Correspondence 0001753926-24-000799 from MEMBERS Life Insurance Co (CIK 0001562577)
MEMBERS Life Insurance Co (CIK 0001562577)
Date: April 19, 2024 · CIK: 0001562577 · Accession: 0001753926-24-000799
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File numbers found in text: 333-250061, 333-276157
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
April
19, 2024
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
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Registration
Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-276157
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”) a Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the 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 6 to the current 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 the following Contract enhancements for Contracts issued on or after May 25, 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 and Barclay’s Risk Balanced
Index as allocation options
● reduced
surrender charges
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
April 19, 2024
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In addition, the following Contract enhancements apply both to in-force Contracts and new Contracts issued on or after May 25,
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
Registration Statement includes current financial information as well as updated certain other information and is complete. In
addition to the Contract changes above, changes from the Prior Registration Statement include disclosure and clarifying changes
made to reflect the Staff’s comments with respect to the Company’s other registered products. The Registration Statement
also incorporates changes made in response to comments from the Staff following its review of the registration statement for the
Contracts filed on Form S-1 with the Commission on December 20, 2023. Based on the aforementioned, the Company respectfully requests
that the Commission staff afford the Registration Statement expedited review.
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.
Requests
for acceleration of the effective date of the Amendment from the Company and principal underwriter of the Contracts, which were
filed on April 19, 2024, request an effective date of May 1, 2024, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable. If you have
any questions regarding the Amendment, please contact the undersigned at 608-665-4184.
Sincerely,
/s/Britney
Schnathorst
Britney
Schnathorst
cc: Mr.Thomas Bisset