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Offered by
Nationwide Life Insurance Company
NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Nationwide VLI Separate Account - 3
Individual Single Premium Variable Life Insurance Contract
PROSPECTUS
May 1, 1995
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Home Office
P.O. Box 182150
One Nationwide Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43218-2150
(800) 243-6295, TDD 1-800-238-3035
MODIFIED SINGLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES*
ISSUED BY NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
THROUGH ITS NATIONWIDE VLI SEPARATE ACCOUNT-3
The Life Insurance Policies offered by this prospectus are variable life
insurance policies (collectively referred to as the "Policies"). The Policies
are designed to provide life insurance coverage on the Insured named in the
Policy. The Policies may also provide a Cash Surrender Value if the Policy is
terminated during the lifetime of the Insured. The Death Benefit and Cash
Value of the Policies may vary to reflect the experience of the Nationwide VLI
Separate Account-3 (the "Variable Account") or the Fixed Account to which Cash
Values are allocated.
The Policies described in this prospectus may meet the definition of "modified
endowment contracts" under Section 7702A of the Internal Revenue Code (the
"Code"). The Code provides for taxation of surrenders, partial surrenders,
loans, collateral assignments and other pre-death distributions from modified
endowment contracts in the same way annuities are taxed. Any distribution is
taxable to the extent the Cash Value of the Policy exceeds, at the time of the
distribution, the premiums paid into the Policy. The Code also provides for a
10% tax penalty on the taxable portion of such distributions. That penalty is
applicable unless the distribution is 1) paid after the Policy Owner is 59-1/2
or disabled; or 2) the distribution is part of an annuity to the Policy Owner
as defined in the Code (See "Tax Matters").
It may not be advantageous to replace existing insurance with Policies
described in this prospectus. It may also be disadvantageous to purchase a
policy to obtain additional insurance protection if the purchaser already owns
another variable life insurance policy. The policies may not be advantageous
for persons who may wish to make policy loans or withdrawals prior to attaining
age 59-1/2 (See "Tax Matters").
The Policy Owner may allocate premiums and Cash Value to one or more of the
sub-accounts of the Variable Account and the Fixed Account. The assets of each
sub-account will be used to purchase, at net asset value, shares of a
designated Mutual Fund in the following series of the underlying variable
account Mutual Fund options:
NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST: NEUBERGER & BERMAN ADVISERS
MANAGEMENT TRUST:
-Capital Appreciation Fund -Balanced Portfolio
-Money Market Fund
-Government Bond Fund TCI PORTFOLIOS, INC.:
-Total Return Fund -TCI Advantage
Nationwide Life Insurance Company ("the Company") guarantees that the Death
Benefit for a Policy will never be less than the Specified Amount stated on the
Policy data pages as long as the Policy is in force. There is no guaranteed
Cash Surrender Value. If the Cash Surrender Value is insufficient to cover the
charges under the Policy, the Policy will lapse.
This prospectus generally describes only that portion of the Cash Value
allocated to the Variable Account. For a brief summary of the Fixed Account
Option, see "The Fixed Account Option" section of this prospectus.
*The contract is titled a "Flexible Premium Life Variable Insurance Policy" in
Texas.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY
OF THE PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THIS PROSPECTUS SHOULD BE READ AND RETAINED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. A PROSPECTUS
FOR THE UNDERLYING MUTUAL FUND OPTION(S) BEING CONSIDERED MUST ACCOMPANY THIS
PROSPECTUS AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION HEREWITH.
The date of this Prospectus is May 1, 1995.
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
ATTAINED AGE- The Insured's age on the Policy Date, plus the number of full
years since the Policy Date.
ACCUMULATION UNIT- An accounting unit of measure used to calculate the Variable
Account Cash Value.
BENEFICIARY- The person to whom the proceeds due on the Insured's death are
paid.
CASH VALUE- The sum of the value of Policy assets in the Variable Account,
Fixed Account and any associated value in the Policy Loan Account.
CASH SURRENDER VALUE- The Policy's Cash Value, less any indebtedness under the
Policy, less any Surrender Charge.
CODE- The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
DEATH PROCEEDS- Amount of money payable to the Beneficiary if the Insured dies
while the Policy is in force.
FIXED ACCOUNT- An investment option which is funded by the General Account of
the Company.
GENERAL ACCOUNT- All assets of the Company other than those of the Variable
Account or in other separate accounts that have been or may be established by
the Company.
GUIDELINE SINGLE PREMIUM- The amount of single premium calculated in accordance
with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. It represents the single
premium required to mature the Policy under guaranteed mortality and expense
charges, and an interest rate of 6%.
INSURED- The person whose life is covered by the Policy, and who is named on
the Policy Data Page.
MATURITY DATE- The Policy Anniversary on or following the Insured's 95th
birthday.
MONTHLY ANNIVERSARY DAY- The same day as the Policy Date for each succeeding
month.
MUTUAL FUNDS- The underlying Mutual Funds which correspond to the sub-accounts
of the Variable Account.
POLICY ANNIVERSARY DATE- An anniversary of the Policy Date.
POLICY CHARGES- All deductions made from the value of the Variable Account, or
the Policy Cash Value.
POLICY DATE- The date the provisions of the Policy take effect, as shown on the
Policy Owner's Policy Data Page.
POLICY LOAN ACCOUNT- The Portion of the Cash Value which results from Policy
Loans.
POLICY OWNER- The person designated in the Policy application as the Owner. In
the State of New York, the variable life insurance policies offered by the
Company are offered as either "Certificates" for "Certificate Owners" under a
group contract or as individual Policies. The provisions of both these
Certificates and the Policies are essentially the same and references to the
provisions of Policies and rights of Policy Owners in the Prospectus include
Certificates and Certificate Owners.
POLICY YEAR- Each year commencing with the Policy Date and each Policy Date
anniversary thereafter.
SPECIFIED AMOUNT- A dollar amount used to determine the Death Benefit under a
Policy. It is shown on the Policy Data Page.
SURRENDER CHARGE- An amount deducted from the Cash Value if the Policy is
surrendered.
VALUATION DATE- Each day the New York Stock Exchange and the Company's home
office is open for business or any other day during which there is sufficient
degree of trading that the current net asset value of the Accumulation Units
might be materially affected.
VALUATION PERIOD- A period commencing with the close of business on the New
York Stock Exchange and ending at the close of business for the next succeeding
Valuation Date.
VARIABLE ACCOUNT-A separate investment account of the Nationwide Life Insurance
Company.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GLOSSARY OF TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SUMMARY OF THE POLICIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Variable Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Variable Account and its Sub-Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Fixed Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Deductions and Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Investments of the Variable Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Nationwide Separate Account Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Neuberger & Berman Advisers Management Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
TCI Portfolios, Inc., member of the Twentieth Century Family of Mutual Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Reinvestment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Dollar Cost Averaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Substitution of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Voting Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
INFORMATION ABOUT THE POLICIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Underwriting and Issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
-Minimum Requirements for Issuance of a Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
-Premium Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
-Allocation of Cash Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
-Short-Term Right to Cancel Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
POLICY CHARGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Deductions from Premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Deductions from Cash Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
-Charges on Surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
-Annual Administrative Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
-Cost of Insurance Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Deductions from the Sub-Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
-Mortality and Expense Risk Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
-Administrative Expense Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
-Premium Tax Recovery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
-Income Tax Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
HOW THE CASH VALUE VARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How the Investment Experience is Determined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Net Investment Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Valuation of Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Determining the Contract Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Valuation Periods and Valuation Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SURRENDERING THE POLICY FOR CASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Right to Surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cash Surrender Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Partial Surrenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Maturity Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Income Tax Withholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
POLICY LOANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Taking a Policy Loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Effect on Investment Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Effect on Death Benefit and Cash Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Repayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
HOW THE DEATH BENEFIT VARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
-Calculation of the Death Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
-Proceeds Payable on Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RIGHT TO EXCHANGE FOR A FIXED BENEFIT POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
CHANGE OF INVESTMENT POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
GRACE PERIOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
REINSTATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
THE FIXED ACCOUNT OPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
CHANGES IN EXISTING INSURANCE COVERAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changes in the Specified Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changes in the Death Benefit Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
OTHER POLICY PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Policy Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Incontestability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Error in Age or Sex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Nonparticipating Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CUSTODIAN OF ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
TAX MATTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Policy Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Taxation of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Other Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
THE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
COMPANY MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Directors of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Executive Officers of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
OTHER CONTRACTS ISSUED BY THE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
STATE REGULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
REPORTS TO POLICY OWNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ADVERTISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
EXPERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
REGISTRATION STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
LEGAL OPINIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
APPENDIX 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
APPENDIX 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
APPENDIX 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PERFORMANCE TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH OFFERING MAY NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE. NO PERSON IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN
THIS PROSPECTUS.
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THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POLICIES IS TO PROVIDE LIFE INSURANCE PROTECTION FOR
THE BENEFICIARY NAMED IN THE POLICY. NO CLAIM IS MADE THAT THE POLICIES ARE IN
ANY WAY SIMILAR OR COMPARABLE TO A SYSTEMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN OF A MUTUAL FUND.
SUMMARY OF THE POLICIES
VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
The variable life insurance Policies offered by Nationwide Life Insurance
Company (the "Company") are similar in many ways to fixed- benefit whole life
insurance. As with fixed-benefit whole life insurance, the Owner of the Policy
pays a premium for life insurance coverage on the person insured. Also like
fixed-benefit whole life insurance, the Policies may provide for a Cash
Surrender Value which is payable if the Policy is terminated during the
Insured's lifetime. (As with fixed-benefit whole life insurance, the Cash
Surrender Value during the early Policy years may be substantially lower than
the premiums paid.)
However, the Policies differ from fixed-benefit whole life insurance in several
respects. Unlike fixed-benefit whole life insurance, the Death Benefit and
Cash Value of the Policies may increase or decrease to reflect the investment
performance of the Variable Account sub-accounts or the Fixed Account to which
Cash Values are allocated (See "How the Death Benefit Varies"). There is no
guaranteed Cash Surrender Value (See "How the Cash Value Varies"). If the Cash
Surrender Value is insufficient to pay Policy Charges, the Policy will lapse.
THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT AND ITS SUB-ACCOUNTS
The Company places the Policy's Cash Value in the Nationwide VLI Separate
Account-3 (the "Variable Account") at the time the Policy is issued. The
Policy Owner chooses the sub-accounts of the Variable Account or the Fixed
Account into which the Cash Value will be allocated (See "Allocation of Cash
Value"). Assets of each sub-account are invested at net asset value in shares
of a corresponding underlying Mutual Fund options (the "funds"). For a
description of the underlying Mutual Fund options and their investment
objectives, see "Investments of the Variable Account".
THE FIXED ACCOUNT
The Fixed Account is funded by the assets of the Company's General Account.
Cash Values allocated to the Fixed Account are credited with interest daily at
a rate declared by the Company. The interest rate declared is at the Company's
sole discretion, but may never be less than an effective annual rate of 4%.
DEDUCTIONS AND CHARGES
The Company deducts certain charges from the assets of the Variable Account and
the Cash Value of the Policy. These charges are made for administrative and
sales expenses, state premium taxes, providing life insurance protection and
assuming the mortality and expense risks.
The Company deducts a charge for the cost of insurance from the Policy's Cash
Value on the Policy Date and each Monthly Anniversary Day. The Company deducts
an annual policy administrative charge from the Policy's Cash Value at the
beginning of each Policy Year after the first. The current annual charge is
$90 ($65 in New York) for total premium payments less than $25,000 and $50 for
total premium payments greater than or equal to $25,000. This charge is
guaranteed never to exceed $135 ($120 in New York) for total premium payments
less than $25,000 and $75 for total premium payments greater than or equal to
$25,000. The Company also deducts on a daily basis from the assets of the
Variable Account a charge to provide for mortality and expense risks,
administrative charges and premium tax recovery. These current charges are
equal on an annual basis to 1.30% of the Variable Account assets for the first
10 Policy Years and 1.00% thereafter and are guaranteed never to exceed 1.60%
and 1.30% respectively. For Policies which are surrendered, the Company may
deduct a Surrender Charge. The Surrender Charge associated with each premium
payment will not exceed 8.5% of the premium payment, and will be applied for
nine years after the effective date of the premium payment. The Surrender
Charge is designed to recover certain expenses incurred by the Company related
to the sale of the Policies.
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Underlying Mutual Fund shares are purchased at net asset value, which reflects
the deduction of investment management fees and certain other expenses. The
management fees are charged by each underlying Mutual Fund's investment adviser
for managing the underlying Mutual Funds and selecting its portfolio of
securities. Other underlying Mutual Fund expenses can include such items as
interest expense on loans and contracts with transfer agents, custodians, and
other companies that provide services to the underlying Mutual Fund. The
management fees and other expenses for each underlying Mutual Fund for its most
recently completed fiscal year, expressed as a percentage of the underlying
Mutual Fund's average assets, are as follows:
NSAT Capital Appreciation Fund
Management Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.50%
Other Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.06%
Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.56%
NSAT Money Market Fund
Management Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.50%
Other Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.04%
Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.54%
NSAT Government Bond Fund
Management Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.50%
Other Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01%
Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.51%
NSAT Total Return Fund
Management Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.50%
Other Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02%
Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.52%
N&B Advisers Management Trust-Balanced Portfolio
Management Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.80%
Other Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.17%
Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.97%
TCI Portfolios-TCI Advantage
Management Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00%
Other Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00%
Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00%
The Mutual Fund expenses shown above are assessed at the underlying Mutual Fund
level and are not direct charges against the Variable Account or reductions in
Cash Value. These underlying Mutual Fund expenses are taken into consideration
in computing each underlying Mutual Fund's net asset value, which is the share
price used to calculate the Variable Account's unit value. The management fees
and other expenses are more fully described in the prospectuses for each
individual underlying Mutual Fund.
PREMIUMS
The minimum premium for which a Policy may be issued is $10,000. A Policy may
be issued to an insured up to age 80.
For a limited time, the Policy Owner has a right to cancel the Policy and
receive a full refund of premiums paid (See "Short-Term Right to Cancel
Policy").
NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
The Company is a stock life insurance company organized under the laws of the
State of Ohio in March, 1929. The Company is a member of the Nationwide
Insurance Enterprise which includes Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company,
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance
Company, National Casualty Company, West Coast Life Insurance Company,
Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Scottsdale Indemnity
Company, Nationwide Indemnity Company and Nationwide
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General Insurance Company. The Company's home office is at One Nationwide
Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43216.
The Company offers a complete line of life insurance, including annuities and
accident and health insurance. It is admitted to do business in all states and
in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico (For additional information, see
"The Company").
THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
The Nationwide VLI Separate Account-3 (the "Variable Account"), was established
by a resolution of the Company's Board of Directors, on August 8, 1984,
pursuant to the provisions of Ohio law. The Company has caused the Variable
Account to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a unit
investment trust pursuant to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of
1940. Such registration does not involve supervision of the management of the
Variable Account or the Company by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Variable Account is a separate investment account of the Company and as
such, is not chargeable with the liabilities arising out of any other business
the Company may conduct. The Company does not guarantee the investment
performance of the Variable Account. The Death Benefit and Cash Value under
the Policy may vary with the investment performance of the investments in the
Variable Account (See "How the Death Benefit Varies" and "How the Cash Value
Varies").
Premium payments and Cash Value are allocated within the Variable Account among
one or more sub-accounts. The assets of each sub- account are used to purchase
shares of the underlying Mutual Fund options designated by the Policy Owner.
Thus, the investment performance of a Policy depends upon the investment
performance of the underlying Mutual Fund options designated by the Policy
Owner.
INVESTMENTS OF THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
At the time of application, the Policy Owner elects to have the Cash Value
allocated among one or more of the Variable Account sub- accounts and the Fixed
Account (See "Allocation of Cash Value"). When the policy is issued, the
Policy's Cash Value not allocated to the Fixed Account is placed in the
Nationwide Separate Account Trust Money Market sub-account (For any Cash Value
allocated to a Sub-Account on the Application) or Fixed Account until
expiration of the period in which the Policy Owner may exercise his or her
short-term right to cancel the Policy. At the expiration of the period in
which the Policy Owner may exercise his or her short-term right to cancel the
Policy, shares of the underlying Mutual Fund options specified by the Policy
Owner are purchased at net asset value for the respective sub-account(s). Such
election is subject to any minimum contribution limitations which may be
imposed by the underlying Mutual Fund(s). In addition, no less than 5% of
premium may be allocated to any one sub-account or the Fixed Account. The
Policy Owner may change the allocation of Cash Value or may transfer Cash Value
from one sub-account to another, subject to such terms and conditions as may be
imposed by each Fund and as set forth in this prospectus (See "Transfers",
"Allocation of Cash Value", and "Short-Term Right to Cancel Policy").
Each of the underlying Mutual Fund options is a series of registered investment
companies which receive investment advice from a registered investment adviser:
1) The Nationwide Separate Account Trust, managed by Nationwide
Financial Services, Inc.;
2) Neuberger & Berman Advisers Management Trust, managed by Neuberger
& Berman Management Incorporated; and
3) TCI Portfolios, Inc., managed by Investors Research Corporation,
an affiliate of Twentieth Century Companies.
A summary of investment objectives is contained in the description of each
underlying Mutual Fund below. These underlying Mutual Fund options are
available only to serve as the underlying investment for variable annuity and
variable life contracts issued through separate accounts of life insurance
companies which may or
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may not be affiliated, also known as "mixed and shared funding." There are
certain risks associated with mixed and shared funding, which is disclosed in
the underlying Mutual Funds' prospectuses. A full description of the Funds,
their investment policies and restrictions, risks and charges are contained in
the prospectuses of the respective underlying Mutual Funds. A prospectus for
the underlying Mutual Fund or Funds being considered must accompany this
prospectus and should be read in conjunction herewith.
NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST
Nationwide Separate Account Trust (the "Trust") is a diversified open-end
management investment company created under the laws of Massachusetts by a
Declaration of Trust dated June 30, 1981 as subsequently amended. The Trust
offers shares in the four separate Funds listed below, each with its own
investment objectives. Currently, shares of the Trust will be sold only to
life insurance company separate accounts to fund the benefits under variable
insurance or annuity policies issued by life insurance companies. The assets of
the Trust are managed by Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., of One Nationwide
Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43216, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Nationwide Life
Insurance Company.
- - CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
Investment Objective: The Fund is designed for investors who are
interested in long-term growth. The Fund seeks to meet its objective
primarily through a diversified portfolio of the common stock of
companies which the investment manager determines have a
better-than-average potential for sustained capital growth over the long
term.
- - MONEY MARKET FUND
Investment Objective: To seek as high a level of current income as is
considered consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity by
investing primarily in money market instruments.
- - GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
Investment Objective: To provide as high a level of income as is
consistent with capital preservation through investing primarily in bonds
and securities issued or backed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or
instrumentalities.
- - TOTAL RETURN FUND
Investment Objective: To obtain a reasonable long-term total return
(i.e., earnings growth plus potential dividend yield) on invested capital
from a flexible combination of current return and capital gains through
investments in common stocks, convertible issues, money market
instruments and bonds with a primary emphasis on common stocks.
NEUBERGER & BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST
Neuberger & Berman Advisers Management Trust is an open-end diversified
management investment company established as a Massachusetts business trust on
December 14, 1983. Shares of the Trust are offered in connection with certain
variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies issued through
life insurance company separate accounts and are also offered directly to
qualified pension and retirement plans outside of the separate account context.
The investment adviser is Neuberger & Berman Management Incorporated.
- - BALANCED PORTFOLIO
Investment Objective: To provide long-term capital growth and reasonable
current income without undue risk to principal. The Balanced Portfolio
will seek to achieve its objective through investment of a portion of its
assets in common stocks and a portion of its assets in debt securities.
The Investment Adviser anticipates that the Balanced Portfolio's
investments will normally be managed so that approximately 60% of the
Portfolio's total assets will be invested in common stocks and the
remaining assets will be invested in debt securities. However, depending
on the Investment Adviser's views regarding current market trends, the
common stock portion of the Portfolio's investments may be adjusted
downward to as
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low as 50% or upward to as high as 70%. At least 25% of the Portfolio's
assets will be invested in fixed income senior securities.
TCI PORTFOLIOS, INC., MEMBER OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FAMILY OF MUTUAL FUNDS
TCI Portfolios Inc. was organized as a Maryland corporation in 1987. It is a
diversified, open-end management investment company, designed only to provide
investment vehicles for variable annuity and variable life insurance products
of insurance companies. A member of the Twentieth Century Family of Mutual
Funds, TCI Portfolios is managed by Investors Research Corporation.
- - TCI ADVANTAGE
Investment Objective: Current income and capital growth. The fund will
seek to achieve its objective by investing in three types of securities.
The fund's investment manager intends to invest approximately (i) 20% of
the fund's assets in securities of the United States government and its
agencies and instrumentalities and repurchase agreements collateralized
by such securities with a weighted average maturity of six months or
less, i.e., cash or cash equivalents; (ii) 40% of the fund's assets in
fixed income securities of the United States government and its agencies
and instrumentalities with a weighted average maturity of three to ten
years; and (iii) 40% of the fund's assets in equity securities that are
considered by management to have better-than-average prospects for
appreciation. Assets will be purchased or sold, as the case may be, as
is necessary in response to changes in market value to maintain the asset
mix of the fund's portfolio at approximately 60% cash, cash equivalents
and fixed income securities and 40% equity securities. There can be no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
(Although the Statement of Additional Information concerning TCI Portfolios,
Inc. refers to redemptions of securities in kind under certain conditions, all
surrendering or redeeming Policy Owners will receive cash from the Company.)
REINVESTMENT
The underlying Mutual Fund options described above have as a policy the
distribution of dividends in the form of additional shares (or fractions
thereof) of the underlying Mutual Funds. The distribution of additional shares
will not affect the number of Accumulation Units attributable to a particular
Policy (See "Allocation of Cash Value").
TRANSFERS
The Policy Owner may request a transfer of up to 100% of the Cash Value from
the Variable Account to the Fixed Account. The Policy Owner's Cash Value in
each Sub-Account will be determined as of the date the transfer request is
received in the Home Office in good order. The Company reserves the right to
restrict transfers to the Fixed Account to 25% of the Cash Value.
The Policy Owner may annually transfer a portion of the value of the Fixed
Account to the Variable Account and a portion of the Variable Account to the
Fixed Account, without penalty or adjustment. The Company reserves the right
to limit the amount of Cash Value transferred out of the Fixed Account each
Policy Year. Transfers from the Fixed Account must be made within 30 days
after the termination date of the interest rate guarantee period.
Transfers among the sub-accounts may be made once per Valuation Date and may be
made either in writing, or in states allowing such transfers, by telephone.
The Company will employ procedures reasonably designed to confirm that
instructions communicated by telephone are genuine. Such procedures may
include any or all of the following, or such other procedures as the Company
may, from time to time, deem reasonable: requesting identifying information,
such as name, contract number, Social Security number, and/or personal
identification number; tape recording all telephone transactions; and providing
written confirmation thereof to both the Policy owner and any agent of record
at the last address of record. Although failure to follow reasonable
procedures may result in the Company's liability for any losses due to
unauthorized or fraudulent
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telephone transfers, the Company will not be liable for following instructions
communicated by telephone which it reasonably believes to be genuine. The
Company may withdraw the telephone exchange privilege upon 30 days written
notice to Policy Owners.
Policy Owners who have entered into a Dollar Cost Averaging Agreement with the
Company (see "Dollar Cost Averaging" below) may transfer from the Fixed Account
to the Variable Account under the terms of that agreement.
DOLLAR COST AVERAGING
The Policy Owner may direct the Company to automatically transfer from the
Money Market sub-account or the Fixed Account to any other sub-account within
the Variable Account on a monthly basis. This service is intended to allow the
Policy Owner to utilize Dollar Cost Averaging, a long-term investment program
which provides for regular, level investments over time. The Company makes no
guarantees that Dollar Cost Averaging will result in a profit or protect
against loss. To qualify for Dollar Cost Averaging, there must be a minimum
total Cash Value, less policy indebtedness, of $15,000. Transfers for purposes
of Dollar Cost Averaging can only be made from the Money Market sub-account or
the Fixed Account. The minimum monthly Dollar Cost Averaging transfer is $100.
In addition, Dollar Cost Averaging monthly transfers from the Fixed Account
must be equal to or less than 1/30th of the Fixed Account value when the Dollar
Cost Averaging program is requested. Transfers out of the Fixed Account, other
than for Dollar Cost Averaging, may be subject to certain additional
restrictions (See "Transfers). A written election of this service, on a form
provided by the Company, must be completed by the Policy Owner in order to
begin transfers. Once elected, transfers from the Money Market sub-account or
the Fixed Account will be processed monthly until either the value in the Money
Market sub-account or the Fixed Account is completely depleted or the Policy
Owner instructs the Company in writing to cancel the monthly transfers.
The Company reserves the right to discontinue offering Dollar Cost Averaging
upon 30 days' written notice to Policy Owners however, any such discontinuation
would not affect Dollar Cost Averaging programs already commenced. The Company
also reserves the right to assess a processing fee for this service.
SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITIES
If shares of the underlying Mutual Fund options described in this prospectus
should no longer be available for investment by the Variable Account or, if in
the judgment of the Company's management further investment in such underlying
Mutual Funds should become inappropriate in view of the purposes of the Policy,
the Company may substitute shares of another underlying Mutual Fund for shares
already purchased or to be purchased in the future by premium payments under
the Policy. No substitution of securities in the Variable Account may take
place without prior approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
under such requirements as it and any state insurance department may impose.
VOTING RIGHTS
Voting rights under the Policies apply with respect to Cash Value allocated to
the sub-accounts of the Variable Account.
In accordance with its view of present applicable law, the Company will vote
the shares of the underlying Mutual Funds held in the Variable Account at
regular and special meetings of the shareholders of the underlying Mutual Funds
in accordance with instructions received from Policy Owners. However, if the
Investment Company Act of 1940 or any regulation thereunder should be amended
or if the present interpretation thereof should change, and as a result the
Company determines that it is permitted to vote the shares of the underlying
Mutual Funds in its own right, the Company may elect to do so.
The Policy Owner shall have the voting interest under a Policy. The number of
shares in each sub-account for which the Policy Owner may give voting
instructions is determined by dividing any portion of the Policy's Cash Value
derived from participation in that underlying Mutual Fund by the net asset
value of one share of that underlying Mutual Fund.
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The number of shares which a person has a right to vote will be determined as
of a date chosen by the Company, but not more than 90 days prior to the meeting
of the underlying Mutual Fund. Voting instructions will be solicited by
written communication prior to such meeting.
Underlying Mutual Fund shares held in the Variable Account as to which no
timely instructions are received will be voted by the Company in the same
proportion as the voting instructions which are received.
Each person having a voting interest in the Variable Account will receive
periodic reports relating to investments of the Variable Account, the
underlying Mutual Funds' proxy material and a form with which to give such
voting instructions.
Notwithstanding contrary Policy Owner voting instructions, the Company may vote
underlying Mutual Fund shares in any manner necessary to enable the underlying
Mutual Fund to (1) make or refrain from making any change in the investments or
investment policies for any of the underlying Mutual Funds, if required by an
insurance regulatory authority; (2) refrain from making any change in the
investment policies or any investment adviser or principal underwriter of any
portfolio which may be initiated by Policy Owners or the underlying Mutual
Fund's Board of Directors, provided the Company's disapproval of the change is
reasonable and, in the case of a change in the investment policies or
investment adviser, based on a good faith determination that such change would
be contrary to state law or otherwise inappropriate in light of the portfolio's
objective and purposes; or (3) enter into or refrain from entering into any
advisory agreement or underwriting contract, if required by any insurance
regulatory authority.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE POLICIES
UNDERWRITING AND ISSUANCE
- -Minimum Requirements for Issuance of a Policy
The minimum amount of initial premium that will be accepted by the Company is
$10,000. Policies may be issued to Insureds issue ages 80 or younger. Before
issuing any Policy, the Company requires evidence of insurability satisfactory
to it, which may include a medical examination.
- -Premium Payments
The initial premium for a Policy is payable in full at the Company's Home
Office. The minimum amount of initial premium required is $10,000 for issue
ages 75 or younger and $50,000 for issue ages 76 through 80. The Specified
Amount is determined by treating the initial premium as equal to 100% of the
Guideline Single Premium. Upon payment of an initial premium, temporary
insurance may be provided, subject to a maximum amount. The effective date of
permanent insurance coverage is dependent upon completion of all underwriting
requirements, payment of the initial premium, and delivery of the Policy while
the Insured is still living.
The Policy Owner may make additional premium payments. The Policy is primarily
intended to be a single premium with a limited ability to make additional
payments. Subsequent premium payments under the Policy are permitted under the
following circumstances:
1. an additional premium payment is required to keep the Policy in
force (See "Grace Period"); or
2. except in Virginia, additional premium payments of at least $1,000
may be made at any time provided the premium limits prescribed by
the Internal Revenue Service to qualify the Policy as a life
insurance contract are not violated.
Payment of additional premiums if accepted, may increase the Specified Amount
of insurance. However, the Company reserves the right to require satisfactory
evidence of insurability before accepting any additional premium payment which
results in an increase in the net amount at risk. The Company may also require
that any existing Policy indebtedness is repaid prior to accepting any
additional premium payments.
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The Company will not accept a subsequent premium payment which would result in
total premiums paid exceeding the premium limitations prescribed by the
Internal Revenue Service to qualify the Policy as a life insurance contract.
- -Allocation of Cash Value
At the time a Policy is issued, its Cash Value will be based on the Nationwide
Separate Account Trust Money Market Fund sub-account value or the Fixed Account
as if the Policy had been issued and the premium invested on the date the
premium was received in good order by the Company. When the Policy is issued,
the Cash Value will be allocated to the Nationwide Separate Account Trust Money
Market Fund sub-account (For any Cash Value allocated to a Sub-Account on the
Application) or the Fixed Account until the expiration of the period in which
the Policy Owner may exercise his or her short-term right to cancel the Policy.
Cash Value not designated for the Fixed Account will be placed in the
Nationwide Separate Account Trust Money Market Sub-Account. At the expiration
of the period in which the Policy Owner may exercise his or her short term
right to cancel the Policy, shares of the underlying Mutual Funds specified by
the Policy Owner are purchased at net asset value for the respective
sub-account(s). The Policy Owner may change the allocation of Cash Value or
may transfer Cash Value from one sub-account to another, subject to such terms
and conditions as may be imposed by each underlying Mutual Fund and as set
forth in the prospectus. Cash Value allocated to the Fixed Account at the time
of application may not be transferred prior to the first Policy Anniversary
(See "Transfers" and "Investments of the Variable Account").
The designation of investment allocations will be made by the prospective
Policy Owner at the time of application for a Policy. The Policy Owner may
change the way in which future premiums are allocated by giving written notice
to the Company. All percentage allocations must be in whole numbers, and must
be at least 5%. The sum of allocations must equal 100%.
- -Short-Term Right to Cancel Policy
A Policy may be returned for cancellation and a full refund of premium within
10 days after the Policy is received, within 45 days after the application for
insurance is signed, or within 10 days after the Company mails or delivers a
Notice of Right of Withdrawal, whichever is latest. The Policy can be mailed
or delivered to the registered representative who sold it, or the Company.
Immediately after such mailing or delivery, the Policy will be deemed void from
the beginning. The Company will refund the total premiums paid within seven
days after it receives the Policy.
POLICY CHARGES
DEDUCTIONS FROM PREMIUMS
No deduction is made from any premium at the time of payment. 100% of each
premium payment is applied to the Cash Value.
DEDUCTIONS FROM CASH VALUE
The Company may deduct certain charges from the Policy's Cash Value. While the
Company reserves the right to change current charges, it has no present intent
to do so. These are comprised of the following items:
- -Charges on Surrender
No charges are deducted from any premium payment. The Company incurs certain
expenses related to the sale of the Policies. These expenses include
commissions paid to sales personnel, the cost of sales literature and other
promotional activity. To recover these expenses, the Company imposes a
Surrender Charge. The Surrender Charge may be insufficient to recover all
these expenses. Unrecovered expenses are born by the company's general assets
which may include profits, if any, from Mortality and Expense Risk Charges.
The initial premium payment and any subsequent premium payment which results in
an increased net amount at risk will have a Surrender Charge associated with
it, that will be less than or equal to 8.5% of such premium
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payment, as set forth in the following chart. The Surrender Charge applies for
nine years after the effective date of each premium payment. Certain
surrenders may result in adverse tax consequences (See "Tax Matters").
Completed Year(s) Charges on Completed Year(s) Charges on
Since Surrender as a Since Surrender as a
Premium Payment % Premium Payment Premium Payment % Premium Payment
--------------- ----------------- --------------- -----------------
0 8.5% 5 7.0%
1 8.5% 6 6.0%
2 8.0% 7 5.0%
3 8.0% 8 4.0%
4 7.5% 9 0.0%
In no event will the surrender charge deducted on surrender exceed 8.5% of the
total premiums paid.
The amount of the Surrender Charge may be eliminated when the Policies are
issued to an officer, director, former director, partner, employee, or retired
employee of the Company; an employee of the General distributor of the
Policies, Nationwide Financial Services, Inc.; an employee of an affiliate of
the Company or the General Distributor; or a duly appointed representative of
the company who receives no commission as a result of the purchase.
Elimination of the Surrender Charge will be permitted by the Company only in
those situations where the Company does not incur sales or administrative
expenses normally associated with sales of a Policy. In no event will
reduction of the Surrender Charge be permitted where such reduction will be
unfairly discriminatory to any person.
- -Annual Administrative Charge
The Company deducts an annual administrative charge at the beginning of each
Policy Year after the first. It will be charged proportionately to the Cash
Values in each Variable sub-account and the Fixed Account. The amount of this
annual charge is determined by the total net premium payments (premium payments
less any previous partial surrenders) as follows:
Total Net Premium Payments
Greater than But Less Current Annual Guaranteed Maximum Annual
or Equal to than Administrative Charge Administrative Charge
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$10,000 $25,000 $90 Non-New York $135 Non-New York
$65 in New York $120 in New York
$25,000 $50 All States $75 All States
- -Cost of Insurance Charge
A monthly deduction for the Cost of Insurance is charged proportionately
against the Cash Value in each Sub-account and the Fixed Account on the Policy
Date and each Monthly Anniversary Day. The Company will determine the Monthly
Cost of Insurance charge by multiplying the Applicable Cost of Insurance rate
by the net amount at risk. The net amount at risk is equal to the Death
Benefit minus the Cash Value.
Guaranteed cost of insurance charges will not exceed the cost based on the
guaranteed cost of insurance rate and the Policy's net amount at risk.
Guaranteed cost of insurance rates for Standard Simplified issues are based on
the 1980 Commissioner's Extended Term Mortality Table, Age Last Birthday (1980
CET). Guaranteed cost of insurance rates for Standard Preferred issues are
based on the 1980 Commissioner's Standard Ordinary Mortality Table, Age Last
Birthday (1980 CSO). Guaranteed cost of insurance rates for substandard issues
are based on appropriate percentage multiples of the 1980 CSO. These mortality
tables are sex distinct. In addition, separate mortality tables will be used
for standard and non-tobacco.
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For Policies issued in Texas, guaranteed cost of insurance rates for Standard
Simplified issues ("Special Class-Simplified" in Texas) are based on 130% of
the 1980 Commissioner's Standard Ordinary Mortality Table, Age Last Birthday
(1980 CSO).
The rate class of an Insured may affect the cost of insurance rate. The
Company currently places Insureds into both standard rate classes and
substandard classes that involve a higher mortality risk. In an otherwise
identical Policy, an Insured in the standard rate class will have a lower cost
of insurance than an Insured in a rate class with higher mortality risks. The
Company may also issue certain Policies on a "Simplified Issue" basis to
certain categories of individuals. Due to the underwriting criteria
established for Policies issued on a Simplified Issue basis, actual rates for
healthy individuals will be higher than the current cost of insurance rates
being charged under otherwise identical Policies that are issued on a Preferred
basis.
DEDUCTIONS FROM THE SUB-ACCOUNTS
The Company will deduct, on a daily basis, certain charges from the assets of
the Variable Account. On an annual basis, these charges are equivalent to:
Policy Years Policy Years
1-10 11+
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Current 1.30% 1.00%
Guaranteed Maximum 1.60% 1.30%
While the Company reserves the right to change current charges, it has no
present intent to do so.
These charges consist of the following items:
- -Mortality and Expense Risk Charge
The Company assumes certain risks for guaranteeing Mortality and Expense
Charges. The mortality risk assumed under the Policies is that the Insured may
not live as long as expected. The expense risk assumed is that the actual
expenses incurred in issuing and administering the Policies may be greater than
expected. In addition, the Company assumes risks associated with the
nonrecovery of policy issue, underwriting, and other administrative expenses
due to Policies which lapse or are surrendered during the first ten years
following each premium payment.
To compensate the Company for assuming these risks associated with the
Policies, the Company deducts a daily charge from the assets of the
sub-accounts of the Variable Account. This charge currently is equivalent to
an effective annual rate of 0.75% . To the extent that future levels of
mortality and expenses are less than or equal to those expected, the Company
may realize a profit from these charges. This charge is guaranteed not to
exceed 0.90%.
- -Administrative Expense Charge
The Company deducts a daily Administrative Expense Charge to reimburse it for
expenses related to issuance and maintenance of the Policies including
underwriting, establishing policy records, accounting and record keeping, and
periodic reporting to Policy Owners. This charge is designed only to reimburse
the Company for its actual administrative expenses. In the aggregate, the
Company expects that the charges for administrative costs will be approximately
equal to the related expenses.
This charge is deducted daily from the assets of the sub-accounts of the
Variable Account. This charge currently is equivalent to an annual effective
rate of 0.25%. This charge is guaranteed not to exceed 0.40%.
- -Premium Tax Recovery Charge
Premium taxes are not deducted at the time a premium is paid. The Company pays
any state premium taxes attributable to a particular Policy when incurred by
the Company. The Company expects to pay an average state premium tax rate of
approximately 2.5% of premiums for all states. To reimburse the Company for
the payment of state premium taxes associated with the Policies, during the
first ten Policy Years the Company
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deducts a daily charge from the assets of the sub-accounts. This charge is
computed on a daily basis, and is equivalent to an annual effective rate of
0.30% of the assets of the Variable Account during the first ten Policy Years,
and 0% thereafter.
- -Income Tax Charge
The Company does not currently assess any charge for income taxes incurred by
the Company as a result of the operations of the sub- accounts of the Variable
Account (See "Taxation of the Company"). The Company reserves the right to
assess a charge for such taxes against the Variable Account if the Company
determines that such taxes will be incurred.
HOW THE CASH VALUE VARIES
On any date during the Policy Year, the Cash Value equals the Cash Value on the
preceding Valuation Date, plus any premium applied since the previous Valuation
Date, plus or minus any investment results, and less any Policy Charges.
There is no guaranteed Cash Value. The Cash Value will vary with the
investment experience of the Variable Account and/or the daily crediting of
interest in the Fixed Account and Policy Loan Account depending on the
allocation of Cash Value by the Policy Owner.
HOW THE INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE IS DETERMINED
The Cash Value in each sub-account is converted to Accumulation Units of that
sub-account. The conversion is accomplished by dividing the amount of Cash
Value allocated to a sub-account by the value of an Accumulation Unit for the
sub-account of the Valuation Period during which the allocation occurs.
The value of an Accumulation Unit for each sub-account was arbitrarily set
initially at $10 when the mutual fund shares in that sub- account were
available for purchase. The value for any subsequent Valuation Period is
determined by multiplying the Accumulation Unit value for each sub-account for
the immediately preceding Valuation Period by the Net Investment Factor for the
sub-account during the subsequent Valuation Period. The value of an
Accumulation Unit may increase or decrease from Valuation Period to Valuation
Period. The number of Accumulation Units will not change as a result of
investment experience.
NET INVESTMENT FACTOR
The Net Investment Factor for any Valuation Period is determined by dividing
(a) by (b) and subtracting (c) from the result where:
(a) is the net of:
(1) the net asset value per share of the underlying Mutual Fund held
in the sub-account determined at the end of the current Valuation
Period, plus
(2) the per share amount of any dividend or capital gain distributions
made by the underlying Mutual Fund held in the sub- account if the
"ex-dividend" date occurs during the current Valuation Period.
(b) is the net asset value per share of the underlying Mutual Fund held in
the sub-account determined at the end of the immediately preceding
Valuation Period.
(c) is a factor representing the daily Mortality and Expense Risk Charge,
Administration Expense Charge and Premium Tax Recovery Charge deducted
from the Variable Account. Such factor is equal to an annual rate of
1.30% for the first ten years and then 1.00% thereafter of the daily net
asset value of the Variable Account.
For underlying Mutual Fund options that credit dividends on a daily basis and
pay such dividends once a month, the Net Investment Factor allows for the
monthly reinvestment of these daily dividends.
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The Net Investment Factor may be greater or less than one; therefore, the value
of an Accumulation Unit may increase or decrease. It should be noted that
changes in the Net Investment Factor may not be directly proportional to
changes in the net asset value of underlying mutual fund shares, because of the
deduction for Mortality and Expense Risk Charge, Administration Expense Charge,
and Premium Tax Recovery Charge and any charge or credit for tax reserves.
VALUATION OF ASSETS
Underlying Mutual Fund shares in the Variable Account will be valued at their
net asset value.
DETERMINING THE CASH VALUE
The sum of the value of all Variable Account Accumulation Units attributable to
the Policy and amounts credited to the Fixed Account is the Cash Value. The
number of Accumulation Units credited per each sub-account are determined by
dividing the net amount allocated to the sub-account by the Accumulation Unit
Value for the sub-account for the Valuation Period during which the premium is
received by the Company. In the event part or all of the Cash Value is
surrendered or charges or deductions are made against the Cash Value, an
appropriate number of Accumulation Units from the Variable Account and an
appropriate amount from the Fixed Account will be deducted in the same
proportion that the Policy Owner's interest in the Variable Account and the
Fixed Account bears to the total Cash Value.
The Cash Value in the Fixed Account and the Policy Loan Account is credited
with interest daily at an effective annual rate which the Company periodically
declares. The annual effective rate will never be less than 4%. Upon request,
the Company will inform the Policy Owner of the then applicable rates for each
account.
VALUATION PERIODS AND VALUATION DATES
A Valuation Period is the period commencing at the close of business on the New
York Stock Exchange and ending at the close of business for the next succeeding
Valuation Date. A Valuation Date is each day that the New York Stock Exchange
and the Company's home office is open for business or any other day during
which there is sufficient degree of trading that the current net asset value of
the Accumulation Units might be materially affected.
SURRENDERING THE POLICY FOR CASH
RIGHT TO SURRENDER
The Policy Owner may surrender the Policy in full at any time while the Insured
is living and receive its Cash Surrender Value. The cancellation will be
effective as of the date the Company receives a proper written request for
cancellation and the Policy. Such written request must be signed and, where
permitted, the signature guaranteed by a member firm of the New York, American,
Boston, Midwest, Philadelphia or Pacific Stock Exchange, or by a Commercial
Bank or Savings and Loan, which is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation. In some cases, the Company may require additional documentation
of a customary nature.
CASH SURRENDER VALUE
The Cash Surrender Value increases or decreases daily to reflect the investment
experience of the Variable Account and the daily crediting of interest in the
Fixed Account and the Policy Loan Account. The Cash Surrender Value equals the
Policy's Cash Value, next computed after the date the Company receives a proper
written request for surrender of the Policy, minus any charges, indebtedness or
other deductions due on that date, which may also include a Surrender Charge.
PARTIAL SURRENDERS
After the Policy has been in force for 5 Policy Years, the Policy Owner may
request a partial surrender. Partial surrenders will be permitted only if they
satisfy the following requirements:
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1. The maximum partial surrender in any Policy Year is limited to 10%
of the total premium payments;
2. Partial surrenders must not result in a reduction of the Cash
Surrender Value below $10,000; and
3. After the partial surrender, the Policy continues to qualify as
life insurance.
When a partial surrender is made, the Cash Value is reduced by the amount of
the partial surrender. Also, under Death Benefit Option 1, the Specified
Amount is reduced by the amount of the partial surrender. Partial surrender
amounts must be first deducted from the values in the Variable sub-accounts.
Partial surrenders will be deducted from the Fixed Account only to the extent
that insufficient values are available in the Variable sub-accounts. Surrender
charges will be waived for any partial surrenders which satisfy the above
conditions. Certain partial surrenders may result in currently taxable income
and tax penalties (See "Tax Matters").
MATURITY PROCEEDS
The Maturity Date is the Policy Anniversary on or next following the Insured's
95th birthday. The maturity proceeds will be payable to the Policy Owner on
the Maturity Date provided the Policy is still in force. The Maturity Proceeds
will be equal to the amount of the Policy's Cash Value, less any indebtedness.
INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING
Federal law requires the Company to withhold income tax from any portion of
surrender proceeds that is subject to tax, unless the Policy Owner advises the
Company, in writing, of his or her request not to withhold.
If the Policy Owner requests that the Company not withhold taxes, or if the
taxes withheld are insufficient, the Policy Owner may be liable for payment of
an estimated tax. The Policy Owner should consult his or her tax advisor.
POLICY LOANS
TAKING A POLICY LOAN
The Policy Owner may take a loan using the Policy as security. During the
first year, maximum Policy indebtedness is limited to 50% of the Cash Surrender
value less interest due on the next Policy Anniversary. After the first Policy
Year, the maximum policy indebtedness is limited to 90% of the Cash Surrender
Value less interest due on the next Policy Anniversary. The Company will not
grant a loan for an amount less than $1,000 ($200 in Connecticut, $500 in New
York). Should the Death Benefit become payable, the Policy be surrendered, or
the Policy mature while a loan is outstanding, the amount of Policy
indebtedness will be deducted from the Death Benefit, Cash Surrender Value or
the Maturity Value, respectively.
Maximum Policy indebtedness, in Texas, is limited to 90% of the Cash Surrender
Value in the sub-accounts and 100% of the Cash Surrender Value in the Fixed
Account less interest due on the next Policy Anniversary.
Any request for a Policy loan must be in written form satisfactory to the
Company. The request must be signed and, where permitted, the signature
guaranteed by a member firm of the New York, American, Boston, Midwest,
Philadelphia or Pacific Stock Exchange; or by a Commercial Bank or a Savings
and Loan which is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Certain Policy loans may result in currently taxable income and tax penalties
(See "Tax Matters").
EFFECT ON INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE
When a loan is made, an amount equal to the amount of the loan is transferred
from the Variable Account to the Policy Loan Account. If the assets relating
to a Policy are held in more than one sub-account, withdrawals from
sub-accounts will be made in proportion to the assets in each Variable
Sub-account at the time of the loan. Policy Loans will be transferred from the
Fixed Account only when insufficient amounts are available in the Variable
Sub-accounts. The amount taken out of the Variable Account will not be
affected by the Variable Account's investment experience while the loan is
outstanding.
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INTEREST
Amounts transferred to the Policy Loan Account will earn interest daily from
the date of transfer.
Policy Loans will be currently credited interest daily at an annual effective
rate of 5.0%. This rate is guaranteed never to be lower than 4%. The Company
may change the current interest crediting rate on Policy Loans at any time at
its sole discretion. This earned interest is transferred from the Policy Loan
Account to a Variable Account or the Fixed Account on each Policy Anniversary.
It will be allocated according to the Fund Allocation Factors in effect at the
time of the transfer.
The loan interest rate is 6% per year for all Policy Loans. Interest is
charged daily and is payable at the end of each Policy Year. Unpaid interest
will be added to the existing policy indebtedness as of the due date and will
be charged interest at the same rate as the rest of the indebtedness.
Whenever the total loan indebtedness plus accrued interest exceeds the Cash
Value less any Surrender Charges, the Company will send a notice to the Policy
Owner and the assignee, if any. The Policy will terminate without value 61
days after the mailing of the notice unless a sufficient repayment is made
during that period. A repayment is sufficient if it is large enough to reduce
the total loan indebtedness plus accrued interest to an amount equal to the
total Cash Value less any Surrender Charges plus an amount sufficient to
continue the Policy in force for 3 months.
EFFECT ON DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE
A Policy loan, whether or not repaid, will have a permanent effect on the Death
Benefit and Cash Value because the investment results of the Variable Account
or the Fixed Account will apply only to the non-loaned portion of the Cash
Value. The longer the loan is outstanding, the greater the effect is likely to
be. Depending on the investment results of the Variable Account or the Fixed
Account while the loan is outstanding, the effect could be favorable or
unfavorable.
REPAYMENT
All or part of a loan may be repaid at any time while the Policy is in force
during the Insured's lifetime. Any payment intended as a loan repayment,
rather than a premium payment, must be identified as such. Loan repayments
will be credited to the Variable Sub- accounts and the Fixed Account in
proportion to the Policy Owner's Premium allocation in effect at the time of
the repayment. Each repayment may not be less than $1,000 ($50 in Connecticut
and New York). The Company reserves the right to require that any loan
repayments resulting from Policy Loans transferred from the Fixed Account must
be first allocated to the Fixed Account.
HOW THE DEATH BENEFIT VARIES
- -Calculation of the Death Benefit
At issue, the Specified Amount is determined by treating the initial premium as
equal to 100% of the Guideline Single Premium. Additional premium payments, if
accepted, may increase the Specified Amount. Guideline Single Premiums vary by
attained age, sex, smoking classification, underwriting classification and
total premium payments. The following table illustrates representative initial
Specified Amounts, under Death Benefit Option 1, for non-tobacco.
Issue $25,000 Single Premium $50,000 Single Premium
Age Male Female Male Female
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35 $179,733 $208,354 $364,774 $423,008
40 143,373 166,704 290,792 338,264
45 114,856 134,300 232,769 272,332
50 92,583 108,739 187,452 220,323
55 75,306 88,601 152,298 179,349
60 62,112 72,636 125,453 146,866
65 52,094 59,930 105,070 121,014
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Generally, for a given premium payment, the initial Specified Amount is greater
for non-tobacco than standard, and females than males. The Specified Amount is
shown in the Policy.
While the Policy is in force, the Death Benefit will never be less than the
Specified Amount. The Death Benefit may vary with the Cash Value of the
Policy, which depends on investment performance.
The Policy Owner may choose one of two Death Benefit Options. Under Option 1,
the Death Benefit will be the greater of the Specified Amount or the Applicable
Percentage of Cash Value. Under Option 1, the amount of the Death Benefit will
ordinarily not change for several years to reflect the investment performance
and may not change at all. If investment performance is favorable the amount
of Death Benefit may increase. To see how and when investment performance will
begin to affect Death Benefits, please see the illustrations. Under Option 2,
the Death Benefit will be the greater of the Specified Amount plus the Cash
Value, or the Applicable Percentage of Cash Value and will vary directly with
the investment performance.
Policy Owners who are satisfied with the amount of their current insurance
coverage and prefer to have favorable investment performance and any future
premium payments reflected in increased Policy Cash Values should choose Death
Benefit Option 1. Policy Owners who prefer to have favorable investment
performance and any future premium payments increase Death Benefits should
choose Death Benefit Option 2.
The monthly Cost of Insurance for Option 1 will always be less than or equal to
the monthly Cost of Insurance for the same amount of Specified Amount under
Option 2 (See "Cost of Insurance Charge").
The term "applicable percentage" means:
1. 250% when the Insured is Attained Age 40 or less at the beginning
of a Policy Year; and
2. when the Insured is above Attained Age 40, the percentage shown in
the "Applicable Percentage of Cash Value Table" following.
APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE OF CASH VALUE TABLE
Attained Percentage Attained Percentage Attained Percentage
Age of Cash Value Age of Cash Value Age of Cash Value
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0-40 250% 60 130% 80 105%
41 243% 61 128% 81 105%
42 236% 62 126% 82 105%
43 229% 63 124% 83 105%
44 222% 64 122% 84 105%
45 215% 65 120% 85 105%
46 209% 66 119% 86 105%
47 203% 67 118% 87 105%
48 197% 68 117% 88 105%
49 191% 69 116% 89 105%
50 185% 70 115% 90 105%
51 178% 71 113% 91 104%
52 171% 72 111% 92 103%
53 164% 73 109% 93 102%
54 157% 74 107% 94 101%
55 150% 75 105% 95 100%
56 146% 76 105%
57 142% 77 105%
58 138% 78 105%
59 134% 79 105%
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- -Proceeds Payable on Death
The actual Proceeds payable on the Insured's death will be the Death Benefit as
described above, less any outstanding Policy loans and less any unpaid Policy
Charges. Under certain circumstances, the Proceeds may be adjusted (See
"Incontestability", "Error in Age or Sex", and "Suicide").
RIGHT TO EXCHANGE FOR A FIXED BENEFIT POLICY
The Policy Owner may exchange the Policy for a modified single premium life
insurance policy offered by the Company on the Policy Date. If not available,
the new policy may be a flexible premium adjustable life insurance policy
offered by the Company on the Policy Date. The benefits for the new policy
will not vary with the investment experience of a separate account. The
exchange must be elected within 24 months from the Policy Date. No evidence of
insurability will be required.
The Policy Owner and Beneficiary under the new Policy will be the same as those
under the exchanged Policy on the effective date of the exchange. The new
Policy will have a death benefit on the exchange date not more than the death
benefit of the original Policy immediately prior to the exchange date. The new
Policy will have the same policy date and issue age as the original Policy.
The initial Specified Amount and any increases in Specified Amount will have
the same rate class as those of the original Policy. Any indebtedness may be
transferred to the new policy.
The exchange may be subject to an equitable adjustment in rates and values to
reflect variances, if any, in the rates and values between the two Policies.
After adjustment, if any excess is owed the Policy Owner, the Company will pay
the excess to the Policy Owner in cash. The exchange may be subject to federal
income tax withholding (See "Income Tax Withholding").
CHANGES OF INVESTMENT POLICY
The Company may materially change the Investment Policy of the Variable
Account. The Company must inform the Policy Owner and obtain all necessary
regulatory approvals. Any change must be submitted to the various state
insurance departments which may disapprove it if deemed detrimental to the
interests of the policy holders or if it renders the Company's operations
hazardous to the public. If a Policy Owner objects, the Policy may be
converted to a substantially comparable Nationwide General Account Life
Insurance Policy on the life of the insured. The Policy Owner has the later of
60 days (6 months in Pennsylvania) from the date of the Investment Policy
change or 60 days (6 months in Pennsylvania) from being informed of such change
to make this conversion. The Company will not require evidence of insurability
for this conversion.
The new policy will not be affected by the investment experience of any
Variable Account. The New Policy will be for an amount of insurance not
exceeding the Death Benefit of the Policy converted on the date of such
conversion.
GRACE PERIOD
If the Cash Surrender Value in the Policy is insufficient to pay the Cost of
Insurance Charges, Policy Loan interest, or other charges which become due but
are unpaid, a grace period of 61 days will be allowed for payment of sufficient
premium to continue the Policy in force. The Company will notify the Policy
Owner of the amount required to continue the Policy in force. If the required
amount is not received within 61 days of the notice, the Policy will terminate
without value. If the Insured dies during the Grace Period, the Company will
pay the Death Proceeds.
REINSTATEMENT
If the Grace Period ends and the Policy Owner has neither paid the required
premium nor surrendered the Policy for its Cash Surrender Value, the Policy
Owner may reinstate the Policy by:
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1. submitting a written request at any time within 3 years after the end of
the Grace Period and prior to the Maturity Date;
2. providing evidence of insurability satisfactory to the Company;
3. paying sufficient premium to cover all policy charges that were due and
unpaid during the Grace Period;
4. paying sufficient premium to keep the Policy in force for 3 months from
the date of reinstatement; and
5. paying or reinstating any indebtedness against the Policy which existed
at the end of the Grace Period.
The effective date of a reinstated Policy will be the Monthly Anniversary Day
on or next following the date the application for reinstatement is approved by
us. If your Policy is reinstated, the Cash Value on the date of reinstatement,
but prior to applying any premiums or loan repayments received, will be set
equal to the appropriate Surrender Charge. Such Surrender Charge will be based
on the length of time from the date of premium payments to the effective date
of the reinstatement. Unless the Policy Owner has provided otherwise, the
allocation of the amount of the Surrender Charge, additional premium payments,
and any loan repayments will be based on the underlying Mutual Fund option
allocation factors in effect at the start of the Grace Period.
THE FIXED ACCOUNT OPTION
Because of exemptive and exclusionary provisions, interests in the Company's
General Account have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and
the General Account has not been registered as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. Accordingly, neither the General Account nor
any interests therein are subject to the provisions of these Acts, and the
Company has been advised that the staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission has not reviewed the disclosures in this prospectus relating to the
Fixed Account option. Disclosures regarding the General Account may, however,
be subject to certain generally applicable provisions of the federal securities
laws relating to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in
prospectuses.
As explained earlier, a Policy Owner may elect to allocate or transfer all or
part of the Cash Value to the Fixed Account and the amount allocated or
transferred becomes part of the Company's general assets (General Account). The
Company's General Account consists of all assets of the Company other than
those in the Variable Account and in other separate accounts that have been or
may be established by the Company. Subject to applicable law, the Company has
sole discretion over the investment of the assets of the General Account, and
Policy Owners do not share in the investment experience of those assets. The
Company guarantees that the part of the Cash Value invested under the
Fixed-Account option will accrue interest daily at an effective annual rate
that the Company declares periodically. The Fixed Account crediting rate will
not be less than an effective annual rate of 4%. Upon request and in the
annual statement the Company will inform a Policy Owner of the then applicable
rate. The Company is not obligated to credit interest at a higher rate.
CHANGES IN EXISTING INSURANCE COVERAGE
After the first Policy Year, the Policy Owner may request certain changes in
the insurance coverage under the Policy. Any request must be in writing and
received at the Company's home office. No change will take effect unless the
Cash Surrender Value, after the change, is sufficient to keep the Policy in
force for at least 3 months.
CHANGES IN THE SPECIFIED AMOUNT
Payment of additional premiums or changes in the Death Benefit Option may
require an increase to the Specified Amount. (The minimum increase in the
Specified Amount permitted by the Company is $10,000.) An approved increase
will have an effective date of the Monthly Anniversary Day on or next following
the date we approve the supplemental application. The Company reserves the
right to limit such increases to one per Policy Year, and to require
satisfactory evidence of insurability for any increase in the Specified Amount.
In addition, the rate class, rate class multiple and rate type for the increase
in Specified Amount must be identical
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to those on the Policy Date. The Specified Amount cannot be decreased if,
after the decrease, the policy would fail to satisfy the definition of Life
Insurance under Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code.
CHANGES IN THE DEATH BENEFIT OPTION
The Policy Owner may change the Death Benefit Option under the Policy. If the
change is from Option 1 to Option 2, the Specified Amount will be decreased by
the amount of the Cash Value. If the change is from Option 2 to Option 1, the
Specified Amount will be increased by the amount of the Cash Value. Evidence
of insurability is not required for a change from Option 2 to Option 1. The
Company reserves the right to require evidence of insurability for a change
from Option 1 to Option 2. The effective date of the change will be the
Monthly Anniversary Day on or next following the date the Company approves the
request for change. Only one change of option is permitted per Policy Year. A
change in Death Benefit Option will not be permitted if it results in the total
premiums paid exceeding the then current maximum premium limitations prescribed
by the Internal Revenue Service to qualify the Policy as a life insurance
contract.
OTHER POLICY PROVISIONS
POLICY OWNER
While the Insured is living, all rights in this Policy are vested in the Policy
Owner named in the application or as subsequently changed, subject to
assignment, if any.
The Policy Owner may name a Contingent Policy Owner or a new Policy Owner while
the Insured is living. Any change must be in a written form satisfactory to
the Company and recorded at the Company's home office. Once recorded, the
change will be effective when signed. The change will not affect any payment
made or action taken by the Company before it was recorded. The Company may
require that the Policy be submitted for endorsement before making a change.
If the Policy Owner is other than the Insured and names no contingent owner,
and dies before the Insured, the Policy Owner's rights in this Policy belong to
the Policy Owner's estate.
BENEFICIARY
The Beneficiary(ies) shall be as named in the application or as subsequently
changed, subject to assignment, if any.
The Policy Owner may name a new Beneficiary while the Insured is living. Any
change must be in a written form satisfactory to the Company and recorded at
the Company's home office. Once recorded, the change will be effective when
signed. The change will not affect any payment made or action taken by the
Company before it was recorded.
If any Beneficiary predeceases the Insured, that Beneficiary's interest passes
to any surviving beneficiary, unless otherwise provided. Multiple
beneficiaries will be paid in equal shares, unless otherwise provided. If no
named Beneficiary survives the Insureds, the proceeds shall be paid to the
Policy Owner or the Policy Owner's estate.
ASSIGNMENT
While the Insured is living, the Policy Owner may assign his or her rights in
the Policy. The assignment must be in writing, signed by the Policy Owner and
recorded by the Company at its home office. The Company is not responsible for
any assignment not submitted for recording, nor is the Company responsible for
the sufficiency or validity of any assignment.
The assignment will be subject to any indebtedness owed to the Company before
it was recorded.
INCONTESTABILITY
The Company will not contest a Death Benefit based on representations in any
written application when such benefit has been in force, during the lifetime of
the Insured, for two years.
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ERROR IN AGE OR SEX
If the Insured's age, sex or both, as stated in the application, are incorrect,
the affected benefits will be adjusted to reflect the correct age or sex.
SUICIDE
If the Insured dies by suicide within two years from the Policy Date, the
Company will pay no more than the sum of the premiums, less any unpaid loan.
If the Insured dies by suicide within two years from the date an application is
accepted for an increase in the Specified Amount, the Company will pay no more
than the amount paid for such additional benefit.
NONPARTICIPATING POLICIES
The Policies are nonparticipating. This means that they do not participate in
any dividend distribution of the Company's surplus.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
On July 6, 1983, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Arizona Governing Committee v.
Norris that certain annuity benefits provided by employers' retirement and
fringe benefit programs may not vary between men and women on the basis of sex.
This decision applies only to benefits derived from contributions made on or
after August 1, 1983. The Policies offered by this prospectus are based upon
actuarial tables which distinguish between men and women and thus the Policies
provide different benefits to men and women of the same age. Accordingly,
employers and employee organizations should consider, in consultation with
legal counsel, the impact of Norris on any employment related insurance or
benefit program before purchasing this Policy.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES
The Policies will be sold by licensed insurance agents in those states where
the Policies may lawfully be sold. Such agents will be registered
representatives of broker dealers registered under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 who are members of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(NASD). The Policies will be distributed by the General Distributor,
Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nationwide
Life Insurance Company.
Gross commissions paid by the Company on the sale of these Policies plus fees
for marketing services provided by the General Distributor are not more than
7.50% of the premiums paid.
CUSTODIAN OF ASSETS
The Company serves as the Custodian of the assets of the Variable Account.
TAX MATTERS
POLICY PROCEEDS
Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code") provides that if certain
tests are met, a Policy will be treated as a life insurance policy for federal
tax purposes. The Company will monitor compliance with these tests. The
Policy should thus receive the same Federal income tax treatment as fixed
benefit life insurance. As a result, the life insurance proceeds payable under
a Policy are excludable from gross income of the beneficiary under Section 101
of the Code.
The Policies described in this prospectus, meet the definition of "modified
endowment contracts" under Section 7702A of the Code. The Code defines
modified endowment contracts as those policies issued or materially changed
after June 21, 1988 on which the total premiums paid during the first seven
years exceed the amount that would have been paid if the policy provided for
paid up benefits after seven level annual premiums. The policies offered in
this prospectus typically fall within this definition. The Code provides for
taxation of
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surrenders, partial surrenders, loans, collateral assignments and other
pre-death distributions from modified endowment contracts in the same way
annuities are taxed. Any distribution is taxable to the extent the Cash Value
of the Policy exceeds, at the time of the distribution, the premiums paid into
the Policy. The Code generally provides for a 10% tax penalty on the taxable
portion of such distributions. That penalty is applicable unless the
distribution is 1) paid after the Policy Owner is 59-1/2 or disabled; or 2) the
distribution is part of an annuity to the Policy Owner as defined in the Code.
Even though exchanges under Section 1035 of the Code qualify as material
changes, certain exchanges of pre-June 22, 1988 policies may retain their
non-modified endowment status. Therefore, the policies offered by this
prospectus may or may not be issued as modified endowment contracts. The
Company will monitor premiums paid and will notify the Policy Owner when the
policy's non- modified endowment status is in jeopardy. If a policy is not a
modified endowment contract, a cash distribution during the first fifteen years
after a policy is issued which causes a reduction in death benefits may still
become fully or partially taxable to the Owner pursuant to Section 7702(f) (7)
of the Code. The Policy Owner should carefully consider this potential effect
and seek further information before initiating any changes in the terms of the
policy. Under certain conditions, a policy may become a modified endowment as
a result of material changes or a reduction in benefits as defined by Section
7702A (c) of the Code.
In addition to meeting the tests required under Sections 7702, Section 817(h)
of the Code requires that the investments of separate accounts such as the
Variable Account be adequately diversified. Regulations issued by the
Secretary of the Treasury, set the standards for measuring the adequacy of this
diversification. To be adequately diversified, each sub-account of the
Variable Account must meet certain tests. The Company believes that the
investments of the Variable Account meet the applicable diversification
standards. The regulations provide that a variable life policy which does not
satisfy the diversification standards will not be treated as life insurance
under Section 7702 of the Code unless the failure to satisfy the regulations
was inadvertent, the failure is corrected, and the Policy Owner or the Company
pays an amount to the Internal Revenue Service. The amount will be based on
the tax that would have been paid by the Policy Owner if the income, for the
period the policy was not diversified, had been received by the Policy Owner.
If the failure to diversify is not corrected in this manner, the Policy Owner
will be deemed the owner of the underlying securities and taxed on the earnings
of his or her account Should the Secretary of the Treasury issue additional
rules or regulations limiting the number of funds, transfers between funds,
exchanges of funds or changes in investment objectives of funds such that the
Policy would no longer qualify as life insurance under Section 7702 of the
Code, the Company will take whatever steps are available to remain in
compliance. The Company will monitor compliance with these regulations and, to
the extent necessary, will change the objectives or assets of the sub-account
investments to remain in compliance.
A total surrender or cancellation of the Policy by lapse may have adverse tax
consequences depending on the circumstances. If the amount received by the
Policy Owner plus total Policy Indebtedness exceeds the premiums paid into the
Policy, the excess will generally be treated as taxable income, regardless of
whether or not the Policy is a modified endowment contract.
Federal estate and state and local estate, inheritance and other tax
consequences of ownership or receipt of Policy proceeds depend on the
circumstances of each Policy Owner or Beneficiary.
TAXATION OF THE COMPANY
The Company is taxed as a life insurance company under the Code. Since the
Variable Account is not a separate entity from the Company and its operations
form a part of the Company, it will not be taxed separately as a "regulated
investment company" under Sub-chapter M of the Code. Investment income and
realized capital gains on the assets of the Variable Account are reinvested and
taken into account in determining the value of Accumulation Units. As a
result, such investment income and realized capital gains are automatically
applied to increase reserves under the Policies.
The Company does not initially expect to incur any Federal income tax liability
that would be chargeable to the Variable Account. Based upon these
expectations, no charge is currently being made against the Variable
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Account for federal income taxes. If, however, the Company determines that on
a separate company basis such taxes may be incurred, it reserves the right to
assess a charge for such taxes against the Variable Account.
The Company may also incur state and local taxes (in addition to premium taxes)
in several states. At present, these taxes are not significant. If they
increase, however, charges for such taxes may be made.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
The foregoing discussion is general and is not intended as tax advice. Counsel
and other competent advisors should be consulted for more complete information.
This discussion is based on the Company's understanding of Federal income tax
laws as they are currently interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service. No
representation is made as to the likelihood of continuation of these current
laws and interpretations.
THE COMPANY
The life insurance business, which includes product lines in health insurance
and annuities, is the only business in which the Company is engaged.
The Company markets its Policies through independent insurance brokers, general
agents, and registered representatives of registered NASD broker/dealer firms.
The Company, in common with other insurance companies, is subject to regulation
and supervision by the regulatory authorities of the states in which it is
licensed to do business. A license from the state insurance department is a
prerequisite to the transaction of insurance business in that state. In
general, all states have statutory administrative powers. Such regulation
relates, among other things, to licensing of insurers and their agents, the
approval of policy forms, the methods of computing reserves, the form and
content of statutory financial statements, the amount of policyholders' and
stockholders' dividends, and the type of distribution of investments permitted.
The Company operates in the highly competitive field of life insurance. There
are approximately 2,300 stock, mutual and other types of insurers in the life
insurance business in the United States, and a large number of them compete
with the registrant in the sale of insurance policies.
As is customary in insurance company groups, employees are shared with the
other insurance companies in the group. In addition to its direct salaried
employees, the Company shares employees with Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company
The Company does not presently own or lease any materially important physical
properties when its property holdings are viewed in relation to its total
assets. The Company shares home office, other facilities and equipment with
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
COMPANY MANAGEMENT
Nationwide Life Insurance Company, together with Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company, Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Nationwide Life and Annuity
Insurance Company, Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company, National
Casualty Company, West Coast Life Insurance Company, Scottsdale Indemnity
Company, Nationwide Indemnity Company and Nationwide General Insurance Company
and all of their affiliated companies comprise the Nationwide Insurance
Enterprise.
The companies comprising the Nationwide Insurance Enterprise have substantially
common boards of directors and officers. Nationwide Corporation, is the sole
shareholder of the Company.
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DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY
Director
Name Since Principal Occupation
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Lewis J. Alphin 1993 Farm Owner and Operator (1)
Willard J. Engel 1994 General Manager Lyon County Cooperative Oil Company (1)
Fred C. Finney 1992 Owner and Operator, Moreland Fruit Farm; Operator, Melrose Orchard
Peter F. Frenzer 1991 President, Nationwide Corporation; President and Chief Operating Officer,
Nationwide Life Insurance Company Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance
Company; Executive Vice President - Investments, Nationwide Mutual
Insurance Company, Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Nationwide
General Insurance Company, Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance
Company
Charles L. Fuellgraf, Jr. *+ 1969 Chief Executive Officer, Fuellgraf Electric Company, Electrical
Construction and Engineering Services (1)
Henry S. Holloway *+ 1986 Farm Owner and Operator (1)
D. Richard McFerson *+ 1988 President and Chief Executive Officer, Nationwide Mutual, Nationwide
Mutual Fire, Nationwide General, and Nationwide Property and Casualty
Insurance Companies; Chief Executive Officer, Nationwide Life Insurance
Company and Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company (2)
David O. Miller *+ 1985 Farm Owner and Land Developer; President, Owen Potato Farm, Inc.; Partner,
M&M Enterprises (1)
C. Ray Noecker 1994 Farm Owner and Operator (1)
James F. Patterson + 1989 Vice President, Pattersons, Inc. ; President, Patterson Farms, Inc.
Robert H. Rickel 1984 Rancher (1)
Arden L. Shisler *+ 1984 Partner and Manager, Sweetwater Beef Farms; President and Chief Executive
Officer, K&B Transport, Inc. (1)
Robert L. Stewart 1989 Farm Owner and Operator; Owner, Sunnydale Mining (1)
Nancy C. Thomas * 1986 Farm Owner and Operator, Da-Ma-Lor Farms (1)
Harold W. Weihl 1990 Farm Owner and Operator, Weihl Farm (1)
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*Member, Executive Committee +Member, Investment Committee
1) Principal occupation for last five years.
2) Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. McFerson held other executive
management positions with the companies.
Each of the directors is a director of the other major insurance affiliates of
the Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, except Mr. Frenzer who is a director only
of the Company and Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company. Each of the
directors of the Company is a director of Nationwide Financial Services, Inc.,
a registered broker-dealer.
Messrs. Frenzer, Holloway, McFerson, Miller, Patterson and Shisler are
directors of Nationwide Corporation. Messrs. Fuellgraf, Frenzer, McFerson, Ms.
Thomas and Mr. Weihl are trustees of Nationwide Investing Foundation, a
registered investment company. Messrs. Frenzer and McFerson are trustees of
Nationwide
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Separate Account Trust, Financial Horizons Investment Trust, and Nationwide
Investing Foundation II, registered investment companies. Mr. Engel is a
director of Western Cooperative Transport.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
NAME OFFICE HELD
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D. Richard McFerson President and Chief Executive Officer-Nationwide Insurance
Enterprise
Peter F. Frenzer President and Chief Operating Officer
Gordon E. McCutchan Executive Vice President, Law and Corporate Services and
Secretary
James E. Brock Senior Vice President - Investment Product Operations
W. Sidney Druen Senior Vice President and General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Harvey S. Galloway, Jr. Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary
Richard A. Karas Senior Vice President - Sales and Financial Services
Robert A. Oakley Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Carl Santillo Senior Vice President - Life and Health Operations
Mark A. Folk Vice President and Treasurer
Mr. Frenzer is also President and Chief Operating Officer of Nationwide Life
and Annuity Insurance Company, President of Nationwide Corporation, and
Executive Vice President-Investments of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
Mr. Galloway is also an officer of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and
Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company. Each of the other officers
listed above is also an officer of each of the companies comprising the
Nationwide Enterprise. Each of the executive officers listed above has been
associated with the registrant in an executive capacity for more than the past
five years, except Mr. Folk.
OTHER CONTRACTS ISSUED BY THE COMPANY
The Company does presently and will, from time to time, offer variable
contracts and policies with benefits which vary in accordance with the
investment experience of a separate account of the Company.
STATE REGULATION
The Company is subject to the laws of Ohio governing insurance companies and to
regulation by the Ohio Insurance Department. An annual statement in a
prescribed form is filed with the Insurance Department each year covering the
operation of the Company for the preceding year and its financial condition as
of the end of such year. Regulation by the Insurance Department includes
periodic examination to determine the Company's contract liabilities and
reserves so that the Insurance Department may certify the items are correct.
The Company's books and accounts are subject to review by the Insurance
Department at all times and a full examination of its operations is conducted
periodically by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Such
regulation does not, however, involve any supervision of management or
investment practices or policies. In addition, the Company is subject to
regulation under the insurance laws of other jurisdictions in which it may
operate.
REPORTS TO POLICY OWNERS
The Company will mail to the Policy Owner, at the last known address of record,
an annual statement showing the amount of the current Death Benefit, the Cash
Value, and Cash Surrender Value, premiums paid and
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monthly charges deducted since the last report, the amounts invested in the
Fixed Account and in the Variable Account and in each sub-account of the
Variable Account, and any Policy debt, as well as interest on the debt for the
preceding year.
Policy Owners will also be sent annual and semi-annual reports containing
financial statements for the Variable Account as required by the 1940 Act.
In addition, Policy Owners will receive statements of significant transactions,
such as change in Specified Amount, change in Death Benefit Option, changes in
future premium allocation, transfers among sub-accounts, premium payments,
loans, increase in loan principal, loan repayments, unpaid loan interest added
to principal, reinstatement and termination.
ADVERTISING
The Company is ranked and rated by independent financial rating services, among
which are Moody's, Standard & Poor's and A.M. Best Company . The purpose of
these ratings is to reflect the financial strength or claims-paying ability of
the Company. The ratings are not intended to reflect the investment experience
or financial strength of the Variable Account. The Company may advertise these
ratings from time to time. In addition, the Company may include in certain
advertisements endorsements in the form of a list of organizations, individuals
or other parties which recommend the Company or the Contracts . Furthermore,
the Company may occasionally include in advertisements comparisons of currently
taxable and tax deferred investment programs based on selected tax brackets or
discussions of alternative investment vehicles and general economic conditions.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
There are no material legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation
incidental to the business to which the Company and the Variable Account are
parties or to which any of their property is the subject.
The General Distributor, Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., is not engaged in
any material litigation of any nature.
EXPERTS
The financial statements and schedule included herein have been included herein
in reliance upon the reports of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified
public accountants, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
A Registration Statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the
Policies offered hereby. This prospectus does not contain all the information
set forth in the Registration Statement and amendments thereto and exhibits
filed as a part thereof, to all of which reference is hereby made for further
information concerning the Variable Account, the Company, and the Policies
offered hereby. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the content of
Policies and other legal instruments are summaries. For a complete statement
of the terms thereof, reference is made to such instruments as filed.
LEGAL OPINIONS
Legal matters in connection with the Policies described herein are being passed
upon by Druen, Rath & Dietrich, One Nationwide Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43216.
All the members of such firm are employed by the Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company.
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APPENDIX 1
ILLUSTRATIONS OF WHEN ADDITIONAL
PREMIUM PAYMENTS ARE PERMITTED
Example 1: A male non-tobacco, age 35, purchases a Policy with an initial
premium of $25,000 and selects Death Benefit Option 1. The initial premium is
treated as 100% of the Guideline Single Premium which results in a Specified
Amount of $179,733. In the 12th and subsequent policy years, annual premiums
of $2,177 may be paid without violating the premium limitations prescribed by
the Internal Revenue Service to qualify the Policy as a life insurance
contract. Additional premiums which increase the Specified Amount may be made
at any time, subject to the $1,000 minimum. The Company reserves the right to
require satisfactory evidence of insurability with any premium payment which
increases the net amount at risk. In addition, premium payments may be made at
any time if they are required to continue the Policy in force.
Example 2: A male non-tobacco, age 55, purchases a Policy with an initial
premium of $100,000 and selects Death Benefit Option 1. The initial premium is
treated as 100% of the Guideline Single Premium which results in a Specified
Amount of $306,283. In the 11th and subsequent policy years, annual premiums
of $9,591 may be paid without violating the premium limitations prescribed by
the Internal Revenue Service to qualify the Policy as a life insurance
contract. Additional premiums which increase the Specified Amount may be made
at any time, subject to the $1,000 minimum. The Company reserves the right to
require satisfactory evidence of insurability with any premium payment which
increases the net amount at risk. In addition, premium payments may be made at
any time if they are required to continue the Policy in force.
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APPENDIX 2
ILLUSTRATIONS OF CASH VALUES,
CASH SURRENDER VALUES,
AND DEATH BENEFITS
The illustrations in this prospectus have been prepared to help show how values
under the Policies change with investment performance. The illustrations
illustrate how Cash Values, Cash Surrender Values and Death Benefits under a
Policy would vary over time if the hypothetical gross investment rates of
return were a uniform annual effective rate of either 0%, 6% or 12%. If the
hypothetical gross investment rate of return averages 0%, 6% or 12% over a
period of years, but fluctuates above or below those averages for individual
years, the Cash Values, Cash Surrender Values and Death Benefits may be
different. For hypothetical returns of 0% and 6%, the illustrations also
illustrate when the Policies would go into default, at which time additional
premium payments would be required to continue the Policy in force. The
illustrations also assume there is no Policy debt, no additional premium
payments are made, no Cash Values are allocated to the Fixed Account, and their
are no changes in the Specified Amount or Death Benefit option.
The amounts shown for the Cash Value, Cash Surrender Value and Death Benefit as
of each Policy Anniversary reflect the fact that the net investment return on
the assets held in the sub-accounts is lower than the gross return. This is
due to the daily charges made against the assets of the sub-accounts for
assuming mortality and expense risks, recovering premium taxes and providing
for administrative expenses. On a current basis, these charges are equivalent
to an annual effective rate of 1.30% in the first 10 policy years and 1.00%
thereafter. On a guaranteed basis, these charges are equivalent to a maximum
annual effective rate of 1.60% in the first 10 policy years and 1.30%
thereafter. In addition, the net investment returns also reflect the deduction
of underlying Mutual Fund investment advisory fees and other expenses which are
equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.80%. This effective rate is based
on the average of the fund expenses for the preceding year for all mutual fund
options available under the policy as of April 30, 1995.
Taking account of the current charges for mortality and expense risks,
recovering premium taxes and providing for administrative and underlying Mutual
Fund expenses, gross annual rates of return of 0%, 6% and 12% correspond to net
investment experience at constant annual rates of - 2.10%, 3.90% and 9.90%,
respectively, in policy years one through ten, and -1.80%, 4.20% and 10.20%
thereafter. Taking account of guaranteed charges, gross annual rates of return
of 0%, 6% and 12% correspond to net investment experience at constant annual
rates of -2.40%, 3.60% and 9.60%, respectively, in policy years one through
ten, and -2.10%, 3.90% and 9.90% thereafter.
The illustrations also reflect the fact that the Company makes monthly charges
for providing insurance protection. Current values reflect current cost of
insurance charges and guaranteed values reflect the maximum cost of insurance
charges guaranteed in the Policy. The values shown are for policies which are
issued as standard. Policies issued on a substandard basis would result in
lower Cash Values and Death Benefits than those illustrated. Death Benefit
Option 1 has been assumed in all the illustrations.
In addition, the illustrations reflect the fact that the Company deducts an
annual administrative charge at the beginning of each Policy Year after the
first. The illustrations also reflect the fact that no charges for federal or
state income taxes are currently made against the Variable Account. If such a
charge is made in the future, it will require a higher gross investment return
than illustrated in order to produce the net after-tax returns shown in the
illustrations.
Upon request, the Company will furnish a comparable illustration based on the
proposed Insured's age, sex, smoking classification, rating classification and
premium payment requested.
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$10,000 INITIAL PREMIUM: $43,190 SPECIFIED AMOUNT
MALE: NON-TOBACCO: SIMPLIFIED ISSUE: AGE 45
NEW YORK
CURRENT VALUES
0% HYPOTHETICAL 6% HYPOTHETICAL 12% HYPOTHETICAL
GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN
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PREMIUMS
PAID PLUS CASH CASH CASH
POLICY INTEREST CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR AT 5% VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
---- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- -------
1 10,500 9,657 8,807 43,190 10,242 9,392 43,190 10,826 9,976 43,190
2 11,025 9,246 8,396 43,190 10,415 9,565 43,190 11,654 10,804 43,190
3 11,576 8,830 8,030 43,190 10,585 9,785 43,190 12,555 11,755 43,190
4 12,155 8,408 7,608 43,190 10,750 9,950 43,190 13,536 12,736 43,190
5 12,763 7,978 7,228 43,190 10,908 10,158 43,190 14,605 13,855 43,190
6 13,401 7,539 6,839 43,190 11,059 10,359 43,190 15,771 15,071 43,190
7 14,071 7,088 6,488 43,190 11,199 10,599 43,190 17,043 16,443 43,190
8 14,775 6,622 6,122 43,190 11,325 10,825 43,190 18,430 17,930 43,190
9 15,513 6,136 5,736 43,190 11,435 11,035 43,190 19,946 19,546 43,190
10 16,289 5,629 5,629 43,190 11,525 11,525 43,190 21,603 21,603 43,190
15 20,789 2,780 2,780 43,190 11,822 11,822 43,190 33,219 33,219 44,513
20 26,533 (*) (*) (*) 11,292 11,292 43,190 52,000 52,000 63,440
25 33,864 (*) (*) (*) 8,829 8,829 43,190 81,482 81,482 94,520
30 43,219 (*) (*) (*) 1,295 1,295 43,190 127,847 127,847 136,797
ASSUMPTIONS:
(1) NO POLICY LOANS AND NO PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS HAVE BEEN MADE.
(2) CURRENT VALUES REFLECT CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES AND AN ANNUAL
$65 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE.
(3) NET INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE CALCULATED AS THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS
INVESTMENT RETURN LESS ALL CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS SHOWN IN THE
PROSPECTUS APPENDIX.
(*) UNLESS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM IS PAID, THE POLICY WILL NOT STAY IN FORCE.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE
OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY AN OWNER, PREVAILING RATES AND RATES OF
INFLATION. THE DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6% AND 12% OVER A
PERIOD OF YEARS BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED ABOVE OR BELOW THOSE AVERAGES FOR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY NATIONWIDE LIFE OR
THE TRUST THAT THESE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE
YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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$10,000 INITIAL PREMIUM: $43,190 SPECIFIED AMOUNT
MALE: NON-TOBACCO: SIMPLIFIED ISSUE: AGE 45
NEW YORK
GUARANTEED VALUES
0% HYPOTHETICAL 6% HYPOTHETICAL 12% HYPOTHETICAL
GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN
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PREMIUMS
PAID PLUS CASH CASH CASH
POLICY INTEREST CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURR DEATH
YEAR AT 5% VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
---- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- -------
1 10,500 9,616 8,766 43,190 10,199 9,349 43,190 10,781 9,931 43,190
2 11,025 9,110 8,260 43,190 10,268 9,418 43,190 11,495 10,645 43,190
3 11,576 8,600 7,800 43,190 10,327 9,527 43,190 12,267 11,467 43,190
4 12,155 8,084 7,284 43,190 10,374 9,574 43,190 13,101 12,301 43,190
5 12,763 7,561 6,811 43,190 10,407 9,657 43,190 14,004 13,254 43,190
6 13,401 7,029 6,329 43,190 10,424 9,724 43,190 14,981 14,281 43,190
7 14,071 6,483 5,883 43,190 10,420 9,820 43,190 16,039 15,439 43,190
8 14,775 5,920 5,420 43,190 10,393 9,893 43,190 17,185 16,685 43,190
9 15,513 5,336 4,936 43,190 10,337 9,937 43,190 18,426 18,026 43,190
10 16,289 4,726 4,726 43,190 10,248 10,248 43,190 19,772 19,772 43,190
15 20,789 1,168 1,168 43,190 9,283 9,283 43,190 29,002 29,002 43,190
20 26,533 (*) (*) (*) 6,352 6,352 43,190 43,855 43,855 53,504
25 33,864 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 66,636 66,636 77,298
30 43,219 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 101,661 101,661 108,777
ASSUMPTIONS:
(1) NO POLICY LOANS AND NO PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS HAVE BEEN MADE.
(2) GUARANTEED VALUES REFLECT GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES AND AN
ANNUAL $120 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE.
(3) NET INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE CALCULATED AS THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS
INVESTMENT RETURN LESS ALL CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS SHOWN IN THE
PROSPECTUS APPENDIX.
(*) UNLESS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM IS PAID, THE POLICY WILL NOT STAY IN FORCE.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE
OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY AN OWNER, PREVAILING RATES AND RATES OF
INFLATION. THE DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6% AND 12% OVER A
PERIOD OF YEARS BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED ABOVE OR BELOW THOSE AVERAGES FOR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY NATIONWIDE LIFE OR
THE TRUST THAT THESE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE
YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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$10,000 INITIAL PREMIUM: $41,661 SPECIFIED AMOUNT
MALE: NON-TOBACCO: SIMPLIFIED ISSUE: AGE 45
NON-NEW YORK
CURRENT VALUES
0% HYPOTHETICAL 6% HYPOTHETICAL 12% HYPOTHETICAL
GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN
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PREMIUMS
PAID PLUS CASH CASH CASH
POLICY INTEREST CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR AT 5% VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
---- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- -------
1 10,500 9,672 8,822 41,661 10,256 9,406 41,661 10,841 9,991 41,661
2 11,025 9,252 8,402 41,661 10,421 9,571 41,661 11,660 10,810 41,661
3 11,576 8,829 8,029 41,661 10,583 9,783 41,661 12,552 11,752 41,661
4 12,155 8,402 7,602 41,661 10,741 9,941 41,661 13,524 12,724 41,661
5 12,763 7,970 7,220 41,661 10,895 10,145 41,661 14,586 13,836 41,661
6 13,401 7,532 6,832 41,661 11,043 10,343 41,661 15,745 15,045 41,661
7 14,071 7,084 6,484 41,661 11,184 10,584 41,661 17,012 16,412 41,661
8 14,775 6,625 6,125 41,661 11,314 10,814 41,661 18,396 17,896 41,661
9 15,513 6,152 5,752 41,661 11,431 11,031 41,661 19,909 19,509 41,661
10 16,289 5,661 5,661 41,661 11,532 11,532 41,661 21,566 21,566 41,661
15 20,789 2,958 2,958 41,661 11,954 11,954 41,661 33,184 33,184 44,467
20 26,533 (*) (*) (*) 11,690 11,690 41,661 51,870 51,870 63,282
25 33,864 (*) (*) (*) 9,799 9,799 41,661 81,250 81,250 94,250
30 43,219 (*) (*) (*) 3,694 3,694 41,661 127,528 127,528 136,455
ASSUMPTIONS:
(1) NO POLICY LOANS AND NO PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS HAVE BEEN MADE.
(2) CURRENT VALUES REFLECT CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES AND AN ANNUAL
$90 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE.
(3) NET INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE CALCULATED AS THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS
INVESTMENT RETURN LESS ALL CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS SHOWN IN THE
PROSPECTUS APPENDIX.
(*) UNLESS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM IS PAID, THE POLICY WILL NOT STAY IN FORCE.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE
OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY AN OWNER, PREVAILING RATES AND RATES OF
INFLATION. THE DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6% AND 12% OVER A
PERIOD OF YEARS BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED ABOVE OR BELOW THOSE AVERAGES FOR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY NATIONWIDE LIFE OR
THE TRUST THAT THESE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE
YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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$10,000 INITIAL PREMIUM: $41,661 SPECIFIED AMOUNT
MALE: NON-TOBACCO: SIMPLIFIED ISSUE: AGE 45
NON-NEW YORK
GUARANTEED VALUES
0% HYPOTHETICAL 6% HYPOTHETICAL 12% HYPOTHETICAL
GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN
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PREMIUMS
PAID PLUS CASH CASH CASH
POLICY INTEREST CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURR DEATH
YEAR AT 5% VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
---- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- -------
1 10,500 9,623 8,773 41,661 10,206 9,356 41,661 10,788 9,938 41,661
2 11,025 9,109 8,259 41,661 10,267 9,417 41,661 11,494 10,644 41,661
3 11,576 8,592 7,792 41,661 10,319 9,519 41,661 12,258 11,458 41,661
4 12,155 8,071 7,271 41,661 10,359 9,559 41,661 13,084 12,284 41,661
5 12,763 7,543 6,793 41,661 10,385 9,635 41,661 13,979 13,229 41,661
6 13,401 7,006 6,306 41,661 10,396 9,696 41,661 14,948 14,248 41,661
7 14,071 6,457 5,857 41,661 10,387 9,787 41,661 15,997 15,397 41,661
8 14,775 5,892 5,392 41,661 10,355 9,855 41,661 17,135 16,635 41,661
9 15,513 5,306 4,906 41,661 10,295 9,895 41,661 18,369 17,969 41,661
10 16,289 4,697 4,697 41,661 10,204 10,204 41,661 19,708 19,708 41,661
15 20,789 1,165 1,165 41,661 9,252 9,252 41,661 28,920 28,920 41,661
20 26,533 (*) (*) (*) 6,412 6,412 41,661 43,694 43,694 53,307
25 33,864 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 66,290 66,290 76,897
30 43,219 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 101,032 101,032 108,104
ASSUMPTIONS:
(1) NO POLICY LOANS AND NO PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS HAVE BEEN MADE.
(2) GUARANTEED VALUES REFLECT GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES AND AN
ANNUAL $135 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE.
(3) NET INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE CALCULATED AS THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS
INVESTMENT RETURN LESS ALL CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS SHOWN IN THE
PROSPECTUS APPENDIX.
(*) UNLESS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM IS PAID, THE POLICY WILL NOT STAY IN FORCE.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE
OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY AN OWNER, PREVAILING RATES AND RATES OF
INFLATION. THE DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6% AND 12% OVER A
PERIOD OF YEARS BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED ABOVE OR BELOW THOSE AVERAGES FOR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY NATIONWIDE LIFE OR
THE TRUST THAT THESE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE
YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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$25,000 INITIAL PREMIUM: $114,856 SPECIFIED AMOUNT
MALE: NON-TOBACCO: SIMPLIFIED ISSUE: AGE 45
CURRENT VALUES
0% HYPOTHETICAL 6% HYPOTHETICAL 12% HYPOTHETICAL
GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
PREMIUMS
PAID PLUS CASH CASH CASH
POLICY INTEREST CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR AT 5% VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
---- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- -------
1 26,250 24,174 22,049 114,856 25,636 23,511 114,856 27,097 24,972 114,856
2 27,563 23,291 21,166 114,856 26,223 24,098 114,856 29,328 27,203 114,856
3 28,941 22,397 20,397 114,856 26,810 24,810 114,856 31,759 29,759 114,856
4 30,388 21,492 19,492 114,856 27,396 25,396 114,856 34,411 32,411 114,856
5 31,907 20,572 18,697 114,856 27,978 26,103 114,856 37,306 35,431 114,856
6 33,502 19,633 17,883 114,856 28,553 26,803 114,856 40,467 38,717 114,856
7 35,178 18,669 17,169 114,856 29,116 27,616 114,856 43,920 42,420 114,856
8 36,936 17,675 16,425 114,856 29,663 28,413 114,856 47,693 46,443 114,856
9 38,783 16,643 15,643 114,856 30,186 29,186 114,856 51,817 50,817 114,856
10 40,722 15,567 15,567 114,856 30,681 30,681 114,856 56,332 56,332 114,856
15 51,973 9,584 9,584 114,856 33,146 33,146 114,856 87,888 87,888 117,770
20 66,332 1,510 1,510 114,856 34,297 34,297 114,856 138,873 138,873 169,425
25 84,659 (*) (*) (*) 32,091 32,091 114,856 219,214 219,214 254,289
30 108,049 (*) (*) (*) 21,069 21,069 114,856 346,030 346,030 370,252
ASSUMPTIONS:
(1) NO POLICY LOANS AND NO PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS HAVE BEEN MADE.
(2) CURRENT VALUES REFLECT CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES AND AN ANNUAL
$50 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE.
(3) NET INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE CALCULATED AS THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS
INVESTMENT RETURN LESS ALL CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS SHOWN IN THE PROSPECTUS
APPENDIX.
(*) UNLESS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM IS PAID, THE POLICY WILL NOT STAY IN FORCE.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE
OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY AN OWNER, PREVAILING RATES AND RATES OF
INFLATION. THE DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6% AND 12% OVER A
PERIOD OF YEARS BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED ABOVE OR BELOW THOSE AVERAGES FOR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY NATIONWIDE LIFE OR
THE TRUST THAT THESE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE
YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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$25,000 INITIAL PREMIUM: $114,856 SPECIFIED AMOUNT
MALE: NON-TOBACCO: SIMPLIFIED ISSUE: AGE 45
GUARANTEED VALUES
0% HYPOTHETICAL 6% HYPOTHETICAL 12% HYPOTHETICAL
GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
PREMIUMS
PAID PLUS CASH CASH CASH
POLICY INTEREST CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR AT 5% VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
---- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- -------
1 26,250 24,010 21,885 114,856 25,465 23,340 114,856 26,920 24,795 114,856
2 27,563 22,932 20,807 114,856 25,837 23,712 114,856 28,914 26,789 114,856
3 28,941 21,839 19,839 114,856 26,189 24,189 114,856 31,070 29,070 114,856
4 30,388 20,726 18,726 114,856 26,515 24,515 114,856 33,402 31,402 114,856
5 31,907 19,589 17,714 114,856 26,813 24,938 114,856 35,927 34,052 114,856
6 33,502 18,421 16,671 114,856 27,075 25,325 114,856 38,663 36,913 114,856
7 35,178 17,215 15,715 114,856 27,293 25,793 114,856 41,626 40,126 114,856
8 36,936 15,959 14,709 114,856 27,457 26,207 114,856 44,836 43,586 114,856
9 38,783 14,642 13,642 114,856 27,555 26,555 114,856 48,317 47,317 114,856
10 40,722 13,254 13,254 114,856 27,577 27,577 114,856 52,095 52,095 114,856
15 51,973 4,962 4,962 114,856 26,531 26,531 114,856 78,002 78,002 114,856
20 66,332 (*) (*) (*) 20,838 20,838 114,856 119,657 119,657 145,981
25 84,659 (*) (*) (*) 4,679 4,679 114,856 183,457 183,457 212,810
30 108,049 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 281,552 281,552 301,260
ASSUMPTIONS:
(1) NO POLICY LOANS AND NO PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS HAVE BEEN MADE.
(2) GUARANTEED VALUES REFLECT GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES AND AN
ANNUAL $75 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE.
(3) NET INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE CALCULATED AS THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS
INVESTMENT RETURN LESS ALL CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS SHOWN IN THE
PROSPECTUS APPENDIX.
(*) UNLESS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM IS PAID, THE POLICY WILL NOT STAY IN FORCE.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE
OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY AN OWNER, PREVAILING RATES AND RATES OF
INFLATION. THE DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6% AND 12% OVER A
PERIOD OF YEARS BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED ABOVE OR BELOW THOSE AVERAGES FOR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY NATIONWIDE LIFE OR
THE TRUST THAT THESE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE
YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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$100,000 INITIAL PREMIUM: $306,283 SPECIFIED AMOUNT
MALE: NON-TOBACCO: PREFERRED ISSUE: AGE 55
CURRENT VALUES
0% HYPOTHETICAL 6% HYPOTHETICAL 12% HYPOTHETICAL
GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
PREMIUMS
PAID PLUS CASH CASH CASH
POLICY INTEREST CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR AT 5% VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
---- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- -------
1 105,000 96,836 88,336 306,283 102,691 94,191 306,283 108,548 100,048 306,283
2 110,250 93,571 85,071 306,283 105,349 96,849 306,283 117,822 109,322 306,283
3 115,763 90,250 82,250 306,283 108,023 100,023 306,283 127,957 119,957 306,283
4 121,551 86,860 78,860 306,283 110,707 102,707 306,283 139,044 131,044 306,283
5 127,628 83,384 75,884 306,283 113,391 105,891 306,283 151,185 143,685 306,283
6 134,010 79,805 72,805 306,283 116,067 109,067 306,283 164,497 157,497 306,283
7 140,710 76,105 70,105 306,283 118,726 112,726 306,283 179,113 173,113 306,283
8 147,746 72,256 67,256 306,283 121,349 116,349 306,283 195,180 190,180 306,283
9 155,133 68,229 64,229 306,283 123,922 119,922 306,283 212,872 208,872 306,283
10 162,889 63,997 63,997 306,283 126,430 126,430 306,283 232,394 232,394 306,283
15 207,893 39,461 39,461 306,283 139,732 139,732 306,283 368,719 368,719 427,714
20 265,330 2,589 2,589 306,283 149,098 149,098 306,283 586,184 586,184 627,217
25 338,635 (*) (*) (*) 146,527 146,527 306,283 934,517 934,517 981,243
30 432,194 (*) (*) (*) 108,303 108,303 306,283 1,478,079 1,478,079 1,551,983
ASSUMPTIONS:
(1) NO POLICY LOANS AND NO PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS HAVE BEEN MADE.
(2) CURRENT VALUES REFLECT CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES AND AN ANNUAL
$50 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE.
(3) NET INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE CALCULATED AS THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS
INVESTMENT RETURN LESS ALL CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS SHOWN IN THE
PROSPECTUS APPENDIX.
(*) UNLESS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM IS PAID, THE POLICY WILL NOT STAY IN FORCE.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE
OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY AN OWNER, PREVAILING RATES AND RATES OF
INFLATION. THE DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6% AND 12% OVER A
PERIOD OF YEARS BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED ABOVE OR BELOW THOSE AVERAGES FOR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY NATIONWIDE LIFE OR
THE TRUST THAT THESE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE
YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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$100,000 INITIAL PREMIUM: $306,283 SPECIFIED AMOUNT
MALE: NON-TOBACCO: PREFERRED ISSUE: AGE 55
GUARANTEED VALUES
0% HYPOTHETICAL 6% HYPOTHETICAL 12% HYPOTHETICAL
GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
PREMIUMS
PAID PLUS CASH CASH CASH
POLICY INTEREST CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR AT 5% VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
---- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- -------
1 105,000 95,948 87,448 306,283 101,775 93,275 306,283 107,604 99,104 306,283
2 110,250 91,708 83,208 306,283 103,374 94,874 306,283 115,732 107,232 306,283
3 115,763 87,336 79,336 306,283 104,857 96,857 306,283 124,525 116,525 306,283
4 121,551 82,805 74,805 306,283 106,202 98,202 306,283 134,051 126,051 306,283
5 127,628 78,081 70,581 306,283 107,381 99,881 306,283 144,385 136,885 306,283
6 134,010 73,125 66,125 306,283 108,360 101,360 306,283 155,616 148,616 306,283
7 140,710 67,894 61,894 306,283 109,104 103,104 306,283 167,850 161,850 306,283
8 147,746 62,323 57,323 306,283 109,560 104,560 306,283 181,201 176,201 306,283
9 155,133 56,345 52,345 306,283 109,670 105,670 306,283 195,814 191,814 306,283
10 162,889 49,889 49,889 306,283 109,374 109,374 306,283 211,866 211,866 306,283
15 207,893 7,926 7,926 306,283 101,127 101,127 306,283 325,428 325,428 377,496
20 265,330 (*) (*) (*) 65,518 65,518 306,283 503,621 503,621 538,875
25 338,635 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 783,619 783,619 822,800
30 432,194 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 1,204,998 1,204,998 1,265,248
ASSUMPTIONS:
(1) NO POLICY LOANS AND NO PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS HAVE BEEN MADE.
(2) GUARANTEED VALUES REFLECT GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES AND AN
ANNUAL $75 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE.
(3) NET INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE CALCULATED AS THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS
INVESTMENT RETURN LESS ALL CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS SHOWN IN
THE PROSPECTUS APPENDIX.
(*) UNLESS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM IS PAID, THE POLICY WILL NOT STAY IN FORCE.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE
OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY AN OWNER, PREVAILING RATES AND RATES OF
INFLATION. THE DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6% AND 12% OVER A
PERIOD OF YEARS BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED ABOVE OR BELOW THOSE AVERAGES FOR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY NATIONWIDE LIFE OR
THE TRUST THAT THESE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE
YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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40
$100,000 INITIAL PREMIUM: $211,021 SPECIFIED AMOUNT
MALE: NON-TOBACCO: PREFERRED ISSUE: AGE 65
CURRENT VALUES
0% HYPOTHETICAL 6% HYPOTHETICAL 12% HYPOTHETICAL
GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
PREMIUMS
PAID PLUS CASH CASH CASH
POLICY INTEREST CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR AT 5% VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
---- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- -------
1 105,000 96,508 88,008 211,021 102,374 93,874 211,021 108,241 99,741 211,021
2 110,250 92,854 84,354 211,021 104,682 96,812 211,021 117,213 108,713 211,021
3 115,763 89,070 81,070 211,021 106,972 98,972 211,021 127,070 119,070 211,021
4 121,551 85,137 77,137 211,021 109,240 101,240 211,021 137,933 129,933 211,021
5 127,628 81,027 73,527 211,021 111,476 103,976 211,021 149,939 142,439 211,021
6 134,010 76,704 69,704 211,021 113,668 106,668 211,021 163,251 156,251 211,021
7 140,710 72,123 66,123 211,021 115,796 109,796 211,021 178,060 172,060 211,021
8 147,746 67,225 62,225 211,021 117,840 112,840 211,021 194,591 189,591 215,996
9 155,133 61,951 57,951 211,021 119,777 115,777 211,021 212,875 208,875 232,034
10 162,889 56,238 56,238 211,021 121,591 121,591 211,021 232,962 232,962 249,269
15 207,893 16,637 16,637 211,021 129,219 129,219 211,021 371,196 371,196 389,756
20 265,330 (*) (*) (*) 124,397 124,397 211,021 586,902 586,902 616,247
25 338,635 (*) (*) (*) 77,122 77,122 211,021 915,212 915,212 960,973
30 432,194 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 1,430,336 1,430,336 1,444,639
ASSUMPTIONS:
(1) NO POLICY LOANS AND NO PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS HAVE BEEN MADE.
(2) CURRENT VALUES REFLECT CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES AND AN ANNUAL
$50 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE.
(3) NET INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE CALCULATED AS THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS
INVESTMENT RETURN LESS ALL CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS SHOWN IN THE
PROSPECTUS APPENDIX.
(*) UNLESS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM IS PAID, THE POLICY WILL NOT STAY IN FORCE.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE
OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY AN OWNER, PREVAILING RATES AND RATES OF
INFLATION. THE DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6% AND 12% OVER A
PERIOD OF YEARS BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED ABOVE OR BELOW THOSE AVERAGES FOR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY NATIONWIDE LIFE OR
THE TRUST THAT THESE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE
YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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41
$100,000 INITIAL PREMIUM: $211,021 SPECIFIED AMOUNT
MALE: NON-TOBACCO: PREFERRED ISSUE: AGE 65
GUARANTEED VALUES
0% HYPOTHETICAL 6% HYPOTHETICAL 12% HYPOTHETICAL
GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
PREMIUMS
PAID PLUS CASH CASH CASH
POLICY INTEREST CASH SURR DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH CASH SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR AT 5% VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
---- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- ------- ----- ----- -------
1 105,000 95,130 86,630 211,021 100,970 92,470 211,021 106,812 98,312 211,021
2 110,250 89,907 81,407 211,021 101,644 93,144 211,021 114,088 105,588 211,021
3 115,763 84,356 76,356 211,021 102,066 94,066 211,021 121,987 113,987 211,021
4 121,551 78,419 70,419 211,021 102,196 94,196 211,021 130,609 122,609 211,021
5 127,628 72,016 64,516 211,021 101,980 94,480 211,021 140,072 132,572 211,021
6 134,010 65,041 58,041 211,021 101,345 94,345 211,021 150,520 143,520 211,021
7 140,710 57,359 51,359 211,021 100,195 94,195 211,021 162,134 156,134 211,021
8 147,746 48,791 43,791 211,021 98,404 93,404 211,021 175,149 170,149 211,021
9 155,133 39,127 35,127 211,021 95,825 91,825 211,021 189,878 185,878 211,021
10 162,889 28,128 28,128 211,021 92,288 92,288 211,021 206,608 206,608 221,071
15 207,893 (*) (*) (*) 53,214 53,214 211,021 321,185 321,185 337,245
20 265,330 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 493,610 493,610 518,290
25 338,635 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 744,737 744,737 781,974
30 432,194 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 1,132,229 1,132,229 1,143,551
ASSUMPTIONS:
(1) NO POLICY LOANS AND NO PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS HAVE BEEN MADE.
(2) GUARANTEED VALUES REFLECT GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES AND AN
ANNUAL $75 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE.
(3) NET INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE CALCULATED AS THE HYPOTHETICAL GROSS
INVESTMENT RETURN LESS ALL CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS SHOWN IN
THE PROSPECTUS APPENDIX.
(*) UNLESS ADDITIONAL PREMIUM IS PAID, THE POLICY WILL NOT STAY IN FORCE.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN. ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN MAY BE MORE
OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN AND WILL DEPEND ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE BY AN OWNER, PREVAILING RATES AND RATES OF
INFLATION. THE DEATH BENEFIT AND CASH VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF RETURN AVERAGED 0%, 6% AND 12% OVER A
PERIOD OF YEARS BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED ABOVE OR BELOW THOSE AVERAGES FOR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE BY NATIONWIDE LIFE OR
THE TRUST THAT THESE HYPOTHETICAL RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE
YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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APPENDIX 3
The following performance tables display historical investment results of the
Fund sub-accounts of the Variable Account. This information may be useful in
helping potential investors in deciding which Fund sub-accounts to choose and in
assessing the competence of the Funds' investment advisers. The performance
figures shown should be considered in light of the investment objectives and
policies, characteristics and quality of the underlying portfolios of the Funds,
and the market conditions during the periods of time quoted. The performance
figures should not be considered as estimates or predictions of future
performance. Investment return and the principal value of the Fund sub-accounts
are not guaranteed and will fluctuate so that a Policy Owner's units, when
redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
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PERFORMANCE TABLES
TOTAL RETURN
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ANNUAL PERCENTAGE
CHANGE NON-ANNUALIZED PERCENTAGE CHANGE
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Fund Inception
Inception 1 Mo. to 1 Yr. to 2 Yrs. to 3 Yrs. to 5 Yrs. to to
Date* 1991 1992 1993 1994 12/31/94 12/31/94 12/31/94 12/31/94 12/31/94 12/31/94
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NATIONWIDE SEPARATE
ACCOUNT TRUST
Money Market Fund 11/10/81 4.46% 2.06% 1.42% 2.54 0.34 2.54 3.99 6.13 18.27 112.61
Government Bond 11/08/82 15.18% 6.46% 8.10% -4.48 0.77 -4.48 3.26 9.92 36.81 152.69
Fund
Total Return Fund 11/08/82 36.68% 6.76% 9.48% -0.23 0.98 -0.23 9.23 16.62 44.67 308.84
Capital 04/15/92 N/A* N/A* 8.19% -2.18 1.96 -2.18 5.83 N/A* N/A* 10.91
Appreciation Fund
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NEUBERGER & BERMAN
ADVISERS MGT. TRUST
Balanced Portfolio 02/28/89 21.08% 6.64% 5.07% -4.60 0.66 -4.60 0.24 6.89 28.60 48.07
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TCI PORTFOLIOS, INC.
TCI Advantage 08/01/91 N/A* -5.02% 5.45% -0.27 0.74 -0.27 5.17 -0.11 N/A 13.07
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ANNUALIZED PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
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Inception
3 Yrs. to 5 Yrs. to to
12/31/94 12/31/94 12/31/94
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NATIONWIDE SEPARATE
ACCOUNT TRUST
Money Market Fund 2.00 3.41 5.91
Government Bond 3.20 6.47 7.93
Fund
Total Return Fund 5.26 7.66 12.29
Capital N/A* N/A* 3.90
Appreciation Fund
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NEUBERGER & BERMAN
ADVISERS MGT. TRUST
Balanced Portfolio 2.25 5.16 6.96
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TCI PORTFOLIOS, INC.
TCI Advantage -0.04 N/A* 3.66
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This Table displays three types of total return. Simply stated, total return
shows the percent change in unit values, with dividends and capital gains
reinvested, after the deduction of a 1.30% asset charge (and the deduction of
applicable investment advisory fees and other expenses of the underlying Funds).
The total return figures shown in the Annual Percentage Change and Annualized
Percentage Change columns represent annualized figures, i.e., they show the rate
of growth that would have produced the corresponding cumulative return had
performance been constant over the entire period quoted. The Non-Annualized
Percentage Change total return figures are not annual return figures but instead
represent the total percentage change in unit value over the stated periods
without annualization. THE TOTAL RETURN FIGURES DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE
SEVERAL OTHER POLICY CHARGES WHICH ARE DESCRIBED IN THE "POLICY CHARGES"
SECTION. THESE OTHER CHARGES INCLUDE COST OF INSURANCE CHARGES, SURRENDER
CHARGES AND AN ANNUAL ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE.
*The Fund Inception Date is the date the Fund first became effective, which is
not necessarily the same date the Fund was first made available through the
Variable Account. For those Funds which have not been offered as sub-accounts
through the Variable Account for one of the quoted periods, the total return
figures will show the investment performance such Funds would have achieved
(reduced by the 1.30% asset charge and Fund investment advisory fees and
expenses) had they been offered as sub-accounts through the Variable Account for
the period quoted. Certain Funds are not as old as some of the periods quoted,
therefore, total return figures may not be available for all of the periods
shown.
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PERFORMANCE TABLES
CASH VALUES
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1 YR. TO 12/31/94 2 YRS. TO 12/31/94 3 YRS. TO 12/31/94 5 YRS. TO 12/31/94
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Fund Cash Cash Cash Cash
Inception Accum. Surr. Accum. Surr. Accum. Surr. Accum. Surr.
Date** Value Value Value Value Value Value Value Value
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NATIONWIDE SEPARATE
ACCOUNT TRUST
Money Market Fund 11/10/81 25,243 23,118 25,123 22,998 25,136 23,136 27,032 25,157
Government Bond Fund 11/08/82 23,494 21,369 24,992 22,867 26,151 24,151 31,715 29,840
Total Return Fund 11/08/82 24,563 22,438 26,468 24,343 27,782 25,782 33,415 31,540
Capital Appreciation 04/15/92 24,069 21,944 25,599 23,474 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Fund
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NEUBERGER & BERMAN
ADVISERS MGT. TRUST
Balanced Portfolio 02/28/89 23,465 21,340 24,222 22,097 25,387 23,387 29,624 27,749
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TCI PORTFOLIOS, INC.
TCI Advantage 08/01/91 24,548 22,423 25,442 23,317 23,555 21,555 N/A** N/A**
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10 YRS. TO 12/31/94 INCEPTION TO 12/31/94
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Cash Cash
Accum. Surr. Accum. Surr.
Value Value Value Value
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NATIONWIDE SEPARATE
ACCOUNT TRUST
Money Market Fund 33,304 33,304 43,797 43,797
Government Bond Fund 47,335 47,335 54,368 54,368
Total Return Fund 68,166 68,166 94,095 94,095
Capital Appreciation N/A** N/A** 26,461 24,461
Fund
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NEUBERGER & BERMAN
ADVISERS MGT. TRUST
Balanced Portfolio N/A** N/A** 34,073 32,323
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TCI PORTFOLIOS, INC.
TCI Advantage N/A** N/A** 26,658 24,658
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This Table shows the effect of the performance quoted on accumulated values and
cash surrender values, based on a hypothetical single premium of $25,000 for a
55 year-old male, non-tobacco simplified, with a level death benefit and an
initial specified amount of $75,305.79. The cash surrender values reflect the
deduction of all applicable Policy Charges, including a 1.30% asset charge,
applicable cost of insurance charges, surrender charges, and an annual
administrative charge (and the deduction of applicable investment advisory fees
and other expenses of the underlying Funds). See the "Policy Charges" section
for more information about these charges. The cost of insurance charges may be
higher or lower for purchasers who do not meet the profile of the hypothetical
purchaser. Illustrations reflecting a potential purchaser's specific
characteristics are available from the Company upon request.
**The Fund Inception Date is the date the Fund first became effective, which is
not necessarily the same date the Fund was first made available through the
Variable Account. For those Funds which have not been offered as sub-accounts
through the Variable Account for one of the quoted periods, the cash values will
show the investment performance such Funds would have achieved (reduced by any
applicable Variable Account and Policy Charges, and Fund investment advisory
fees and expenses) had they been offered as sub-accounts through the Variable
Account for the period quoted. Certain Funds are not as old as some of the
periods quoted, therefore, the cash values may not be available for all of the
periods shown.
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Independent Auditors' Report
The Board of Directors and Contract Owners of
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-3
Nationwide Life Insurance Company:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets, liabilities and
contract owners' equity of Nationwide VLI Separate Account-3 as of December 31,
1994, and the related statements of operations and changes in contract owners'
equity for each of the years in the three year period then ended. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. 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, 1994, by correspondence with
the custodian and the transfer agents of the underlying mutual 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 referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Nationwide VLI Separate
Account-3 as of December 31, 1994, and the results of its operations and its
changes in contract owners' equity for each of the years in the three year
period then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplementary information included in
Schedule I is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a
required part of the basic financial statements. Such information has been
subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic
financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material
respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Columbus, Ohio
February 3, 1995
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NATIONWIDE VLI SEPARATE ACCOUNT-3
STATEMENT OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND CONTRACT OWNERS' EQUITY
December 31, 1994
Assets:
Investments at market value:
Nationwide SAT -- Capital Appreciation Fund (NWCapApp)
224,900 shares (cost $2,428,903) ................................................................... $ 2,455,906
Nationwide SAT -- Government Bond Fund (NWGvtBd)
128,019 shares (cost $1,420,293) ................................................................... 1,305,795
Nationwide SAT -- Money Market Fund (NWMyMkt)
467,737 shares (cost $467,737) ..................................................................... 467,737
Nationwide SAT -- Total Return Fund (NWTotRet)
710,405 shares (cost $7,222,030) ................................................................... 6,890,932
Neuberger & Berman Advisers Management Trust -- Balanced Portfolio (NBBal)
58,151 shares (cost $866,450) ...................................................................... 843,766
TCI Portfolios, Inc. -- TCI Advantage (TCIAdv)
127,425 shares (cost $681,932) ..................................................................... 698,291
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Total assets ............................................................................... 12,662,427
Accounts payable ............................................................................................ 1,314
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Contract owners' equity ..................................................................................... $12,661,113
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Contract owners' equity represented by: Units Unit Value
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Nationwide SAT-- Capital Appreciation Fund ......................... 214,216 $ 11.465403 $ 2,456,073
Nationwide SAT-- Government Bond Fund .............................. 102,657 12.720514 1,305,850
Nationwide SAT-- Money Market Fund ................................. 41,687 11.176411 465,911
Nationwide SAT-- Total Return Fund ................................. 485,095 14.205723 6,891,125
Neuberger & Berman Advisers Management
Trust-- Balanced Portfolio ...................................... 73,175 11.531273 843,801
TCI Portfolios, Inc.-- TCI Advantage ............................... 35,575 11.321934 402,778
TCI Portfolios, Inc. -- TCI Advantage --
Initial Funding by Depositor (note 1a) ........................... 25,000 11.822996 295,575
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$12,661,113
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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NATIONWIDE VLI SEPARATE ACCOUNT-3
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND CHANGES IN CONTRACT OWNERS' EQUITY
Years Ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992
1994 1993 1992
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Investment activity:
Reinvested capital gains and dividends........................ $ 494,868 145,831 22,132
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Gain (loss) on investments:
Proceeds from redemptions of mutual fund shares............ 4,179,645 3,254,854 1,555,161
Cost of mutual fund shares sold............................ (4,147,943) (3,222,467) (1,550,278)
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Realized gain on investments............................... 31,702 32,387 4,883
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments............ (556,146) 107,861 (8,756)
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Net gain (loss) on investments.......................... (524,444) 140,248 (3,873)
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Net investment activity........................ (29,576) 286,079 18,259
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Equity transactions:
Purchase payments received from contract owners............... 8,317,542 6,745,862 1,368,570
Surrenders (note 2d).......................................... (172,813) (114,800) (2,366)
Death Benefits (note 4)....................................... (17,276) -- --
Policy loans (net of repayments) (note 5)..................... (85,214) (6,841) (5,000)
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Net equity transactions........................ 8,042,239 6,624,221 1,361,204
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Expenses:
Deductions for surrender charges (note 2d).................... (59,849) (44,036) --
Redemptions to pay cost of insurance charges
and administrative charges (notes 2b and 2c) .............. (2,524,466) (1,065,559) (124,254)
Deductions for asset charges (note 3)......................... (80,632) (24,233) (2,807)
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Total expenses................................. (2,664,947) (1,133,828) (127,061)
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Net change in contract owners' equity............................ 5,347,716 5,776,472 1,252,402
Contract owners' equity beginning of period...................... 7,313,397 1,536,925 284,523
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Contract owners' equity end of period............................ $12,661,113 7,313,397 1,536,925
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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NATIONWIDE VLI SEPARATE ACCOUNT-3
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992
(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(a) Organization
The Nationwide VLI Separate Account--3 (the Account) was established
pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of Nationwide Life Insurance
Company (the Company) on August 8, 1984. The Account has been registered as a
unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940. On August 21,
1991, the Company (Depositor) transferred to the Account 50,000 shares of TCI
Portfolios, Inc.--TCI Advantage, for which it was credited with 25,000
accumulation units. The value of the accumulation units purchased by the Company
on August 21, 1991 was $250,000.
(b) The Contracts
Flexible premium life insurance contracts with a front-end sales load, a
surrender charge and certain other fees have been purchased. See note 2 for a
discussion of policy charges.
Contract owners may invest in the following funds:
Funds of the Nationwide Separate Account Trust (Nationwide SAT) (managed
for a fee by an affiliated investment adviser);
Nationwide SAT -- Capital Appreciation Fund (NWCapApp)
Nationwide SAT -- Government Bond Fund (NWGvtBd)
Nationwide SAT -- Money Market Fund (NWMyMkt)
Nationwide SAT -- Total Return Fund (NWTotRet)
Neuberger & Berman Advisers Management Trust -- Balanced Portfolio (NBBal)
TCI Portfolios, Inc. -- TCI Advantage (TCIAdv)
At December 31, 1994, contract owners have invested in all of the above
funds. The contract owners' equity is affected by the investment results of each
fund and certain policy charges (see note 2). The accompanying financial
statements include only contract owners' purchase payments pertaining to the
variable portions of their contracts and exclude any purchase payments for fixed
dollar benefits, the latter being included in the accounts of the Company.
(c) Security Valuation, Transactions and Related Investment Income
The market value of investments is based on the closing bid prices at
December 31, 1994. The cost of investments sold is determined on a specific
identification basis. Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade
date (date the order to buy or sell is executed) and dividend income is recorded
on the ex-dividend date.
(d) Federal Income Taxes
Operations of the Account form a part of, and are taxed with, operations of
the Company, which is taxed as a life insurance company under the provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code.
The Company does not provide for income taxes within the Account. Taxes are
the responsibility of the contract owner upon termination or withdrawal.
(2) Policy Charges
(a) Deductions from Premium
On flexible premium life insurance contracts, the Company deducts a charge
for state premium taxes equal to 2.5% of all premiums received to cover the
payment of these premium taxes. Additionally, the Company deducts a front-end
sales load of up to 3.5% from each premium payment received. The Company may at
its sole discretion reduce this sales loading.
(b) Cost of Insurance
A cost of insurance charge is assessed monthly against each contract. The
amount of the charge is based upon age, sex, rate class and net amount at risk
(death benefit less total contract value).
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(c) Administrative Charges
For flexible premium contracts, the Company currently deducts a monthly
administrative charge of $25 during the first policy year and $5 per month
thereafter (may deduct up to $7.50, maximum) to recover policy maintenance,
accounting, record keeping and other administrative expenses. Additionally, the
Company deducts an increase charge of $2.04 per year per $1,000 applied to any
increase in the specified amount during the first 12 months after the increase
becomes effective.
The above charges are assessed against each contract by liquidating units.
(d) Surrenders
Policy surrenders result in a redemption of the contract value from the
Separate Account and payment of the surrender proceeds to the contract owner or
designee. The surrender proceeds consist of the contract value, less any
outstanding policy loans, and less a surrender charge, if applicable. The amount
of the charge is based upon a specified percentage of the initial surrender
charge which varies by issue age, sex and rate class. For flexible premium
contracts, the charge is 100% of the initial surrender charge in the first year,
declining to 30% of the initial surrender charge in the ninth year.
No surrender charge is assessed on any contract surrendered after the ninth
year.
The Company may waive the surrender charge for certain contracts in which
the sales expenses normally associated with the distribution of a contract are
not incurred.
(3) Asset Charges
The Company deducts a charge equal to an annual rate of .80%, with certain
exceptions, to cover mortality and expense risk charges related to operations.
This charge is assessed through the unit value calculation.
(4) Death Benefits
Death benefits result in a redemption of the contract value from the
Separate Account and payment of the death benefit proceeds, less any outstanding
policy loans and policy charges, to the legal beneficiary. The excess of the
death benefit proceeds over the contract value on the date of death is paid by
the Company's general account.
(5) Policy Loans (Net of Repayments)
Contract provisions allow contract owners to borrow 90% of a policy's cash
surrender value. The contract is charged 6% on the outstanding loan and is due
and payable in advance on the policy anniversary.
At the time the loan is granted, the amount of the loan plus interest, if
any, is transferred from the Account to the Company's general account as
collateral for the outstanding loan. Collateral amounts in the general account
are credited with the stated rate of interest in effect at the time the loan is
made, subject to a guaranteed minimum rate. Interest credited is paid by the
Company's general account to the Account. Loan repayments result in a transfer
of collateral back to the Account.
(6) Schedule I
Schedule I presents the components of the change in the unit values, which
are the basis for contract owners' equity. This schedule is presented in the
following format:
o Beginning unit value - Jan. 1
o Reinvested capital gains and dividends
(This amount reflects the increase in the unit value due to
capital gains and dividend distributions from the underlying
mutual funds.)
o Unrealized gain (loss)
(This amount reflects the increase (decrease) in the unit value
resulting from the market appreciation (depreciation) of the
fund.)
o Asset charges
(This amount reflects the decrease in the unit value due to the
charges discussed in note 3.)
o Ending unit value - Dec. 31
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NATIONWIDE VLI SEPARATE ACCOUNT-3 Schedule I
SCHEDULES OF CHANGES IN UNIT VALUE
Years Ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992
NWCapApp NWGvtBd NWMyMkt NWTotRet NBBal TCIAdv TCIAdv+
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1994
Beginning unit value - Jan. 1 $11.662121 13.250482 10.845265 14.167308 12.027618 11.295721 11.701906
Reinvested capital
gains and
dividends .184927 .833925 .419275 .717782 .469287 .297670 .309969
Unrealized gain (loss) (.289863) (1.261429) .000000 (.565055) (.872191) (.181209) (.188879)
Asset charges (.091782) (.102464) (.088129) (.114312) (.093441) (.090248) .000000
Ending unit value - Dec. 31 $11.465403 12.720514 11.176411 14.205723 11.531273 11.321934 11.822996
Percentage increase
(decrease) in
unit value* (a) (2)% (4)% 3% 0% (4)% 0% 1%
1993
Beginning unit value - Jan.1 $10.725293 12.196370 10.639809 12.875439 11.389202 10.657984 10.953160
Reinvested capital
gains and
dividends .261975 .781559 .291848 .527331 .175648 .223352 .230690
Unrealized gain (loss) .761628 .376228 .000000 .873117 .555361 .502395 .518056
Asset charges (.086775) (.103675) (.086392) (.108579) (.092593) (.088010) .000000
Ending unit value - Dec. 31 $11.662121 13.250482 10.845265 14.167308 12.027618 11.295721 11.701906
Percentage increase
(decrease) in
unit value* (a) 9% 9% 2% 10% 6% 6% 7%
1992
Beginning unit value - Jan. 1 $10.000000 11.398284 10.372248 11.998073 10.625331 11.163943 11.380926
Reinvested capital
gains and
dividends .117198 1.220229 .351875 .453040 .284792 .210350 .215518
Unrealized gain (loss) .663590 (.327900) .000000 .523204 .566044 (.631056) (.643284)
Asset charges (.055495) (.094243) (.084314) (.098878) (.086965) (.085253) .000000
Ending unit value - Dec. 31 $10.725293 12.196370 10.639809 12.875439 11.389202 10.657984 10.953160
Percentage increase
(decrease) in
unit value* (a) 7%(b) 7% 3% 7% 7% (5)% (4)%
*An annualized rate of return cannot be determined as:
(a) Asset charges do not include the policy charges discussed in note 2; and
(b) This investment option was not utilized for the entire period indicated.
+For Depositor, see note 1a.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors
Nationwide Life Insurance Company:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Nationwide Life
Insurance Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation) and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and the related consolidated
statements of income, shareholder's equity and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 1994. These consolidated financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. 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. 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.
Participating insurance and the related surplus are discussed in note 13. The
Company and its counsel are of the opinion that the ultimate ownership of the
participating surplus in excess of the contemplated equitable policyholder
dividends belongs to the shareholder. The accompanying consolidated financial
statements are presented on such basis.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Nationwide Life
Insurance Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1994, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
As discussed in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, in 1994 the
Company adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 115, Accounting for
Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities.
In 1993, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 109, Accounting for
Income Taxes and SFAS No. 106, Employers' Accounting for Postretirement
Benefits Other Than Pensions.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Columbus, Ohio
February 27, 1995
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31, 1994 and 1993
(000's omitted)
Assets 1994 1993
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Investments (notes 5, 8 and 9):
Securities available-for-sale, at fair value:
Fixed maturities (cost $8,318,865 in 1994) $ 8,045,906 -
Equity securities (cost $18,373 in 1994; $8,263 in 1993) 24,713 16,593
Fixed maturities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost (fair value $3,602,310
in 1994; $10,886,820 in 1993) 3,688,787 10,120,978
Mortgage loans on real estate 4,222,284 3,871,560
Real estate 252,681 253,831
Policy loans 340,491 315,898
Other long-term investments 63,914 118,490
Short-term investments (note 14) 131,643 41,797
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16,770,419 14,739,147
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Cash 7,436 21,835
Accrued investment income 220,540 190,886
Deferred policy acquisition costs 1,064,159 811,944
Deferred Federal income tax 36,515 -
Other assets 790,603 636,161
Assets held in Separate Accounts (note 8) 12,222,461 9,006,388
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$31,112,133 25,406,361
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Liabilities and Shareholder's Equity
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Future policy benefits and claims (notes 6 and 8) 16,321,461 14,092,255
Policyholders' dividend accumulations 338,058 322,686
Other policyholder funds 72,770 71,959
Accrued Federal income tax (note 7):
Current 13,126 12,294
Deferred - 31,659
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13,126 43,953
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Other liabilities 235,778 217,952
Liabilities related to Separate Accounts (note 8) 12,222,461 9,006,388
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29,203,654 23,755,193
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Shareholder's equity (notes 3, 4, 7 and 13):
Capital shares, $1 par value. Authorized 5,000 shares, issued and
outstanding 3,815 shares 3,815 3,815
Paid-in additional capital 622,753 422,753
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities available-for-sale, net of adjustment
to deferred policy acquisition costs of $82,525 ($0 in 1993) and net of
deferred Federal income tax benefit of $64,425 ($1,583 expense in 1993) (119,668) 6,747
Retained earnings 1,401,579 1,217,853
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1,908,479 1,651,168
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Commitments and contingencies (notes 9 and 16)
$31,112,133 25,406,361
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Consolidated Statements of Income
Years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992
(000's omitted)
1994 1993 1992
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Revenues (note 17):
Traditional life insurance premiums $ 209,538 215,715 226,888
Accident and health insurance premiums 324,524 312,655 430,009
Universal life and investment product policy charges 239,021 188,057 148,464
Net investment income (note 5) 1,289,501 1,204,426 1,120,157
Net ceded commissions from disposition of credit life and
credit accident and health business (note 12) - - 27,115
Realized gains (losses) on investments (notes 5 and 14) (16,384) 113,673 (19,315)
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2,046,200 2,034,526 1,933,318
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Benefits and expenses:
Benefits and claims 1,279,763 1,236,906 1,319,735
Provision for policyholders' dividends on participating
policies (note 13) 46,061 53,189 61,834
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs 94,744 102,134 99,197
Other operating costs and expenses 352,402 329,396 321,993
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1,772,970 1,721,625 1,802,759
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Income before Federal income tax and cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles 273,230 312,901 130,559
---------- ---------- ----------
Federal income tax (note 7):
Current expense 79,847 75,124 47,402
Deferred expense (benefit) 9,657 31,634 (13,660)
---------- ---------- ----------
89,504 106,758 33,742
---------- ---------- ----------
Income before cumulative effect of changes in
accounting principles 183,726 206,143 96,817
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles,
net of tax (note 3) - 5,365 -
---------- ---------- ----------
Net income $ 183,726 211,508 96,817
========== ========== ==========
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Consolidated Statements of Shareholder's Equity
Years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992
(000's omitted)
Unrealized
gains (losses)
Paid-in on securities Total
Capital additional available-for- Retained shareholder's
shares capital sale, net earnings equity
--------- ----------- -------------- ---------- -------------
1992:
Balance, beginning of year $ 3,815 311,753 96,048 933,179 1,344,795
Dividends paid to shareholder - - - (5,846) (5,846)
Net income - - - 96,817 96,817
Unrealized losses on equity
securities, net of deferred
Federal income tax - - (5,524) - (5,524)
--------- ----------- -------------- ---------- -------------
Balance, end of year $ 3,815 311,753 90,524 1,024,150 1,430,242
========= =========== ============== ========== =============
1993:
Balance, beginning of year 3,815 311,753 90,524 1,024,150 1,430,242
Capital contributions - 111,000 - - 111,000
Dividends paid to shareholder - - - (17,805) (17,805)
Net income - - - 211,508 211,508
Unrealized losses on equity
securities, net of deferred
Federal income tax - - (83,777) - (83,777)
--------- ----------- -------------- ---------- -------------
Balance, end of year $ 3,815 422,753 6,747 1,217,853 1,651,168
========= =========== ============== ========== =============
1994:
Balance, beginning of year 3,815 422,753 6,747 1,217,853 1,651,168
Capital contribution - 200,000 - - 200,000
Net income - - - 183,726 183,726
Adjustment for change in
accounting for certain
investments in debt and
equity securities, net of
adjustment to deferred policy
acquisition costs and deferred
Federal income tax (note 3) - - 216,915 - 216,915
Unrealized losses on securities
available-for-sale, net of
adjustment to deferred policy
acquisition costs and deferred
Federal income tax - - (343,330) - (343,330)
--------- ----------- -------------- ---------- -------------
Balance, end of year $ 3,815 622,753 (119,668) 1,401,579 1,908,479
========= =========== ============== ========== =============
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992
(000's omitted)
1994 1993 1992
---------- ---------- ----------
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 183,726 211,508 96,817
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Capitalization of deferred policy acquisition costs (264,434) (191,994) (177,928)
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs 94,744 102,134 99,197
Amortization and depreciation 6,207 11,156 5,607
Realized losses (gains) on invested assets, net 15,949 (113,648) 19,092
Deferred Federal income tax benefit (2,166) (6,006) (13,105)
Increase in accrued investment income (29,654) (4,218) (11,518)
(Increase) decrease in other assets (112,566) (549,277) 6,132
Increase in policyholder account balances 1,038,641 509,370 19,087
Increase in policyholders' dividend accumulations 15,372 17,316 18,708
Increase (decrease) in accrued Federal income tax payable 832 16,838 (15,723)
Increase in other liabilities 17,826 26,958 73,512
Other, net (19,303) (11,745) (10,586)
---------- ---------- ----------
Net cash provided by operating activities 945,174 18,392 109,292
---------- ---------- ----------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from maturity of securities available-for-sale 579,067 - -
Proceeds from sale of securities available-for-sale 247,876 247,502 27,844
Proceeds from maturity of fixed maturities held-to-maturity 516,003 1,192,093 1,030,397
Proceeds from sale of fixed maturities - 33,959 123,422
Proceeds from repayments of mortgage loans on real estate 220,744 146,047 259,659
Proceeds from sale of real estate 46,713 23,587 22,682
Proceeds from repayments of policy loans and
sale of other invested assets 134,998 59,643 99,189
Cost of securities available-for-sale acquired (2,569,672) (12,550) (12,718)
Cost of fixed maturities held-to-maturity acquired (675,835) (2,016,831) (2,687,975)
Cost of mortgage loans on real estate acquired (627,025) (475,336) (654,403)
Cost of real estate acquired (15,962) (8,827) (137,843)
Policy loans issued and other invested assets acquired (118,012) (76,491) (97,491)
---------- ---------- ----------
Net cash used in investing activities (2,261,105) (887,204) (2,027,620)
---------- ---------- ----------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from capital contributions 200,000 111,000 -
Dividends paid to shareholder - (17,805) (5,846)
Increase in universal life and investment product account balances 3,640,958 2,249,740 2,468,236
Decrease in universal life and investment product account balances (2,449,580) (1,458,504) (575,180)
---------- ---------- ----------
Net cash provided by financing activities 1,391,378 884,431 1,887,210
---------- ---------- ----------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 75,447 15,619 (31,118)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 63,632 48,013 79,131
---------- ---------- ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 139,079 63,632 48,013
========== ========== ==========
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992
(000 s omitted)
(1) Organization and Description of Business
----------------------------------------
Nationwide Life Insurance Company (NLIC) is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation (Corp.). Wholly-owned
subsidiaries of NLIC include Financial Horizons Life Insurance
Company (FHLIC), West Coast Life Insurance Company (WCLIC), National
Casualty Company and subsidiaries (NCC), Nationwide Financial
Services, Inc. (NFS), and effective December 31, 1994, Employers Life
Insurance Company of Wausau and subsidiary (ELICW). NLIC and its
subsidiaries are collectively referred to as "the Company".
NLIC, FHLIC, WCLIC and ELICW are life and accident and health
insurers and NCC is a property and casualty insurer. The Company is
licensed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin
Islands and Puerto Rico. The Company offers a full range of life,
health and annuity products through exclusive agents and other
distribution channels and is subject to competition from other
insurers throughout the United States. The Company is subject to
regulation by the Insurance Departments of states in which it is
licensed, and undergoes periodic examinations by those departments.
The following is a description of the most significant risks facing
life and health insurers and how the Company mitigates those risks:
LEGAL/REGULATORY RISK is the risk that changes in the legal
or regulatory environment in which an insurer operates will create
additional expenses not anticipated by the insurer in pricing
its products. That is, regulatory initiatives designed to
reduce insurer profits, new legal theories or insurance
company insolvencies through guaranty fund assessments may create
costs for the insurer beyond those recorded in the consolidated
financial statements. The Company mitigates this risk by offering
a wide range of products and by operating throughout the United
States, thus reducing its exposure to any single product or
jurisdiction, and also by employing underwriting practices
which identify and minimize the adverse impact of this risk.
CREDIT RISK is the risk that issuers of securities owned by the
Company or mortgagors on mortgage loans on real estate owned by the
Company will default or that other parties, including reinsurers,
which owe the Company money, will not pay. The Company minimizes
this risk by adhering to a conservative investment strategy, by
maintaining sound reinsurance and credit and collection policies
and by providing for any amounts deemed uncollectible.
INTEREST RATE RISK is the risk that interest rates will change
and cause a decrease in the value of an insurer's investments.
This change in rates may cause certain interest-sensitive
products to become uncompetitive or may cause disintermediation.
The Company mitigates this risk by charging fees for
non-conformance with certain policy provisions, by offering
products that transfer this risk to the purchaser, and/or by
attempting to match the maturity schedule of its assets with the
expected payouts of its liabilities. To the extent that
liabilities come due more quickly than assets mature, an insurer
would have to borrow funds or sell assets prior to maturity and
potentially recognize a gain or loss.
(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
------------------------------------------
The significant accounting policies followed by the Company that
materially affect financial reporting are summarized below. The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) which
differ from statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by
regulatory authorities. See note 4.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is
required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated
financial statements and revenues and expenses for the period. Actual
results could differ significantly from those estimates.
The estimates susceptible to significant change are those used in
determining the liability for future policy benefits and claims and
those used in determining valuation allowances for mortgage loans on
real estate and real estate. Although some variability is inherent in
these estimates, management believes the amounts provided are adequate.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(a) Consolidation Policy
--------------------
The December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992 consolidated
financial statements include the accounts of NLIC and its
wholly owned subsidiaries FHLIC, WCLIC, NCC and NFS. The
December 31, 1994 consolidated balance sheet also
includes the accounts of ELICW, which was acquired by
NLIC effective December 31, 1994. See Note 14. All
significant intercompany balances and transactions have
been eliminated.
(b) Valuation of Investments and Related Gains and Losses
-----------------------------------------------------
Prior to January 1, 1994, the Company classified fixed
maturities in accordance with the then existing accounting
standards, and accordingly, fixed maturity securities were
carried at amortized cost, adjusted for amortization of
premium or discount, since the Company had both the
ability and intent to hold those securities until
maturity. Equity securities were carried at fair value
with the unrealized gains and losses, net of deferred
Federal income tax, reported as a separate component of
shareholder's equity.
In May 1993, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) issued STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
STANDARDS NO. 115 - ACCOUNTING FOR CERTAIN INVESTMENTS IN
DEBT AND EQUITY SECURITIES (SFAS 115). SFAS 115
requires fixed maturities and equity securities to be
classified as either held-to-maturity, available-for-sale,
or trading. The Company has no trading securities. The
Company adopted SFAS 115 as of January 1, 1994, with no
effect on consolidated net income. See note 3 regarding
the effect on consolidated shareholder's equity.
Fixed maturity securities are classified as held-to-
maturity when the Company has the positive intent
and ability to hold the securities to maturity and are
stated at amortized cost. Fixed maturity securities not
classified as held-to-maturity and all equity securities
are classified as available-for-sale and are stated at
fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses, net of
adjustments to deferred policy acquisition costs and
deferred Federal income tax, reported as a separate
component of shareholder's equity. The adjustment to
deferred policy acquisition costs represents the change
in amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs that
would have been required as a charge or credit to
operations had such unrealized amounts been realized.
Mortgage loans on real estate are carried at the unpaid
principal balance less valuation allowances. The Company
provides valuation allowances for impairments of
mortgage loans on real estate based on a review by
portfolio managers. Loans in foreclosure and loans
considered in-substance foreclosed as of the balance
sheet date are placed on non-accrual status and written
down to the fair value of the existing property to
derive a new cost basis. Real estate is carried at
cost less accumulated depreciation and valuation
allowances. Other long-term investments are carried on
the equity basis, adjusted for valuation allowances.
Realized gains and losses on the sale of investments are
determined on the basis of specific security
identification. Estimates for valuation allowances and
other than temporary declines are included in realized
gains and losses on investments.
In May, 1993, the FASB issued STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NO. 114 - ACCOUNTING BY CREDITORS
FOR IMPAIRMENT OF A LOAN (SFAS 114). SFAS 114, which
was amended by STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
STANDARDS NO. 118 - ACCOUNTING BY CREDITORS FOR
IMPAIRMENT OF A LOAN - INCOME RECOGNITION AND
DISCLOSURE in October, 1994, requires the measurement of
impaired loans be based on the present value of expected
future cash flows discounted at the loan's effective
interest rate or, as a practical expedient, at the
loan's observable market price or the fair value of the
collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. The
impact on the consolidated financial statements of
adopting SFAS 114 as amended is not expected to be
material. Previously issued consolidated financial
statements shall not be restated. The Company will adopt
SFAS 114 as amended in 1995.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(c) Revenues and Benefits
---------------------
TRADITIONAL LIFE INSURANCE PRODUCTS: Traditional life
insurance products include those products with fixed and
guaranteed premiums and benefits and consist primarily of
whole life, limited-payment life, term life and certain
annuities with life contingencies. Premiums for
traditional life insurance products are recognized as
revenue when due and collected. Benefits and expenses
are associated with earned premiums so as to result in
recognition of profits over the life of the contract.
This association is accomplished by the provision for
future policy benefits and the deferral and amortization
of policy acquisition costs.
UNIVERSAL LIFE AND INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: Universal life
products include universal life, variable universal life
and other interest-sensitive life insurance policies.
Investment products consist primarily of individual and
group deferred annuities, annuities without life
contingencies and guaranteed investment contracts.
Revenues for universal life and investment products
consist of cost of insurance, policy administration and
surrender charges that have been earned and assessed
against policy account balances during the period.
Policy benefits and claims that are charged to expense
include benefits and claims incurred in the period in
excess of related policy account balances and interest
credited to policy account balances.
ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE: Accident and health
insurance premiums are recognized as revenue over the
terms of the policies. Policy claims are charged to
expense in the period that the claims are incurred.
(d) Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs
---------------------------------
The costs of acquiring new business, principally
commissions, certain expenses of the policy issue
and underwriting department and certain variable
agency expenses have been deferred. For traditional
life and individual health insurance products, these
deferred acquisition costs are predominantly being
amortized with interest over the premium paying period
of the related policies in proportion to the ratio of
actual annual premium revenue to the anticipated total
premium revenue. Such anticipated premium revenue was
estimated using the same assumptions as were used for
computing liabilities for future policy benefits. For
universal life and investment products, deferred policy
acquisition costs are being amortized with interest over
the lives of the policies in relation to the present
value of estimated future gross profits from projected
interest margins, cost of insurance, policy
administration and surrender charges. For years in
which gross profits are negative, deferred policy
acquisition costs are amortized based on the present
value of gross revenues. Beginning January 1, 1994,
deferred policy acquisition costs are adjusted to
reflect the impact of unrealized gains and losses on
fixed maturity securities available-for-sale. See note
2(b).
(e) Separate Accounts
-----------------
Separate Account assets and liabilities represent
contractholders' funds which have been segregated into
accounts with specific investment objectives. The
investment income and gains or losses of these accounts
accrue directly to the contractholders. The activity of
the Separate Accounts is not reflected in the
consolidated statements of income and cash flows except
for the fees the Company receives for administrative
services and risks assumed.
(f) Future Policy Benefits
----------------------
Future policy benefits for traditional life and individual
health policies have been calculated using a net level
premium method based on estimates of mortality,
morbidity, investment yields and withdrawals which were
used or which were being experienced at the time the
policies were issued, rather than the assumptions
prescribed by state regulatory authorities. See note 6.
Future policy benefits for annuity policies in the
accumulation phase, universal life and variable universal
life policies have been calculated based on participants'
contributions plus interest credited less applicable
contract charges.
Future policy benefits and claims for group long-term
disability policies are the present value (primarily
discounted at 5.5%) of amounts not yet due on reported
claims and an estimate of amounts to be paid on incurred
but unreported claims. The impact of reserve discounting
is not material. Future policy benefits and claims on
other group health policies are not discounted.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(g) Participating Business
----------------------
Participating business represents approximately 45%
(48% in 1993 and 1992) of the Company's ordinary
life insurance in force, 72% (72% in 1993; 71% in 1992)
of the number of policies in force, and 41% (45% in 1993
and 1992) of life insurance premiums. The provision for
policyholder dividends is based on current dividend
scales. Future dividends are provided for ratably in
future policy benefits based on dividend scales in effect
at the time the policies were issued. Dividend scales are
approved by the Board of Directors.
Income attributable to participating policies in excess
of policyholder dividends is accounted for as belonging to
the shareholder. See note 13.
(h) Federal Income Tax
------------------
NLIC, FHLIC, WCLIC and NCC file a consolidated Federal
income tax return with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
(NMIC), the majority shareholder of Corp. Through 1994,
ELICW filed a consolidated Federal income tax return with
Employers Insurance of Wausau A Mutual Company.
Beginning in 1995, ELICW will file a separate Federal
income tax return.
In 1993, the Company adopted STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NO. 109 - ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME
TAXES, which required a change from the deferred method
of accounting for income tax of APB Opinion 11 to the
asset and liability method of accounting for income tax.
Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax
assets and liabilities are recognized for the future
tax consequences attributable to differences between
the financial statement carrying amounts of existing
assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases
and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using
enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in
the years in which those temporary differences are
expected to be recovered or settled. Under this
method, the effect on deferred tax assets and
liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in
income in the period that includes the enactment date.
Valuation allowances are established when necessary to
reduce the deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to
be realized.
Prior to 1993, the Company applied the deferred method
of accounting for income tax which recognized deferred
income tax for income and expense items that are reported
in different years for financial reporting purposes and
income tax purposes using the tax rate applicable for
the year of calculation. Under the deferred method,
deferred tax is not adjusted for subsequent changes in tax
rates. See note 7.
The Company has reported the cumulative effect of the
change in method of accounting for income tax in the
1993 consolidated statement of income. See note 3.
(i) Reinsurance Ceded
-----------------
Reinsurance premiums ceded and reinsurance recoveries
on benefits and claims incurred are deducted from the
respective income and expense accounts. Assets and
liabilities related to reinsurance ceded are reported on
a gross basis.
(j) Cash Equivalents
----------------
For purposes of the consolidated statements of cash
flows, the Company considers all short-term investments
with original maturities of three months or less to be
cash equivalents.
(k) Reclassification
----------------
Certain items in the 1993 and 1992 consolidated financial
statements have been reclassified to conform to the 1994
presentation.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(3) Changes in Accounting Principles
--------------------------------
Effective January 1, 1994, the Company changed its method of
accounting for certain investments in debt and equity securities in
connection with the issuance of a new accounting standard by the FASB
as described in Note 2(b). As of January 1, 1994, the company
classified fixed maturity securities with amortized cost and fair value
of $6,593,844 and $7,024,736, respectively, as available-for-sale
and recorded the securities at fair value. Previously, these
securities were recorded at amortized cost. The effect as of January
1, 1994 has been recorded as a direct credit to shareholder's equity
as follows:
Excess of fair value over amortized cost of fixed maturity
securities available-for-sale $430,892
Adjustment to deferred policy acquisition costs (97,177)
Deferred Federal income tax (116,800)
--------
$216,915
========
During 1993, the Company adopted accounting principles in
connection with the issuance of two accounting standards by the FASB.
The effect as of January 1, 1993, the date of adoption, has been
recognized in the 1993 consolidated statement of income as the
cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, as follows:
Asset/liability method of recognizing income tax (note 7) $ 26,344
Accrual method of recognizing postretirement benefits other
than pensions (net of tax benefit of $11,296), (note 11) (20,979)
--------
Net cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles $ 5,365
========
(4) Basis of Presentation
---------------------
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP. Annual Statements for NLIC and FHLIC, WCLIC,
ELICW and NCC, filed with the Department ofInsurance of the State of
Ohio, California Department of Insurance, Wisconsin Insurance
Department and Michigan Bureau of Insurance, respectively, are prepared
on the basis of accounting practices prescribed or permitted by
such regulatory authorities. Prescribed statutory accounting
practices include a variety of publications of the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), as well as state laws, regulations
and general administrative rules. Permitted statutory accounting
practices encompass all accounting practices not so prescribed. The
Company has no material permitted statutory accounting practices.
The following reconciles the statutory net income of NLIC as
reported to regulatory authorities to the net income as shown
in the accompanying consolidated financial statements:
1994 1993 1992
-------- ------- -------
Statutory net income $ 76,532 185,943 33,812
Adjustments to restate to the basis of GAAP:
Consolidating statutory net income of subsidiaries 14,350 19,545 21,519
Increase in deferred policy acquisition costs, net 167,166 89,860 78,731
Future policy benefits (76,310) (70,640) (63,355)
Deferred Federal income tax (expense) benefit (9,657) (31,634) 13,660
Equity in earnings of affiliates 1,013 7,121 4,618
Valuation allowances and other than temporary
declines accounted for directly in surplus 6,275 (6,638) 3,402
Interest maintenance reserve (7,332) 13,754 7,588
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles,
net of tax - 5,365 -
Other, net 11,689 (1,168) (3,158)
-------- ------- -------
Net income per accompanying consolidated
statements of income $183,726 211,508 96,817
======== ======= =======
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The following reconciles the statutory capital shares and
surplus of NLIC as reported to regulatory authorities to the
shareholder's equity as shown in the accompanying consolidated
financial statements:
1994 1993 1992
---------- -------- --------
Statutory capital shares and surplus $1,262,861 992,631 647,307
Add (deduct) cumulative effect of adjustments:
Deferred policy acquisition costs 1,064,159 811,944 722,084
Nonadmitted assets and furniture and equipment charged to
income in the year of acquisition, net of accumulated
depreciation 16,120 22,573 15,712
Asset valuation reserve 153,387 105,596 138,727
Interest maintenance reserve 18,843 21,069 7,315
Future policy benefits (310,302) (238,231) (167,591)
Deferred Federal income tax, including effect of changes in
accounting principles in 1993 36,515 (31,659) (82,724)
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principles for
postretirement benefits other than pensions, gross - (32,275) -
Difference between amortized cost and fair value of fixed
maturity securities available-for-sale, gross (272,959) - -
Other, net (60,145) (480) 149,412
---------- ---------- ----------
Shareholder's equity per accompanying consolidated
balance sheets $1,908,479 1,651,168 1,430,242
========== ========== ==========
(5) Investments
-----------
An analysis of investment income by investment type follows for the
years ended December 31:
1994 1993 1992
---------- -------- --------
Gross investment income:
Securities available-for-sale:
Fixed maturities $ 674,346 - -
Equity securities 550 7,230 6,949
Fixed maturities held-to-maturity 193,009 800,255 754,876
Mortgage loans on real estate 376,783 364,810 334,769
Real estate 40,280 39,684 27,410
Short-term 6,990 5,080 7,298
Other 42,831 33,832 30,717
---------- -------- --------
Total investment income 1,334,789 1,250,891 1,162,019
Less investment expenses 45,288 46,465 41,862
---------- ---------- ----------
Net investment income $1,289,501 1,204,426 1,120,157
========== ========== ==========
An analysis of the change in gross unrealized gains (losses) on
securities available-for-sale and fixed maturities held-to-maturity
follows for the years ended December 31:
1994 1993 1992
---------- -------- --------
Securities available-for-sale:
Fixed maturities $ (703,851) - -
Equity securities (1,990) (128,837) (9,195)
Fixed maturities held-to-maturity (421,427) 223,392 17,774
----------- -------- --------
$(1,127,268) 94,555 8,579
=========== ======== ========
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
An analysis of realized gains (losses) on investments by investment
type follows for the years ended December 31:
1994 1993 1992
---------- -------- --------
Realized on disposition of investments:
Securities available-for-sale:
Fixed maturities $(13,720) - -
Equity securities 1,427 129,728 7,215
Fixed maturities - 21,159 13,399
Mortgage loans on real estate (16,130) (17,763) (30,334)
Real estate and other 5,765 (12,813) (12,997)
---------- -------- --------
(22,658) 120,311 (22,717)
---------- -------- --------
Valuation allowances:
Securities available-for-sale:
Fixed maturities 6,600 - -
Fixed maturities - (934) 1,792
Mortgage loans on real estate (4,332) (10,478) (5,969)
Real estate and other 4,006 4,774 7,579
---------- -------- --------
6,274 (6,638) 3,402
---------- -------- --------
$(16,384) 113,673 (19,315)
========== ======== ========
The amortized cost and estimated fair value of securities
available-for-sale and fixed maturities held-to-maturity were as
follows as of December 31, 1994:
Gross Gross
Amortized unrealized unrealized Estimated
cost gains losses fair value
----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Securities available-for-sale
-----------------------------
Fixed maturities:
US Treasury securities and obligations of US
government corporations and agencies $ 393,156 1,794 (18,941) 376,009
Obligations of states and political
subdivisions 2,202 55 (21) 2,236
Debt securities issued by foreign governments 177,910 872 (9,205) 169,577
Corporate securities 4,201,738 50,405 (128,698) 4,123,445
Mortgage-backed securities 3,543,859 18,125 (187,345) 3,374,639
----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total fixed maturities 8,318,865 71,251 (344,210) 8,045,906
Equity securities 18,373 6,636 (296) 24,713
----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
$8,337,238 77,887 (344,506) 8,070,619
=========== ========== ========== ==========
Fixed maturity securities held-to-maturity
------------------------------------------
Obligations of states and political
subdivisions $ 11,613 92 (255) 11,450
Debt securities issued by foreign governments 16,131 111 (39) 16,203
Corporate securities 3,661,043 34,180 (120,566) 3,574,657
----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
$3,688,787 34,383 (120,860) 3,602,310
=========== ========== ========== ==========
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The amortized cost and estimated fair value of investments of fixed
maturity securities were as follows as of December 31, 1993:
Gross Gross
Amortized unrealized unrealized Estimated
cost gains losses fair value
----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
US Treasury securities and obligations of US
government corporations and agencies $ 287,738 18,204 (392) 305,550
Obligations of states and political
subdivisions 16,519 2,700 (5) 19,214
Debt securities issued by foreign governments 137,092 7,719 (1,213) 143,598
Corporate securities 6,819,355 647,778 (15,648) 7,451,485
Mortgage-backed securities 2,860,274 121,721 (15,022) 2,966,973
----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
$10,120,978 798,122 (32,280) 10,886,820
=========== ========== ========== ==========
As of December 31, 1993 the net unrealized gain on equity
securities, before providing for deferred Federal income tax, was
$8,330, comprised of gross unrealized gains of $8,345 and gross
unrealized losses of $15.
The amortized cost and estimated fair value of fixed maturity
securities available-for-sale and fixed maturity securities
held-to-maturity as of December 31, 1994, by contractual maturity,
are shown below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual
maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay
obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.
Amortized Estimated
cost fair value
---------- -----------
Fixed maturity securities available-for-sale
--------------------------------------------
Due in one year or less $ 294,779 294,778
Due after one year through five years 2,553,825 2,490,886
Due after five years through ten years 1,382,311 1,327,089
Due after ten years 544,091 558,514
---------- -----------
4,775,006 4,671,267
Mortgage-backed securities 3,543,859 3,374,639
---------- -----------
$8,318,865 8,045,906
========== ===========
Fixed maturity securities held-to-maturity
------------------------------------------
Due in one year or less $ 333,517 333,000
Due after one year through five years 1,953,179 1,942,260
Due after five years through ten years 1,080,069 1,013,083
Due after ten years 322,022 313,967
---------- -----------
$3,688,787 3,602,310
========== ===========
Proceeds from the sale of securities available-for-sale during
1994 were $247,876, while proceeds from sales of investments in
fixed maturity securities during 1993 were $33,959 ($123,422 during
1992). Gross gains of $3,406 ($2,413 in 1993 and $3,194 in 1992) and
gross losses of $21,866 ($39 in 1993 and $513 in 1992) were realized
on those sales.
Investments that were non-income producing for the twelve month
period preceding December 31, 1994 amounted to $11,513 ($13,158 for
1993) and consisted of $11,111 ($10,907 in 1993) in real estate and
$402 ($2,251 in 1993) in other long-term investments.
Real estate is presented at cost less accumulated depreciation of
$29,275 in 1994 ($24,717 in 1993) and valuation allowances of $27,330
in 1994 ($31,357 in 1993). Other valuation allowances are $0 in 1994
($6,680 in 1993) on fixed maturities and $47,892 in 1994 ($42,350 in
1993) on mortgage loans on real estate.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The Company generally initiates foreclosure proceedings on all
mortgage loans on real estate delinquent sixty days. Foreclosures
of mortgage loans on real estate were $37,187 in 1994 ($39,281 in
1993) and mortgage loans on real estate in process of foreclosure or
in-substance foreclosed as of December 31, 1994 totaled $19,878
($24,658 as of December 31, 1993), which approximates fair value.
Investments with an amortized cost of $11,137 and $11,383 as of
December 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively, were on deposit with various
regulatory agencies as required by law.
(6) Future Policy Benefits and Claims
---------------------------------
The liability for future policy benefits for traditional life and
individual health policies has been established based upon the
following assumptions:
Interest rates: Interest rates vary as follows:
Year of issue Life Health
------------- ---- ------
1994 7.2 %, not graded - permanent contracts with loan provisions; 5.0%
6.0%, not graded - all other contracts
1984-1993 7.4% to 10.5%, not graded 5.0% to 6%
1966-1983 6% to 8.1%, graded over 20 years to 4% to 6.6% 3.5% to 6%
1965 and prior generally lower than post 1965 issues 3.5% to 4%
Withdrawals: Rates, which vary by issue age, type of coverage
and policy duration, are based on Company experience.
Mortality: Mortality and morbidity rates are based on
published tables, modified for the Company's actual experience.
The liability for future policy benefits for investment contracts
(approximately 81% and 80% of the total liability for future policy
benefits as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively) has been
established based on policy term, interest rates and various contract
provisions. The average interest rate credited on investment product
policies was 6.5%, 7.0% and 7.5% for the years ended December 31, 1994,
1993 and 1992, respectively.
Future policy benefits and claims for group long-term disability
policies are the present value (primarily discounted at 5.5%) of
amounts not yet due on reported claims and an estimate of amounts to be
paid on incurred but unreported claims. The impact of reserve
discounting is not material. Future policy benefits and claims on
other group health policies are not discounted.
Activity in the liability for unpaid claims and claim adjustment
expenses is summarized for the years ended December 31:
1994 1993 1992
--------- -------- --------
Balance as of January 1 $591,258 760,312 672,581
Less reinsurance recoverables 429,798 547,786 445,934
--------- -------- --------
Net balance as of January 1 161,460 212,526 226,647
--------- -------- --------
Incurred related to:
Current year 273,299 309,721 360,545
Prior years (26,156) (26,248) (17,433)
--------- -------- --------
Total incurred 247,143 283,473 343,112
--------- -------- --------
Paid related to:
Current year 175,700 208,978 226,886
Prior years 73,889 125,561 130,347
--------- -------- --------
Total paid 249,589 334,539 357,233
--------- -------- --------
Unpaid claims of ELICW (note 14) 40,223 - -
--------- -------- --------
Net balance as of December 31 199,237 161,460 212,526
Plus reinsurance recoverables 457,694 429,798 547,786
--------- -------- --------
Balance as of December 31 $656,931 591,258 760,312
======== ======== ========
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
As a result of changes in estimates for insured events of prior
years, the provision for claims and claim adjustment expenses
decreased in each of the three years ended December 31, 1994 due to
lower-than-anticipated costs to settle accident and health claims.
(7) Federal Income Tax
------------------
Prior to 1984, the Life Insurance Company Income Tax Act of 1959 as
amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (DRA), permitted the
deferral from taxation of a portion of statutory income under certain
circumstances. In these situations, the deferred income was
accumulated in the Policyholders' Surplus Account (PSA). Management
considers the likelihood of distributions from the PSA to be remote;
therefore, no Federal income tax has been provided for such
distributions in the consolidated financial statements. The DRA
eliminated any additional deferrals to the PSA. Any distributions
from the PSA, however, will continue to be taxable at the then current
tax rate. The balance of the PSA is approximately $35,344 as of
December 31, 1994.
The Company adopted STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NO.
109 - ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES (SFAS 109), as of January 1, 1993.
See note 3. The 1992 consolidated financial statements have not
been restated to apply the provisions of SFAS 109.
The significant components of deferred income tax expense for the years
ended December 31 are as follows:
1994 1993
------ ------
Deferred income tax expense (exclusive of the
effects of other components listed below) $9,657 29,930
Adjustments to deferred income tax assets and
liabilities for enacted changes in tax laws
and rates - 1,704
------ ------
$9,657 31,634
====== ======
For the year ended December 31, 1992, the deferred income tax
benefit results from timing differences in the recognition of
income and expense for income tax and financial reporting purposes.
The primary sources of those timing differences were deferred policy
acquisition costs (deferred expense of $16,457) and reserves for future
policy benefits (deferred benefit of $32,045).
Total Federal income tax expense for the years ended December 31,
1994, 1993 and 1992 differs from the amount computed by applying the
U.S. Federal income tax rate to income before tax as follows:
1994 1993 1992
---- ---- ----
Amount % Amount % Amount %
------- ---- -------- ---- ------- ----
Computed (expected) tax expense $95,631 35.0 $109,515 35.0 $44,390 34.0
Tax exempt interest and dividends
received deduction (194) (0.1) (2,322) (0.7) (4,172) (3.2)
Current year increase in U.S. Federal
income tax rate - - 1,704 0.5 - -
Real estate valuation allowance
adjustment - - - - (3,463) (2.7)
Other, net (5,933) (2.1) (2,139) (0.7) (3,013) (2.3)
------- ---- -------- ---- ------- ----
Total (effective rate of each
year) $89,504 32.8 $106,758 34.1 $33,742 25.8
======= ==== ======== ==== ======= ====
Total Federal income tax paid was $87,576, $58,286 and $63,124 during
the years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant
components of the net deferred tax asset (liability) as of December 31,
1994 and 1993 are as follows:
1994 1993
-------- ---------
Deferred tax assets:
Future policy benefits $124,044 129,995
Fixed maturity securities available-for-sale 95,536 -
Liabilities in Separate Accounts 94,783 64,722
Mortgage loans on real estate and real estate 25,632 24,020
Other policyholder funds 7,137 7,759
Other assets and other liabilities 57,528 41,390
-------- ---------
Total gross deferred tax assets 404,660 267,886
-------- ---------
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred policy acquisition costs 317,224 243,731
Fixed maturities, equity securities and other
long-term investments 3,620 11,137
Other 47,301 44,677
-------- ---------
Total gross deferred tax liabilities 368,145 299,545
-------- ---------
Net deferred tax asset (liability) $ 36,515 (31,659)
======== =========
The Company has determined that valuation allowances are not
necessary as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 and January 1, 1993 (date of
adoption of SFAS 109) based on its analysis of future deductible
amounts. All future deductible amounts can be offset by future
taxable amounts or recovery of Federal income tax paid within the
statutory carryback period. In addition, for future deductible
amounts for securities available-for-sale, affiliates of the Company
which are included in the same consolidated Federal income tax return
hold investments that could be sold for capital gains that could offset
capital losses realized by the Company should securities
available-for-sale be sold at a loss.
(8) Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments
-----------------------------------------------------
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NO. 107 - DISCLOSURES ABOUT
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (SFAS 107) requires disclosure of
fair value information about existing on and off-balance sheet financial
instruments. In cases where quoted market prices are not available,
fair value is based on estimates using present value or other valuation
techniques.
These techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used,
including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows.
Although fair value estimates are calculated using assumptions that
management believes are appropriate, changes in assumptions could cause
these estimates to vary materially. In that regard, the derived fair
value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent
markets and, in many cases, could not be realized in the immediate
settlement of the instruments. SFAS 107 excludes certain assets and
liabilities from its disclosure requirements. Accordingly, the
aggregate fair value amounts presented do not represent the underlying
value of the Company.
Although insurance contracts, other than policies such as annuities that
are classified as investment contracts, are specifically exempted from
SFAS 107 disclosures, estimated fair value of policy reserves on
insurance contracts are provided to make the fair value disclosures more
meaningful.
The tax ramifications of the related unrealized gains and losses can
have a significant effect on fair value estimates and have not been
considered in the estimates.
The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in
estimating its fair value disclosures:
CASH, SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS AND POLICY LOANS: The carrying
amount reported in the balance sheets for these instruments
approximate their fair value.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
INVESTMENT SECURITIES: Fair value for fixed maturity
securities is based on quoted market prices, where available.
For fixed maturity securities not actively traded, fair value is
estimated using values obtained from independent pricing services
or, in the case of private placements, is estimated by
discounting expected future cash flows using a current market rate
applicable to the yield, credit quality and maturity of the
investments. The fair value for equity securities is based on quoted
market prices.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES: The fair value of assets
held in Separate Accounts is based on quoted market prices.
The fair value of liabilities related to Separate Accounts is the
amount payable on demand.
MORTGAGE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE: The fair value for mortgage loans on
real estate is estimated using discounted cash flow analyses,
using interest rates currently being offered for similar loans
to borrowers with similar credit ratings. Loans with similar
characteristics are aggregated for purposes of the calculations.
Fair value for mortgages in default is valued at the estimated fair
value of the underlying collateral.
INVESTMENT CONTRACTS: Fair value for the Company's liabilities
under investment type contracts is disclosed using two methods.
For investment contracts without defined maturities, fair value
is the amount payable on demand. For investment contracts with
known or determined maturities, fair value is estimated using
discounted cash flow analysis. Interest rates used are similar
to currently offered contracts with maturities consistent with
those remaining for the contracts being valued.
POLICY RESERVES ON INSURANCE CONTRACTS: Included are disclosures
for individual life, universal life and supplementary contracts with
life contingencies for which the estimated fair value is the
amount payable on demand. Also included are disclosures for the
Company's limited payment policies, which the Company has used
discounted cash flow analyses similar to those used for investment
contracts with known maturities to estimate fair value.
POLICYHOLDERS DIVIDEND ACCUMULATIONS AND OTHER POLICYHOLDER
FUNDS: The carrying amount reported in the consolidated
balance sheets for these instruments approximates their fair value.
Carrying amount and estimated fair value of financial instruments
subject to SFAS 107 and policy reserves on insurance contracts were as
follows as of December 31:
1994 1993
---- ----
Carrying Estimated Carrying Estimated
amount fair value amount fair value
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Assets
------
Investments:
Securities available-for-sale:
Fixed maturities $ 8,045,906 8,045,906 - -
Equity securities 24,713 24,713 16,593 16,593
Fixed maturities held-to-maturity 3,688,787 3,602,310 10,120,978 10,886,820
Mortgage loans on real estate 4,222,284 4,173,284 3,871,560 4,175,271
Policy loans 340,491 340,491 315,898 315,898
Short-term investments 131,643 131,643 41,797 41,797
Cash 7,436 7,436 21,835 21,835
Assets held in Separate Accounts 12,222,461 12,222,461 9,006,388 9,006,388
Liabilities
-----------
Investment contracts 12,189,894 11,657,556 10,332,661 10,117,288
Policy reserves on insurance contracts 3,170,085 2,934,384 2,945,120 2,873,503
Policyholders' dividend accumulations 338,058 338,058 322,686 322,686
Other policyholder funds 72,770 72,770 71,959 71,959
Liabilities related to Separate Accounts 12,222,461 11,807,331 9,006,388 8,714,586
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(9) Additional Financial Instruments Disclosures
--------------------------------------------
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE-SHEET RISK: The Company is a
party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the
normal course of business through management of its investment
portfolio. These financial instruments include commitments to
extend credit in the form of loans. These instruments involve, to
varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of amounts
recognized on the consolidated balance sheets.
Commitments to fund fixed rate mortgage loans on real estate are
agreements to lend to a borrower, and are subject to conditions
established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed
expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require
payment of a deposit. Commitments extended by the Company are based on
management's case-by-case credit evaluation of the borrower and
the borrower's loan collateral. The underlying mortgage property
represents the collateral if the commitment is funded. The Company's
policy for new mortgage loans on real estate is to lend no more than
80% of collateral value. Should the commitment be funded, the
Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by
the borrower is represented by the contractual amounts of these
commitments less the net realizable value of the collateral. The
contractual amounts also represent the cash requirements for all
unfunded commitments. Commitments on mortgage loans on real estate
of $243,200 extending into 1995 were outstanding as of December 31,
1994.
SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK: The Company grants mainly
commercial mortgage loans on real estate to customers throughout the
United States. The Company has a diversified portfolio with no more
than 22% (23% in 1993) in any geographic area and no more than 2%
(2% in 1993) with any one borrower. The summary below depicts loans
by remaining principal balance as of each December 31:
Apartment
Office Warehouse Retail & other Total
-------- --------- --------- --------- ----------
1994:
East North Central $109,233 103,499 540,686 191,489 944,907
East South Central 24,298 10,803 127,845 76,897 239,843
Mountain 3,150 13,770 140,358 39,682 196,960
Middle Atlantic 61,299 53,285 140,847 30,111 285,542
New England 10,536 43,282 139,131 4 192,953
Pacific 195,393 210,930 397,911 68,768 873,002
South Atlantic 87,150 81,576 424,150 210,354 803,230
West North Central 127,760 11,766 80,854 4,738 225,118
West South Central 51,013 84,796 184,923 194,788 515,520
-------- --------- --------- --------- ----------
$669,832 613,707 2,176,705 816,831 4,277,075
======== ========= ========= =========
Less valuation allowances and unamortized discount 54,791
----------
Total mortgage loans on real estate, net $4,222,284
==========
1993:
East North Central $109,208 108,478 470,755 158,964 847,405
East South Central 27,562 1,460 117,341 69,991 216,354
Mountain 3,228 4,742 105,560 23,065 136,595
Middle Atlantic 56,664 52,766 132,821 15,414 257,665
New England 10,565 48,398 142,530 8 201,501
Pacific 174,409 185,116 389,428 65,497 814,450
South Atlantic 112,640 58,165 391,102 238,337 800,244
West North Central 104,933 13,458 78,408 3,917 200,716
West South Central 50,955 47,103 183,420 161,033 442,511
-------- --------- ------- --------- ----------
$650,164 519,686 2,011,365 736,226 3,917,441
======== ========= ========= =========
Less valuation allowances and unamortized discount 45,881
----------
Total mortgage loans on real estate, net $3,871,560
==========
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(10) Pension Plan
------------
NLIC, FHLIC, WCLIC, NCC, and NFS participate together with other
affiliated companies, in a pension plan covering all employees who
have completed at least one thousand hours of service within a
twelve-month period and who have met certain age requirements. Plan
contributions are invested in a group annuity contract of NLIC.
Benefits are based upon the highest average annual salary of any
three consecutive years of the last ten years of service. The Company
funds pension costs accrued for direct employees plus an allocation of
pension costs accrued for employees of affiliates whose work efforts
benefit the Company.
Pension costs charged to operations by the Company during the years
ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992 were $10,451, $6,702 and
$4,613, respectively.
The Company's net accrued pension expense as of December 31, 1994
and 1993 was $1,836 and $1,472, respectively.
The net periodic pension cost for the plan as a whole for the years
ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992 follows:
1994 1993 1992
-------- -------- --------
Service cost (benefits earned during the period) $64,740 47,694 44,343
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 73,951 70,543 68,215
Actual return on plan assets (21,495) (105,002) (62,307)
Net amortization and deferral (62,150) 20,832 (24,281)
-------- -------- --------
Net periodic pension cost $55,046 34,067 25,970
======== ======== ========
Basis for measurements, net periodic pension cost:
Weighted average discount rate 5.75% 6.75% 7.25%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels 4.50% 4.75% 5.25%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets 7.00% 7.50% 8.00%
Information regarding the funded status of the plan as a whole as of
December 31, 1994 and 1993 follows:
1994 1993
---------- ----------
Accumulated benefit obligation:
Vested $ 914,850 972,475
Nonvested 7,570 10,227
---------- ----------
$ 922,420 982,702
========== ==========
Projected benefit obligation for
services rendered to date 1,305,547 1,292,477
Plan assets at fair value 1,241,771 1,208,007
---------- ----------
Plan assets less than projected benefit
obligation (63,776) (84,470)
Unrecognized prior service cost 46,201 49,551
Unrecognized net losses 39,408 55,936
Unrecognized net assets at January 1, 1987 (21,994) (24,146)
---------- ----------
Net accrued pension expense $ (161) (3,129)
========== ==========
Basis for measurements, funded status of plan:
Weighted average discount rate 7.50% 5.75%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels 6.75% 4.50%
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(11) Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions
-------------------------------------------
In addition to the defined benefit pension plan, NLIC, FHLIC, WCLIC,
NCC and NFS participate with other affiliated companies in life and
health care defined benefit plans for qualifying retirees.
Postretirement life and health care benefits are contributory and
available to full time employees who have attained age 55 and
have accumulated 15 years of service with the Company after reaching
age 40. Postretirement life insurance contributions are based on age
and coverage amount of each retiree. Postretirement health care
benefit contributions are adjusted annually and contain cost-sharing
features such as deductibles and coinsurance. The accounting for the
health care plan anticipates future cost-sharing changes to the
written plan that are consistent with the Company's expressed intent
to increase the retiree contribution amount annually for expected
health care inflation. The Company's policy is to fund the cost of
health care benefits in amounts determined at the discretion of
management. The Company began funding in 1994. Plan assets are
invested in group annuity contracts of NLIC.
Effective January 1, 1993, the Company adopted the provisions of
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NO. 106 - EMPLOYERS'
ACCOUNTING FOR POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS OTHER THAN PENSIONS (SFAS 106),
which requires the accrual method of accounting for postretirement
life and health care insurance benefits based on actuarially
determined costs to be recognized over the period from the date of
hire to the full eligibility date of employees who are expected to
qualify for such benefits. Postretirement benefit cost for 1992, which
was recorded on a cash basis, has not been restated.
The Company elected to immediately recognize its estimated accumulated
postretirement benefit obligation as of January 1, 1993. Accordingly,
a noncash charge of $32,275 ($20,979 net of related income tax
benefit) was recorded in the consolidated statement of income as a
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. See note 3.
The adoption of SFAS 106, including the cumulative effect of the
change in accounting principle, increased the expense for
postretirement benefits by $35,277 to $36,544 in 1993. Net periodic
postretirement benefit cost for 1994 was $4,627. The Company's
accrued postretirement benefit obligation as of December 31, 1994 and
1993 was $36,001 and $35,277, respectively.
Actuarial assumptions for the measurement of the December 31, 1994
accumulated postretirement benefit obligation include a discount rate
of 8% and an assumed health care cost trend rate of 11%, uniformly
declining to an ultimate rate of 6% over 12 years.
Actuarial assumptions for the measurement of the December 31, 1993
accumulated postretirement benefit obligation and the 1994 net
periodic postretirement benefit cost include a discount rate of 7% and
an assumed health care cost trend rate of 12%, uniformly declining to
an ultimate rate of 6% over 12 years.
Actuarial assumptions used to determine the accumulated postretirement
benefit obligation as of January 1, 1993 and the 1993 net periodic
postretirement benefit cost include a discount rate of 8% and an
assumed health care cost trend rate of 14%, uniformly declining to an
ultimate rate of 6% over 12 years.
Information regarding the funded status of the plan as a whole as of
December 31, 1994 and 1993 follows:
1994 1993
--------- ---------
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation:
Retirees $ 76,677 90,312
Fully eligible, active plan participants 22,013 24,833
Other active plan participants 59,089 84,103
--------- ---------
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation 157,779 199,248
Plan assets at fair value 49,012 -
--------- ---------
Plan assets less than accumulated postretirement benefit
obligation (108,767) (199,248)
Unrecognized net (gains) losses (41,497) 15,128
--------- ---------
Accrued postretirement benefit obligation $(150,264) (184,120)
========= =========
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The amount of net periodic postretirement benefit cost for the plan as
a whole for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993 is as follows:
1994 1993
------- -------
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost:
Service cost - benefits attributed to employee service during the year $ 8,586 7,090
Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation 14,011 13,928
Actual return on plan assets (1,622) -
Net amortization and deferral 1,622 -
------- ------
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost $22,597 21,018
======= ======
The health care cost trend rate assumption has a significant effect
on the amounts reported. A one percentage point increase in the
assumed health care cost trend rate would increase the accumulated
postretirement benefit obligation as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 by
$8,109 and $15,621, respectively, and the net periodic postretirement
benefit cost for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993 by $866 and
$2,377, respectively.
(12) Portfolio Transfer of Credit Life and Credit Accident and Health
----------------------------------------------------------------
On March 13, 1992, WCLIC entered into an assignment and assumption
agreement with American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida
(ABLAC) under which ABLAC assumed, by portfolio transfer, substantially
all of WCLIC's credit life and accident and health policies in force as
of January 1, 1992. A pre-tax loss of approximately $15,000 was
recognized from this transaction in 1992. The loss represents
approximately $34,000 of amortization of deferred policy acquisition
costs, less approximately $27,000 in ceded commissions earned, plus
death benefits incurred and other expenses. Under the terms defined in
the assignment and assumption agreement, WCLIC is contingently liable
for adverse development of claims activity up to a defined limit. As
of December 31, 1994, WCLIC has provided for a contingent liability
based on the development of claims experience through December 31,
1994. As of December 31, 1993, WCLIC had provided for the maximum
contingent liability in the absence of conclusive claims experience
development.
(13) Regulatory Risk-Based Capital, Retained Earnings and Dividend
-------------------------------------------------------------
Restrictions
------------
Each insurance company's state of domicile imposes minimum risk-based
capital requirements that were developed by the NAIC. The
formulas for determining the amount of risk-based capital specify
various weighting factors that are applied to financial balances or
various levels of activity based on the perceived degree of risk.
Regulatory compliance is determined by a ratio of the company's
regulatory total adjusted capital, as defined by the NAIC, to its
authorized control level risk-based capital, as defined by the NAIC.
Companies below specific trigger points or ratios are classified
within certain levels, each of which requires specified corrective
action. NLIC and each of its insurance subsidiaries exceed the minimum
risk-based capital requirements.
In accordance with the requirements of the New York statutes, the
Company has agreed with the Superintendent of Insurance of that state
that so long as participating policies and contracts are held by
residents of New York, no profits on participating policies and
contracts in excess of the larger of (a) ten percent of such profits or
(b) fifty cents per year per thousand dollars of participating life
insurance in force, exclusive of group term, at the year-end shall
inure to the benefit of the shareholders. Such New York statutes
further provide that so long as such agreement is in effect, such
excess of profits shall be exhibited as "participating policyholders'
surplus" in annual statements filed with the Superintendent and shall be
used only for the payment or apportionment of dividends to participating
policyholders at least to the extent required by statute or for the
purpose of making up any loss on participating policies.
In the opinion of counsel for the Company, the ultimate ownership of
the entire surplus, however classified, of the Company resides with the
shareholder, subject to the usual requirements under state laws and
regulations that certain deposits, reserves and minimum surplus be
maintained for the protection of the policyholders until all policy
contracts are discharged.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Based on the opinion of counsel with respect to the ownership of its
surplus, the Company is of the opinion that the earnings attributable
to participating policies in excess of the amounts paid as dividends
to policyholders belong to the shareholder rather than the
policyholders, and such earnings are so treated by the Company.
The amount of shareholder's equity other than capital shares
was $1,904,664, $1,647,353, and $1,426,427 as of December 31,
1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively. The amount thereof not
presently available for dividends to the shareholder due to the New
York restrictions and to adjustments relating to GAAP was $929,934,
$954,037 and $841,583 as of December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992,
respectively.
Ohio law limits the payment of dividends to shareholders. The
maximum dividend that may be paid by the Company without prior
approval of the Director of the Department of Insurance of the State
of Ohio is limited to the greater of statutory gain from operations of
the preceding calendar year or 10% of statutory shareholder's surplus
as of the prior December 31. Therefore, $1,707,110, of shareholder's
equity, as presented in the accompanying consolidated financial
statements, is restricted as to dividend payments in 1995.
California law limits the payment of dividends to shareholders of
WCLIC. The maximum dividend that may be paid by WCLIC without
prior approval of the Commissioner of the State of California
Department of Insurance is limited to the greater of WCLIC's
statutory net income of the preceding calendar year or 10% of
WCLIC's statutory shareholder's surplus as of the prior December 31.
Therefore, $126,489 of WCLIC's shareholder's equity is restricted as
to dividend payments in 1995.
Wisconsin law limits the payment of dividends to shareholders of ELICW.
The maximum dividend that may be paid by ELICW without prior approval
of the Commissioner of the State of Wisconsin is limited to the greater
of ELICW's statutory net income of the preceding calendar year or 10%
of ELICW s statutory surplus as of the prior December 31, Therefore,
$135,369 of ELICW's shareholder's equity is restricted as to dividend
payments in 1995.
Michigan law limits the payment of dividends to shareholders of NCC.
The maximum dividend that may be paid by NCC without prior approval
of the Commissioner of the State of Michigan Bureau of Insurance is
limited to the greater of NCC's statutory net income, not including
realized capital gains, of the preceding calendar year or 10% of
NCC's statutory shareholder's surplus as of the prior December 31.
Therefore, $66,564 of NCC's shareholder's equity is restricted as to
dividend payments in 1995. In addition, prior approval is not required
for a dividend which does not increase gross leverage to a point in
excess of the United States consolidated industry average for the most
recent available year.
(14) Transactions With Affiliates
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Effective December 31, 1994, NLIC purchased all of the outstanding
shares of ELICW from Wausau Service Corporation (WSC) for an
amount approximating $165,000, subject to specified adjustments, if
any, subsequent to year end. NLIC transferred fixed maturity
securities and cash with a fair value of $155,000 to WSC on
December 28, 1994, which resulted in a realized loss of $19,239 on
the disposition of the securities. An accrual approximating $10,000
is reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The
purchase price approximated both the historical cost basis and fair
value of net assets of ELICW. ELICW has and will continue to share
home office, other facilities, equipment and common management and
administrative services with WSC.
The deferred compensation annuity line of business of the Company
is primarily sold through Public Employees Benefit Services
Corporation (PEBSCO). The Company paid PEBSCO commissions and
administrative fees of $26,699, $22,681 and $20,146 in 1994, 1993 and
1992, respectively. PEBSCO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Corp.
The Company and NEA Valuebuilder Investor Services, Inc. (NEAVIS) have
contracted with the National Education Association (NEA) to provide
individual annuity contracts to be marketed exclusively to members of
the NEA. The Company paid NEAVIS a marketing development fee of
$11,095, $9,229 and $6,426 in 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively.
NEAVIS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Corp.
The Company shares home office, other facilities, equipment and
common management and administrative services with affiliates.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The Company participates in intercompany repurchase agreements
with affiliates whereby the seller will transfer securities to the
buyer at a stated value. Upon demand or a stated period, the
securities will be repurchased by the seller at the original sales
price plus a price differential. Transactions under the agreements
during 1994 and 1993 were not material.
During 1993, the Company sold equity securities with a market value
$194,515 to NMIC, resulting in a realized gain of $122,823. With the
proceeds, the Company purchased securities with a market value of
$194,139 and cash of $376 from NMIC.
Intercompany reinsurance contracts exist between NLIC and NMIC,
NLIC and WCLIC, NLIC and NCC, WCLIC and NMIC and WCLIC and
ELICW as of December 31, 1994. These contracts are immaterial to
the consolidated financial statements.
NCC participates in several 100% quota share reinsurance agreements
with NMIC. NCC serves as the licensed insurer as required for an
affiliated excess and surplus lines company and cedes 100% of direct
written premiums to NMIC. In 1989, NCC transferred 100% of assets and
unearned premiums and loss reserves related to a discontinued block of
assumed reinsurance to NMIC (95.3%) and Nationwide Mutual Fire
Insurance Company (4.7%). Effective January 1, 1993, NCC entered into
a 100% quota share reinsurance agreement to cede to NMIC 100% of all
written premiums not subject to any other reinsurance agreements.
As a result of these agreements, and in accordance with STATEMENT OF
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NO. 113 - ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING FOR
REINSURANCE OF SHORT-DURATION AND LONG-DURATION CONTRACTS, the
following amounts are included in the consolidated financial statements
as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 for reinsurance ceded:
1994 1993
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Reinsurance recoverable $575,721 533,401
Unearned premium reserves (118,092) (102,644)
Loss and claim reserves (371,974) (352,303)
Loss and expense reserves (85,655) (78,454)
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$ 0 0
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The ceding of reinsurance does not discharge the original insurer
from primary liability to its policyholder. The insurer which assumes
the coverage assumes the related liability and it is the practice of
insurers to treat insured risks, to the extent of reinsurance ceded,
as though they were risks for which the original insurer is not liable.
Management believes the financial strength of NMIC reduces to an
acceptable level any risk to NCC under these intercompany reinsurance
agreements.
The Company and various affiliates entered into agreements with
Nationwide Cash Management Company (NCMC) and California Cash
Management Company (CCMC), both affiliates, under which NCMC and CCMC
act as common agents in handling the purchase and sale of short-term
securities for the respective accounts of the participants. Amounts on
deposit with NCMC and CCMC were $92,531 and $28,683 at December 31,
1994 and 1993, respectively, and are included in short-term
investments on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
(15) Bank Lines of Credit
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As of December 31, 1994 and 1993, NLIC had $120,000 of confirmed but
unused bank lines of credit which support a $100,000 commercial paper
borrowing authorization. Additionally, NFS had $27,000 of confirmed
but unused bank lines of credit.
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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Corporation)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(16) Contingencies
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The Company is a defendant in various lawsuits. In the
opinion of management, the effects, if any, of such lawsuits
are not expected to be material to the Company's financial
position or results of operations.
(17) Major Lines of Business
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The Company operates in the life and accident and health lines of
business in the life insurance and property and casualty insurance
industries. Life insurance operations include whole life, universal
life, variable universal life, endowment and term life insurance and
annuity contracts issued to individuals and groups. Accident and
health operations also provide coverage to individuals and groups.
The following table summarizes the revenues and income before Federal
income tax and cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles
for the years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992 and assets as of
December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992, by line of business.
1994 1993 1992
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Revenues:
Life insurance $ 1,577,809 1,479,956 1,406,417
Accident and health 345,544 339,764 475,290
Investment income allocated to capital and surplus 122,847 214,806 51,611
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Total $ 2,046,200 2,034,526 1,933,318
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Income before Federal income tax and cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principles:
Life insurance 141,650 83,917 78,627
Accident and health 13,220 15,043 436
Investment income allocated to capital and surplus 118,360 213,941 51,496
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Total $ 273,230 312,901 130,559
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Assets:
Life insurance 28,351,628 22,982,186 19,180,561
Accident and health 852,026 773,007 343,535
Capital and surplus 1,908,479 1,651,168 1,430,242
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Total $31,112,133 25,406,361 20,954,338
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Included in life insurance revenues are premiums from certain annuities
with life contingencies of $20,134 ($35,341 and $54,066 for the years
ended December 31, 1993 and 1992, respectively) as well as universal
life and investment product policy charges of $239,021 ($188,057 and
$148,464 for the years ended December 31, 1993 and 1992 respectively)
for the year ended December 31, 1994.
Allocations of investment income and certain general expenses were
based on a number of assumptions and estimates, and reported operating
results would change by line if different methods were applied.
Investment income and realized gains allocable to policyholders in 1994
were $1,193,292 and $1,775, respectively.
(18) Subsequent Event
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On January 30, 1995, FHLIC received approval from the Ohio Secretary of
State to change its name to Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance
Company.
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