benefits will be
provided under it.
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
President
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CONTRACT OR NEED HELP TO RESOLVE A PROBLEM,
YOU CAN CONTACT US AT THE ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER ABOVE.
NONQUALIFIED SINGLE PREMIUM ONE-LIFE IMMEDIATE ANNUITY
FIXED AND VARIABLE ANNUITY PAYMENTS
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INDEX OF PROVISIONS
SECTION
Actuarial Present Value.......................................................38
Allocation of Premium.........................................................22
Annuitant......................................................................1
Annuity Payments..............................................................23
Amount of.........................................................24
Definition.........................................................2
Annuity Units..................................................................3
Number of.........................................................29
Values............................................................25
Applied Premium...........................................................Page 3
Definition........................................................21
Assignment - Not Allowed......................................................46
Beneficiary....................................................................4
Benefits Based on Incorrect Age...............................................54
Business Day...................................................................5
Claims of Creditors - Protection Against......................................48
Commuted Value.................................................................6
Consideration.............................................................Page 3
Contract......................................................................20
Correspondence With Us........................................................57
Current Value..................................................................7
Distribution Requirements upon the
Death of the Owner................................................50
Elections and Changes - Procedure for.........................................49
First Periodic Payment Date....................................................8
Fixed Account..................................................................9
Fund..........................................................................10
Change or Substitution............................................45
General Account...............................................................11
Gross Investment Factor.......................................................27
Guaranteed Period.............................................................12
Income Change Method..........................................................30
Addition or Deletion..............................................44
Definition........................................................13
Change in Number of Annuity Units after
Switch.........................................................41
Effective Date of Switch..........................................40
No Change in Income Choices.......................................33
Switching Between.................................................39
Incontestability..............................................................42
Investment Account............................................................14
Addition or Deletion..............................................44
Equity-Based..................................................Page 4
Investment Company Act of 1940................................................52
Issue Date....................................................................15
Laws and Regulations - Compliance with........................................56
Loans - Not Available.........................................................47
Net Investment Factor.........................................................26
Owner.........................................................................16
Payment to an Estate, Guardian,
Trustee, etc......................................................51
Proof of Survival.............................................................55
Separate Account..............................................................17
Charge............................................................28
Insulation........................................................43
Service of Process
Upon TIAA-CREF Life...............................................53
Transfers of Annuity Payments
Change in Number of Annuity Units after
Transfer.......................................................36
Change in Fixed Account Payments after
Transfer.......................................................37
Date of Change in Payments........................................35
Effective Date....................................................34
No Change in Income Choices.......................................33
Transfers from Fixed Account......................................32
Installment Transfer............................................32
Lump Sum Transfer...............................................32
Transfers from Investment Accounts................................31
Unit-Annuity..................................................................18
Addition or Deletion..............................................44
Valuation Day.................................................................19
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PART A: OWNER AND ANNUITANT DATA
[The guaranteed period (if any) begins on the issue date. When there is no
guaranteed period, the word NONE will appear next to the guaranteed period
below.]
Issue Date: [05 01 2001]
First Periodic Payment Date: [06 01 2001]
Guaranteed Period: [10 Years equaling 120 Monthly Payments]
Frequency of Payment: [Monthly]
NAME DATE OF BIRTH SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
ANNUITANT: [▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ 12 20 1952 ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇▇]
OWNER: [▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ 11 15 1950 ###-##-####]
CONSIDERATION. TIAA-CREF Life has issued this contract in exchange for a single
premium in the amount of [$100,000]. The attached application shows the dollar
amount of premium you have allocated among the fixed account and/or the
investment accounts. The amount of the premium applied to this contract will be
the premium received minus a deduction for premium taxes, if any. This will be
known as the APPLIED PREMIUM. Such premium application is reflected in the
Guaranteed Annuity Payment from the Fixed Account and in the Number of Units
Payable from the investment accounts shown below. We have accepted the
consideration for your contract at our home office in New York, NY.
FIXED ACCOUNT ANNUITY PAYMENT
Guaranteed Annuity Payment from the Fixed Account: [$100]
INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS ANNUITY PAYMENT
NUMBER OF UNITS PAYABLE NUMBER OF UNITS PAYABLE
TIAA-CREF LIFE UNDER THE ANNUAL UNDER THE MONTHLY
INVESTMENT ACCOUNT INCOME CHANGE METHOD INCOME CHANGE METHOD
------------------ -------------------- --------------------
[Stock Index [050.000 [050.000
Growth Equity 100.000 100.000
Growth & Income 200.000 200.000
International Equity 300.000 300.000
Social Choice Equity 400.000 400.000
Large-Cap Value Account 500.000 500.000
Small-Cap Equity Account 600.000 600.000
Real Estate Securities Account] 700.000] 700.000]
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The following investment accounts are available as of the date of issue:
[ STOCK INDEX ACCOUNT: This account holds shares in the Stock Index
Fund of the TIAA-CREF Life Funds. The Fund seeks a favorable
long-term rate of return from a diversified portfolio selected to
track the overall market for common stocks publicly traded in the
U.S., as represented by a broad stock market index.
GROWTH EQUITY ACCOUNT: This account holds shares in the Growth
Equity Fund of the TIAA-CREF Life Funds. The Fund seeks a favorable
long-term return, mainly through capital appreciation, primarily
from equity securities that present the opportunity for growth.
GROWTH & INCOME ACCOUNT: This account holds shares in the Growth &
Income Fund of the TIAA-CREF Life Funds. The Fund seeks a favorable
long-term return through capital appreciation and investment income
primarily from income-producing equity securities .
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ACCOUNT: This account holds shares in the
International Equity Fund of the TIAA-CREF Life Funds. The Fund
seeks favorable long-term returns, mainly through capital
appreciation primarily from equity securities of foreign issuers.
SOCIAL CHOICE EQUITY ACCOUNT: This account holds shares in the
Social Choice Equity Fund of the TIAA-CREF Life Funds. The Fund
seeks a favorable long-term rate of return that tracks the
investment performance of the U.S. stock market while giving special
consideration to certain social criteria.
LARGE-CAP VALUE ACCOUNT: This account holds shares in the Large-Cap
Value Fund of the TIAA-CREF Life Funds. The Fund seeks a favorable
long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation,
primarily from equity securities of large domestic companies that
appear undervalued by the market, based on our evaluation of their
potential worth.
SMALL-CAP EQUITY ACCOUNT: This account holds shares in the Small-Cap
Equity Fund of the TIAA-CREF Life Funds. The Fund seeks a favorable
long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation,
primarily from equity securities of smaller domestic companies.
REAL ESTATE SECURITIES ACCOUNT: This account holds shares in the
Real Estate Securities Fund of the TIAA-CREF Life Funds. The Fund
seeks a favorable long-term total return through both capital
appreciation and current income, by investing in equity and
fixed-income securities of companies principally engaged in or
related to the real estate industry. ]
For the purposes of section 32 the following investment accounts are
EQUITY-BASED:
[ Stock Index Account
Growth Equity Account
Growth & Income Account
International Equity Account
Social Choice Equity Account
Large-Cap Value Account
Small-Cap Equity Account
Real Estate Securities Account. ]
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PART B: TERMS USED IN THIS CONTRACT
1. The ANNUITANT is the natural person during whose life the annuity payments
are made. The annuitant is named on page 3 of this contract, and may not be
changed.
2. ANNUITY PAYMENTS are the periodic amounts payable under this contract. They
are based on the amount of applied premium allocated to the fixed account and to
the investment accounts.
3. ANNUITY UNITS. The annuity unit for an investment account is the basic unit
used in determining payment amounts for a unit-annuity. There is a separate and
distinct unit value for each combination of income change method and investment
account. The values of annuity units change from time to time to reflect the
investment experience of the investment accounts. The actual mortality and
expense experience of the investment accounts will not reduce the amount payable
per annuity unit.
4. BENEFICIARY. Beneficiaries are persons you name, in a form satisfactory to
us, to become owners of this contract after your death. They will have the same
rights that you had under this contract while you were alive.
You can name two "classes" of beneficiaries, primary and contingent, which
set the order of ownership. At your death, your "beneficiaries" are the
surviving primary beneficiaries you named. If no primary beneficiary survives,
your "beneficiaries" are the surviving contingent beneficiaries you named.
If a class contains more than one person, ownership of this contract will
go in equal shares to the then living persons in the class, unless you've
explicitly provided otherwise. For example, if you name your spouse as primary
beneficiary and "my children" as contingent beneficiaries, your spouse would
become owner if he or she survived you. But if your spouse does not survive you,
your surviving children would become owners of the contract in equal shares.
The beneficiaries you designated as of your annuity contract's issue date
appear in the application attached to this contract. Unless you've made your
beneficiary designation irrevocable, you can change, add, or delete
beneficiaries as explained in section 49.
5. A BUSINESS DAY is any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading. A business day ends at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, or when trading closes
on the New York Stock Exchange, if earlier.
6. The COMMUTED VALUE of an annuity is an amount paid in a lump sum instead of
in a series of payments. It's less than the total of the future payments,
because the future interest we've assumed in computing the series of payments
won't be earned if payment is made in one sum.
If the annuitant dies before the end of a guaranteed period, the commuted
value of the annuity payments due under this contract for the remainder of the
guaranteed period is available as an option to you, or your beneficiaries after
your death. No commuted value is available during the lifetime of the annuitant,
or if the annuitant dies after the end of the guaranteed period. If your
contract doesn't have a guaranteed period, no commuted value will be available.
The effective date of the calculation of the commuted value is the
business day on which we receive the request for a commuted value, in a form
acceptable to us.
The commuted value of an annuity payable from the fixed account is the sum
of the payments less the interest that would have been earned from the effective
date of the commuted value to the date each payment would have been made. The
interest rate used is the same as that used to determine the guaranteed amount
of the annuity payments.
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The commuted value of a unit-annuity is the present value of the
unit-annuity payments, based on interest at the effective annual rate of 4%. The
dollar values used for the unit-annuity payments in the calculation are those
that would be paid if periodic payments were to continue and the annuity unit
value, under each income change method, on each future payment valuation date
were to equal the annuity unit value as of the effective date of the
calculation.
7. The CURRENT VALUE under your contract is the value to be refunded in the
event that you elect to cancel the contract in accordance with the Right to
Examine Your Contract provision on page 1. The current value is the present
value of the future annuity payments based on:
A) the age of the annuitant, if alive;
B) the remaining guaranteed period, if any;
C) the frequency of payment; and
D) the mortality tables used to determine the initial amount of annuity
payments.
The dollar amounts and interest used in the calculation will be as follows:
A) for payments payable from the fixed account, the amount of the
guaranteed annuity payment shown on page 3 and the interest rate
used to determine that amount.
B) for payments payable from any investment account, the amount
scheduled to be paid for any payment that has already been valued on
a prior payment valuation date and, thereafter, the number of
annuity units payable multiplied by the annuity unit value for the
appropriate income change method as of the calculation date, and
interest at the effective annual rate of 4%.
For the purposes of this calculation, future payments will not include any
periodic payment already paid or in the process of being paid.
8. The FIRST PERIODIC PAYMENT DATE is the date of the first annuity payment that
you will receive. The date of the first payment as well as the frequency of
payments are shown on page 3.
9. FIXED ACCOUNT. All premium and transfers credited to the fixed account become
part of TIAA-CREF Life's general account.
10. A FUND is a mutual fund or a separate series of a mutual fund registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management
investment company. Each fund consists of a portfolio of assets managed with a
specific investment objective.
11. The GENERAL ACCOUNT consists of all of TIAA-CREF Life's assets other than
those in separate accounts.
12. The GUARANTEED PERIOD is the period of time for which annuity payments under
your contract will continue regardless of whether the annuitant is alive. The
guaranteed period you've chosen, if any, and the corresponding number of
guaranteed payments are shown on page 3. The number of guaranteed payments
begins with the first periodic payment.
13. The INCOME CHANGE METHOD determines how frequently unit-annuity payments are
revalued. The income change methods are described in section 30.
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14. An INVESTMENT ACCOUNT is a subaccount of the separate account that holds
shares of a fund or funds which are managed with a specified investment
objective. The investment accounts available as of the date of issue are listed
on page 4. We may add, combine, or delete investment accounts as described in
section 44. If we add any investment accounts, we will specify whether or not
they are equity-based for the purposes of section 32.
15. The ISSUE DATE is the date as of which this contract is effective. It is
shown on page 3.
16. You are the OWNER. During your lifetime, you may, to the extent permitted by
law, exercise every right given by this contract without the consent of any
other person. The owner may or may not be the annuitant.
17. SEPARATE ACCOUNT. All premiums and transfers credited to an investment
account are part of the separate account. The separate account is designated as
"TIAA-CREF Life VA-1" and was established by us in accordance with New York law
to provide benefits from this contract and other similar contracts. The assets
and liabilities of separate account TIAA-CREF Life VA-1 are segregated from the
assets and liabilities of the general account and from the assets and
liabilities of any other TIAA-CREF Life separate account.
18. UNIT-ANNUITY. The investment accounts provide income through a unit-annuity,
which is a series of payments based on a specified number of annuity units
payable at a stated frequency. The amount of each payment is equal to the then-
current value of one annuity unit multiplied by the number of annuity units
payable. The value of each annuity unit will change either once each year or
once each month according to the income change method you select for that
annuity unit. We can delete or stop offering unit-annuities payable from any
investment account as described in section 44.
19. A VALUATION DAY is any business day, as well as the last calendar day of
each month.
PART C: CONTRACT AND PREMIUM
20. THE CONTRACT. This document and the attached application are the entire
contract between you and TIAA-CREF Life. We have issued it in return for your
completed application and the single premium. Any endorsement to or amendment of
this contract or waiver of any of its provisions will be valid only if in
writing and signed by an executive officer or a registrar of TIAA-CREF Life. All
benefits are payable at our home office in New York, NY.
21. APPLIED PREMIUM. The applied premium for this contract is the single premium
received less a deduction for state and local government premium taxes, if any.
22. ALLOCATION OF PREMIUM. Your applied premium is allocated among the fixed
account and the available investment accounts according to the instructions we
have received from you in the application for this contract.
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PART D: ANNUITY PAYMENTS AND PAYMENT VALUES
23. ANNUITY PAYMENTS. Annuity payments will begin as of the first periodic
payment date shown on page 3, if both you and the annuitant are then alive. The
frequency of payment is also shown on page 3.
The guaranteed period you've chosen, if any, appears on page 3.
The final annuity payment under this contract will be the last one due on
or before the annuitant's death, unless the annuitant dies before the end of the
guaranteed period. In that case, annuity payments will continue, and the final
payment will be made on the date of the last payment due within the guaranteed
period. Annuity payments will stop if you (or your beneficiary after your death)
take the commuted value of the remaining annuity payments in one sum, as
described in section 6.
Annuity payments will be paid to you, the owner. If you die while any
payments remain due, the beneficiary will become the owner. The beneficiary, as
the new owner, will receive annuity payments and may name or change
beneficiaries as described in section 49.
If no beneficiary survives you, the annuitant, if then alive, will become
the owner. If there is no surviving beneficiary and the annuitant has died
before the end of a guaranteed period, the commuted value of any payments
remaining due will be paid in one sum to your estate.
24. AMOUNT OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS. Annuity payments from the fixed account are
guaranteed. The guaranteed annuity payment from the fixed account as of the
first periodic payment date is shown on page 3.
The annuity payments from the investment accounts are variable and may
increase or decrease depending on the investment results of the underlying
funds.
Annuity payments from both the fixed account and the investment accounts
may increase or decrease in accordance with any transfers made to or from those
accounts as described in Part E. Additional amounts may also be paid with any
annuity payments from the fixed account to you or your beneficiary. We do not
guarantee that there will be additional amounts.
25. ANNUITY UNIT VALUES. Separate annuity unit values are maintained for annuity
units payable from each investment account under each income change method. The
values are calculated as of each valuation day.
Annuity unit values for an income change method are determined by
multiplying each account's annuity unit value at the end of the previous
valuation day by that account's net investment factor for the valuation period,
and dividing the result by the value of $1.00 accumulated with interest over the
valuation period at an effective annual rate of 4%. The resulting value is then
adjusted to reflect that annuity income amounts are redetermined only on the
payment valuation date for that income change method. The purpose of the
adjustment is to equitably apportion assets of each account among those who
receive annuity income for the entire period between two payment valuation dates
for an income change method, and those who start or stop receiving annuity
income under that income change method between the two dates.
26. An investment account's NET INVESTMENT FACTOR equals its gross investment
factor minus the separate account charge incurred since the previous valuation
day.
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27. An investment account's GROSS INVESTMENT FACTOR equals A divided by B, as
follows:
A equals i. the net asset value of the shares in the fund(s) held by
the account as of the end of the valuation day,
excluding the net effect of contract holders'
transactions (i.e., premiums received, benefits paid,
and transfers to and from the account) made during that
day; plus
ii. investment income and capital gains distributed to the
account; less
iii. any amount paid and/or reserved for tax liability
resulting from the operation of the account since the
previous valuation day.
B equals the value of the shares in the fund(s) held
by the account as of the end of the prior valuation day,
including the net effect of contract holders'
transactions made during the prior valuation day.
28. SEPARATE ACCOUNT CHARGE. A separate account charge is assessed for mortality
and expense risk and administration. The separate account charge is guaranteed
not to exceed an effective annual rate of 1.2% of an investment account's
average net assets. We may choose to waive a portion of the separate account
charge.
29. NUMBER OF ANNUITY UNITS. The number of annuity units payable under each
income change method from each investment account are shown on page 3. The
number of annuity units payable will be modified by any transfers or switches
you make.
30. INCOME CHANGE METHODS. Unit-annuity payments are determined under one of two
income change methods. Under the annual income change method, the amount of each
unit-annuity payment is revalued each year. Currently, the payment changes on
[May 1], using the annuity unit value as of the payment valuation date for the
annual income change method, which is the prior [March 31]. We reserve the right
to modify the date the payment changes and the associated payment valuation
date.
Under the monthly income change method, the amount of each unit-annuity
payment is revalued each month. The payment amount is determined using the
annuity unit value as of the payment valuation date for the monthly income
change method in the prior month. Currently, the payment valuation date for the
monthly income change method is the [twentieth] day of a month (or if the
[twentieth] is not a business day, the prior business day) for unit-annuity
payments due on the first day of the following month. We reserve the right to
modify the payment valuation date for the monthly income change method.
We can delete or stop offering either the annual or the monthly income
change method in any investment account, as described in section 44.
PART E: TRANSFERS OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS AND SWITCHES
BETWEEN INCOME CHANGE METHODS
31. TRANSFERS FROM THE INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS. You may exchange some or all of your
annuity units payable from one investment account for annuity units payable from
another investment account then offering unit-annuities under the same income
change method or to the fixed account for future income. Transfers from each
income change method within each investment account cannot be made more
frequently than once per calendar quarter, and must consist of a periodic
payment of at least $100 or the entire payment.
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32. TRANSFERS FROM THE FIXED ACCOUNT. You may transfer the actuarial present
value of some or all of your future guaranteed annuity payments in the fixed
account to obtain variable annuity payments from any investment account that is
equity-based as listed on page 4, under one of the two methods described below.
Transfers from the fixed account cannot be made more frequently than once per
calendar year, and must consist of a periodic payment of at least $100 or the
entire payment. Any annuity income that has been transferred as described in
this section may subsequently be transferred among any of the equity-based
investment accounts, but may not be transferred back to the fixed account, and
may not be transferred to any investment account that is not equity-based.
The two transfer methods are:
LUMP SUM TRANSFER. You may transfer, in a lump sum, any percentage between
1% and 20% of your future annuity payments, subject to the $100 minimum
periodic payment as described above.
INSTALLMENT TRANSFER. You may transfer all of your future annuity payments
over a period of five years. Each year the installment transfer will be
equal to a percentage of your future annuity payments as of the effective
date of that year's transfer. In the first year the percentage will be
20%; in the second year the percentage will be 25%; in the third year the
percentage will be 331/3%; in the fourth year the percentage will be 50%;
and in the fifth year the percentage will be 100%.
You may at any time cancel all transfers under this method that are
due after the business day we receive your request to cancel in a form
acceptable to us. If you die before an installment transfer is completed,
we will cancel any remaining transfers that are due after the date we
receive due proof of your death.
33. NO CHANGE IN INCOME CHOICES. The annuitant and remaining guaranteed period
of payments cannot change as a result of a transfer of annuity payments. For a
transfer between investment accounts, the income change method for unit-annuity
payments will not change as a result of a transfer.
34. EFFECTIVE DATE OF A TRANSFER OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS. You begin to participate
in an account to which you transfer as of the end of the effective date of the
transfer. The effective date of a transfer will be the end of the business day
in which we receive your request in a form acceptable to us. Transfers to the
fixed account will be applied to the fixed account at the beginning of the day
following the day the funds are withdrawn from an investment account.
You may defer the effective date until any valuation day following the day
on which the above requirements are met. You cannot revoke any transfer after
its effective date.
For transfers from the fixed account under the installment transfer
method, the effective date of transfers subsequent to the first will be the
anniversary of the first transfer, or on the following business day if the
anniversary is not a business day.
35. DATE OF CHANGE IN PAYMENTS AFTER A TRANSFER. Your annuity payments will
change when annuity units are revalued on the next appropriate payment valuation
date that is on or after the transfer's effective date.
Thus, if you transfer annuity units payable under the annual income change
method between two investment accounts, your unit-annuity payments will change
when your unit-annuity payment is revalued on the following payment valuation
date for the annual income change method (currently [March 31] for unit-annuity
payments due on and after the following [May 1]).
If you transfer annuity units payable under the monthly income change
method between two investment accounts, or if you transfer annuity units payable
under either income change method
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either from or to the fixed account, your payments will change following the
next payment valuation date for the monthly income change method (currently the
[twentieth] day of each month, or the prior business day if the [twentieth] is
not a business day).
36. CHANGE IN NUMBER OF ANNUITY UNITS PAYABLE AFTER A TRANSFER. The number of
annuity units payable under an income change method from an investment account
under your contract will be reduced by the number of annuity units you transfer
out of that income change method under that investment account. The number of
annuity units payable under an income change method from an investment account
under your contract will be increased by any transfers you make to that income
change method under that account.
If you transfer from one investment account to another investment account,
the number of additional annuity units payable under an income change method
will be obtained by multiplying the number of annuity units transferred out of
the originating account by the annuity unit value for that income change method
in the originating account, and dividing the result by the annuity unit value
for the same income change method in the account to which the units are being
transferred.
If you transfer from the fixed account to an investment account, the
number of annuity units payable under an income change method in the investment
account will be obtained by dividing the actuarial present value of the future
payments being transferred from the fixed account by the product of A and B as
follows:
A) the annuity unit value for that income change method under the
investment account to which the transfer is being made;
B) the present value of an annuity of $1.00 per payment period, payable
for as long as such annuity units are payable, beginning with the
first payment scheduled from the investment account, determined on
the basis of interest at the effective annual rate of 4% and the
mortality basis then in effect for such transfers.
All values will be calculated as of the effective date of the transfer.
37. CHANGE IN FIXED ACCOUNT PAYMENTS AFTER TRANSFER. If you transfer future
annuity payments into the fixed account, the resulting additional amount of
annuity payment from the fixed account will be determined as of the effective
date of the transfer based on:
A) the rates then in effect;
B) the age of the annuitant, if he or she is alive;
C) the remaining guaranteed period, if any; and
D) the frequency of payment.
If you transfer future annuity payments out of the fixed account, the
amount of the annuity payments from the fixed account will be reduced by the
benefits transferred.
38. The ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUE of future annuity payments as of any valuation
day is determined using:
A) the amount of the guaranteed annuity payments;
B) the interest rates and mortality tables that were used to determine
the amount of the guaranteed annuity payments;
C) the age of the annuitant, if he or she is alive;
D) the remaining guaranteed period, if any; and
E) the frequency of payment.
39. SWITCHING BETWEEN INCOME CHANGE METHODS. A switch between income change
methods is the exchange of annuity units payable under one income change method
from an investment
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account, for annuity units payable under the other income change method from the
same investment account. You may switch some or all of the annuity units payable
under this contract from one income change method to the other income change
method under the same investment account, if both income change methods are then
offered in that account.
40. EFFECTIVE DATE OF A SWITCH IN INCOME CHANGE METHODS. All switches between
income change methods will be effective on the payment valuation date for the
annual income change method, currently [March 31]. We must receive, in a form
acceptable to us, your request for a switch on or before the end of the payment
valuation date (or the last business day before the payment valuation date if it
isn't a business day) in order for the switch to be effective on that date. You
cannot revoke a switch after its effective date, but you can switch back to the
original method on a subsequent payment valuation date for the annual income
change method (currently [March 31]), unless prohibited as described in section
44.
You begin to participate in the experience of the investment account under
the income change method to which you switch annuity units as of the end of the
effective date of the switch. Your unit-annuity payments will change when they
are revalued on the next payment valuation date that is on or after the
effective date of the switch. Thus, if you switch on a [March 31] (the current
effective date for all switches), your [April 1] payment (if any) will not
change due to the switch. Your [May 1] payment (if any) will reflect the annuity
units payable under each income change method after the switch.
41. CHANGE IN NUMBER OF ANNUITY UNITS PAYABLE AFTER A SWITCH IN INCOME CHANGE
METHODS. The number of annuity units payable under an income change method from
an investment account under your contract will be reduced by the number of
annuity units you switch out of that income change method under that investment
account. The number of annuity units payable under an income change method from
an investment account under your contract will be increased by any switch you
make to that income change method under that investment account. The resulting
number of annuity units payable under the income change method to which annuity
units are switched will be obtained by multiplying the number of annuity units
to be switched by the annuity unit value for the original income change method,
and dividing the result by the annuity unit value for the income change method
to which the annuity units are being switched.
PART F: GENERAL PROVISIONS
42. INCONTESTABILITY. This contract will be incontestable from the date of
issue.
43. INSULATION OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT. TIAA-CREF Life owns the assets in separate
account TIAA-CREF Life VA-1. To the extent permitted by law, the assets of the
separate account will not be charged with liabilities arising out of any other
business TIAA-CREF Life may conduct. All income, gains and losses, whether or
not realized, of an investment account of the separate account will be credited
to or charged against only that investment account without regard to TIAA-CREF
Life's other income, gains or losses.
44. ADDITION OR DELETION OF AN INVESTMENT ACCOUNT, UNIT-ANNUITIES FROM AN
INVESTMENT ACCOUNT, OR INCOME CHANGE METHOD FOR UNIT-ANNUITIES FROM AN
INVESTMENT ACCOUNT. We may, as permitted by applicable law, add, combine, or
delete investment accounts within the separate
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account. If you have unit-annuities in an investment account that is deleted,
you must transfer them to any other available investment account or to the fixed
account.
We can add, delete or stop providing unit-annuities in any investment
account. We can also start or stop providing unit-annuities payable under either
the annual or monthly income change method from any current or future investment
account. If you have annuity units payable from an investment account that is
deleted or in which we stop providing unit-annuities, you must transfer them to
another investment account that maintains annuity units or to the fixed account.
If you have annuity units payable under an income change method from an
investment account and we stop providing that income change method, you must:
A) switch those annuity units to the other income change method in the
same investment account;
B) transfer them to another investment account then offering the same
income change method; or
C) transfer them to the fixed account.
If you do not tell us to transfer or switch your annuity units, we will
switch them to the other income change method in the same investment account.
Any changes as described in this section will be effected only after
obtaining regulatory approval.
45. CHANGE OR SUBSTITUTION OF FUNDS. We may, as permitted by applicable law,
change or substitute the fund(s) whose shares are held by the investment
account(s). Any such changes will be effected only after obtaining regulatory
approval.
46. NO ASSIGNMENT. Neither you nor any other person may assign or pledge
ownership of this contract or any benefits under its terms. Any such action will
be void and of no effect.
47. NO LOANS. This contract does not provide for loans.
48. PROTECTION AGAINST CLAIMS OF CREDITORS. The benefits and rights accruing to
you or any other person under this contract are exempt from the claims of
creditors or legal process to the fullest extent permitted by law.
49. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTIONS AND CHANGES. You have to make any choice or change
available under your contract in a form acceptable to us at our home office in
New York, NY. If you send us a notice changing your beneficiaries or other
persons named to receive payments, it will take effect as of the date it was
signed even if you then die before the notice actually reaches us. Any other
notice will take effect as of the date we receive it. If we take any action in
good faith before receiving the notice, we will not be subject to liability even
if our acts were contrary to what you told us in the notice.
50. DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS UPON THE DEATH OF THE OWNER. Notwithstanding any
other provision in your contract, all payments will be made in accordance with
the requirements of Section 72(s) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the
"Code"), as amended. If you die before the Annuity Starting Date, as defined in
the Code, all payments under the contract must be distributed within five years
of your death. However, if your beneficiary is a natural person and payments
begin within one year of your death, and within 60 days of the date we receive
due proof of death, the distribution may be made over the lifetime of your
beneficiary or over a period not to exceed your beneficiary's life expectancy,
as defined in the Code. If your spouse is the sole beneficiary entitled to
payments, he or she may choose to become the owner and continue the contract. If
you die on or after the
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Annuity Starting Date, the remaining interest in the contract must be
distributed at least as quickly as under the method of distribution being used
as of the date of your death. If the owner is not a natural person, the death of
the annuitant is treated as the death of the owner for these distribution
requirements.
51. PAYMENT TO AN ESTATE, GUARDIAN, TRUSTEE, ETC. TIAA-CREF Life won't be
responsible for the acts or neglects of any executor, trustee, guardian, or
other third party receiving payments under your contract. If you designate a
trustee of a trust as beneficiary, we are not obliged to ask about the terms of
the underlying trust or any will. If upon death of the owner, benefits become
payable to the designated trustee of a testamentary trust, but:
A) no qualified trustee makes claim for the benefits within nine months
after your death; or
B) evidence satisfactory to us is presented at any time within such
nine-month period that no trustee can qualify to receive the
benefits due,
payment will be made to the successor beneficiaries, if any are designated and
survive you; otherwise ownership and the right to receive payment will transfer
to the annuitant or to your estate in accordance with section 23.
If benefits become payable to an inter-vivos trustee, but the trust is not
in effect or there is no qualified trustee, payment will be made to the
successor beneficiaries, if any are designated and survive you; otherwise
ownership and the right to receive payment will transfer to the annuitant or to
your estate in accordance with section 23.
Payment to any trustee or estate as provided for above shall fully satisfy
TIAA-CREF Life's payment obligations under this contract to the extent of such
payment.
52. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940. The separate account is a unit-investment
trust which is a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act
of 1940. However, we may operate the separate account using any other form
permitted under the Act. Also, we may deregister the separate account under the
Act, subject to compliance with applicable law.
53. SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON TIAA-CREF LIFE. We will accept service of process in
any action or suit against us on this contract in any court of competent
jurisdiction in the United States or Puerto Rico provided such process is
properly made. We will also accept such process sent to us by registered mail if
the plaintiff is a resident of the state, district or territory in which the
action or suit is brought. This section does not waive any of our rights,
including the right to remove such action or suit to another court.
54. BENEFITS BASED ON INCORRECT AGE. If the amount of benefits is determined by
data as to a person's age that is incorrect, benefits will be recalculated on
the basis of the correct age. Any amounts underpaid by us on the basis of the
incorrect data will be paid at the time the correction is made. Any amounts
overpaid by us on the basis of the incorrect data will be charged against the
payments due after the correction is made. Any amounts so paid or charged will
include compound interest at the effective rate of 6% per year.
55. PROOF OF SURVIVAL. If the owner, annuitant or any beneficiary is required to
be alive on the date a benefit payment is due, TIAA-CREF Life reserves the right
to require satisfactory proof that such person or persons are alive. If we don't
receive such proof after we've requested it in writing, we can withhold payments
entirely until it has been provided. Any overpayment made because TIAA-CREF Life
has not been notified of a death must be returned to TIAA-CREF Life.
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56. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS. We will administer the contract to
comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to annuities and the
terms and conditions of the contract. You cannot elect any benefit or exercise
any right under your contract if the election of that benefit or exercise of
that right is prohibited under an applicable state or federal law or regulation.
We will withhold and forward to tax authorities any amounts required by law.
57. CORRESPONDENCE AND REQUESTS FOR BENEFITS. No notice, application, form, or
request for benefits will be deemed to be received by us unless it is received
at our home office in New York, NY. All benefits are payable at our home office
in New York, NY. Any questions about your contract or inquiries about our
services should be directed to us at our home office address: TIAA-CREF Life,
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