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Fixed Indexed Annuity (FIA) Index Crediting Options

Fixed indexed annuities offer the opportunity to grow your policy’s cash value based on the performance of chosen indexes, without being directly invested in the market. You can also allocate your cash value to a fixed interest crediting option.

With multiple index crediting options, you can choose one or spread your allocations across several indexes to create a diversified approach that aligns with your goals.

Talk with your financial professional to determine which index crediting options best fit your objectives today and how to adjust as your goals or outlook change.

How Index Crediting Works

  • When a chosen index increases in value, your policy is credited interest to its cash value.1
  • If the index declines, a 0% floor protects your cash value from losses due to that index’s performance.2

Choose the Index That Fits Your Goals

No single index will perform the best in every market. That’s why our FIAs offer multiple index crediting options.

Bloomberg

Bloomberg Mavin 10

Focus: Diversification

What it includes A multi-asset portfolio of U.S. large-cap equities, treasuries, U.S. dollar and gold.
Trade-off Prioritizes more consistent risk over maximizing returns in rising markets.
May be a good fit if you’re looking for Diversified multi-asset exposure, faster response time in risk targeting, transparent and rules-based.
Risk tolerance Moderate
Nasdaq

Nasdaq-100 Chronos 10%™

Focus: Innovation

What it includes Equity exposure to 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq.
Trade-off May not fully benefit from strong Nasdaq-100 performance.
May be a good fit if you’re looking for Growth potential tied to innovative companies, with an approach designed to help smooth out market ups and downs.
Risk tolerance Moderate
S&P 500

S&P 500®

Focus: Broad U.S. Market Exposure

What it includes Equity exposure to 500 large-cap U.S. companies.
Trade-off Performance depends on this segment of the market.
May be a good fit if you’re looking for Long-term growth potential tied to 500 large-cap U.S. companies.
Risk tolerance Moderate
S&P 500

S&P 500® 10% Intraday Edge Growth TCA

Focus: U.S. Market With Risk Management

What it includes Equity exposure to large-cap U.S. companies through the S&P 500.
Trade-off May not fully benefit from strong S&P 500 performance
May be a good fit if you’re looking for Broad U.S. market growth potential, with an approach designed to help smooth out market ups and downs.
Risk tolerance Moderate

Watch the video below to learn more about indexes available with our FIAs.

Most fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) only credit a portion of an index’s gain, based on a set participation rate, and limit how much can be credited each year through a cap rate. Cap and participation rates may change. If they change, new deposits will get updated rates. Premiums deposited before the rate change will keep their original rates until the end of the crediting period.

1 Excess Interest Formula: Index earnings for each indexed segment are calculated at the end of the crediting period as follows: index growth is multiplied by the segment’s participation rate, adjusted so that this rate is no greater than the segment’s index earnings cap, and no less than the floor; multiplied by the value in the indexed segment value. To receive indexed interest for a crediting period, your indexed segment must remain in that index crediting option until the end of the crediting period. If you move or remove money before the crediting date, you will not receive indexed interest for that period. Index earnings are not direct participation in any stock or equity investment.

2 An indexed annuity’s 0% floor ensures that if index growth is negative during a crediting period, the interest credited to that strategy will not be less than 0%. This helps protect your premiums and any interest already credited from market declines. However, rider charges will still be deducted, even if no interest is credited.

Disclosures

S&P 500

Index linked returns for the S&P 500 do not include the portion of returns generated by the underlying index that come from dividends.

The "S&P 500" and “S&P 500 10% Intraday Edge Growth TCA” is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates ("SPDJI") and S&P Opco, LLC and has been licensed for use by Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (“LSW”). Standard & Poor's® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("S&P") and Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (''Dow Jones"). The trademarks have been licensed to SPDJI and have been sublicensed for use for certain purposes by LSW. This flexible premium deferred annuity with indexed-linked interest policy (“the Policy”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P, any of their respective affiliates (collectively, "S&P Dow Jones Indices"). Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices nor S&P Opco, LLC make any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the Policy or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Policy particularly or the ability of the S&P 500 and S&P 500 10% Intraday Edge Growth TCA to track general market performance. S&P Dow Jones Indices and S&P Opco, LLC’s only relationship to LSW with respect to the S&P 500 is the licensing of the Index and certain trademarks, service marks and/or trade names of S&P Dow Jones Indices and/or its licensors. The S&P 500 and S&P 500 10% Intraday Edge Growth TCA is determined, composed and calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices or S&P Opco, LLC without regard to LSW or the Policy. S&P Dow Jones Indices and S&P Opco, LLC have no obligation to take the needs of LSW or the owners of the Policy into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the S&P 500 and S&P 500 10% Intraday Edge Growth TCA . Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices nor S&P Opco, LLC are responsible for and have not participated in the determination of the prices, and amount of the Policy or the timing of the issuance or sale of the Policy or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Policy is to be converted into cash, surrendered or redeemed, as the case may be. S&P Dow Jones Indices and S&P Opco, LLC have no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Policy }. There is no assurance that investment products based on the S&P 500 and S&P 500 10% Intraday Edge Growth TCA will accurately track index performance or provide positive investment returns. S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is not an investment advisor. Inclusion of a security within an index is not a recommendation by S&P Dow Jones Indices to buy, sell, or hold such security, nor is it considered to be investment advice.

NEITHER S&P DOW JONES INDICES NOR S&P OPCO, LLC GUARANTEES THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE S&P 500 and S&P 500 10% INTRADAY EDGE GROWTH TCA OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO OR ANY COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS) WITH RESPECT THERETO. S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND S&P OPCO, LLC SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR DELAYS THEREIN. S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND S&P OPCO, LLC MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE OR AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY LSW, OWNERS OF THE Policy, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE S&P 500 OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL S&P DOW JONES INDICES OR S&P OPCO, LLC BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, TRADING LOSSES, LOST TIME OR GOODWILL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND LSW, OTHER THAN THE LICENSORS OF S&P DOW JONES INDICES.

Bloomberg MAVIN 10

“Bloomberg®” and the indices referenced herein (the “Indices”, and each such index, an “Index”) are trademarks or service marks of Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates, including Bloomberg Index Services Limited (“BISL”), the administrator of the Index (collectively, “Bloomberg”), and/or one or more third-party providers (each such provider, a “Third-Party Provider,”) and have been licensed for use for certain purposes to LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST (the “Licensee”). To the extent a Third-Party Provider contributes intellectual property in connection with the Index, such third-party products, company names and logos are trademarks or service marks, and remain the property of such Third-Party Provider.

The financial products referenced herein (the “Financial Products”) are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Bloomberg or any Third-Party Provider. Neither Bloomberg nor any Third-Party Provider makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of or counterparties to the Financial Products or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Financial Products particularly. The only relationship between Bloomberg, Third-Party Providers, and the Licensee is the licensing of certain trademarks, trade names and service marks and of the Index, which is determined, composed and calculated by BISL without regard to the Licensee or the Financial Products. Bloomberg has no obligation to take the needs of the Licensee or the owners of the Financial Products into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. Bloomberg is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the Financial Products to be issued. Neither Bloomberg nor any Third-Party Provider shall have any obligation or liability, including, without limitation, to the customers of the Financial Products, or in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Financial Products.

NEITHER BLOOMBERG NOR ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER GUARANTEES THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO AND SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. NEITHER BLOOMBERG NOR ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY LICENSEE, OWNERS OF THE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. NEITHER BLOOMBERG NOR ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEX OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, BLOOMBERG, ITS LICENSORS, THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND VENDORS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY INJURY OR DAMAGES—WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE—ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS OR INDICES AND BLOOMBERG, ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER, THEIR LICENSORS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND VENDORS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY INJURY OR DAMAGES— WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE—ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE INDEX OR ANY DATA OR VALUES RELATING THERETO—WHETHER ARISING FROM THEIR NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.

Nasdaq-100 Chronos 10% Index

The Product(s) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Nasdaq, Inc. or its affiliates (Nasdaq, with its affiliates, are referred to as the “Corporations”). The Corporations have not passed on the legality or suitability of, or the accuracy or adequacy of descriptions and disclosures relating to, the Product(s). The Corporations make no representation or warranty, express or implied to the owners of the Product(s) or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Product(s) particularly, or the ability of the Nasdaq-100 Multi-Asset Edge 8% Index to track general stock market performance. The Corporations' only relationship to NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST, the insurance companies of National Life Group (“Licensee”) is in the licensing of the Nasdaq®, Nasdaq-100 Chronos 10% Index, and certain trade names of the Corporations and the use of the Nasdaq-100 Chronos 10% Index Index which is determined, composed and calculated by Nasdaq without regard to Licensee or the Product(s). Nasdaq has no obligation to take the needs of the Licensee or the owners of the Product(s) into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Nasdaq-100 Chronos 10% Index. The Corporations are not responsible for and have not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the Product(s) to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Product(s) is to be converted into cash. The Corporations have no liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Product(s).

THE CORPORATIONS DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR UNINTERRUPTED CALCULATION OF Nasdaq-100 Chronos 10% Index OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY LICENSEE, OWNERS OF THE PRODUCT(S), OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE Nasdaq-100 Chronos 10% Index OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE Nasdaq-100 Chronos 10% Index OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CORPORATIONS HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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No bank or credit union guarantee | Not a deposit | Not FDIC/NCUA insured | May lose value | Not insured by any federal or state government agency

Guarantees are dependent upon the claims-paying ability of the issuing company.

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