Exhibit (4)(b)(x)



 
Exhibit (4)(b)(x)

 
GE LIFE AND ANNUITY ASSURANCE COMPANY

ANNUAL STEP-UP DEATH BENEFIT RIDER 
 

 
This
rider provides for an optional death benefit, which is coordinated with the Death Benefit Provisions Upon the Death of the Annuitant provision in the Policy. While this rider is in effect, the amount payable is the greater of (a) and (b), as of the
first Valuation Day as of which we have receipt of due proof of death and all required forms at our Home Office, where: 

	  	 (a)	 is the Death Benefit provided for under the Death Provisions section in the Policy; and (b) is the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit described below. 

 
Annual Step-Up Death Benefit 
 
Annual Step-Up Death Benefit if the Annuitant is age 80 or younger at issue:

 
The Annual Step-Up Death Benefit on the Policy Date is the initial
Purchase Payment. The Annual Step-Up Death Benefit will be reset on each Policy anniversary, up to and including the later of the fifth Policy anniversary and the Policy anniversary next following or coincident with the 80th birthday of the
Annuitant, and on the first Valuation Day as of which we have receipt of due proof of death and all required forms at our Home Office. At each reset date the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit equals the greater of (a) and (b), where: 

	  	 (a)	 is the Account Value; and 


	  	 (b)	 is the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit on the last reset date plus Purchase Payments made since the last reset date, adjusted for any partial surrenders made and premium taxes
paid since the last reset date. 

 
Annual Step-Up Death
Benefit if the Annuitant is older than age 80 at issue: 
 
The Annual
Step-Up Death Benefit on the Policy Date is the initial Purchase Payment. The Annual Step-Up Death Benefit will be reset on each Policy anniversary, up to and including the Policy anniversary next following or coincident with the 85th birthday of
the Annuitant, and on the first Valuation Day as of which we have receipt of due proof of death and all required forms at our Home Office. At each reset date the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit equals the greater of (a) and (b), where: 

	  	 (a)	 is the Account Value; and 


	  	 (b)	 is the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit on the last reset date plus Purchase Payments made since the last reset date, adjusted for any partial surrenders made and premium taxes
paid since the last reset date. 

 
Annual Step-Up Death
Benefit adjustment for partial surrenders and premium tax: 
 
Partial
surrenders reduce the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit proportionally by the same percentage that the partial surrender, including all surrender charges and premium taxes paid, reduces the Account Value. 
 
When the Annual Step-Up Death Benefit will be calculated: 
 
The Annual Step-Up Death Benefit will be calculated as of the first Valuation Day as of
which we have receipt of due proof of death and all required forms at our Home Office. 
 

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Annual Death Benefit Charge

 
There will be a charge made for this rider while it is in effect. This
charge is made in arrears at the beginning of each Policy year after the first, and at surrender. The charge is made against the Account Value. The maximum charge will be the rate shown on the Policy data pages times the Account Value at the time of
deduction. The actual charge will never be greater than the maximum annual charge. The charge at surrender will be a proportional share of the annual charge. 
 
This annual death benefit charge will be deducted proportionally from the Investment Subdivisions in which you are invested. If the assets in the Investment
Subdivisions are insufficient to cover the annual death benefit charge, then the excess of the charges over the assets in the Separate Account will then be deducted from the assets in the Guarantee Account. Deductions from the Guarantee Account will
be taken first from the amounts which have been in the Guarantee Account for the longest period of time. 
 
When this Rider is Effective 
 
This rider becomes effective on the Policy Date unless another effective date is shown on the Policy data pages. If will remain in effect while this Policy is in force and before Income Payments begin. This rider may not be
terminated prior to the Maturity Date. On the Maturity Date, this rider and its corresponding charge will terminate. If the Policy is terminated and later reinstated, this rider cannot be reinstated without our approval. 
 
Change of Ownership 
 
In the event that the underlying Policy is assigned or sold, unless under a court ordered assignment, this rider will terminate on such
date of sale or assignment. 
 
Spousal Continuation 
 
This rider will be continued by the spousal beneficiary upon the death of the Owner, if
the surviving spouse would have been eligible for this rider on the Policy Date. 
 
For GE Life and Annuity Assurance Company, 
 
/s/    PAMELA S. SCHUTZ 
Pamela S. Schutz 
        President 
 

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