Registration for Index-Linked Annuities and Registered Market Value Adjustment Annuities; Amendments To Form N-4 for Index-Linked Annuities, Registered Market Value Adjustment Annuities, and Variable Annuities; Other Technical Amendments

Document 2024-14925 is a Final Rule published by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Federal Register on July 24, 2024, with an effective date of September 23, 2024. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is adopting rule and form amendments to provide a tailored form to register the offerings of registered index-linked annuities ("RILAs"). Specifically, the Commission is amending the form currently used by most variable annuity separate accounts, Form N-4, to require issuers of RILAs to register offerings on that form as well. To facilitate this amendment, the Commission is also amending certain filing rules and making other related amendments. These changes will implement the requirements relating to RILAs contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The Commission is also extending the registration, filing, and disclosure requirements that the Commission is adopting for RILA offerings to the offerings of registered market value adjustment annuities. Further, the Commission is adopting other amendments to Form N-4 that will apply to all issuers that use that form. The Commission is applying to RILA and registered market value adjustment annuity advertisements and sales literature a current Commission rule that provides guidance as to when sales literature is materially misleading under the Federal securities laws. Finally, the Commission is adopting technical amendments to Forms N-6 and N-3 to correct errors from prior Commission rulemakings. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/24/2024-14925/registration-for-index-linked-annuities-and-registered-market-value-adjustment-annuities-amendments.

No. Document 2024-14925 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.