VTSA Companies Authorized through the Kansas Board of Regents Plan


I. The following companies can be selected by new faculty and staff at the state universities for their 403(b) voluntary retirement plan contributions:
769 AIG Retirement / AIG VALIC http://www.aigretirement.com  
321 Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.   http://www.ameriprise.com  
775 Fidelity Investments Inst Serv   http://www.403b.com  
24 ING http://www.ingretirementplans.com/custom/KansasBOR  
413 Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc http://www.lincolninvestment.com  
416 Lincoln National Life Ins Co http://www.lincolnlife.com  
843 MetLife Investors USA Ins Co http://www.metlife.com  
655 Security Benefit Life Ins Co https://www.securitybenefit.com  
695 TIAA-CREF http://www.tiaa-cref.org/kbor  
785 Waddell & Reed Financial Serv http://www.waddell.com  
   
II. The following companies are frozen to participants; no new enrollment in these companies will be allowed:  
   
710 American Century Investments *    
57 American United Life Ins Co *    
728 Lincoln Life *      
446 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co *    
468 Modern Woodmen of America *    
842 New England Financial Annuities *    
828 PFS Investments, Inc. *    
506 ReliaStar Life Insurance Co *    
064 / 422 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans *    
743 USAA Life Insurance Company *    
   
III. Companies that have received notification that they will be non-approved investment providers as of 12/31/08:

On 10/31/08, the following companies received notification overnighted to them that they will no longer be a KBOR approved investment provider as of 12/31/08 because they have not responded to the requirement to share data with KBOR 's third party administrator, planwithease. (Three communication pieces have been sent to these companies: the first was mailed in mid-July, the second was overnighted in mid-August. If any of these companies respond by submitting the required planwithease and KBOR paperwork by the end of November 2008, the company might be re-instated as an approved KBOR investment provider.)
   
59 AIG SunAmerica Life Assurance Co. *  
839 American Funds Distributors  
792 American General Annuity Ins *  
337 Anchor National Life Insurance Company *  
186 AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company *  
470 Conseco Life Ins. Co. (Mass Gen Life) *  
378 Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company *  
835 Invesco Funds Group Inc *  
830 John Hancock Life Ins. Company (USA) *  
838 LIFEUSA *  
412 Lincoln Benefit Life Company *  
829 Mackay-Shields Tax Shltd An Pr *  
444 Mass Mutual Life Ins Co V A *  
84 Principal Financial Group *  
584 Prudential Ins Co of America *  
595 Putnam Financial Services Inc *  
724 The Union Central Life Ins Co *  
702 Travelers Insurance Company *  
823 The Vanguard Group of Ins Cos  
     
IV. Companies that have informed KBOR they are leaving the 403 (b) business no later than December 2008:  
     
25 AIM Investment Services, Inc. - last contributions will be deducted from the 12/26/08 paycheck  
272 Guardian Life Ins Co of America * - last contributions will be deducted from the 12/26/08 paycheck  
831 Janus * - last contributions will be deducted from the 12/26/08 paycheck  
357 John Hancock Funds, Inc. * - last contributions will be deducted from the 12/26/08 paycheck  
687 MFS/Sun Life Assur of Can (USA) * - last contributions will be deducted from the 12/26/08 paycheck  
834 National Western Life Ins Co * - last contributions will be deducted from the 12/26/08 paycheck  
474 Nationwide Life Insurance Co - last contributions will be deducted from the 12/26/08 paycheck  
501 New York Life Insurance Co * - last contributions will be deducted from the 11/28/08 paycheck  
507 Northwestern Mutual * - last contributions will be deducted from the 08/22/08 paycheck  
569 Phoenix Mutual Life Ins Co * - last contributions will be deducted from the 12/26/08 payckeck  
821 Pioneer Investments - last contributions will be deducted from the 12/26/08 paycheck  
 
 
Last Updated: 11/25/2008
 
 


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