# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000948972
**File Stem:** 0000948972-25-000029
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000948972-25-000029.hdr.sgml**: 20251014

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000948972-25-000029

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BPOS

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251014

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251014

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251014

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000948972

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 440308260
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MO
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BPOS
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-09080
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251390594

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3520 BROADWAY
- **STREET 2:** C/O KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO
- **CITY:** KANSAS CITY
- **STATE:** MO
- **ZIP:** 64111
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8167537000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO
- **STREET 2:** 3520 BROADWAY
- **CITY:** KANSAS CITY
- **STATE:** MO
- **ZIP:** 64111
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000948972

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 440308260
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MO
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BPOS
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-25443
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251390593

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3520 BROADWAY
- **STREET 2:** C/O KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO
- **CITY:** KANSAS CITY
- **STATE:** MO
- **ZIP:** 64111
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8167537000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO
- **STREET 2:** 3520 BROADWAY
- **CITY:** KANSAS CITY
- **STATE:** MO
- **ZIP:** 64111

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT (Series ID: S000009143)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                      | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000024869 | Century II Survivorship Variable Universal Life |  |

**<br>

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2025

Registration Nos. 333-25443

and 811-09080

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-6

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 X

Pre-Effective Amendment No. <br>Post-Effective Amendment No. 31<br> X

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 X

Amendment No. 128 X

KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT

(Exact Name of Registrant)

KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Name of Depositor)

3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565

(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)

Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (816) 753-7000

A. Craig Mason Jr.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Stephen E. Roth

Thomas E. Bisset<br>

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

700 Sixth Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001-3980

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>X</u> immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

___ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

___ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

___ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

Title of Securities Being Registered: Units of interest in a separate account under flexible premium survivorship variable life insurance contracts.

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#### KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

#### Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account

#### Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account

#### Supplement dated October 14, 2025 to the Prospectuses, Initial Summary Prospectuses, and Updating Summary Prospectuses dated May 1, 2025 for the

#### Century II Variable Annuity Contract

#### Century II Affinity Variable Annuity Contract

#### Century II Freedom Variable Annuity Contract

#### Century II Single Premium Affinity Variable Annuity Contract

#### Century II Variable Universal Life Insurance Contract

#### Century II Alliance Variable Universal Life Insurance Contract

#### Century II Survivorship Variable Universal Life Insurance Contract

#### Century II Heritage Survivorship Variable Universal Life Insurance Contract

#### Century II Accumulator Variable Universal Life Insurance Contract
Effective October 14, 2025, the "PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE CONTRACT" section of the prospectuses for the above-mentioned variable annuity contracts and variable universal life insurance contracts (collectively, the "Contracts") has been amended to include the following information:

***Defined Outcome Funds Risk.*** Each Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Buffer Fund (the "Fund") seeks, over a specified annual period (called an "Outcome Period"), to provide returns that match those of the S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index (the "Index") up to an upside cap, while providing a buffer against the first 10% of Index losses (prior to taking into account any fees and expenses of the Fund). To receive the full benefit of the 10% buffer protection, Contract Value should be allocated to the Fund prior to the beginning of the Outcome Period and remain allocated to the Fund until the end of the Outcome Period. If Contract Value is allocated after the commencement of the Outcome Period or withdrawn before the end of the Outcome Period, investment returns may vary significantly. You will bear all Index losses exceeding 10%.

The upside cap establishes the maximum percentage return that the Funds can achieve during the Outcome Period (prior to taking into account any fees and expenses of the Fund). During an Outcome Period when the Index is rising, this may limit the return on your investment in an Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Buffer Fund.

The specified outcomes of the Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Buffer Funds may not be achieved. Furthermore, the Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Buffer Funds are not guaranteed and, unlike guarantees, are not backed by Kansas City Life.

For additional risks associated with the Invesco V.I. S&P Buffer Funds see the prospectuses for the Funds.

Effective October 14, 2025, the prospectuses, initial summary prospectuses, and updating summary prospectuses for the Contracts are appended as follows:

In Appendix A of the prospectus, initial summary prospectus, and updating summary prospectus, append the information in the table listing subaccounts available under the Contract with the following:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Investment Objective** | **Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadvisor** | **Current Expenses** | **Average Annual Total Returns** | **Average Annual Total Returns** | **Average Annual Total Returns** |
| **Investment Objective** | **Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadvisor** | **Current Expenses** | **(as of 12/31/2024)** | **(as of 12/31/2024)** | **(as of 12/31/2024)** |
| **Investment Objective** | **Portfolio Company and Adviser/Subadvisor** | **Current Expenses** | **1 year** | **5 year** | **10 year** |
| Long-term growth of capital by investing in health care companies | AIM Variable Insurance Funds Invesco V.I. Health Care Fund - Series I Shares (Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0.99% | 4.17% | 3.64%  | 5.40%  |
| The Fund seeks, over a specified annual outcome period, to provide investors with returns that match those of the S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index (the "Index") up to an upside cap (maximum percentage return), while providing a buffer against the first 10% of Index losses (prior to taking into account any fees and expenses of the Fund)<sup>i</sup> | AIM Variable Insurance Funds Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Buffer Fund - December - Series I Shares (Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.) | 0.71%<sup>ii</sup> | 14.04% | - | - |
| The Fund seeks, over a specified annual outcome period, to provide investors with returns that match those of the S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index (the "Index") up to an upside cap (maximum percentage return), while providing a buffer against the first 10% of Index losses (prior to taking into account any fees and expenses of the Fund)<sup>i</sup> | AIM Variable Insurance Funds Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Buffer Fund - June - Series I Shares (Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.)  | 0.71%<sup>ii</sup> | 14.03% | - | - |
| The Fund seeks, over a specified annual outcome period, to provide investors with returns that match those of the S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index (the "Index") up to an upside cap (maximum percentage return), while providing a buffer against the first 10% of Index losses (prior to taking into account any fees and expenses of the Fund)<sup>i</sup> | AIM Variable Insurance Funds Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Buffer Fund - March - Series I Shares (Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.)  | 0.71%<sup>ii</sup> | 13.28% | - | - |
| The Fund seeks, over a specified annual outcome period, to provide investors with returns that match those of the S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index (the "Index") up to an upside cap (maximum percentage return), while providing a buffer against the first 10% of Index losses (prior to taking into account any fees and expenses of the Fund)<sup>i</sup> | AIM Variable Insurance Funds Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Buffer Fund - September - Series I Shares (Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc.)  | 0.71%<sup>ii</sup> | 10.44% | - | - |

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<sup>i</sup> See "PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE CONTRACT - *Defined Outcome Funds Risks*" in the prospectus and the prospectuses for the Funds for a description of the risks associated with investing in the Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Buffer Funds.

<sup>ii</sup> Denotes Fund Portfolio and their investment adviser have entered into temporary expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers. See the prospectuses for the Fund Portfolio for further information.

**THIS SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY TOGETHER WITH THE PROSPECTUS, INITIAL SUMMARY PROSPECTUS OR UPDATING SUMMARY PROSPECTUS, AND BOTH DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE KEPT TOGETHER FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.**

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#### Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 (the "Amendment") to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (File No. 333-25443) is being filed solely for the purpose of updating the information in the "PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE CONTRACT" section and Appendix A to the Prospectus dated May 1, 2025 as reflected in the supplement included herein. Accordingly, the Amendment consists only of the facing page, a supplement to the Prospectus, this explanatory note, an updated Part C, the signature pages to the Registration Statement and the consent of Forvis Mazars, LLP, independent auditors. The Amendment incorporates by reference the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, each dated May 1, 2025, included in [Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the Registration Statement filed on April 29, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000112199725000022/0001121997-25-000022-index.htm), including any additional supplements to the Registration Statement filed thereafter pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933. The Amendment is not intended to amend or delete any part of the Registration Statement other than as set forth herein.

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#### PART C

#### OTHER INFORMATION

#### Item 30. Exhibits
(a) Board of Directors Resolution.

Resolution of the Board of Directors of Kansas City Life Insurance Company establishing the Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account. (1)

(b) Custodian Agreements.

Not Applicable.

(c) Underwriting Contracts.

<br> (1) [Distribution Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/distributionagreement.htm)

<br> (2) [Amendment to Distribution Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/amendmenttodistributionagmt.htm)

(d) Contracts.

<br> (1) [Specimen Contract Form. (2)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/0000948972-97-000010.txt)

<br> (2) [Contract Split Option Rider. (2)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/0000948972-97-000010.txt)

<br> (3) [Joint First to Die Term Life Insurance Rider. (2)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/0000948972-97-000010.txt)

<br> (4) [Joint Survivorship Four-Year Term Life Insurance Rider. (2)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/0000948972-97-000010.txt)

(e) Applications.

<br> (1) Application Form. (1)

<br> (2) [ICC18A196. (13)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897222000011/icc18a196.htm)

<br> (3) [ICC18A197. (13)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897222000011/icc18a197.htm)

(f) Depositor's Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws.

<br> (1) Articles of Incorporation of Bankers Life Association of Kansas City. (1)

<br> (2) Restated Articles of Incorporation of Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (1)

<br> (3) By-Laws of Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (1)

(g) [Reinsurance Contracts. (4)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094033803000037/kclcentiisvul485b2003.htm)

(h) Participation Agreements.

<sup>(1)</sup> [Participation Agreement between AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., A I M Distributors Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/aimpartagmt.htm)<br>

a. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., A I M Distributors Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/aimpartagmtamd1.htm)

b. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., A I M Distributors Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/aimpartagmtamd2.htm)

<br> (2) [Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, TCI Portfolios, Inc., and Investors Research Corporation. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/amcentpartagmt.htm)

a. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, TCI Portfolios, Inc., and Investors Research Corporation. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/amcentpartagmtamd1.htm)

b. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, TCI Portfolios, Inc., and Investors Research Corporation. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/amcentpartagmtamd2.htm)

c. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, TCI Portfolios, Inc., and Investors Research Corporation. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/amcentpartagmtamd3.htm)

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d. [Novation Agreement between American Century Investment Services, Inc., American Century Services, LLC., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (7)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033810000020/amcentnovationagmt.htm)

e. [Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, American Century Investment Services, Inc., and American Century Services, LLC. (11)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033816000060/americancentury.htm)

<sup>(3)</sup> [Amended and Restated Participation Agreement between Calamos Advisors Trust, Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Calamos Financial Services, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/calamospartagmt.htm)<br>

a. [Amendment to Amended and Restated Participation Agreement between Calamos Advisors Trust, Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Calamos Financial Services, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/calamospartagmtamd1.htm)

<sup>(4)</sup> [Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and each of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. and Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. (d/b/a Dreyfus Stock Index Fund). (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/dreyfuspartagmt.htm)<br>

a. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and each of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. and Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. (d/b/a Dreyfus Stock Index Fund). (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/dreyfuspartagmtamd.htm)

b. [Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and each of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. and Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. (d/b/a Dreyfus Stock Index Fund). (8)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033811000023/dreyfusamendment.htm)

<sup>(5)</sup> [Participation Agreement between Federated Securities Corp., Federated Insurance Series, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (7)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033810000020/federatedpartagmt.htm)<br>

a. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Federated Securities Corp., Federated Insurance Series, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (7)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033810000020/federatedpartagmtamd1.htm)

<sup>(6)</sup> [Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/fidelitypartagmt.htm)<br>

a. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/fidelitypartagmtamd1.htm)

b. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/fidelitypartagmtamd2.htm)

c. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (7)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033810000020/fidelitypartagmtamd3.htm)

d. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (12)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033818000010/fidelity.htm)

<sup>(7)</sup> [Participation Agreement between Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (7)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000940338/000094033810000020/0000940338-10-000020-index.htm)<br>

a. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (8)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033811000023/franklintempletonamendment.htm)

b. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc., Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (10)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033814000023/franklintempelton.htm)

<sup>(8)</sup> [Participation Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, JPMorgan Insurance Trust, JPMorgan Investment Advisors Inc., J. P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., and JPMorgan Funds Management, Inc. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/jpmpartagmt.htm)<br>

<sup>(9)</sup> [Participation Agreement between MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/mfspartagmt.htm)<br>

a. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/mfspartagmtamd1.htm)

b. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/mfspartagmtamd2.htm)

c. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/mfspartagmtamd3.htm)

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d. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, and Massachusetts Financial Services Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/mfspartagmtamd4.htm)

<br> (10) [Participation Agreement between Seligman Portfolios, Inc., Seligman Advisors, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/seligmanpartagmt.htm)

a. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Seligman Portfolios, Inc., Seligman Advisors, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/seligmanpartagmtamd1.htm)

b. [Amendment to Participation Agreement between Seligman Portfolios, Inc., Seligman Advisors, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/seligmanpartagmtamd2.htm)

c. [Assignment and Assumption Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company ("Kansas City Life"), Seligman Portfolios, Inc., Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (formerly named RiverSource Investments, LLC, and successor to Seligman Advisors, Inc.) ("Columbia"), and Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust. (8)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033811000023/columbiaagreement.htm)

d. [Assignment and Assumption Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company ("Kansas City Life"), Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (formerly named RiverSource Investments, LLC, and successor to Seligman Advisors, Inc.) ("Columbia"), Seligman Portfolios, Inc. and RiverSource Variable Series Trust. (8)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033811000023/riversourceagreement.htm)

<br> (11) [Participation Agreement between Northern Lights Variable Trust and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (9)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033812000026/northernlightspartagmt.htm)

<sup>(12)</sup> [Fund Participation and Service Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, American Funds Distributors, Inc., American Funds Service Company, Capital Research and Management Company, and the American Funds Insurance Series. (11)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033816000060/americanfunds1.htm)<br>

<sup>(13)</sup> [Fund Participation Agreement between Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust, Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc., Lincoln Financial Investments Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company (14)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000113322823003051/bciiva-html6264_ex99h13.htm)<br>

<sup>(14)</sup> [Amendment to Fund Participation Agreement between Lincoln Variable Insurance Products Trust, Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc., Lincoln Financial Investments Corporation, and Kansas City Life Insurance Company (15) ](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000113322824004704/0001133228-24-004704-index.htm/)<br>

(i) Administrative Contracts.

<br> (1) [Administrative Services Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and A I M Advisors, Inc. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/aimadminservagmt.htm)

<br> (2) [Administrative Services Agreement between Calamos Asset Management, Inc. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/calmosadmservagmt.htm)

<br> (3) [Administrative Agreement between Federated Securities Corp. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/federatedadminagmt.htm)

<br> (4) [Administrative Service Agreement between Lincoln Financial Investments Corporation and Kansas City Life Insurance Company (14)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/federatedadminagmt.htm)

<sup>(5)</sup> [Amendment to Administrative Service Agreement between Lincoln Financial Investments Corporation and Kansas City Life Insurance Company (15)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/federatedadminagmt.htm)<br>

(j) Other Material Contracts.

<br> (1) [Rule 22c-2 Agreement between AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated June 2, 2006. (5)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000120928607000104/century_vul.txt)

<br> (2) [Rule 22c-2 Agreement between American Century Investment Services, Inc. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated June 28, 2006. (5)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000120928607000104/century_vul.txt)

<br> (3) [Rule 22c-2 Agreement between Calamos Financial Services, LLC. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated April 16, 2007. (5)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000120928607000104/century_vul.txt)

<br> (4) [Rule 22c-2 Agreement between Dreyfus Service Corporation and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated September 19, 2006. (5)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000120928607000104/century_vul.txt)

<br> (5) [Rule 22c-2 Agreement between MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. ("MFD") and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated September 19, 2006. (5)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000120928607000104/century_vul.txt)

<br> (6) [Rule 22c-2 Agreement between Seligman Group of Funds and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated April 3, 2007. (5)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000120928607000104/century_vul.txt)

<sup>(7)</sup> [Supplemental Payment Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, JPMorgan Investment Advisors Inc., and J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/jpmsupppymtagmt.htm)<br>

<sup>(8)</sup> [Supplemental Payment Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, JPMorgan Investment Advisors Inc., and J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/jpmsupppymtagmt.htm)<br>

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<br> (9) [Shareholder Servicing Agreement between Seligman Advisors, Inc. and Kansas City Life Insurance Company. (6)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897209000028/seligmanshareservagmt.htm)

<sup>(10)</sup> [Distribution and Shareholder Services Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company and Northern Lights Variable Trust. (9)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033812000026/northernlightsdistagmt.htm)<br>

<br> (11) [Rule 22c-2 Agreement between American Funds Service Company and Kansas City Life Insurance Company dated April 13, 2016. (11)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033816000060/americanfunds2.htm)

<sup>(12)</sup> [Business Agreement between Kansas City Life Insurance Company, Sunset Financial Services, Inc., American Funds Distributors, Inc., and Capital Research and Management Company. (11)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000094033816000060/americanfunds3.htm)<br>

<sup>(13)</sup> [Distribution Services Agreement between Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc., and Kansas City Life Insurance Company (15)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000113322824004704/0001133228-24-004704-index.htm) <br>

(k) Legal Opinion.

Opinion and Consent of A. Craig Mason Jr., Esq. as to the legality of the securities being registered. (16)

(l) Actuarial Opinion.

Not Applicable.

(m) Calculations.

Not Applicable.

(n) Other Opinions.

<br> (1) Consent of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP. (16)

<br> (2) [Consent of Forvis Mazars, LLP.](forvisconsent.htm) (17)<br>

(o) Omitted Financial Statements.

Not Applicable.

(p) Initial Capital Agreements.

Not Applicable.

(q) Redeemability Exemption.

[Memorandum describing issuance, transfer and redemption procedures. (3)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897201500003/svul485b01.txt)

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(1) Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 1995 (File No. 033-95354).

(2) [Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account filed on July 15, 1997 (File No. 333-25443).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000948972/000094897297000010/0000948972-97-000010-index.htm)

(3) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2001 (File No. 333-25443).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000948972/000094897201500003/0000948972-01-500003-index.htm)

(4) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2003 (File No. 333-25443).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000948972/000094033803000037/0000940338-03-000037-index.htm)

(5) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2007 (File No. 033-95354).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000948972/000120928607000104/0001209286-07-000104-index.htm)

(6) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2009 (File No. 333-150926).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000948972/000094897209000028/0000948972-09-000028-index.htm)

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(7) [Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2010 (File No. 333-165116).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000940338/000094033810000020/0000940338-10-000020-index.htm)

(8) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2011 (File No. 033-89984).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000940338/000094033811000023/0000940338-11-000023-index.htm)

(9) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2012 (File No. 033-89984).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000940338/000094033812000026/0000940338-12-000026-index.htm)

(10) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2014 (File No. 033-89984).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000940338/000094033814000023/0000940338-14-000023-index.htm)

(11) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2016 (File No. 033-89984).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000940338/000094033816000060/0000940338-16-000060-index.htm)

(12) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2018 (File No.033-89984).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000940338/000094033818000010/0000940338-18-000010-index.htm)

(13) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2022 (File No. 333-150926).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000094897222000011/0000948972-22-000011-index.htm)

(14) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2023 (File No. 033-89984).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000113322823003051/0001133228-23-003051-index.htm)

(15) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2024 (File No. 033-89984).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000113322824004704/0001133228-24-004704-index.htm)

[](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000113322824004704/0001133228-24-004704-index.htm) [](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940338/000113322824004704/0001133228-24-004704-index.htm)

(16) [Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2025 (File No. 033-25443). ](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948972/000112199725000022/0001121997-25-000022-index.htm)

(17) Filed herewith.

#### Item 31. Directors and Officers of the Depositor

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| **Name and Principal Business Address\*** | **Position and Offices with Depositor** |
| Kevin G. Barth | Director |
| R. Philip Bixby | Chairman of the Board and Director |
| Walter E. Bixby | President, CEO, Vice Chairman of the Board and Director |
| William R. Blessing | Director |
| Michael Braude | Director |
| James T. Carr | Director |
| John C. Cozad | Director |
| Eileen M. Hutchinson<br>| Director |
| Octavia Love | Treasurer |
| David S. Kimmel | Director |
| Richard W. Seagraves<br>| Director |
| Jennifer K. Pieper | Vice President and Controller |
| A. Craig Mason Jr. | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Director |
| Mark A. Milton | Senior Vice President, Actuary and Director |
| Stephen E. Ropp | Senior Vice President, Operations |
| William A. Schalekamp | Director |
| David A. Laird | Senior Vice President, Finance, CFO and Director |

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\* The principal business address for each officer and director is 3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565.

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#### Item 32. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant

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| **Name** | **Jurisdiction** | **Percent of Voting Securities Owned** |
|  Sunset Financial Services, Inc. | Washington | Ownership of all voting securities by depositor |
|  KCL Service Company | Missouri | Ownership of all voting securities by depositor |
|  Old American Insurance Company | Missouri | Ownership of all voting securities by depositor |
|  Kansas City Life Financial Group, Inc. | Missouri | Ownership of all voting securities by depositor |
|  Grange Life Insurance Company | Ohio | Ownership of all voting securities by depositor |

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#### Item 33. Indemnification
The By-Laws of Kansas City Life Insurance Company provide, in part, in Article XII:

1. The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the Company, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Director, Officer or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer or employee of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

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2. The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of the company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director, officer or employee of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the company unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability and in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

3. To the extent that a Director, Officer or employee of the Company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in sections 1 and 2 of this Article, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding.

4. Any indemnification under sections 1 and 2 of this Article, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, Officer or employee is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Article. The determination shall be made by the Board of Directors of the Company by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, or, if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested Directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or by the Stockholders of the Company.

5. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case up on receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Director, Officer or employee to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in this Article.

6. The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or any agreement, vote of Stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

7. The Company shall have the power to give any further indemnity, in addition to the indemnity authorized or contemplated under this Article, including subsection 6, to any person who is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Company, or to any person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, provided such further indemnity is either (i) authorized, directed, or provided for in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company or any duly adopted amendment thereof or (ii) is authorized, directed, or provided for in any bylaw or agreement of the Company which has been adopted by a vote of the Stockholders of the Company, and provided further that no such indemnity shall indemnify any person from or on account of such person's conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest, or willful misconduct . Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to limit the power of the Company under subsection 6 of this Bylaw to enact Bylaws or to enter into agreement without Stockholder adoption of the same.

8. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article.

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9. For the purpose of this Article, references to "the Company" include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation so that any person who is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would if he or she had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

10. For purposes of this Article, the term "other enterprise" shall include employee benefit plans; the term "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and the term "serving at the request of the Company" shall include any service as a Director, Officer or employee of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such Director, Officer or employee with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonable believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Company" as referred to in this Article.

11. Any Director, Officer or employee of the Company shall be indemnified under this Article for any act taken in good faith and upon reliance upon the books and records of the Company, upon financial statements or other reports prepared by the Officers of the Company, or on financial statements prepared by the Company's independent accountants, or on information or documents prepared or provided by legal counsel to the Company.

12. To the extent that the indemnification of Officers, Directors or employees as permitted under section 351.355 (as amended or superseded) of The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, as in effect from time to time, provides for greater indemnification of those individuals than the provisions of this Article XII, then the Company shall indemnify its Directors, Officers, employees as provided in and to the full extent allowed by section 351.355.

13. The indemnification provided by this Article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director or Officer of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. All rights to indemnification under this Article shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Company and the person who serves in such capacity at any time while these Bylaws and other relevant provisions of the applicable law, if any, are in effect. Any repeal or modification thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing.

14. If this Article or any portion or provision hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each person entitled to indemnification pursuant too this Article to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article that shall not have been invalidated, or to the fullest extent provided by any other applicable law.

Missouri law authorizes Missouri corporations to provide indemnification to directors, officers and other persons.

Kansas City Life owns a directors and officers liability insurance policy covering liabilities that directors and officers of Kansas City Life and its subsidiaries and affiliates may incur in acting as directors and officers.

Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

#### Item 34. Principal Underwriter
(a) Other Activity.

In addition to Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account, Sunset Financial Services, Inc. is the principal underwriter for policies offered by Kansas City Life Insurance Company through Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account.

(b) Management.

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The directors and principal officers of Sunset Financial Services, Inc. are as follows:

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| **Name and Principal Business Address\*** | **Positions and Offices with Sunset Financial Services, Inc.** |
| R. Philip Bixby | Chairman of the Board and Director |
| Walter E. Bixby | Director |
| Janice L. Brandt | Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer |
| Susanna J. Denney | Vice President, Chief Operations Officer |
| Jennifer K. Pieper | Vice President,Treasurer, and Controller |
| A. Craig Mason Jr. | Secretary and Director |
| Mark A. Milton | Director |
| Kristen Peil | Assistant Vice President |
| Kelly T. Ullom | President and Director |
| David A. Laird | Director |

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\* The Principal business address of all of the persons listed above is P.O. Box 219365, Kansas City, Missouri, 64121-9365.

(c) Compensation from the Registrant.

The following commissions and other compensation were received by each principal underwriter, directly or indirectly, from the Registrant during the Registrant's last fiscal year:

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| (1)<br> **Name of Principal Underwriter** | (2)<br> **Net Underwriting Discounts and Commissions** | (3)<br> **Compensation on<u> </u>Redemption** | (4)<br> **Brokerage Commissions** | (5)<br> **Other Compensation** |
| Sunset Financial Services, Inc. | $150656.00 |  | N/A | N/A |

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#### Item 35. Location of Accounts and Records
All of the accounts, books, records or other documents required to be kept by section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules thereunder, are maintained by Kansas City Life Insurance Company at 3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565.

#### Item 36. Management Services
All management contracts are discussed in Part A or Part B.

#### Item 37. Fee Representation
Kansas City Life Insurance Company represents that the aggregate charges under the Policies are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred and the risks assumed by Kansas City Life Insurance Company.

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#### SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Securities Act Rule 485(b) and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be hereunto affixed and attested, all in the City of Kansas City and the State of Missouri on the 13th day of October, 2025.

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|  | Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account |
|  | (Registrant) |
| <br> (SEAL) | By: ________<u>/s/ Walter E. Bixby</u>_________________________________<br> Walter E. Bixby, President, CEO, Vice Chairman of the Board and Director |
|  | Kansas City Life Insurance Company |
|  | (Depositor) |
| Attest: _________<u>/s/ A. Craig Mason Jr.</u>_____________<br> A. Craig Mason Jr., Secretary and Director | By: _______<u>/s/ Walter E. Bixby</u>__________________________________<br> Walter E. Bixby, President, CEO, Vice Chairman of the Board and Director |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated.

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| Signature | Title | Date |
| _____<u>/s/ Walter E. Bixby</u>____<br> Walter E. Bixby | President, CEO, Vice Chairman of the Board and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | October 13, 2025 |
| ____<u>/s/ David A. Laird</u>______<br> David A. Laird | Senior Vice President, Finance, CFO and Director<br> (Principal Financial Officer) | October 13, 2025 |
| _____<u>/s/ Jennifer K. Pieper</u>__<br> Jennifer K. Pieper | Vice President and Controller<br> (Principal Accounting Officer) | October 13, 2025 |
| _____<u>/s/ R. Philip Bixby</u>____<br> R. Philip Bixby | Chairman of the Board and Director<br>| October 13, 2025 |
| ___<u>/s/ A. Craig Mason Jr.</u>___<br> A. Craig Mason Jr. | Secretary and Director | October 13, 2025 |
| ________________________<br> Kevin G. Barth | Director | October 13, 2025 |
| ___<u>/s/ William R. Blessing</u>__<br> William R. Blessing | Director | October 13, 2025 |
| ________________________<br> Michael Braude | Director | October 13, 2025 |
| ____<u>/s/ James T. Carr</u>______<br> James T. Carr | Director | October 13, 2025 |
| _________________________<br> John C. Cozad | Director | October 13, 2025 |

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| __________________________<br> Eileen M. Hutchinson | Director | October 13, 2025 |
| __________________________<br> David S. Kimmel | Director | October 13, 2025 |
| ____<u>/s/ Mark A. Milton</u>______<br> Mark A. Milton | Director | October 13, 2025 |
| _<u>/s/ William A. Schalekamp</u>_<br> William A. Schalekamp | Director | October 13, 2025 |
| __________________________<br>Richard W. Seagraves<br>| Director | October 13, 2025 |

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**Exhibit Index**

<br> (n)(2) [Consent of Forvis Mazars, LLP.](forvisconsent.htm)

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## Ex-99

#### Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference of our reports (1) dated March 4, 2025, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Kansas City Life Insurance Company and subsidiaries and (2) dated April 29, 2025, with respect to the financial statements of the subaccounts of the Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account, each for the year ended December 31, 2024, included in the Statement of Additional Information which has been incorporated by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement Form N-6 (File No. 333-25443) of the Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account and related Prospectus of Century II Survivorship Variable Universal Life, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Statement of Additional Information.

/s/ Forvis Mazars, LLP

#### Kansas City, Missouri

#### October 14, 2025