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Index Credit– The amount credited to each Premium | Proof of Death– The documentation we deem necessary to |
allocation and Reallocation to an Indexed Segment, which | establish death including, but not limited to: (1) a certified |
amount is based on the performance of the applicable Index | copy of a death certificate; (2) a certified copy of a statement |
Change as measured over the Segment Term subject to the | of death from the attending physician; (3) a finding of a court |
Buffer and Cap Rate. An Index Credit can be positive or | of competent jurisdiction as to the cause of death; or (4) any |
negative, and if negative the Contract Owner could lose | other proof we deem in our discretion to be satisfactory to us. |
money on the investment. See page 18. | Qualifying Medical Professional –A legally licensed |
Indexed Segment –an investment option for which the | practitioner of the healing arts who: (1) is acting within the |
performance is determined based upon a specific Index, | scope of his or her license; (2) is not a resident of your |
Segment Term, Buffer, and Cap Rate. See page 18. | household or that of the Annuitant; and (3) is not related to |
Index Number– The value of the Index. It excludes any | you or the Annuitant by blood or marriage See page 11. |
dividends that may be paid by the firms that comprise the | Reallocation– Allocations of the value of a Sub-account, |
Index. See page 19. | Interim Segment or Indexed Segment (at the end of a |
Initial Premium– The payment made by you to us to put the | Segment Term) among available Indexed Segments or Sub- |
Contract into effect. See page 14. | accounts. See page 16. |
Insurable Interest– A lawful and substantial economic | Right To Examine Period– The period of time during which |
interest in the continued life of a person. An Insurable | you have the right to return the Contract for any reason, or no |
Interest does not exist if the Owner’s sole economic interest | reason at all, and receive the payment as described in the |
in the Annuitant arises as a result of the Annuitant’s death. | Right To Examine and Return The Contract provision |
Interim Segment– A fixed account that is used as a “holding” | appearing on the first page of the Contract. See page 33. |
account for administrative purposes. See page 25. | Segment End Date –The date on which the Segment Term |
Irrevocable Beneficiary– A Beneficiary whose rights and | ends. Segment End Dates are the 24thof each month. |
interests under the Contract cannot be changed without his, | Segment Participation Requirements –The requirements that |
her or its consent. See page 14. | must be met before Premium may be allocated or |
Joint Owner– An individual who, along with another | Reallocations may be made to an Indexed Segment. See page |
individual Owner, is entitled to exercise the rights incident to | 16. |
ownership. Both Joint Owners must agree to any change or | Segment Start Date –The date on which the Segment Term |
the exercise of any rights under the Contract. The Joint | begins. Segments Start Dates are the 25thday of each month. |
Owner may not be an entity and maynotbe named if the | Segment Term –The period beginning on the Segment Start |
Owner is an entity. The Joint Owner, if any, on the Contract | Date and ending on the Segment End Date. |
Date is shown on the first page of the Contract. See page 13. | Separate Account –Separate Account B. Separate Account B |
Maturity Date– The Contract Anniversary following the | is a segregated asset account that supports variable annuity |
oldest Annuitant’s attainment of age 95 on which the | contracts. Separate Account B is registered as a unit |
Proceeds are used to determine the amount paid under the | investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
Annuity Plan chosen. See page 30. | and it also meets the definition of “separate account” under |
Notice to Us– Notice made in a form that: (1) is approved by, | the federal securities laws. See page 8. |
or is acceptable to, us; (2) has the information and any | Sub-account –A division of Separate Account B that is an |
documentation we determine in our discretion to be | investment option under the Contract and invests in an |
necessary to take the action requested or exercise the right | underlying Fund. See page 8. |
specified; and (3) is received by us at Customer Service at the | Surrender– A transaction in which the entire Cash Surrender |
address specified on the first page of the Contract. Under | Value is taken from the Contract. See page 26. |
certain circumstances, we may permit you to provide Notice | Surrender Charge– A charge applied to certain Withdrawals |
to Us by telephone or electronically. | or a Surrender that will reduce the amount paid to you. See |
Notice to You– Written notification mailed to your last known | page 11. |
address. A different means of notification may also be used | Terminal Condition– An illness or injury that results in a life |
if you and we mutually agree. When action is required by | expectancy of twelve months or less, as measured from the |
you, the time frame and manner for response will be | date of diagnosis by a Qualifying Medical Professional. |
specified in the notice. | Valuation Period– The time from the close of regular trading |
Owner –The individual (or entity) that is entitled to exercise | on the New York Stock Exchange on one Business Day to |
the rights incident to ownership. The terms “you” or “your,” | the close of regular trading on the next succeeding Business |
when used in the Contract, refer to the Owner. The Owner | Day. |
on the Contract Date is shown on the first page of the | “We”, “our”, or “us”– When used in the Contract and this |
Contract. See page 13. | prospectus, means Voya Insurance and Annuity Company, a |
Premium– Collectively the Initial Premium and any | stock company domiciled in Iowa. |
Additional Premium. See page 14. | Withdrawal– A transaction in which only a portion of the |
Premium Receipt Date– The date a Premium is received by | Cash Surrender Value is taken from the Contract. |
us. | |