Securities and Exchange Commission February 13, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

To implement section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the ``Dodd-Frank Act'' or ``the Act''), the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') is proposing to include in its service contracts a standard concerning workforce inclusion of minorities and women.

Summary of Application: Each Insurer, on behalf of itself and its Separate Account(s), seeks an order pursuant to Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act, approving the substitution of Service Shares of the Janus Aspen Balanced Portfolio, a series of Janus Aspen Series (the ``Replacement Portfolio''), for the Advisor Class shares of the PIMCO Global Multi-Asset Managed Allocation Portfolio, a series of the PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust (the ``Replaced Portfolio'') (the ``Proposed Substitution''), under certain variable annuity contracts issued by the Insurers (collectively, the ``Contracts'').