[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 3007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00791]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 35089; File No. 812-15479]


Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, et al.

January 11, 2024.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of application for an order pursuant to section 11 of the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION:  Applicants request an order approving the 
terms of an offer of exchange of certain annuity contracts issued by 
Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company (``EFLIC'') and made 
available through Separate Account No. 49 of Equitable Financial Life 
Insurance Company for virtually identical annuity contracts issued by 
Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company (``VIAC'') and made available 
through the Separate Account EQ of Venerable Insurance and Annuity 
Company, pursuant to an assumption reinsurance agreement between VIAC 
and EFLIC.

APPLICANTS:  Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, Separate Account 
EQ of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, and Directed Services 
LLC.

FILING DATES:  The application was filed on June 27, 2023 and amended 
on October 13, 2023.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING:  An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing 
the SEC's Secretary at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c794a2a4b5a2b3a6b5beb4ea88a1a1aea4a287b4a2a4e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90c3f5f3e2f5e4f1e2e9e3bddff6f6f9f3f5d0e3f5f3bef7ffe6">[email protected]</span></a> and serving the 
Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is 
listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a 
physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. Hearing 
requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on February 
5, 2024, and should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants, 
in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. 
Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the 
nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the 
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, 
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing 
may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6f5c3c5d4c3d2c7d4dfd58be9c0c0cfc5c3e6d5c3c588c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85d6e0e6f7e0f1e4f7fcf6a8cae3e3ece6e0c5f6e0e6abe2eaf3">[email protected]</span></a>.

ADDRESSES: The Commission: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f5c6a6c7d6a7b6e7d767c22406969666c6a4f7c6a6c21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3e0d6d0c1d6c7d2c1cac09efcd5d5dad0d6f3c0d6d09dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a>. Applicants: J. 
Neil McMurdie, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b5dbd0dcd99bd8d6d8c0c7d1dcd0f5c3d0dbd0c7d4d7d9d09bd6dad8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d6b8b3bfbaf8bbb5bba3a4b2bfb396a0b3b8b3a4b7b4bab3f8b5b9bb">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Ehrlich, Senior Counsel, or Lisa 
Reid Ragen, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment 
Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal 
analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' first amended and 
restated application, dated October 13, 2023, which may be obtained via 
the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of 
this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field, 
on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at, 
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/legacy/companysearch.html. You 
may also call the SEC's Public Reference Room at (202) 551-8090.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-00791 Filed 1-16-24; 8:45 am]
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