Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement by Investment Company (Form 485BPOS)

ALLIANZ Index Advantage® VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT

Issued by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life, we, us, our) 

THE CONTRACT IS NO LONGER OFFERED FOR SALE TO NEW INVESTORS. We continue to administer the in force Contracts.

The annuity described in this prospectus is an individual flexible purchase payment index-linked and variable deferred annuity contract (Contract). This prospectus describes the Contract between you, the Owner, and Allianz Life.

The Contract allows you to allocate your Purchase Payments and any earnings among the Contract's available index-linked investment options (Index Options) and the Variable Options. Please note, we reserve the right to decline any or all Purchase Payments at any time on a nondiscriminatory basis. Each Variable Option is a subaccount of our Allianz Life Variable Account B that invests exclusively in shares of a Fund. Allianz Life Variable Account B is our registered separate account, and it is referred to in this prospectus as the "Separate Account". For additional information about each of the Contract's Investment Options, see Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract.

The Contract is a complex investment and involves risks. You may lose money, including your principal investment and previously credited earnings.

Index Options. Each Index Option is tied (or linked) to the performance of a specific market index or exchange-traded fund (Index) for a defined time period (Term). At the end of a Term, we will apply positive, negative, or zero interest (Credits) to your investment in an Index Option based, in part, on the performance of the Index.

Each available Index Option offers a certain level of protection against Index losses used in the calculation of Credits. Certain Index Options offer complete protection from Index losses. Other Index Options have a Buffer or Floor feature that provides limited protection from Index losses.

Each available Index Option also has an upside feature, either a DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, and/or Participation Rate, used in the calculation of Credits.

Variable Options. The Variable Options are available for allocation of Purchase Payments and any earnings. We also use the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount to temporarily hold Purchase Payments allocated to the Index Options until they are transferred to the Index Options. Each Variable Option's performance is based on its corresponding underlying Fund in which the Variable Option invests.

This Contract is not a short-term investment and is not appropriate if you need ready access to cash. Withdrawals could result in withdrawal charges, negative Daily Adjustments, taxes, and tax penalties. The maximum potential loss from a negative Daily Adjustment is either -99% or -35% depending on the Index Option.

The Contract may be available through third-party financial advisers who charge a financial adviser fee for their services. If you choose to pay financial adviser fees from this Contract, the deduction of this financial adviser fee is in addition to this Contract's fees and expenses, and the deduction is treated the same as any other withdrawal under the Contract. As such, withdrawals to pay financial adviser fees are subject to withdrawal charges, and, if withdrawn from an Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy Index Option on a day other than a Term End Date, we apply the Daily Adjustment (which can be negative) to the Contract Value before deducting the

withdrawal. The Contract may not be appropriate if you intend to pay financial adviser fees from an Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy Index Option before the end of its Term. Please consult with your Financial Professional before requesting us to pay financial adviser fees from this Contract rather than from other assets you may have.

All obligations and guarantees under the Contract, including Credits, are the obligations of Allianz Life and are subject to our claims-paying ability and financial strength.

Please read this prospectus before investing and keep it for future reference. The prospectus describes all material rights and obligations of purchasers under the Contract. It contains important information about the Contract and Allianz Life that you ought to know before investing including material state variations. Availability of Index Options may vary by financial intermediary. You can obtain information on which Index Options are available to you by calling (800) 624-0197, or from your Financial Professional. This prospectus is not offered in any state, country, or jurisdiction in which we are not authorized to sell the Contracts. You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to give you different information.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. An investment in this Contract is not a deposit of a bank or financial institution and is not federally insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other federal government agency. An investment in this Contract involves investment risk including the possible loss of principal.

This prospectus is not intended to constitute a suitability recommendation or fiduciary advice.

Additional information about certain investment products, including index-linked and variable annuities, has been prepared by the SEC's staff and is available at https://www.investor.gov.

Dated: May 1, 2025

 

Glossary		6
Overview of the Contract		12
	What Is the Purpose of the Contract?	12
	What Are the Phases of the Contract?	12
	What Are the Contract's Primary Features?	14
	What is the Daily Adjustment?	15
Important Information You Should Consider About the Contract		16
Fee Tables		21
	Transaction Expenses	21
	Adjustments	21
	Annual Contract Expenses	22
	Annual Fund Expenses	22
	Example	22
Principal Risks of Investing In the Contract		22
	Risk of Loss	23
	Early Withdrawal Risk	23
	Index Risks	24
	Risks Associated with the Daily Adjustment	25
	Managed Volatility Variable Option Risk	26
	Risks Associated with Calculation of Credits	26
	Risks Associated with Performance Locks	26
	Risks Associated with Substitution of an Index	27
	Risks Associated with Changes to Declared Protection Strategy Credits (DPSCs), Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates	27
	Risks Associated with Investment in Derivative Hedging Instruments	28
	Risks of Deducting Financial Adviser Fees from the Contract	28
	Other Contract Changes Risk	29
	Risks Associated with Our Financial Strength and Claims-Paying Ability	29
	Business and Operational Risks Relevant to the Contract	29
The Insurance Company, Separate Accounts, and General Account		30
	The Insurance Company - Allianz Life	30
	The Registered Separate Account	30
	Our General Account	30
	Our Unregistered Separate Account	31
	Status Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934	31
1.	The Contract	31
	The Accumulation Phase	31
	When the Accumulation Phase Ends	31
	The Annuity Phase	32
	When the Contract Ends	32
	Financial Adviser Fees	32

Glossary

This prospectus is written in plain English. However, there are some technical words or terms that are capitalized and are used as defined terms throughout the prospectus. For your convenience, we included this glossary to define these terms.

Accumulated Alternate Interest - the sum of alternate interest earned for the entire time you own your Contract. We use the Accumulated Alternate Interest to calculate the Alternate Minimum Value for certain Contracts as stated in Appendix E. The alternate interest for each Index Year is equal to either 70% or 87.5% of the Index Option Base multiplied by the alternate interest rate. The alternate interest rate is stated in your Contract and does not change for the entire time you own your Contract.

Accumulation Phase - the first phase of your Contract before you request Annuity Payments. The Accumulation Phase begins on the Issue Date.

Alternate Minimum Value - for certain Contracts as stated in Appendix E, the guaranteed minimum Index Option Value we provide for each Crediting Method if you take a withdrawal, annuitize the Contract, transfer out of Index Options to the Variable Options, or if we pay a death benefit.

Annuitant - the individual upon whose life we base the Annuity Payments. Subject to our approval, the Owner designates the Annuitant, and can add a joint Annuitant for the Annuity Phase. There are restrictions on who can become an Annuitant.

Annuity Date - the date we begin making Annuity Payments to the Payee from the Contract. The earliest available Annuity Date is the second Contract Anniversary, and the maximum Annuity Date is either age 90 or age 100 depending on the requirements of the Financial Professional from whom you purchased your Contract.

Annuity Options - the annuity income options available to you under the Contract.

Annuity Payments - payments made by us to the Payee pursuant to the chosen Annuity Option.

Annuity Phase - the phase the Contract is in once Annuity Payments begin.

Beneficiary - the person(s) or entity the Owner designates to receive any death benefit, unless otherwise required by the Contract or applicable law.

Buffer - for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy and Index Performance Strategy, this is the negative Index Return that we absorb over the duration of a Term (which can be either one, three, or six years) before applying a negative Performance Credit. We do not apply the Buffer annually on a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option. The Index Precision Strategy Buffers are 10%, and Index Performance Strategy Buffers are either 10% or 20%. Buffers do not change. Restrictions on the availability of the Buffers are discussed in Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract and in Appendix F - Material Contract Variations by State and Issue Date.

Business Day - each day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. Allianz Life is open for business on each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. Our Business Day ends when regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange closes, which is usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Cap - for any Index Option with the Index Performance Strategy or Index Guard Strategy, this is the upper limit on positive Index performance after application of any Participation Rate over the duration of a Term (which can be either one, three, or six years) and the maximum potential Performance Credit for an Index Option. We do not apply the Cap annually on a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option. On each Term Start Date, we set a Cap for each Index Option with the Index Performance Strategy and Index Guard Strategy. The Caps applicable to your Contract are shown on the Index Options Statement.

Charge Base - the Contract Value on the preceding Quarterly Contract Anniversary (or the initial Purchase Payment received on the Issue Date if this is before the first Quarterly Contract Anniversary), increased by the dollar amount of subsequent Purchase Payments, and reduced proportionately for subsequent withdrawals you take or financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract (including any withdrawal charge) and deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses. All withdrawals you take reduce the Charge Base, even Penalty-Free Withdrawals. We use the Charge Base to determine the next product fee and rider fee (if applicable) we deduct.

Contract - the individual flexible purchase payment index-linked and variable deferred annuity contract described by this prospectus. The Contract may also be referred to as a registered index-linked annuity, or "RILA".

Contract Anniversary - a twelve-month anniversary of the Issue Date or any subsequent Contract Anniversary.

Contract Value - the current value of the Purchase Payments you invest. On any Business Day, your Contract Value is the sum of your Index Option Value(s) and Variable Account Value. Variable Account Value fluctuates each Business Day that money is held in the Variable Options. Index Option Value is increased or decreased on each Term End Date to reflect Credits, which can be negative with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy. A negative Credit means that you can lose principal and previous earnings. The Index Option Values for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy also reflect the Daily Adjustment on every Business Day other than the Term Start Date or Term End Date. All withdrawals you take reduce Contract Value dollar for dollar, even Penalty-Free Withdrawals, and financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract. Contract Value is also reduced dollar for dollar for deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses. However, Contract Value does not reflect future fees and expenses we would apply on surrender. The cash surrender value reflects all Contract fees and expenses we would apply on surrender (including any withdrawal charge), as well as any applicable Daily Adjustment.

Contract Year - any period of twelve months beginning on the Issue Date or a subsequent Contract Anniversary.

Credit - the return you receive on the Term End Date when you allocate Purchase Payments or transfer Contract Value to an Index Option. Credits may be positive, zero, or, in some instances, negative if you select the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy. A negative Credit means that you can lose principal and previous earnings.

Crediting Method - a method we use to calculate Credits if you allocate Purchase Payments or transfer Contract Value to an Index Option.

Daily Adjustment - how we calculate Index Option Values on days other than the Term Start Date or Term End Date for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy as discussed in section 7, Expenses and Adjustments - Daily Adjustment for the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy; and Appendix C. The Daily Adjustment approximates the Index Option Value that will be available on the Term End Date. It is the estimated present value of the future Performance Credit that we will apply on the Term End Date.

Declared Protection Strategy Credit (DPSC) - the positive Credit you receive on a Term End Date for any Index Option with the Index Protection Strategy if Index performance is zero or positive. You receive a Credit equal to the DPSC on the Term End Date if the current Index Value is equal to or greater than the Index Value on the Term Start Date. You will not receive a negative Credit if the Index Value decreases from the Term Start Date to the Term End Date. We set the DPSCs on each Term Start Date. This method of calculation is also referred to as "step-up". The DPSCs applicable to your Contract are shown on the Index Options Statement. On our website and in other materials you may receive, "Trigger Rate" may be used to describe the DPSC that can change on each Term Start Date, and "Performance Credit" may be used to describe the DPSC you receive on a Term End Date.

Determining Life (Lives) - the person(s) designated at Contract issue and named in the Contract on whose life we base the guaranteed Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit.

Financial Professional - the person who advises you regarding the Contract.

Floor - for any Index Option with the Index Guard Strategy, this is the maximum amount of negative Index Return you absorb as a negative Performance Credit. The Floors are -10% and do not change.

Fund(s) -the underlying fund in which a Variable Option invests.

Good Order - a request is in "Good Order" if it contains all of the information we require to process the request. If we require information to be provided in writing, "Good Order" also includes providing information on the correct form, with any required certifications, guarantees and/or signatures, and received at our Service Center after delivery to the correct mailing, email, or website address, which are all listed at the back of this prospectus. If you have questions about the information we require, or whether you can submit certain information by fax, email or over the web, please contact our Service Center. If you send information by email or upload it to our website, we send you a confirmation number that includes the date and time we received your information.

Guaranteed Death Benefit Value - the guaranteed value that is available to your Beneficiary(ies) on the first death of any Determining Life during the Accumulation Phase. The Guaranteed Death Benefit Value is either total Purchase Payments reduced proportionately for withdrawals you take (including any withdrawal charge) if you select the Traditional Death

Benefit, or the Maximum Anniversary Value if you select the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit. All withdrawals you take reduce the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value, even Penalty-Free Withdrawals, and any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract. However, we do not reduce the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value for deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses. These deductions will, however, reduce the Contract Value we use to calculate the Maximum Anniversary Value.

Index (Indexes) - one (or more) of the nationally recognized third-party broad based equity securities price return Indexes or exchange-traded fund available to you under your Contract as described in Appendix B.

Index Anniversary - a twelve-month anniversary of the Index Effective Date or any subsequent Index Anniversary.

Index Effective Date - the first day we allocate assets to an Index Option. The Index Effective Date is stated on the Index Options Statement and starts the first Index Year. You selected the Index Effective Date when you purchased the Contract.

Index Guard Strategy - one of the Crediting Methods described in section 4, Index Options. The Index Guard Strategy calculates Performance Credits based on Index Returns subject to a Cap and -10% Floor. You can receive negative Performance Credits under this Crediting Method, which means you can lose principal and previous earnings. Restrictions on the availability of the Index Guard Strategy are discussed in Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract and in Appendix F - Material Contract Variations by State and Issue Date.

Index Option(s) - the index-linked investments available to you under the Contract. Each Index Option is the combination of an Index, a Crediting Method, a Term length, and any applicable Buffer or Floor amount.

Index Option Base - an amount we use to calculate Credits and the Daily Adjustment. The Index Option Base is initially equal to the amounts you allocate to an Index Option. We reduce the Index Option Base proportionately for withdrawals you take and any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract (including any withdrawal charge), and deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses. We increase/decrease it by the dollar amount of additional Purchase Payments allocated to the Index Option, transfers into or out of the Index Option, and any Credits.

Index Option Value - on any Business Day, it is equal to the portion of your Contract Value in a particular Index Option. We establish an Index Option Value for each Index Option you select. Each Index Option Value includes any Credits from previous Term End Dates and reflects proportional reductions for previous partial withdrawals you take and any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract (including any withdrawal charge), and previous deductions we made for Contract fees and expenses. On each Business Day, other than the Term Start Date or Term End Date, the Index Option Values for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy also include an increase/decrease from the Daily Adjustment.

Index Options Statement - the account statement we mail to you on the Index Effective Date and each Index Anniversary thereafter. On the Index Effective Date, the statement showed the initial Index Values, DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates for the Index Options you selected. On each Index Anniversary, the statement shows the new Index Values, Credits received, and renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates that are effective for the next Term for the Index Options you selected. The Index Options Statement also shows any applicable Buffer or Floor for your selected Index Option(s). For any Index Option you selected that has not reached its Term End Date, the statement shows the current Index Anniversary's Index Option Value, which includes the Daily Adjustment.

Index Performance Strategy - one of the Crediting Methods described in section 4, Index Options. This Crediting Method offers 1-year, 3-year, and 6-year Terms. The Index Performance Strategy calculates Performance Credits based on Index Returns subject to any applicable Participation Rate, Cap, and a 10% or 20% Buffer. You can receive negative Performance Credits under this Crediting Method, which means you can lose principal and previous earnings. Restrictions on the availability of the Index Performance Strategy Index Options are discussed in Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract and in Appendix F - Material Contract Variations by State and Issue Date.

Index Precision Strategy - one of the Crediting Methods described in section 4, Index Options. The Index Precision Strategy calculates Performance Credits based on Index Values and Index Returns subject to the Precision Rate and 10% Buffer. You can receive negative Performance Credits under this Crediting Method, which means you can lose principal and previous earnings. Restrictions on the availability of the Index Precision Strategy are discussed in Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract and in Appendix F - Material Contract Variations by State and Issue Date.

Index Protection Strategy - one of the Crediting Methods described in section 4, Index Options. The Index Protection Strategy provides Credits equal to the DPSC on the Term End Date if the current Index Value is equal to or greater than

the Index Value on the Term Start Date. The Index Protection Strategy does not allow negative Credits. On our website and in other materials you may receive, "Index Protection Strategy with Trigger" may be used to describe the Index Protection Strategy.

Index Return - the percentage change in Index Value from the Term Start Date to the Term End Date, which we use to determine the Credits. The Index Return is the Index Value on the Term End Date, minus the Index Value on the Term Start Date, divided by the Index Value on the Term Start Date. This method of calculation is also referred to as "point-to-point".

Index Value - an Index's closing market price at the end of the Business Day on the Term Start Date and Term End Date as provided by Bloomberg or another market source if Bloomberg is not available.

Index Year - a twelve-month period beginning on the Index Effective Date or a subsequent Index Anniversary.

Investment Options - the Index Options and Variable Options available under the Contract. In your Contract, Investment Options are called "Allocation Options".

Issue Date - the date we issued the Contract. The Issue Date is stated in your Contract and starts your first Contract Year. Contract Anniversaries and Contract Years are measured from the Issue Date.

Joint Owners - the two persons designated at Contract issue and named in the Contract who may exercise all rights granted by the Contract.

Lock Date - for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy this is the Business Day we execute a Performance Lock and capture an Index Option Value (which includes the Daily Adjustment) before the Term End Date.

Maximum Anniversary Value - the highest Contract Value on any Index Anniversary before age 91, increased by the dollar amount of subsequent Purchase Payments, and reduced proportionately for subsequent withdrawals you take (including any withdrawal charge), used to determine the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit as discussed in section 11. All withdrawals you take reduce your Maximum Anniversary Value, even Penalty-Free Withdrawals, and any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract. Deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses other than the withdrawal charge do not reduce the Maximum Anniversary Value. These deductions will, however, reduce the Contract Value we use to calculate the Maximum Anniversary Value.

Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit - an optional benefit described in section 11 that has an additional rider fee and is intended to potentially provide a death benefit greater than the Traditional Death Benefit.

Non-Qualified Contract - a Contract that is not a Qualified Contract.

Owner - "you," "your" and "yours." The person(s) or entity designated at Contract issue and named in the Contract who may exercise all rights granted by the Contract.

Participation Rate - a percentage that is multiplied by any positive Index Return over the course of a Term in calculating the Performance Credit on the Term End Date. Participation Rates are used with the Index Performance Strategy and there is one Participation Rate per Index Option. The Participation Rate is only available on the Index Performance Strategy 3-year and 6-year Terms to Contracts issued since April 30, 2021. The Participation Rate is not available on Index Performance Strategy 1-year Terms, or on 3-year Terms that were available to Contracts issued before April 30, 2021. Index Options with a Participation Rate may allow you to receive more than the Index Return if the Index Return is positive, but the Participation Rate cannot boost Index Returns beyond any declared Cap. We do not apply the Participation Rate if the Index Return is zero or negative. We do not apply the Participation Rate annually. This method of calculation is also referred to as "enhanced upside". We set Participation Rates on each Term Start Date. The Participation Rates applicable to your Contract are shown on the Index Options Statement.

Payee - the person or entity who receives Annuity Payments during the Annuity Phase.

Penalty-Free Withdrawals - withdrawals you take that are not subject to a withdrawal charge. Penalty-Free Withdrawals include withdrawals you take under the free withdrawal privilege or waiver of withdrawal charge benefit, and RMD payments you take under our minimum distribution program.

Performance Credit - the Credit you receive on a Term End Date from the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy Index Options. We base Performance Credits on Index Values and Index

Returns after application of any Cap, any Precision Rate, or any Buffer or Floor. Performance Credits can be negative. If Performance Credits are negative, you can lose principal and previous earnings.

Performance Lock - a feature that allows you to capture the current Index Option Value during the Term for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy. A Performance Lock applies to the total Index Option Value in an Index Option, and not just a portion of that Index Option Value. After the Lock Date, Daily Adjustments do not apply to a locked Index Option for the remainder of the Term and the locked Index Option Value will not receive a Performance Credit on the Term End Date.

Precision Rate - the positive Performance Credit you receive for any Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy if Index performance is zero or positive. You receive a Performance Credit equal to the Precision Rate on the Term End Date if the current Index Value is equal to or greater than the Index Value on the Term Start Date. We set a Precision Rate for each Index Precision Strategy Index Option on each Term Start Date. This method of calculation is also referred to as "step-up". The Precision Rates applicable to your Contract are shown on the Index Options Statement. On our website and in other materials you may receive, "Trigger Rate" may be used to describe the Precision Rate.

Proxy Investment - provides a current estimate of what the Performance Credit will be on the Term End Date taking into account any applicable Buffer, Floor, Precision Rate, Cap, and/or Participation Rate. We use the Proxy Investment to calculate the Daily Adjustment on Business Days other than the Term Start Date or Term End Date. For more information, see Appendix C.

Proxy Value - the hypothetical value of the Proxy Investment used to calculate the Daily Adjustment as discussed in Appendix C.

Purchase Payment - the money you put into the Contract.

Qualified Contract - a Contract purchased under a pension or retirement plan that qualifies for special tax treatment under sections of the Code (for example, 401(a) and 401(k) plans), Individual Retirement Annuities (IRAs), or Tax-Sheltered Annuities (referred to as TSA/403(b) Contracts).

Quarterly Contract Anniversary - the day that occurs three calendar months after the Issue Date or any subsequent Quarterly Contract Anniversary.

Separate Account - Allianz Life Variable Account B is a separate investment account of Allianz Life. The variable investment portion of the Contract was issued through the Separate Account. The Separate Account is divided into subaccounts, each of which is a variable investment option under one or more variable annuity contracts that we issue through the Separate Account. The only subaccounts currently available under this Contract are the Variable Options, each of which invests exclusively in shares of its corresponding underlying Fund. The Separate Account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust, and may be referred to as the Registered Separate Account.

Service Center - the area of our company that provides Contract maintenance and routine customer service. Our Service Center address and telephone number are listed at the back of this prospectus. The address for mailing checks for Purchase Payments may be different and is also listed at the back of this prospectus.

Term - the period of time, from the Term Start Date to the Term End Date, in which we measure Index Return to determine Credits.

Term End Date - the day on which a Term ends and we apply Credits. A Term End Date may only occur on an Index Anniversary. If a Term End Date does not occur on a Business Day, we consider it to occur on the next Business Day.

Term Start Date - the day on which a Term begins, and we set the DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates for an Index Option. A Term Start Date may only occur on the Index Effective Date or an Index Anniversary. If a Term Start Date does not occur on a Business Day, we consider it to occur on the next Business Day.

Traditional Death Benefit - the guaranteed death benefit automatically provided by the Contract for no additional fee described in section 11.

Valid Claim - the documents we require to be received in Good Order at our Service Center before we pay any death claim. This includes the death benefit payment option, due proof of death, and any required governmental forms. Due proof of death includes a certified copy of the death certificate, a decree of court of competent jurisdiction as to the finding of death, or any other proof satisfactory to us.

Variable Account Value - on any Business Day it is equal to the value of the units in the Variable Options attributable to your Contract.

Variable Option(s) - the subaccounts of the Separate Account and the variable investment options available under the Contract. Each Variable Option invests exclusively in the shares of its corresponding underlying Fund.

Withdrawal Charge Basis - the total amount under your Contract that is subject to a withdrawal charge as discussed in section 7, Expenses and Adjustments - Withdrawal Charge.

Overview of the Contract

What Is the Purpose of the Contract?

The Allianz Index Advantage® is a product that offered Index Options, Variable Options, and allows you to defer taking regular fixed periodic payments (Annuity Payments) to a future date. Under the Contract, you make one or more Purchase Payments. Except for Purchase Payments received on the Index Effective Date or an Index Anniversary, Purchase Payments you allocate to the Index Options are first invested for a limited time in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount and then transferred to the Index Option(s) that you select for investment.

Depending on several factors (e.g., Investment Options you select, market conditions, and timing of any withdrawals), your Contract can gain or lose value. When you are ready to receive a guaranteed stream of income under your Contract, you can annuitize the Contract and begin receiving Annuity Payments from us based on the payout option you select (Annuity Options). The Contract includes a death benefit (either the standard Traditional Death Benefit for no additional charge, or the optional Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit for an additional rider fee) that helps to financially protect your Beneficiaries.

We designed the Contract for people who are looking for a death benefit for a period of time, and a level of protection for their principal investment while providing potentially higher returns than are available on traditional fixed annuities. In addition, you should have a long investment time horizon and your financial goals should be otherwise consistent with the terms and conditions of the Contract. This Contract is not intended for someone who is seeking complete protection from downside risk, seeking unlimited investment potential, or expecting to take withdrawals that will not be subject to withdrawal charges or Daily Adjustments (i.e., a person that does not need access to Contract Value within six years after we receive a Purchase Payment, or before an Index Option's Term End Date). If you have Index Options with different Term End Dates, there may be no time you can take a withdrawal without application of at least one Daily Adjustment.

The product or certain product features may not have been available in all states or to all Contracts or may vary in your state. For more information see Appendix F - Material Contract Variations by State and Issue Date. Availability of Index Options may vary by financial intermediary. You can obtain information on which Index Options are available to you by calling (800) 624-0197, or from your Financial Professional.

What Are the Phases of the Contract?

The Contract has two phases: (1) an Accumulation Phase, and (2) an Annuity Phase.

Accumulation Phase. This is the first phase of your Contract, and it began on the Issue Date. During the Accumulation Phase, your money is invested under the Contract on a tax-deferred basis. Tax deferral may not be available for certain non-individually owned contracts. Tax deferral means you are not taxed on any earnings or appreciation on the assets in your Contract until you take money out of your Contract. In addition, during this phase, you can make additional Purchase Payments (subject to limitations), you can take withdrawals, and if you die, we pay a death benefit to your named Beneficiary(ies). For more information regarding additional Purchase Payment limitations, please see section 3, Purchase Payments - Purchase Payment Requirements.

Your Contract Value may fluctuate up or down during the Accumulation Phase based on the performance of your selected Investment Options, as summarized below. Additional information about the Investment Options is provided in Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract.

We credit positive, zero, or negative Credits (i.e., positive, zero, or negative interest) at the end of a Term for amounts allocated to an Index Option based, in part, on the performance of the applicable Index (the Index Return).

Each Index Option offers a certain level of protection from negative Index Returns.

Each Index Option also has an upside feature, either a DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, and/or Participation Rate, used in the calculation of positive Credits, if any, that may be credited to your investment at the end of a Term. We may limit the amount you can earn on an Index Option based on the DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, or Participation Rate, as applicable.

If we add a new Index Option to the Contract in the future, the lowest DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, and Participation Rate that we may establish are 0.05%, 0.10%, 0.10%, and 5.00%, respectively. For example, if the DPSC for a new

Index Option is 0.05% and the Index Return is 10%, a 0.05% Credit would be applied. Similarly, if the Participation Rate for a new Index Option is 5.00%, the Index Option is uncapped, and the Index Return is 10%, a 0.50% Performance Credit would be applied.

Annuity Phase. If you request Annuity Payments, the Accumulation Phase ends and the Annuity Phase begins. Annuity Payments are fixed payments we make based on the Annuity Option you select and your Contract Value (which reflects any previously deducted Contract fees and expenses) less final product and rider fees. Annuity Payments can provide a guaranteed lifetime fixed income stream with certain tax advantages. We designed the Annuity Payments for Owners who no longer need immediate access to Contract Value to meet their short-term income needs.

During the Annuity Phase, you will receive a stream of regular income in the form of Annuity Payments. You will be unable to take withdrawals upon demand, your selected death benefit ends, and no amounts will be payable upon death during the Annuity Phase unless your Annuity Option provides otherwise.

What Are the Contract's Primary Features?

What is the Daily Adjustment?

The Daily Adjustment is how we calculate Index Option Values on Business Days other than the Term Start Date or Term End Date for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy. The Index Protection Strategy Index Options and the Variable Options are not subject to the Daily Adjustment.

Before the end of an Index Option's Term, if you take any type of withdrawal, execute a Performance Lock, begin Annuity Payments, or if we pay a death benefit or deduct a fee or expense, we base the transaction on the interim Index Option Value, which includes the Daily Adjustment. The Daily Adjustment approximates the Index Option Value that will be available on the Term End Date. It is the estimated present value of the future Performance Credit that we will apply on the Term End Date. The Daily Adjustment can be positive, zero, or negative. The Daily Adjustment fluctuates daily and, if it is negative, you could lose a significant amount of money. The Daily Adjustment could result in a loss beyond the protection of the Buffer or Floor. The Daily Adjustment could reflect significantly less gain, or more loss than we would apply to an Index Option at the end of a Term. If you have Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy Index Options with different Term End Dates, there may be no time that any such transaction can be performed without the application of at least one Daily Adjustment. Additionally, if within six years after we receive a Purchase Payment, you take a full or partial withdrawal, such transactions are subject to a withdrawal charge, which may cause you to lose a significant amount of money.

Important Information You Should Consider About the Contract 

	FEES AND EXPENSES			Prospectus Location
Are There Charges or Adjustments for Early Withdrawals?	Yes, your Contract is subject to charges for early withdrawals. If you withdraw money from the Contract within six years of your last Purchase Payment, you will be assessed a withdrawal charge of up to 8.5% of the Purchase Payment withdrawn, declining to 0% over that time period. For example, if you invest $100,000 in the Contract and make an early withdrawal, you could pay a withdrawal charge of up to $8,500. This loss will be greater if there is a negative Daily Adjustment, taxes, or tax penalties.   In addition, if you take a full or partial withdrawal (including financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract) from an Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy Index Option on a date other than the Term End Date, a Daily Adjustment will apply to the Index Option Value available for withdrawal. The Daily Adjustment also applies if before the Term End Date you execute a Performance Lock, you annuitize the Contract, we pay a death benefit, or we deduct Contract fees and expenses. The Daily Adjustment may be positive, negative, or equal to zero. A negative Daily Adjustment will result in a loss, and could result in a loss beyond the protection of the 10% or 20% Buffer, or -10% Floor, as applicable. The maximum potential loss from a negative Daily Adjustment is: -99% for the Index Precision Strategy and Index Performance Strategy; and -35% for the Index Guard Strategy. For example, if you allocate $100,000 to a 1-year Term Index Performance Strategy Index Option with 10% Buffer and later withdraw the entire amount before the Term has ended, you could lose up to $99,000 of your investment. This loss will be greater if you also have to pay a withdrawal charge, taxes, and tax penalties.   The Index Protection Strategy is not subject to the Daily Adjustment.			Fee Tables   7. Expenses and Adjustments   Appendix C - Daily Adjustment
Are There Transaction Charges?	Yes. In addition to withdrawal charges, and Daily Adjustments that may apply to withdrawals and other transactions from the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy Index Options, we will also charge you a fee of $25 per transfer after you exceed 12 transfers between Variable Options in a Contract Year.			Fee Tables   7. Expenses and Adjustments
Are There Ongoing Fees and Expenses?	Yes, there are ongoing fees and expenses. The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay each year, depending on the options you choose. Please refer to your Contract specifications page for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have elected. These ongoing fees and expenses do not reflect any financial adviser fees paid to a Financial Professional from your Contract Value or other assets of the Owner. If such charges were reflected, these ongoing fees and expenses would be higher.   There is an implicit ongoing fee on Index Options to the extent that your participation in Index gains is limited by us through a DPSC, Precision Rate, or Cap. This means that your returns may be lower than the Index's returns. In return for accepting this limit on Index gains, you will receive some protection from Index losses. This implicit ongoing fee is not reflected in the tables below. Additionally, if we add Index Options with a guaranteed minimum Participation Rate less than 100%, the Participation Rate would be an implicit ongoing fee and limit Index gains.			Fee Tables   1. The Contract - Financial Adviser Fees   7. Expenses and Adjustments   Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract
	Annual Fee	Minimum	Maximum
	Base Contract(1)	1.26%	1.26%
	Investment Options(2) (Fund fees and expenses)	0.65%	0.72%
	Optional benefits available for an additional charge(3) (for a single optional benefit, if elected)	0.20%	0.20%
	(1) As a percentage of the Charge Base, plus an amount attributable to the contract maintenance charge.

Fee Tables

The following tables describe the fees, expenses, and adjustments that you will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering or making withdrawals from an Investment Option or from the Contract. Please refer to your Contract specifications page for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have elected. These tables do not reflect any financial adviser fees that you pay from your other assets, or that you choose to have us pay from this Contract. If financial adviser fees were reflected, fees and expenses would be higher.

The first table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay at the time that you buy the Contract, surrender or make withdrawals from an Investment Option or from the Contract, or transfer Contract Value between Investment Options. State premium taxes may also be deducted.

Transaction Expenses

Withdrawal Charge During Your Contract's First Phase, the Accumulation Phase(1)
(as a percentage of each Purchase Payment withdrawn)(2) 

Number of Complete Years Since Purchase Payment	Withdrawal Charge Amount
0	8.5%
1	8%
2	7%
3	6%
4	5%
5	4%
6 years or more	0%

 

Transfer Fee(3)	$25
(for each transfer between Variable Options after twelve in a Contract Year)

The next table describes the Daily Adjustment, in addition to any transaction expenses, that applies if all or a portion of the Contract Value is removed from an Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy Index Option before the end of a Term.

Adjustments 

	Index Precision Strategy and Index Performance Strategy	Index Guard Strategy
Daily Adjustment Maximum Potential Loss	99%	35%
(as a percentage of Index Option Value, applies for distributions from an Index Option before any Term End Date)(1)

The next table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay each year during the time that you own the Contract (not including Fund fees and expenses). If you purchased the optional Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit, you pay additional charges, as shown below.

Annual Contract Expenses 

Administrative Expenses (or contract maintenance charge)(1) (per year)	$50
Base Contract Expenses(2) (as a percentage of the Charge Base)	1.25%
Optional Benefit Expenses - Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit (as a percentage of the Charge Base)	0.20%

In addition to the fees described above, we may limit the amount you can earn on the Index Options. This means your returns may be lower than the Index's returns. In return for accepting a limit on Index gains, you will receive some protection from Index losses.

The next item shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the Funds that you may pay periodically during the time that you own the Contract. Expenses shown may change over time and may be higher or lower in the future. More information about the Funds, including their annual expenses, may be found in Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract.

Annual Fund Expenses 

	Minimum	Maximum
(expenses that are deducted from Fund assets, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other expenses)	0.65%	0.72%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Variable Options with the cost of investing in other annuity contracts that offer variable options. These costs include transaction expenses, annual Contract expenses, and annual Fund expenses.

The Example assumes all Contract Value is allocated to the Variable Options. The Example does not reflect the Daily Adjustment. It also does not reflect any financial adviser fees that you pay from your other assets, or that you choose to have us pay from this Contract. If financial adviser fees were reflected, costs would be higher. Your costs could differ from those shown below when you invest in the Index Options.

The Example assumes that you invest $100,000 in the Variable Options for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and assumes the most expensive combination of annual Fund expenses and that you elected the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit for an additional charge. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be: 

	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
(1) If you surrender your Contract (take a full withdrawal) at the end of the applicable time period.	$10,694	$13,769	$16,602	$24,917
(2) If you annuitize your Contract at the end of the applicable time period.	N/A*	$6,769	$11,602	$24,917
(3) If you do not surrender your Contract.	$2,194	$6,769	$11,602	$24,917

Principal Risks of Investing In the Contract

The Contract involves certain risks that you should understand before investing. You should carefully consider your income needs and risk tolerance to determine whether the Contract is appropriate for you. The level of risk you bear and your potential investment performance will differ depending on the Investment Options you choose.

Risk of Loss

Returns on securities and securities Indexes can vary substantially, which may result in investment losses. The historical performance of the Investment Options does not guarantee future results. It is impossible to predict whether underlying investment values will fall or rise. Trading prices of the securities underlying the Investment Options are influenced by economic, financial, regulatory, geographic, judicial, political and other complex and interrelated factors. These factors can affect capital markets generally and markets on which the underlying securities are traded and these factors can influence the performance of the underlying securities. Depending on your individual circumstances (e.g., your selected Investment Options and the timing of any Purchase Payments, transfers, or withdrawals), you may experience (perhaps significant) negative returns under the Contract. You should consult with a Financial Professional.

The Variable Options do not provide any protection against loss of principal. You can lose principal and previous earnings if you allocate Purchase Payments or transfer Contract Value to the Variable Options and such losses could be significant.

If you allocate Purchase Payments or transfer Contract Value to an Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy, negative Index Returns may cause Performance Credits to be either negative after application of the 10% or 20% Buffer, or negative down to the -10% Floor. For the Index Performance Strategy, we apply the Buffer for the entire Term length; we do not apply the Buffer annually on a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option. Ongoing deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses could also cause amounts available for withdrawal to be less than what you invested even if Index performance has been positive. You can lose principal and previous earnings if you allocate Purchase Payments or transfer Contract Value to the Index Options with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy, and such losses could be significant. If you allocate Purchase Payments or transfer Contract Value to the Index Options with the Index Protection Strategy you can also lose principal and previous earnings if you do not receive the DPSC, or if the Contract fees and expenses are greater than the DPSC.

The maximum potential negative Performance Credit for the Index Precision Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy is based on the Buffer. If the Buffer is 10%, the maximum negative Performance Credit is -90%; and if the Buffer is 20%, the maximum negative Performance Credit is -80%. The maximum potential negative Performance Credit for the Index Guard Strategy is the -10% Floor. Such losses will be greater if you take a withdrawal (including any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract) that is subject to a withdrawal charge, a negative Daily Adjustment, or a deduction of Contract fees and expenses.

Early Withdrawal Risk

We designed the Contract to be a long-term investment that you can use to help build and provide income for retirement. The Contract is not suitable for short-term investment.

If you need to take a full or partial withdrawal during the withdrawal charge period, or when we deduct any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract, we deduct a withdrawal charge unless the withdrawal is a Penalty-Free Withdrawal. While Penalty-Free Withdrawals provide some liquidity, they are permitted in only limited amounts or in special circumstances. If you need to withdraw most or all of your Contract Value in a short period, you will exceed the Penalty-Free Withdrawal amounts available to you and incur withdrawal charges. For more information on the withdrawal charge, see the Fee Tables and section 7, Expenses and Adjustments - Withdrawal Charge.

We calculate the withdrawal charge as a percentage of your Purchase Payments, not Contract Value. Consequently, if the Contract Value has declined since you made a Purchase Payment, it is possible the percentage of Contract Value withdrawn to cover the withdrawal charge would be greater than the withdrawal charge percentage. For example, assume you buy the Contract with a single Purchase Payment of $10,000. If your Contract Value in the fifth year is $8,000 and you take a full withdrawal a 5% withdrawal charge applies. The total withdrawal charge would be $500 (5% of $10,000). As this is a full withdrawal, we will also deduct the $50 contract maintenance charge. This results in you receiving $7,450.

In addition, upon a full withdrawal, the free withdrawal privilege is not available to you, and we apply a withdrawal charge against Purchase Payments that are still within their withdrawal charge period, including amounts previously withdrawn under the free withdrawal privilege. On a full withdrawal, your Withdrawal Charge Basis may be greater than your Contract Value because the following reduce your Contract Value, but do not reduce your Withdrawal Charge Basis: deductions we make for prior Penalty-Free Withdrawals and Contract fees or expenses; and/or poor performance.

Amounts withdrawn from this Contract are subject to income taxes and may also be subject to a 10% additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2.

We only apply Credits to the Index Options once each Term on the Term End Date, rather than daily. In the interim, we calculate Index Option Values based on the Daily Adjustment for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy. For more information, see "Risks Associated with the Daily Adjustment" later in this section. The Index Protection Strategy Index Options and the Variable Options are not subject to the Daily Adjustment. Any assets removed from an Index Option during the Term for withdrawals you take (including Penalty-Free Withdrawals, and any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract), Annuity Payments, or deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses, or if we pay a death benefit, will not be eligible to receive a Credit on the Term End Date. These removed assets will not receive the full benefit of the Index Value, Index Return, and the 10% or 20% Buffer, or -10% Floor that would have been available on the Term End Date, and losses could exceed the protection offered by the 10% or 20% Buffer, or -10% Floor. You will receive a Credit only on any unlocked Index Option Value remaining in an Index Option on the Term End Date.

You can transfer Index Option Value to the Variable Options only on every sixth Index Anniversary, and you can transfer Index Option Value among the Index Options only on Term End Dates. At other times, you can only move assets out of an Index Option by taking a full or partial withdrawal, or entering the Annuity Phase. Additionally, you can transfer assets out of a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option before the Term End Date only by executing a Performance Lock. Once an Index Option is locked, you can transfer assets out of it on the Index Anniversary that occurs on or immediately after the Lock Date. For a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option this means you can transfer out of the locked Index Option before the Term End Date only by executing a Performance Lock on or before the second Index Anniversary of a 3-year Term, or on or before the fifth Index Anniversary of a 6-year Term. These restrictions may limit your ability to react to changes in market conditions. You should consider whether investing in an Index Option is consistent with your financial needs.

Index Risks

If you allocate Purchase Payments or transfer Contract Value to an Index Option, your returns depend on the performance of an Index although you are not directly invested in the Index or in the securities tracked by the Index. You will have no voting rights, no rights to receive cash dividends or other distributions, and no other rights with respect to the companies that make up the Indexes. Because the S&P 500® Index, Russell 2000® Index, Nasdaq-100® Index, EURO STOXX 50® and iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF are each comprised of a collection of equity securities, in each case the value of the component securities is subject to market risk, or the risk that market fluctuations may cause the value of the component securities to go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. In addition, the value of equity securities may decline for reasons directly related to the issuers of the securities.

The S&P 500® Index, Russell 2000® Index, Nasdaq-100® Index, and EURO STOXX 50® are all "price return indexes," not "total return indexes," and therefore do not reflect dividends paid on the securities composing the Index. This will reduce the Index Return and may cause the Index to underperform a direct investment in the securities composing the Index. For the EURO STOXX 50®, this Index is a euro "price return index" and Index Returns are determined without any exchange rate adjustment. Because Index performance for the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is based on the ETF's closing share price, Index performance is calculated on a "price return" basis, not a "total return" basis, and therefore does not reflect dividends paid on the securities in which the ETF invests. In addition, an ETF deducts fees and costs, which reduce Index performance. These factors will reduce the Index Return and may cause the ETF to underperform a direct investment in the ETF or the securities in which the ETF invests.

In addition to the foregoing, each Index has its own unique risks, as follows:

Risks Associated with the Daily Adjustment

The Daily Adjustment is how we calculate Index Option Values on Business Days other than the Term Start Date or Term End Date for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy. The Index Protection Strategy Index Options and the Variable Options are not subject to the Daily Adjustment. The Daily Adjustment can affect the amounts available for withdrawal, Performance Locks, annuitization, payment of the death benefit, and the Contract Value used to determine the contract maintenance charge and Charge Base for the product and rider fees. The Daily Adjustment can be less than the Precision Rate or Cap even if the current Index return during the Term is greater than the Precision Rate or Cap. In addition, even though the current Index return during the Term may be positive, the Daily Adjustment may be negative due to changes in Proxy Value inputs, such as volatility, dividend yield, and interest rate. The Daily Adjustment is generally negatively affected by:

The Daily Adjustment for 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options may be more negatively impacted by changes to interest rates, dividend rates, market performance and the expected volatility of Index prices than 1-year Term Index Options because the longer Term length amplifies the impact of these market parameters on the expected Index Option Value at the Term End Date. 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options with a Participation Rate above 100% may also have larger fluctuations in the Daily Adjustment than Index Options either without a Participation Rate, or with a Participation Rate equal to 100%. For shorter Term lengths, there is more certainty in both the final Index Values and how Precision Rates, Caps, Buffers, and Floors determine Performance Credits. This means there may be less fluctuation in the Daily Adjustment due to changes in Index return for Index Options with shorter Term lengths.

If you take a withdrawal from an Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy before the Term End Date, you could lose principal and previous earnings because of the Daily Adjustment even if Index performance is positive on that day or has been positive since the Term Start Date. If the current Index return during the Term is negative, the Daily Adjustment for these Index Options could result in

losses greater than the protection provided by the 10% or 20% Buffer, or -10% Floor. In extreme circumstances, the Daily Adjustment could result in a loss beyond the protection of the Buffer or Floor. The maximum potential loss from a negative Daily Adjustment is: -99% for the Index Precision Strategy and Index Performance Strategy; and -35% for the Index Guard Strategy. Such losses will be greater if you take a withdrawal (including any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract) that is subject to a withdrawal charge, or a deduction of Contract fees and expenses.

Managed Volatility Variable Option Risk

As described in more detail in the Variable Options' underlying Funds' prospectuses, certain Variable Options affiliated with us employ a managed volatility strategy that is intended to reduce the Variable Option's overall volatility and downside risk. A Variable Option's managed volatility strategy can negatively impact the value of your Contract and its benefits. During rising markets, the hedging strategies employed to manage volatility could result in your Contract Value rising less than would have been the case if you had been invested in a Variable Option without a managed volatility strategy. In addition, the cost of these hedging strategies may negatively impact performance. Variable Options that employ a managed volatility strategy are identified in Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract.

Risks Associated with Calculation of Credits

We calculate Credits each Term on the Term End Date. Because we calculate Index Returns only on a single date in time, you may experience negative or flat performance even though the Index you selected for a given Crediting Method experienced gains through some, or most, of the Term. If you allocate Purchase Payments or transfer Contract Value to the Index Options with Index Protection Strategy, positive returns are limited by the DPSCs. You are not subject, however, to potential negative Credits. The Precision Rates on the Index Precision Strategy Index Options, and the Caps on the Index Guard Strategy and Index Performance Strategy Index Options also limit positive returns and could cause performance to be lower than it would otherwise have been if you invested in a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund designed to track the performance of the applicable Index, or the Variable Options. For the Index Performance Strategy, we apply the Cap and any Participation Rate for the entire Term length; we do not apply the Cap and any Participation Rate annually on a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option.

The Index Options do not receive any dividends payable on these securities. The Index Options also do not directly participate in the returns of the Indexes or the Indexes' component securities. Index Returns would be higher if they included the dividends from the component securities.

DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates may be adjusted on the next Term Start Date and may vary significantly from Term to Term. Changes to DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates may significantly affect the Credit you receive. For more information, see the "Risks Associated with Changes to Declared Protection Strategy Credits (DPSCs), Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates" discussion later in this section.

The Crediting Methods only capture Index Values on the Term Start Date and Term End Date, so you will bear the risk that the Index Value might be abnormally low on these days.

Risks Associated with Performance Locks

If a Performance Lock is executed:

We will not provide advice or notify you regarding whether you should execute a Performance Lock or the optimal time for doing so. We will not warn you if you execute a Performance Lock at a sub-optimal time. We are not responsible for any losses related to your decision whether or not to execute a Performance Lock.

Risks Associated with Substitution of an Index

There is no guarantee that the Indexes will be available during the entire time that you own your Contract. Once we add an Index to your Contract, we cannot remove it without simultaneously substituting it. For the Index Options, if we substitute a new Index for an existing Index, the performance of the new Index may be different and this may affect your ability to receive positive Credits.

Depending on the constitution of the substituted Index, the volatility of its investments, and our ability to hedge the Index's performance, we may determine, in our discretion, to increase or decrease renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates associated with the new Index, subject to their respective minimums. However, we would not implement any change to reflect this difference until the next Term Start Date after the substitution. For any Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy, the substitution of an Index during a Term may result in an abnormally large change in the Daily Adjustment on the day we substitute the Index due to changes in Proxy Value inputs (such as volatility, dividend yield, and interest rate). However, you would only be affected by this change in the Daily Adjustment if a transaction to which the Daily Adjustment applies (such as a withdrawal you take) occurs on the substitution date.

Risks Associated with Changes to Declared Protection Strategy Credits (DPSCs), Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates 

You can only transfer Index Option Value to a Variable Option on a sixth Index Anniversary.

The 10% and 20% Buffers, and -10% Floors for the currently available Index Options do not change. However, if we add a new Index Option to your Contract, we establish the Buffer or Floor for it on the date we add the Index Option to your Contract. For a new Index Option, the minimum Buffer is 5% and the minimum Floor is -25%.

Subject to their respective minimums, we established the initial DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates on the Index Effective Date and they cannot change until the next Term Start Date.

We can change the renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates for a Contract on each new Term Start Date subject to the guaranteed minimums, in our discretion.

We will send you a letter at least 30 days before each Index Anniversary. This letter advises you that current DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates are expiring, and that renewal rates for the next Term Start Date will be available for your review. The Index Anniversary letter also reminds you of your opportunity to transfer Variable Account Value to the Index Options, or reallocate your Index Option Values on the upcoming Term End Date. On each Term End Date, you have the option of remaining allocated to your current Index Options at the renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates that we set on the next Term Start Date, or transferring to another permitted Investment Option, subject to the limitations on transfers from an Index Option to the Variable Options. At least seven calendar days before each Index Anniversary, we publish renewal rates for the next Term Start Date for your review in your account on our website, and on our public website at https://www.allianzlife.com/indexrates. If you do not review renewal change information when it is published or take no action to transfer to another permitted Investment Option, you will remain allocated to your current Index Options and will automatically become subject to the renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates until the next Term End Date.

You risk the possibility that the renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates you receive may be less than you would find acceptable. If you do not find the renewal rates acceptable, you must give us transfer instructions no later than the end of the Business Day on the Term End Date (or the next Business Day if the Term End Date is a non-Business Day) or you will be subject to these renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates for the next Term.

Other than on a sixth Index Anniversary when you can transfer Index Option Value to the Variable Options, when your renewal rates change, the only options available to you are to transfer Index Option Value between Index Options, or take a full withdrawal (which is subject to a withdrawal charge, taxes, and may be subject to tax penalties).

Renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates may vary significantly depending upon a variety of factors, including:

These factors also impact any new Buffer or Floor Index Options that become available under the Contract. Due to a combination of factors, including potential changes in interest rates and other market conditions (e.g. rising inflation), the current economic environment is evolving. The future impact on renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates cannot be predicted with certainty. The effect of a change in interest rates or other market conditions may not be direct or immediate. There may be a lag in changes to DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates. Interest rates could increase. In a rising interest rate environment, increases in DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates, if any, may be substantially slower than increases in interest rates. However, a rising interest rate environment may have the opposite effect on renewal rates and cause renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates to decrease.

We manage our obligation to provide Credits in part by trading call and put options, and other derivatives on the available Indexes. The costs of the call and put options and other derivatives vary based on market conditions, and we may adjust future renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates to reflect these cost changes. You bear the risk that we may reduce DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates, which reduces your opportunity to receive positive Credits.

Risks Associated with Investment in Derivative Hedging Instruments

The Index Options are supported by bonds and other fixed income securities which are also used to support the Contract guarantees, cash, and derivative hedging instruments used to hedge the movements of the applicable Index.

At Contract issue, we invest a substantial majority of the initial Contract Value allocated to the Index Options in fixed income securities, with most of the remainder invested in derivative hedging instruments. The derivative hedging instruments are purchased to track and hedge Index movements and support our obligations with regard to the Index Options. The derivative hedging instruments we purchase include put options, call options, futures, swaps, and other derivatives.

We currently limit our purchase of derivative hedging instruments to liquid securities. However, like many types of derivative hedging instruments, these securities may be volatile and their price may vary substantially. In addition, because we pay Credits regardless of the performance of derivative hedging instruments we purchase, we may incur losses on hedging mismatches or errors in hedging. We may incur additional costs if the costs of our hedging program increase due to market conditions or other factors. Our overall experience with hedging securities may affect renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates for existing Contracts.

Certain Variable Options may also invest in derivative securities. For more information on these investments, see the Variable Options' underlying Funds' prospectuses.

Risks of Deducting Financial Adviser Fees from the Contract

If you have an investment adviser and want to pay their financial adviser fees from this Contract, you can instruct us to withdraw the fee from your Contract and pay it to your adviser. Once authorized by you, the investment adviser requests each fee payment by submitting a letter of instruction that includes the fee amount. The deduction of financial adviser fees is in addition to this Contract's fees and expenses, and the deduction is treated the same as any other withdrawal under the Contract. As such, withdrawals to pay financial advisers fees may be subject to a Daily Adjustment (that could be negative), are subject to withdrawal charges, will reduce the Contract Value dollar for dollar and Guaranteed Death Benefit

Value proportionately (perhaps significantly and by more than the amount withdrawn), are subject to income taxes (and may also be subject to a 10% additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2). Please consult with your Financial Professional before requesting us to pay financial adviser fees from this Contract rather than from other assets you may have.

Other Contract Changes Risk

We reserve the right to modify or restrict several benefits or features of the Contract. We restrict additional Purchase Payments. We only accept Purchase Payments during the Accumulation Phase. Additional Purchase Payments are subject to a minimum, and there is a maximum on total Purchase Payments. We also reserve the right to decline any or all Purchase Payments at any time on a nondiscriminatory basis. For further information regarding Purchase Payment restrictions, see section 3, Purchase Payments - Purchase Payment Requirements.

As it relates to the Index Options, once an Index Option is added to a Contract, we cannot remove it, change how it calculates Credits, or change its Buffer or Floor.

We also reserve the right to substitute the Funds in which the Variable Options invest. We reserve the right to add or eliminate additional variable investment options. However, the extent to which we add, eliminate, or substitute variable investment options will be consistent with federal securities laws and, when required, the SEC.

In states that assess a premium tax, we do not currently deduct it from the Contract, although we reserve the right to do so in the future.

Lastly, we reserve the right to treat a partial withdrawal that reduces Contract Value below $2,000 as a full withdrawal. If Annuity Payments would be less than $100, we reserve the right to require you to take a full withdrawal and your Contract will then terminate.

Risks Associated with Our Financial Strength and Claims-Paying Ability

We make Annuity Payments, and pay death benefits from our general account. Our general account assets are subject to claims by our creditors, and any payment we make from our general account is subject to our financial strength and claims-paying ability. We apply Credits from an unregistered, non-unitized, non-insulated separate account (Separate Account IANA). Like our general account, the assets in Separate Account IANA are subject to our general business operation liabilities and the claims of our creditors, and are also subject to our financial strength and claims-paying ability. For more information on Separate Account IANA, see The Insurance Company, Separate Accounts, and General Account - Our Unregistered Separate Account.

Business and Operational Risks Relevant to the Contract

Business Disruption and Cybersecurity Risks. Our business relies on technology systems and networks, including systems and networks managed by third parties to process, transmit and store information, and to conduct business activities and transactions with clients, distributors, vendors, and other third parties. Maintaining the integrity of our systems is critical to our business operations and to the protection of our clients' personal information. To date, we have not identified any material breaches or interference with our systems and networks; however, we routinely encounter and address such threats. Any cybersecurity breaches or interference that may in the future occur could have a material adverse impact on our business operations and our financial condition.

Publicly-reported cybersecurity threats and incidents have dramatically increased in recent years, and financial services companies and their third-party service providers are increasingly the targets of cyberattacks involving the encryption and/or threat to disclose personal or confidential information (e.g., ransomware) or disruptions of communications (e.g., denial of service) to extort money or for other malicious purposes.

We have implemented and maintain security measures designed to protect against breaches of security and other interference with systems and networks, and require third party vendors to meet certain information security standards; however, we cannot ensure that our systems and networks will not be subject to breaches or interference. Any such event may result in operational disruptions as well as unauthorized access to or the disclosure or loss of our proprietary information or our clients' personal information. Any such event may interfere with, impede or cause delays in our calculation of values, processing of transactions and making of payments under the Contract. Even if we successfully protected our technology infrastructure and the confidentiality of sensitive data, we may incur significant expenses in responding to any such attacks. Although we maintain cybersecurity insurance coverage against costs resulting from cybersecurity incidents, it is possible losses will exceed the amount available under our coverage. We cannot be certain that advances in criminal capabilities, discovery of new vulnerabilities, attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in our systems,

data thefts, physical system or network break-ins or inappropriate access, or other developments will not compromise or breach the technology or other security measures protecting our networks and systems used in connection with our products and services, and it is possible that a cybersecurity incident could persist for an extended period of time without detection.

Natural or Man-made Disasters. The occurrence of natural or man-made disasters (e.g., extreme weather events, acts of terrorism, geo-political disputes, public health crises, industrial accidents, blackouts, cyberattacks, computer viruses, insider threats, insurrections and military actions, unanticipated problems with our disaster recovery systems, or support failures from external providers) could adversely affect our business operations and our business results, particularly if those events affect our computer-based data processing, transmission, storage, and retrieval systems or destroy data. Such disasters may damage our facilities, preventing our employees from performing their roles, otherwise disturbing our ordinary business operations, and impacting claims processing. We rely on certain third-parties to provide certain services important to our business operations. While we monitor the business continuity planning of such third-parties, successful implementation and execution of their business continuity plans are largely outside of our control. Weaknesses or failures within a vendor's business continuity plan in light of a natural or man-made disaster could materially disrupt our business operations.

The Insurance Company, Separate Accounts, and General Account

The Insurance Company - Allianz Life

Allianz Life is a stock life insurance company organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota in 1896. Our address is 5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55416. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz of America, Inc. (AZOA), a financial holding company. AZOA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Europe, B.V., which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz SE, which is registered in Munich, Germany. We currently offer fixed index annuities, individual life insurance, and registered index-linked annuities. We are licensed to do direct business in 49 states and the District of Columbia. We are obligated to pay all amounts promised to investors under the Contracts, subject to our financial strength and claims-paying ability.

The Registered Separate Account

We established Allianz Life Variable Account B (the Separate Account) as a separate account under Minnesota insurance law on May 31, 1985. The Separate Account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The SEC does not supervise our management of the Separate Account.

The Separate Account holds the Funds' shares that have been purchased with Contract assets. We keep the Separate Account assets separate from the assets of our general account and other separate accounts, including the non-unitized separate accounts we established in connection with the Index Options. The Separate Account is divided into subaccounts, each of which is a variable investment option under one or more variable annuity contracts that we issue through the Separate Account. The only subaccounts currently available under this Contract are the Variable Options, each of which invests exclusively in shares of its corresponding underlying Fund.

We own the assets of the Separate Account. Income, gains, and losses credited to, or charged against, the Separate Account reflect the Separate Account's own investment experience and not the investment experience of our other assets. The assets of the Separate Account may not be used to pay any liabilities of Allianz Life other than those arising from the variable investment portion of the Contracts and other variable annuity contracts supported by the Separate Account.

If the Separate Account's assets exceed the required reserves and other liabilities, we may transfer the excess to our general account, to the extent of seed money invested by us or earned fees and expenses.

Our General Account

Our general account holds all our assets other than assets in our separate accounts. We own our general account assets, and, subject to applicable law, have sole investment discretion over them. The assets are subject to our general business operation liabilities and claims of our creditors and may lose value. We have not registered our general account as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Our general account assets fund guarantees provided in the Contracts, including obligations associated with the death benefit. Contract Value that you apply to Annuity Payments becomes part of our general account.

Our Unregistered Separate Account

We hold the assets you allocate to the Index Options in Separate Account IANA, which we established under Minnesota insurance law for the purpose of supporting our obligations to pay Credits. We invest the assets in Separate Account IANA in hedging instruments, including derivative hedging instruments such as put and call options, as well as cash and fixed income securities. Like our general account, the assets in Separate Account IANA are subject to our general business operation liabilities and the claims of our creditors. An Owner who allocates Contract Value to an Index Option does not have any interest in or claim on the assets in Separate Account IANA. In addition, neither the Owner nor these Index Options participate in any way in the performance of assets held in Separate Account IANA.

Status Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Allianz Life hereby relies on the exemption provided by Rule 12h-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from the requirement to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of that Act.

1. The Contract 

The Contract is no longer offered for sale, but we continue to accept additional Purchase Payments subject to the limitations described in this prospectus. However, we do not accept additional Purchase Payments if you have an Inherited IRA, or Inherited Roth IRA Contract.

An annuity is a contract between you as the Owner, and an insurance company (in this case Allianz Life), where you make payments to us and we invest that money in the Investment Options you select. Depending on market conditions and the returns of your selected Investment Options, your Contract may gain or lose value. When you are ready to take money out, we make payments to you according to your instructions and any restrictions associated with the payment option you select that is described in this prospectus. Other than to add benefits that are beneficial to you, we do not make any changes to your Contract without your permission except as may be required by law.

The Contract has an Accumulation Phase and an Annuity Phase.

The Accumulation Phase

The Accumulation Phase is the first phase of your Contract, and it began on the Issue Date. During the Accumulation Phase, we invest your money in the Investment Options you select on a tax-deferred basis. Tax deferral may not be available for certain non-individually owned contracts. Tax deferral means you are not taxed on any earnings or appreciation on the assets in your Contract until you take money out of your Contract. For more information, see section 12, Taxes.

During the Accumulation Phase, you can take withdrawals (subject to any withdrawal charge). You can also make additional Purchase Payments subject to the restrictions set out in section 3, Purchase Payments - Purchase Payment Requirements. The Contract also offered at issue the optional Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit for an additional rider fee (see section 11). The Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit potentially provides a death benefit greater than the Traditional Death Benefit based on the Maximum Anniversary Value (highest Contract Value on any Index Anniversary before age 91, increased by the dollar amount of subsequent Purchase Payments, and reduced proportionately for subsequent withdrawals you take including any withdrawal charge).

When the Accumulation Phase Ends

The Accumulation Phase ends upon the earliest of the following:

The Annuity Phase

If you request Annuity Payments, the Accumulation Phase of your Contract ends and you enter the Annuity Phase. During the Annuity Phase, we make regular fixed periodic Annuity Payments based on the life of the Annuitant(s), or life and term certain. We send Annuity Payments to the Payee (the person or entity who receives Annuity Payments during the Annuity Phase). You can choose when Annuity Payments begin, subject to certain restrictions. We base Annuity Payments on your Contract Value and the payout rates for the Annuity Option you select. Your Annuity Payments do not change unless an Annuitant dies. The Annuity Phase ends when we make the last Annuity Payment under your selected Annuity Option. For more information, see section 9, The Annuity Phase.

When the Contract Ends

The Contract ends when:

For example, if you take a full withdrawal of the cash surrender value, both the Accumulation Phase and the Contract end even though the Annuity Phase never began and we did not make any death benefit payments.

Financial Adviser Fees

If you have a financial adviser and want to take a withdrawal from this Contract to pay your financial adviser fee, you can submit a written request to our Service Center by completing our third party money management customer authorization of transfer form and fee redemption authorization form. If we approve your request, we withdraw the requested fees and pay them to your Financial Professional or Financial Professional's firm as instructed. The fee redemption authorization is an agreement between you and your Financial Professional and/or the Financial Professional's firm. The agreement authorizes us to deduct financial adviser fees from the Contract and send them to the Financial Professional or the Financial Professional's firm upon written request. You can terminate this agreement at any time by providing us written notice. We retain the right to request an updated fee redemption authorization form at any time.

Once authorized by you, the Financial Professional or Financial Professional's firm requests each fee payment by submitting a letter of instruction that includes the fee amount. We treat this fee payment as a withdrawal which means it is subject to a withdrawal charge, income taxes, and may also be subject to a 10% additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2. The amount of Contract Value available for withdrawal may also be affected by the Daily Adjustment (which can be negative). We deduct financial adviser fees (including any withdrawal charge) proportionately from each Investment Option unless you provide us with alternate instructions. This withdrawal reduces the Contract Value and the amount available under the free withdrawal privilege by the dollar amount withdrawn. It may also reduce your Contract's Guaranteed Death Benefit Value proportionately by the percentage of Contract Value withdrawn, which may reduce this value by more than the amount withdrawn and these reductions could be significant.

If this is a Non-Qualified Contract, a withdrawal will be a taxable withdrawal to the extent that gain exists within the Contract. Financial adviser fees paid from any type of IRA Contract (including IRA, Roth IRA, SEP IRA, Inherited IRA and Inherited Roth IRA) will not be treated as a taxable withdrawal as long as the annuity contract is solely liable for the payment of the financial adviser fee. You should consult a tax adviser regarding the tax treatment of financial adviser fee payments. Please consult with your Financial Professional before requesting us to pay financial adviser fees from this Contract rather than from other assets you may have.

Your financial adviser acts on your behalf, not ours. We are not party to any agreement between you and your financial adviser, nor are we responsible for your financial adviser's actions. We do not verify that withdrawals for financial adviser fees align with the terms of your agreement with your financial adviser, but we verify that payments are made in accordance with the fee redemption authorization agreement you submit to us. We do not set your financial adviser fee or receive any part of it. Any withdrawals for financial adviser fees you pay is in addition to this Contract's fees and expenses.

You can submit a written request to our Service Center on a form satisfactory to us to allow your financial adviser to make Investment Option transfers and allocation changes on your behalf. However, we reserve the right to review a financial adviser's trading history before allowing him or her to make transfers. If, in our sole discretion, we believe the financial adviser's trading history indicates excessive trading, we can deny your request. If we approve it, your financial adviser is subject to the same trading restrictions that apply to Owners. We can deny or revoke trading authority in our sole discretion.

Financial Adviser Fee Deduction Example

These calculations show the effects of withdrawing financial adviser fees on the Contract Value and available Guaranteed Death Benefit Value. These withdrawals (including any withdrawal charges) immediately reduce the Contract Value on a dollar for dollar basis, and reduce the available Guaranteed Death Benefit Value by the percentage of Contract Value withdrawn.

The example assumes a withdrawal of $5,000 once per year on days that are not Term End Dates to pay financial adviser fees starting when the Contract Value is $100,000, the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value under the Traditional Death Benefit is $90,000, and the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value under the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit is $105,000. The first withdrawal assumes that there is no amount remaining under the free withdrawal privilege for that year, so that withdrawal is subject to an 8.5% withdrawal charge. Subsequent withdrawals are all taken under the free withdrawal privilege. All fractional numbers in these examples have been rounded up to the next whole number. All Contract Value figures reflect the Daily Adjustment. 

Financial Adviser Fee Withdrawal	Contract Value	Guaranteed Death Benefit Value for a Contract with the Traditional Death Benefit	Guaranteed Death Benefit Value for a Contract with the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit
Prior to 1st years withdrawal	$ 100,000	$ 90,000	$ 105,000
$5,000 withdrawal (subject to an
8.5% withdrawal charge)	- [$5,000 ÷ (1 - 8.5%)]
Amount withdrawn	- $5,465	- [($5,465 ÷ 100,000) x 90,000]	- [($5,465 ÷ 100,000) x 105,000]
		= - $4,919	= - $5,739
After 1st years withdrawal	$ 94,535	$ 85,081	$ 99,261
Prior to 2nd years withdrawal	$ 97,000	$ 85,081	$ 99,261
$5,000 withdrawal (not subject to a
withdrawal charge)	- $5,000	- [($5,000 ÷ 97,000) x 85,081]	- [($5,000 ÷ 97,000) x 99,261]
		= - $4,386	= - $5,117
After 2nd years withdrawal	$ 92,000	$ 80,695	$ 94,144
Prior to 3rd years withdrawal	$ 80,000	$ 80,695	$ 94,144
$5,000 withdrawal (not subject to a	- $5,000	- [($5,000 ÷ 80,000) x 80,695]	- [($5,000 ÷ 80,000) x 94,144]
withdrawal charge)		= - $5,044	= - $5,884
After 3rd years withdrawal	$ 75,000	$ 75,651	$ 88,260

The death benefit is the greater of the Contract Value, or the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value, so the death benefit would be:

2. Ownership, Annuitant, Determining Life, Beneficiary, and Payee

Owner

The Owner designated at Contract issue has all the rights under the Contract. The Owner may be an individual, or a non-individual (such as a trust or other entity acting as an agent for a natural person). Qualified Contracts and non-individually owned Contracts can only have one Owner. A Qualified Contract is purchased under a pension or retirement plan that
qualifies for special tax treatment under sections of the Code.

Joint Owner

A Non-Qualified Contract can be owned by up to two individual Owners (Joint Owners). We generally require the signature of both Joint Owners on any forms that are submitted to our Service Center.

Annuitant

The Annuitant is the individual on whose life we base Annuity Payments. Subject to our approval, you designate an Annuitant when you purchase a Contract. For Qualified Contracts, before the Annuity Date, the Owner must be the Annuitant unless the Contract is owned by a qualified plan or is part of a custodial arrangement. You can change the Annuitant on an individually owned Non-Qualified Contract at any time before the Annuity Date. You cannot change the Annuitant if the Owner is a non-individual. Subject to our approval, you can add a joint Annuitant on the Annuity Date. For Qualified Contracts, the ability to add a joint Annuitant is subject to any plan requirements associated with the Contract. For individually owned Contracts, if the Annuitant who is not an Owner dies before the Annuity Date, the sole Owner (or younger Joint Owner) automatically becomes the new Annuitant, but the Owner can subsequently name another Annuitant.

Designating different persons as Owner(s) and Annuitant(s) can have important impacts on whether a death benefit is paid, and on who receives it as indicated below. For more examples, please see the Appendix A to the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). Use care when designating Owner(s) and Annuitant(s), and consult your Financial Professional if you have questions. 

UPON THE DEATH OF A SOLE OWNER
Action if the Contract is in the Accumulation Phase	Action if the Contract is in the Annuity Phase
• If this is an Inherited IRA Contract, the death benefit options for the Beneficiary of the Inherited IRA (successor beneficiary, i.e. beneficiary of the original Beneficiary) depend on several factors. For specific information regarding these Contracts, please see section 12, Taxes - Distributions Upon the Owner's Death (or Annuitant's Death if the Owner is a Non-Individual). • For all other Contracts, we pay a death benefit to the Beneficiary unless the Beneficiary is the surviving spouse and continues the Contract. • If the deceased Owner was a Determining Life and the surviving spouse Beneficiary continues the Contract: - we increase the Contract Value to equal the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value if greater and available, and the death benefit ends, - the surviving spouse becomes the new Owner, - the Accumulation Phase continues, and - upon the surviving spouse's death, his or her Beneficiary(ies) receives the Contract Value. • If the deceased Owner was not a Determining Life, the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit are not available and the Beneficiary(ies) receives the Contract Value.	• The Beneficiary becomes the Payee. If we are still required to make Annuity Payments under the selected Annuity Option, the Beneficiary also becomes the new Owner. • If the deceased was not an Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue. No death benefit is payable. • If the deceased was the only surviving Annuitant, Annuity Payments end or continue as follows. - Annuity Option 1 or 3, payments end. - Annuity Option 2 or 4, payments end when the guaranteed period ends. - Annuity Option 5, payments end and the Payee may receive a lump sum refund. - For more information on the Annuity Options, please see section 9. • If the deceased was an Annuitant and there is a surviving joint Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue during the lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant. No death benefit is payable. • For a Qualified Contract, the Annuity Payments generally must end no later than ten years after the Owner's death. However, in certain situations, payments may need to end earlier.

Determining Life (Lives)

The Determining Life (Lives) are the individuals on whose life we base the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value provided by the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit. We established the Determining Life (Lives) at Contract issue. For an individually owned Contract, the Determining Life (Lives) are the Owner(s). For a non-individually owned Contract, the Determining Life is the Annuitant. After the Issue Date, the Determining Life (Lives) only change if:

Beneficiary

The Beneficiary is the person(s) or entity you designate to receive any death benefit. You can change the Beneficiary or contingent Beneficiary at any time before your death unless you name an irrevocable Beneficiary. If a Beneficiary dies before you, or you and a Beneficiary die simultaneously as defined by applicable state law or regulation, that Beneficiary's interest in this Contract ends unless your Beneficiary designation specifies otherwise. If there are no surviving primary Beneficiaries, we pay the death benefit to the contingent Beneficiaries who survive you. If there are no surviving Beneficiaries or if there is no named Beneficiary, we pay the death benefit to your estate or the Owner if the Owner is a non-individual. 

FOR JOINTLY OWNED CONTRACTS: The sole primary Beneficiary is the surviving Joint Owner regardless of any other named primary Beneficiaries. If both Joint Owners die simultaneously as defined by applicable state law or regulation, we pay the death benefit to the named surviving primary Beneficiaries. If there are no named surviving primary Beneficiaries, we pay the death benefit to the named surviving contingent Beneficiaries, or equally to the estate of the Joint Owners if there are no named surviving contingent Beneficiaries.

Payee

The Payee is the person or entity who receives Annuity Payments during the Annuity Phase. The Owner receives tax reporting on those payments. Generally, we require the Payee to be an Owner. However, we may allow you to name a charitable trust, financial institution, qualified plan, or an individual specified in a court order as a Payee subject to our approval. For Qualified Contracts owned by a qualified plan, the qualified plan must be the Payee.

Assignments, Changes of Ownership and Other Transfers of Contract Rights

You can assign your rights under this Contract to someone else during the Accumulation Phase. An assignment may be absolute or limited, and includes changes of ownership, collateral assignments, or any other transfer of specific Contract rights. After an assignment, you may need the consent of the assignee of record to exercise certain Contract rights depending on the type of assignment and the rights assigned.

The Contract cannot be assigned without our consent. You must submit your request to assign the Contract in writing to our Service Center and we must approve it in writing. To the extent permitted by state law, we reserve the right to refuse to consent to any assignment at any time on a nondiscriminatory basis. We will not consent if the assignment would violate or result in noncompliance with any applicable state or federal law or regulation.

Upon our consent, we record the assignment. We are not responsible for the validity or effect of the assignment. We are not liable for any actions we take or payments we make before we receive your request in Good Order and record it. Assigning the Contract does not change, revoke or replace the originally named Annuitant or Beneficiary; if you also want to change the Annuitant or Beneficiary, you must make a separate request. 

● An assignment may be a taxable event. In addition, there are other restrictions on changing the ownership of a Qualified Contract and Qualified Contracts generally cannot be assigned absolutely or on a limited basis. You should consult with your tax adviser before assigning this Contract.

● An assignment will only change the Determining Life (Lives) if it involves removing a Joint Owner due to divorce, or replacing Joint Owners with a Trust.

3. Purchase Payments

Purchase Payment Requirements 

The Contract is no longer offered for sale, but we continue to accept additional Purchase Payments subject to the limitations described in this prospectus. However, we do not accept additional Purchase Payments if you have an Inherited IRA, or Inherited Roth IRA Contract.

The additional Purchase Payment requirements for this Contract are as follows.

We may, at our sole discretion, waive the minimum Purchase Payment requirements.

If you make additional Purchase Payments, we add this money to your Contract on the Business Day we receive it in Good Order. If you submit a Purchase Payment to your Financial Professional, we do not begin processing the payment until we receive it.

We may terminate your ability to make additional Purchase Payments because we reserve the right to decline any or all Purchase Payments at any time on a nondiscriminatory basis. This applies to Contracts issued in all states except as disclosed in Appendix F. If mandated under applicable law, we may be required to reject a Purchase Payment. If we exercise our right to decline additional Purchase Payments, this may limit your ability to fund your Contract's guaranteed benefits such as the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit.

Allocation of Purchase Payments and Contract Value Transfers 

We do not accept additional Purchase Payments if you have an Inherited IRA, or Inherited Roth IRA Contract.

The allocation instructions you provided on your application automatically became your Purchase Payment default instructions. (In your Contract, Purchase Payment default instructions are called future allocation instructions.) We use these default instructions for all Purchase Payments we receive unless you change them, or give us alternate allocation instructions specific to an individual Purchase Payment. We only allow Purchase Payments to move into the Index Options on the Index Effective Date and on subsequent Index Anniversaries. As a result, we hold Purchase Payments allocated to the Index Options we receive on days other than the Index Effective Date or an Index Anniversary in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount until we transfer them to your selected Index Options according to your Purchase Payment default instructions. On the Index Effective Date we rebalanced or reallocated your total Contract Value among all of your selected Investment Options according to your Purchase Payment default instructions. For additional Purchase Payments we receive after the Index Effective Date, this transfer occurs on the next Index Anniversary and does not involve a reallocation of your total Contract Value. We apply any Purchase Payments allocated to the Index Options we receive on the Index Effective Date or an Index Anniversary directly to the Index Options on that day; these Purchase Payments are not held in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount.

We only allow Variable Account Value transfers into Index Options and Index Option Value transfers between Index Options on Term End Dates. We do not allow assets to move into an established Index Option until the Term End Date. If you request to transfer into an established Index Option on an Index Anniversary that is not a Term End Date, we will transfer those assets into the same Index Option with a new Term Start Date.

If you only select the 1-year Term Index Options, you can automatically reallocate your total Contract Value annually by providing us with instructions (see section 6, Valuing Your Contract - Optional Reallocation Program for 1-year Term Index Options). However, you cannot automatically reallocate your total Contract Value annually on each Term End Date if you select a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option.

You can change your Purchase Payment default instructions at any time without fee or penalty. These changes are effective on the Business Day we receive them in Good Order at our Service Center. We accept changes to Purchase Payment default instructions from any Owner unless you instruct otherwise. We may allow you to authorize someone else to change these default instructions on your behalf. Changes to your Purchase Payment default instructions do not reallocate or transfer existing Index Option Values on the Term End Date. To reallocate Index Option Value on the Term End Date you must give us transfer instructions.

We notify you at least 30 days in advance of each Index Anniversary as a reminder that on the upcoming anniversary you may transfer Variable Account Value to the Index Options, and you may transfer Index Option Value between Index Options. Transfers between Investment Options do not change your Purchase Payment default instructions. For more information, see the "Electronic Transfer and Allocation Instructions" discussion next in this section. On each Term End Date, if we have not received transfer instructions from you, and you are not participating in the 1-year Term Index Option reallocation program, all assets invested continue to be invested in the same Index Options with new Term Start Dates at the renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates.

We can add new Crediting Methods, Terms, and Indexes to your Contract in the future, and you can allocate Purchase Payments or transfer Contract Value to them on the Term Start Date after we make them available to you. Once we add a Crediting Method to your Contract we cannot remove it, or change how it calculates Credits. If we add a new Index Option to your Contract, we cannot change its Buffer or Floor after it is established. For a new Index Option, the minimum Buffer is 5% and the minimum Floor is -25%. However, we can change the renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates associated with any Index Option on each Term Start Date subject to the guaranteed minimums.

You cannot transfer Index Option Value to the Variable Options except on every sixth Index Anniversary, at which point you can do so even if the assets you wish to transfer have been in the Index Options for less than six full years. However, if the sixth Index Anniversary is not a Term End Date and you would like to transfer out of a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option to a Variable Option you must request that we execute a Performance Lock on that Index Option on or before the sixth Index Anniversary. If you request to transfer Index Option Value to the Variable Options on a sixth Index Anniversary this request automatically cancels any prior transfer instructions you gave to us regarding moving Variable Account Value to the Index Options. We must receive all Index Option transfer instructions in Good Order at our Service Center before the end of the Business Day on the Term End Date (or the next Business Day if the Term End Date is a non-Business Day).

You can transfer Variable Account Value among the Variable Options on any Business Day, except that any amount held in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount that is set to be allocated to an Index Option on the Index Effective Date or an Index Anniversary will not be transferred to the Index Option if it is transferred to another Variable Option. 

● In order to apply Purchase Payments we receive after the Index Effective Date to your selected Index Option(s) on the next Index Anniversary, we must receive them before the end of the Business Day on the Index Anniversary (or before the end of the prior Business Day if the anniversary is a non-Business Day).

● Variable Options are subject to Contract fees and expenses (e.g. product fee, contract maintenance charge), and market risk. Assets you allocate to them may lose value, including any Purchase Payments we hold in the AZL Government Money Market subaccount before transferring them to your selected Index Options.

Electronic Transfer and Allocation Instructions

We use reasonable procedures to confirm that electronic transfer request or allocation instructions given to us are genuine. If we do not use such procedures, we may be liable for any losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent instructions. We record telephone instructions and log all fax, email and website instructions. We reserve the right to deny any transfer request or allocation instruction change, and to discontinue or modify our electronic instruction privileges at any time for any reason.

Please note that telephone, fax, email and/or the website may not always be available. Any electronic system, whether it is ours, yours, your service provider's, or your Financial Professional's, can experience outages or slowdowns for a variety of reasons, which may delay or prevent our processing of your transfer request or allocation instruction change. Although we have taken precautions to help our systems handle heavy use, we cannot promise complete reliability. If you are experiencing problems, you should submit your instructions in writing to our Service Center.

By authorizing electronic instructions, you authorize us to accept and act upon these instructions for your Contract. There are risks associated with electronic communications that do not occur with a written request. Anyone authorizing or making such requests bears those risks. You should protect your website password, because the website is available to anyone with your password; we cannot verify that the person providing instructions on the website is you, or is authorized by you.

Automatic Investment Plan (AIP)

The AIP makes additional Purchase Payments to the Contract during the Accumulation Phase on a monthly or quarterly basis by electronic money transfer from your savings, checking or brokerage account. You can participate in AIP by completing our AIP form. Our Service Center must receive your form in Good Order by the 15th of the month (or the next Business Day if the 15th is a non-Business Day) in order for AIP to begin that same month. We process AIP Purchase Payments on the 20th of the month, or the next Business Day if the 20th is a non-Business Day. We allocate AIP Purchase Payments according to your Purchase Payment default instructions which must comply with the allocation requirements and restrictions stated in this section. We must receive your request to stop or change AIP at our Service Center before the end of the last Business Day immediately before the Business Day we process AIP to make the change that month. If you

choose to begin Annuity Payments, AIP ends automatically on the last Business Day before the Annuity Date. We reserve the right to discontinue or modify AIP at any time and for any reason. 

For Owners of Qualified Contracts, AIP is not available if you have an Inherited IRA Contract, an Inherited Roth IRA Contract, or if your Contract is funding a plan that is tax qualified under Section 401 of the Code.

4. Index Options

Overview of the Index Options

We apply positive, zero, or negative Credits at the end of a Term to amounts allocated to an Index Option based, in part, on the performance of the applicable Index. An investment in an Index Option is not an investment in the Index or in any Index fund.

Some Index Options provide complete protection against negative Index Returns at the end of a Term. Other Index Options provide limited protection against negative Index Returns at the end of a Term through a Buffer or Floor. Despite the Buffer or Floor, you could lose a significant amount of money if the Index for such other Index Options declines in value. You may also lose a significant amount of money due to a negative Daily Adjustment if amounts are removed from such other Index Options prior to the end of a Term.

The Contract currently offers Index Options with different types of Crediting Methods, including the Index Protection Strategy, Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy. We can add new Index Options to your Contract in the future. We can change certain features of an Index Option from one Term to the next, including the Index and the current limit on Index gains (subject to minimum guarantees). We cannot change an existing Index Option's limit on Index losses (including a Buffer or Floor) or how it calculates Credits.

The Contract only allows Index Option Value transfers between Index Options, or Variable Account Value transfers into Index Options on Term End Dates. The Contract only allows Index Option Value transfers into the Variable Options on every sixth Index Anniversary. For multi-year Term Index Options, you can also transfer between Index Options before the Term End Date by executing a Performance Lock before the last year of the Term and providing transfer instructions before the next Index Anniversary. For more information, see section 3, Purchase Payments - Allocation of Purchase Payments and Contract Value Transfers.

Information regarding the features of each currently offered Index Option, including (i) the Index's name, (ii) a brief statement describing the assets that the Index seeks to track (e.g., U.S. large-cap equities), (iii) the Term length, (iv) the Index Option's Crediting Methodology, (v) the current limit on Index loss, and (vi) the minimum limit on Index gain, is available in Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract.

Limits on Index Losses

Each Index Option offers a certain level of protection from negative Index Returns, which limits the amount of negative Index Return used in calculating Credits for an Index Option at the end of a Term.

The current limit on Index loss for an Index Option will not change for the life of that Index Option. However, we reserve the right to add new Index Options. As such, the limits on Index loss offered under the Contract may change from one Term to the next if we add an Index Option.

Prior to selecting an Index Option, you should evaluate the protection from negative Index Returns offered by an Index Option. See "Comparing Crediting Methods" later in this section for additional factors that you should consider when comparing Index Options. Also, see "How We Set Limits on Index Gains and Losses" below for a description of the factors that we consider when setting rates for the Index Options.

For detailed information on how we calculate Index Option Values and Credits, see "Determining Index Option Values" and "Calculating Credits" in section 6, Valuing Your Contract later in this prospectus.

Limits on Index Gains

Each Index Option also has an upside feature, either a DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, and/or Participation Rate, used in the calculation of positive Credits, if any, that may be credited to your investment at the end of a Term. We may limit the amount you can earn on an Index Option based on the DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, or Participation Rate, as applicable.

The DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, and/or Participation Rate for an Index Option will change from Term to Term, subject to a specified guaranteed minimum that will not change for the life of that Index Option. Guaranteed minimum DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, and/or Participation Rate may vary by Index Option.

The lowest DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates that we may establish if we add a new Index Option to the Contract are 0.05%, 0.10%, 0.10%, and 5.00%, respectively.

The current DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates being offered for new Terms of the available Index Options can be located at the following publicly accessible website: https://www.allianzlife.com/indexrates. The DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates posted on that website address are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

Prior to selecting an Index Option, you should evaluate the DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates that we are offering. See "Comparing Crediting Methods" later in this section for additional factors that you should consider when comparing Index Options. Also, see "How We Set Limits on Index Gains and Losses" below for a description of the factors that we consider when setting rates for the Index Options.

For detailed information on how we calculate Index Option Values and Performance Credits, see "Determining Index Option Values" and "Calculating Credits" in section 6, Valuing Your Contract later in this prospectus.

How We Set Limits on Index Gains and Losses

We set DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates in our discretion, subject to applicable guaranteed minimums. When setting these limits on Index gains, we consider a variety of factors, including, but not limited to:

We also set the limits on Index losses for new Index Options (e.g., Buffers and Floors) in our discretion, but the Buffer or Floor will be no lower than 5% or -25%, respectively. When setting limits on Index losses, we consider many of the factors listed above, as well as the fact that an Index Option's limit on Index loss will not change for the life of the Index Option.

Due to a combination of factors, including potential changes in interest rates and other market conditions (e.g., rising inflation), the current economic environment is evolving. The future impact on the rates we declare cannot be predicted with certainty. The effect of a change in interest rates or other market conditions may not be direct or immediate. There may be a lag in changes to DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates. Interest rates could increase, and may cause renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates to decrease.

We manage our obligation to provide Credits in part by trading call and put options, and other derivatives on the available Indexes. The costs of the call and put options and other derivatives vary based on market conditions, and we may adjust future renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates to reflect these cost changes. In some instances, we may need to reduce renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates, or we may need to substitute an Index. You bear the risk that we may reduce DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates, which reduces your opportunity to receive positive Credits.

Terms

We currently offer Index Options with 1-year, 3-year, and 6-year Terms. Not all Term lengths are available for all types of Crediting Methods. Each Crediting Method offers 1-year Terms. The Index Performance Strategy also offers 3-year and 6-year Terms.

Prior to selecting an Index Option, you should evaluate the various Term lengths. You should consider which Term lengths may be appropriate for you based on your liquidity needs, investment time horizon, and financial goals. Investing in Index Options with shorter Terms will provide more opportunities for Credits and transferring Contract Value; however, assuming the same Index and limit on Index loss, Index Options with shorter Terms generally tend to have less potential for Index gains. Conversely, investing in Index Options with longer Terms will provide fewer opportunities for Credits and transferring Contract Value; however, assuming the same Index and limit on Index loss, Index Options with longer Terms generally tend to have more potential for gain. Some of the other factors to consider include:

Amounts must remain in an Index Option until the end of its Term to receive a Credit and to avoid a possible negative Daily Adjustment, potential withdrawal charges, and any applicable tax consequences. The Daily Adjustment applies to full or partial withdrawals (including any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract) taken from an Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy Index Option before the end of a Term. The Daily Adjustment also applies if, before the Term End Date, you execute a Performance Lock, you annuitize the Contract, we pay a death benefit, or we deduct Contract fees and expenses. For more information, see section 7, Expenses and Adjustments - Daily Adjustment.

Maturity

We will send you a letter at least 30 days before each Index Anniversary. This letter advises you that current DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates are expiring, and that renewal rates for the next Term Start Date will be available for your review. The Index Anniversary letter also reminds you of your opportunity to transfer Variable Account Value to the Index Options, or reallocate your Index Option Values on the upcoming Term End Date. Renewal rates could be higher or lower than your current DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates, subject to the guaranteed minimums. On each Term End Date, you have the option of remaining allocated to your current Index Options at the renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates that we set on the next Term Start Date, or transferring to another permitted Investment Option, subject to the limitations on transfers from an Index Option to the Variable Options.

At least seven calendar days before each Index Anniversary, we publish renewal rates for the next Term Start Date for your review in your account on our website, and on our public website at https://www.allianzlife.com/indexrates. If you do not review renewal rate change information when it is published or take no action to transfer to another permitted Investment Option, you will remain allocated to your current Index Options and will automatically become subject to the renewal DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates until the next Term End Date.

For more information regarding your availability to transfer into new Index Options, see section 3, Purchase Payments - Allocation of Purchase Payments and Contract Value Transfers.

Indexes

The Contract currently offers Index Options using the following Indexes. For more information on the Indexes, please see Appendix B - Available Indexes. Please note that Index Values used to calculate Credits are based on the Index's closing value (for an Index that is a market index) or closing share price (for an Index that is an ETF).

The S&P 500® Index, Russell 2000® Index, Nasdaq-100® Index, and EURO STOXX 50® are all "price return indexes," not "total return indexes," and therefore do not reflect dividends paid on the securities composing the Index. This will reduce the Index Return and may cause the Index to underperform a direct investment in the securities composing the Index. For the EURO STOXX 50® , this Index is a euro "price return index" and Index Returns are determined without any exchange rate adjustment.

Because Index performance for the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is based on the ETF's closing share price, Index performance is calculated on a "price return" basis, not a "total return" basis, and therefore does not reflect dividends paid on the securities in which the ETF invests. In addition, an ETF deducts fees and costs, which reduce Index performance. These factors will reduce the Index Return and may cause the ETF to underperform a direct investment in the ETF or the securities in which the ETF invests.

S&P 500® Index. The S&P 500® Index is comprised of equity securities issued by large-capitalization U.S. companies.

Russell 2000® Index. The Russell 2000® Index is comprised of equity securities of small-capitalization U.S. companies.

Nasdaq-100® Index. The Nasdaq-100® Index is comprised of equity securities of the largest U.S. and non-U.S. companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market, including companies across all major industry groups except the financial industry.

EURO STOXX 50®. The EURO STOXX 50® is comprised of the equity securities of large-capitalization companies in the Eurozone.

iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF. The iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. The underlying index may include large-and mid-capitalization companies. iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is an exchange-traded fund. Additional information about iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is available on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov and copies of that information may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following email address: [email protected]. Please note that this information

is not prepared by us and may be intended for shareholders of the ETF. You will not be a shareholder of the ETF by investing in an Index Option that is linked to the performance of the ETF. You may also request additional information about the ETF from our Service Center or your Financial Professional.

Index Substitutions and Additions

We may substitute a new Index for an existing Index if:

If we add or substitute an Index, we first seek any required regulatory approval from each applicable state insurance regulator and then provide you with written notice. We also provide you with written notice if an Index changes its name. Index substitutions can occur either on a Term Start Date or during a Term. If we substitute an Index during a Term, we will combine the return of the previously available substituted Index from the Term Start Date to the substitution date with the return of the new Index from the substitution date to the Term End Date. If we substitute an Index during a Term:

Similarly, if we substitute an Index on a Term Start Date, the applicable Buffer, Floor, and minimum DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, or Participation Rate will not change.

Changes to DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates associated with the new Index, if any, may occur at the next regularly scheduled Term Start Date, subject to their respective minimums.

The selection of a substitution Index is in our discretion; however, it is anticipated that any substitute Index will be substantially similar to the Index it is replacing and we will substitute any equity Index with a broad-based equity index. In the event a suitable replacement Index is not available, after seeking any required regulatory approval, we will provide you written notice and information regarding the remaining available Index Options.

Index Historical Returns

The bar charts shown below provide each Index's annual returns for the last 10 calendar years, as well as the Index returns after applying a hypothetical 5% Cap and a hypothetical 10% Buffer. The charts illustrate the variability of the returns from year to year and show how hypothetical limits on Index gains and losses may affect these returns. Past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance.

The performance below is NOT the performance of any Index Option. Your performance under the Contract will differ, perhaps significantly. The performance below may reflect a different return calculation, time period, and limit on Index gains and losses than the Index Options, and does not reflect Contract fees and charges, including withdrawal charges and the Daily Adjustment, which may reduce performance.

  

  

  

  

  

How the Crediting Methods Work

The Index Protection Strategy provides a Credit using the "point-to-point with step-up" method of calculation. You receive a Credit equal to the DPSC if the Index Value on the Term End Date is equal to or greater than the Index Value on the Term Start Date, regardless of the amount of actual Index Return. If the current Index Value is less than it was on the Term Start Date, the Credit is zero.

The Index Precision Strategy provides a Performance Credit using the "point-to-point with step-up" method of calculation.

The Index Guard Strategy provides a Performance Credit using the "point-to-point with Cap" method of calculation.

The Index Performance Strategy provides a Performance Credit. The 1-year Term Index Options, and 3-year Term Index Options for Contracts issued before April 30, 2021, use the "point-to-point with Cap" method of calculation. The 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options for Contracts issued since April 30, 2021, use the "point-to-point with Cap and enhanced upside" method of calculation.

● The Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy allow negative Performance Credits. As a result, you could lose a significant amount of money in the form of negative Performance Credits if an Index declines in value. The maximum potential negative Performance Credit is: -90% with a 10% Buffer; -80% with a 20% Buffer; and -10% with the Floor.

● Because we calculate Index Returns only on a single date in time, you may experience negative or flat performance even though the Index you selected for a given Crediting Method experienced gains through some, or most, of the Term.

● If a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option is "uncapped" for one Term (i.e., we do not declare a Cap for that Term) it does not mean that we will not declare a Cap for it on future Term Start Dates. On the next Term Start Date we can declare a Cap for the next Term, or declare it to be uncapped.

Comparing Crediting Methods

The Crediting Methods have different risk and return potentials. 

What is the asset protection?
Index Protection Strategy	• Most protection. • If the Index loses value, the Credit is zero. You do not receive a negative Credit.
Index Precision Strategy	• Less protection than the Index Protection Strategy and Index Guard Strategy. Protection may be equal to or less than what is available with the Index Performance Strategy depending on the Index Option. • Buffer absorbs 10% of loss, but you receive a negative Performance Credit for losses greater than 10%. • Potential for large losses in any Term. • More sensitive to large negative market movements because small negative market movements are absorbed by the 10% Buffer. In a period of extreme negative market performance, the risk of loss is greater with the Index Precision Strategy than with the Index Guard Strategy.
Index Guard Strategy	• Less protection than the Index Protection Strategy, but more than Index Precision Strategy and Index Performance Strategy. • Permits a negative Performance Credit down to the -10% Floor. • Protection from significant losses. • More sensitive to smaller negative market movements that persist over time because the -10% Floor reduces the impact of large negative market movements. • In an extended period of smaller negative market returns, the risk of loss is greater with the Index Guard Strategy than with the Index Precision Strategy and Index Performance Strategy. • Provides certainty regarding the maximum loss in any Term.

What is the asset protection?

Index Performance Strategy

• Less protection than the Index Protection Strategy and Index Guard Strategy. 3-year Term Index Options with a 20% Buffer have more protection than what is available with the Index Precision Strategy. • Buffer absorbs 10% or 20% of loss depending on the Index Option you select, but you receive a negative Performance Credit for losses greater than the Buffer. • Potential for large losses in any Term. • More sensitive to large negative market movements because small negative market movements are absorbed by the Buffer. In a period of extreme negative market performance, the risk of loss is greater with the Index Performance Strategy than with the Index Guard Strategy. • In extended periods of moderate to large negative market performance, 3-year and 6-year Terms may provide less protection than the 1-year Terms because, in part, the Buffer is applied over a longer period of time.

 

What is the growth opportunity?
Index Protection Strategy	• Growth opportunity limited by the DPSCs. • May perform best in periods of small positive market movements relative to the other Crediting Methods, because such small positive market movements may result in positive Credits that are greater than the Index Return while also providing complete protection from any Index losses. May have lower return potential compared to other Crediting Methods. • DPSCs will generally be less than the Precision Rates and Caps.
Index Precision Strategy	• Growth opportunity limited by the Precision Rates. • May perform best in periods of small positive market movements. • Generally more growth opportunity than the Index Protection Strategy. • Growth opportunity may be more or less than the Index Guard Strategy or Index Performance Strategy depending on Precision Rates and Caps.
Index Guard Strategy	• Growth opportunity limited by the Caps. • May perform best in a strong market. • Growth opportunity that generally may be matched or exceeded only by the Index Performance Strategy. However, growth opportunity may be more or less than the Index Precision Strategy or Index Performance Strategy depending on Precision Rates and Caps.
Index Performance Strategy	• Growth opportunity limited by the Caps and/or Participation Rates. We do not apply the Cap annually on 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options. If we do not declare a Cap for a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option, there is no maximum limit on the positive Index Return for that Index Option. In addition, you can receive more than the positive Index Return if the Participation Rate applies and is greater than its 100% minimum. However, the Participation Rate cannot boost Index Returns beyond a declared Cap. • May perform best in a strong market. • Generally the most growth opportunity. However, growth opportunity may be less than the Index Precision Strategy or Index Guard Strategy depending on Precision Rates, Caps, and/or Participation Rates.

 

What can change within a Crediting Method?
Index Protection Strategy	• Renewal DPSCs for existing Contracts can change on each Term Start Date. - 1-year Term has a 1.50% minimum DPSC.
Index Precision Strategy	• Renewal Precision Rates for existing Contracts can change on each Term Start Date. - 1-year Term with 10% Buffer has a 1.50% minimum Precision Rate. • The 10% Buffers for the currently available Index Options cannot change. However, if we add a new Index Option to your Contract, we establish the Buffer for it on the date we add the Index Option to your Contract. The minimum Buffer is 5% for a new Index Option.

What can change within a Crediting Method?
Index Guard Strategy	• Renewal Caps for existing Contracts can change on each Term Start Date. - 1-year Term with -10% Floor has a 1.50% minimum Cap. • The -10% Floors for the currently available Index Options cannot change. However, if we add a new Index Option to your Contract, we establish the Floor for it on the date we add the Index Option to your Contract. The minimum Floor is -25% for a new Index Option.
Index Performance Strategy	• Renewal Caps and/or Participation Rates for existing Contracts can change on each Term Start Date. - 1-year Term with 10% Buffer has a 1.50% minimum Cap. - For Contracts issued before April 30, 2021, the 3-year Term with 20% Buffer has a 5% minimum Cap. - For Contracts issued since April 30, 2021, the 3-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer has a 5% minimum Cap, and 100% minimum Participation Rate. - For Contracts issued since April 30, 2021, the 6-year Term with 10% Buffer has a 10% minimum Cap, and 100% minimum Participation Rate. • The 10% and 20% Buffers for the currently available Index Options cannot change. However, if we add a new Index Option to your Contract, we establish the Buffer for it on the date we add the Index Option to your Contract. The minimum Buffer is 5% for a new Index Option.

 

• For any Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy or Index Performance Strategy, you participate in any negative Index Return in excess of the Buffer, which reduces your Contract Value. For example, for a 10% Buffer we absorb the first -10% of Index Return and you could lose up to 90% of the Index Option Value. However, for any Index Option with the Index Guard Strategy, we absorb any negative Index Return in excess of the -10% Floor, so your maximum loss is limited to -10% of the Index Option Value due to negative Index Returns.

• DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates as set by us from time-to-time may vary substantially based on market conditions. However, in extreme market environments, it is possible that all DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates will be reduced to their respective minimums of 1.50%, 5%, 10%, or 100% as stated in the table above.

• DPSCs, Precision Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates can be different from Index Option to Index Option depending on the Index Effective Date. For example, assume that on January 3, 2017 we set Caps for the Index Performance Strategy 1-year Term with 10% Buffer using the S&P 500® Index as follows:

- 13% initial rate for new Contracts issued in 2017,

- 14% renewal rate for existing Contracts issued in 2016, and

- 12% renewal rate for existing Contracts issued in 2015.

Bar Chart Examples of Crediting Method Performance

The following examples illustrate how we calculate and apply Credits under each Index Crediting Method assuming hypothetical Index Returns and hypothetical limits on Index gains and losses. The examples assume no withdrawals are taken.

  

  

  

  

  

5. The Variable Options' Underlying Funds

Information regarding each underlying Fund, including its (i) name, (ii) investment objectives, (iii) investment adviser and any subadviser, (iv) current expenses, and (v) performance is available in Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract. Each Fund has issued a prospectus that contains more detailed information about the Fund. You should read the prospectuses for the Funds carefully before investing. The Funds' prospectuses and other information can be found online at https://www.allianzlife.com/variableoptions. You can also request this information at no cost by calling (800) 624-0197, by sending an email request to [email protected], or by contacting your Financial Professional.

There are potential risks associated with the Funds and their investment strategies. Depending on market conditions, you can gain or lose value by investing in the Variable Options. In the future, we may add, eliminate or substitute underlying funds to the extent permitted by the federal securities laws and, when required, the SEC.

Currently, the Funds are not publicly available mutual funds. They are available only through variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies issued by life insurance companies or in some cases, through participation in certain qualified pension or retirement plans. A material conflict of interest may arise between insurance companies, owners of

different types of contracts, and retirement plans or their participants. Each Fund's Board of Directors monitors for material conflicts, and determines what action, if any, should be taken to address any conflicts.

The Funds' names, investment objectives and policies of certain Funds may be similar to the names, investment objectives and policies of other portfolios managed by the same investment advisers. Although the names, objectives and policies may be similar, the Funds' investment results may be higher or lower than these other portfolios' results. The investment advisers cannot guarantee, and make no representation, that these similar portfolios' investment results will be comparable even though the Funds have the same names, investment advisers, objectives, and policies.

Each Fund offered by the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (Allianz VIP Fund of Funds Trust) is a "fund of funds" and diversifies its assets by investing primarily in shares of several other affiliated mutual funds.

The Funds may pay 12b-1 fees to the Contracts' distributor, our affiliate, Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC, for distribution and/or administrative services. In addition, we may enter into certain arrangements under which we, or Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC, are compensated by the Funds' advisers, distributors and/or affiliates for administrative services and benefits we provide to these Funds. The compensation amount usually is based on the aggregate assets in these Funds attributable to contracts we issue or administer. Some advisers may pay us more or less than others. The maximum service fee we currently receive from any underlying fund or affiliate thereof in any variable annuity contract we offer is 0.25% annually.

The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds Trust underlying funds do not pay 12b-1 fees or service fees to the Trust, and the Trust does not charge 12b-1 fees or service fees. The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds Trust underlying funds or their advisers may pay service fees to us and our affiliates for providing customer service and other administrative services to you. Service fees may vary depending on the underlying fund.

Allianz Investment Management LLC, the Funds' investment adviser, is affiliated with us through common ownership.

Substitution and Limitation on Holdings

We may substitute another underlying fund for one of the Funds for any reason in our sole discretion. To the extent required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 or other applicable law, we do not substitute any shares without SEC approval (if required) and providing you notice. We may make substitutions with respect to your existing allocations, future Purchase Payment allocations, or both. A new or substitute underlying fund may have different fees and expenses, and their availability may be limited to certain purchaser classes. We may limit further Variable Option allocations if marketing, tax, or investment considerations warrant, or for any reason in our sole discretion. We may also close the Variable Options. However, we will always offer a variable investment option under the Contract. The Funds may discontinue offering their shares in the future.

Transfers Between Variable Options

You can transfer Variable Account Value among the Variable Options on any Business Day, subject to the following restrictions. Currently, there is no maximum number of transfers allowed, but we may change this in the future. Transfers are subject to a transfer fee as stated in section 7, Expenses and Adjustments.

The following applies to any transfer.

Any amount held in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount that is set to be allocated to an Index Option on the Index Effective Date or an Index Anniversary will not be transferred to the Index Option if it is transferred to another Variable Option.

We process transfer requests based on prices next determined after we receive your request in Good Order at our Service Center. If we do not receive your transfer request before the end of the current Business Day, even if due to our delay in answering your call or a delay caused by our electronic systems, you receive the next Business Day's prices. For jointly owned Contracts, unless you require us to obtain signatures from both Joint Owners, we accept transfer instructions from any Joint Owner. We may also allow you to authorize someone else to request transfers on your behalf.

Excessive Trading and Market Timing

We discourage and do not accommodate frequent transfers. We may restrict or modify your right to make transfers to prevent any use that we consider to be part of a market timing program.

Frequent transfers, programmed transfers, transfers into and then out of a Variable Option in a short period of time, and transfers of large amounts at one time (collectively referred to as "potentially disruptive trading") may have harmful effects for other Owners, Annuitants and Beneficiaries. These risks and harmful effects include the following:

We attempt to protect our Owners against potentially disruptive trading through our Excessive Trading and Market Timing policies and procedures. Under these policies and procedures, we may modify your transfer privileges for some or all of the Variable Options as follows:

We also reserve the right to reject any specific Purchase Payment allocation or transfer request from any person if in the investment adviser's, subadviser's or our judgment, an underlying Fund may be unable to invest effectively in accordance with its investment objectives and policies. This could occur, for example, where frequent or rapid trading causes the investment adviser to hold an excess of uninvested cash to meet redemption requests, or to sell investment positions to fund redemptions, thereby affecting underlying Fund returns. Similarly, rapid or frequent trading may cause an underlying Fund to incur excessive transaction fees, which also could affect performance.

We retain some discretion in determining what actions constitute potentially disruptive trading and in determining when and how to impose trading restrictions. Currently, we attempt to deter disruptive trading as follows. If a transfer(s) is/are identified as potentially disruptive trading, we may (but are not required to) send a warning letter. If the conduct continues and we determine it constitutes disruptive trading, we also impose transfer restrictions. Transfer restrictions may include refusing electronic transfers and requiring all transfers be sent by first-class U.S. mail. If the disruptive trading affects only a single Variable Option, we may prohibit transfers into or Purchase Payment allocations to that Variable Option. We do not enter into agreements permitting market timing and would not permit activities determined to be disruptive trading to continue. We also reserve the right to impose transfer restrictions if we determine, in our sole discretion, that transfers disadvantage other Owners. We notify you in writing if we impose transfer restrictions on you.

We adopted these policies and procedures as a preventative measure to protect all Owners from the potential effects of disruptive trading, while also abiding by your legitimate interest in diversifying your investment and making periodic asset re-allocations based on your personal situation or overall market conditions. We attempt to protect your interests in making legitimate transfers by providing reasonable and convenient transfer methods that do not harm other Owners.

We may make exceptions when imposing transfer restrictions if we determine a transfer is appropriate, although it may technically violate our policies and procedures discussed here. In determining if a transfer is appropriate, we may, but are not required to, take into consideration its relative size, whether it was purely a defensive transfer into the Variable Option

investing in the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and whether it involved an error or similar event. We may also reinstate electronic transfer privileges after we revoke them, but we do not reinstate these privileges if we believe they might be used for future disruptive trading.

We cannot guarantee the following:

In addition, some of the underlying Funds are available to other insurance companies and we do not know if they adopted policies and procedures to detect and deter potentially disruptive trading, or what their policies and procedures might be. Because we may not be completely successful at detecting and preventing market timing activities, and other insurance companies that offer the underlying Funds may not have adopted adequate market timing procedures, there is some risk that market timing activity may occur and negatively affect other Owners.

We may, without prior notice to any party, take whatever action we deem appropriate to comply with any state or federal regulatory requirement. In addition, purchase orders for an underlying Fund's shares are subject to acceptance by that underlying Fund's manager. We reserve the right to reject, without prior notice, any Variable Option transfer request or Purchase Payment if the purchase order is rejected by the investment manager. We have entered into agreements required under SEC Rule 22c-2 (Rule 22c-2 agreements) whereby, upon request by an underlying fund or its designee, we must provide information about you and your trading activities to the underlying fund or its designee. Under the terms of the Rule 22c-2 agreements, we are required to: (1) provide details concerning every purchase, redemption, transfer, or exchange of Variable Options during a specified period; and (2) restrict your trading activity if the party receiving the information so requests. Under certain Rule 22c-2 agreements, if we fail to comply with a request to restrict trading activity, the underlying fund or its designee may refuse to accept buy orders from us until we comply.

Underlying Funds may add or change policies designed to restrict market timing activities. For example, underlying Funds may impose restrictions on transfers between underlying Funds in an affiliated group if the investment adviser to one or more of the underlying Funds determines that the person requesting the transfer has engaged, or is engaging in, market timing or other abusive trading activities. In addition, an underlying Fund may impose a short-term trading fee on purchases and sales within a specified period. You should review the underlying Funds' prospectuses regarding any applicable transfer restrictions and the imposition of any fee to discourage short-term trading. The imposition of these restrictions would occur as a result of underlying Fund restrictions and actions taken by the underlying Funds' managers. 

This Contract is not designed for professional market timing organizations, or other persons using programmed, large, or frequent transfers, and we may restrict excessive or inappropriate transfer activity.

The retention of some level of discretion by us may result in disparate treatment among persons engaging in potentially disruptive trading, and it is possible that some persons could experience adverse consequences if others are able to engage in potentially disruptive trading practices that have negative effects.

Voting Privileges

We legally own the Funds shares held in the Separate Account. However, when the Funds hold a shareholder vote that affects your investment, we ask you to give us voting instructions. We then vote all of our shares, including any we own on our behalf, in proportion to those instructions. Because most Owners do not give us instructions and we vote shares proportionally, a small number of Owners may determine a vote's outcome. If we determine we no longer need to get your voting instructions, we will decide how to vote the shares. Only Owners have voting privileges. Annuitants, Beneficiaries, Payees and other persons have no voting privileges unless they are also Owners. We determine your voting interest based on the dollar value of the Funds shares attributable to your Contract. We calculate this based on the number and value of accumulation units for your Contract on the record date. We count fractional units. You will receive proxy materials and a voting instruction form.

6. Valuing Your Contract

Your Contract Value is the total of the Variable Account Value and all Index Option Values.  

Variable Account Value increases when….	Variable Account Value decreases when….
• you add assets to a Variable Option by Purchase Payment or Contract Value transfer, • we hold assets in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount on an interim basis due to Purchase Payments destined for the Index Option(s), or a Contract Value increase associated with the death of a Determining Life, or • there is positive Fund performance	• you take assets out of a Variable Option by withdrawal (including any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract) or Contract Value transfer, • we transfer assets held in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount on an interim basis that are destined for the Index Option(s) according to Purchase Payment default instructions, • there is negative Fund performance, or • we deduct Contract fees and expenses
Contract fees and expenses we deduct from the Variable Options include the product fee, rider fee, contract maintenance charge, withdrawal charge, and transfer fee as described in section 7, Expenses and Adjustments. Financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract are described in section 1, The Contract. Variable Options include Purchase Payments we hold in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount before transferring them to your selected Index Options.

The Variable Options do not provide any protection against loss of principal. You can lose principal and previous earnings on amounts allocated to, or held in, the Variable Options. These losses can be significant. 

Index Option Values increase when….	Index Option Values decrease when….
• you add assets to an Index Option by Purchase Payment or Contract Value transfer, • we transfer assets held in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount on an interim basis to your selected Index Option according to Purchase Payment default instructions, or • you receive a positive Credit or Daily Adjustment	• you take assets out of an Index Option by withdrawal (including any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract) or Contract Value transfer, • you receive a negative Credit or Daily Adjustment, or • we deduct Contract fees and expenses
Contract fees and expenses we deduct from the Index Options include the product fee, rider fee, contract maintenance charge, and withdrawal charge as described in section 7, Expenses and Adjustments. Financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract are described in section 1, The Contract.

We apply transfers of Contract Value and Purchase Payments to the Index Options on the Index Effective Date and Index Anniversaries. We apply Credits to the Index Options on the Term End Dates. Contract expenses are deducted at different times during the Index Year as stated in section 7, Expenses and Adjustments. We pay financial adviser fees to your Financial Professional or the Financial Professional's firm upon written request as stated in section 1, The Contract. The Daily Adjustment applies to the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy on any Business Day other than the Term Start Date or the Term End Date. The Daily Adjustment does not apply to the Index Protection Strategy.

Credits are subject to the applicable Buffer, Floor, DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, and/or Participation Rate. Positive Credits are not guaranteed. Performance Credits can be negative after application of the 10% or 20% Buffer for any Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy or Index Performance Strategy, or negative down to the -10% Floor for any Index Option with the Index Guard Strategy. A negative Performance Credit means that you can lose principal and previous earnings. These losses can be significant.

We require that the Contract Value after a partial withdrawal must be at least $2,000.* We treat a partial withdrawal that reduces the Contract Value below this minimum as a full withdrawal.

Determining Variable Account Value

The Separate Account holds Contract Value allocated to the Variable Options, including Purchase Payments held in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount before we transfer them to the Index Options. Each Variable Option is a subaccount of the Separate Account. Each Variable Option invests exclusively in the shares of its underlying Fund (e.g.,

the AZL Government Money Market Fund, AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund, or AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund). Contract Value held in the Variable Options will vary based on the investment experience of the underlying Funds. As a result, there is a risk of loss of the entire amount invested in the Variable Options.

We convert amounts allocated to the Variable Options into subaccount accumulation units. The daily value of a unit in a Variable Option (accumulation unit value) is based, in part, on the daily net asset value of its underlying Fund. The Fund's net asset value reflects the performance of the Fund's portfolio and the deduction of the Fund's operating expenses. The accumulation unit value also reflects the deduction of certain charges under the Contract, as described below. The accumulation unit values for each Variable Option are typically determined at the end of each Business Day. Purchase Payments received by us before the end of a Business Day will be priced based on the accumulation unit value calculated at the end of that Business Day. Any such Purchase Payments received by us at or after the end of a Business Day will be priced based on the accumulation unit value calculated at the end of the next Business Day.

We calculate your Variable Account Value at the end of each Business Day by multiplying each subaccount's number of accumulation units by the accumulation unit value for that Business Day, and adding those results together for all subaccounts.

On the Issue Date, the number of accumulation units attributable to your Contract was equal to the amount allocated to each Variable Option divided by its accumulation unit value. At the end of each Business Day, the number of subaccount accumulation units:

We arbitrarily set the initial accumulation unit value for each Variable Option. At the end of each Business Day, we determine the new accumulation unit value for each Variable Option by multiplying the prior Business Day's accumulation unit value by the underlying Fund's percentage change in price (which is the change in net asset value) since the prior Business Day. The percentage change in price includes the underlying Fund's market performance.

Example

Determining Index Option Values

We calculate an Index Option Value for each Index Option at the end of each Business Day. Generally, the Index Option Value on any Business Day other than the Term Start Date or the Term End Date is equal to the Index Option Base plus any applicable Daily Adjustment. However, the Daily Adjustment does not apply to any Index Option with the Index Protection Strategy. The Daily Adjustment can be positive, zero, or negative and is discussed in section 7, Expenses and Adjustments - Daily Adjustment.

On the first Term Start Date, both the Index Option Value and the Index Option Base for each of your selected Index Options are initially equal to the amount of:

At the end of each subsequent Business Day for each selected Index Option, we first either apply:

We calculate Credits as described under "Calculating Credits" in this section and apply them as follows:

Lastly, we increase and/or decrease each Index Option Base and Index Option Value for additional Purchase Payments, transfers, partial withdrawals you take (including financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract and any withdrawal charge), and deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses.

Example

	First Index Option		Second Index Option
	Index Option Value	Index Option Base	Index Option Value	Index Option Base
Prior to partial withdrawal	$ 75,000	$ 72,000	$ 25,000	$ 22,000
$10,000 partial withdrawal	- $7,500	- $7,200	- $2,500	- $2,200
After partial withdrawal	$ 67,500	$ 64,800	$ 22,500	$ 19,800

 

● Amounts removed from the Index Options during the Term for partial withdrawals you take (including any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract) and deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses do not receive a Credit on the Term End Date. However, the remaining amount in the Index Options is eligible for a Credit on the Term End Date.

● You cannot specify from which Allocation Option we deduct Contract fees and expenses; we deduct Contract fees and expenses from each Allocation Option proportionately based on the percentage of Contract Value in each Allocation Option. However, you can specify from which Allocation Option we deduct a partial withdrawal and any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract. There is no consistent financial advantage to deducting a partial withdrawal from any specific Allocation Option.

Calculating Credits

We base Credits on Index Values and Index Returns. We measure Index Values on the Term Start Date and Term End Date using the Index's price at the end of the Business Day as provided by Bloomberg or another market source if Bloomberg is not available. If the Term Start Date or Term End Date is a non-Business Day we use the next Business Day's Index price. If you select the EURO STOXX 50®, we determine Index Returns without any exchange rate adjustment. Because we calculate Index Returns only on Term End Dates, the Index Return does not necessarily reflect the highest or lowest Index Values that occurred during the Term. 

Crediting Method and Term Length	If Index Value is less than it was on the Term Start Date (i.e., Index Return is negative):	If Index Value is equal to or greater than it was on the Term Start Date (i.e., Index Return is zero or positive):
Index Protection Strategy 1-year Term	Credit is zero.	Credit is equal to the DPSC set on the Term Start Date.
Index Precision Strategy 1-year Term	Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index Return in excess of the 10% Buffer. If the Index Return is… • -8%, the Performance Credit is zero. • -12%, the Performance Credit is -2%.	Performance Credit is equal to the Precision Rate set on the Term Start Date.
Index Guard Strategy 1-year Term	Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index Return subject to the -10% Floor. If the Index Return is… • -8%, the Performance Credit is -8%. • -12%, the Performance Credit is -10%.	Performance Credit is equal to the Index Return up to the Cap set on the Term Start Date. Assume the Cap is 8%. If the Index Return is… • 0%, the Performance Credit is zero. • 6%, the Performance Credit is 6%. • 12%, the Performance Credit is 8%.
Index Performance Strategy 1-year Term	Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index Return in excess of the 10% Buffer. If the Index Return for the year is… • -8%, the Performance Credit is zero. • -12%, the Performance Credit is -2%.	Performance Credit is equal to the Index Return up to the Cap set on the Term Start Date. Assume the Cap for the 1-year Term is 8%. If the Index Return for the year is… • 0%, the Performance Credit is zero. • 6%, the Performance Credit is 6%. • 12%, the Performance Credit is 8%.
Index Performance Strategy 3-year Term with 20% Buffer	Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index Return in excess of the 20% Buffer. If the Index Return for the Term is… • -19%, the Performance Credit is zero. • -24%, the Performance Credit is -4%.	Performance Credit is equal to the Index Return up to any Cap set on the Term Start Date. Assume the Cap for the 3-year Term is 80%. If the Index Return for the Term is… • 0%, the Performance Credit is zero. • 65%, the Performance Credit is 65%. • 90%, the Performance Credit is 80%. If instead, the 3-year Term is uncapped the Performance Credit would be 90%.

Crediting Method and Term Length	If Index Value is less than it was on the Term Start Date (i.e., Index Return is negative):	If Index Value is equal to or greater than it was on the Term Start Date (i.e., Index Return is zero or positive):
Index Performance Strategy 3-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer and Participation Rate	Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index Return in excess of the 10% or 20% Buffer. Assume you select a 3-year Term Index Option with 10% Buffer. If the Index Return for the Term is… • -19%, the Performance Credit is -9%. • -24%, the Performance Credit is -14%. Instead assume you select a 3-year Term Index Option with 20% Buffer, and the Index Return for the Term is… • -19%, the Performance Credit is 0%. • -24%, the Performance Credit is -4%.	Performance Credit is equal to the Index Return multiplied by the Participation Rate, up to any Cap set on the Term Start Date. Assume the Participation Rate is 100% and the Cap is 80%. If the Index Return for the Term is… • 0%, the Performance Credit is zero. • 65%, the Performance Credit is 65%. • 90%, the Performance Credit is 80%. If instead, the Participation Rate is 110% and the 3-year Term is uncapped, and the Index Return for the Term is… • 0%, the Performance Credit is zero. • 65%, the Performance Credit is 71.5%. • 90%, the Performance Credit is 99%.
Index Performance Strategy 6-year Term with 10% Buffer and Participation Rate	Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index Return in excess of the 10% Buffer. If the Index Return for the Term is… • -19%, the Performance Credit is -9%. • -24%, the Performance Credit is -14%.	Performance Credit is equal to the Index Return multiplied by the Participation Rate, up to any Cap set on the Term Start Date. Assume the Participation Rate is 100% and the Cap is 85%. If the Index Return for the Term is… • 0%, the Performance Credit is zero. • 65%, the Performance Credit is 65%. • 90%, the Performance Credit is 85%. If instead, the Participation Rate is 110% and the 6-year Term is uncapped, and the Index Return for the Term is… • 0%, the Performance Credit is zero. • 65%, the Performance Credit is 71.5%. • 90%, the Performance Credit is 99%.

Performance Locks

We must receive a manual Performance Lock request in Good Order before the end of the current Business Day to lock an Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy on that day. Otherwise, the Lock Date will occur on the next Business Day that your request is in Good Order. We do not allow Performance Locks to occur on Term End Dates. For requests submitted in writing, we do not consider the request to be received until it arrives at our Service Center.

You (or your Financial Professional, if authorized) can request an automatic Performance Lock based on targets you set. When you establish your account you must provide us with an email address. You can set upper and/or lower targets for each of these Index Options each Term. Setting a target close to the current Index Option Value return may cause a Performance Lock to occur very quickly. You can change or cancel targets at any time before we execute a Performance Lock. Each Index Option's targets automatically expire on the earlier of the Lock Date, or the last Business Day before the Term End Date. You can also "over-ride" a target by requesting a manual Performance Lock before the target is reached. We determine if a target is reached using the Index Option Value return determined at the end of the prior Business Day using the prior day's Daily Adjustment. We then execute the Performance Lock using the Index Option Value return determined at the end of Business Day on the Lock Date. By setting targets you are authorizing us to automatically execute a Performance Lock at the end of the Business Day on the Lock Date upon which the target is reached, unless you cancel the lock. We will send an email notice once the Daily Adjustment for an Index Option reaches a target. To cancel an automatic Performance Lock after a target is reached, we must receive your request in Good Order before the end of the Business Day on the Lock Date.

For example, assume the Cap for the Index Performance Strategy 1-year Term with the S&P 500® Index is 10.25% and you set a target of 9.50%. On a Tuesday, your Index Option Value return (which includes the Daily Adjustment)

determined at the end of the Business Day is 9.63%. We will send you an email notice and assuming Wednesday is a Business Day, we will execute the Performance Lock on Wednesday (which will be your Lock Date) using the Index Option Value return determined at the end of the Business Day. If Wednesday is a non-Business Day, your Lock Date would instead be Thursday (assuming it is a Business Day). Note that the Index Option Value return on the Lock Date could be greater or less than your target of 9.50%, or Tuesday's Index Option Value return of 9.63%.

A Performance Lock can be executed once each Term for each of these Index Options. A Performance Lock applies to the total Index Option Value in an Index Option, and not just a portion of that Index Option Value. We use the Daily Adjustment calculated at the end of the current Business Day on the Lock Date to determine your locked Index Option Value. This "locked" Index Option Value may be more or less than the "unlocked" Index Option Value that is available for your review on the Lock Date because the unlocked Index Option Value was determined at the end of the prior Business Day. After the Lock Date, the Index Option Value stays in the locked Index Option for the remainder of the Index Year. Daily Adjustments do not apply to a locked Index Option for the remainder of the Term and the locked Index Option Value will not receive a Performance Credit on the Term End Date. For example, assume you selected one Index Option and your Index Option Value available for review in your account today is $20,326. If before the end of the Business Day you request a Performance Lock, today is your Lock Date. If your Index Option Value at the end of the Business Day is $20,250, you will lock in this $20,250 and it will not change until the next Index Anniversary. However, if you take a partial withdrawal (including financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract) or when we deduct a Contract fee or expense, we deduct these amounts proportionately from the Index Option Values (unless you provide us with alternate instructions), which will decrease any locked Index Option Value. On the next Index Anniversary that occurs on or immediately after the Lock Date, all locked Index Options will be unlocked, we will transfer the locked Index Option Value according to your instructions, and Daily Adjustments will again apply for the new Term. If you do not provide us with transfer instructions, the Index Option Value will remain in the same Index Option with a new Term Start Date subject to the renewal Precision Rate, Cap, or Participation Rate for the new Term. Performance Locks are not available for any Index Option with the Index Protection Strategy.

A Performance Lock can help eliminate doubt about future Index performance and possibly limit the impact of a negative Performance Credit you would otherwise receive. Because we transfer assets out of a locked Index Option on the Index Anniversary that occurs on or immediately after the Lock Date, executing a Performance Lock can also allow you to transfer assets out of a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option before the Term End Date if you execute the lock on or before the second Index Anniversary of a 3-year Term, or on or before the fifth Index Anniversary of a 6-year Term. If the Index Anniversary occurs on a non-Business Day, the Performance Lock must be executed before the end of the prior Business Day in order to transfer assets out of a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option before the Term End Date. The disadvantage of executing a Performance Lock is that the Performance Credit you otherwise would have received by not executing a Performance Lock could have been greater than the locked Daily Adjustment and you will not participate in that difference. In addition, if you execute a Performance Lock, you may receive less than the full protection of the Buffer or Floor that you would have received if you waited for us to apply the Performance Credit on the Term End Date. 

We will not provide advice or notify you regarding whether you should execute a Performance Lock or the optimal time for doing so. We will not warn you if you execute a Performance Lock at a sub-optimal time. We are not responsible for any losses related to your decision whether or not to execute a Performance Lock.

Optional Reallocation Program for the 1-year Term Index Options

Index Option performance may cause the percentage of total Index Option Value in each 1-year Term Index Option to change. Reallocating can help you maintain your selected 1-year Term Index Option allocation percentages. You can direct us to automatically reallocate your 1-year Term Index Option Values on each Term End Date (or on the next Business Day if the Term End Date is a non-Business Day) according to your instructions. We must receive your reallocation instructions in Good Order at our Service Center before the end of the Business Day we reallocate. We reserve the right to discontinue or modify the optional reallocation program at any time and for any reason. To end this program, we must receive your request at our Service Center before the end of the last Business Day immediately before the Term End Date. 

You cannot participate in the Optional Reallocation Program if you select a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option. If you are participating in this program and select a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option, on the Term Start Date your participation in this program ends and we will not reallocate your 1-year Term Index Option Values.

7. Expenses and Adjustments

Contract fees and expenses reduce your investment return and are described here in detail. We set the Contract fees and expenses on the Issue Date and they cannot change.

Base Contract Expenses (Product Fee)

In your Contract, the base contract expense is referred to as the "product fee". The product fee compensates us for providing all your Contract's benefits, including our contractual obligation to make Annuity Payments and certain Contract and distribution expenses. The product fee also compensates us for assuming the expense risk that the current fee is less than future Contract administration costs as well as the cost of providing certain features under the Contract. If the product fee covers these costs and risks, any excess is profit to us. We anticipate making such a profit. 

	Base Contract Expenses (as a percentage of the Charge Base)
Product Fee(1)	1.25%

The product fee is an annualized rate that we calculate and accrue daily as a percentage of the Charge Base and deduct quarterly during the Accumulation Phase as follows. 

Issue Date	Non-Quarterly Contract Anniversaries	Quarterly Contract Anniversaries*
• The Charge Base is equal to your initial Purchase Payment. • We begin calculating and accruing the daily product fee, on the day after the Issue Date.	• First we calculate and accrue the daily product fee, using the Charge Base. If this is a non-Business Day we use the Charge Base from the end of the prior Business Day. • Then if this is a Business Day we increase/decrease the Charge Base as follows. - If we receive an additional Purchase Payment, we increase the Charge Base by the dollar amount we receive. - If you take a partial withdrawal (including any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract), or we deduct Contract fees and expenses other than the withdrawal charge, we decrease the Charge Base by the percentage of Contract Value withdrawn (including any withdrawal charge). All withdrawals you take reduce the Charge Base, even Penalty-Free Withdrawals.	• First we process all daily transactions and determine your Contract Value. Daily transactions include any gains/losses due to Variable Option performance or application of any Daily Adjustment (or Credit if this is also the Term End Date), any additional Purchase Payment, any partial withdrawals you take (including financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract and any withdrawal charge), and deductions we make for other Contract fees and expenses (including deduction of the accrued daily product fee for the prior quarter). All partial withdrawals you take reduce the Charge Base, even Penalty-Free Withdrawals. - We deduct the accrued product fee for the prior quarter on a dollar for dollar basis from the Contract Value, and proportionately from each Investment Option. • Then we set the Charge Base equal to this Contract Value and we calculate and accrue the next quarter's daily product fee using the newly set Charge Base on the next day. * Or the next Business Day if the Quarterly Contract Anniversary is a non-Business Day.
	Example: Contract Value is $125,000; Charge Base is $127,000; a $10,000 partial withdrawal (including any withdrawal charge) would decrease the Charge Base by $10,160. [($10,000 ÷ $125,000) x $127,000] Any increase/decrease to the Charge Base will increase/decrease the daily product fee we calculate and accrue on the next day.
Examples of how we calculate the product fee are included in Appendix D.

 

We do not treat the deduction of the accrued product fee as a withdrawal when computing your Guaranteed Death Benefit Value (see section 11).

Deduction of the final product fee

If on a Quarterly Contract Anniversary (or the next Business Day if the Quarterly Contract Anniversary is a non-Business Day) the Contract Value is less than the accrued product fee, we deduct your total remaining Contract Value to cover the accrued product fee and reduce your Contract Value to zero. If the deduction of the accrued product fee reduces your Contract Value to zero and your selected death benefit has ended, we treat this as a full withdrawal and your Contract ends.

Optional Benefit Additional Rider Fee

Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit

If you have the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit, we deduct an additional 0.20% rider fee from your Contract Value. The rider fee is an annualized rate that we calculate and accrue daily as a percentage of the Charge Base and deduct quarterly during the Accumulation Phase while your benefit is in effect in the same manner as the Base Contract Expenses. We no longer assess the 0.20% additional rider fee once we receive either the first Valid Claim from any one Beneficiary, or due proof of a Determining Life's death if you and the Determining Life are different individuals and the Determining Life predeceases you. We deduct the final accrued additional rider fee before calculating the death benefit. If you take a full withdrawal or annuitize the Contract, we deduct the final accrued rider fee before processing the withdrawal or calculating Annuity Payments. The additional rider fee compensates us for the risks we assume under the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit. 

When calculating the Maximum Anniversary Value, we deduct all Contract fees and expenses on the Index Anniversary (including the accrued product and rider fees if this is also a Quarterly Contract Anniversary) before we capture any annual investment gains. However, we do not treat the deduction of the accrued rider fee as a withdrawal when calculating the Maximum Anniversary Value (see section 11).

Contract Maintenance Charge (Administrative Expenses)

Your annual contract maintenance charge is $50. This charge is for Contract administration and maintenance expenses. We waive this charge as follows:

During the Accumulation Phase, we deduct the contract maintenance charge:

If you take a full withdrawal from your Contract (other than on a Contract Anniversary), we deduct the full contract maintenance charge. We do not treat the deduction of the contract maintenance charge as a withdrawal when computing your Guaranteed Death Benefit Value. During the Annuity Phase, we deduct the contract maintenance charge proportionately from each Annuity Payment (e.g., if you request semi-annual Annuity Payments we deduct 50% of the contract maintenance charge from each Annuity Payment).

Withdrawal Charge

You can take withdrawals during the Accumulation Phase. A withdrawal charge applies if any part of a withdrawal comes from a Purchase Payment that is still within the withdrawal charge period. We assess the withdrawal charge against the Withdrawal Charge Basis, which is equal to total Purchase Payments, less any Purchase Payments withdrawn (excluding any Penalty-Free Withdrawals), and less any applicable withdrawal charge. We do not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis for any amounts we deduct to pay other Contract fees and expenses. For withdrawals that are subject to a withdrawal charge, to pay your requested withdrawal amount, we deduct more than the amount you request and apply a withdrawal charge to the Purchase Payments deducted. Please see #3 in the following example.

We do not assess a withdrawal charge on Penalty-Free Withdrawals or amounts we deduct to pay Contract fees and expenses, other than the withdrawal charge. Amounts withdrawn to pay financial adviser fees are subject to a withdrawal charge if they exceed the free withdrawal privilege, and will reduce the Contract Value and Guaranteed Death Benefit Value (perhaps significantly and by more than the amount withdrawn).

 

Calculating a Withdrawal Charge				Example
For purposes of calculating any withdrawal charge, we withdraw Purchase Payments on a "first-in-first-out" (FIFO) basis and we process withdrawal requests as follows.				You make an initial Purchase Payment of $30,000 and make another Purchase Payment in the first month of the second Contract Year of $70,000. In the third month of the third Contract Year, your Contract Value is $110,000 and you request a $52,000 withdrawal. We withdraw money and compute the withdrawal charge as follows.
1. First, we withdraw from Purchase Payments that we have had for six or more complete years, which is your Contract's withdrawal charge period. This withdrawal is not subject to a withdrawal charge and it reduces the Withdrawal Charge Basis dollar for dollar.				1. Purchase Payments beyond the withdrawal charge period. All payments are still within the withdrawal charge period, so this does not apply.
2. Amounts available as a Penalty-Free Withdrawal. This includes partial withdrawals you take during the Accumulation Phase under the free withdrawal privilege or waiver of withdrawal charge benefit, and RMD payments you take under our minimum distribution program. Penalty-Free Withdrawals are not subject to a withdrawal charge, and they do not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis.				2. Amounts available as a Penalty-Free Withdrawal. You did not take any other withdrawals this year, so the entire free withdrawal privilege (10% of your total Purchase Payments, or $10,000) is available to you without incurring a withdrawal charge.
3. Next, on a FIFO basis, we withdraw from Purchase Payments within your Contract's withdrawal charge period and assess a withdrawal charge. Withdrawing payments on a FIFO basis may help reduce the total withdrawal charge because the charge declines over time. We determine your total withdrawal charge by multiplying each payment by its applicable withdrawal charge percentage and then totaling the charges. These withdrawals reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis. The withdrawal charge as a percentage of each Purchase Payment withdrawn is as follows.				3. Purchase Payments within the withdrawal charge period on a FIFO basis. The total amount we withdraw from the first Purchase Payment is $30,000, which is subject to a 7% withdrawal charge, and you receive $27,900. We determine this amount as follows: (amount withdrawn) x (1 - withdrawal charge) = the amount you receive, or: $30,000 x 0.93 = $27,900 The total amount we withdraw from the second Purchase Payment is $15,326, which is subject to an 8% withdrawal charge, and you receive $14,100. We determine this amount as follows: (amount withdrawn) x (1 - withdrawal charge) = the amount you receive, or: $15,326 x 0.92 = $14,100
Number of Complete Years Since Purchase Payment		Withdrawal Charge Amount
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 years or more		8.5% 8% 7% 6% 5% 4% 0%

Calculating a Withdrawal Charge				Example
4. Finally, we withdraw any Contract earnings. This withdrawal is not subject to a withdrawal charge and it does not reduce the Withdrawal Charge Basis.				4. Contract earnings. We already withdrew your requested amount, so this does not apply. In total, we withdrew $55,326 from your Contract, of which you received $52,000 and paid a withdrawal charge of $3,326. We also reduced the 1st Purchase Payment from $30,000 to $0, and your 2nd Purchase Payment from $70,000 to $54,674 ($70,000 - $15,326). Please note that this example may differ from your actual results due to rounding.

Upon a full withdrawal, we first deduct any final product and rider fees, and contract maintenance charge from your Contract Value before we calculate the withdrawal charge. We then deduct any applicable withdrawal charge from the total remaining Contract Value and send you the remaining amount. For a partial withdrawal, we pay you the amount you requested and deduct this amount and any withdrawal charge from the total Contract Value. We deduct any partial withdrawal (including any withdrawal charge) proportionately from each Investment Option unless you provide us with alternate instructions. If a partial withdrawal occurs on a day that we also deduct the product fee, rider fee, and/or contract maintenance charge, we deduct these fees and expenses before we calculate and deduct the partial withdrawal and any withdrawal charge from the Contract Value.

The withdrawal charge compensates us for expenses associated with selling the Contract.

Reduction or Elimination of the Withdrawal Charge

We may reduce or eliminate the withdrawal charge when the Contract was sold under circumstances that reduce its sales expenses. We will implement this withdrawal charge reduction or elimination in a nondiscriminatory manner. For example, if a large group of individuals purchased Contracts or if a purchaser already had a relationship with us. We may choose not to deduct a withdrawal charge under a Contract issued to an officer, director, or employee of Allianz Life or any of its affiliates. Also, we may reduce or eliminate the withdrawal charge if a Contract was sold by a Financial Professional appointed with Allianz Life to any members of his or her immediate family and the Financial Professional waives their commission. We must pre-approve any withdrawal charge reduction or elimination. 

● Upon a full withdrawal, the free withdrawal privilege is not available to you, and we apply a withdrawal charge against Purchase Payments that are still within the withdrawal charge period, including amounts previously withdrawn under the free withdrawal privilege. On a full withdrawal, your Withdrawal Charge Basis may be greater than your Contract Value because the following reduce your Contract Value, but do not reduce your Withdrawal Charge Basis:

- prior Penalty-Free Withdrawals,

- deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses other than the withdrawal charge, and/or

- poor performance.

This also means that upon a full withdrawal you may not receive any money.

● Withdrawals (including any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract) are subject to ordinary income taxes, and may also be subject to a 10% additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2. The amount of Contract Value available for withdrawal is also affected by the Daily Adjustment (which can be negative) unless taken on a Term End Date. If you have Index Options with different Term End Dates, there may be no time you can take a withdrawal without application of at least one Daily Adjustment. Please consult with your Financial Professional before requesting us to pay financial adviser fees from this Contract rather than from other assets you may have.

● For tax purposes, and in most instances, withdrawals from Non-Qualified Contracts are considered to come from earnings first, not Purchase Payments.

Daily Adjustment for the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy

The Daily Adjustment is how we calculate Index Option Values on Business Days other than the Term Start Date or Term End Date for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy. Its purpose is to provide investors an interim Index Option Value upon which withdrawals or other transactions subject to

the Daily Adjustment can occur in between a Term Start Date and Term End Date. The Index Protection Strategy and the Variable Options are not subject to the Daily Adjustment. If, before the Term End Date, you take a full or partial withdrawal (including any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract), you execute a Performance Lock, you annuitize the Contract, we pay a death benefit, or when we deduct Contract fees and expenses, we calculate the Index Option Value by applying the Daily Adjustment.

The Daily Adjustment can affect the amounts available for withdrawal, Performance Locks, annuitization, payment of the death benefit, and the Contract Value used to determine RMD payments, Charge Base, and contract maintenance charge. The Daily Adjustment can be positive, zero, or negative.

We calculate the Daily Adjustment for a given Business Day before we deduct any Contract fees or expenses or process any partial withdrawal on that Business Day, including Penalty-Free Withdrawals, and any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract. The Daily Adjustment does not change the Contract fee or expense deducted, or the withdrawal amount; it only changes the Index Option Value from which we deduct the Contract fee or expense, or withdrawal. The Index Option Value reflects the Daily Adjustment on every Business Day other than the Term Start Date or Term End Date. You can review your Index Option Values, which include the Daily Adjustment, in your account on our website. Please note that the values available for review are calculated as of the close of the prior Business Day and may differ from the values you receive.

The Daily Adjustment approximates the Index Option Value that will be available on the Term End Date. It is the estimated present value of the future Performance Credit that we will apply on the Term End Date. The Daily Adjustment primarily takes into account:

The Daily Adjustment does this by using the hypothetical value of a Proxy Investment (Proxy Value) each Business Day, other than the Term Start Date or Term End Date, based on the formulas described in Appendix C. The Proxy Investment provides a current estimated present value of what the Performance Credit will be on the Term End Date taking into account the applicable Buffer, Floor, Precision Rate, Cap, and/or Participation Rate. The Daily Adjustment is not the actual Index return on the day of the calculation, and the estimated present value Performance Credit is not guaranteed. Therefore, the Daily Adjustment could result in a loss beyond the protection of the 10% or 20% Buffer, or -10% Floor. Following is the maximum potential loss associated with the Daily Adjustment. 

	Index Precision Strategy and Index Performance Strategy	Index Guard Strategy
Daily Adjustment Maximum Potential Loss	99%	35%
(as a percentage of Index Option Value, applies for distributions from an Index Option before any Term End Date)

Such losses will be greater if the amount withdrawn (including any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract) is also subject to a withdrawal charge, or is a deduction of Contract fees and expenses.

A withdrawal taken during the Term may not receive the full benefit of the Buffer or Floor because the Daily Adjustment takes into account what may potentially happen between the withdrawal date and the Term End Date. All other factors being equal, even if the current Index return during the Term is greater than the Precision Rate or Cap, the Daily Adjustment will usually be lower than the Precision Rate or Cap. This is because there is a possibility that the Index return could decrease before the Term End Date. Similarly, even though a negative Index return may be within the 10% or 20% Buffer for the Index Precision Strategy and Index Performance Strategy, you still may receive a negative Daily Adjustment because there is a possibility that the Index Return could decrease before the Term End Date. The Daily Adjustment for 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options may be more negatively impacted by changes in the expected volatility of Index prices than 1-year Term Index Options due to the difference in Term length. Also, the risk of a negative Daily Adjustment is greater for 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options than for 1-year Term Index Options due to the Term length. 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options with a Participation Rate above 100% may also have larger fluctuations in the Daily Adjustment than Index Options either without a Participation Rate, or with a Participation Rate equal to 100%. Finally, a negative Index return for the Index Guard Strategy may result in you receiving a Daily Adjustment lower than the -10%

Floor, because the Daily Adjustment reflects the present value of the Floor and you will not receive the full benefit of the -10% Floor until the Term End Date. A negative Daily Adjustment may cause you to realize loss of principal and previous earnings.

The Daily Adjustment's risks (including the impact on Contract Value used to determine Contract fees and charges) are discussed in more detail in Principal Risks of Investing In the Contract - Risk of Negative Returns. The specific details of the Daily Adjustment formula are included in Appendix C and the SAI. The SAI also includes examples illustrating the Daily Adjustment calculation.

Transfer Fee

The first twelve transfers between Variable Options every Contract Year are free. After that, we deduct a $25 transfer fee for each additional transfer. We count all transfers made in the same Business Day as one transfer. We do not count transfers between the Variable Options and Index Options or reallocation of Index Option Value among the Index Options against the free transfers we allow and these transfers are not subject to a transfer fee. The transfer fee continues to apply under death benefit payment Option B, and with optional payments under death benefit payment Option C as noted in section 11, Death Benefit.

We deduct the transfer fee on a dollar for dollar basis from the amount of Variable Account Value being transferred before allocating the remaining Variable Account Value to your selected Variable Options. We do not treat the deduction of the transfer fee as a withdrawal when computing the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value under the Traditional Death Benefit.

Premium Tax

Premium tax is based on your state of residence at the time you make each Purchase Payment. In states that assess a premium tax, we do not currently deduct it from the Contract, although we reserve the right to do so in the future. Premium tax normally ranges from 0% to 3.5% of the Purchase Payment, depending on the state or governmental entity.

Income Tax

Currently, we do not deduct any Contract related income tax we incur, although we reserve the right to do so in the future.

Fund Expenses

Charges deducted from and expenses paid out of the assets of the Funds are described in the Funds' prospectuses.

These expenses reduce the Funds' performance and, therefore, negatively affect your Contract Value and any payments based on Contract Value.

Commissions Paid to Dealers

We pay sales commissions to the selling firms and their Financial Professionals. The maximum commission payable to the selling firms for Contract sales is expected to not exceed 7% of Purchase Payments. Sometimes, we enter into an agreement with a selling firm to pay commissions as a combination of a certain amount of the commission at the time of sale and a trail commission which, when totaled, could exceed 7% of Purchase Payments. Financial Professionals and their managers may also be eligible for various benefits such as production incentive bonuses, insurance benefits, and non-cash compensation items that we may provide jointly with our principal underwriter, Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC. You should ask your financial adviser about compensation they receive for this Contract. Allianz Life is not an investment adviser, and does not provide investment advice in connection with sales of the Contract. We are not a fiduciary to you, and do not make recommendations or assess suitability.

8. Access to Your Money

Your Contract Value is available under the following circumstances:

You can take withdrawals during the Accumulation Phase. We process withdrawal requests based on values next determined after receipt of the request in Good Order at our Service Center. Values are normally determined at the end of each Business Day. We process any withdrawal request received at or after the end of the current Business Day using values determined on the next Business Day.

Any partial withdrawal must be for at least $100.* The Contract Value after a partial withdrawal (including any withdrawal charge) must be at least $2,000.* Any partial withdrawal that reduces the Contract Value below this minimum will be treated as a full withdrawal of the cash surrender value. A full withdrawal will cause the Contract and all of its benefits to end.

We deduct any partial withdrawal (including any withdrawal charge) proportionately from each Investment Option unless you provide us with alternate instructions. The Index Option Value from which a partial withdrawal is deducted during a Term will include any applicable Daily Adjustment.

When you take a full withdrawal of the Contract Value we process your request on the Business Day we receive it in Good Order at our Service Center as follows:

See the Fee Tables and section 7, Expenses and Adjustments for a discussion of the Contract fees and expenses.

A partial or full withdrawal is subject to a withdrawal charge if taken within six years of your last Purchase Payment, and, if taken on a day other than a Term End Date, we will apply the Daily Adjustment to the Index Option Values for the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy (which may be negative) before deducting the withdrawal. A partial withdrawal is not subject to any Contract fees or expenses other than the withdrawal charge, but on a full withdrawal we do deduct any final product and rider fees, and contract maintenance charge. Partial withdrawals (including any withdrawal charge) reduce Contract Value and cash surrender value dollar for dollar, and reduce the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value proportionately. The reduction to Contract Value also reduces the following which are based on Contract Value: the likelihood of receiving increases to the Maximum Anniversary Value if the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit is selected, and RMD payments. A full withdrawal of the cash surrender value will end the Contract and all its benefits.

We pay withdrawals promptly, but in no event later than seven days after receipt of your request in Good Order at our Service Center, unless the suspension of payments or transfers provision is in effect (see the discussion later in this section). 

● Withdrawals are subject to a withdrawal charge, income taxes, and may also be subject to a 10% additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2. The amount of Contract Value available for withdrawal may also be affected by the Daily Adjustment (which can be negative). Please consult with your Financial Professional before requesting us to pay financial adviser fees from this Contract rather than from other assets you may have.

● Joint Owners: We send one check payable to both Joint Owners. For Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or if the Contract has a number starting with DAZ, we tax report to both Joint Owners based on the age of the older Joint Owner. For Contracts issued on or after August 24, 2015 that have a number starting with AV, we tax report to each Joint Owner individually. Tax reporting to each Joint Owner individually can create a discrepancy in taxation if only one Joint Owner is under age 59 1∕2 because that Joint Owner may be subject to the 10% additional federal tax.

● We may be required to provide information about you or your Contract to government regulators. We may also be required to stop Contract disbursements and thereby refuse any transfer requests, and refuse to pay any withdrawals (including a full withdrawal), or death benefits until we receive instructions from the appropriate regulator. If, pursuant to SEC rules, the AZL Government Money Market Fund suspends payment of redemption proceeds in connection with a fund liquidation, we will delay payment of any transfer, full or partial withdrawal, or death benefit from the Variable Option until the Fund is liquidated.

Free Withdrawal Privilege

Each Contract Year during the Accumulation Phase, you can withdraw up to 10% of your total Purchase Payments without incurring a withdrawal charge (the free withdrawal privilege). Any unused free withdrawal privilege in one Contract Year is not added to the amount available to you in the next Contract Year. Withdrawals from Purchase Payments that are outside the six-year withdrawal charge period are not subject to a withdrawal charge and do not reduce your free withdrawal privilege. RMD payments you take under our minimum distribution program and withdrawals under the waiver of withdrawal charge benefit are not subject to a withdrawal charge, but do reduce your free withdrawal privilege. Amounts we deduct for any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract also reduce your free withdrawal privilege.

Example

Assume your initial Purchase Payment 10 years ago was $100,000, and you made a second $90,000 Purchase Payment 3 years ago. You take an RMD payment of $1,500 and withdraw $150,000 when the Contract Value is $275,000. The RMD payment is not subject to a withdrawal charge, but reduces the amount available under the free withdrawal privilege to $17,500 (10% x $190,000 total Purchase Payments = $19,000 - $1,500 RMD payment). After the RMD payment, $117,500 is available to you without a withdrawal charge: the initial $100,000 Purchase Payment that is beyond the 6-year withdrawal charge period, and $17,500 remaining free withdrawal privilege. The remaining $32,500 of your requested withdrawal would be subject to a 7% withdrawal charge. 

The free withdrawal privilege is not available upon a full withdrawal.

Systematic Withdrawal Program

The systematic withdrawal program can provide automatic withdrawal payments to you during the Accumulation Phase. You can request to receive these withdrawal payments monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. However, if your Contract Value is less than $25,000, we only make annual payments. The minimum amount you can withdraw under this program is $100 and there is no maximum. We make systematic withdrawals on the ninth of the month, or the next Business Day if the ninth is a non-Business Day. We must receive your systematic withdrawal program form instructions in Good Order at our Service Center before the end of the Business Day before we process these withdrawals, or your program does not begin until the next month. This program ends at the earlier of your request, or when you withdraw your total Contract Value. However, we reserve the right to discontinue or modify the systematic withdrawal program at any time and for any reason. 

● During the withdrawal charge period, systematic withdrawals in excess of the free withdrawal privilege are subject to a withdrawal charge, ordinary income taxes, and may also be subject to a 10% additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2.

● The systematic withdrawal program is not available while you are receiving RMD payments.

Minimum Distribution Program and Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Payments

If you own an IRA or SEP IRA Contract, you can participate in the minimum distribution program during the Accumulation Phase. If you have an Inherited IRA Contract or Inherited Roth IRA Contract, we generally require you to participate in the minimum distribution program when you purchase this Contract. Under this program, we make payments to you designed to meet the applicable minimum distribution requirements imposed by the Code for a Qualified Contract. RMD payments are not subject to a withdrawal charge, but they reduce the free withdrawal privilege amount during the Contract Year. We do not consider deductions we make for financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract to be RMD payments. However, Contract Value is one of the components we use to calculate RMD payments, so these deductions may reduce your future RMD payments. We apply the Daily Adjustment to the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy Index Option Values if RMD payments are deducted on days other than a Term End Date.

We can make payments to you monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. However, if your Contract Value is less than $25,000, we only make annual payments. We do not allow you to aggregate RMD payments between this Contract and other qualified contracts that you own for purposes of this program. We make RMD payments on the ninth of the month, or the next Business Day if the ninth is a non-Business Day. We must receive your program form instructions in Good Order at our Service Center before the end of the Business Day before we process these payments, or your program does not begin until the next month.

We reserve the right to discontinue or modify the minimum distribution program subject to the requirements of law. 

The minimum distribution program is not available while you are receiving systematic withdrawals, or if you have a Qualified Contract purchased through a qualified plan.

Waiver of Withdrawal Charge Benefit

After the first Contract Year, if any Owner becomes confined to a skilled nursing facility or hospital for a period of at least 90 continuous days and a physician certifies that continued confinement is necessary, you can take withdrawals and we waive the withdrawal charge. We apply the Daily Adjustment to the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy Index Option Values if withdrawals under this benefit are deducted on days other than a Term End Date. This waiver is not available if any Owner was confined to a nursing home or hospital on the Issue Date. We base this benefit on the Annuitant for non-individually owned Contracts. We must receive proof of confinement in Good Order for each withdrawal before we waive the withdrawal charge. Withdrawals under this benefit reduce the free withdrawal privilege amount during the Contract Year.

Suspension of Payments or Transfers

We may be required to suspend or postpone transfers or payments for withdrawals for more than seven days after receipt of your request in Good Order at our Service Center, for any period when:

9. The Annuity Phase

Annuity Payments offer a guaranteed lifetime income stream with certain tax advantages. They are designed for Owners who do not anticipate needing immediate access to Contract Value to meet their short-term income needs.

Regular periodic fixed Annuity Payments are available under this Contract. The Payee receives the Annuity Payments. You receive tax reporting on the payments, regardless of whether you are the Payee. We may require proof of the Annuitant(s)' age before we make any life contingent Annuity Payment. If you misstate the Annuitant(s)' age or gender, we recalculate the Annuity Payments based on the correct age or gender.

After annuitization, you will not be able to make partial or full withdrawals of Contract Value. Prior to annuitization, you can take a full withdrawal and receive your cash surrender value. If you take a full withdrawal on any day other than a Term Start Date or Term End Date and you have Contract Value in the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy, we apply the Daily Adjustment to the Index Option Values before we deduct the final Contract fees and expenses.

Calculating Your Annuity Payments

We base the level of Annuity Payments on the following:

If the Annuity Date is not a Term End Date, Contract Value reflects the Daily Adjustment if you selected Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy. We guarantee the dollar amount of Annuity Payments and this amount remains fixed and does not change during the entire annuity payment option period you selected, except as provided under Annuity Option 3. We deduct the contract maintenance charge proportionately from each Annuity Payment (e.g., if you request semi-annual Annuity Payments, we deduct 50% of the contract maintenance charge from each Annuity

Payment). However, if your Contract Value on the last Business Day before the Annuity Date is at least $100,000, we waive the contract maintenance charge during the Annuity Phase.

Annuity Payment Options

You can choose one of the Annuity Options described below or any other payment option to which we agree. After Annuity Payments begin, you cannot change the Annuity Option, or transfer or withdraw Contract Value.

Option 1. Life Annuity. We make Annuity Payments during the life of the Annuitant, and the last payment is the one that is due before the Annuitant's death. If the Annuitant dies shortly after the Annuity Date, the Payee may receive less than your investment in the Contract.

Option 2. Life Annuity with Payments Over 5, 10, 15 or 20 Years Guaranteed. We make Annuity Payments during the life of the Annuitant. If the Annuitant dies before the end of the guaranteed period, Annuity Payments will continue until the end of the guaranteed period.

Option 3. Joint and Last Survivor Annuity. We make Annuity Payments during the lifetimes of the Annuitant and the joint Annuitant. Upon the death of one Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue during the lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant, at a level of 100%, 75% or 50% selected by the Owner when he or she chose this Annuity Payment option. If both Annuitants die shortly after the Annuity Date, the Payee may receive less than your investment in the Contract.

Option 4. Joint and Last Survivor Annuity with Payments Over 5, 10, 15 or 20 Years Guaranteed. We make Annuity Payments during the lifetimes of the Annuitant and the joint Annuitant. If both Annuitants die before the end of the guaranteed period, Annuity Payments will continue until the end of the guaranteed period.

Option 5. Refund Life Annuity. We make Annuity Payments during the lifetime of the Annuitant, and the last payment is the one that is due before the Annuitant's death. After the Annuitant's death, the Payee may receive a lump sum refund. The amount of the refund equals the amount applied to this Annuity Option minus the total paid under this option.

Under Annuity Options 1, 3 and 5, if all Annuitants die on or after the Annuity Date and before we send the first Annuity Payment, we will cancel Annuity Payments and upon receipt of a Valid Claim we will pay the Contract Value determined on the Annuity Date to the surviving individual Owner, or the Beneficiary(ies) if there is no surviving Owner. If the Owner is a non-individual, we pay the Owner.

After the Annuitant's death under Annuity Option 2, or the last surviving joint Annuitant's death under Annuity Option 4, we make Annuity Payments during the remaining guaranteed period in the following order based on who is still alive: the Payee, any surviving original Owner, the last surviving Owner's Beneficiaries, or to the last surviving Owner's estate if there are no remaining or named Beneficiaries.

We currently offer monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual Annuity Payments. Annuity Payments are usually lower if you select an Annuity Option that requires us to make more frequent Annuity Payments or to make payments over a longer period of time. If you choose life contingent Annuity Payments, payout rates for a younger Annuitant are lower than the payout rates for an older Annuitant and payout rates for life with a guaranteed period are typically lower than life only payments. Monthly payout rates are lower than annual payout rates, payout rates for a 20-year guaranteed period are less than payout rates for a 10-year guaranteed period, and payout rates for a 50-year-old Annuitant are less than payout rates for a 70-year-old Annuitant. 

● If you do not choose an Annuity Option before the Annuity Date, we make Annuity Payments to the Payee under Annuity Option 2 with ten years of guaranteed monthly payments.

● For Owners younger than age 59 1∕2, Annuity Payments may be subject to a 10% additional federal tax.

● For a Qualified Contract, the Annuity Payments generally must end no later than ten years after the Owner's death. However, in certain situations, payments may need to end earlier.

When Annuity Payments Begin

Annuity Payments begin on the Annuity Date. Your scheduled Annuity Date is the first day of the calendar month following the later of: a) the Annuitant's 90th birthday, or b) the tenth Contract Anniversary and is stated in your Contract. An earlier Annuity Date or a withdrawal may be required to satisfy minimum required distribution rules under certain Qualified Contracts. You can make an authorized request for a different, earlier or later Annuity Date, but any such request is subject to applicable law and our approval. An earlier or later Annuity Date may not be available to you

depending on the Financial Professional you purchased your Contract through. The earliest available Annuity Date is the second Contract Anniversary. 

If on the Annuity Date (which may occur as early as the second Contract Anniversary, or as late as age 100) your Contract Value is greater than zero, you must annuitize the Contract. We notify you of your available options in writing 60 days in advance, including the option to extend your Annuity Date if available. If on your Annuity Date you have not selected an Annuity Option, we make payments under Annuity Option 2 with ten years of guaranteed monthly payments. Upon annuitization you no longer have Contract Value or a death benefit, and you cannot receive any other periodic withdrawals or payments other than Annuity Payments.

10. Benefits Available Under the Contract

The following tables summarize information about the benefits available under the Contract. 

Standard Benefits (No Additional Charge)
Name of Benefit	Purpose	Brief Description of Restrictions/Limitations
Free Withdrawal Privilege	Allows you to withdraw up to 10% of your total Purchase Payments each Contract Year without incurring a withdrawal charge.	• Only available during the Accumulation Phase. • Not available upon a full withdrawal. • Unused free withdrawal amounts not available in future years. • Program withdrawals may be subject to negative Daily Adjustments. • Program withdrawals are subject to income taxes, and may also be subject to a 10% additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59  1∕2.
Automatic Investment Plan (AIP)	Allows you to make automatic Purchase Payments by electronic money transfer from your savings, checking, or brokerage account.	• Only available during the Accumulation Phase. • Not available to certain Qualified Contracts. • Payments must be on a monthly or quarterly basis. • Subject to applicable Purchase Payment restrictions. • We reserve the right to discontinue or modify the program.
Optional Reallocation Program for the 1-year Term Index Options	Provides for automatic transfers among the 1-year Term Index Options to help you maintain your selected allocation percentages among these Index Options.	• Only available during the Accumulation Phase. • Not available if you select a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option. • We reserve the right to discontinue or modify the program.
Systematic Withdrawal Program	Allows you to take automatic withdrawals from your Contract.	• Only available during the Accumulation Phase. • Not available while you are participating in minimum distribution program. • Program withdrawals may be monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual, unless you have less than $25,000 in Contract Value, in which case only annual withdrawals are available. • Program withdrawals count against the free withdrawal privilege. • Program withdrawals may be subject to negative Daily Adjustments. • Program withdrawals are subject to withdrawal charges and income taxes, and may also be subject to a 10% additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2. • We reserve the right to discontinue or modify the program.

Standard Benefits (No Additional Charge)
Name of Benefit	Purpose	Brief Description of Restrictions/Limitations
Performance Lock	Allows you to capture the current Index Option Value during the Term for an Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy. Can help eliminate doubt about future Index performance and possibly limit the impact of negative performance. A Performance Lock example is included in section 6, Valuing Your Contract - Performance Locks.	• Available during the Accumulation Phase. • Not available with the Index Protection Strategy Index Options. • Performance Locks must be executed before the Term End Date. • If a Performance Lock is executed, the locked Index Option will no longer participate in Index performance (positive or negative) for the remainder of the Term, and will not receive a Performance Credit on the Term End Date. • You will not know your locked Index Option Value in advance. • The locked Index Option Value will reflect a Daily Adjustment. • If a Performance Lock is executed when Daily Adjustment has declined, it will lock in any loss. • A Performance Lock can be executed only once each Term for each Index Option. • Cannot execute a Performance Lock for only a portion of the Index Option Value. • Deductions (e.g. withdrawals, fees) decrease the locked Index Option Value. • Cannot transfer locked Index Option Value until the next Index Anniversary that occurs on or immediately after the Lock Date. • We will not provide advice or notify you regarding whether you should execute a Performance Lock or the optimal time for doing so. • We will not warn you if you execute a Performance Lock at a sub-optimal time. • We are not responsible for any losses related to your decision whether or not to execute a Performance Lock.

 

Optional Benefits
Name of Benefit	Purpose	Maximum Fee	Brief Description of Restrictions/Limitations
Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit	Provides a death benefit equal to the greater of the Contract Value, or Guaranteed Death Benefit Value. The Guaranteed Death Benefit Value is the Maximum Anniversary Value. An example of the death benefit provided by the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit, and calculation of the Maximum Anniversary Value is included in section 11, Death Benefit. An example of how deduction of financial adviser fees impact the death benefit is included in section 1.	0.20% (as a percentage of the Charge Base)	• Replaces the Traditional Death Benefit if elected. • Benefit cannot be removed from the Contract. • Only available during the Accumulation Phase. • Withdrawals, including any negative Daily Adjustment, may significantly reduce the benefit as indicated in the Financial Adviser Fee Deduction Example in section 1, The Contract. • Withdrawals reduce the likelihood of lock in. • Restrictions on Purchase Payments may limit the benefit. • Annuitizing the Contract will end the benefit.

11. Death Benefit

"You" in this section refers to the Owner, or the Annuitant if the Contract is owned by a non-individual.

The Contract provides the Traditional Death Benefit, the standard death benefit, for no additional charge. If available at the time you purchased the Contract, you could have selected the optional Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit for an additional rider fee if all Owners and the Annuitant were age 75 or younger. The Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit could only be added to a Contract at issue. The Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit cannot be less than the Traditional Death Benefit, but they may be equal. Please discuss this benefit's appropriateness with your Financial Professional. The death benefit is the greater of the Contract Value, or Guaranteed Death Benefit Value. The Guaranteed Death Benefit Value is either total Purchase Payments reduced proportionately for withdrawals you take (including any withdrawal charge) if you select the Traditional Death Benefit, or the Maximum Anniversary Value if you select the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit.

The death benefit is only available during the Accumulation Phase. If you or the Determining Life (Lives) die during the Accumulation Phase, we process the death benefit using prices determined after we receive the required information, which is either a Valid Claim or due proof of death as stated here. (For information on due proof of death see the Glossary - Valid Claim). If we receive this information at or after the end of the current Business Day, we use the next Business Day's prices.

If there are multiple Beneficiaries, each Beneficiary receives the portion of the death benefit he or she is entitled to when we receive his or her Valid Claim. If a Beneficiary dies before you or the Designated Life, that Beneficiary's interest in this Contract ends unless your Beneficiary designation specifies otherwise. If there are no remaining Beneficiaries, or no named Beneficiaries, we pay the death benefit to your estate, or if the Owner is a non-individual, to the Owner. Unless you instruct us to pay Beneficiaries a specific percentage of the death benefit, each Beneficiary receives an equal share.

Each Beneficiary's portion of the death benefit remains in the Investment Options based on the allocation or transfer instructions that were in effect on the date of death until we receive his or her Valid Claim and we either pay the claim or the Beneficiary provides alternate allocation instructions. If there is Variable Account Value in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount awaiting transfer to the Index Options on the date of death, it remains there until the the next Index Anniversary. If an Index Anniversary occurs before we receive a Valid Claim, we will transfer that Beneficiary's portion of the Variable Account Value destined for the Index Options based on the Purchase Payment default instructions that were in effect on the date of death.

From the time we determine the death benefit until we make a complete distribution, any amount in the Investment Options continues to be subject to investment risk that is borne by the recipient(s). Once we receive notification of death, we may no longer accept or process transfer requests. After we receive the first Valid Claim from any Beneficiary, we also will not accept additional Purchase Payments or allow any partial or full withdrawals unless the withdrawal is required to comply with federal tax law.

On the first death of a Determining Life during the Accumulation Phase, if your selected death benefit is in effect, your Beneficiary(ies) will receive the greater of the Contract Value or Guaranteed Death Benefit Value. The Guaranteed Death Benefit Value is either total Purchase Payments reduced proportionately for withdrawals you take (including any withdrawal charge) if you select the Traditional Death Benefit, or the Maximum Anniversary Value if you select the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit. For example, assume total Purchase Payments are $90,000, you take no withdrawals, the highest Contract Value on any Index Anniversary (the Maximum Anniversary Value) is $105,000, and the current Contract Value is $100,000. The death benefit for the Traditional Death Benefit is the $100,000 Contract Value, and for the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit it is the $105,000 Maximum Anniversary Value.

If the date we are determining the death benefit is not the Term End Date and you selected the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy, the Contract Value reflects the Daily Adjustment. Withdrawals you take reduce your Guaranteed Death Benefit Value by the percentage of Contract Value withdrawn (including any withdrawal charge), determined at the end of each Business Day. All withdrawals you take reduce the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value and Contract Value, even Penalty-Free Withdrawals, and financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract. However, we do not reduce the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value for deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses. Deductions for Contract fees and expenses will, however, decrease the Contract Value by the dollar amount withdrawn and reduce the likelihood of receiving increases to the Maximum Anniversary Value. In addition, because the death benefit is the greater of Contract Value, or the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value, deductions we make for Contract fees and expenses may reduce the death benefit available to your Beneficiaries.

Examples of the impact of withdrawals for financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract on the death benefit are included in section 1.

Maximum Anniversary Value

The Maximum Anniversary Value is initially equal to the Purchase Payment received on the Issue Date. At the end of each Business Day, we adjust the Maximum Anniversary Value as follows.

If the Index Effective Date occurs after the Issue Date, the Maximum Anniversary Value on the Index Effective Date is calculated in the same way as on an Index Anniversary.

On each Index Anniversary before the end date (or on the next Business Day if the Index Anniversary is not on a Business Day) the Maximum Anniversary Value is equal to the greater of:

On and after the end date, we no longer make this comparison and we no longer capture any annual investment gains in the Maximum Anniversary Value.

The end date occurs on the earliest of:

Example of the Maximum Anniversary Value 

	Contract Value	Maximum Anniversary Value
Issue Date	$ 100,000	$ 100,000
1st Index Anniversary	$110,000	$110,000
2nd Index Anniversary	$95,000	$110,000
3rd Index Anniversary	$ 105,000	$110,000
4th Index Anniversary	$ 120,000	$ 120,000

 

What Happens Upon Death?

If you are the Determining Life, or if you and the Determining Life (Lives) are different individuals and die simultaneously as defined by applicable state law or regulation, we determine the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value at the end of the Business Day we receive a Valid Claim. For multiple Beneficiaries, each surviving Beneficiary receives the greater of their portion of the:

In this instance, if the Beneficiary:

we increase the Contract Value to equal the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value if greater when we receive a Valid Claim.

If you and the Determining Life (Lives) are different individuals and do not die simultaneously as defined by applicable state law or regulation, the death benefit is as follows. This can only occur if you change the Owner after the Issue Date.

Upon the death of a Determining Life, if we increase the Contract Value to equal the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value, we allocate this increase to the Allocation Options according to the Purchase Payment default instructions. If the default instructions include Index Options, we hold those assets in the AZL Government Money Market Fund subaccount until the next Index Anniversary when we transfer them to the selected Index Options.

The Traditional Death Benefit and Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit end upon the earliest of the following:

We base the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value on the first death of a Determining Life (or Lives). This means that upon the death of an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is a non-individual), if a surviving spouse continues the Contract:

● the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value is no longer available, and

● if you selected the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit, we no longer assess its 0.20% rider fee.

Also, if you and the Determining Life (Lives) are different individuals and you die first, the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value is not available to your Beneficiary(ies).

Death of the Owner and/or Annuitant

The SAI includes tables that are intended to help you better understand what happens upon the death of any Owner and/or Annuitant under the different phases of the Contract.

Death Benefit Payment Options During the Accumulation Phase

If you do not designate a death benefit payment option, a Beneficiary must select one of the options listed below.

If a Beneficiary requests a lump sum payment under Option A, we pay that Beneficiary within seven days of receipt of his or her Valid Claim, unless the suspension of payments or transfers provision is in effect. Payment of the death benefit may be delayed, pending receipt of any state forms.

Spousal Continuation: If the Beneficiary is the deceased Owner's spouse, he or she can choose to continue the Contract with the portion of the death benefit the spouse is entitled to in his or her own name. However, spousal continuation is not available if this is an Inherited IRA, or Inherited Roth IRA (i.e., spousal continuation is not available to a successor beneficiary - the spouse of the original Beneficiary). For an IRA, Roth IRA, or SEP IRA Contract, spousal continuation can only occur if the surviving spouse is the Contract's sole primary Beneficiary. For Qualified Contracts purchased through a qualified plan and non-individually owned Contracts, spousal continuation is only available to Qualified Contracts through a direct rollover to an IRA. Spouses must qualify as such under federal law to continue the Contract. Individuals who have entered into a registered domestic partnership, civil union, or other similar relationship that is not considered to be a marriage under state law are also not considered to be married under federal law. An election by the spouse to continue the Contract must be made on the death claim form before we pay the death benefit. If the deceased Owner was a Determining Life and the surviving spouse Beneficiary continues the Contract, at the end of the Business Day we receive his or her Valid Claim, we increase the Contract Value to equal the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value if greater and available, and your selected death benefit ends. If the surviving spouse continues the Contract:

Death Benefit Payment Options

The following applies to Non-Qualified Contracts. Different rules may apply to Qualified Contracts. For more information, please see section 12, Taxes - Distributions Upon the Owner's Death (or Annuitant's Death if the Owner is a Non-Individual).

Option A: Lump sum payment of the death benefit.

Option B: Payment of the entire death benefit within five years of the date of any Owner's death. The Beneficiary can continue to make transfers between Investment Options and is subject to a transfer fee and the product fee.

Option C: If the Beneficiary is an individual, payment of the death benefit as Annuity Payments under Annuity Options 1, 2, or 5. With our written consent other options may be available for payment over a period not extending beyond the Beneficiary's life expectancy under which the Beneficiary can continue to make transfers between Investment Options and is subject to a transfer fee and the product fee.

Distribution from Non-Qualified Contracts under Option C must begin within one year of the date of the Owner's death. Any portion of the death benefit from Non-Qualified Contracts not applied to Annuity Payments within one year of the date of the Owner's death must be distributed within five years of the date of death.

If a Non-Qualified Contract is owned by a non-individual, then we treat the death of an Annuitant as the death of an Owner for purposes of the Code's distribution at death rules, which are set forth in Section 72(s) of the Code.

In all events, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Contract or this prospectus, a Non-Qualified Contract is interpreted and administered in accordance with Section 72(s) of the Code.

12. Taxes

This section provides a summary explanation of the tax ramifications of your Contract. We do not provide tax advice. You should contact your tax adviser to discuss this Contract's effects on your personal tax situation.

Annuity Contracts in General

Annuity contracts are a means of setting aside money for future needs - usually retirement. Congress recognized the importance of saving for retirement and provided special rules in the Code for annuities.

There are different rules regarding how you will be taxed, depending upon how you take the money out and whether the annuity is Qualified or Non-Qualified. Generally, any taxable distribution is subject to income taxes at ordinary income tax rates (instead of capital gains rates).

If you did not purchase one of the various types of Qualified Contracts described in this section, the Contract is referred to as a Non-Qualified Contract.

This prospectus does not address specific state tax laws. You should discuss state taxation with your tax adviser.

Qualified Contracts

If you purchased the Contract as an IRA, Roth IRA, SEP IRA, Inherited IRA, Inherited Roth IRA, or to fund a qualified retirement plan, the Contract is referred to as a Qualified Contract. Qualified Contracts are subject to certain restrictions under the Code, including restrictions on the amount of annual contributions, restrictions on how much you can earn and still be able to contribute to a Qualified Contract, and specialized restrictions on withdrawals. Qualified Contracts must have been purchased from earned income from the relevant year or years, or from a rollover or transfer from a qualified contract. An IRA to IRA indirect rollover can occur only once in any twelve-month period from all of the IRAs you currently own. Adverse tax consequences may result if contributions, distributions, and transactions in connection with the Qualified Contract do not comply with the law.

A Qualified Contract funded by an annuity does not provide any additional tax deferral. However, the Contract has features and benefits other than tax deferral that may make it appropriate for an IRA or qualified retirement plan.

We issued the following types of Qualified Contracts to an individual.

Conversions to a Roth IRA from an IRA or other eligible qualified retirement plan are permitted regardless of an individual's income. A conversion to a Roth IRA results in a taxable event, but not a 10% additional federal tax for early withdrawal if certain qualifications are met (please consult your tax adviser for more details).

We issued the following type of Qualified Contract to a qualified retirement plan.

If the Contract was purchased for a qualified plan under Section 401 of the Code, the plan is both the Owner and the Beneficiary. The authorized signatory, plan administrator, or plan trustee for the plan was required to make representations to us that the plan is qualified under the Code on the Issue Date and is intended to continue to be qualified for the entire Accumulation Phase of the Contract, or as long as the qualified plan owns the Contract. The qualified plan may designate a third party administrator to act on its behalf. All tax reporting is the responsibility of the plan. In the event the plan administrator instructs us to roll the plan assets into an IRA for the Annuitant under this

Contract, we change the qualification type of the Contract to an IRA and make the Annuitant the Owner. The qualified plan is responsible for any reporting required for the rollover transactions out of the plan. We are responsible for any reporting required for the Contract as an IRA.

Owners, Annuitants and Beneficiaries are cautioned that benefits under a Qualified Contract may be subject to the terms and conditions of the plan regardless of the terms and conditions of the Contracts issued pursuant to the plan. Some retirement plans are subject to distribution and other requirements that are not incorporated into our administrative procedures. We are not bound by the terms and conditions of such plans to the extent such terms conflict with the terms of a Contract, unless we specifically consent to be bound. Owners, participants, and Beneficiaries are responsible for determining that contributions, distributions and other transactions with respect to the Contracts comply with applicable law.

Summary of Individuals and Entities That Can Own a Qualified Contract

We offered the following types of Qualified Contracts. 

Type of Contract	Persons and Entities that can own the Contract
IRA	Must have the same individual as Owner and Annuitant.
Roth IRA	Must have the same individual as Owner and Annuitant.
SEP IRA	Must have the same individual as Owner and Annuitant.
Certain Code Section 401 Plans	A qualified retirement plan is the Owner and the Annuitant must be an individual who is a participant in the plan. If the qualified retirement plan is a defined benefit plan, the individual must be the only participant in the plan.
Inherited IRA and Inherited Roth IRA	Must have the same individual as Owner and Annuitant. The deceased owner of the previously held tax-qualified arrangement will also be listed in the titling of the Contract.

Non-Qualified Contracts

There are no Code restrictions on annual contributions to a Non-Qualified Contract or how much you can earn and still contribute to a Contract.

Non-Qualified Contracts Owned by Non-Individuals

When a Non-Qualified Contract is owned by a non-individual (other than a trust holding the Contract as an agent for an individual), the Contract is not generally treated as an annuity for tax purposes. This means that the Contract may not receive the benefits of tax deferral and any Contract earnings may be taxable every year.

Taxation of Withdrawals

When you take money out of a Contract, we may deduct premium tax that we pay on your Contract. This tax varies from 0% to 3.5%, depending on your state. Currently, we pay this tax and do not pass it on to you.

Section 72 of the Code governs taxation of annuities in general. An Owner is generally not taxed on increases in the value of a Contract until a distribution occurs, either in the form of withdrawals or as Annuity Payments.

For a full withdrawal (total redemption), a partial withdrawal, or a death benefit, the recipient is taxed on the portion of the payment that exceeds your investment in the Contract (often referred to as cost basis). For Non-Qualified Contracts, this cost basis is generally the Purchase Payments, while for Qualified Contracts there is generally no cost basis, which means the withdrawal is fully taxable, except for qualified distributions from Roth IRAs and IRAs where you have separately tracked and reported any after-tax contributions that you have made.

For Non-Qualified Contracts, the taxable portion of a partial withdrawal is the portion of the payment considered to be gain in the Contract (for example, the difference, if any, between the Contract Value immediately before the withdrawal, unreduced by any withdrawal charges, and the Contract's cost basis). The withdrawals are generally taxed as though you were paid taxable earnings first, and then as a non-taxable return of Purchase Payments.

Distributions from a Roth IRA are not subject to income tax if the Roth IRA has been held for five years (starting with the year in which the first contribution is made to any Roth IRA) and the Owner satisfies a triggering event such as attaining age 59 1∕2, death, disability or a first time homebuyer (subject to a $10,000 lifetime limit).

Distribution before satisfying the five year period or triggering event requirement may subject the distribution to taxation. Please be aware that each Roth IRA conversion has its own five year holding period requirement for purposes of determining if the 10% additional federal tax described below applies.

10% Additional Federal Tax

Withdrawals (whether partial or full) and Annuity Payments taken before age 59 1∕2 are subject to a 10% additional federal tax unless an exception applies. The exceptions are different for Qualified Contracts and Non-Qualified Contracts, and are also different for IRAs and qualified plans. If the Contract is jointly owned, we send one check payable to both Joint Owners. For Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or if the Contract has a number starting with DAZ, we tax report to both Joint Owners based on the age of the older Joint Owner. For Contracts issued on or after August 24, 2015 that have a number starting with AV, we tax report to each Joint Owner individually. Tax reporting to each Joint Owner individually can create a discrepancy in taxation if only one Joint Owner is under age 59 1∕2 because that Joint Owner may be subject to the 10% additional federal tax.

Exceptions to the 10% Additional Federal Tax for Qualified Contracts

With respect to (13) through (17) above, a qualified birth or adoption distribution, a qualified disaster recovery distribution, a terminal illness distribution, an emergency personal expense distribution and an eligible distribution as a domestic abuse victim may each be repaid any time within the 3-year period from the date the distribution was received in one or more contributions into an IRA or qualified retirement plan (if you are eligible to make a contribution to the qualified retirement plan). The repayment contribution will be treated as a rollover into the IRA or qualified retirement plan.

With respect to (3) above, if the series of substantially equal periodic payments is modified before the later of the Annuitant attaining age 59 1∕2 or the close of the five year period that began on the date the first payment was received, then the tax for the year of the modification is increased by the 10% additional federal tax, plus interest for the tax years in

which the exception was used. A partial withdrawal taken after a series of substantially equal periodic payments has begun will result in the modification of the series of substantially equal payments and therefore will result in the imposition of the 10% additional federal tax and interest for the period as described above. Adding Purchase Payments to a Contract that is making substantially equal periodic payments may also result in a modification of the payments. You should obtain competent tax advice before you take any partial withdrawals or make additional Purchase Payments.

Exceptions to the 10% Additional Federal Tax for Non-Qualified Contracts

With respect to (4) above, if the series of substantially equal periodic payments is modified before the later of your attaining age 59 1∕2 or the close of the five year period that began on the date the first payment was received, then the tax for the year of the modification is increased by the 10% additional federal tax, plus interest, for the tax years in which the exception was used. A partial withdrawal taken after a series of substantially equal periodic payments has begun will result in the modification of the series of substantially equal payments and therefore will result in the imposition of the 10% additional federal tax and interest for the period as described above. Adding Purchase Payments to a Contract that is making substantially equal periodic payments will also result in a modification of the payments.

Non-Qualified Annuity Medicare Tax

Distributions from Non-Qualified Contracts are considered investment income for purposes of the Medicare tax on investment income. Thus, in certain circumstances, a 3.8% tax may apply to some or all of the taxable portion of distributions (e.g. earnings) to individuals whose income exceeds certain threshold amounts ($200,000 for filing single, $250,000 for married filing jointly and $125,000 for married filing separately.) This tax does not apply to distributions from Qualified Contracts. Please consult a tax adviser for more information.

Payments for Financial Adviser Fees

Any financial adviser fees that you choose to have us pay from this Contract to your Financial Professional or Financial Professional's firm may result in a taxable distribution. Please consult with your Financial Professional before requesting us to pay financial adviser fees from this Contract rather than from other assets you may have.

RMDs From Qualified Contracts

Distributions from a Qualified Contract must commence no later than the required beginning date. For Roth IRAs, no distributions are required during the Owner's lifetime.

For IRAs other than Roth IRAs, the required beginning date is April 1 of the calendar year following the year in which the RMD age is reached. The RMD age is:

Under a qualified plan or 403(b), the required beginning date is generally April 1 of the calendar year following the later of the calendar year in which you reach the age noted for IRAs above or retire.

Generally, RMDs must be made over a period not exceeding the life or life expectancy of the individual or the joint lives or life expectancies of the individual and his or her designated Beneficiary. If the RMDs are not made, a 25% excise tax is imposed as to the amount not distributed. If you are attempting to satisfy these rules through partial withdrawals, the present value of future benefits provided under the Contract may need to be included in calculating the amount required to be distributed. If you enroll in our minimum distribution program, we make RMD payments to you that are designed to meet this Contract's RMD requirements.

Diversification

Code Section 817(h) and accompanying Treasury Department Regulations impose diversification standards on the assets underlying variable annuity contracts. The Code provides that a variable annuity contract cannot be treated as an annuity contract for any period during which its investments are not adequately diversified as required by the United States Treasury Department. If the Contract no longer qualifies as an annuity contract, you would be subject to federal income tax each year with respect to Contract earnings accrued. We intend to manage all available Index Options, and we intend that all available underlying funds be managed by the investment advisers so that they comply with these diversification standards.

Owner Control

The Treasury Department has indicated that the diversification regulations do not provide guidance regarding the circumstances in which an Owner's control of the Separate Account's investments may cause the Owner to be treated as the owner of the Separate Account's assets, which would cause the Contract to lose its favorable tax treatment. In certain circumstances, variable annuity contract owners have been considered for federal income tax purposes to be the owners of the separate account's assets, due to their ability to exercise investment control over those assets. In this case, the contract owners have been currently taxed on income and gains attributable to the variable account assets. There is little guidance in this area and some of our Contract's features, such as the flexibility of an Owner to allocate Purchase Payments and transfer amounts among available Variable Options, have not been explicitly addressed in published rulings. While we believe that the Contracts do not give Owners investment control over Separate Account assets, we reserve the right to modify the Contracts as necessary to prevent an Owner from being treated as the owner of the Separate Account assets.

Taxation of Annuity Payments

For Annuity Payments from Non-Qualified Contracts, the portion of each payment included in income is determined by an exclusion ratio. The exclusion ratio is a calculation that causes a portion of each Annuity Payment to be non-taxable, based upon the percentage of your Contract Value that is from Purchase Payments. We determine the exclusion ratio for Annuity Payments by dividing the investment in the Contract (adjusted for any guaranteed period or refund guarantee) by the expected return anticipated to be paid as Annuity Payments (which is determined by Treasury Regulations). We determine the amount of each Annuity Payment that is excluded from income by multiplying the Annuity Payment by the exclusion ratio. Annuity Payments received after the investment in the Contract has been recovered (for example, when the total of the amounts excluded from income equal the investment in the Contract) are fully taxable.

Generally, Annuity Payments from Qualified Contracts are fully taxable unless you have separately tracked and reported any after-tax contributions that you have made. Annuity Payments that are qualified distributions from Roth IRAs are federal income tax free. Owners, Annuitants and Beneficiaries under the Contracts should seek competent advice about the tax consequences of any distributions.

Distributions Upon the Owner's Death (or Annuitant's Death If the Owner Is a Non-Individual)

Section 72(s) of the Code requires that, to be treated as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes, a Non-Qualified Contract must contain certain provisions regarding distributions when an Owner dies. Specifically, Section 72(s) requires that: (a) if an Annuitant dies on or after you annuitize the Contract, but before distribution of the entire Contract's interest, the entire Contract's interest must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the distribution method being used as of the Annuitant's date of death; and (b) if any Owner (or the Annuitant if the Owner is a non-individual) dies before you annuitize the Contract, the Contract's entire interest must be distributed within five years after the Owner's date of death.

These requirements are satisfied as to any part of an Owner's interest that is payable to, or for the benefit of, a designated Beneficiary and distributed over the designated Beneficiary's life, or over a period not extending beyond that Beneficiary's life expectancy, provided that distributions begin within one year of the Owner's death. The designated Beneficiary refers to an individual designated by the Owner as a Beneficiary and to whom ownership of the Contract passes by reason of death.

However, if the designated Beneficiary is the deceased Owner's surviving spouse, the surviving spouse can continue the Contract as the new Owner. If a couple is married in a jurisdiction (including a foreign country) that recognizes same-sex marriage, that marriage will be recognized for all federal tax purposes regardless of the law in the jurisdiction where they reside. However, the IRS did not recognize civil unions and registered domestic partnerships as marriages for federal tax purposes. Depending on the state in which your Contract is issued, we may offer certain spousal benefits to same-sex civil

union couples, domestic partners or spouses. You should be aware, however, that, if state law does not recognize the civil union or registered domestic partnership as a marriage, we cannot permit the surviving partner/spouse to continue the Contract within the meaning of the federal tax law.

Same-sex civil union couples, domestic partners and spouses should contact their financial professional and a qualified tax adviser regarding their personal tax situation, the implications of any Contract benefits based on a spousal relationship, and their partner's/spouse's rights and benefits under the Contract.

Non-Qualified Contracts contain provisions that are intended to comply with these Code requirements.

Upon death of an Owner of a Qualified Contract, the payment options described below are available to Beneficiaries of Owners who die on or after January 1, 2020. The rules discussed below reference IRA Contracts, but similar rules also apply to qualified retirement plans. With some exceptions, IRA Beneficiaries must receive their entire death benefit by December 31 following the tenth anniversary of the IRA Owner's death.

The payment options for IRA Beneficiaries differ depending on several factors, including whether a Beneficiary is an Eligible Designated Beneficiary (EDB). An EDB includes any Beneficiary of the deceased IRA Owner who at time of death is: 1) the surviving spouse, 2) an individual not more than ten years younger than the IRA Owner, 3) a minor child of the IRA Owner, 4) a chronically ill individual, or 5) disabled individual. EDB status is determined at the IRA Owner's death.

If you are an EDB, then you can begin RMD payments based on your single life expectancy ("stretch payments") in the year following the deceased Owner's death. You must begin to receive these RMD payments by December 31 of the year following the deceased Owner's death (but see the exception for a spouse Beneficiary below). If you are an EDB that elected to receive payments over your life expectancy, once you die, then your beneficiary must receive their entire death benefit by December 31 following the tenth anniversary of your death. Your beneficiary must in certain circumstances continue stretch payments during this 10-year period.

For a minor child Beneficiary, the payments based on life expectancy may continue only until the minor child reaches the age of majority (age 21). The minor child Beneficiary must receive their entire death benefit by December 31 following the tenth anniversary of reaching the age of majority, with RMD payments required during this period.

If you were the spouse Beneficiary of the deceased Owner's IRA Contract and your spouse had not yet reached the date at which he/she was required to begin receiving RMD payments (treating a Roth IRA as a traditional IRA for this purpose only), then you can wait to begin receiving RMD payments until the year that your spouse would have reached age 73 (age 75 if your spouse would have reached age 74 after December 31, 2032). Alternatively, if the deceased Owner had already reached the date at which he/she was required to begin receiving RMD payments, you must begin to receive these RMD payments by December 31 of the year following the deceased Owner's death.

If you are a designated Beneficiary (generally an individual), but are not an EDB, the entire death benefit must be distributed by December 31 after the tenth anniversary of the IRA Owner's death. If you die before the end of the ten-year period and the entire death benefit has not been distributed, your beneficiary must receive the entire death benefit by the same date you would have been required to receive the death benefit. You must receive an RMD each year if the Owner died on or after their required beginning date.

If the Beneficiary of the IRA Contract is a trust, current Treasury Regulations provide "see-through" treatment for trusts that meet certain requirements. If such treatment applies, the beneficiaries of the trust, rather than the trust itself will be treated as having been designated as Beneficiaries of the IRA Contract for purposes of determining the distribution period for RMD payments. Individuals are encouraged to seek guidance from their own tax professional or legal counsel to determine how these new rules apply to their particular situation.

If the IRA Beneficiary is not a "designated beneficiary" (e.g., beneficiary is an estate, charity, or a trust that does not meet the requirements for "see-through" treatment), then the payment options are unchanged by the SECURE Act. If the IRA Owner had not yet reached the date at which he/she was required to begin receiving RMD payments (treating a Roth IRA as a traditional IRA for this purpose only), then these IRA Beneficiaries must receive their entire death benefit by December 31 following the fifth anniversary of the IRA Owner's death. Alternatively, if the deceased Owner had already reached the date at which he/she was required to begin receiving RMD payments, these IRA Beneficiaries can begin RMD payments based on the single life expectancy of the Owner in the year of the deceased Owner's death, reduced by one. These Beneficiaries must begin to receive these RMD payments by December 31 of the year following the deceased Owner's death.

When the IRA Owner died before January 1, 2020, and the Beneficiary had elected stretch payments, the stretch payments can continue to the Beneficiary. But once that Beneficiary dies, the successor beneficiary must receive any remaining death benefit by December 31 following the tenth anniversary of the original Beneficiary's death. The successor beneficiary must receive an RMD payment each year.

Annuitization options that a Beneficiary may elect at the IRA Owner's death must comply with death benefit payment rules. Also, if an IRA Owner elected an annuitization option and then dies, action may be needed by the Beneficiary if any remaining Annuity Payments do not comply with the new death benefit payment rules for a Beneficiary.

Tax-Free Section 1035 Exchanges

Subject to certain restrictions, you can make a "tax-free" exchange under Section 1035 of the Code for all or a portion of a non-qualified annuity contract(s) to a different non-qualified annuity contract, or all of a life insurance policy for a non-qualified annuity contract. If you perform a partial 1035 exchange, please be aware that no distributions or withdrawals can occur from the old or new annuity contract within 180 days of the partial exchange, unless you qualify for an exception to this rule. IRS guidance also provides that certain partial exchanges may not qualify as tax-free exchanges. You should consult a tax adviser to discuss the potential tax effects before making a 1035 exchange.

Before making an exchange, you should compare both contracts carefully. Remember that if you exchange a life insurance policy or annuity contract for the Contract described in this prospectus:

If the exchange does not qualify for Section 1035 treatment, you also may have to pay federal income tax, including a possible additional federal tax, on the exchange. You should not exchange an existing life insurance policy or another annuity contract for this Contract unless you determine the exchange is in your best interest and not just better for the person selling you the Contract who generally earns a commission on each sale.

Multiple Non-Qualified Contracts Purchased In the Same Year By the Same Owner

Code Section 72(e)(12) provides that multiple Non-Qualified deferred annuity contracts issued within the same calendar year to the same owner by one company or its affiliates are treated as one annuity contract for purposes of determining a distribution's tax consequences. This treatment may result in adverse tax consequences, including more rapid taxation of distributions from combined contracts. For purposes of this rule, contracts received in a Section 1035 exchange are considered issued in the year of the exchange. You should consult a tax adviser before requesting a distribution if you purchased more than one Non-Qualified Contract in any calendar year period.

Assignments, Pledges and Gratuitous Transfers

Any assignment or pledge (or agreement to assign or pledge) the Contract Value is treated for federal income tax purposes as a full withdrawal. The Contract will not qualify for tax deferral while the assignment or pledge is effective. Qualified Contracts generally cannot be assigned, pledged, or transferred to another individual. For Non-Qualified Contracts, the Contract's cost basis is increased by the amount includible as income with respect to such amount or portion, though it is not affected by any other aspect of the assignment or pledge (including its release). If an Owner transfers a Non-Qualified Contract (an ownership change) without adequate consideration to a person other than their spouse (or to a former spouse incident to divorce), the Owner is taxed on the difference between his or her Contract Value and the Contract's cost basis at the time of transfer. In such case, the transferee's investment in the Contract is increased to reflect the increase in the transferor's income. An Owner should consult a tax adviser before requesting an assignment, transfer, or pledge.

Income Tax Withholding

Any part of a distribution that is taxable to the Owner or Beneficiary is subject to federal and/or state income tax withholding. Generally, we withhold amounts from Annuity Payments at the same rate as wages, and we withhold 10% from non-periodic payments, such as withdrawals. However, in most cases, you may elect not to have taxes withheld or to have withholding done at a different rate.

Certain distributions from retirement plans qualified under Code Section 401 that are not directly rolled over to another eligible retirement plan or IRA, are subject to a mandatory 20% federal income tax withholding. The 20% withholding requirement generally does not apply to:

Plan participants should consult a tax adviser regarding income tax withholding requirements.

Federal Estate Taxes

While no attempt is being made to discuss the Contract's federal estate tax implications, an Owner should keep in mind the annuity contract's value payable to a Beneficiary upon the Owner's death is included in the deceased Owner's gross estate. Depending on the annuity contract, the annuity's value included in the gross estate may be the value of the lump sum payment payable to the designated Beneficiary, or the actuarial value of the payments to be received by the Beneficiary. Consult an estate planning adviser for more information.

Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax

The Code may impose a "generation-skipping transfer tax" when all or part of an annuity contract is transferred to, or a death benefit is paid to, an individual two or more generations younger than the Owner. Regulations may require us to deduct this tax from your Contract, or from any applicable payment, and pay it directly to the IRS.

Foreign Tax Credits

We may benefit from any foreign tax credits attributable to taxes paid by certain funds to foreign jurisdictions to the extent permitted under the federal tax law.

Possible Tax Law Changes

Although the likelihood of legislative or regulatory changes is uncertain, there is always the possibility that the Contract's tax treatment could change. Consult a tax adviser with respect to legislative or regulatory developments and their effect on the Contract.

We have the right to modify the Contract in response to legislative or regulatory changes that could otherwise diminish the favorable tax treatment that annuity owners currently receive. We make no guarantee regarding the tax status of any Contract and do not intend the above discussion as tax advice.

Annuity Purchases by Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Corporations

The preceding discussion provides general information regarding federal income tax consequences to Owners that are U.S. citizens or residents. Owners that are not U.S. citizens or residents are generally subject to 30% federal withholding tax on distributions, unless a lower treaty rate applies. In addition, Owners may be subject to state and/or municipal taxes and taxes that may be imposed by the Owners' country of citizenship or residence. Prospective purchasers are advised to consult with a qualified tax adviser regarding U.S. state, and foreign taxation with respect to an annuity contract purchase. We currently do not issue Contracts to nonresident aliens or foreign entities (such as corporations and trusts).

13. Other Information

Distribution

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (ALFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, serves as principal underwriter for the Contracts. ALFS is a limited liability company organized in Minnesota, and is located at 5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55416. ALFS is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as with the securities commissions in the states in which it operates, and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). ALFS is not a member of Securities Investors Protection Corporation. More information about ALFS is available at https://www.finra.org or by calling 1-800-289-9999. You also can obtain an investor brochure from FINRA describing its Public Disclosure Program.

We have entered into a distribution agreement with ALFS for the distribution of the Contracts. ALFS also may perform various administrative services on our behalf.

We may fund ALFS operating and other expenses, including:

Financial Professionals and their managers may also be eligible for various benefits, such as production incentive bonuses, insurance benefits, and non-cash compensation items that we may provide jointly with ALFS. Non-cash items include conferences, seminars and trips (including travel, lodging and meals in connection therewith), entertainment, awards, merchandise and other similar items.

ALFS does not itself sell the Contracts on a retail basis. Rather, ALFS enters into selling agreements with other broker-dealers registered under the 1934 Act (selling firms) for the sale of the Contracts. The following table shows the aggregate dollar amount of underwriting commissions paid to ALFS for each of Allianz Life's last three fiscal years for this Contract. The underwriter did not retain any part of the commissions. 

	2022	2023	2024
Commission paid	$143,419,929.03	$84,981,095.98	$53,684,707.87

We and/or ALFS may make bonus payments to certain selling firms based on aggregate sales of our variable insurance contracts (including this Contract) or persistency standards, or as part of a special promotion. These additional payments are not offered to all selling firms, and the terms of any particular agreement governing the payments may vary among selling firms. In some instances, the amount paid may be significant.

A portion of the payments made to selling firms may be passed on to their Financial Professionals. Financial Professionals may receive cash and non-cash compensation and other benefits. Ask your Financial Professional for further information about what they and their firm may receive in connection with your Contract.

Commissions paid on the Contract, including other incentives or payments, are not charged directly to the Owners or the Separate Account. We intend to recover commissions and other expenses indirectly through fees and expenses imposed under the Contract.

Broker-dealers and their Financial Professionals and managers involved in sales of the Contracts may receive payments from us for administrative and other services that do not directly involve the sale of the Contracts, including payments made for recordkeeping, the recruitment and training of personnel, production of promotional literature and similar services. In addition, certain firms and their Financial Professionals may receive compensation for distribution and administrative services when acting in a wholesaling capacity and working with retail firms.

In certain instances, we and/or ALFS may make payments to a broker-dealer for inclusion of this Contract in its list of products that it offers for sale.

We and/or ALFS may pay certain selling firms additional marketing support allowances for:

We retain substantial discretion in determining whether to grant a marketing support payment to a particular broker-dealer firm and the amount of any such payment.

We may also make payments for marketing and wholesaling support to broker-dealer affiliates of underlying funds that are available through the annuities we offer.

Additional information regarding marketing support payments can be found in the Distributor section of the SAI.

Some Financial Professionals may have a financial incentive to offer you a new contract in place of the one you already own. You should only exchange your Contract if you determine, after comparing the features, risks, and fees of both contracts, including any fees or penalties to terminate your existing Contract, that it is better for you to purchase the new contract rather than continue to own your existing Contract.

The Funds may pay a Rule 12b-1 fee to ALFS as consideration for providing certain services and incurring certain expenses permitted under the Fund's plan. These fees typically equal 0.25% of a Fund's average daily net assets for the most recent calendar year.

In certain instances, an investment adviser and/or subadviser (and/or their affiliates) of an underlying Fund may make payments for administrative services to ALFS or its affiliates.

Additional Credits for Certain Groups

We may credit additional amounts to a Contract instead of modifying charges because of special circumstances that result in lower sales or administrative expenses or better than expected mortality or persistency experience.

Administration/Allianz Service Center

The Allianz Service Center performs certain administrative services regarding the Contracts and is located at 5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Service Center mailing address and telephone number are listed at the back of this prospectus. The administrative and routine customer services performed by our Service Center include processing and mailing of account statements and other mailings to Owners, responding to Owner correspondence and inquiries. Allianz Life also contracts with Tata Consultancy Services (Tata) located at #42(P) & 45(P), Think Campus, Electronic City, Phase II, Bangalore, Karnataka 560100, India, to perform certain administrative services including:

Services performed by Tata are overseen and quality control checked by our Service Center.

To reduce expenses, only one copy of most financial reports and prospectuses, including reports and prospectuses for the Funds, may be mailed to your household, even if you or other persons in your household have more than one contract issued by us or our affiliate. Call our Service Center at the toll-free telephone number listed at the back of this prospectus if you need additional copies of financial reports, prospectuses, or annual and semiannual reports, or if you would like to receive one copy for each contract in future mailings.

Legal Proceedings

We and our subsidiaries, like other life insurance companies, from time to time are involved in legal proceedings of various kinds, including regulatory proceedings and individual and class action lawsuits. In some legal proceedings involving insurers, substantial damages have been sought and/or material settlement payments have been made. Although the outcome of any such proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe that, at the present time, there are no pending or threatened legal proceedings to which we, the Separate Account, or ALFS is a party that are reasonably likely to materially affect the Separate Account, our ability to meet our obligations under the Contracts, or ALFS ability to perform its obligations.

Regulatory Protections

Allianz Life is not an investment company and therefore we are not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the protections provided by this Act are not applicable to the guarantees we provide. The Separate Account is, however, registered as an investment company. Any allocations you make to an Index Option are not part of the Separate Account. Allianz Life is not an investment adviser and so is not subject to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. We do not provide investment advice to you in connection with your Contract.

Your Contract is registered in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933 and the offering of the Contract must be conducted in accordance with the requirements of this Act. In addition, the offer and sale of the Contract is subject to the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The Contract is filed with and approved by each state in which the Contract is offered. State insurance laws provide a variety of regulatory protections.

14. Financial Statements

The financial statements of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and Allianz Life Variable Account B are contained in the SAI. The SAI is available, free of charge, from us upon request, by calling (800) 624-0197, or by sending an email request to [email protected].

Appendix A - Investment Options Available Under the Contract

Variable Options

The following includes information about the Funds available under the Contract. More information about the Funds is available in the Funds' prospectuses, which may be amended from time to time and can be found online at https://www.allianzlife.com/variableoptions. You can also request this information at no cost by calling (800) 624-0197, or by sending an email request to [email protected].

The current expenses and performance information below reflects fees and expenses of the Funds, but do not reflect the other fees and expenses that your Contract may charge. Expenses would be higher and performance would be lower if these other charges were included. The Funds' past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance. 

Investment Objectives	Fund and Adviser/Subadviser	Current Expenses	Average Annual Total Returns (as of December 31, 2024)
			1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Current income consistent with stability of principal	AZL® Government Money Market Fund(1)   Adviser: Allianz Investment Management LLC Subadviser: BlackRock Advisors, LLC	0.64%	4.42%	1.92%	1.20%
Long-term capital appreciation with preservation of capital as an important consideration	AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund(2)   Adviser: Allianz Investment Management LLC	0.72%	8.28%	3.94%	4.85%
Long-term capital appreciation	AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund(2)   Adviser: Allianz Investment Management LLC	0.67%	12.10%	6.27%	6.50%

Index Options

The following is a list of Index Options currently available under the Contract. We may change certain features of the Index Options listed below (including the Index and the current limits on Index gains) and offer new Index Options. We will provide you with written notice before making any changes other than changes to current limits on Index gains. Information about current limits on Index gains is available at https://www.allianzlife.com/indexrates.

Note: If amounts are removed from an Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy Index Option before the Term End Date, we will apply a Daily Adjustment. This may result in a significant reduction in your Contract Value that could exceed any protection from Index loss that would be in place if such amounts were not removed from the Index Option until the Term End Date. The Daily Adjustment does not apply to the Index Protection Strategy Index Options.

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For more information about the Index Options' features, see section 4, Index Options, and section 6, Valuing Your Contract. For more information about Daily Adjustment, see section 7, Expenses and Adjustments - Daily Adjustment. 

Index	Index Type	Crediting Period (Term Length)	Index Crediting Methodology	Current Limit on Index Loss (if held until Term End Date)	Minimum Limit on Index Gain (for the life of the Index Option)
Index Protection Strategy
S&P 500® Index(1)	U.S. large-cap equities	1-year Term	Point-to-point with step-up	100% downside protection	1.50% minimum DPSC
Russell 2000® Index(1)	U.S. small-cap equities
Nasdaq-100® Index(1)	U.S. & international non-financial large-cap equities
EURO STOXX 50®(1)	Eurozone large-cap equities
iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(2)	International emerging markets equities
Index Precision Strategy • Not available to Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or that have a Contract number starting with DAZ. • Only available to Contracts issued since August 24, 2015 that have a Contract number starting with AV.
S&P 500® Index(1)	U.S. large-cap equities	1-year Term	Point-to-point with step-up	10% Buffer	1.50% minimum Precision Rate
Russell 2000® Index(1)	U.S. small-cap equities
Nasdaq-100® Index(1)	U.S. & international non-financial large-cap equities
EURO STOXX 50®(1)	Eurozone large-cap equities
iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(2)	International emerging markets equities
Index Guard Strategy • Not available to Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or that have a Contract number starting with DAZ. • Only available to Contracts issued since August 24, 2015 that have a Contract number starting with AV.
S&P 500® Index(1)	U.S. large-cap equities	1-year Term	Point-to-point with Cap	-10% Floor	1.50% minimum Cap
Russell 2000® Index(1)	U.S. small-cap equities
Nasdaq-100® Index(1)	U.S. & international non-financial large-cap equities
EURO STOXX 50®(1)	Eurozone large-cap equities
iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(2)	International emerging markets equities
Index Performance Strategy • For Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or that have a Contract number starting with DAZ, only the 1-year Term with 10% Buffer is available. • For Contracts issued from August 24, 2015 through April 29, 2021, and have a Contract number starting with AV, only the 1-year Term with 10% Buffer and the 3-year Term with 20% Buffer is available. • For Contracts issued since April 30, 2021, only the 1-year Term with 10% Buffer, the 3-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer and Participation Rate, and the 6-year Term with 10% Buffer and Participation Rate Index Options are available.
S&P 500® Index(1)	U.S. large-cap equities	1-year Term	Point-to-point with Cap	• 10% Buffer	1.50% minimum Cap
Russell 2000® Index(1)	U.S. small-cap equities
Nasdaq-100® Index(1)	U.S. & international non-financial large-cap equities
EURO STOXX 50®(1)	Eurozone large-cap equities
iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(2)	International emerging markets equities

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Index	Index Type	Crediting Period (Term Length)	Index Crediting Methodology	Current Limit on Index Loss (if held until Term End Date)	Minimum Limit on Index Gain (for the life of the Index Option)
S&P 500® Index(1)	U.S. large-cap equities	3-year Term	Point-to-point with Cap	• 20% Buffer	• 5% minimum Cap(3)
Russell 2000® Index(1)	U.S. small-cap equities
S&P 500® Index(1)	U.S. large-cap equities	3-year Term	Point-to-point with Cap and enhanced upside	• 10% Buffer • 20% Buffer	• 5% minimum Cap(3) • 100% minimum Participation Rate
Russell 2000® Index(1)	U.S. small-cap equities
S&P 500® Index(1)	U.S. large-cap equities	6-year Term	Point-to-point with Cap and enhanced upside	• 10% Buffer	• 10% minimum Cap(3) • 100% minimum Participation Rate
Russell 2000® Index(1)	U.S. small-cap equities

The current limit on Index loss for an Index Option will not change for the life of that Index Option. However, we reserve the right to add new Index Options. As such, the limits on Index loss offered under the Contract may change from one Term to the next if we add an Index Option.

If we offer a new Index Option with a Buffer or Floor in the future, the Buffer or Floor will be no lower than 5% or -25%, respectively. The lowest DPSC, Precision Rate, Cap, or Participation Rate that we may establish if we add a new Index Option to the Contract are 0.05%, 0.10%, 0.10%, and 5.00%, respectively.

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Appendix B - Available Indexes

S&P 500® Index

The S&P 500® Index is comprised of 500 stocks representing major U.S. industrial sectors.

The "S&P 500® Index" is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates ("SPDJI"), and has been licensed for use by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America ("Allianz"). S&P®, S&P 500®, US 500, and The 500 are trademarks of S&P Global, Inc. or its affiliates ("S&P"); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC ("Dow Jones"); and these trademarks have been licensed for use by SPDJI and sublicensed for certain purposes by Allianz. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Allianz products are 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 any third party licensors make any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the Allianz products or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in Allianz products particularly or the ability of the S&P 500® Index to track general market performance. Past performance of an index is not an indication or guarantee of future results. S&P Dow Jones Indices' only relationship to Allianz with respect to the S&P 500® Index 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® Index is determined, composed and calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices without regard to Allianz or the Allianz products. S&P Dow Jones Indices have no obligation to take the needs of Allianz or the owners of Allianz products into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the S&P 500® Index. S&P Dow Jones Indices have no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of Allianz products. There is no assurance that investment products based on the S&P 500® Index will accurately track index performance or provide positive investment returns. S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is not an investment adviser, commodity trading advisory, commodity pool operator, broker dealer, fiduciary, promoter" (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), "expert" as enumerated within 15 U.S.C. § 77k(a) or tax advisor. Inclusion of a security, commodity, crypto currency or other asset within an index is not a recommendation by S&P Dow Jones Indices to buy, sell, or hold such security, commodity, crypto currency or other asset, nor is it considered to be investment advice or commodity trading advice.

NEITHER S&P DOW JONES INDICES NOR THIRD PARTY LICENSOR GUARANTEES THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE S&P 500® INDEX 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 SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR DELAYS THEREIN. S&P DOW JONES INDICES 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 ALLIANZ, OWNERS OF THE ALLIANZ PRODUCTS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE S&P 500® INDEX OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL S&P DOW JONES INDICES 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 POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. S&P DOW JONES INDICES HAS NOT REVIEWED, PREPARED AND/OR CERTIFIED ANY PORTION OF, NOR DOES S&P DOW JONES INDIES HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER, THE LICENSEE PRODUCT REGISTRATION STATEMENT, PROSPECTUS OR OTHER OFFERING MATERIALS. THERE ARE NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND ALLIANZ, OTHER THAN THE LICENSORS OF S&P DOW JONES INDICES.

Russell 2000® Index

The Russell 2000® Index is an equity index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which is made up of 3,000 of the biggest U.S. stocks. The Russell 2000® Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased small-cap barometer and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not affect the performance and characteristics of the true small-cap index.

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The Russell 2000® Index (the "Index") is a trademark of Frank Russell Company ("Russell") and has been licensed for use by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America ("Allianz"). Allianz products are not in any way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Russell or the London Stock Exchange Group companies ("LSEG") (together the "Licensor Parties") and none of the Licensor Parties make any claim, prediction, warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to (i) the results to be obtained from the use of the Index (upon which the Allianz product is based), (ii) the figure at which the Index is said to stand at any particular time on any particular day or otherwise, or (iii) the suitability of the Index for the purpose to which it is being put in connection with the Allianz product. None of the Licensor Parties have provided or will provide any financial or investment advice or recommendation in relation to the Index to Allianz or to its clients. The Index is calculated by Russell or its agent. None of the Licensor Parties shall be (a) liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the Index or (b) under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein.

Nasdaq-100® Index

The NASDAQ-100 Index® includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial securities listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market® based on market capitalization.

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 Index® to track general stock market performance. The Corporations' only relationship to Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America ("Licensee") is in the licensing of the NASDAQ®, and Nasdaq-100 Index® registered trademarks, and certain trade names of the Corporations and the use of the Nasdaq-100 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 Index®. The Corporations are not responsible for and have not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices of, 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 THE NASDAQ-100 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 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 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.

EURO STOXX 50®

The EURO STOXX 50® provides a blue-chip representation of supersector leaders in the Eurozone. The index covers 50 stocks from 11 Eurozone countries: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

STOXX Limited, Deutsche Börse Group and their licensors, research partners or data providers have no relationship to Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America ("Allianz"), other than the licensing of the EURO STOXX 50® and the related trademarks for use in connection with Allianz products.

STOXX, Deutsche Börse Group and their licensors, research partners or data providers do not:

• sponsor, endorse, sell or promote Allianz products.

• recommend that any person invest in Allianz products or any other securities.

• have any responsibility or liability for or make any decisions about the timing, amount or pricing of Allianz products.

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• have any responsibility or liability for the administration, management or marketing of Allianz products.

• consider the needs of Allianz products or the owners of Allianz products in determining, composing or calculating the EURO STOXX 50 or have any obligation to do so.

STOXX, Deutsche Börse Group and their licensors, research partners or data providers give no warranty, and exclude any liability (whether in negligence or otherwise), in connection with the Allianz products or their performance.

STOXX does not assume any contractual relationship with the purchasers of Allianz products or any other third parties.

Specifically,

• STOXX, Deutsche Börse Group and their licensors, research partners or data providers do not give any warranty, express or implied, and exclude any liability about:

• The results to be obtained by Allianz products, the owner of Allianz products or any other person in connection with the use of the EURO STOXX 50 and the data included in the EURO STOXX 50;

• The accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of the EURO STOXX 50 and its data;

• The merchantability and the fitness for a particular purpose or use of the EURO STOXX 50 and its data;

• The performance of Allianz products generally.

• STOXX, Deutsche Börse Group and their licensors, research partners or data providers give no warranty and exclude any liability, for any errors, omissions or interruptions in the EURO STOXX 50 or its data;

• Under no circumstances will STOXX, Deutsche Börse Group or their licensors, research partners or data providers be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages or losses, arising as a result of such errors, omissions or interruptions in the EURO STOXX 50 or its data or generally in relation to Allianz products, even in circumstances where STOXX, Deutsche Börse Group or their licensors, research partners or data providers are aware that such loss or damage may occur.

The licensing Agreement between Allianz and STOXX is solely for their benefit and not for the benefit of the owners of Allianz products or any other third parties.

iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

The iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC. iShares®, BLACKROCK®, and the corresponding logos are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates ("BlackRock") and are used under license. These trademarks have been licensed for certain purposes by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America ("Allianz") and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Products offered by Allianz or its wholly-owned subsidiaries are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by BlackRock, and purchasers of such products do not acquire any interest in the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF nor enter into any relationship of any kind with BlackRock. BlackRock makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, to the owners of any products offered by Allianz or its wholly-owned subsidiaries, or any member of the public regarding the advisability of purchasing a product from Allianz or its wholly-owned subsidiaries. BlackRock has no obligation or liability for any errors, omissions, interruptions or use of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF or any data related thereto, or with the operation, marketing, trading or sale of any products or services offered by Allianz and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

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Appendix C - Daily Adjustment

Generally

We designed the Daily Adjustment to provide an Index Option Value for each Index Option with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy on Business Days other than the Term Start Date or the Term End Date. The Daily Adjustment does not apply to the Index Protection Strategy. The Daily Adjustment approximates the Performance Credit that will be available on the Term End Date, adjusting for:

The Daily Adjustment formula has two primary components, (i) the change in Proxy Value and (ii) accumulated proxy interest, which are added together and then multiplied by the Index Option Base. We designed the Daily Adjustment to estimate the present value of positive or negative Performance Credits on the Term End Date taking into account any applicable Buffer, Floor, Precision Rate, Cap, and/or Participation Rate. You should note that even if your selected Index(es) experience positive growth, the Daily Adjustments may be negative because of other market conditions, such as the expected volatility of Index Values and interest rates. Therefore, the Daily Adjustment could result in a loss beyond the protection of the Buffer or Floor. The Daily Adjustment for 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options may be more negatively impacted by changes in the expected volatility of Index Values than 1-year Term Index Options due to the difference in Term length. Also, the risk of a negative Daily Adjustment is greater for 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options than 1-year Term Index Options because the Buffer is exposed to a longer time period. The impact of the Cap and Buffer on the Daily Adjustment for a 1-year Term Index Option is greater than it is for a 3-year or 6-year Term Index Option because we apply the Cap and Buffer for the entire Term length, and the Term length is shorter for a 1-year Term.

Daily Adjustment Formula

The formula for the calculation of the Daily Adjustment is as follows:

Daily Adjustment = [(a) change in Proxy Value + (b) proxy interest] x Index Option Base

Where:

Calculating Change in Proxy Value

The change in Proxy Value represents the current hypothetical value of the Proxy Investment (current Proxy Value), less the cost of the Proxy Investment on the Term Start Date (beginning Proxy Value).

The current Proxy Value is the Proxy Value calculated on the same day as the Daily Adjustment. The beginning Proxy Value is the Proxy Value calculated on the Term Start Date.

The Proxy Value is calculated differently for each Crediting Method.

For the Index Performance Strategy, the Proxy Value involves tracking three hypothetical derivatives and is calculated using the following formula:

Proxy Value = (at-the-money call) - (out-of-the-money call) - (out-of-the-money put)

With respect to our Proxy Value formula, we designed the at-the-money call and out-of-the-money call to value the potential for Index gains subject to any Participation Rate up to the Cap, and the out-of-the-money put to value the potential for Index losses greater than the Buffer for the Index Performance Strategy. Similar to the Index Precision Strategy, it is important to note that the out-of-the-money put will almost always reduce the Proxy Value, even when the current Index Value on a Business Day is higher than the Index Value on the Term Start Date. This is because the risk that the Index Value could be lower on the Term End Date is present to some extent whether or not the current Index Value on a Business Day is lower than the Index Value on the Term Start Date. For purposes of the Proxy Value formula the value of the out-of-the-money call will be zero if an Index Option is uncapped.

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For the Index Guard Strategy, the Proxy Value involves tracking four hypothetical derivatives and is calculated using the following formula:

Proxy Value = (at-the-money call) - (out-of-the-money call) - (at-the-money put) + (out-of-the-money put)

With respect to our Proxy Value formula, we designed the at-the-money call and out-of-the-money call to value the potential for Index gains up to the Cap and the at-the-money put to value the potential for Index losses, but add back the out-of-the-money put to mimic the protection of the -10% Floor for the Index Guard Strategy. It is important to note that the at-the-money put will almost always reduce the Proxy Value, even when the current Index Value on a Business Day is higher than the Index Value on the Term Start Date. It is also important to note that the out-of-the-money put will almost always reduce, and never exceed, the negative impact of the at-the-money put for the Index Guard Strategy.

For the Index Precision Strategy, the Proxy Value involves tracking two hypothetical derivatives and is calculated using the following formula:

Proxy Value = [Precision Rate x (at-the-money binary call)] - (out-of-the-money put)

With respect to our Proxy Value formula, we designed the at-the-money binary call to value the potential for gains equal to the Precision Rate if on the Term End Date, the Index Value is greater than or equal to the Index Value on the Term Start Date, and the out-of-the-money put to value the potential for Index losses greater than the Buffer for the Index Precision Strategy. Similar to the Index Performance Strategy, it is important to note that the out-of-the-money put will almost always reduce the Proxy Value, even when the current Index Value on a Business Day is higher than the Index Value on the Term Start Date. This is because the risk that the Index Value could be lower on the Term End Date is present to some extent whether or not the current Index Value on a Business Day is lower than the Index Value on the Term Start Date.

Calculating Proxy Interest

The proxy interest is an amount of interest that is earned to provide compensation for the cost of the Proxy Investment on the Term Start Date. The proxy interest is approximated by the value of amortizing the cost of the Proxy Investment over the Term to zero. The formula for proxy interest involves the calculation of: (i) the beginning Proxy Value (the formula for which varies depending on the Crediting Method, as previously discussed), and (ii) the time remaining during the Term. The time remaining during the Term is equal to the number of days remaining in the Term divided by the Term length. The Term length is 365 days for a 1-year Term Index Option; 1,095 days for a 3-year Term Index Option; and 2,190 days for a 6-year Term Index Option. The proxy interest may be significantly different from current interest rates available on interest bearing investments.

Additional Information

You can find a more detailed explanation of the calculation of the Proxy Value, including examples, in the SAI. The SAI is available, free of charge, from us upon request, by calling (800) 624-0197, or by sending an email request to [email protected].

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Appendix D - Annual Contract Fees Calculation Examples

Please note that these examples may differ from your actual results due to rounding.

Assuming You Purchase a Contract with the Traditional Death Benefit

You purchase a Contract with the Traditional Death Benefit. On the Quarterly Contract Anniversary your annual product fee is 1.25% and your Contract Value and Charge Base are $100,000. This Contract Value includes any gains or losses on the Variable Options (if applicable) and any Daily Adjustments or Credits on the Index Options. During the quarter you make no additional Purchase Payments and take no withdrawals. We calculate the daily product fee amount for this quarter as follows:

(the Charge Base) x (annual product fee ÷ 365) = daily product fee amount, or: $100,000 x (1.25% ÷ 365) = $3.42

If there are 89 days in the current quarter (which includes the next Quarterly Contract Anniversary), then the total quarterly product fee is:

(number of days in the current quarter) x (daily product fee amount), or: 89 x $3.42 = $304.79

On the next Quarterly Contract Anniversary we would deduct $304.79 from the Contract Value. We first account for any gains/losses on the Variable Options (if applicable) and add any Daily Adjustments or Credits to the Index Option Values, then process any additional Purchase Payments, withdrawals you take, and deductions we make for the total quarterly product fee. We then set the Charge Base equal to this new Contract Value. If the Contract Value at the end of the day on the Quarterly Contract Anniversary after all processing is $101,250 we would begin computing the daily product fee for the next quarter on the next day as:

(the Charge Base) x (annual product fee ÷ 365) = daily product fee amount, or: $101,250 x (1.25% ÷ 365) = $3.47

If you make an additional Purchase Payment of $15,000 on the 43rd day of the next quarter, your Charge Base would increase by the dollar amount of the payment to $116,250 ($101,250 + $15,000). We would then use this new Charge Base to begin computing the daily product fee for the remainder of the quarter on the next day as:

(the Charge Base) x (annual product fee ÷ 365) = daily product fee amount, or: $116,250 x (1.25% ÷ 365) = $3.98

If there are 92 days in the current quarter (which includes the next Quarterly Contract Anniversary), then the total quarterly product fee is:

(number of days in the current quarter) x (daily product fee amount), or:

(43 x $3.47) + (49 x $3.98) = $149.10 + $195.08 = $344.18

On the next Quarterly Contract Anniversary we would deduct $344.18 from the Contract Value after we account for any gains/losses on the Variable Options (if applicable) and add any Daily Adjustments or Credits to the Index Option Values. We would then process any additional Purchase Payments, withdrawals you take, and deductions we make for the total quarterly product fee and set the Charge Base equal to this new Contract Value and begin computing the daily product fee for the next quarter on the next day.

Assuming You Purchase a Contract with the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit

You purchase a Contract with the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit. On the Quarterly Contract Anniversary your total annual Contract fees are 1.45% (1.25% product fee and a 0.20% rider fee for the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit) and your Contract Value and Charge Base are $100,000. This Contract Value includes any gains or losses on the Variable Options (if applicable) and any Daily Adjustments or Credits on the Index Options. During the quarter you make no additional Purchase Payments and take no withdrawals. We calculate the daily Contract fee amount for this quarter as follows:

(the Charge Base) x (total annual Contract fees ÷ 365) = daily Contract fee amount, or: $100,000 x (1.45% ÷ 365) = $3.97

If there are 89 days in the current quarter (which includes the next Quarterly Contract Anniversary), then the total quarterly Contract fees are:

(number of days in the current quarter) x (daily Contract fee amount), or: 89 x $3.97 = $353.56

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On the next Quarterly Contract Anniversary we would deduct $353.56 from the Contract Value. We first account for any gains/losses on the Variable Options (if applicable) and add any Daily Adjustments or Credits to the Index Option Values, then process any additional Purchase Payments, withdrawals you take, and deductions we make for the total quarterly Contract fee. We then set the Charge Base equal to this new Contract Value. If the Contract Value at the end of the day on the Quarterly Contract Anniversary after all processing is $101,250, we would begin computing the daily Contract fees for the next quarter on the next day as:

(the Charge Base) x (total annual Contract fees ÷ 365) = daily Contract fee amount, or: $101,250 x (1.45% ÷ 365) = $4.02

If you make an additional Purchase Payment of $15,000 on the 43rd day of the next quarter, your Charge Base would increase by the dollar amount of the payment to $116,250 ($101,250 + $15,000). We would then use this new Charge Base to begin computing the daily Contract fees for the remainder of the quarter on the next day as:

(the Charge Base) x (total annual Contract fees ÷ 365) = daily Contract fee amount, or: $116,250 x (1.45% ÷ 365) = $4.62

If there are 92 days in the current quarter (which includes the next Quarterly Contract Anniversary), then the total quarterly Contract fees are:

(number of days in the current quarter) x (daily Contract fee amount), or:

(43 x $4.02) + (49 x $4.62) = $172.96 + $226.29 = $399.25

On the next Quarterly Contract Anniversary we would deduct $399.25 from the Contract Value after we account for any gains/losses on the Variable Options (if applicable) and add any Daily Adjustments or Credits to the Index Option Values. We would then process any additional Purchase Payments, withdrawals you take, and deductions we make for the total quarterly Contract fees and set the Charge Base equal to this new Contract Value and begin computing the daily Contract fees for the next quarter on the next day.

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Appendix E - Alternate Minimum Value 

The Alternate Minimum Value continues to be available to Contracts issued in Pennsylvania. For all other states, the Alternate Minimum Value became unavailable to Contracts:

• issued in California, Hawaii, Indiana, Montana, Nebraska, and Rhode Island on or after January 27, 2020; and

• issued in all other states on or after November 18, 2019.

For Contracts with the Alternate Minimum Value, if you take a withdrawal, annuitize the Contract, transfer out of an Index Option to a Variable Option, or if we pay a death benefit, each Index Option Value for each Crediting Method also includes any increase from its guaranteed minimum (Alternate Minimum Value). If you receive no Credits, or only modest Credits, over many years, the Alternate Minimum Value may be higher than the Index Option Value. However, we expect that an Alternate Minimum Value generally will not be greater than its Index Option Value.

If you take a full withdrawal, annuitize the Contract, or if we pay a death benefit, we compare each Index Option Value to its Alternate Minimum Value and we increase your Index Option Value to equal the Alternate Minimum Value if it is greater. If you take a partial withdrawal, or transfer Index Option Value to a Variable Option, we compare the percentage of Index Option Value withdrawn (including any applicable withdrawal charge) with an equivalent percentage of its Alternate Minimum Value.

The Alternate Minimum Value for each of your selected Index Options is generally equal to 87.5% of the Index Option Base determined on the Term Start Date as adjusted for withdrawals and withdrawal charges taken during the current Term, plus Accumulated Alternate Interest and the Daily Adjustment (if applicable). However, for Contracts issued in Pennsylvania on or after February 24, 2020, the Alternate Minimum Value does not accrue Accumulated Alternate Interest for Index Options available with the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy. Accumulated Alternate Interest is the sum of alternate interest earned for the entire time you own your Contract. For each Index Year the alternate interest is equal to either 70% or 87.5% of the Index Option Base multiplied by the alternate interest rate stated in your Contract.  

We use 70% if your Contract was issued in ….	We use 87.5% if your Contract was issued in ….
• Pennsylvania from April 29, 2019 to February 21, 2020, • California and Montana on or after July 22, 2019 • New Hampshire on or after June 24, 2019 • any other state on or after April 29, 2019	•  Pennsylvania before April 29, 2019, or on or after February 24, 2020, • California and Montana before July 22, 2019 • New Hampshire before June 24, 2019 • any other state before April 29, 2019

We add interest to the Accumulated Alternate Interest daily. You can find more information about the Alternate Minimum Value at Exhibit 99(a) of the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed with the SEC, of which this prospectus is a part. This information is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. You can obtain a copy of Exhibit 99(a) by calling (800) 624-0197, or visiting our website at https://www.allianzlife.com.

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Appendix F - Material Contract Variations by State and Issue Date

Your Contract is subject to the law of the state in which it is issued. Some of the features of your Contract may differ from the features of a Contract issued in another state because of state-specific legal requirements. In addition, not all features and benefits are approved in all states. All material state variations in the Contract are disclosed in this Appendix. If you would like more information regarding state specific Contract provisions, you should contact your Financial Professional or contact our Service Center at the toll-free telephone number listed at the back of this prospectus.

Crediting Method and/or Index Option Availability Restrictions 

Crediting Method / Index Options	Availability Restrictions:
Index Protection Strategy	• Not available to Contracts issued in Washington on or before November 15, 2019. • Not available to Contracts issued in Missouri from April 25, 2016 through November 15, 2019. • Not available to Contracts issued in Delaware if issued before August 24, 2015, or if the Contract has a number starting with DAZ.
Index Protection Strategy with the Russell 2000® Index, Nasdaq-100® Index, and EURO STOXX 50® available only to Contracts issued on or after August 24, 2015 that have a Contract number starting with AV	• For Contracts with a number starting with AV these first became available to newly issued Contracts on May 1, 2018, and to Contracts issued before May 1, 2018 they first became available on the first Index Anniversary that occurred on or after June 4, 2018. • Not available to Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or if the Contract has a number starting with DAZ.
Index Precision Strategy available only to Contracts issued on or after August 24, 2015 that have a Contract number starting with AV	• For Contracts with a number starting with AV this first became available to newly issued Contracts on November 14, 2017, and to Contracts issued before November 14, 2017 it first became available on the first Index Anniversary that occurred on or after January 15, 2018. • Not available to Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or that have a Contract number starting with DAZ.
Index Precision Strategy with the EURO STOXX 50®	• Not available to Contracts issued in Missouri before April 25, 2016.
Index Guard Strategy available only to Contracts issued on or after August 24, 2015 that have a Contract number starting with AV	• For Contracts with a number starting with AV this first became available to newly issued Contracts on August 24, 2015. • Not available to Contracts issued in Missouri before April 25, 2016. • Not available to Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or that have a Contract number starting with DAZ.
Index Performance Strategy 1-year Term with the EURO STOXX 50® available only to Contracts issued on or after August 24, 2015 that have a Contract number starting with AV	• For Contracts with a number starting with AV this first became available to newly issued Contracts on August 24, 2015. • Not available to Contracts issued in Missouri before April 25, 2016. • Not available to Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or if the Contract has a number starting with DAZ.
iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF with the Index Protection Strategy, Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance Strategy 1-year Term available only to Contracts issued on or after August 24, 2015 that have a Contract number starting with AV	• Not available to Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or if the Contract has a number starting with DAZ. • For Contracts issued in California and Montana, these first became available to newly issued Contracts on July 22, 2019. • For Contracts issued in New Hampshire, these first became to newly issued Contracts on June 24, 2019. • For Contracts issued in all other states, these first became available to newly issued Contracts on April 29, 2019. • For Contracts issued before April 29, 2019, these became available to Contracts with a number starting with AV on the first Index Anniversary that occurred on or after June 3, 2019.

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Crediting Method / Indexes	Availability Restrictions:
Index Performance Strategy 3-year Term with 20% Buffer available only to Contracts issued from August 24, 2015, to April 29, 2021, that have a Contract number starting with AV	• Not available to Contracts issued before August 24, 2015; or that have a Contract number starting with DAZ. • For Contracts issued in Virginia, these first became available to newly issued Contracts on May 19, 2020. • For Contracts issued in Montana, these first became available to newly issued Contracts on June 23, 2020. • For Contracts issued in Pennsylvania, these first became available to newly issued Contracts on July 21, 2020. • For Contracts issued in all other states, it first became available to newly issued Contracts on May 1, 2020. • For Contracts issued in New Hampshire these were never available to newly issued Contracts. However, these Index Options did first became available to inforce Contracts on the first Index Anniversary that occurred on or after June 21, 2021. • For Contracts issued before May 1, 2020 that have a Contract number starting with AV, in all other states these first became available on the first Index Anniversary that occurred on or after November 23, 2020.
Index Performance Strategy 3-year and 6-year Terms with Participation Rate available only to Contracts issued since April 30, 2021	• Not available to Contracts issued before April 30, 2021. • For Contracts issued in Montana, New Jersey, Utah, and Virginia, these first became available to newly issued Contracts on June 21, 2021. • For Contracts issued in Louisiana, these first became available to newly issued Contracts on July 19, 2021. • For Contracts issued in Hawaii, these first became available to newly issued Contracts on October 18, 2021. • For Contracts issued in all other states, they first became available to newly issued Contracts on April 30, 2021.

If a Crediting Method or Index Option is not available, you cannot allocate to it unless we make it available to you on a future Index Anniversary. Certain Crediting Methods and/or Index Options also may not be available from all selling firms or from all Financial Professionals. Please consult with your Financial Professional for more information. 

CONTRACTS WITHOUT THE INDEX PROTECTION STRATEGY: If in future years the renewal Cap and Precision Rates are not acceptable to you, you will not be able to transfer into the Index Protection Strategy and take advantage of its principal protection. This would subject you to ongoing market risk and you could lose principal and previous earnings.

Death Benefit Availability Restrictions

The Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit was not available to Contracts issued before May 1, 2018.

Automatic Performance Lock Availability Restrictions

Automatic Performance Locks are not available to Contracts issued before August 24, 2015, or that have a Contract number starting with DAZ.

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Other Material State Contract Variations 

ISSUE STATE	FEATURE AND BENEFITS	VARIATION
California	Assignments, Changes of Ownership and Other Transfers of Contract Rights See section 2	We cannot restrict assignments or changes of ownership • We do not change the Determining Life (Lives) following an assignment or ownership change. If you assign the Contract and the Determining Life (Lives) are no longer an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is a non-individual) the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit may not be available and on the Owner's death the Beneficiary(ies) will only receive the Contract Value.
	Free Look/Right to Examine Period See section 3	For Owners age 60 or older (or Annuitants age 60 or older for non-individually owned Contracts), we are required to allocate your initial Purchase Payment to the AZL Government Money Market Fund during the 30 day free look period unless you specify otherwise on the appropriate form. If you want to immediately apply your Purchase Payment to the Index Options or other Variable Options you must opt out of this allocation. If you do not opt out of this allocation to the AZL Government Money Market Fund your Index Effective Date cannot occur until the free look period has ended.
Connecticut	Assignments, Changes of Ownership and Other Transfers of Contract Rights See section 2	We can only restrict assignments to settlement companies and institutional investors as described in your Contract. • We do not change the Determining Life (Lives) following an assignment or ownership change. If you assign the Contract and the Determining Life (Lives) are no longer an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is a non-individual) the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit may not be available and on the Owner's death the Beneficiary(ies) will only receive the Contract Value.
Delaware	Our Unregistered Separate Account See section 13	All of the assets backing the Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy and Index Performance Strategy Index Options are allocated to Separate Account IANA. We do not move assets between the general account and Separate Account IANA for Contracts issued in Delaware.
Florida	Withdrawal Charges See Fee Tables and section 7	The total withdrawal charge on a partial or full withdrawal cannot be greater than 10% of the Contract Value withdrawn.
	Assignments, Changes of Ownership and Other Transfers of Contract Rights See section 2	We cannot restrict assignments or changes of ownership. • We do not change the Determining Life (Lives) following an assignment or ownership change. If you assign the Contract and the Determining Life (Lives) are no longer an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is a non-individual) the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit may not be available and on the Owner's death the Beneficiary(ies) will only receive the Contract Value.
	Purchase Requirements See section 3	• For Contracts issued before May 23, 2017: The maximum total Purchase Payments that we can accept is $1 million. We can only decline a Purchase Payment if it would cause total Purchase Payments to be more than $1 million, or if it would otherwise violate the Purchase Payment restrictions of your Contract (for example, we do not allow additional Purchase Payments on or after the Annuity Date). • For Contracts issued on or after May 23, 2017: We can only decline a Purchase Payment if it would cause total Purchase Payments to be more than $1 million, or if it would otherwise violate the Purchase Payment restrictions of your Contract (for example, we do not allow additional Purchase Payments on or after the Annuity Date).

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