Correspondence 0001753926-23-001602 from MEMBERS Life Insurance Co (CIK 0001562577)
MEMBERS Life Insurance Co (CIK 0001562577)
Date: Dec. 20, 2023 · CIK: 0001562577 · Accession: 0001753926-23-001602
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File numbers found in text: 333-250061
Referenced dates: November 6, 2020
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Britney Schnathorst
Associate General Counsel
Office of General Counsel
Phone: 608.665.4184
E-mail: Britney.Schnathorst@trustage.com
MEMBERS Life Insurance
Company
December 20, 2023
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Re:
MEMBERS Life Insurance Company
TruStage™ Zone Income Annuity
Initial Registration Statement on Form S-1
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of MEMBERS Life
Insurance Company (the “Company”), we are transmitting for filing under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”)
an initial registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) for certain Single Premium Deferred Modified
Guaranteed Index Annuity Contracts (the “Contracts”). The purpose of this filing is to include the Contract enhancements described
below and to replace the current registration statement for the Contracts, which will expire three years after its effective date pursuant
to Rule 415(a)(5) under the 1933 Act.
The Company represents that
the Registration Statement is substantially similar to the post-effective amendment to the registration statement for the Contracts previously
filed on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 14, 2023 (File No. 333-250061)and
declared effective by the Commission staff on May 1, 2023 (the “Prior Registration Statement”). Changes from the Prior Registration
Statement include disclosures reflecting the staff’s comments with respect to the Company’s other registered products.
Changes from the Prior Registration
Statement also include the following Contract enhancements, which would apply only to Contracts issued after May 1, 2024:
· changes to the Declared Rate Account Interest
Rate guarantee period
· changes to the Declared Rate Account Minimum
Interest Rate
· addition of the Dimensional US Small Cap Value
Systematic Index as an allocation option
· reduced surrender charges
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
December 20, 2023
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The following Contract enhancements would apply both to in-force Contracts and new Contract Owners beginning May 1, 2024:
·
ability to begin GLWB payments on dates other than a Contract Anniversary
·
ability to elect to take the full or partial GLWB payment amount
·
ability to add a Covered Person prior to the GLWB Payment Start Date
The Company plans to file
a pre-effective amendment to the Registration Statement that will respond to any comments from the Commission staff on the Registration
Statement and that will include financial statements for the Company, exhibits and all other required information.
The Company relies on the
permission granted under Regulation S-X §3-13 by the Commission in a letter dated November 6, 2020, to file audited financial statements
of the Company prepared in accordance with statutory accounting principles in place of financial statements prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Company requested permission to use
these financial statements in connection with certain registration statements on Form S-1 that are currently effective or may be filed
in the future for index-linked annuity contracts, in satisfaction of the financial information required by Form S-1, including the requirements
of Items 11(e), 11(f) and 11(g) and Item 16(b) of Form S-1.
If you have any questions
regarding the Amendment, please contact the undersigned at 608-665-4184.
Sincerely,
/s/ Britney Schnathorst
Britney Schnathorst
cc:
Ms. Elisabeth Bentzinger
Mr. Thomas Bisset