# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001068204
**File Stem:** 0000930413-25-003142
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 5151
**Document Hash:** 1bbf4a72ecf4dd57f82a0abc0087b2bf
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000930413-25-003142.hdr.sgml**: 20250930

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000930413-25-003142

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250930

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250930

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20250930

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** TIAA-CREF LIFE FUNDS
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001068204

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-61759
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251358218

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 730 THIRD AVE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10017
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-490-9000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 730 THIRD AVE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10017

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** TIAA CREF LIFE FUND
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19980813

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Nuveen Life Balanced Fund (Series ID: S000043737)

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|  |  |  |
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| Class Name                | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Nuveen Life Balanced Fund | TLBAX         | C000135632 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Nuveen Life Balanced Fund (Series ID: S000043737)

| Class ID   | Class Name                | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000135632 | Nuveen Life Balanced Fund | TLBAX           |

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| ![](x2_c114083x1x1.jpg) | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Nuveen Life**<br> **Funds** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Supplement** |

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Nuveen Life Funds

**Nuveen Life Balanced Fund (the "Fund")**

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1<br> dated September 30, 2025 to the Statutory Prospectus dated May 1, 2025

*Effective September 30, 2025, Jeff Sun has been named a portfolio manager of the Nuveen Life Balanced Fund. John Cunniff and Steve Sedmak will continue to serve as portfolio managers for the Fund. There are no changes to the Fund's investment objective, principal investment strategies or principal risks. Due to this change, the following is hereby added to the sub-section entitled "Portfolio Managers" in the section entitled "Portfolio management" on page 85 of the Statutory Prospectus:*

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| **Name:** | **Jeff Sun, CFA** |
| Title: | Senior Director |
| Experience on Fund: | since 2025 |

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*Additionally, the following is hereby added to the entry for the Fund in the table of the sub-section entitled "Portfolio management teams" of the section entitled "Management of the Funds" on page 136 of the Statutory Prospectus:*

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | | | **Total Experience<br> (since dates<br> specified below)** | **Total Experience<br> (since dates<br> specified below)** | **Total Experience<br> (since dates<br> specified below)** |
| <br>**Name & Title** | <br>**Portfolio Role** | <br>**Experience Over<br> Past Five Years** | **At<br> Advisors\*** | **Total** | **On<br> Team** |
| **NUVEEN LIFE BALANCED FUND** |  |  |  |  |  |
| **Jeff Sun, CFA** |  |  |  |  |  |
| Senior Director | Portfolio Manager | Advisors, TCIM and other advisory affiliates–2022 to Present (strategic allocation research); Franklin Templeton–2020 to 2022 (asset allocation research) | 2022 | 2008 | 2025 |

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<br> \* Including tenure at affiliate or predecessor firms, as applicable.

<br> 1 MGN-LFPRO-0925P

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| ![](x2_c114083x1x1.jpg) | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Nuveen Life**<br> **Funds** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Supplement** |

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Nuveen Life Funds

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1<br> dated September 30, 2025, to the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") dated May 1, 2025

*Effective September 30, 2025, Jeff Sun has been added to the portfolio management team of the Nuveen Life Balanced Fund (the "Fund"). John Cuniff and Steve Sedmak will continue to serve as portfolio managers for the Fund. Accordingly, the following is hereby added to the entry for the Fund in the chart appearing under the sub-section entitled "Additional information regarding portfolio managers" of the section entitled "Information about the Funds' portfolio management" on page 62 of the SAI:*

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Number of other accounts managed** | **Number of other accounts managed** | **Number of other accounts managed** | **Total assets in other accounts managed (millions)** | **Total assets in other accounts managed (millions)** | **Total assets in other accounts managed (millions)** | |
| <br>**Name of portfolio manager** | **Registered<br> investment<br> companies** | **Other pooled<br> investment<br> vehicles** | **Other<br> accounts** | **Registered<br> investment<br> companies** | **Other pooled<br> investment<br> vehicles** | **Other<br> accounts** | <br>**Dollar range of<br> equity securities<br> owned in Fund\*** |
| **Nuveen Life Balanced Fund** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Jeff Sun\*\* | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |

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\* Includes notional amounts awarded in connection with long-term compensation awards described above.

\*\* This information is as of June 30, 2025.

MGN-LFSAI-0925P