TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company (“Depositor”)
TIAA-CREF Life Separate Account VLI-2 (“Registrant”)
TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services, LLC (“Principal Underwriter”)
8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd.
(MS SSC-C2-08)
Charlotte, NC 28262
Kenneth W. Reitz
Associate General Counsel & Director, Pension & Insurance Law
Office: 704-988-4455
Fax: 704-988-1615
E-mail: kreitz@tiaa-cref.org
October 26, 2012
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Debbie Skeens – Office of Insurance Products
| Re: | TIAA-CREF Life Separate Account VLI-2 (“Registrant”) |
| Intelligent Survivorship VUL – M Series Policy |
| Pre-Effective Amendment #1 to the REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM N-6 |
| File Nos. 333-183060 and 811-22659 |
| Request for Acceleration of the Effective Date |
Dear Commissioners:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, as Registrant and Principal Underwriter for the Intelligent Survivorship VUL – M Series policies (the “Policy”) of the Registrant, hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement filed on Form N-6/A to on or before November 1, 2012, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable.
The registration statement was filed with the Commission on October 25, 2012, the acceleration request letter was noted in the cover letter for the filing but was inadvertently not included in the submission. TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company would very much appreciate any assistance the Commission’s Staff could provide in meeting such request.
Respectfully Submitted,
TIAA-CREF LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT VLI-2 (Registrant)
By: TIAA-CREF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (“TC Life”)
/s/ David M. Anderson
President and Chief Executive Officer of TC Life
TIAA-CREF INDIVIDUAL and INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES, LLC (“TCIIS”)
/s/ Kathie Andrade
Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of TCIIS
