UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
October 10, 2008
TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| New York | 13-3917848 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
333-149714
(Commission File Number)
TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company
730 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3206
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code): (212) 490-9000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Craig K. Nordyke, who served on the Board of Directors of TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company (the “Registrant”) and as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Registrant’s Board of Directors, and who served as Vice President and Actuary for the life insurance product line for the Registrant, has resigned from his positions with the Registrant, as well as from all other positions with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”), the Registrant’s parent company, on October 15, 2008.
Kim Petry, who also served on the Board of Directors of the Registrant and as a member of the Audit Committee of the Registrant’s Board of Directors, has resigned from her positions with the Registrant, as well as from all other positions with TIAA, on October 10, 2008.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TIAA-CREF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | ||||||
| DATE: October 15, 2008 | By: | /s/ Linda S. Dougherty | ||||
| Linda S. Dougherty | ||||||
| Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
