THRIVENT VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT I

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2025

1933 Act Registration No. 333-31011
1940 Act Registration No. 811-08289

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-6

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	☒
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	☐
Post-Effective Amendment No. 33	☒
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	☒
Amendment No. 65	☒

THRIVENT VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT I

(Exact Name of Registrant)

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

(Name of Depositor)

600 Portland Avenue South, Suite 100
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)

Depositor’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: 920-628-4045

Heather J. Thenell, JD
Director, Senior Counsel
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
4321 North Ballard Road
Appleton, WI 54919

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Key Information

Important Information You Should Consider About the Contract.

FEES AND EXPENSES				Location in Statutory Prospectus
Charges for Early Withdrawals	A surrender charge (early withdrawal charge) may be assessed upon surrender, lapse or any decrease in the Specified Amount. The surrender charge will vary depending on the number of years since the last increase in Specified Amount. The maximum amount that may be charged is $34.79 per $1,000 of decrease in Specified Amount. For example, if you make an early withdrawal, you could pay a surrender charge of up to $3,479 on a $100,000 decrease.			Charges Fee Table
Transaction Charges	In addition to surrender charges, you also may be charged for other transactions such as when you pay a premium, transfer cash value between investment options, make more than one partial withdrawal in a Contract Year or exercise your Accelerated Death Benefit Rider. A premium expense charge of 3% is deducted upon receipt of most premiums. A partial withdrawal charge applies upon each partial withdrawal in excess of one per Contract Year. The maximum amount deducted is $25 per partial withdrawal. A transfer charge applies to each transfer in excess of the first twelve transfers made in a Contract Year. The maximum amount deducted is $25 per transfer. You may add an Accelerated Death Benefit rider to your Contract at any time without cost. The rider allows you to receive the present value of the death benefit tax free if eligibility requirements are met, including doctor certification that the Insured is terminally ill. A one-time charge of up to $150 will apply if you exercise the benefit. The charge may be lower in some states. State variations may apply. A Contract change fee may apply in an amount up to $25 per change.			Charges Fee Table
Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges)	In addition to surrender charges (early withdrawal charges) and transaction charges, investment in the Contract is subject to certain ongoing fees and expenses (typically assessed monthly), including fees and expenses covering the cost of insurance under the Contract, mortality and expense risk charges, issue expense charges following increases, basic monthly charges, interest on any debt, and the cost of optional benefits available under the Contract. Some of these fees and expenses are set based on characteristics of the Insured (e.g. age, sex (in most states), and rating classification). See the specifications page of your Contract for rates applicable to your Contract. Investors will also bear expenses associated with Portfolios that correspond to Subaccounts available under the Contract , as shown in the following table:			Charges Fee Table Appendix
	Annual Fee	Minimum	Maximum
	Annual Portfolio Expenses (deducted from Portfolio assets)	0.23%	1.59%

RISKS		Location in Statutory Prospectus
Risk of Loss	You can lose money by investing in this Contract, including loss of your premiums (principal), and your Contract can lapse without value. Additionally, debt will reduce your Cash Value and Surrender Value, Death Benefit and the amount of premiums considered to meet the Death Benefit Guarantee Premium requirement. If you surrender the Contract or allow it to lapse while a contract loan is outstanding, the amount of debt, to the extent it has not previously been taxed, will be considered part of the amount you receive and taxed accordingly. Loans may have tax consequences.	Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract
Not a Short-Term Investment	This Contract is not designed for short-term investing and is not appropriate for an investor who needs ready access to cash. The primary purpose of this Contract is to provide a Death Benefit in the event of the Insured’s death. Surrender charges, expenses, and tax consequences generally make the Contract unsuitable as a short-term investment.	Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract
Risk Associated with Investment Options	An investment in this Contract is subject to the risk of poor investment performance of the investment options you choose. Each investment option has its own unique risks. We do not guarantee any money you place in the Subaccounts. The value of each Subaccount will increase or decrease, depending on the investment performance of the corresponding Portfolio and fees and charges under the Contract. You could lose some or all of your money. You should review the available Portfolio s’ prospectuses before making an investment decision.	Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract
Insurance Company Risks	An investment in the Contract is subject to risks related to Thrivent, including that any obligations, guarantees, and benefits of the Contract are subject to the claims-paying ability and financial strength of Thrivent. More information about Thrivent, including its financial strength ratings, is available upon request by calling 1-800-847-4836.	Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract
Contract Lapse	Your Contract will lapse (that is, terminate without value) if: (1) your monthly deductions are greater than your Surrender Value; (2) the Death Benefit Guarantee is not in effect; and (3) payment sufficient to cover the next two monthly deductions is not received within 61 days (in most states) of notification of the Cash Value deficiency. No Death Benefit will be paid if the Contract is lapsed. Payment will be required to reinstate the Contract. We will reinstate a Contract only if our requirements for reinstatement are satisfied, which may include requiring new proof of insurability of the Insured person.	Lapse and Reinstatement

RESTRICTIONS		Location in Statutory Prospectus
Investments	We place limits on frequent trading. There is a $25 charge for each transfer when you transfer money between investment options in excess of 12 times a year. Thrivent reserves the right to remove or substitute Portfolio companies as investment options that are available under the Contract. We also reserve the right to refuse to accept any premium that would increase the Death Benefit because of the requirements of the Corridor Test. We will also have the right to limit or refund a premium payment or make distributions from the Contract as necessary to continue to qualify the Contract as life insurance under federal tax law or to avoid the classification of your Contract as a “modified endowment contract” (MEC).	Frequent Trading Among Subaccounts and Other Transactions Addition, Deletion, Combination or Substitution of Investments Premium Limits Taxes
Optional Benefits	Optional benefits may be subject to age and underwriting requirements. We generally deduct any monthly costs for these Additional Benefits from the Cash Value as part of the monthly deduction. Optional benefits may not be available for all ages or underwriting classes, may not be available after original issue of the Contract and may terminate at certain ages. We may stop offering an optional benefit at any time prior to the time you elect to add it to your Contract.	Other Benefits Available Under the Contract
TAXES
Tax Implications	You should consult with a tax professional to determine the tax implications of an investment in and payments received under this Contract. Distributions from your Contract, if taxable, will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates. Depending on the total amount of premiums you pay and the frequency of such payments, the Contract may be treated as a MEC. Distributions including loans and loan interest will be taxed on an “income first” basis and may be subject to a penalty tax if taken before you are age 59 1∕2 if your Contract is a MEC. The transfer of the Contract or designation of a Beneficiary may have federal, state, and/or local transfer and inheritance tax consequences, including the impositions of gift, estate, and generation skipping transfer taxes.	Taxes
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST		Location in Statutory Prospectus
Investment Professional Compensation	We no longer issue this Contract to new owners. Your financial advisor or professional may receive compensation which may consist of commissions, bonuses, asset-based compensation, and promotional incentives. Thrivent may also share the revenue it earns on this Contract with the professional’s firm. This conflict of interest may influence your financial advisor or professional to recommend continued or larger future investments into this Contract, or another contract issued by Thrivent, over another investment.	Distribution of the Contract
Exchanges	Some investment professionals may have a financial incentive to offer you a new contract in place of the one you own. You should only exchange your contract if you determine, after comparing the features, fees, and risks of both contracts, that it is better for you to purchase the new contract rather than continue to own your existing contract.	Distribution of the Contract

Overview of the Contract

This summary describes the Contract’s important benefits and risks. The sections in the prospectus following this summary discuss the Contract’s benefits and other provisions in more detail. For your convenience, we have provided Special Terms at the end of this prospectus that define certain words and phrases used in this prospectus.

Purpose

The Contract is a flexible premium variable adjustable life insurance contract and is a long-term investment, not appropriate for a customer with near term liquidity needs. The primary purpose of the Contract is to provide a death benefit to beneficiaries upon the death of the Insured. Secondarily, the Cash Value in the Contract may provide a source of supplemental funds in the future.

Premiums

You may pay premiums at any time and in any amount, subject to some restrictions. Insufficient premiums may result in a lapse of the Contract. Therefore, we recommend that you pay at least a Death Benefit Guarantee Premium to protect your Contract from lapsing. While there are no scheduled premium due dates, you may schedule planned periodic premiums and then you will receive billing statements for the amount you select. You may elect to receive billing statements quarterly, semi-annually or annually. In most cases, you may make changes in the frequency and payment amounts at any time by giving adequate Notice to our Service Center. Premiums may be allocated to the Subaccounts of the Variable Account and/or to the Fixed Account. Additional information about the Portfolios corresponding to the Subaccounts is provided in the Appendix to this prospectus.

Death Benefit

As long as the Contract remains in force and the Death Benefit is payable, we will pay the Death Benefit to the Beneficiary upon receipt at our Service Center of all forms, requirements and due proof of the Insured’s death. The Contract offers you the choice of two Death Benefit Options: the Level Death Benefit Option and the Variable Death Benefit Option. We will reduce the amount of any Death Benefit payable by the amounts of any loans, unpaid loan interest and withdrawals.

Level Death Benefit Option. Under this option, the Death Benefit is the greater of the Specified Amount or the death benefit factor multiplied by Cash Value. The death benefit factor depends on the Insured’s age at the date of death. The Death Benefit for this option generally remains level.

Variable Death Benefit Option. Under this option, the Death Benefit is the greater of the Specified Amount plus Cash Value, or the death benefit factor (which depends on the Insured’s age at the date of death) multiplied by Cash Value. The Death Benefit will vary over time, meaning it may increase or decrease.

Death Benefit Guarantee

A Death Benefit Guarantee is available until the Insured reaches age 65 or 10 years from the Contract Issue Date, whichever is later, provided that you make timely payment of the required minimum premium amounts. If the Death Benefit Guarantee is in effect, your Contract will remain in force, even if the Cash Value is insufficient to pay the current monthly deductions.

Access to Cash Value

Transfers. You may transfer cash value among the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account. You will not be charged for the first 12 transfers in a Contract Year. We will charge $25 for each additional transfer during a Contract Year. The amount transferred to any subaccount or to the Fixed Account must be at least $50.

Loans. You may borrow up to an amount equal to 92% (in most states) of the Surrender Value of your Contract. The Surrender Value is the Cash Value of your Contract less any surrender charges and outstanding loan balances as of the date of the loan. We charge you an annual interest rate of 7.25% on the loan balance (this rate was 8% in the first 15 contract years). In addition, we may credit a lower annual interest rate to the portion of the Fixed Account cash value that

equals the amount of the total outstanding loan. This rate will never be less than 4% annually. Debt will continue to increase until it is repaid. Loans will impact your Contract’s performance, must be repaid, could cause the Contract to lapse and may result in tax consequences. See Taxes. For additional information, see Loans in this prospectus and in your Contract.

Partial Withdrawals. You may withdraw part of your Cash Value by giving us Notice. We deduct a $25 charge from the Cash Value for each partial withdrawal after the first one in any Contract Year. Partial surrenders may decrease your Death Benefit and may impact the performance of the Contract including the number of years your Contract is expected to provide coverage. Partial withdrawals may have tax consequences. See Taxes.

Surrenders. At any time while the Contract is in force and the Insured is living, you may surrender this Contract by giving us Notice. Surrenders may have tax consequences. See Taxes.

Supplemental Benefits and Riders

We offer several optional insurance benefits and riders that provide supplemental benefits under the Contract. There is a charge associated with most of these insurance benefits and riders. Your financial advisor or professional can help you determine whether any of these benefits and riders are suitable for you.

Accelerated Death Benefit for Terminal Illness Rider

You may add this rider at any time without cost. This rider allows you to receive the present value of the Death Benefit tax free if eligibility requirements are met. Eligibility requirements include doctor certification that the insured is terminally ill. State variations apply.

Accidental Death Benefit Rider

This rider generally provides an additional cash benefit when the Insured dies from accidental bodily injury. You may choose the amount of coverage up to the same amount as the Specified Amount of your Contract. Any Accidental Death Benefit payable would be in addition to your basic Death Benefit. The premium for this rider is a per-thousand rate multiplied by the accidental death amount.

Disability Waiver Rider

Generally, this rider provides that, in the event of your disability, we will pay your cost of insurance and expense deductions until the earlier of your age 100 or your recovery from disability. The premium for this rider is a per-thousand rate based on age multiplied by the net amount at risk for the current month.

Applicant Waiver Rider

This rider (which is no longer active on any Contracts) enabled the applicant on a juvenile Contract to have deductions waived if the applicant became disabled (as described above). The premium for this rider was a per-thousand rate based on age multiplied by the net amount at risk for the current month. The premium applied until the rider terminated. The rider terminated on the earlier of the following:

1.On midnight of the day before the anniversary of the Issue Date of the rider on or after the Insured’s 21st birthday; or

2.When control of the Contract was transferred.

Guaranteed Purchase Option Rider

This rider may be beneficial if you want to guarantee the option to increase future Death Benefit coverage. Purchasing this option allows you to increase the amount of coverage without having to show evidence of insurability. The premium is a per-thousand rate multiplied by the size of the guaranteed purchase amount.

Fee Table

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering or making withdrawals from the Contract . Please refer to your Contract specifications page for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have selected.

The first table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay at the time that you buy the Contract, surrender

or make withdrawals from the Contract, or transfer cash value between investment options.

Charge	When Deducted	Amount Deducted
Premium Expense Charge	Upon receipt of each premium paid	3% of each premium payment
Premium Tax Charge1	Not applicable	Not applicable
Withdrawal Fees	Upon partial withdrawal2	$25 per withdrawal
Transfer Fees	Upon transfer3	$25 per transfer
Contract Change Fees	Upon each change made to the Contract.4	$25 per change

1 We are not currently subject to premium taxes. However, we reserve the right to impose a charge for these taxes in the future if we have to pay them. If imposed, the premium tax charge would be between 0% and 5% of premium payments.

2 We do not assess a withdrawal charge for the first partial withdrawal taken each Contract Year.

3 We do not assess a transfer charge for the first twelve transfers made each Contract Year.

4 We reserve the right to charge up to $25 per change.

Charge	When Deducted	Amount Deducted
Surrender Charge5	Upon surrender, lapse or decrease in the Specified Amount
Base Contract:

Maximum		$34.79 per $1,000 of decrease in Specified Amount
Minimum		$1.16 per $1,000 of decrease in Specified Amount
Charge for a male Insured, Issue Age 40, in the standard nonsmoker risk class with a Specified Amount of $150,000, in the first Contract Year		$12.66 per $1,000 of Specified Amount
Increase in Specified Amount:	Upon surrender, lapse or decrease in the Specified Amount
Maximum		$30.28 per $1,000 of the Specified Amount
Minimum		$1.12 per $1,000 of the Specified Amount
Charge for a male Insured, Issue Age 40, in the standard nonsmoker risk class with a Specified Amount increase of $100,000, in the first year following an increase in Specified Amount		$12.70 per $1,000 of the Specified Amount

5 The surrender charge remains level for the first three years following an increase in the Specified Amount, and then decreases each Contract Year to zero by the eleventh Contract Anniversary following an increase in Specified Amount. Surrender charges depend on the Insured’s Issue Age, sex (in most states), Specified Amount, risk class and amount of time since the last increase in the Specified Amount. The surrender charges shown in the table may not be typical of the charges you will pay.

Periodic Charges Other Than Fund Operating Expenses

The next table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time that you own the Contract, not including Fund fees and expenses.

Charge	When Deducted	Amount Deducted
Cost of Insurance Charge6	Monthly
Maximum		$83.3333 per $1,000 of amount at risk7
Minimum		$0.0517 per $1,000 of amount at risk7

6 Cost of insurance charges depend on the Insured’s Issue Age, sex (in most states), amount at risk, Specified Amount, risk class and duration of the Contract. The cost of insurance charges shown in the table may not be representative of the charges you will pay. A Contract that was issued with a substandard rating classification will be charged a multiple of the cost of insurance charge based on the classification in the Contract.

7 The amount at risk is equal to the Death Benefit on the date the charge is deducted minus the Cash Value on the date the charge is deducted.

Periodic Charges Other Than Fund Operating Expenses, cont.

Charge	When Deducted	Amount Deducted
Charge for a male Insured, Issue Age 40, in the standard nontobacco risk class with a Specified Amount of $150,000 in the first Contract Year		$0.1917 per $1,000 of amount at risk7
Maximum Mortality and Expense Risk Fees8	Monthly	0.40% of the total Subaccount cash value
Administrative Charges	Monthly	$4
Net Loan Interest9	Accrues daily	3.25% on loan
Additional Benefit Charges:10
Accelerated Death Benefit for Terminal Illness Rider	At the time the benefit is exercised.	Generally, an administrative fee of $150 applies. This fee may vary by state.
Accidental Death Rider	On the rider date of issue and monthly thereafter11
Maximum		$0.15 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Minimum		$0.02 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Charge for an Insured, Issue Age 30, in the standard nonsmoker risk class with a rider coverage amount of $100,000		$0.03 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Disability Waiver Rider	On the rider date of issue and monthly thereafter12
Maximum		$1.88 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Minimum		$0.01 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount

7 The amount at risk is equal to the Death Benefit on the date the charge is deducted minus the Cash Value on the date the charge is deducted.

8 The charge applies after the 15th Contract Year. In the first 15 Contract Years, the maximum charge was 0.90% of the total Subaccount cash value. Actual current charges may be less. See Charges for additional information regarding this charge.

9 This maximum net rate applies after the 15th Contract Anniversary. In the first 15 Contract Years, the maximum gross interest rate was 8.0% and the maximum net interest rate was 4.0%. The rate reflects the maximum gross interest rate before crediting of interest. The interest accrues daily and is not deducted from the Cash Value. The net accrued interest is added to the Loan. See Loans.

10 Charges for additional benefits or riders may vary based on the Insured’s Attained Age or Issue Age, sex (in most states), risk class, Specified Amount, amount at risk, or rider coverage amount. Charges based on age may increase as the Insured ages. The charges noted apply if the rider is included in your Contract and the Contract and/or rider has not otherwise terminated. The rider charges shown in the table may not be representative of the charges you will pay.

11 This charge applies until the Insured’s Attained Age 70.

12 This charge applies until the Insured’s Attained Age 65.

Periodic Charges Other Than Fund Operating Expenses, cont.

Charge	When Deducted	Amount Deducted
Charge for a male Insured, Issue Age 30, in the standard nonsmoker risk class, in the first Contract year following the rider Issue Date		$0.02 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Guaranteed Purchase Option Rider	On the rider date of issue and monthly thereafter13
Maximum		$0.16 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Minimum		$0.04 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Charge for an Insured, Issue Age 25		$0.07 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Applicant Waiver Rider	On the rider date of issue and monthly thereafter14
Maximum		$1.32 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Minimum		$0.15 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Charge for an Insured, Issue Age 0 and applicant Age 30, in the standard risk class		$0.17 per $1,000 of rider coverage amount
Issue Expense Charge15
Base Contract	Monthly
Maximum		$0.57 per $1,000 of Specified Amount
Minimum		$0.01 per $1,000 of Specified Amount
Charge for a male Insured, Issue Age 40, in the standard nonsmoker risk class with a Specified Amount of $150,000, in the first Contract Year		$0.11 per $1,000 of Specified Amount
Increase in Specified Amount	On the date of an increase in Specified Amount and monthly thereafter
Maximum		$0.56 per $1,000 of Specified Amount

13 This charge applies until the Insured’s Attained Age 40.

14 This charge applies until the termination of the rider. For additional information regarding the termination of the rider please see Other Benefits Available Under the Contract.

15 This Charge applies for 36 months after an increase in Specified Amount. The issue expense charge depends on the Insured’s Issue Age, sex (in most states), Specified Amount, and risk class. The issue expense charge shown in the table may not be representative of the charge you will pay.

Periodic Charges Other Than Fund Operating Expenses, cont.

Charge	When Deducted	Amount Deducted
Minimum		$0.01 per $1,000 of Specified Amount
Charge for a male Insured, Issue Age 40, in the standard nonsmoker risk class with a Specified Amount increase of $100,000, in the first year following an increase in the Specified Amount		$0.15 per $1,000 of the increase in Specified Amount

The next item shows the minimum and maximum total annual operating expenses charged by the Portfolios that investors will bear during the time that they own the Contract. This table shows the range (maximum and minimum) of fees and expenses (including management fees and other expenses) charged by the Portfolios, expressed as an annual percentage of average daily net assets. A complete list of the Portfolios corresponding to Subaccounts available under the Contract, including their annual expenses, may be found at the back of this document in the Appendix .

Annual Portfolio Expenses	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM
Expenses that are deducted from Portfolio assets, including management fees, distribution fees and other expenses.	0.23%	1.59%
Expenses that are deducted from Portfolio assets, after reimbursements and/or fee waivers.*	0.23%*	1.15%*

* The reimbursements and/or fee waivers will last until April 30, 2026, but may be terminated at any time in the future.

As a fraternal benefit society, Thrivent is also required to have a Maintenance of Solvency provision that could require you to pay us an amount to maintain our financial strength. For a complete discussion of the Maintenance of Solvency provision, see Maintenance of Solvency in the statutory prospectus.

Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract

Investment Risk

The Contract is not suitable as a short-term investment vehicle. If you invest your cash value in one or more Subaccounts, then you will be subject to the risk that investment performance of the Subaccounts will be unfavorable and that the cash value will decrease. The assets in each Subaccount are invested in a corresponding Portfolio of the Fund. A comprehensive discussion of the risks of each Portfolio may be found in the Fund’s prospectus. You could lose everything you invest and your Contract could lapse without value, unless you pay additional premium. If you allocate premiums to the Fixed Account, then we credit your cash value in the Fixed Account with a declared rate of interest. You assume the risk that the rate may decrease, although the Fixed Account rate will never be lower than a guaranteed minimum annual effective rate of 4%.

Risk of Lapse

If the Death Benefit Guarantee is not in effect and your monthly charges exceed your Surrender Value, your Contract may enter a 61-day (in most states) grace period. We will notify you that your Contract will lapse (that is, terminate without value) if you do not send us sufficient payment by a specified date. Your Contract generally will not lapse: (i) if you cover the monthly deduction amount by making timely payment of the minimum premium amount required to keep your Death Benefit Guarantee in effect; or (ii) if you make a payment sufficient to cover the next two monthly deductions before the end of the grace period. Subject to certain conditions, you may reinstate a lapsed Contract.

Tax Risks

We anticipate that the Contract should be deemed a life insurance contract under federal tax law. However, the federal income tax requirements applicable to the Contract are complex and there is limited guidance and some uncertainty about the application of the federal tax law to the Contract. Assuming that the Contract qualifies as a life insurance contract for federal income tax purposes, you should not be deemed to be in constructive receipt of Cash Value. However, the IRS could determine that a Contract Owner is in constructive receipt of the Cash Value if the Cash Value becomes equal to the Death Benefit, which can occur in some instances where the Insured is Attained Age 95 or older. In a case where there may be constructive receipt, an amount equal to the excess of the Cash Value over the investment in the contract could be includible in the Contract Owner’s income at that time. Under current tax law, Death Proceeds payable under the Contract generally would be excludable from the gross income of the Beneficiary. As a result, the Beneficiary generally should not have to pay U.S. federal income tax on the Death Benefit. However, the Death Benefit may be subject to state and/or federal estate and/or inheritance tax.

Depending on the total amount of premiums you pay, the Contract may be treated as a MEC under federal tax laws. If a contract is treated as a MEC, then surrenders, partial withdrawals, and loans under the Contract will be taxable as ordinary income to the extent there are earnings in the Contract. In addition, a 10% penalty tax may be imposed on surrenders, partial withdrawals, and loans taken before you reach age 59 1∕2 . If the Contract is not a MEC, distributions generally will be treated first as a return of your investment in the Contract and then as taxable income. Moreover, loans generally will not be treated as distributions. Finally, neither distributions nor loans from a Contract that is not a MEC are subject to the 10% penalty tax. See Taxes.

If the Contract lapses, a tax may result. Additionally, if the Contract lapses and is later reinstated, the Contract may be treated as a MEC.

We make no guarantees regarding any tax treatment—federal, state or local—of any Contract or of any transaction involving a Contract.

You should consult a qualified tax advisor for assistance in all Contract-related tax matters.

Surrender and Partial Withdrawal Risks

A surrender charge applies until the 11th anniversary after each increase in Specified Amount on the increased amount.

Even if you do not ask to surrender your Contract, surrender charges may play a role in determining whether your Contract will lapse (terminate without value). This is because surrender charges affect the Surrender Value, a measure we use to determine whether your Contract will enter a grace period (and possibly lapse). See Risk of Lapse, in this section.

A partial withdrawal will reduce Cash Value, Death Benefit and the amount of premiums considered paid to meet the Death Benefit Guarantee Premium requirement. If you select a level Death Benefit Option, a partial withdrawal also will reduce the Specified Amount of the Contract.

A surrender or partial withdrawal may have tax consequences. See Taxes.

Loan Risks

A Contract loan will affect Cash Value over time because we transfer the amount of the loan from the Subaccounts and/or Fixed Account to the Loan Account where the value serves as collateral to assure repayment of the loan. This loan collateral does not participate in the investment performance of the Subaccounts or receive any higher current interest rate than the rate credited to the Fixed Account.

Your Contract may lapse (terminate without value) if your indebtedness reduces the Surrender Value to zero.

The loan will grow and must be repaid. A loan will reduce your Surrender Value as well as your Death Benefit. If the loan is not repaid during the Insured’s life, we reduce the amount we pay on the Insured’s death by the amount of outstanding Debt to repay the loan. If you surrender the Contract or allow it to lapse while a Contract loan is outstanding, the Loan Account collateral will be used to repay the Debt and the amount of Debt, to the extent it has not previously been taxed, will be considered part of the amount you have received and taxed accordingly. Loans may have other tax consequences if your Contract is a MEC. See Taxes.

Portfolio Risks

A comprehensive discussion of the risks of each Portfolio in which the Subaccounts invest may be found in the summary prospectus for each Fund. Please refer to the summary prospectus for the Fund for more information. There is no assurance that any Portfolio will achieve its stated investment objective.

Short-Term Investment Risk

The Contract is not designed for short-term investing and is not appropriate for an investor who needs ready access to cash. The Contract is more beneficial to investors with a long time horizon. Surrender charges, expenses, and tax consequences make the Contract unsuitable as a short-term investment.

Insurance Company Risk

An investment in the Contract is subject to the risks related to Thrivent. Any obligations, guarantees, and benefits of the Contract are subject to the claims-paying ability and financial strength of Thrivent. If Thrivent experiences financial distress, it may not be able to meet its obligations to you. More information about Thrivent, including its financial strength ratings, is available upon request by calling 1-800-847-4836.

Fixed Account Risk

Interest guarantees are subject to Thrivent’s claims paying ability.

Premium Payment Risk

Additional premium payments may be made; however, we reserve the right to limit the number and amount of these additional payments. We also reserve the right to refuse to accept any premium that would increase the Death Benefit because of the requirements of the Corridor Test. We will also have the right to limit or refund a premium payment or make distributions from the Contract as necessary to continue to qualify the Contract as life insurance under federal tax law or to avoid the classification of your Contract as a MEC.

Fees and Charges

Deduction of Contract fees and charges, and optional benefit charges, may result in loss of principal. We reserve the right to increase the fees and charges under the Contract and optional benefits up to the maximum guaranteed fees and charges stated in your Contract or optional benefit rider.

Risks Affecting our Administration of Your Contract

We and our service providers and business partners are subject to certain risks, including those resulting from system failures, cybersecurity events, pandemics and epidemics and other disasters. Such events can adversely impact us and our operations. These risks are common to all insurers and financial service providers and may materially impact our ability to administer the Contract (and to keep Contract owner information confidential).

Alternatives to the Contract

Other contracts or investments may provide more favorable returns or benefits than the Contract.

Potentially Harmful Transfer Activity

The Contract is not designed for frequent transfers by anyone. Frequent transfers between subaccounts may disrupt the underlying Portfolios and could negatively impact performance, by interfering with efficient management and reducing long-term returns, and increasing administrative costs. Frequent transfers may also dilute the value of shares of an underlying Portfolio. Neither the Contracts nor the underlying Portfolios are meant to promote any active trading strategy, like market timing. Allowing frequent transfers by one or some Contract Owners could be at the expense of other Contract Owners. To protect Contract Owners and the underlying Portfolios, we have policies and procedures to deter frequent transfers between and among the Subaccounts. We cannot guarantee that these policies and procedures will be effective in detecting and preventing all transfer activity that could potentially disadvantage or hurt the rights or interests of other Contract Owners.

Risk of Increase in Current Fees and Expenses

Certain insurance charges are currently assessed at less than their maximum levels. We may increase these current charges in the future up to the guaranteed maximum levels, based on changes in the Company’s future expectations of relevant factors, as determined in its sole discretion. Although some Portfolios may have expense limitation agreements, the operating expenses of the Portfolios are not guaranteed and may increase or decrease over time. If fees and expenses are increased, you may need to increase the amount and/or frequency of Premium Payments to keep the Contract in force.

Cybersecurity Risk

We and our service providers may be susceptible to operational, cybersecurity, and related risks. In general, cybersecurity events can result from deliberate or unintentional events. Cybersecurity events include, but are not limited to, acts or attempts to gain unauthorized access to information and/or information systems, or to otherwise disrupt operations. Cybersecurity events affecting us, a Subaccount, or our service providers have the ability to disrupt and impact your Contract and our operations, including but not limited to, financial losses, ability to calculate Contract values and benefits, corrupting data or preventing parties from sharing information necessary for our operations, preventing and/or slowing transactions, potentially subjecting us to regulatory fines and penalties, and creating additional compliance costs. Similar types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers or securities in which the Subaccounts may invest, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may cause the Subaccounts’ investments in such companies to lose value. While we and our service providers have established reasonable controls to mitigate the risk of a cybersecurity event, there are inherent limitations in such controls, plans and systems. Additionally, while we do have control frameworks and we do perform due diligence on our service providers, we cannot fully control the cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by our service providers or any other third parties whose operations may affect the Subaccounts or your Contract. Although we attempt to minimize such failures through controls and oversight, it is not possible to identify all operation risks that may affect the Subaccounts or your Contract, or to develop processes and controls that completely eliminate or mitigate the occurrence of such failures or other disruptions in service. The value of an investment in a Subaccount may be adversely affected by the occurrence of the operational errors, failures, technological issues, or other similar events, and you may bear costs tied to these risks.

Description of the Insurance Company, Registered Separate Account, and Portfolios

Insurance Company

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is the insurance company that issues the Contract with principal executive offices located at 600 Portland Ave S., Suite 100 Minneapolis, MN 55415. Thrivent is a not-for-profit financial services membership organization of Christians helping our members achieve financial security and give back to their communities. We were organized in 1902 as a fraternal benefit society under Wisconsin law, and comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(8). We are licensed to sell insurance in all states and the District of Columbia. For more information, visit Thrivent.com.

Registered Separate Account

Thrivent Variable Life Account I is the Registered Separate Account for the Contract. Thrivent Variable Life Account I is a segregated asset account established by the Board of Directors of Thrivent (then, Aid Association for Lutherans) on May 8, 1997, pursuant to the laws of the State of Wisconsin, and the first investment was made on March 31, 1998. The account meets the definition of “separate account” under the federal securities laws. The Variable Account is a unit investment trust, which is a type of investment company. It is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the 1940 Act. Such registration does not involve supervision by the SEC of the management or investment policies or practices of the Variable Account.

Income, gains and losses credited to, or charged against, the separate account reflect the separate account’s own investment experience and not the investment experience for the Insurance Company’s other assets. The assets of the separate account may not be used to pay any liabilities of the Insurance Company other than those arising from the Contracts. The Insurance Company is obligated to pay all amounts promised to investors under the Contracts. Thrivent is relying on the exemption provided by rule 12h-7 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.12h-7).

Portfolios

Information regarding each Portfolio, including its name, investment type, investment advisor and sub-advisor (if applicable), current expenses and performance is available in the Appendix to this prospectus. Each Portfolio has issued a prospectus containing more detailed information about the Portfolio. You can view these online at dfinview.com/Thrivent/VariableLife97. You can also request paper copy by calling our Service Center at 1-800-847-4836, or by sending an email request to mail@thrivent.com.

Voting

To the extent required by law, we will vote the Portfolio’s shares held in the Variable Account at regular and special shareholder meetings of the Portfolio in accordance with instructions received from persons having voting interests in the corresponding Subaccounts (investment options) of the Variable Account. If, however, the 1940 Act or any regulation thereunder should be amended or if the present interpretation thereof should change, and as a result we determine that we are permitted to vote the Fund’s shares in our own right, we may elect to do so.

Any Portfolio shares held in the Variable Account for which we do not receive timely voting instructions, or which are not attributable to Contract Owners, will be voted by us in proportion to the instructions received from all Contract Owners. Any Portfolio shares held by us or our affiliates in General Accounts will, for voting purposes, be allocated to all separate accounts of ours and our affiliates having a voting interest in that Portfolio in proportion to each such separate account’s votes. Voting instructions to abstain on any item to be voted upon will be applied on a pro rata basis to reduce the votes eligible to be cast.

Each person having a voting interest in a Subaccount will receive proxy materials, reports and other materials relating to the appropriate Portfolio.

Charges

Charges are necessary to pay Death Benefits and to cover the expenses generated by issuing, distributing and administering the Contract. We expect to profit from one or more of the charges under the Contract. We can use these profits from any of these charges for any corporate purpose including our fraternal activities.

Percent of Premium Charge

We charge a premium expense charge of 3% on premiums. The resulting amount available after the charge is the Net Premium. We use this charge to cover the costs of sales and other expenses. We credit the Net Premium to the Subaccounts and Fixed Account according to your allocation instructions.

Surrender Charge

If you choose to surrender your Contract or reduce your Specified Amount, we will reduce your Cash Value by the applicable surrender charge. Surrender charges compensate us for expenses associated with underwriting, issuing and distributing the Contract. We deduct the surrender charge proportionately from each of your Subaccounts and the Fixed Account.

If you increase your Contract’s Specified Amount, a new surrender charge schedule is applicable to that amount. It is based on an amount per thousand of the Specified Amount increase. The amount per thousand of Specified Amount varies by sex (in most states), risk class and Issue Age. We list your actual surrender charges for the increased Specified Amount separately on an amendment to your Contract. We will mail the amendment to you after we process the request for an increase in Specified Amount. During the first three years, the surrender charge for the Specified Amount increase is level, thereafter it declines annually by 1/8th of the initial charge.

Range of Surrender Charges as a Percentage of Face Amount Reduction

Duration in Years Since Increase	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Lowest Possible Charge at Any Age	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.10%	0.09%	0.07%	0.06%	0.04%	0.03%	0.01%	0.00%
Highest Possible Charge at Any Age	3.48%	3.48%	3.48%	3.04%	2.61%	2.17%	1.74%	1.30%	0.87%	0.43%	0.00%

If you decrease the Specified Amount while the surrender charge applies, we assess a surrender charge. We assess the charge proportionately to the amount of the decrease, based on the surrender charges for the Specified Amount from which the decrease is subtracted. We subtract the amount of decrease first from any previous increase in the Specified Amount, starting with the most recent.

Withdrawal Charge

We charge up to $25 for each partial withdrawal after the first partial withdrawal each Contract Year. This charge is in addition to the amount withdrawn.

Transfer Charge

You may make up to twelve transfers per Contract Year from Subaccounts without charge. We charge $25 for each transfer in excess of twelve. This charge is added to the amount transferred. Transfers resulting from loans, the exchange privilege, change in Subaccount investment policy, or the initial reallocation of premiums from the Thrivent Money Market Subaccount do not count as transfers for the purpose of assessing this charge.

Contract Change Fee

We reserve the right to charge $25 from Cash Value for each change you make to your Contract. Such Contract changes include but are not limited to, a change in Specified Amount, risk class, Death Benefit Options, and riders.

Monthly Deductions from Cash Value

We deduct certain charges from Cash Value on a monthly basis. We refer to these charges as monthly deductions. Monthly deductions are deducted from each Subaccount or Fixed Account on a basis proportional to the Cash Value in the Contract. For the Fixed Account, we reduce the value by the proportion that the cash value in the Fixed Account bears to the Cash Value of the entire Contract. For Subaccounts, we redeem sufficient Accumulation Units from each Subaccount in the proportion that the cash value in each Subaccount bears to the Cash Value of the entire Contract. We deduct charges on the same date each month, beginning with the Issue Date, provided that day of the month is a Valuation Date. If that day of the month does not fall on a Valuation Date, we use the preceding Valuation Date. Because portions of the many deductions (e.g., the cost of insurance) can vary from month to month, the aggregate monthly deductions also will vary.

The monthly deductions consist of:

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the cost of insurance charge;

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the monthly mortality and expense risk charge;

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the monthly administrative charge;

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the monthly issue expense charge; and

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any applicable charges for supplemental insurance benefits and riders available under the Contract.

Cost of Insurance Charge

We assess a monthly cost of insurance charge to compensate us for underwriting the Death Benefit. The charge depends on a number of variables (including Issue Age, sex unless the Contract is issued in a unisex class as indicated in your Contract, risk class, rating class, duration, and Specified Amount) that would cause it to vary from Contract to Contract.

The primary factors in the determination of the cost of insurance are the cost of insurance rate (or rates) and the net amount at risk. The cost of insurance charge for the initial Specified Amount equals: the cost of insurance rate for the Insured’s age shown in your Contract, multiplied by the net amount at risk for the initial Specified Amount of your Contract divided by 1,000. Factors that affect the amount at risk include investment performance, payment of premiums, charges, withdrawals and loans. We deduct the cost of insurance charge on each date we assess monthly deductions, starting with your Contract Issue Date.

Cost of Insurance Rates

Cost of insurance rates are determined for the initial Specified Amount and each increase in Specified Amount. Actual cost of insurance rates may change, and we will determine the actual monthly cost of insurance rates based on allowable factors.

Actual cost of insurance rates will never be greater than the guaranteed maximum cost of insurance rates set for in the Contract. These guaranteed rates are not greater than the 1980 Commissioners Standard Ordinary Mortality Table B. We currently use cost of insurance rates that are lower than the annual guaranteed cost of insurance rates, and we reserve the right to raise those current rates.

The cost of insurance rates generally increase as the Insured’s Attained Age increases. The risk class of an Insured also will affect the cost of insurance rate. Insureds in the standard underwriting class will have a lower cost of insurance rate than those in risk classes involving higher mortality risk. The standard risk class is divided into categories: smoker and non-smoker. Non-smoker Insureds will generally have a lower cost of insurance rate than similarly situated Insureds who smoke.

Mortality and Expense Risk Fees

We will assess a monthly mortality and expense risk charge guaranteed never to exceed 0.03333% percent (approximately 0.40% annually) of the total Subaccount cash value, after the 15th Contract Anniversary. The charge is applied to the total cash value in the Subaccounts on each Monthly Deduction Date. This charge had a maximum rate of 0.90% annually in the first 15 contract years.

The mortality risk assumed is that insureds, as a group, may live for a shorter period of time than we estimate and, therefore, the cost of insurance charges specified in the Contract would be insufficient to meet actual claims. The expense risk is that expenses incurred in issuing and administering the Contracts and operating the Variable Account may be greater than the charges we assess for such expenses. We may use any profit to pay distribution, sales and other expenses.

Notwithstanding this charge, contract owners may be asked to add money under the Maintenance of Solvency provision described in the Maintenance of Solvency section below.

Administrative Charge (Basic Monthly Charge)

We deduct a charge of $4 to cover administrative costs. This charge covers such expenses as premium billing and collection, Cash Value calculation, transaction confirmations and periodic reports.

Issue Expense Charge

We deduct a charge to cover costs of issuing a Contract. We deduct this charge for the first 36 months after the Issue Date and at the time of each Specified Amount increase. This charge varies by age, risk class, Specified Amount and, in most states, sex.

Rider or Additional Benefit Charge

If your Contract includes riders or additional benefits, we will deduct an additional benefit charge from the Cash Value for those benefits. Benefits include guaranteed purchase option, disability waiver, applicant waiver and accidental death.

Portfolio Charges

The value of the net assets of each Subaccount reflects the investment advisory fee and other expenses incurred by the underlying Portfolios in which the Subaccount invests. For more information on these fees and expenses, refer to the Fund’s summary prospectuses and Fee Tables above.

Variation or Reduction of Charges

We may vary the charges and other terms of the Contracts if special circumstances result in reduced sales expenses, administrative expenses, or various risks. These variations will not be unfairly discriminatory to the interests of other Contract Owners. Variations may occur in Contracts sold to members of a class of associated individuals, an employer or other entities representing an associated class.

Compensation Paid to Financial Advisors and Professionals

Compensation consists of commissions, bonuses and promotional incentives. Increases in coverage pay at a first-year commission rate of 0% to 92% of commissionable premiums paid into the Contract. Your financial advisor or professional also receives a premium based trail compensation ranging from 0% to 7.448% annually.

Your financial advisor or professional may receive asset-based compensation in the amount of 0% to 0.312% of the Cash Value, if eligible. If you elect a settlement option, we pay commissions to the financial advisor or professional ranging from 0% to 1.08% of the premium applied to the settlement option, if eligible.

See Distribution of the Contracts for more information.

Maintenance of Solvency

The Maintenance of Solvency provision is a legal requirement of a fraternal benefit society. The provision can come into play only when the reserves of a fraternal benefit society become impaired. That means there would be a serious concern with the financial position of the society. It is extremely unlikely that Thrivent would be in an impaired condition considering its financial position. In the extraordinary event that our reserves become impaired, you may be required to make an extra payment. This can happen only in the rare event that the insurance commissioner issued an order declaring us to be in a hazardous condition. If that happened, our Board of Directors would work with the commissioner to determine each member’s portion of the deficiency. You could submit additional funds, have the amount treated as a debt against the Contract, or take a reduction in benefits. Please be advised that a Maintenance of Solvency provision is applicable to all fraternal benefit societies, regardless of the financial position and ratings of the society. You may review our financial statements and reports from our independent public accounting firm in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) found online at dfinview.com/Thrivent/VariableLife97

General Description of the Contract

Adult and Juvenile Contracts

We issued adult Contracts to applicants who were age 16 or older. We issued juvenile Contracts when the proposed Insured was younger than age 16.

For the juvenile Contract, a juvenile is named as the Insured and Owner of the Contract. However, because of age, the juvenile cannot exercise the rights of ownership. Therefore, an adult must retain control over the Contract. The adult is referred to as applicant controller in the Contract. The applicant controller exercises certain rights of ownership on behalf of the juvenile Insured. These rights are described in the Contract. The applicant controller may transfer control to another eligible person but cannot transfer ownership of the Contract.

Transfer of control to the juvenile Insured will take place at the first Contract Anniversary date on or following the earliest of:

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the Insured’s 21st birthday;

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the Insured’s 16th birthday after the applicant controller transfers control to the Insured; or

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the death of the applicant controller on or after the Insured’s 16th birthday.

If the person who has control of the Contract dies before the Insured gains control, control will be vested in an eligible person according to our bylaws. If we determine that it is best for the Insured, we may transfer control of the Contract to some other eligible person according to our bylaws.

The juvenile Insured will become a benefit member of Thrivent on the first Contract Anniversary date on or following the juvenile’s 16th birthday.

Illustrations

Your financial advisor or professional will provide you an illustration for your Contract upon your request. Illustrations show how the Death Benefit and Cash Value for the Contract would vary based on hypothetical future investment results. The hypothetical future investment results you choose to review in your illustrations should be based upon realistic expectations given your own individual situation. Illustrations for variable life insurance policies do not project or predict investment results. The illustrated values assume that non-guaranteed elements such as dividends, Contract charges and level investment returns will not change. The illustrated values also assume that the investment results are never a negative amount (below zero percent) even though negative investment results are likely to happen. Given the volatility of the securities markets over time, the illustrated scenario is unlikely to occur and actual values, Death Benefits, and certain expenses (which may vary with the investment performance of the Portfolios) will be more or less than those illustrated. In

addition, the actual timing and amounts of payments, deductions, expenses and any values removed from the Contract will also impact product performance. Due to these variations, even a Portfolio that averaged the same return as illustrated will produce values which will be more or less than those which were originally illustrated.

Replacement of Existing Insurance

It may not be in your best interest to surrender, lapse, change or borrow from existing life insurance policies or annuity contracts to increase coverage under this Contract. You should compare your existing insurance and this Contract carefully. You should replace your existing insurance only when you determine additional coverage under this Contract is better for you. You may have to pay a surrender charge on your existing insurance, and this Contract imposes a new surrender Charge period on the amount of the increase in coverage. If you surrender your existing insurance policy for cash and then increase coverage under this Contract, you may have to pay a tax, including possibly a penalty tax, on the surrender. If the premium is coming from the issuer of your existing insurance policy, the increase of coverage under this Contract may be delayed.

Term Conversion

Contract Owners may be eligible for a contractual conversion incentive to convert their Thrivent term insurance contract(s) or rider(s) to permanent coverage.

If you are eligible for and exercise the conversion privilege found in eligible Thrivent term contracts and riders, Thrivent will give you a credit toward the first premium payable for the new coverage. The amount of the credit will not be less than $1.00 per $1,000 of term insurance that is converted.

Review this opportunity with your financial advisor or professional to determine whether it is available to you and right for you.

Addition, Deletion, Combination, or Substitution of Investments

Where permitted by applicable law and business need, we reserve the right to make certain changes to the structure and operation of the Variable Account, including, among others, the right to:

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Remove, combine, or add Subaccounts and make the new Subaccounts available to you at our discretion;

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Substitute shares of another Portfolio, which may have differences such as (among other things) different fees and expenses, objectives, and risks, for shares of an existing Portfolio in which your Subaccount invests at our discretion;

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Substitute or close Subaccounts to allocations of premiums or cash value, or both, and to existing investments or the investment of future premiums, or both, at any time in our discretion;

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Transfer assets supporting the Contract from one Subaccount to another or from the Variable Account to another Variable Account;

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Combine the Variable Account with other variable accounts, and/or create new variable accounts;

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Deregister the Variable Account under the 1940 Act, or operate the Variable Account as a management investment company under the 1940 Act, or as any other form permitted by law; and

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Modify the provisions of the Contract to reflect changes to the Subaccounts and the Variable Account and to comply with applicable law.

The Portfolios, which sell their shares to the Subaccounts, also may terminate these arrangements and discontinue offering their shares to the Subaccounts. We will not make any changes without receiving any necessary approval of the SEC and applicable state insurance departments. We will notify you of any changes.

Income, gains and losses, whether or not realized, from the assets in each Subaccount are credited to or charged against that Subaccount without regard to any of our other income, gains or losses. The value of the assets in the Variable Account is determined at the end of each Valuation Date.

If investment in the Fund or in any particular Portfolio is no longer possible, in our judgment it becomes inappropriate for the purposes of the Contract, or for any other reason in our sole discretion, we may close or combine any of the current Portfolios. We may close a Portfolio to new investment but continue to allow current investors to add additional premium payments, or we may combine the Portfolio with another Portfolio. The substituted investment option may have different fees and expenses. We will not make any substitutions without receiving any necessary approval of the SEC and state insurance departments, if applicable. You will be notified of any substitutions. This notification will include the name of the Portfolio being modified, the approximate date of the shareholder vote, the date any combination will be completed (if approved and if applicable), the date that the Portfolio will be closed to new investment selections, the date that funds can no longer be applied to the Portfolio and the description of where the current value will move to (if applicable) and where future premium payments (if any) will be applied. Subaccounts may be opened, closed or substituted with regard to any of the following as of any specified date: 1) existing cash value; 2) future payments; and 3) existing and/or future Contract owner. The Fund sells its shares to the Subaccounts pursuant to a participation agreement and may terminate the agreement and discontinue offering its shares to the Subaccounts.

In addition, we reserve the right to make other structural and operational changes affecting the Variable Account.

We do not guarantee any money you place in the Subaccounts. The value of each Subaccount will increase or decrease, depending on the investment performance of the corresponding Portfolio and fees and charges under the Contract. You could lose some or all of your money.

Misstatement of Age or Sex Provision

The values of this Contract are based on the Insured’s age and sex, except where otherwise required by law. If the date of birth or sex shown on the application is wrong, the proceeds payable will be adjusted to the amount that would be provided by the most recent cost of insurance charge at the correct attained age or sex.

Suicide Exclusion Provision

If the Insured dies by suicide within one year of the effective date of a Specified Amount increase, the only amount payable will be a refund of the monthly deductions for that increase.

Ownership Rights

While the Insured is living, the Owner may exercise all of the rights and options described in the Contract. The Insured is the Owner unless the application specifies another person as the Owner, or the Owner is changed thereafter. If the Owner is not the Insured and dies before the Insured, ownership of the Contract will pass to the Owner’s estate, unless a successor Owner has been designated.

You may transfer ownership of the Contract by giving Notice to the Service Center. The transfer or change must be approved by us before it is valid. If approved, it will be effective on the date Notice was signed or on the date it was received at the Service Center if Notice is not dated.

Thrivent does not allow assignment of variable life insurance contracts to life settlement or viatical companies.

To the extent permitted by law, Contract benefits are not subject to any legal process for the payment of any claim against the payee, and no right or benefit will be subject to claims of creditors (except as may be provided by assignment).

Transfers

While the Insured is alive and the Contract is in force, you may transfer the cash value among the Subaccounts and Fixed Account by submitting a proper Notice to our Service Center.

You may make twelve transfers per Contract Year from Subaccounts without charge. There will be a $25 charge for each transfer in excess of twelve.

Only one transfer may be made from the Fixed Account in each Contract Year. The transfer may not exceed the greater of $500 or 25% of the cash value in the Fixed Account at the time of transfer. This transfer is not subject to any charge.

Any transfer among the Subaccounts or to the Fixed Account will result in the crediting and cancellation of Accumulation Units based on the Accumulation Unit values. Calculations are made as of the end of the Valuation Period during which a proper transfer request is received. The transfer amount must be at least $500. If it is for the entire cash value from an account, the transfer amount may be less. Of the total transfer being made, the amount transferred to any Subaccount or to the Fixed Account must be at least $50.

Frequent Trading Among Subaccounts and Other Transactions

Frequent or unusual premium payments, withdrawals or transfers may dilute the value of the underlying fund shares if the trading takes advantage of any lag between a change in the value of an underlying fund’s portfolio securities and the reflection of that change in the underlying fund’s share price. In addition, frequent transactions may increase costs of the underlying fund, and may disrupt an underlying fund’s portfolio management strategy, requiring it to maintain a relatively higher cash position and possibly resulting in lost opportunity costs and forced liquidations of securities held by the fund. We have policies and procedures to discourage frequent transactions. We use reasonable efforts to apply the policies and procedures uniformly.

As described in the Charges - Transfer Charge section, we impose a fee if transfers made within a given time period exceed a maximum contractual number. If we determine that you are engaging in excessive trading activity, we will request that you cease such activity immediately. If we determine that you are continuing to engage in excessive trading, we will restrict your Contract so that you can make transfers on only one business day each calendar month and any such transfers must be separated by at least 20 calendar days.

We also use a combination of monitoring Contract Owner activity and further restricting certain Contract Owner activity based on a history of frequent transactions. When monitoring Contract Owner activity, we may consider several factors to evaluate transaction activity including, but not limited to, the amount and frequency of premiums and withdrawals, the amount of time between transfers and trading patterns. In making this evaluation, we may consider transactions in multiple Contracts under common ownership or control.

We may also, without prior notice, limit, modify, restrict, suspend, or eliminate your right to continue frequent transactions. We monitor for frequent activity based upon established parameters that are applied consistently to all Contract Owners. Such parameters may include, without limitation, the length of the holding period between premium payments and withdrawals, the length of the holding period between Subaccount transfers, the number of transfers in a specified period, the dollar amount of transfers, and/or any combination of the foregoing. Exceptions may apply to Dollar Cost Averaging, automatic investment plans, systematic withdrawal plans or non-abusive re-balancing. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to identify other trading practices as abusive.

Although we seek to deter and prevent frequent trading practices, there are no guarantees that all activity can be detected or prevented. Contract Owners engaging in such trading practices use an evolving variety of strategies to avoid detection and it may not be possible for operational and technological systems to reasonably identify all frequent trading activity. Contract Owners still may be subject to their harmful effects if Thrivent is unable to detect and deter abusive trading practices.

We may revise our policies and procedures in our sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice, as we deem necessary or appropriate to better detect and deter harmful trading activity, or to comply with state or federal regulatory requirements, or to impose additional or alternative restrictions on Contract Owners engaging in frequent transfers. In addition, our orders to purchase shares of the funds are generally subject to acceptance by the fund, and in some cases a fund may reject or reverse our purchase order. Therefore, we reserve the right to reject any Contract Owners’ transfer request if our order to purchase shares of the Fund is not accepted by, or is reversed by, an applicable fund.

General Account

The General Account consists of all assets owned by Thrivent other than those segregated in any Variable Account. Subject to applicable law, we have sole discretion over the investment of the General Account assets. You do not share directly in the investment returns of those assets. The Fixed Account is part of our General Account. We will declare effective quarterly guaranteed interest rates for the Fixed Account. We guarantee that the effective quarterly interest rate will never be less than 4.0%. At our discretion, we may credit interest at a rate in excess of this guarantee. The Fixed Account has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act), and the Fixed Account has not been registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act). Accordingly, neither the Fixed Account nor any interests therein are generally subject to the provisions of the 1933 or 1940 Acts. Disclosures regarding the Fixed Account, however, may be subject to certain generally applicable provisions of the federal securities laws relating to the accuracy and completeness of statements in prospectuses.

Modifying the Contract

No representative of Thrivent except the president or the secretary may change any provisions of the Contract.

Termination and Maturity

Your Contract will terminate if the Insured dies, if you surrender the Contract, if you exercise the right to full payout under the accelerated death benefit rider, if a premium required to keep the Contract in force has not been paid by the end of the grace period or due to excess loan. If the Contract is in effect at age 100, it will mature (end) and the Cash Value less any outstanding loan and loan interest will be paid to you.

State Variations

Any state variations in the Contract are covered in a special Contract form for use in that state and all material state variations are described in this prospectus. If you would like to review a specimen copy of the Contract and Additional Benefits, contact our Service Center.

Premiums

Flexible Premiums

This Contract is a flexible premium contract. Premiums may be paid at any time and in any amount, subject to some restrictions. All premium payments must be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank. Generally, we do not accept cash, starter checks (checks without pre-printed registration), traveler’s checks, credit card courtesy checks, most third-party checks or other types of payments defined as not acceptable in our standard procedures. There are no scheduled premium due dates. However, we have the ability to assist you by scheduling planned periodic premiums. Planned periodic premiums are premiums you elect to pay on a regular basis. We will send you billing statements for an amount you select. You may select quarterly, semi-annual or annual statements. You may also elect to make pre-authorized automatic premium payments using our electronic payment program. In most cases, you may make changes in frequency and payment amounts at any time with adequate notice.

You are responsible for monitoring and managing the amount of premiums you choose to pay and how those premiums are allocated to Subaccounts and the Fixed Account to help assure the Contract meets your needs. We recommend that you pay at least a Death Benefit Guarantee Premium to protect your Contract from lapsing. Paying this minimum premium amount ensures that your Contract will not lapse in the event the Surrender Value is not sufficient to pay the monthly deductions. See Death Benefit Guarantee. In certain circumstances, a premium payment may cause the Contract to be characterized as a MEC. See Taxes. You should discuss the amount, frequency and allocation of your premiums with your financial advisor or professional.

Premium in Default and Grace Period

Unless a Death Benefit Guarantee is in effect, a premium is in default on a Monthly Deduction Date if a monthly deduction to be made on that date would result in a Surrender Value less than zero. You will be given 61 days from the date notice is mailed to you (in most states) to pay the required premium in order to avoid lapse. In addition, whenever a Contract loan exceeds the Cash Value less any surrender charges, and the Death Benefit Guarantee is not in effect, the grace period provision will apply. We will notify you of the premium required to keep the Contract in force. The amount indicated in the notice will be based on the Valuation Date on which the notice is produced. The amount needed to prevent the Contract from lapsing may increase or decrease daily based on fluctuations in the Subaccounts you selected.

You should discuss the amount of premium to be paid with your financial advisor or professional. The Contract will continue in force through the grace period.

If the Insured dies during the grace period, the Death Benefit payable will be reduced by the amount of the monthly deductions due and unpaid, and the amount of any outstanding Contract Debt.

Net Premiums & Premium Allocation

We deduct from each premium a 3% premium expense charge for sales expenses. The remainder of the premium is the “Net Premium.” The premium expense charge may not be deducted in certain situations. Net Premiums are the amounts we direct to the various Subaccounts and/or Fixed Account according to your allocation instructions.

We will allocate your Net Premium according to the allocation instructions on your application or most recent allocation instructions on file. Your allocation must be in whole percentages and total 100%. If the allocation request is not completed, is not in whole percentages, or does not total 100%, then the request will be treated as not in Good Order. We will process the allocation request when it is in Good Order. You may change your allocation percentages for future payments at any time by giving us Notice.

If we receive your premium before the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the time we determine the value of the Accumulation Units) on a Valuation Date, allocation occurs at the end of the day in which we receive your payment. If we receive your premium on a non-Valuation Date or after the NYSE closes, the allocation occurs as of the end of the next Valuation Date.

Premium Billing

We will send premium billings based on the amount and interval of premium payments that you requested at the time of Application. Upon our approval, the Contract Owner may change the amount, the interval or the method of billing. You should discuss the amount of premium to be billed with your financial advisor or professional. The amount of premium billed may not be enough to keep the contract in force.

Electronic Payment Program

Our electronic payment program allows you to make premium payments (or loan repayments) to your Contract on a regularly scheduled basis by having money automatically withdrawn from your checking or savings account, or other applicable payment source, rather than being billed. Under this plan, we draw from your account on the date you select and we will allocate premiums to the Subaccount(s) or Fixed Account according to your instructions. However, if the purchase date you have chosen falls on a weekend (or holiday) in any given month, we will treat your order as being received by us on the next Valuation Date. You may set up the electronic payment program after the time of Application, by giving us Notice. You should discuss the amount of premium to be withdrawn with your financial advisor or professional. The amount of premium withdrawn may not be enough to keep the contract in force.

Premium Limits

IRS rules govern the tax treatment of life insurance contracts. We have the right to limit or refund a premium payment or make distributions from the Contract as necessary to continue to qualify the Contract as life insurance under federal tax law or to avoid the classification of your Contract as a MEC. If mandated under applicable law, we may be required to reject a premium payment.

In addition to excluding life insurance Death Benefits from the Beneficiary’s gross income, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) also defers taxation on the income portion of the Cash Value, prior to receipt by the Contract Owner. To qualify for this treatment, federal tax law may limit the premiums you may pay and requires that the Cash Value be limited to a certain percentage of the Death Benefit. We will return the portion of any premium payment that causes the limit on premiums to be exceeded, unless the premium is required to keep the Contract in force.

Additional premium limits will apply for contracts subject to the guideline premium test. In the event of a reduction in the Face Amount, or other changes to the Contract which cause the premiums paid or the Cash Value to exceed the applicable limit described in the Code regarding the definition of life insurance, we will refund any excess premiums and earnings thereon (and other Cash Value) as necessary to comply with the limit described in the Code, and in limited circumstances we may increase the Death Benefit.

Your Contract could be classified as a MEC if premiums paid exceed certain dollar thresholds or if certain transactions are processed. Except as described below, we will apply only the portion of the premium payment(s) (including electronic payments) that will not cause the Contract to become a MEC and will return the balance to the premium payer without applying it to the Contract. The portion of the payment that is applied to the Contract will be credited as of the Valuation Date the payment was determined to be in Good Order. The premium refund to prevent MEC status may, in some situations, result in loss of the Death Benefit Guarantee (if applicable) on the Contract. Additionally, except as described below, a request for any transaction (such as a reduction in Face Amount) that would immediately cause the Contract to become a MEC will be deemed not in Good Order. We will notify you if a requested transaction would immediately cause your Contract to become a MEC and will not process that transaction unless and until we have received your instruction to proceed and allow MEC status.

The following exceptions apply to this MEC process:

1. If the start of the next MEC Contract Year is within 30 calendar days of the date the premium is received, and allocating all or a portion of the payment on the first day of the next MEC Contract Year will not cause the Contract to become a MEC, then:

a. upon receipt we will allocate, as described above, only the portion of the premium payment that will not cause the Contract to become a MEC; and

b. we will wait to allocate the balance of the payment that can be applied without causing your Contract to become a MEC on the first day of the next MEC Contract Year or if the first day of the next MEC Contract Year is not a Valuation Date, then the payment will be allocated as of the next following Valuation Date; and

c. we will return to the premium payer, without allocating it to the Contract, any remaining balance that, as of the first day of the next MEC Contract Year, still would have caused the Contract to become a MEC; and

d. no interest will be paid to you or the premium payer from the date of receipt of the premium payment to the date it is either allocated to your Contract or returned to you.

2. If the amount of the premium payment that can be applied to your Contract is less than $1.00, then the payment will be refunded or held according to these processes. A payment in an amount less than $1.00 will not be applied to your Contract.

3. You may also provide instructions directing us to allocate any specific premium payment and/or process any specific transaction even if MEC status will result. Those instructions must indicate that you consent to your Contract being treated as a MEC. You should consult with your tax advisor before doing so. Those instructions must be received with the applicable premium payment or transaction request that will result in MEC status. We do not allow advance elections for future premium payments or future transactions that may result in MEC status on your Contract.

For more information on MECs, see Taxes.

Death Benefit Guarantee

The Death Benefit Guarantee ensures that your coverage will continue even if the Cash Value is insufficient to pay the current monthly deductions. However, the guarantee is contingent upon timely payment of a minimum premium amount known as the Death Benefit Guarantee Premium.

The Death Benefit Guarantee Premium is the minimum monthly premium required to keep your Death Benefit Guarantee in effect. We show your particular Death Benefit Guarantee Premium in your Contract. Your Death Benefit Guarantee Premium is equal to:

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a factor based on age, sex, and risk class, multiplied by your Specified Amount, then the resulting amount is divided by 1,000;

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plus the monthly administrative charge of $4;

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plus the required premiums for each additional benefit you choose.

Each month, we will determine if your Death Benefit Guarantee remains in effect. The Death Benefit Guarantee will remain in effect if:

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the sum of all premiums paid (less any partial withdrawals) is greater than or equal to the Death Benefit Guarantee Premium multiplied by the number of months since the Contract Issue Date, plus any outstanding loan balance; and

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the Insured’s age is less than 65 or the Contract has been in effect no more than 10 years.

If the first part of the test is not met, we will notify you within 30 days after the day which it has been determined that an insufficiency has occurred. We will generally allow you two months to pay sufficient premiums or loan repayments to satisfy the Death Benefit Guarantee Premium. If you do not pay the required premium, the Death Benefit Guarantee will expire and we cannot reinstate it. However, this does not necessarily terminate your Contract. See Contract Lapse and Reinstatement.

If you change your Specified Amount or riders, we will correspondingly change the Death Benefit Guarantee Premium. Any new Death Benefit Guarantee Premium is required from the first Monthly Deduction Date following the change.

Please note that the Death Benefit Guarantee will terminate automatically at age 65 or 10 years after the Issue Date, whichever is later. After automatic termination, the insurance coverage provided by the Contract will be funded by your Cash Value. The Contract will remain in force until your Cash Value is not large enough to pay monthly deductions or your Contract reaches its maturity date. See Contract Lapse and Reinstatement.

In some states, the Death Benefit Guarantee is not available for certain risk classes.

Cash Value

The Cash Value of your Contract is equal to the sum of the values in the Contract’s Subaccount(s) and Fixed Account. The Cash Value of your Contract, at any one time, is determined by: multiplying the total number of Accumulation Units for each Subaccount by its appropriate current Accumulation Unit value; adding together the resulting values of each Subaccount; and adding any value in the Fixed Account.

While loans are not deducted from Cash Value, loans do reduce the amount you would receive upon surrender of your Contract, upon the death of the Insured and the amount available to pay charges. Loans do not share in the investment performance of the Subaccounts and accrue interest charges which may result in less interest credited to your Contract than if the amounts were allocated to the Fixed Account.

Over the life of your Contract, many factors determine its Cash Value. They include:

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premiums paid;

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the investment experience of the Subaccounts;

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interest credited to the Fixed Account;

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loans taken and loan repayments;

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partial withdrawals taken; and

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charges and deductions taken.

Because a Contract’s Cash Value is based on the variables listed above, it cannot be predetermined. The value in the Subaccounts will largely be determined by market conditions and investment experience of the underlying Portfolios. The Owner will bear all such risk.

The Cash Value of the Contract changes daily. The value of the Fixed Account is guaranteed as to principal and interest at 4% subject to the Contract charges and deductions. There is no guaranteed minimum cash value for any Subaccount.

Variable Account Cash Value

Number of Accumulation Units

The number of Accumulation Units in any Subaccount may increase or decrease at the end of each Valuation Period. This fluctuation depends on the transactions that occur in the Subaccount during the Valuation Period. When transactions occur, the actual dollar amounts of the transactions are converted to Accumulation Units. The number of Accumulation Units is determined by dividing the dollar amount of the transaction by the Accumulation Unit Value of the Subaccount at the end of the Valuation Period during which the transaction occurs.

The number of Accumulation Units in a Subaccount increases when the following transactions occur during the Valuation Period:

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Net Premiums are allocated to the Subaccount; or

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cash value is transferred to the Subaccount from another subaccount or from the Fixed Account.

The number of Accumulation Units in a Subaccount decreases when the following transactions occur during the Valuation Period:

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cash value is transferred from the Subaccount to another Subaccount or to the Fixed Account, including loan transfers;

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partial withdrawals and partial withdrawal charges are taken from the Subaccount;

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monthly deductions or transfer charges are taken from the Subaccount;

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any charge for a Death Benefit Option change is allocated to the Subaccount;

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any charge for a Contract change is allocated to the Subaccount; or

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surrender charges are allocated to the Subaccount.

Accumulation Unit Value

For each Subaccount, the initial Accumulation Unit Value was set when the Subaccount was established. The Accumulation Unit Value may increase or decrease from one Valuation Period to the next. At the end of each Valuation Period, the Accumulation Unit Value for a Subaccount is equal to (a) multiplied by (b) where:

(a)Is the Accumulation Unit Value for that Subaccount at the end of the prior Valuation Period.

(b)Is the net investment factor for that Subaccount for that period.

Fixed Account Cash Value

The Fixed Account cash value reflects Net Premiums allocated to the Fixed Account, transfers of cash value to or from the Subaccounts and/or Loan Account, interest credited, partial surrenders and any deductions. Each day the cash value in the Fixed Account will change based upon these factors. For the current interest rate, please call our Service Center at 1-800-847-4836. Review your Contract for further detail.

Surrender Value

The Surrender Value is the total amount you may withdraw from the Contract. It is equal to the Cash Value less any surrender charges and any outstanding loan principal and accrued interest. The Surrender Value changes daily, reflecting increases and decreases in the value of the Portfolios in which the assets of the Subaccounts are invested. It is possible for the Surrender Value of your Contract to decline to zero because of unfavorable investment performance or outstanding loans.

You will be advised as to the number of Accumulation Units which are credited to the Contract, the current Accumulation Unit Values, Subaccount cash value, Fixed Account cash value, the total Cash Value and the Surrender Value at least annually.

Net Investment Factor

The net investment factor for a Subaccount measures investment performance of that Subaccount. The net investment factor for a Subaccount for a Valuation Period is determined by dividing (a) by (b) where:

(a)Is the sum of

(i)The net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio of the Subaccount at the end of the Valuation Period; plus

(ii)The per share amount of any dividend or capital gain distribution made by the Portfolio if the “ex-dividend” date occurs during the Valuation Period; plus or minus

(iii)A per share charge or credit for any taxes reserved for that we determine to be a result of the investment operation of the Portfolio.

(b)Is the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio of the Subaccount at the end of the prior Valuation Period.

Timely Processing

We will process all requests in a timely fashion. Requests received in Good Order by us or our authorized designee prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (or sooner if the NYSE closes prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on a Valuation Date will use the Accumulation Unit Value as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on that Valuation Date. We will process requests received after that time using the Accumulation Unit Value as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE of the following Valuation Date. An online transaction payment will be applied on the effective date you select. This date can be the same day you perform the transaction as long as the request is received prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The effective date cannot be a date prior to the date of the online transaction.

Once we issue your Contract, we will process payment of any amount due from any Subaccount within seven calendar days after we receive Notice. Payment may be postponed if the NYSE is closed. Postponement may also result for such other periods as the SEC may permit. Payment from the Fixed Accounts may be deferred up to six months.

Standard Death Benefits

The primary reason to buy a life insurance Contract is for the Death Benefit it provides in the event of the Insured’s death. The Death Benefit is the amount payable upon the death of the Insured. At the time of purchase, you chose between two Death Benefit Options: the Level Death Benefit Option or the Variable Death Benefit Option. We determine the amount payable as of the date of the Insured’s death depending on the Death Benefit Option chosen. Any loans, unpaid loan interest and partial withdrawals will reduce the amount of the Death Benefit.

Level Death Benefit Option

As the name suggests, the Death Benefit for this option remains level, but in limited situations will vary. Under this option, the Death Benefit is the greater of the Specified Amount, or the death benefit factor multiplied by Cash Value. If you keep your Contract in force for several years and your Cash Value continues to increase, your Death Benefit may be increased by a death benefit factor. This factor helps to ensure that your Death Benefit is large enough to qualify as life insurance under federal tax law. The death benefit factor depends upon your age at your date of death. For ages 0 through 40, the factor is 2.5 and afterwards the factor will decrease until reaching 1 at age 95. Your Contract includes a table of the death benefit factors.

If the Insured dies on a Valuation Date, the Subaccount cash value portion of the calculation will be determined as of the date of death. If the Insured dies on a non-Valuation Date, the Subaccount cash value portion of the calculation will be determined as of the next Valuation Date.

You should consider the Level Death Benefit Option if:

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you do not expect your insurance needs to generally increase; or

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you would like to minimize your insurance costs.

In general, the Level Death Benefit Option provides greater potential for growth in Cash Value than the Variable Death Benefit Option. By choosing the Level Death Benefit Option, any increases in Cash Value reduce the actual amount of insurance at risk and lower your cost of insurance.

Variable Death Benefit Option

The Variable Death Benefit Option provides a Death Benefit that varies over time. Under this option, the Death Benefit will be the greater of the Specified Amount plus Cash Value, or the death benefit factor (described above) multiplied by Cash Value. The Death Benefit fluctuates correspondingly with your Cash Value.

You should consider the Variable Death Benefit Option if:

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you expect your insurance needs to increase, or

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you want to have the potential for an increasing Death Benefit.

In general, the variable option provides the potential for a greater Death Benefit than the level option.

Changing Your Death Benefit Option

You may request to change your Death Benefit Option at any time. If we approve the change: (i), we will increase or decrease the Specified Amount so your Death Benefit immediately after the change will be the same as immediately before the change, and (ii) we will compute the Contract charges and make the appropriate changes.

If you change from the Level Death Benefit Option to the Variable Death Benefit Option, we will reduce your Specified Amount by the amount of Cash Value you have accumulated on the date the change takes place. We will not allow the change if it reduces your Specified Amount below $10,000. If you change from the Variable Death Benefit Option to the Level Death Benefit Option, your Specified Amount increases. The increase is determined so your Death Benefit immediately after the change will be the same as immediately before the change. We may require proof of insurability for an increase in your Specified Amount.

Changing your Contract from a Level Death Benefit Option to a Variable Death Benefit Option may result in the assessment of a surrender charge. The decrease in Specified Amount and any surrender charge will be subtracted from previous increases in the Specified Amount, starting with the most recent, then from the original Specified Amount. The Specified Amount decreases so your Death Benefit immediately after the change will be the same as immediately before the change. Additionally, we reserve the right to charge a $25 change fee against your Cash Value for each Death Benefit Option change.

There may be tax consequences when you change your Death Benefit Option. Please consult your tax advisor before making any such change.

If a change in your Death Benefit Option would result in your cumulative premiums exceeding the maximum premium limitations for life insurance under the Code, we will process a partial withdrawal to force out any excess premiums which exceed the maximum premium limitations and that money will be refunded to you.

A change in Death Benefit Option may affect the monthly cost of insurance charge because this charge varies with the net amount at risk (in general, the Death Benefit less the Cash Value). Changing from the Level Death Benefit Option to the Variable Death Benefit Option will generally decrease the net amount at risk, thereby reducing the cost of insurance charges. Changing from the Variable Death Benefit Option to the Level Death Benefit Option will generally result in a net amount at risk that remains level. Such a change from the Variable Death Benefit Option to the Level Death Benefit Option, however, will result in an increase in the cost of insurance charges over time because the net amount at risk will (unless the Death Benefit is based on the applicable percentage of Cash Value) remain level rather than decreasing as the Cash Value increases.

Changing Your Specified Amount

You chose the Specified Amount when you applied for the Contract. You may change the Specified Amount by giving us Notice. We will not permit any change that would result in your Contract being disqualified as a life insurance contract under Section 7702 of the Code and we will process a partial withdrawal to force out any premiums which exceed the maximum premium limitations after the change and that money will be refunded to you. Changing the Specified Amount may have tax consequences and you should consult a tax advisor before doing so.

Increasing Your Specified Amount

Subject to our underwriting guidelines and policies, you have the right to increase the Specified Amount at any time on or before the Contract Anniversary following the Insured’s 80th birthday.

Requirements for increasing your Specified Amount are:

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Increases must be at least $10,000; and

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you must provide proof of insurability for the increase interest, if and as required by our standards;

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you must provide proof of insurable interest, if you are not the Insured, if and as required by our standards.

When we approve an increase in your Specified Amount, it is effective as of the date shown on your Contract amendment.

Increases in your Specified Amount will result in additional charges to cover the increased amount at risk. We compute charges at the existing rates at the time of increase. Each increase will be subject to our issue expense charge. We base the issue expense charge on the Insured’s sex and age as of the last Contract Anniversary. This charge will apply for the number of months shown on your amended Contract specification page. The cost of insurance rates for each increase will vary based on factors such as sex (in most states), risk class, age and the time elapsed since issue.

A new set of surrender charges will also apply to each increase in the Specified Amount. We show these new charges on the amended Contract specification page of your Contract. However, the surrender charges will only be assessed if your Specified Amount is later decreased and the surrender charge is still in effect for that part of the Specified Amount the was decreased. See Charges for additional information regarding this charge.

Sometimes an increase in the Specified Amount, along with other factors, may cause a Contract to be classified as a MEC and could have potentially negative tax consequences. See Taxes. Please consult your tax advisor before making any such increases.

We will not contest the validity of the increase after it has been in effect during the lifetime of the Insured for two years from the date of increase. Any contest of the validity of the increase will be limited to statements made in the application for the increase.

Decreasing Your Specified Amount

On or after your first Contract Anniversary, you have the right to decrease your Specified Amount. Requirements for decreasing your Specified Amount are:

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the Specified Amount remaining in effect cannot be less than $10,000; and

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premiums or Cash Value must be in compliance with the Code’s limits.

The decrease will become effective as of the date we receive the request at the Service Center. We will subtract the decrease first from any previous increases in the Specified Amount, starting with the most recent, then from the original Specified Amount.

We subtract a surrender charge from the Cash Value if a surrender charge is in effect for that part of the Specified Amount decreased. We show you the surrender charges applicable to you on the Table of Surrender Charges in your Contract.

A decrease in your Specified Amount may cause your Contract to be classified as a MEC and could have other tax consequences. Please consult your tax advisor before decreasing your Specified Amount. See Taxes.

Death Claims

In the event of the death of the Insured, we must receive Notice of death at our Service Center. We will provide a claim form upon receiving the Notice. A financial advisor or professional may assist in making such a claim.

Payment of Benefits

In addition to traditional lump sum payments, other payment options are available. All or part of the life insurance proceeds from death, maturity or surrender may be placed in one of several settlement options. Proceeds distributed according to a settlement option do not vary with the investment performance of the Variable Account. Contract Owners may select or change a settlement option prior to, or after, the Insured’s death. If you are the Contract Owner and the Insured, your Beneficiary may choose a settlement option at the time of making a claim for Death Benefits. The minimum amount that we will apply to a settlement option is $1,000. Once the Beneficiary chooses a settlement option, we will issue an agreement for that settlement option. In the settlement option agreement, we will reflect guaranteed payments, if any.

Settlement Options

Option 1: Interest

Under this settlement option, the proceeds are left with Thrivent to accumulate interest. We will pay a rate of interest of at least 3% annually on the proceeds that remain with us. The payee may withdraw all or part of the proceeds at any time.

Option 2: A Selected Amount of Income

With this settlement option the payee elects to receive a fixed amount at regular intervals until the proceeds with interest have all been paid. The payment period may not exceed 30 years. Interest accumulates on the amount that remains with us until the proceeds are all paid out. For example, if your Beneficiary elected to receive $10,000, paid annually, we would pay $10,000 annually until we pay out all of the remaining proceeds. The final payment may be smaller than prior payments.

We will pay a rate of interest of at least 3% annually. The amount of interest may be greater than the guaranteed amount. Unless the income election was irrevocable, the payee may withdraw the Commuted Value of all remaining payments at any time. If the Commuted Value is withdrawn, we will make no further payments.

Option 3: A Specified Period

This option provides payments at regular intervals. The payee may elect a specified number of months or years but may not select a period exceeding the greater of 30 years.

We will pay a rate of interest of at least 3% annually on the proceeds that remain with us. The amount of interest we pay may be greater than the guaranteed amount. Unless the income election was irrevocable, the payee may withdraw the Commuted Value of any remaining payments at any time. If the Commuted Value is withdrawn, we will make no further payments.

Option 4: Life Payment

This settlement option is a form of annuity payment that continues until the annuitant’s death. The payee is the person receiving the income. We make payments to the payee at regular intervals during the annuitant’s life. Upon electing this option, the payee also selects a guaranteed period of not more than 360 months or selects no guaranteed period at all. If the annuitant dies during the guaranteed payment period, payments will continue to a Beneficiary named for the settlement option until the guaranteed payment period expires. The longer the guaranteed payment period, the lower the amount of regular payment. In other words, the payment amount the payee receives would be higher if the payee chose no guaranteed payment period. However, the risk the payee takes is that he or she may die shortly after we issue the settlement agreement. The agreement would then terminate and all payments would cease.

The amount of the payments depends on the age and, where permitted, sex of the annuitant at the time the settlement agreement is established. We show representative guaranteed payments in the settlement option section of the Contract. These rates are based on a guaranteed effective annual interest rate of 3.5% using the “1983 Table a” annuitant mortality table.

Option 5: Joint & Survivor

This settlement option is another form of annuity payment or life income available when both annuitants are alive when the settlement option is chosen. We will pay an income as long as at least one of the two annuitants is alive. The amount of payments is determined based on the lives of both of the annuitants. A guaranteed payment period of 10 or 20 years may be selected or no guaranteed payment period at all may be selected. Under certain circumstances, the guaranteed period may be extended. However, the period cannot exceed 30 years from the time this option is selected.

Upon the death of one of the persons named to receive payments, we will continue to make payments of the same amount to the survivor for the remainder of the guaranteed payment period. At the end of this period, if the survivor is still living, the payments may be reduced if a reduction factor was chosen at issue. We pay the reduced amount until the

survivor annuitant’s death. If the survivor also dies during the guaranteed payment period, the remaining guaranteed payments continue to a designated Beneficiary. The Beneficiary has an option to take a lump sum payment. If no guaranteed payment period was selected, all payments will cease and the agreement terminates.

The amount of the payments depends on the age and, where permitted, sex of the annuitants at the time we issue the settlement agreement. In addition, any selection of a guaranteed payment period or any reduction factor will influence the payments. We show representative guaranteed payments in the settlement option section of the Contract. These rates are based on a guaranteed effective annual interest rate of 3.5% using the “1983 Table a” annuitant mortality table.

We may also offer other settlement options at our discretion.

Abandoned Property Requirements

Every state has unclaimed property laws which generally declare insurance contracts to be abandoned after a period of inactivity. This period of inactivity is generally defined by states as three to five years from the Contract’s maturity date, the date the Death Benefit is due and payable, or in some states, the date the insurer learns of the death of the Insured. For example, if the payment of the Death Benefit has been triggered, but, if after a thorough search and the passing of the state defined period of inactivity, we are still unable to locate the Beneficiary, or if the Beneficiary does not come forward to claim the Death Benefit proceeds, the Death Benefit proceeds will be paid to the abandoned property division or unclaimed property office of the state in which the Beneficiary or you last resided, as shown on our books and records, or to our state of domicile. This “escheatment” is revocable, however, and the state is obligated to pay the Death Benefit proceeds if your Beneficiary steps forward to claim them with the proper documentation. To prevent such escheatment, it is important that you update your Beneficiary designations, including addresses, if and as they change. Please contact your financial advisor or professional or call (800) 847-4836 for assistance in making such changes.

Other Benefits Available Under the Contract

In addition to the standard death benefits associated with your Contract, other standard and/or optional benefits may also be available to you. The following table summarizes information about those benefits. Information about the fees associated with each benefit included in the table may be found in the Fee Table.

Name of Benefit	Purpose	Is Benefit Standard or Optional	Brief Description of Restrictions/Limitations
Accidental Death Rider	Provides an additional Death Benefit when the Insured dies from accidental bodily injury.	Optional	♦ Amount of coverage is subject to limits. ♦ Terminates at age 70.
Guaranteed Purchase Option Rider	Purchasing this option allows you to increase the amount of coverage without having to show evidence of insurability.	Optional	♦ Only available at issue for ages 0-36. ♦ Terminates at age 40.
Disability Waiver Rider	In the event of your disability, we will pay your cost of insurance and expense deductions until the earlier of your age 100 or your recovery from disability.	Optional	♦ Can be issued at ages 0-59. ♦ Terminates at age 65 or the end of a benefit period, if later.
Applicant Waiver	Enabled the applicant on a juvenile Contract to have deductions waived if the applicant became disabled.	Optional	♦ Terminated at Insured’s age 21. ♦ No longer active or available on this Contract.
Accelerated Death Benefit for Terminal Illness Rider	You may add this rider at any time without cost. The rider allows you to receive the present value of the death benefit tax free if eligibility requirements are met. Eligibility requirements include doctor certification that the Insured is terminally ill. State variations apply.	Standard	♦ Any assignee, irrevocable beneficiary or other party with ownership rights must consent to payment of the Accelerated Benefit.

Examples

Accidental Death Benefit Rider (Optional)

A Contract is issued to an Insured at age 45, with a Specified Amount of $250,000 and the Accidental Death Benefit rider is elected for $100,000. The Insured is underwritten and given Standard Nonsmoker risk class on the base coverage and standard rating on the rider. The charges for the rider are included in the monthly deductions collected for the next several years. At the Insured’s age 57, he is killed in a vehicle collision. The cause of death is ruled accidental. His Beneficiaries received the death proceeds of $250,000 base coverage and $100,000 Accidental Death Benefit coverage, for a total of $350,000.

Guaranteed Purchase Option Rider (Optional)

A Contract is issued to an Insured at age 12, with an initial Specified Amount of $25,000 and a GPO rider of $25,000. The Insured’s risk class at issue is Standard Nonsmoker, so all GPO increases will be at this risk class, with no additional underwriting. In this example, the Owner accepts the GPO at the Option Dates at the times that the Insured is ages 18, 22, and 25. The Specified Amount in total is then $100,000 after these increases (initial $25,000 + 3 increases of $25,000 each). At age 27, the Owner uses a Special Option at the time of marriage, bringing the total Specified Amount to $125,000. The next Option at age 28 is skipped, and the Owner declines the Option at ages 31, 34 and 37. The Option is accepted at ages 40. With this increase of $25,000, the total Specified Amount is $150,000 after the last increase, and the GPO expires.

Disability Waiver Rider (Optional)

A Contract is issued to an Insured at age 45, with a Specified Amount of $250,000 and the Disability Waiver of Monthly Deduction rider is elected. The Insured is underwritten and given Standard Nonsmoker risk class on the base coverage and standard rating on the waiver. The charges for the waiver benefit are included in the monthly deductions collected for the next several years. At the Insured’s age 52, he is injured in an accident on April 1st and is unable to work. The Insured submits a waiver claim, which is reviewed and approved, effective October 1st (6 months after disability). The Cash Value of the Contract is incremented by the amount of the monthly deductions for those 6 months, and monthly deductions are waived from that date forward. The Insured submits regular proof of his disability. After 15 months of waived deductions, the Insured recovers sufficiently to begin a new occupation. The monthly deductions begin again after his recovery. The waiver rider expires when the Insured reaches age 65.

Applicant Waiver Rider (Optional)

A Contract was Issued to an Insured at age 5, with a Specified Amount of $50,000 and the Applicant Waiver of Monthly Deductions rider was elected. The Insured’s father was the applicant controller and was age 35. The Insured and controller were underwritten, and a standard rating was given on the waiver. The charges for the waiver benefit were included in the monthly deductions collected for the next several years. When the father was age 42, he was injured in an accident on April 1st and is unable to work. A waiver claim was submitted, which was reviewed and approved, effective October 1st (6 months after disability). The Cash Value of the Contract was incremented by the amount of the monthly deductions for those 6 months, and monthly deductions were waived. Regular proof of his disability was submitted. After 15 months of waiver claim, the father recovered sufficiently to begin a new occupation. The crediting of the monthly deductions stopped at the time of his recovery. The waiver rider expired when the Insured reached age 21.

Accelerated Death Benefits for Terminal Illness Rider (Standard)

A Contract is issued to an Insured at age 45, with a Specified Amount of $250,000 and the Accelerated Death Benefit rider is automatically included. There is no charge for including this rider. The Contract continues for several years, with regular scheduled payments made and monthly deductions collected. When the Insured is age 68, he is diagnosed with a terminal illness. A claim is submitted to accelerate the entire death benefit, to pay for his medical care. The claim processing includes obtaining a certification from a qualified physician, which indicates that the insured’s diagnosis is terminal and his life expectancy is 24 months or less. A calculation is made to determine the present value of the death benefit, less a $150 processing fee. The Contract is terminated when that accelerated payment is made.

Surrenders and Withdrawals

You may surrender your Contract and receive your Surrender Value or make a partial withdrawal by giving us Notice at our Service Center. The surrender or partial withdrawal will not be processed until we receive your request in Good Order. You may obtain information as to a surrender or partial withdrawal by contacting your financial advisor or professional or calling our Service Center at (800) 847-4836. We do not accept telephone requests for surrenders.

Partial Withdrawals

Partial withdrawals offer you a way to access your Cash Value. You may withdraw part of your Surrender Value by giving us Notice. The amount of a partial withdrawal may not exceed the Surrender Value on the date of the request. We do not require a minimum amount to be withdrawn. Withdrawals are implemented by either the redemption of Accumulation Units and/or reduction in the Fixed Account balance. The partial withdrawal will be taken from the Subaccounts and Fixed Account according to: the ratio that the Contract’s cash value in the Subaccount or Fixed Account bears to the total Cash Value of the Contract at the time of the partial withdrawal; or any other administrative option you choose that is available at the time of the partial withdrawal. A $25 charge will be deducted from the Cash Value for each partial withdrawal after the first one in any Contract Year. An amount withdrawn may not be repaid.

A partial withdrawal may have tax consequences. It is important to note that if the Specified Amount is decreased (including as a result of partial surrender), there is a possibility that the Contract might be classified as a MEC. See Taxes.

For a Contract with Option 1 (Level Death Benefit Option):

A partial withdrawal will reduce your Cash Value, Specified Amount, Death Benefit and the amount of premiums considered paid to meet the Death Benefit Guarantee Premium requirement. If the Death Benefit is equal to the Specified Amount at the time of the partial withdrawal, the amount of the reduction in the Death Benefit will be equal to the amount of the partial withdrawal. If the Death Benefit is greater than the Specified Amount, (a) the Specified Amount will be reduced by the amount (if any) by which the partial withdrawal amount exceeds the difference between the Death Benefit and the Specified Amount, and (b) the new Death Benefit will be based on the Death Benefit factor, Cash Value, and Specified Amount after the reduction.

The Specified Amount remaining in effect after a partial withdrawal may not be less than $10,000. We will not grant any request for a partial withdrawal that would reduce the Specified Amount below this amount.

For a Contract with Option 2 (Variable Death Benefit Option):

A partial withdrawal will reduce the Cash Value, Death Benefit and the amount of premiums paid. Since the premiums paid are reduced, partial withdrawals also affect the amount of premiums considered paid to meet the Death Benefit Guarantee Premium requirement. A partial withdrawal will not reduce the Specified Amount. A partial withdrawal may have tax consequences. See Taxes.

Surrender

At any time while the Contract is in force and the Insured is living, you may surrender this Contract by sending Notice to our Service Center while the Insured is living. If you surrender your Contract, the surrender will be effective on the day we receive Notice.

Following a surrender, you will receive the Surrender Value from the Contract. As an alternative to receiving the Surrender Value, at any time while the Insured is living (and before Attained Age 100) you may surrender this Contract and elect to apply the Surrender Value as a single premium to purchase Paid-Up Life Insurance on the Insured.

A full surrender may result in a surrender charge depending how long it has been since you last increased the Specified Amount.

A full surrender will result in a Surrender Value of $0, a Specified Amount of $0 and a Death Benefit of $0. Insurance coverage ceases on the effective date of the surrender and the coverage cannot be reinstated.

If your Contract is issued in New York, you may exchange this Contract for any fixed benefit permanent life insurance on the life of the Insured that we offer at the time of exchange and no evidence of insurability will be required. This exchange right is subject to all the conditions specified in your New York Contract form and this Contract must be exchanged: 1. Within 18 months after the Issue Date; or 2. Within 60 days after the later of the effective date of a material change of investment policy of the Variable Account and the date you receive notification of such change.

A full surrender of your Contract may have tax consequences.

Postponement of Payments

We typically process any surrender, partial withdrawal, Death Benefit, loan, transfer or settlement option within 7 days after receipt of all applicable written and telephone requests and/or proof of death of the Insured. We may postpone payment of any amount due from the Variable Account for a surrender, partial withdrawal, transfer, loan or on the death of the Insured whenever:

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the New York Stock Exchange is closed or trading is otherwise restricted;

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the SEC has determined that an emergency exists;

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the SEC requires that trading be restricted; or

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the SEC, by order, permits such postponement for the protection of Contract Owners.

We may also place a temporary hold on the disbursement of redemption proceeds, in accordance with the terms and conditions of SEC No-Action Relief under the Redemption Requirements of Section 22(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Except when used to pay premiums due on contracts with us, we also may postpone any transfer from the Fixed Accounts or payment of any portion of the amount payable upon surrender, partial surrender or loan from the Fixed Accounts for not more than six months from the day we receive Notice and, if required, your Contract.

Under applicable anti-money laundering rules and other regulations, certain transactions may be suspended, restricted or cancelled and any proceeds may be withheld.

If mandated under applicable law, we may be required to reject a premium payment and/or otherwise block access to a Contract Owner’s account, and thereby refuse to pay any request for transfers, partial withdrawals, surrenders or death benefits. Once restricted, money is held in that account until instructions are received from the appropriate authority.

Loans

While the Insured is living, you may, by giving Notice, obtain a loan from us using your Contract as security for the loan to borrow up to 92% (in most states) of your Surrender Value. Interest will accrue on a daily basis at a maximum annual rate of 7.25% on the loan balance (this rate was 8% in the first 15 contract years). When a loan is made, cash value in the Fixed Account will be used as security for the loan. To ensure that the Fixed Account has enough cash value to secure the loan, cash value will be transferred from the Subaccounts or Fixed Account according to the ratio that the cash value in the subaccounts or Fixed Account bears to the total Cash Value; or according to any other administrative option you choose and available at the time of the loan. The amount transferred will continue to be treated as part of the Contract’s Cash Value. Loans and loan interest must be repaid either during the life of the Insured or from Death Benefits.

Each month, if the total loan (principal plus accrued interest) exceeds the total Fixed Account cash value, the difference will be transferred from the Subaccounts to the Fixed Account as security for the loan.

A lower interest rate may be credited to the portion of the Fixed Account cash value that equals the amount of the total outstanding loan. We determine the rate credited. The rate credited will never be less than 4% annually. Therefore, the net cost of the loan will be a maximum of 3.25%.

While your Contract is in force, you may repay, at any time, all or part of your loan. You must indicate when a loan repayment is being made. All loan payments must be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank. Generally, we do not accept cash, starter checks (checks without pre-printed registration), traveler’s checks, credit card courtesy checks, or third-party checks. Upon your request, we will set up a loan repayment schedule for you. When you repay all or part of a loan, we will increase the portion of the cash value in the Subaccounts by the amount of the repayment that is allocated to the Subaccounts and transplanted from the Fixed Account. Repayments will be allocated according to your premium investment allocation. Total Cash Value does not increase as a result of a loan repayment. The longer the loan is outstanding, the greater the negative impact it will have on Cash Value growth.

A loan will reduce your Surrender Value as well as your Death Benefit. Depending upon investment performance of the Subaccounts and the amounts borrowed, loans may cause your Contract to lapse. If your Contract lapses with an outstanding loan, adverse tax consequences may result. You should carefully consider the impact on your Contract’s Death Benefit, before exercising these privileges.

A loan may have tax consequences. See Taxes.

Lapse and Reinstatement

Lapse

Your Contract will lapse (that is, terminate without value) if:

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your monthly deductions are greater than your Surrender Value;

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the Death Benefit Guarantee is not in effect; and

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payment sufficient to cover the next two monthly deductions is not received within 61 days (in most states) of notification of the Cash Value deficiency.

If the Contract lapses, a tax may result.

If this Cash Value deficiency occurs, the only right remaining is the right to reinstate your Contract within certain limitations. The requirements for reinstatement and associated limitations are described below and in more detail in your Contract.

Reinstatement

You may reinstate the Contract any time within three years after it has lapsed. However, reinstatement cannot occur if the Contract was surrendered. To reinstate your Contract you must submit proper evidence of insurability and pay a premium equal to:

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the reinstated loan amount; plus

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any surrender charge at the time of reinstatement; plus

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the first two monthly deduction amounts after reinstatement; less

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the Cash Value at termination; less

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any surrender charge credited back at reinstatement; plus

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the new surrender charge taken for any reduction in the Specified Amount you request at reinstatement plus 3% on the sum of the above to cover the sales charge.

The premium paid upon reinstatement will be used first to pay any unpaid monthly deductions that occurred during the grace period. Your Contract will then be reinstated as of the date we approve your application for reinstatement. Reinstatement within 90 days of lapse and within the same calendar year as the lapse is most beneficial for minimizing related taxes.

A Contract that is reinstated more than 90 days after lapse has a higher likelihood of becoming a MEC (See Taxes).

If you reinstate your Contract, we will not contest the validity of the reinstated Contract after it has been in effect for two years from the date of reinstatement. Subsequently, any contest will be limited to statements made in the application for reinstatement.

Taxes

General

The following discussion of the federal income tax treatment of the Contract is not exhaustive, does not purport to cover all situations, and is not intended as tax advice. The federal income tax treatment of the Contract is unclear in certain circumstances, and a qualified tax advisor should always be consulted with regard to the application of law to individual circumstances. This discussion is based on the Code, Treasury Department regulations, and interpretations existing on the date of this prospectus. These authorities, however, are subject to change by Congress, the Treasury Department, and judicial decisions.

This discussion generally does not address state or local tax consequences associated with the purchase of the Contract. In addition, WE MAKE NO GUARANTEE REGARDING ANY TAX TREATMENT—FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL—OF ANY CONTRACT OR OF ANY TRANSACTION INVOLVING A CONTRACT.

Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Considerations

The transfer of the Contract or designation of a Beneficiary may have federal, state, and/or local transfer and inheritance tax consequences, including the imposition of gift, estate, and generation skipping transfer taxes. For example, the transfer of the Contract to, or the designation as a Beneficiary of, or the payment of proceeds to, a person who is assigned to a generation which is two or more generations below the generation assignment of the Contract Owner may have generation-skipping transfer tax consequences in addition to gift and estate tax consequences under federal tax law.

The individual situation of each Contract Owner or Beneficiary will determine the extent, if any, to which federal, state, and local transfer and inheritance taxes may be imposed and how ownership or receipt of Contract proceeds will be treated for purposes of federal, state and local estate, inheritance, generation-skipping and other taxes. If this Contract is used with estate and gift tax planning in mind, you should consult with your tax advisor as to the most up-to-date information as to federal estate, gift, and generation skipping tax rules.

Tax Status of the Variable Account

We are treated as the owner of the assets of the Variable Account for federal tax purposes. Also, the Variable Account is not separately taxed as a “regulated investment company” under the Code. Both the investment income and realized capital gains of the Variable Account (i.e., the income and capital gains distributed to the Variable Account by the Fund) are reinvested without tax under current law. We reserve the right in the future to make a charge against the Variable Account or the Cash Value of a Contract for any federal, state, or local income taxes that are incurred and that we determine to be properly attributable to the Variable Account or the Contract. We will promptly notify you of any such charge.

Taxation of the Contract—In General

Tax Status of the Contract

Section 7702 of the Code establishes a statutory definition of life insurance for federal tax purposes. Under this section of the Code, a Contract must satisfy either the Cash Value Accumulation Test or the Guideline Premium Test. While the requirements of this section of the Code are complex and limited guidance has been provided from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) or otherwise, Thrivent believes that the Contract will meet the current statutory definition of life insurance, which places limitations on the Cash Values under both the Cash Value Accumulation Test and Guideline Premium Test, and premiums under the Guideline Premium Test, that can accumulate relative to the Death Benefit. As a result, the Death Benefit payable under the Contract will generally be excludable from the Beneficiary’s gross income, and gains and other income credited under the Contract will not be taxable unless certain withdrawals are made (or deemed to be made) from the Contract prior to the Insured’s death, as discussed below. This tax treatment generally will only apply, however, if (1) the investments of the Variable Account are “adequately diversified” in accordance with Treasury Department regulations, and (2) Thrivent, rather than the Contract Owner, is considered the owner of the assets of the Variable Account for federal income tax purposes.

The Code and Treasury Department regulations prescribe the manner in which the investments of a segregated asset account, such as the Variable Account, are to be “adequately diversified.” If the Variable Account fails to comply with these diversification standards, the Contract will not be treated as a life insurance contract for federal income tax purposes and the Contract Owner would generally be taxed currently on the income on the Contract (as defined in the tax law). We expect that the Subaccounts of the Variable Account, through the Portfolios, will comply with the diversification requirements prescribed by the Code and Treasury Department regulations.

In certain circumstances, variable life insurance contract owners may be considered the owners, for federal income tax purposes, of the assets of a segregated asset account, such as the Variable Account, used to support their contracts. In those circumstances, income and gains from the segregated asset account would be includible in the contract owners’ gross income on a current basis. The IRS has stated in published rulings that a variable contract owner will be considered the owner of the assets of a segregated asset account if the owner possesses incidents of ownership in those assets, such as the ability to exercise investment control over the assets. The ownership rights under the Contract are similar to, but differ in certain respects from, the ownership rights described in certain other IRS rulings where it was determined that contract owners were not owners of the assets of a segregated asset account. For example, the Owner of this Contract has the choice of more investment options to which to allocate premium payments and the Cash Value than were addressed in such rulings. These differences could result in the Contract Owner being treated as the owner of all or a portion of the assets of the Variable Account and thus subject to current taxation on the income and gains from those assets. In addition, we do not know what standards will be set forth in any further regulations or rulings which the Treasury Department or the IRS may issue. We, therefore, reserve the right to modify the Contract as necessary to attempt to prevent Contract Owners from being considered the owners of the assets of the Variable Account. However, there is no assurance that such efforts would be successful.

The remainder of this discussion assumes that the Contract will be treated as a life insurance contract for federal tax purposes.

Tax Treatment of Death Proceeds

In general, the amount of the Death Proceeds payable from a Contract by reason of the death of the Insured is excludable from gross income under section 101 of the Code. Certain transfers of the Contract for valuable consideration, however, may result in a portion of the Death Proceeds being taxable.

If the Death Proceeds are not received in a lump sum and are, instead, applied under certain settlement options (other than settlement option 1), generally payments will be prorated between amounts attributable to the Death Proceeds, which will be excludable from the Beneficiary’s income, and amounts attributable to interest (accruing after the Insured’s death), which will be includible in the Beneficiary’s income. If the Death Proceeds are applied under settlement option 1 (Interest Income), the interest credited will be currently includible in the Beneficiary’s income.

Death Proceeds may be subject to state and/or federal estate and/or inheritance tax. The entire amount of Death Proceeds will be included in the taxable estate of an Insured if the Insured possesses control (referred to as “incidents of ownership”) over the Contract at the time of death or control has not been transferred more than three years prior to death. Many factors determine if an estate is subject to estate and/or inheritance tax such as the size of the taxable estate, timing of death and the applicable state law.

Tax Deferral During Accumulation Period

Under existing provisions of the Code, except as described below, any increase in a Contract’s Cash Value is generally not taxable to the Contract Owner unless amounts are received (or are deemed to be received) from the Contract prior to the Insured’s death. Amounts received (or deemed to be received) from the Contract are treated as ordinary income for tax purposes. If there is a full surrender of the Contract, an amount equal to the excess of the amount received over the “investment in the contract” will generally be includible in the Contract Owner’s income. The “investment in the contract” generally is the aggregate premiums and other consideration paid for the Contract, less the aggregate amount received under the Contract previously to the extent such amounts received were excludable from gross income.

As discussed below, the taxation of partial surrenders and other amounts deemed to be distributed from the Contract depends, in part, upon whether the Contract is considered a MEC for federal income tax purposes. The status of a Contract as a MEC also may affect whether a 10% penalty tax applies upon a surrender or other distribution, as discussed below.

Taxation of Contracts that Are Not MECs

Tax Treatment of Partial Surrenders from Contracts that Are Not MECs—In General

If the Contract is not a MEC (described below), the amount of any partial surrender from the Contract generally will be treated first as a non-taxable recovery of premium and then as income received from the Contract. Thus, a partial surrender from a Contract that is not a MEC generally will not be includible in income except to the extent it exceeds the investment in the contract immediately before the partial surrender.

Tax Treatment of Loans from Contracts that Are Not MECs

If a Contract is not a MEC, a Contract loan generally will be treated as indebtedness of the Contract Owner. As a result, no part of any Contract loan will constitute income to the Contract Owner so long as the Contract remains in force. However, in those situations where the interest rate credited to the Loan Account equals or is nearly the same as the interest rate charged for the loan, it is possible that some or all of the loan proceeds may be includible in income. If a Contract lapses or is surrendered when a Contract loan is outstanding, the portion of the Cash Value applied to repay the Contract loan outstanding, including any accrued and unpaid loan interest, will be treated as the proceeds of a surrender for purposes of determining whether any amounts are includible in the Contract Owner’s income. The amount of Debt over and above that secured by Cash Value is “excess debt” taxable as “cancellation of indebtedness”.

Generally, interest paid on any Contract loans will not be tax deductible. A limited exception to this rule exists for certain interest paid in connection with certain “key person” insurance. Contract Owners should consult a tax advisor regarding the deductibility of interest incurred in connection with this Contract.

Taxation of Contracts that Are MECs

Characterization of a Contract as a MEC

In general, a Contract will be considered a MEC under section 7702A of the Code if (1) the Contract is received in exchange for a life insurance contract that was a MEC, or (2) the Contract is entered into on or after June 21, 1988 and premiums are paid into the Contract more rapidly than the rate defined by a “7-Pay Test.” This test generally provides that a Contract will fail this test (and thus be considered a MEC) if the accumulated amount paid under the Contract at any time during the first 7 Contract Years exceeds the cumulative sum of the net level premiums which would have been paid to that time if the Contract provided for paid-up future benefits after the payment of 7 level annual premiums.

A material change of the Contract (as defined in the tax law) will generally result in a reapplication of the 7-Pay Test. In addition, any reduction in benefits during a 7-Pay testing period, including where a Contract lapses and is then reinstated more than 90 days later will affect the application of this test. For both material changes and reduction in benefits we will recalculate the applicable limit. The new limit may be higher or lower than the original 7-Pay Limit. We will monitor the Contracts and will attempt to notify Contract Owners on a timely basis if a Contract becomes a MEC or would become a MEC as a result of a transaction. The Contract Owner may then request that we take any steps that may be available to avoid treatment of the Contract as a MEC, if that is desired.

Tax Treatment of Partial Surrenders, Loans, Assignments, and Pledges Where a Contract is a MEC

If the Contract is a MEC, partial surrenders from the Contract will be treated first as withdrawals of income and then as a recovery of the investment in the Contract. Thus, partial surrenders will be includible in income to the extent the Cash Value exceeds the investment in the Contract. The receipt of any Contract loan, including any accrual of loan interest, will be treated as a withdrawal for tax purposes. In addition, distributions made within two years before a failure to meet the 7-Pay Test are treated as made under a MEC.

The discussion above regarding the tax treatment of deductibility of interest on loans and of lapses while loans are outstanding under the caption “Tax Treatment of Loans from Contracts that Are Not MECs” also generally applies to Contracts which are MECs.

If the Contract Owner assigns or pledges (or agrees to assign or pledge) any portion of the Cash Value, such portion will be treated as a withdrawal for tax purposes. If the entire Cash Value is assigned or pledged, subsequent increases in the Cash Value are also treated as withdrawals for as long as the assignment or pledge remains in place. The Contract Owner’s investment in the Contract is increased by the amount includible in income with respect to any assignment, pledge, or loan, though it is not affected by any other aspect of the assignment, pledge, or loan (including its release or repayment). Before assigning, pledging, or requesting a loan under a Contract treated as a MEC, a Contract Owner should consult a tax advisor.

Penalty Tax

Generally, proceeds of a full or partial surrender (or the amount of any deemed withdrawal, such as in the case of loans, assignments and pledges) from a MEC are subject to a penalty tax equal to 10% of the portion of the proceeds that is includible in income. This penalty tax does not apply where the surrender or deemed withdrawal is made (1) after the Contract Owner attains age 591⁄2, (2) because the Contract Owner has become disabled (as defined in the tax law), or (3) as substantially equal periodic payments over the life or life expectancy of the Contract Owner (or the joint lives or life expectancies of the Contract Owner and his or her Beneficiary, as defined in the tax law).

Aggregation of Contracts that Are MECs

All life insurance contracts which are treated as MECs and which are purchased by the same person(s) from Thrivent, or any of our affiliates, within the same calendar year will be aggregated and treated as one contract for purposes of determining the tax on withdrawals (including deemed withdrawals). Contracts issued by different companies that subsequently merge are not aggregated. The effects of such aggregation are not always clear; however, it could affect the amount of a full or partial surrender (or a deemed withdrawal) that is taxable and the amount which might be subject to the 10% penalty tax described above.

Contracts Not Owned by Individuals

In the case of life insurance contracts issued to a non-natural taxpayer, or held for the benefit of such an entity, the tax law provides that a portion of the taxpayer’s otherwise deductible interest expenses may not be deductible as a result of ownership of the contract even if no loans are taken under the contract. An exception to this rule is provided for certain life insurance contracts which cover the life of an individual who is a twenty percent owner, or an officer, director, or employee, of a trade or business at the time first covered by the Contract. Entities that are considering purchasing the Contract, or entities that will be beneficiaries under a Contract, should consult a tax advisor.

Section 1035 Exchanges

Section 1035 of the Code provides that no gain or loss will be recognized on the exchange of a life insurance contract for another life insurance contract, endowment contract, annuity contract, or qualified long-term care insurance contract, provided that certain requirements are met. If the Contract is being issued in exchange for another life insurance contract, the requirements that must be met to receive tax-free treatment under Section 1035 of the Code include, but are not limited to: (1) the contracts must have the same insured, and (2) your old contract must be exchanged for the new contract either through an assignment of your old contract to the new insurer or by a direct transfer of the account value of the old contract to the new insurer. If your old contract was a MEC, the new life insurance contract also will be a MEC. You cannot exchange an endowment, annuity, or qualified long-term care insurance contract for a life insurance contract tax-free. If any money or other property is received in the exchange (“boot”) that satisfies the requirements of section 1035 of the Code, gain (but not loss) will be recognized equal to the lesser of the gain realized on the exchange or the amount of the boot received.

Generally, the new contract will have the same investment in the contract as the exchanged contract. However, if boot is received in the exchange the investment in the contract may be adjusted. Special rules and procedures apply to section 1035 exchanges. These rules can be complex, and if you wish to take advantage of section 1035, you should consult a tax and/or legal advisor.

Accelerated Death Benefits

If an Insured is “terminally ill,” as defined in the tax law, accelerated death benefits paid under a life insurance contract generally will be excludable from income under section 101 of the Code. Exceptions apply for certain business-related contracts and in certain situations where a Contract has been transferred for value. Under the tax law, an individual is considered “terminally ill” if the individual has been certified by a physician (as defined in the tax law) as having an illness or physical condition which can reasonably be expected to result in death in 24 months or less after the date of the certification.

Amounts paid under the accelerated benefits for terminal illness rider incorporated into this Contract will in most circumstances satisfy this requirement.

Actions to Ensure Compliance with the Tax Law

We believe that the values we have determined for the Contracts will comply with the federal tax definition of life insurance under section 7702 of the Code. We will monitor Contract values and take action as necessary to help assure compliance. We reserve the right to refuse to accept any premium that would increase the Death Benefit because of the requirements of the Corridor Test. We also reserve the right to increase the Death Benefit (which may result in larger charges under a Contract) or to take any other action deemed necessary to ensure the compliance of the Contract with the federal tax definition of life insurance.

Other Considerations

Changing the Contract Owner, designating an irrevocable Beneficiary, exchanging the Contract, increasing and decreasing the Face Amount, changing from one Death Benefit Option to another, and other changes under the Contract may have tax consequences (other than those discussed herein) depending on the circumstances of such change or event. In addition, tax consequences may apply if you sell your Contract. This list and the discussion herein are not exhaustive. Other transactions with respect to a Contract may also have federal income or other tax consequences. Federal estate, and state and local estate, inheritance and other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of Contract proceeds depend on the circumstances of each Contract Owner or Beneficiary.

In the case of an “employer-owned life insurance contract” as defined in the tax law that is issued (or deemed to be issued) after August 17, 2006, the portion of the death benefit excludable from gross income generally will be limited to the premiums paid for the contract. However, this limitation on the death benefit exclusion will not apply if certain notice and consent requirements are satisfied and one of several exceptions is satisfied. These exceptions include circumstances in which the death benefit is payable to certain heirs of the insured or to acquire an ownership interest in a business, or where the contract covers the life of a director or an insured who is “highly compensated” within the meaning of the tax law. These rules, including the definition of an “employer-owned life insurance contract,” are complex, and you should consult with your advisers for guidance as to their application.

Medicare Hospital Insurance Tax

A Medicare hospital insurance tax of 3.8% will apply to some types of investment income. This tax will apply to the taxable portion of (1) any proceeds distributed from the Contract as annuity payments pursuant to a settlement option prior to the death of the Insured, or (2) the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Contract. This tax only applies to taxpayers with “modified adjusted gross income” that exceeds certain thresholds. For more information regarding this tax and whether it may apply to you, please consult your tax advisor.

Federal Income Tax Withholding

We will withhold and remit to the federal government a part of the taxable portion of full and partial surrenders made under a Contract unless the Contract Owner notifies us in writing, and such Notice is received at the Service Center at or before the time of the full or partial surrender, that he or she elects not to have any amounts withheld. This election out of withholding is not permitted in certain circumstances. Regardless of whether the Contract Owner requests that no taxes be withheld or whether we withhold a sufficient amount of taxes, the Contract Owner will be responsible for the payment of

any taxes including any penalty tax that may be due on the amounts received. The Contract Owner may also be required to pay penalties under the estimated tax rules if the Contract Owner’s withholding and estimated tax payments are insufficient to satisfy the Contract Owner’s tax liability.

Nonresident Aliens and Other Foreign Persons

The discussion above provides general information regarding U.S. federal withholding tax consequences to life insurance purchasers that are U.S. citizens or residents. Purchasers or Beneficiaries that are not U.S. citizens or residents will generally be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax on taxable distributions (including taxable Death Benefit Proceeds) from life insurance policies at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies. Prospective purchasers that are not U.S. citizens or residents and other foreign persons should consult with a tax advisor regarding federal tax withholding with respect to distributions from a Contract.

FATCA Withholding

If the payee of a distribution (including the Death Benefit) from the Contract is a foreign financial institution (“FFI”) or a non-financial foreign entity (“NFFE”) within the meaning of the Code as amended by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), the distribution could be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax on the taxable amount of the distribution at a 30% rate irrespective of the status of any beneficial owner of the Contract or the nature of the distribution. The rules relating to FATCA are complex, and a tax advisor should be consulted if an FFI or NFFE is or may be designated as a payee with respect to the Contract.

Distribution of the Contracts

For financial advisors or professionals who are registered representatives of Thrivent Investment Management Inc., the following applies:

Thrivent Investment Management Inc., 600 Portland Avenue S., Suite 100, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, an indirect subsidiary of Thrivent, is a registered broker-dealer and acts as principal underwriter and distributor of the Contracts pursuant to a distribution agreement with us. Thrivent Investment Management Inc. also acts as the distributor of a number of other variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts we offer.

The financial advisor or professional in this transaction is a duly licensed registered representative of Thrivent Investment Management Inc. and is also an appointed insurance producer of Thrivent. Sales of Thrivent insurance products, which include variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts, help support our mission of service to congregations and communities. This gives both the organization and our members an opportunity to promote volunteerism, aid those in need, strengthen non-profit organizations and address critical community needs.

In addition, your financial advisor or professional may be paid differently depending on the product or service he or she recommends. As a result, your financial advisor or professional in this transaction may have a financial incentive to recommend that you purchase one product instead of another.

From time to time and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, financial advisors and professionals are eligible for various incentives. These include cash incentives such as bonuses and sales incentives, or other economic benefits. In addition to the commissions or other compensation paid when you purchase or invest in a product or account, your financial advisor or professional may also be paid additional compensation based on factors including the total volume of product sales, length of time that you continue to pay premiums or keep assets invested in the products sold.

Financial advisors and professionals are eligible to be paid back a portion of what they spent on marketing their financial services to the public.

Legal Proceedings

There are no legal proceedings to which the Variable Account is a party or to which the assets of the Variable Account are subject. Neither Thrivent nor Thrivent Investment Management Inc. is involved in any litigation that is of material importance in relation to their financial condition or that relates to the Variable Account.

Financial Statements

The financial statements of Thrivent and the Variable Account are contained in the Statement of Additional Information. The SAI is available, without charge, upon request. You can view a copy of the SAI online at dfinview.com/Thrivent/VariableLife97 or you can request a copy by calling our Service Center at 1-800-847-4836, or by sending an email request to mail@thrivent.com.

Special Terms

Accumulation Unit	A unit of measure used to calculate the cash value in each Subaccount of the Variable Account.
Accumulation Unit Value	On any Valuation Date, the value of the Accumulation Unit of each Subaccount of the Variable Account.
Attained Age	The Insured’s age on the Contract Anniversary on or immediately prior to that day.
Beneficiary	The person(s) named by the Contract owner to receive the Death Benefit under the Contract. A Beneficiary need not be a natural person.
Cash Value	The total value of the Contract, which is equal to the sum of the Subaccount cash values plus Fixed Account cash value.
Contract	The flexible premium individual variable adjustable life insurance Contract offered by us (Thrivent) and described in this prospectus. The Contract consists of the certificate of membership and insurance, including any attached riders, endorsements or amendments, the application and our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.
Contract Anniversary	The same day and month in each succeeding year as the Issue Date.
Contract Year	The 12-month period following the Issue Date or a Contract Anniversary. The Contract Year is always based upon the time elapsed since the Issue Date.
Corridor Test	An Internal Revenue Code formula used to help qualify your Contract as a life insurance contract under federal tax law.
Death Benefit	The Death Benefit payable upon the death of the Insured depends on the Death Benefit Option in effect on the date of the Insured's death.
Death Benefit Guarantee	A Contract provision that guarantees that insurance coverage will not lapse if your Cash Value is not adequate to cover the current monthly deductions necessary. You must pay enough premium in the event your Cash Value is not adequate.
Death Benefit Guarantee Premium	The minimum monthly premium required to keep your particular Contract’s Death Benefit Guarantee in effect. Different combinations of age, sex, risk class, Specified Amount and additional benefits will result in different Death Benefit Guarantee Premiums.
Death Benefit Option	Either of the two methods used to determine the Death Benefit.
Fixed Account	A cash value accumulation option that credits an interest rate. The Fixed Account is part of our General Account. The Fixed Account is not a Subaccount.
Fund	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc., the mutual fund that consists of several Portfolios that underlie Subaccounts of the Variable Account.
General Account	The General Account includes all assets we own that are not in the Variable Account or any other separate account.
Good Order	Any request that is submitted with any and all required forms, information, authorization, and funds, received at our Service Center in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Insured	The person on whose life the Contract is issued.
Issue Age	The age of the Insured as of his or her last birthday on or before the Issue Date.
Issue Date	The date that establishes the Contract Anniversary and the date as of which we began to apply monthly deductions.
Level Death Benefit Option	The Death Benefit for this option remains level under most circumstances. This is also referred to as “Option 1” in your Contract.

MEC Contract Year	The 12-month period following the Issue Date or a Contract Anniversary unless there has been a material change under IRC Section 7702A. A material change of the Contract (as defined in the tax law) results in a MEC Contract Year based upon the date of the material change. If there has been more than one material change, the most recent material change will determine the current MEC Contract Year.
Monthly Deduction Date	The date each month on which we deduct charges from Cash Value. These monthly charges occur once each month on the nearest Valuation Date, on or preceding the day of the month which corresponds to the day of the month that we issued the Contract.
Net Premium	The amount invested in the Contract after a 3% charge is taken for sales expenses. The premium expense charge may not be deducted in certain situations.
Notice	A written request or notice signed by the Contract Owner, received in Good Order by us at our Service Center and satisfactory in form and content to us. While your Contract refers to written notice, administratively Notice may meet this requirement.
Owner	A person or entity who owns the Contract. The person may be the Insured or an employer, a trust or any other individual or entity specified in the application.
Paid-Up Life Insurance	A new whole life insurance contract with a reduced death benefit determined based on the Cash Value applied as a single premium to purchase the coverage. No further premiums will be required to support the new, lower amount of coverage.
Portfolio	A portfolio of Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. which is the underlying investment of a corresponding Subaccount which you may select for your Contract.
Service Center	Our office located at 4321 North Ballard Road, Appleton, Wisconsin 54919-0001 or such other address as we may designate. Telephone: (800) 847-4836. Email: mail@thrivent.com.
Specified Amount	Initially, the amount of life insurance for which we issued the Contract. The Specified Amount of your Contract may change, as described in your Contract.
Subaccount	Your available investment options within the Variable Account. Each Subaccount invests exclusively in the shares of a corresponding Portfolio of the Fund.
Surrender Value	The Cash Value of the Contract less any applicable surrender charges and outstanding loan balances.
Thrivent	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a fraternal benefit society organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, owned by and operated for its members. Thrivent is the issuer of the Contract.
Thrivent Investment Management Inc.	An indirect subsidiary of Thrivent and a registered broker-dealer and investment adviser. It serves as principal underwriter of the Contracts.
Valuation Date	Any day upon which the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading.
Valuation Period	The period from the end of one Valuation Date to the end of the next Valuation Date.
Variable Account	Thrivent Variable Life Account I, which is a separate account of Thrivent.
Variable Death Benefit Option	The Death Benefit for this option will vary over time. This option fluctuates correspondingly with your Cash Value. This is also referred to as “Option 2” in your Contract.
we, us, our	Thrivent.
you, your	The Owner(s) of the Contract.

Appendix: Portfolios Available Under the Contract

The following is a list of Portfolios that correspond to Subaccounts available under the Contract. More information about the Portfolios is available in the prospectuses for the Portfolios, which may be amended from time to time and can be found online at dfinview.com/Thrivent/VariableLife97

You can also request this information in paper at no cost by calling 1-800-847-4836 or by sending an email request to mail@thrivent.com.

The current expenses and performance information below reflects fees and expenses of the Portfolios but does not reflect the other fees and expenses that your Contract may charge. Expenses would be higher and performance would be lower if these charges were included. Each Portfolio’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance.

INVESTMENT TYPE	PORTFOLIO AND ADVISER/SUBADVISER	CURRENT EXPENSES	AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (as of 12/31/24)
INVESTMENT TYPE	PORTFOLIO AND ADVISER/SUBADVISER	CURRENT EXPENSES	1 YEAR	5 YEAR	10 YEAR
Aggressive Allocation	Thrivent Aggressive Allocation Portfolio	0.84%1	16.08%	9.86%	9.59%
Large Blend	Thrivent All Cap Portfolio	0.67%	19.90%	12.86%	10.83%
Conservative Allocation	Thrivent Conservative Allocation Portfolio4	0.49%	7.17%	3.50%	4.41%
Moderately Conservative Allocation	Thrivent Dynamic Allocation Portfolio5	0.67%	8.56%	5.25%	5.56%
Diversified Emerging Mkts	Thrivent Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio	1.15%1	8.96%	1.32%	3.00%
Large Blend	Thrivent ESG Index Portfolio	0.37%1	22.32%	N/A3	N/A3
Global Large-Stock Blend	Thrivent Global Stock Portfolio	0.61%	15.25%	9.65%	8.93%
Intermediate Government	Thrivent Government Bond Portfolio	0.49%	1.19%	-0.01%	1.11%
Health	Thrivent Healthcare Portfolio	0.86%1	-0.06%	5.66%	6.54%
High Yield Bond	Thrivent High Yield Portfolio	0.46%	7.02%	2.88%	4.16%
Corporate Bond	Thrivent Income Portfolio	0.44%	3.18%	1.08%	2.74%
Foreign Large Blend	Thrivent International Equity Portfolio6	0.74%	4.28%	3.66%	4.48%
Foreign Large Blend	Thrivent International Index Portfolio	0.40%	3.33%	N/A3	N/A3
Large Growth	Thrivent Large Cap Growth Portfolio	0.43%	30.61%	17.58%	15.69%
Large Blend	Thrivent Large Cap Index Portfolio	0.23%	24.73%	14.26%	12.83%
Large Value	Thrivent Large Cap Value Portfolio	0.63%	13.09%	10.91%	9.77%
Mid-Cap Growth	Thrivent Mid Cap Growth Portfolio	0.89%1	10.12%	N/A3	N/A3
Mid-Cap Blend	Thrivent Mid Cap Index Portfolio	0.25%	13.64%	10.09%	9.41%
Mid-Cap Blend	Thrivent Mid Cap Stock Portfolio	0.66%	10.28%	10.12%	10.80%
Mid-Cap Value	Thrivent Mid Cap Value Portfolio	0.89%1	9.72%	N/A3	N/A3

INVESTMENT TYPE	PORTFOLIO AND ADVISER/SUBADVISER	CURRENT EXPENSES	AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (as of 12/31/24)
INVESTMENT TYPE	PORTFOLIO AND ADVISER/SUBADVISER	CURRENT EXPENSES	1 YEAR	5 YEAR	10 YEAR
Moderate Allocation	Thrivent Moderate Allocation Portfolio	0.68%1	13.14%	7.11%	6.94%
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	Thrivent Moderately Aggressive Allocation Portfolio	0.76%1	14.19%	8.10%	8.04%
Moderately Conservative Allocation	Thrivent Moderately Conservative Allocation Portfolio	0.65%1	8.44%	4.16%	4.79%
Money Market - Taxable	Thrivent Money Market Portfolio	0.31%	5.07%	2.30%	1.53%
Multisector Bond	Thrivent Multisector Bond Portfolio7	0.74%	5.25%	1.75%	2.68%
Real Estate	Thrivent Real Estate Securities Portfolio	0.89%	3.21%	2.61%	4.90%
Short-Term Bond	Thrivent Short-Term Bond Portfolio8	0.45%	5.63%	2.34%	2.36%
Small Growth	Thrivent Small Cap Growth Portfolio	0.94%1	10.84%	10.30%	N/A2
Small Blend	Thrivent Small Cap Index Portfolio	0.24%	8.44%	8.12%	8.72%
Small Blend	Thrivent Small Cap Stock Portfolio	0.70%	11.37%	11.45%	11.31%

Current expenses reflect temporary fee reductions.

The Fund is not showing Average Annual Total Returns information because the Fund commenced operation on 04/27/2018 and does not have annual returns for the period shown.

The Fund is not showing Average Annual Total Returns information because the Fund commenced operation on 04/29/2020 and does not have annual returns for the period shown.

Formerly known as Thrivent Diversified Income Plus Portfolio.

Formerly known as Thrivent Balanced Income Plus Portfolio.

Formerly known as Thrivent International Allocation Portfolio.

Formerly known as Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus Portfolio.

Formerly known as Thrivent Limited Maturity Bond Portfolio.

The Statement of Additional Information (SAI) dated April 30, 2025 contains more information about the Contract and Variable Account. The SAI has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into the prospectus. The SAI is available, without charge, upon request. You can view a copy of the SAI online at dfinview.com/Thrivent/VariableLife97. For a paper copy of the SAI, to request other information about the Contract, and to make other inquiries, you may call our Service Center at 1-800-847-4836 or you may send an email to mail@thrivent.com.

Reports and other information about Thrivent are available on the Securities Exchange Commission website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the information may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov.

Thrivent is the marketing name for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Insurance products issued by Thrivent. Securities and investment advisory services offered through Thrivent Investment Management Inc., a registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC, and a subsidiary of Thrivent. Licensed agent/producer of Thrivent. Registered representative of Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. Thrivent.com/disclosures.

Insurance products, securities and investment advisory services are provided by appropriately appointed and licensed financial advisors and professionals. Only individuals who are financial advisors are credentialed to provide investment advisory services. Visit Thrivent.com or FINRA’s Broker Check for more information about our financial advisors.

Contract Forms 4213 and 4214 and state variations.

EDGAR Contract No. C000007343 20316PR R4-25

THRIVENT VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT I

Statement of Additional Information

Dated April 30, 2025

Flexible Premium Individual Variable Adjustable Life Insurance Contract

Offered By:

THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS

Service Center:	Corporate Office:
4321 North Ballard Road Appleton, WI 54919-0001 Telephone: 800-847-4836 E-mail: mail@thrivent.com	600 Portland Avenue S., Suite 100 Minneapolis, MN 55415-4402 Telephone: 800-847-4836 E-mail: mail@thrivent.com

This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) contains additional information about the Registrant. The SAI has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into the prospectus. This SAI is not a prospectus and should be read together with the prospectus for the Contract dated April 30, 2025. Terms used in this SAI that are not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings given to them in the prospectus that is incorporated by reference. The SAI is available, without charge, upon request. You can view a copy of the SAI online at dfinview.com/Thrivent/VariableLife97. Alternatively, you can request a copy of the SAI, request other information about the Contract or make investor inquiries by calling our Service Center at 1-800-847-4836, or by sending an email to request to mail@thrivent.com.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
	PAGE
GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY	2
SERVICES	3
PREMIUMS	3
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OPERATION OF CONTRACTS AND REGISTRANT	3
PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER	4
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CHARGES	4
LAPSE AND REINSTATEMENT	5
LOANS	5
STANDARD AND POOR’S DISCLAIMER	6
MSCI DISCLAIMER	7
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM	8

SERVICES

Service Agreements and Other Service Providers

Assurance and audit services are currently provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, whose address is 45 South Seventh Street, Suite 3400, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402.

There are no other service agreement contracts or service providers other than those described in this Statement of Additional Information. There is no custodian.

PREMIUMS

Administrative Procedures

If mandated under applicable law, we may be required to reject an initial premium.

Sometimes we are not able to accept premiums. We reserve the following rights to ensure compliance with provisions in the Internal Revenue Code to retain the tax deferral quality, or exclusion of increases in cash value and death benefits from gross income:

(1)

to accept certain premiums;

(2)

to refund premiums;

(3)

to refund the earnings on premiums;

(4)

to refund any necessary cash value; and

(5)

to increase death benefit.

Automatic Premium Loans

The Contract does not provide for automatic premium loans.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OPERATION OF CONTRACTS AND REGISTRANT

Incidental Benefits

We offer supplemental benefits and riders that you can add to your Contract. Certain of these riders are subject to age and underwriting requirements and may be added, if available, or cancelled at any time. The prospectus provides a detailed discussion regarding supplemental benefits and riders.

Surrender and Withdrawal

The prospectus provides a detailed discussion regarding Surrenders and withdrawals (referred to as Partial Withdrawals and Loans in the Contract).

Material Contracts Relating to the Registrant

There are no material contracts relating to the operation or administration of the Variable Account not already disclosed.

PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER

Identification

Thrivent Investment Management Inc., 600 Portland Avenue S., Suite 100, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415-4402 is a subsidiary of Thrivent and a registered broker-dealer. Thrivent Investment Management Inc. is a corporation organized under Delaware law in 1986 and it serves as the principal underwriter of the Contracts. Contracts are distributed by financial representatives of Thrivent Investment Management Inc. Thrivent Investment Management Inc. is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It also serves as the principal underwriter of other variable accounts established by Thrivent. Thrivent Investment Management Inc.’s fiscal year operates on a calendar year basis.

Offering and Commissions

The Contract is no longer being sold, however, additional premium payments and coverage increases are allowed pursuant to Contract terms. Offerings of units issued under the terms of the Contracts are continuous.

The prospectus provides a detailed discussion regarding the determination of commissions and other compensation paid to financial representatives.

Thrivent paid underwriting commissions for the last three fiscal years as shown below. Of these amounts, Thrivent Investment Management Inc. retained $0.

2024	2023	2022

$96,882	$222,242	$195,097

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CHARGES

Sales Load

We charge a sales load, referred to as “Percent of Premium Charge” in the Contract, of 3% on each premium.

Special Purchase Plans

We currently do not have any programs such as group discounts that would result in a variation in, or elimination of, any applicable charges. In some situations, certain charges may be waived.

Underwriting Procedures

We require proof of insurability, which may include a medical examination. We offer people who do not use nicotine products the most favorable rates. If increased mortality risks are involved, there may be a higher cost of insurance charged. We reserve the right to change our underwriting requirements.

Increases in Face Amount

Subject to our underwriting guidelines and policies, the Contract Owner has the right to increase the face amount (referred to as Specified Amount in the Contract) at any time before the Insured’s 80th birthday. Increases in face amount will result in additional charges to cover the increased amount at risk. We compute charges at the existing rates at the time of increase. The cost of insurance rates for each increase will vary based on factors such as sex (in most states), risk class, age and the time elapsed since issue.

A new set of surrender charges will also apply to each increase in the face amount. The surrender charge applies to decreases in face amount during the first 10 years following an increase in face amount. The surrender charge remains level during the first three years following an increase in face amount, and then decreases each Contract Year to zero after the 10th year following an increase in face amount. Surrender charges depend on the Insured’s Issue Age, sex (in most states), amount of decrease in face amount, risk class and duration of the Contract. We will subtract the surrender charge first from any previous increases in the face amount, starting with the most recent, then as needed from the original face amount.

LAPSE AND REINSTATEMENT

The prospectus provides a detailed discussion regarding lapse and reinstatement provisions of the Contract.

LOANS

The prospectus provides a detailed discussion regarding loans.

STANDARD AND POOR’S DISCLAIMER

The S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 Indexes are products of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates (“SPDJI”), and have been licensed for use by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (“Thrivent”). Standard & Poor’s® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”). The trademarks have been licensed to SPDJI and have been sublicensed for use for certain purposes by Thrivent. Thrivent variable insurance products are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P, and of their respective affiliates (collectively, “S&P Dow Jones Indices”). S&P Dow Jones Indices does not make any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of Thrivent variable insurance products or any member of the public regarding the advisability of purchasing variable insurance contracts generally or in the Thrivent variable insurance contracts particularly or the ability of the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 Indexes to track general market performance. S&P Dow Jones Indices only relationship to Thrivent with respect to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 Indexes is the licensing of the Indexes and certain trademarks, service marks and/or trade names of S&P Dow Jones Indices and/or its licensors. The S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P Small Cap 600 Indexes are determined, composed and calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices without regard to Thrivent or the Thrivent variable insurance products. S&P Dow Jones Indices have no obligation to take the needs of Thrivent or the owners of the Thrivent variable insurance products into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 Indexes. S&P Dow Jones Indices is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the prices, and amount of the Thrivent variable insurance products or the timing of the issuance or sale of the Thrivent variable insurance contract or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which a Thrivent variable insurance product is to be converted into cash, surrendered or redeemed, as the case may be. S&P Dow Jones Indices has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Thrivent variable insurance product. There is no assurance that investment products based on the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 Indexes will accurately track index performance or provide positive investment returns. S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is not an investment advisor. Inclusion of a security within an index is not a recommendation by S&P Dow Jones Indices to buy, sell, or hold such security, nor is it considered to be investment advice.

S&P DOW JONES INDICES DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE S&P 500, S&P MIDCAP 400, AND S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEXES OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO OR ANY COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS) WITH RESPECT THERETO. S&P DOW JONES INDICES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR DELAYS THEREIN. S&P DOW JONES INDICES MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE OR AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THRIVENT, OWNERS OF THE THRIVENT VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE S&P 500, S&P MIDCAP 400, AND S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEXES OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL S&P DOW JONES INDICES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, TRADING LOSSES, LOST TIME OR GOODWILL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THERE ARE NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND THRIVENT, OTHER THAN THE LICENSORS OR S&P DOW JONES INDICES.

Report of Independent Auditors

To the Board of Directors of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Opinions

We have audited the accompanying statutory-basis financial statements of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (the “Company” ), which comprise the statutory-basis statements of assets, liabilities and surplus as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related statutory-basis statements of operations, of surplus and of cash flow for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).

Unmodified Opinion on Statutory Basis of Accounting

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the assets, liabilities and surplus of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flow for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, in accordance with the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the State of Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance described in Note 1.

Adverse Opinion on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

In our opinion, because of the significance of the matter discussed in the Basis for Adverse Opinion on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles section of our report, the accompanying financial statements do not present fairly, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, or the results of its operations or its cash flow for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024.

Basis for Opinions

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of the Company and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinions.

Basis for Adverse Opinion on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

As described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the financial statements are prepared by the Company on the basis of the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the State of Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, which is a basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The effects on the financial statements of the variances between the statutory basis of accounting described in Note 1 and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, although not reasonably determinable, are presumed to be material.

F-1

Report of Independent Auditors, continued

Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the State of Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. Management is also responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date the financial statements are available to be issued.

Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with US GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.

In performing an audit in accordance with US GAAS, we:

•

Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.

•

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.

•

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.

•

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements.

•

Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control-related matters that we identified during the audit.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 13, 2025

F-2

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Statutory-Basis Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Surplus
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023
(in millions)

	2024	2023
Admitted Assets
Bonds	$52,993	$50,554
Stocks	1,542	1,323
Mortgage loans	10,867	10,869
Real estate	18	41
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	1,437	2,008
Contract loans	1,073	1,064
Receivables for securities	59	85
Limited partnerships	10,836	9,694
Other invested assets	908	822
Total cash and invested assets	79,733	76,460
Accrued investment income	615	742
Due premiums and considerations	127	124
Other assets	37	51
Separate account assets	37,442	36,144
Total Admitted Assets	$117,954	$113,521
Liabilities
Aggregate reserves for life, annuity and health contracts	$55,220	$52,425
Deposit liabilities	5,566	5,549
Contract claims	469	509
Member dividends payable	436	420
Interest maintenance reserve	328	316
Asset valuation reserve	3,030	2,787
Transfers due to/(from) separate accounts, net	(612 )	(564 )
Payable for securities	233	185
Securities lending obligation	553	644
Other liabilities	879	921
Separate account liabilities	37,324	36,042
Total Liabilities	$103,426	$99,234
Surplus
Unassigned funds	$14,513	$14,264
Other surplus	15	23
Total Surplus	$14,528	$14,287
Total Liabilities and Surplus	$117,954	$113,521

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statutory-basis financial statements.

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Statutory-Basis Statements of Operations
For the Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022
(in millions)

	2024	2023	2022
Revenues
Premiums	$5,948	$5,520	$5,033
Considerations for supplementary contracts with life contingencies	454	230	83
Net investment income	3,830	3,233	3,410
Separate account fees	769	739	758
Amortization of interest maintenance reserve	55	88	91
Other revenues	67	68	71
Total Revenues	$11,123	$9,878	$9,446
Benefits and Expenses
Death benefits	$1,315	$1,289	$1,338
Surrender benefits	4,700	4,472	3,634
Change in reserves	2,796	1,640	849
Other benefits	2,540	2,237	1,925
Total benefits	11,351	9,638	7,746
Commissions	351	280	275
General insurance expenses	990	950	822
Fraternal benefits and expenses	223	169	166
Transfers due to/(from) separate accounts, net	(2,948 )	(2,153 )	(1,018 )
Total expenses and net transfers	(1,384 )	(754 )	245
Total Benefits and Expenses	$9,967	$8,884	$7,991
Gain from Operations before Dividends and Capital Gains and Losses	$1,156	$994	$1,455
Member dividends	436	419	375
Gain from Operations before Capital Gains and Losses	$720	$575	$1,080
Realized capital gains and (losses), net	(122 )	(62 )	69
Net Income	$598	$513	$1,149

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statutory-basis financial statements.

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Statutory-Basis Statements of Cash Flow
For the Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022
(in millions)

	2024	2023	2022
Cash from Operations
Premiums	$6,396	$5,743	$5,104
Net investment income	2,915	2,672	2,501
Other revenues	836	807	829
	10,147	9,222	8,434
Benefit and loss-related payments	(8,598 )	(8,010 )	(6,940 )
Transfers (to)/from separate account, net	2,899	2,115	1,129
Commissions and expenses	(1,556 )	(1,383 )	(1,287 )
Member dividends	(420 )	(376 )	(292 )
Other	—	3	5
Net Cash from Operations	$2,472	$1,571	$1,049
Cash from Investments
Proceeds from investments sold, matured or repaid:
Bonds(1)	$6,948	$6,153	$6,703
Stocks(1)	913	1,142	1,144
Mortgage loans	705	661	827
Limited partnerships	1,305	821	1,239
Other	227	449	112
	10,098	9,226	10,025
Cost of investments acquired or originated:
Bonds(1)	(9,331 )	(6,758 )	(9,086 )
Stocks(1)	(985 )	(616 )	(1,198 )
Mortgage loans	(710 )	(812 )	(1,253 )
Limited partnerships	(1,731 )	(1,787 )	(1,666 )
Other	(304 )	(393 )	(60 )
	(13,061 )	(10,366 )	(13,263 )
Mortgage dollar roll and tax free exchanges, net	(2 )	(67 )	742
Change in net amounts due (to)/from broker	—	(55 )	(678 )
Change in collateral held for securities lending	(91 )	352	(46 )
Change in contract loans	(9 )	(17 )	16
Net Cash from Investments	$(3,065 )	$(926 )	$(3,204 )
Cash from Financing and Miscellaneous Sources
Borrowed money	$—	$—	$900
Net deposits (payments) on deposit-type contracts	19	23	107
Other	3	152	41
Net Cash from Financing and Miscellaneous Sources	$22	$175	$1,048
Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments	$(571 )	$820	$(1,107 )
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments, Beginning of Year	$2,008	$1,188	$2,295
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments, End of Year	$1,437	$2,008	$1,188

(1)

Prior period amounts have been corrected to remove certain non-cash transactions. Proceeds from bonds have been reduced by $570 million and $591 million, for 2023 and 2022, respectively, offset by a reduction to the cost of bonds of $570 million and $590 million, for 2023 and 2022, respectively. Proceeds from stocks has been reduced by $15 million and $28 million, for 2023 and 2022, respectively, offset by a reduction to the cost of stocks of $15 million and $28 million, for 2023 and 2022, respectively. There is no impact to net cash from investments.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statutory-basis financial statements.

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Notes to Statutory-Basis Financial Statements

For the Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022

1. Nature Of Operations And Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Operations

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (“Thrivent”) is a fraternal benefit society that provides life insurance, retirement products, disability income, long-term care insurance and Medicare supplement insurance to members. Thrivent is licensed to conduct business throughout the United States and distributes products to members primarily through a network of career financial representatives. Thrivent’s members are offered additional financial products and services, such as investment funds and trust services, through subsidiaries and affiliates.

Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying statutory-basis financial statements have been prepared in accordance with statutory accounting practices (“SAP”) prescribed or permitted by the State of Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. Thrivent has no prescribed or permitted practices.

The State of Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance recognizes only SAP for determining and reporting the financial condition and results of operations of a fraternal benefit society in order to determine its solvency under Wisconsin’s Insurance Laws. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual (“NAIC SAP”) has been adopted as a component of prescribed or permitted practices by the State of Wisconsin. NAIC SAP is comprised of the Preamble, the Statements of Statutory Accounting Principles (“SSAP”), and Appendices.

The significant accounting practices used in preparation of the statutory-basis financial statements are summarized as follows:

Investments

Bonds: Bonds are generally carried at amortized cost, depending on the nature of the security and as prescribed by NAIC guidelines. Discounts or premiums on bonds are amortized over the term of the securities using the modified scientific method. Discounts or premiums on loan-backed and structured securities are amortized over the term of the securities using the modified scientific method, adjusted to reflect anticipated pre-payment patterns. Interest income is recognized when earned. Bond exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) on the Securities Valuation Office (“SVO”) Identified Funds list are stated using the fair value measurement method.

Thrivent uses a mortgage dollar roll program to enhance the yield on the mortgage-backed security (“MBS”) portfolio. MBS dollar rolls are transactions whereby Thrivent sells an MBS to a counterparty and subsequently enters into a commitment to purchase another MBS security at a later date. Thrivent’s mortgage dollar roll program generally includes a series of MBS dollar rolls extending for more than a year. Thrivent had $161 million and $159 million in the mortgage dollar roll program as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Stocks: Common stocks of unaffiliated companies are stated at fair value. Common stocks of unconsolidated subsidiaries are carried at the stock’s equity basis. Investments in mutual funds are carried at net asset value (“NAV”). Preferred stocks are carried at market value or amortized cost depending on the preferred stock's convertible characteristics and NAIC subgroup. Issues rated not in good standing are reported at lower of amortized cost or fair market value. Redeemable preferred stocks are reported at amortized costs unless they have an NAIC designation of 4, 5, or 6 which are reported at the lower of

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amortized cost or fair value. Perpetual preferred stocks are reported at fair value, not to exceed the current call price for the stock.

Mortgage Loans: Mortgage loans are generally carried at unpaid principal balances less valuation adjustments. Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance using the loan’s contractual interest rate. Discounts or premiums are amortized over the term of the loans on a straight line basis which approximates the effective interest method. Interest income and amortization of premiums and discounts are recorded as a component of net investment income along with prepayment fees and mortgage loan fees.

Real Estate: Home office real estate is valued at original cost, plus capital expenditures less accumulated depreciation and encumbrances. Depreciation expense is determined using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the properties. Real estate expected to be disposed is carried at the lower of cost or fair value, less estimated costs to sell.

Cash, Cash equivalents and Short-term Investments: Cash and cash equivalents include demand deposits, highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less and investments in money market mutual funds. Demand deposits and highly liquid investments are carried at amortized cost while investments in money market mutual funds are carried at fair value. Short-term investments have contractual maturities of one year or less at the time of acquisition. Included in short-term investments are commercial paper and agency notes, which are carried at amortized cost.

Contract Loans: Contract loans are generally carried at the loans’ aggregate unpaid balances. Contract loans are collateralized by the cash surrender value of the associated insurance contracts.

Limited Partnerships: Limited partnerships consist primarily of equity limited partnerships which are generally valued using NAV as a practical expedient. For distributions received, income is recognized to the extent they do not exceed undistributed earnings. Distributions received in excess of undistributed earnings are recorded as a return of capital.

Other Invested Assets: Other invested assets include residual tranches, non-collateral loans, derivative instruments, and surplus notes. Residual tranches are carried at either the lower of amortized cost or fair value or the underlying audited equity of the investee. Non-collateral loans are carried at amortized cost. Derivatives are primarily carried at fair value. Surplus notes are carried at amortized cost.

Securities Lending: Securities loaned under Thrivent’s securities lending agreement are carried at amortized cost or fair value, depending on the nature of the security and as prescribed by NAIC guidelines. Thrivent generally receives cash collateral in an amount that is in excess of the market value of the securities loaned, and the cash collateral is invested in highly-liquid, highly rated securities which are included in bonds and cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. A liability is also recognized for the amount of the collateral. Market values of securities loaned and corresponding collateral are monitored daily, and additional collateral is obtained as necessary. Thrivent requires a minimum level of collateral to be held for loaned securities.

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities: Thrivent presents securities lending agreements and derivatives on a gross basis in the statutory-basis financial statements.

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Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses: Unrealized investment gains and losses include changes in fair value of bonds, unaffiliated stocks, affiliated common stocks, affiliated mutual funds, ETFs, limited partnerships and other invested assets and are reported as a direct increase or decrease to surplus.

Realized Capital Gains and Losses: Realized capital gains and losses on sales of investments are determined using the specific identification method for bonds and average cost method for stocks.

Thrivent’s investments are periodically reviewed, and those securities are evaluated where the current fair value is less than amortized cost for indicators that show the decline in value is other-than-temporary. The review includes an evaluation of each security issuer’s creditworthiness, such as the ability to generate operating cash flow while remaining current on all debt obligations, and any changes in credit ratings from third party agencies. Other factors include the severity and duration of the impairment, Thrivent’s ability to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the debt security and Thrivent’s ability and intent to hold the security for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in the market.

The potential need to sell securities in an unrealized loss position which have no other indications of other-than-temporary impairment is evaluated based on the current market environment, near-term and long-term asset liability management strategies and target allocation strategies for various asset classes. Generally, Thrivent has the ability and intent to hold securities in an unrealized loss position for a period of time sufficient for the security to recover in value. Investments that are determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired are written down, primarily to fair value, and the write-down is included in realized capital gains and losses in the Statutory-Basis Statements of Operations. If, in response to changed conditions in the capital markets, Thrivent decides to sell a security in an unrealized loss position, a realized loss is recognized in the period that the decision is made to sell that security.

Certain realized capital gains and losses on fixed income securities sold prior to maturity are transferred to the interest maintenance reserve (“IMR”).

Fair Value of Financial Instruments: In estimating the fair values for financial instruments, the significance of observable and unobservable inputs used to determine fair value is taken into consideration. Each of the financial instruments has been classified into one of three categories based on the evaluation. A Level 1 financial instrument is valued using quoted prices for identical assets in active markets. A Level 2 financial instrument is valued based on quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets that are accessible, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, or model-derived valuations where the significant value driver inputs are observable. A Level 3 financial instrument is valued using significant inputs that are unobservable.

Separate Accounts

Separate account assets and liabilities represent funds that are separately administered for variable annuity and variable life contracts, for which the contractholder, rather than Thrivent bears the investment risk. Fees charged on separate account contractholder account value, include mortality and expense charges, rider fees, and advisor fees and are recognized when due. Separate account assets, which consist of investment funds, are carried at fair value based on published market prices and include the value of seed money. Separate account liability values are not guaranteed to the contractholder; however, general account reserves include provisions for the guaranteed minimum death and living benefits contained in the contracts. Reserve assumptions for these benefits are discussed in the Aggregate Reserves for Life, Annuity and Health Contracts section.

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Aggregate Reserves for Life, Annuity and Health Contracts

Reserves for life contracts issued prior to 2020 are calculated primarily using the Commissioners’ Reserve Valuation Method generally based upon the 1941, 1958, 1980, 2001, and 2017 Commissioners’ Standard Ordinary and American Experience Mortality Tables with assumed interest rates ranging from 2.5% to 5.5%. Reserves on contracts issued on a substandard basis are valued using the valuation mortality rates for the substandard rating. Reserves for life contracts issued on or after January 1, 2020, are calculated using the Principles-Based Reserve (PBR) approach described in VM-20. The reserve held is the greatest of two model-based reserve calculations and a formulaic calculation called the Net Premium Reserve (“NPR”).

Reserves for fixed annuities, supplementary contracts with life contingencies and other benefits are computed using recognized and accepted mortality tables and methods, which equal or exceed the minimum reserves calculated under the Commissioners’ Annuity Reserve Valuation Method. Fixed indexed annuity reserves are calculated according to the Black-Scholes Projection Method described in Actuarial Guideline 35. Reserves for variable annuities with guaranteed death and living benefits, regardless of issue date, are computed on an aggregate basis using the requirements specified in VM-21, including assumptions for guaranteed minimum death benefits and living benefits. This approach uses the greatest of two stochastic modeling approaches (company prudent assumptions or industry prescribed assumptions) but is never less than the cash surrender value floor.

Accident and health contract reserves are generally calculated using the two-year preliminary term, one-year preliminary term and the net level premium methods based upon various morbidity tables. In addition, for long-term care and disability income products, a premium deficiency reserve is held to the extent future premiums and current reserves are less than the value of future expected claim payments and expenses.

The reserve assumptions inherent in these approaches are designed to be sufficient to provide for all contractual benefits. Thrivent waives deduction of deferred fractional premiums upon the death of insureds and returns any portion of the final premium beyond the date of death. Surrender values are not promised in excess of the legally computed reserves.

Deposit Liabilities

Deposit liabilities have been established on certain annuity and supplemental contracts, as well as funding agreements issued to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (“FHLB”), that do not subject Thrivent to mortality and morbidity risk. Changes in future benefits on these deposit-type contracts are classified as deposit-type transactions and thereby excluded from net additions to contract reserves.

Contract Claims

Claim liabilities are established in amounts estimated to cover incurred claims. These liabilities are based on individual case estimates for reported claims and estimates of unreported claims based on past experience.

Interest Maintenance Reserve

Thrivent is required by the NAIC to maintain an IMR which is primarily used to defer certain realized capital gains and losses on fixed income investments. Net realized capital gains and losses deferred to IMR are amortized into investment income over the estimated remaining term to maturity of the investment sold.

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1. Nature Of Operations And Significant Accounting Policies, continued

Asset Valuation Reserve

Thrivent is required to maintain an asset valuation reserve (“AVR”), which is a liability calculated using a formula prescribed by the NAIC. The AVR is a general provision for future potential losses in the value of investments, unrelated to changes in interest rates. Increases or decreases in the AVR are reported as direct adjustments to surplus in the Statutory-Basis Statements of Surplus.

Borrowed Money

Borrowed money represents advances from Federal Home Loan Bank. The liability is primarily carried at an amount equal to unpaid principal balance, including accrued interest, net of unamortized discount or premium.

Premiums and Considerations

Traditional life insurance premiums are recognized as revenue when due. Variable life, universal life, annuity premiums and considerations of supplemental contracts with life contingencies are recognized when received. Health insurance premiums are recognized pro rata over the terms of the policies.

Fraternal Benefits and Expenses

Fraternal benefits and expenses include all fraternal activities and expenses incurred to provide or administer fraternal benefits and programs related to Thrivent’s fraternal charter. This includes activities and costs necessary to maintain Thrivent’s fraternal lodge system. Thrivent conducts fraternal activities primarily through a lodge system where members participate in locally sponsored fraternal activities. Lodge activities are designed to create an opportunity for impact via social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic or religious purposes for the benefit of members and the public and are supported through a variety of lodge programs and services.

Dividends to Members

The majority of Thrivent’s insurance products are participating in nature. Dividends on these policies to be paid to members in the subsequent 12 months are reflected in the Statutory-Basis Statements of Operations for the current year. Dividends are not currently being paid on most health insurance nor annuity contracts. Dividend scales are approved annually by Thrivent’s Board of Directors.

Income Taxes

Thrivent, as a fraternal benefit society, qualifies as a tax-exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, income earned by Thrivent is generally exempt from taxation; therefore, no provision for income taxes has been recorded. Thrivent may pay income taxes on certain unrelated business activity.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying statutory-basis financial statements of Thrivent have been prepared in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the State of Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, which practices differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

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The following describes the more significant statutory accounting policies that are different from GAAP accounting policies:

Bonds and Preferred Stocks: For GAAP purposes, investments in bonds and preferred stocks are reported at fair value with the change in fair value reported as a separate component of comprehensive income for available-for-sale securities and reported as realized gains or losses for trading securities.

Common Stocks: For GAAP purposes, investments in common stocks are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of net income.

Limited Partnerships: For GAAP purposes, the equity method reports the change in the equity value of the limited partnerships through earnings as a component of net investment income.

Acquisition Costs: For GAAP purposes, costs incurred that are directly related to the successful acquisition and issuance of new or renewal insurance contracts are deferred to the extent such costs are deemed recoverable from future profits and amortized on a constant level basis.

Contract Liabilities: For GAAP purposes, liabilities for future contract benefits and expenses are estimated based on expected experience or actual account balances.

Non-Admitted Assets: For GAAP purposes, certain assets, primarily furniture, equipment, receivables over 90 days old, values of certain entities and equity-method investments where audits are not performed, overfunded plan assets on qualified benefit plans and agents’ debit balances, are not charged directly to surplus and are not excluded from the balance sheet.

Interest Maintenance Reserve: For GAAP purposes, an IMR is not maintained.

Asset Valuation Reserve: For GAAP purposes, an AVR is not maintained.

Premiums and Withdrawals: For GAAP purposes, funds deposited and withdrawn on universal life and investment-type contracts are not recorded in the income statement.

Consolidation: For GAAP purposes, controlled subsidiaries are consolidated into the results of their parent. Differences between consolidated GAAP financial statements and statutory-basis financial statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, have not been quantified but are presumed to be material.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of statutory-basis financial statements in conformity with SAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the statutory-basis financial statements and accompanying notes. The more significant estimates relate to fair values of investments, reserves for life, health and annuity contracts and pension and other retirement benefit liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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1. Nature Of Operations And Significant Accounting Policies, continued

New Accounting Guidance

In 2023, Thrivent adopted modifications to SSAP No. 48 (Joint Ventures, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies), SSAP No. 32 (Preferred Stock) and SSAP No. 30 (Common Stock). The key revisions clarify that in-substance residual tranches or interests should focus on the substance of the investment rather than the form and be reported as Other Invested Assets. The guidance is effective beginning December 31, 2023 and did not have a material impact on Thrivent’s financial statements.

In 2023, Thrivent adopted modifications to SSAP No. 34 (Investment Income Due and Accrued). The key revisions include adding new disclosures for Aggregate Deferred Interest and Paid-In-Kind (PIK) interest. The guidance is effective beginning December 31, 2023 and did not have a material impact on Thrivent’s financial statements.

In 2022, Thrivent adopted modifications to SSAP No. 43 (Loan-Backed and Structured Securities). The key revisions clarify that residual tranches or interests shall be reported on Schedule BA - Other Long-Term Investments and valued at the lower of amortized cost or fair value. The guidance is effective beginning December 31, 2022 and did not have a material impact on Thrivent’s financial statements.

Prior Year Adjustment

During 2023, Thrivent identified an adjustment impacting the beginning of year surplus balance related to deferred annuity contracts. As a result, reserves were decreased and surplus was increased by $40 million. During 2022, Thrivent identified adjustments impacting the beginning of year surplus balance. The pension plan was in an overfunded position of $72 million which should have been reported as a non-admitted asset. A reserve related to universal life contracts with secondary guarantees was overstated by $27 million. An incurred but not reported liability related to universal life disability waivers on a closed block of business was overstated by $14 million. The investment income due and accrued on certain affiliated bonds was recorded incorrectly and understated by $42 million. Thrivent reported an increase to opening surplus of $40 million and $11 million in 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Subsequent Events

Thrivent evaluated events or transactions that may have occurred after the Statutory-Basis Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Surplus date for potential recognition or disclosure through February 13, 2025, the date the statutory-basis financial statements were available to be issued. There were no other subsequent events or transactions which required recognition for disclosure.

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2. Investments

Bonds

The admitted value and fair value of Thrivent’s investment in bonds are summarized below (in millions):

	Admitted Value	Gross Unrealized		Fair Value
	Admitted Value	Gains	Losses	Fair Value
December 31, 2024
U.S. government and agency securities	$1,565	$2	$(149 )	$1,418
U.S. state and political subdivision securities	120	8	(3 )	125
Securities issued by foreign governments	64	—	(4 )	60
Corporate debt securities	40,714	466	(3,026 )	38,154
Residential mortgage-backed securities	4,045	6	(517 )	3,534
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	1,839	3	(113 )	1,729
Collateralized debt obligations	—	—	—	—
Other debt obligations	4,039	12	(9 )	4,042
Affiliated bonds	607	1	—	608
Total bonds	$52,993	$498	$(3,821 )	$49,670
December 31, 2023
U.S. government and agency securities	$1,536	$17	$(116 )	$1,437
U.S. state and political subdivision securities	97	15	(1 )	111
Securities issued by foreign governments	74	—	(4 )	70
Corporate debt securities	39,209	644	(2,767 )	37,086
Residential mortgage-backed securities	3,979	9	(447 )	3,541
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	1,916	5	(160 )	1,761
Collateralized debt obligations	2	8	—	10
Other debt obligations	1,521	2	(22 )	1,501
Affiliated bonds	2,220	98	(124 )	2,194
Total bonds	$50,554	$798	$(3,641 )	$47,711

The admitted value of corporate debt securities issued in foreign currencies was $819 million and
$773 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The admitted value and fair value of bonds, short-term investments and certain cash equivalents by contractual maturity are shown below (in millions). Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

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2. Investments, continued

	Admitted Value	Fair Value
December 31, 2024
Due in 1 year or less	$3,443	$3,445
Due after 1 year through 5 years	14,085	13,809
Due after 5 years through 10 years	13,230	12,434
Due after 10 years through 20 years	8,880	8,325
Due after 20 years	14,526	12,828
Total	$54,164	$50,841

The following table shows the fair value and gross unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual bonds have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in millions).

	Less than 12 Months			12 Months or More
	Number of Securities	Fair Value	Gross Unrealized Losses	Number of Securities	Fair Value	Gross Unrealized Losses
December 31, 2024
U.S. government and agency securities	13	$272	$(8 )	34	$796	$(141 )
U.S. state and political subdivision securities	1	13	—	4	33	(3 )
Securities issued by foreign governments	1	6	—	6	49	(4 )
Corporate debt securities	921	5,977	(161 )	2,970	22,523	(2,865 )
Residential mortgage-backed securities	31	495	(7 )	267	2,756	(510 )
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	23	232	(2 )	145	1,273	(111 )
Other debt obligations	15	70	(1 )	73	199	(8 )
Affiliated bonds	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total bonds	1,005	$7,065	$(180 )	3,499	$27,629	$(3,642 )
December 31, 2023
U.S. government and agency securities	7	$262	$(3 )	31	$791	$(112 )
U.S. state and political subdivision securities	—	—	—	2	12	(1 )
Securities issued by foreign governments	—	—	—	9	70	(4 )
Corporate debt securities	209	1,362	(60 )	3,428	26,246	(2,707 )
Residential mortgage-backed securities	10	151	(1 )	267	3,064	(446 )
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	6	52	(2 )	180	1,565	(158 )
Other debt obligations	21	121	—	150	690	(22 )
Affiliated bonds	1	1,170	(56 )	1	557	(69 )
Total bonds	254	$3,118	$(122 )	4,068	$32,995	$(3,519 )

Based on Thrivent’s current evaluation in accordance with Thrivent’s impairment policy, a determination was made that the declines in the securities summarized above are temporary in nature and Thrivent has the ability and intent to hold securities in an unrealized loss position for a period of time sufficient for the security to recover in value.

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Stocks

The cost and fair value of Thrivent’s investment in stocks as of December 31 are presented below (in millions).

	2024	2023
Unaffiliated Preferred Stocks:
Cost	$448	$382
Gross unrealized gains	17	6
Gross unrealized losses	(20 )	(35 )
Fair value	$445	$353
Statement value	$451	$365
Unaffiliated Common Stocks:
Cost	$623	$467
Gross unrealized gains	153	111
Gross unrealized losses	(18 )	(11 )
Fair value/statement value	$758	$567
Affiliated Common Stocks:
Cost	$314	$321
Gross unrealized gains	46	35
Gross unrealized losses	(102 )	(97 )
Fair value/statement value	$258	$259
Affiliated Mutual Funds and ETFs:
Cost	$68	$118
Gross unrealized gains	7	15
Gross unrealized losses	—	(1 )
Fair value/statement value	$75	$132
Total statement value	$1,542	$1,323

Mortgage Loans

Thrivent invests in mortgage loans that principally involve commercial real estate consisting of first mortgage liens on completed income-producing properties. The carrying value of mortgage loans was $10.9 billion for both years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. There was no allowance for credit losses as of December 31, 2024 or 2023.

Thrivent requires that all properties subject to mortgage loans have fire insurance at least equal to the value of the property.

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The carrying values of mortgage loans by credit quality as of December 31 are presented below where restructured loans, in good standing, represent loans with reduced principal or interest rates below market (dollars in millions):

	2024	2023
In good standing	$10,849	$10,848
Restructured loans, in good standing	18	21
Delinquent	—	—
In process of foreclosure	—	—
Total mortgage loans	$10,867	$10,869

	2024	2023
Loans with Interest Rates Reduced During the Year:
Weighted average interest rate reduction	—	0.2 %
Total principal	$—	$1
Number of loans	—	1
Interest Rates for Loans Issued During the Year:
Maximum	9.3 %	7.3 %
Minimum	5.5 %	4.4 %
Maximum loan-to-value ratio for loans issued during the year, exclusive of purchase money mortgages	65 %	82 %

The age analysis of mortgage loans as of December 31 are presented below (in millions):

	2024	2023
Current	$10,867	$10,851
30 – 59 days past due	—	18
60 – 89 days past due	—	—
90 – 179 days past due	—	—
180+ days past due	—	—
Total mortgage loans	$10,867	$10,869
90 – 179 Days Past Due and Accruing Interest:
Investment	$—	$—
Interest accrued	—	—
180+ Days Past Due and Accruing Interest:
Investment	$—	$—
Interest accrued	—	—

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The distribution of Thrivent’s mortgage loans among various geographic regions of the United States as of December 31 are presented below:

	2024	2023
Geographic Region:
Pacific	29 %	30 %
South Atlantic	21	19
East North Central	7	7
West North Central	7	8
Mountain	7	7
Mid-Atlantic	12	12
West South Central	12	12
Other	5	5
Total	100 %	100 %

The distribution of Thrivent’s mortgage loans among various property types as of December 31 are presented below:

	2024	2023
Property Type:
Industrial	27 %	26 %
Retail	16	16
Office	11	13
Church	7	8
Apartments	32	30
Other	7	7
Total	100 %	100 %

Impaired loans

A loan is determined to be impaired when it is considered probable that the principal and interest will not be collected according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, Thrivent held impaired loans with carrying values of $26 million and $39 million, and unpaid principal balances of $32 million and $47 million for which there was no related allowance for credit losses recorded, respectively.

Any payments received on impaired loans are either applied against the principal or reported as net investment income, based on an assessment as to the collectability of the principal. Interest income on impaired loans that are delinquent are recognized upon receipt.

After loans become 180 days delinquent on principal or interest payments, or if the loans have been determined to be impaired, any accrued but uncollectible interest on the mortgage loans is non-admitted and charged to surplus in the period in which the loans are determined to be impaired. Generally, only after the loans become less than 180 days delinquent from the contractual due date will accrued interest be returned to admitted status. The amount of impairments included in realized capital losses due to debt restructuring was $8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, $8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, and less than $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The average recorded investment in impaired

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mortgage loans was $26 million and $10 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Interest income recognized on impaired mortgage loans was $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, $2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, and less than $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2022.

In certain circumstances, Thrivent may restructure the terms of a troubled loan to maximize the collection of amounts due. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, Thrivent restructured three loans with a carrying value of $10 million and two loans with a carrying value of $2 million, respectively.

For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, Thrivent held eight mortgage loans with a carrying value of $18 million and eight loans with a carrying value of $21 million, where loan restructures had occurred and the loans were in good standing, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the eight restructured mortgage loans had no payment defaults after modifications. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the eight restructured mortgage loans had no payment defaults after modifications.

During the year ended December 31, 2024 there was one mortgage loan with a carrying value of $16 million that was derecognized as a result of foreclosure. In 2023, there were no mortgage loans that were derecognized as a result of foreclosure.

Real Estate

Thrivent owns home office properties and held-for-sale properties. Held-for-sale properties are determined to be impaired when it is probable that the current book value plus costs to sell are greater than the fair market value of the property.

The components of real estate investments as of December 31 were as follows (in millions):

	2024	2023
Home office properties	$24	$141
Held-for-sale	—	—
Total before accumulated depreciation	24	141
Accumulated depreciation	(6 )	(100 )
Total real estate	$18	$41

In 2024, Thrivent reclassified a corporate office building as held-for-sale. This property had a book value of $24 million and was impaired by $24 million to a book value of $0 in December 2024. In November 2024, Thrivent sold a portion of land for a cash payment of less than $1 million and recorded a realized gain of less than $1 million on the sale. In November 2022, Thrivent sold a corporate office property for a cash payment of $4 million. A realized capital gain of less than $1 million was recognized on the sale.

Derivative Financial Instruments

Thrivent uses derivative financial instruments in the normal course of business to manage investment risks, to reduce interest rate and duration imbalances determined in asset/liability analyses and to offset risks associated with the guaranteed living benefits features of certain variable annuity products.

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The following table summarizes the carrying values, which primarily equal fair values, included in other invested assets or other liabilities on the Statutory-Basis Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Surplus, and the notional amounts of Thrivent’s derivative financial instruments (in millions):

	Carrying Value	Notional Amount	Realized Gains/(Losses)
As of and for the year ended December 31, 2024
Assets:
Call spread options	$141	$1,163	$194
Futures	—	97	(205 )
Foreign currency swaps	79	820	10
Interest rate swaps	—	—	—
Covered written call options	—	—	—
Total assets	$220	$2,080	$(1 )
Liabilities:
Call spread options	$(81 )	$1,231	$(172 )
Futures	—	929	—
Foreign currency swaps	(1 )	78	1
Covered written call options	—	—	1
Total liabilities	$(82 )	$2,328	$(170 )
As of and for the year ended December 31, 2023
Assets:
Call spread options	$161	$1,091	$(13 )
Futures	—	299	(172 )
Foreign currency swaps	51	726	10
Interest rate swaps	—	—	—
Covered written call options	—	—	—
Total assets	$212	$2,116	$(175 )
Liabilities:
Call spread options	$(110 )	$1,144	$18
Futures	—	1,063	—
Foreign currency swaps	(9 )	84	1
Covered written call options	—	—	—
Total liabilities	$(119 )	$2,291	$19

All gains and losses on derivatives are reflected in realized capital gains and losses in the statutory-basis financial statements except foreign currency swaps which are reflected in net investment income. Notional amounts do not represent amounts exchanged by the parties and therefore are not a measure of Thrivent’s exposure. The settlement amounts exchanged are calculated based on the notional amounts and the other terms of the instruments, such as interest rates, exchange rates, security prices or financial and other indices.

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Call Spread Options

Thrivent uses over-the-counter S&P 500 index call spread options (i.e. buying call options and selling cap call options) to manage risks associated with fixed indexed annuities. Purchased call spread options are reported at fair value in other invested assets and written call spread options are reported at fair value in other liabilities. The changes in the fair value of the call spread options are recorded in unrealized gains and losses.

Covered Written Call Options

Thrivent sells covered written call option contracts to enhance the return on residential mortgage-backed “to be announced” collateral that Thrivent owns. The premium received for these call options is recorded in other liabilities at book value at each reporting period. All positions in these contracts are settled at month end. Upon disposition of the options, the gains are recorded as a component of realized capital gains and losses. During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, less than $1 million, zero and $4 million, respectively, was received in call premium.

Futures

Thrivent utilizes futures contracts to manage a portion of the risks associated with the guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit feature of variable annuity products and to manage foreign equity risk. Cash paid for the futures contracts is recorded in other invested assets. The futures contracts are valued at fair value at each reporting period. The daily change in fair value from the contracts variation margin is recognized in unrealized gains and losses until the contract is closed and/or otherwise expired. Realized gains and losses are recognized when the contract is closed and/or otherwise expired.

Foreign Currency Swaps

Thrivent utilizes foreign currency swaps to manage the risk associated with changes in the exchange rate of foreign currency to U.S. dollar payments for foreign denominated bonds. The swaps are reported at fair value with the change in the fair value recognized in unrealized gains and losses. Realized capital gains and losses are recognized upon settlement of the swap. No cash is exchanged at the outset of the swaps, and interest payments received are recorded as a component of net investment income.

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Wash Sales

In the normal course of Thrivent’s investment management activities, securities are periodically sold and repurchased within 30 days of the sale date to enhance total return on the investment portfolio. At December 31, 2024, Thrivent completed 36 transactions, selling 31 securities with a book value totaling $2 million where the cost to repurchase within 30 days totaled $3 million. The net gain for securities sold and later repurchased totaled less than $1 million. At December 31, 2023, Thrivent completed 33 transactions, selling 26 securities with a book value totaling $1 million where the cost to repurchase within 30 days totaled $1 million. The net gain for securities sold and later repurchased totaled less than $1 million.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

Thrivent has a tri-party reverse repurchase agreement (“repo”) to purchase and resell short-term securities. The securities are classified as an NAIC designation of 1 and the maturity of the securities is three months to one year with a carrying value and fair value of $0 million and $30 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Thrivent is not permitted to sell or repledge these securities. The purchased securities are included in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments in the accompanying Statutory-Basis Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Surplus. Thrivent received cash as collateral, having a fair value at least equal to 102% of the purchase price paid for the securities and Thrivent’s designated custodian takes possession of the collateral. The collateral is not recorded in Thrivent’s financial statements.

The fair value of the securities for the repo transactions accounted for each reporting period presented below (in millions):

December 31, 2024	Maximum	Ending Balance
Bonds:
1st quarter	$140	$—
2nd quarter	115	15
3rd quarter	30	—
4th quarter	—	—

December 31, 2023	Maximum	Ending Balance
Bonds:
1st quarter	$85	$25
2nd quarter	100	70
3rd quarter	30	30
4th quarter	80	30

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The fair value of the cash collateral under the repo transactions for each reporting period by remaining contractual maturity presented below (in millions):

December 31, 2024	Maximum	Ending Balance
Overnight and Continuous:
1st quarter	$143	$—
2nd quarter	117	15
3rd quarter	31	—
4th quarter	—	—

December 31, 2023	Maximum	Ending Balance
Overnight and Continuous:
1st quarter	$87	$26
2nd quarter	102	71
3rd quarter	31	31
4th quarter	82	31

Federal Home Loan Bank Agreements

FHLB membership requires an initial purchase of membership stock and gives Thrivent access to low-cost funding. Thrivent held membership stock of $0 million as of December 31, 2024, and $9 million as of December 31, 2023, and activity-based stock of $90 million and $68 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Any excess activity-based stock is periodically converted to membership stock by the FHLB. Thrivent’s strategy is to utilize funds from the FHLB to optimize liquidity and for spread investment purposes. Additional FHLB activity-based stock purchases are required based upon the amount of funding agreements from the FHLB. Thrivent is required to post acceptable forms of collateral for any funding agreements from the FHLB. In the event of default, the FHLB’s recovery on the collateral is limited to the amount of Thrivent’s outstanding liability to the FHLB. FHLB activity is limited to the general account. As of December 31, 2024, Thrivent has an internally approved maximum borrowing capacity for the FHLB of $6 billion. Thrivent established this limit in accordance with its overall risk management process.

The amount of collateral pledged to FHLB as of December 31 (in millions):

	2024			2023
	Fair Value	Carrying Value	Aggregate Total Borrowing	Fair Value	Carrying Value	Aggregate Total Borrowing
Total Collateral Pledged	$2,708	$3,114	$2,010	$2,296	$2,637	$1,510

The maximum amount of collateral pledged to FHLB during the reporting period (in millions):

	2024			2023
	Fair Value	Carrying Value	Aggregate Total Borrowing	Fair Value	Carrying Value	Aggregate Total Borrowing
Total Maximum Collateral Pledged	$3,242	$3,591	$2,010	$2,452	$2,964	$1,800

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During the third quarter of 2023, Thrivent transitioned $900 million in FHLB advances into funding agreements. These advances were previously reported as borrowed money and funding agreements are reported in deposit liabilities.

The fair value and carrying amount of the funding agreements, excluding accrued interest, were $2.0 billion and $1.5 billion as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Interest accrues as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 at a weighted average rate of 4.5% and 5.4%, respectively. Interest paid in 2024 and 2023 was $89 million and $73 million, respectively. The outstanding deposit liabilities of $2.0 billion as of December 31, 2024 have scheduled maturity dates through 2027 and Thrivent has the discretion to roll those maturities into future borrowings or funding agreements.

The amount of funding agreements from FHLB as of December 31 (in millions):

	General Account		Funding Agreements Reserves Established
	2024	2023	2024	2023
Funding Agreements	2,010	1,510	2,017	1,517
Other		—		—
Aggregate Total	$2,010	$1,510	$2,017	$1,517

The Company does not have prepayment obligations for these funding agreements.

Pledged and Restricted Assets

Thrivent owns assets which are pledged to others as collateral or are otherwise restricted totaling $3.8 billion and $3.4 billion at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Total pledged and restricted assets, which primarily include collateral held under futures transactions, securities lending agreements, FHLB and reverse repurchase agreements are 3% of total admitted assets. Securities on deposit with state insurance departments were $2 million for both years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

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Net Investment Income

Investment income by type of investment for the years ended December 31 is presented below (in millions):

	2024	2023	2022
Bonds	$2,165	$2,107	$1,854
Preferred stock	18	20	22
Unaffiliated common stocks	21	17	24
Affiliated common stocks	77	77	165
Mortgage loans	431	417	400
Real estate	12	12	12
Contract loans	76	75	75
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	74	63	25
Limited partnerships	1,025	547	901
Other invested assets	30	30	17
Gross investment income	3,929	3,365	3,495
Investment expenses	(97 )	(130 )	(82 )
Depreciation on real estate	(2 )	(2 )	(3 )
Net investment income	$3,830	$3,233	$3,410

Net investment income includes bonds sold or redeemed with a callable bond or tender feature. During 2024, there were 112 securities with a callable or tender feature sold or redeemed totaling $4 million. During 2023, there were 68 securities with a callable or tender feature sold or redeemed totaling $2 million.

Investment Income Due and Accrued

All investment income due and accrued with amounts that are over 90 days past due with the exception of mortgage loans that are in default for more than 180 days, are nonadmitted. As of December 31, 2024 the total amount of gross, nonadmitted and admitted amounts of interest income due and accrued is $615 million, $0 million and $615 million, respectively. Aggregate deferred interest is $8 million as of December 31, 2024.

Cumulative amounts of paid-in-kind interest included in the current principal balances is zero.

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Realized Capital Gains and Losses

Realized capital gains and losses for the years ended December 31 is presented below (in millions):

	2024	2023	2022
Net Gains and (Losses) on Sales:
Bonds:
Gross gains	$149	$93	$90
Gross losses	(74 )	(140 )	(190 )
Stocks:
Gross gains	129	131	168
Gross losses	(30 )	(64 )	(75 )
Futures	(205 )	(172 )	11
Other	(13 )	65	(1 )
Net gains and (losses) on sales	(44 )	(87 )	3
Provisions for Losses:
Bonds	(3 )	(15 )	(17 )
Stocks	—	—	—
Other	(8 )	(8 )	(1 )
Total provisions for losses	(11 )	(23 )	(18 )
Realized capital gains and (losses)	(55 )	(110 )	(15 )
Transfers to interest maintenance reserve	(67 )	48	84
Realized capital gains and (losses), net	$(122 )	$(62 )	$69

Proceeds from the sale of investments in bonds, net of mortgage dollar roll and tax free exchange transactions, were $7.3 billion, $5.1 billion and $5.1 billion for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Thrivent recognized other-than-temporary impairments (OTTI) during the year ended December 31, 2024 on loan-backed and structured securities where the present value of cash flows expected to be collected was less than the amortized cost basis of the security. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the amortized cost basis for these securities, prior to any current-period OTTI was $53 million. The OTTI recognized in earnings as a realized loss totaled $2 million. The fair value of the securities as of the date impaired totaled $46 million. The amortized cost basis after the current-period impairment totaled $51 million.

3. Policyholder Liabilities

The following table contains general account aggregate reserves for life, annuity and health contracts as of December 31 (in millions):

	2024	2023
Life insurance reserves	$26,074	$25,648
Disability and long-term care active life reserves	70	83
Disability and long-term care unpaid claims and claim reserves	351	358
Annuity reserves	21,985	19,777
Health contracts	6,740	6,559
Aggregate reserves for life, annuity and health contracts	$55,220	$52,425

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Many of the contracts issued by Thrivent, primarily annuities, do not subject Thrivent to mortality or morbidity risk. These contracts may have certain limitations placed upon the amount of funds that can be withdrawn without penalties. The following table summarizes liabilities by withdrawal characteristics of individual annuities (dollars in millions):

	General Account	Separate Account Guaranteed	Separate Account Nonguaranteed	Total	% of Total
December 31, 2024
Subject to Discretionary Withdrawal:
With market value adjustment	$3,931	$172	$—	$4,103	7 %
At book value less a surrender charge of 5% or more	3,628	—	—	3,628	7
At fair value	—	—	33,718	33,718	60
Total with market value adjustment or at fair value	7,559	172	33,718	41,449	74
At book value without adjustment	12,751	—	—	12,751	23
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal	1,675	—	49	1,724	3
Total	$21,985	$172	$33,767	$55,924	100 %
Amount to Move into Subject to Discretionary Withdrawal in the Year After the Statement Date:	$638	$—	$—	$638
December 31, 2023
Subject to Discretionary Withdrawal:
With market value adjustment	$1,374	$169	$—	$1,543	3 %
At book value less a surrender charge of 5% or more	4,304	—	—	4,304	8
At fair value	—	—	32,931	32,931	62
Total with market value adjustment or at fair value	5,678	169	32,931	38,778	73
At book value without adjustment	12,537	—	—	12,537	24
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal	1,562	—	47	1,609	3
Total	$19,777	$169	$32,978	$52,924	100 %
Amount to Move into Subject to Discretionary Withdrawal in the Year After the Statement Date:	$324	$—	$—	$324

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The following table summarizes liabilities by withdrawal characteristics of deposit type contracts with no life contingencies (dollars in millions):

	General Account	Separate Account Guaranteed	Separate Account Nonguaranteed	Total	% of Total
December 31, 2024
Subject to Discretionary Withdrawal:
At book value less a surrender charge of 5% or more	$3,134	$—	$—	$3,134	56 %
Total with market value adjustment or at fair value	3,134	—	—	3,134	56
At book value without adjustment	2,349	—	—	2,349	42
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal	83	—	12	95	2
Total	$5,566	$—	$12	$5,578	100 %
December 31, 2023
Subject to Discretionary Withdrawal:
At book value less a surrender charge of 5% or more	$3,580	$—	$—	$3,580	64 %
Total with market value adjustment or at fair value	3,580	—	—	3,580	64
At book value without adjustment	1,893	—	—	1,893	34
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal	76	—	13	89	2
Total	$5,549	$—	$13	$5,562	100 %

The above policyholder liabilities are recorded as partial components within the following captions of the Statutory-Basis Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Surplus as of December 31 (in millions):

	2024	2023
Aggregate reserves for life, annuity and health contracts	$21,985	$19,777
Deposit liabilities	5,566	5,549
Liabilities related to separate accounts	33,951	33,160
Total	$61,502	$58,486

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The following table summarizes the analysis of life actuarial reserves by withdrawal characteristics (dollars in millions):

	General Account			Separate Account Nonguaranteed
	Account Value	Cash Value	Reserve	Account Value	Cash Value	Reserve
December 31, 2024
Subject to Discretionary Withdrawal, Surrender Values, or Policy Loans:
Universal life	$10,440	$10,429	$10,458	$—	$—	$—
Universal life with secondary guarantees	1,775	1,647	1,885	1,780	1,613	1,628
Other permanent cash value life insurance	—	12,475	13,423	—	—	—
Variable universal life	50	50	63	1,128	1,126	1,133
Miscellaneous reserves	—	—	2	—	—	—
Not Subject to Discretionary Withdrawals or No Cash Values:
Term policies without cash value	XXX	XXX	1,031	XXX	XXX	—
Accidental death benefits	XXX	XXX	13	XXX	XXX	—
Disability death benefits	XXX	XXX	—	XXX	XXX	—
Disability – active lives	XXX	XXX	70	XXX	XXX	—
Disability – disable lives	XXX	XXX	340	XXX	XXX	—
Miscellaneous reserves	XXX	XXX	—	XXX	XXX	—
Subtotal	$12,265	$24,601	$27,285	$2,908	$2,739	$2,761
Reinsurance ceded	760	955	788	—	—	—
Total	$11,505	$23,646	$26,497	$2,908	$2,739	$2,761
December 31, 2023
Subject to Discretionary Withdrawal, Surrender Values, or Policy Loans:
Universal life	$10,381	$10,368	$10,400	$—	$—	$—
Universal life with secondary guarantees	1,628	1,497	1,741	1,454	1,302	1,321
Other permanent cash value life insurance	—	12,280	13,220	—	—	—
Variable universal life	46	46	59	995	992	998
Miscellaneous reserves	—	—	2	—	—	—
Not Subject to Discretionary Withdrawals or No Cash Values:
Term policies without cash value	XXX	XXX	1,039	XXX	XXX	—
Accidental death benefits	XXX	XXX	13	XXX	XXX	—
Disability death benefits	XXX	XXX	—	XXX	XXX	—
Disability – active lives	XXX	XXX	83	XXX	XXX	—
Disability – disable lives	XXX	XXX	345	XXX	XXX	—
Miscellaneous reserves	XXX	XXX	—	XXX	XXX	—
Subtotal	$12,055	$24,191	$26,902	$2,449	$2,294	$2,319
Reinsurance ceded	643	814	813	—	—	—
Total	$11,412	$23,377	$26,089	$2,449	$2,294	$2,319

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Thrivent calculates premium deficiency reserves (PDR) for long-term care insurance policies. The PDR was zero as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. During 2022, Thrivent updated the claim utilization assumptions for both closed and new business blocks. Additionally, in 2023 the claim incidence and claim termination assumptions were updated for the new business block.

Thrivent has insurance in force as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, totaling $4.7 billion and $5.7 billion, respectively, where the gross premiums are less than the net premiums according to the standard valuation requirements set by the State of Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. Reserves associated with these policies as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, totaled $17 million and $20 million, respectively.

Deferred and uncollected life insurance premiums and annuity considerations were as follows (in millions):

	Gross	Net of Loading
December 31, 2024
Ordinary new business	$8	$—
Ordinary renewal	84	112
Total	$92	$112
December 31, 2023
Ordinary new business	$8	$—
Ordinary renewal	78	109
Total	$86	$109

4. Separate Accounts

Thrivent administers and invests funds segregated into separate accounts for the exclusive benefit of variable annuity, variable immediate annuity and variable universal life contractholders. Variable life and variable annuity separate accounts of Thrivent are non-guaranteed, while Thrivent’s multi-year guarantee separate account is a non-indexed guaranteed account. Within the non-guaranteed separate account, all variable deferred annuity contracts contain guaranteed death benefits and some contain guaranteed living benefits. The following table presents the explicit risk charges paid by separate account contract holders for these guarantees and the amounts paid for guaranteed death benefits for the years ended December 31 (in millions):

	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Risk charge paid	$119	$118	$114	$119	$102
Payments for guaranteed benefits	8	19	22	6	7

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The following tables summarize information for the separate accounts (in millions):

	Non-Indexed Guarantee	Non- Guaranteed	Total
December 31, 2024
Reserves:
For accounts with assets at fair value	$172	$36,539	$36,711
By Withdrawal Characteristics:
Subject to Discretionary Withdrawal:
With market value adjustment	$172	$—	$172
At fair value	—	36,478	36,478
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal	—	61	61
Total	$172	$36,539	$36,711
December 31, 2023
Reserves:
For accounts with assets at fair value	$168	$35,310	$35,478
By Withdrawal Characteristics:
Subject to Discretionary Withdrawal:
With market value adjustment	$168	$—	$168
At fair value	—	35,250	35,250
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal	—	60	60
Total	$168	$35,310	$35,478

	2024	2023	2022
Premiums, Considerations and Deposits:
Non-indexed guarantee	$2	$1	$—
Non-guaranteed	2,193	1,473	1,986
Total	$2,195	$1,474	$1,986

	2024	2023	2022
Transfers to separate accounts	$2,194	$1,474	$1,986
Transfers from separate accounts	(5,096 )	(3,592 )	(2,981 )
Other items	(46 )	(35 )	(23 )
Transfers to separate accounts, net	$(2,948 )	$(2,153 )	$(1,018 )

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5. Claims Liabilities

Activity in the liabilities for accident and health, long-term care and disability benefits, included in aggregate reserves for life, annuity, and health contracts and contract claims, as presented below (in millions):

	2024	2023
Net balance at January 1	$1,119	$1,078
Incurred Related to:
Current year	485	451
Prior years	(56 )	(58 )
Total incurred	429	393
Paid Related to:
Current year	52	53
Prior years	310	299
Total paid	362	352
Net balance at December 31	$1,186	$1,119

Thrivent uses estimates for determining the liability for accident and health, long-term care and disability benefits, which are based on historical claim payment patterns, and attempts to provide for potential adverse changes in claim patterns and severity. Thrivent annually reviews the claim payment experience to evaluate the methodology and assumptions that are used in determining Thrivent’s estimate of ultimate claims experience.

6. Reinsurance

Thrivent participates in reinsurance in order to limit maximum losses and to diversify exposures. Life and accident and health reinsurance is accomplished through various plans of reinsurance, primarily coinsurance and yearly renewable term. For life insurance, Thrivent generally retains a maximum of $6 million for any single mortality risk. In 2022 Thrivent began ceding 80% of all Medicare Supplement business via a coinsurance agreement. In 2023 Thrivent entered into a yearly renewable term (YRT) agreement for indemnity reinsurance on newly issued disability insurance coverages.

Ceded balances would represent a liability of Thrivent in the event the reinsurers were unable to meet the obligations under the terms of the reinsurance agreements. Reinsurance contracts do not relieve an insurer from the contract’s primary obligation to policyholders.

Reinsurance premiums, commissions, expense reimbursements, benefits and reserves related to reinsured long-duration contracts are accounted for over the life of the underlying reinsured contracts using assumptions consistent with those used to account for the underlying contracts. The cost of reinsurance related to short-duration contracts is accounted for over the reinsurance contract period. Amounts recoverable from reinsurers are estimated in a manner consistent with the claim liabilities and policy benefits associated with the reinsured policies.

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6. Reinsurance, continued

Reinsurance amounts included in the Statutory-Basis Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31 were as follows (in millions):

	2024	2023	2022
Direct premiums	$6,164	$5,731	$5,256
Reinsurance ceded	(216 )	(211 )	(223 )
Net premiums	$5,948	$5,520	$5,033
Reinsurance claims recovered	$177	$180	$201

Aggregate reserves and contract claim liabilities in the Statutory-Basis Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Surplus for the years ended December 31 were reduced by reinsurance ceded amounts as presented below (in millions):

	2024	2023
Life insurance	$788	$813
Accident-and-health	42	40
Total	$830	$853

During 2022, Thrivent entered into a reinsurance agreement whereby certain Medicare supplement contracts were ceded to a third party. A gain of $39 million was recognized in other surplus funds and is being amortized over a five-year period.

The financial condition of Thrivent’s reinsurers and amounts recoverable are periodically reviewed in order to evaluate the financial strength of the companies supporting the recoverable balances. Two reinsurers account for approximately 74% of the reinsurance recoverable as of December 31, 2024.

Thrivent has no covered policies where certain term life and universal life insurance policies (XXX/AXXX risks) are ceded in accordance with the Term and Universal Life Insurance Reserve Financing Model Regulation (MDL-787) or Actuarial Guideline 48 where the Model Regulation has not been adopted by a state in which Thrivent is licensed.

Thrivent has no reinsurance contracts with features that are subject to the disclosure requirements within SSAP No. 61 related to reinsurance credits.

7. Surplus

Thrivent is subject to certain risk-based capital (“RBC”) requirements as specified by the NAIC. Under those requirements, the amount of surplus maintained by a fraternal benefit society is to be determined based on various risk factors. Thrivent exceeds the RBC requirements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.

Unassigned funds as of December 31 includes adjustments related to the following items (in millions):

	2024	2023
Unrealized gains and (losses)	$545	$634
Non-admitted assets	(486 )	(355 )
Separate accounts	118	102
Asset valuation reserve	(3,030 )	(2,787 )

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7. Surplus, continued

The deferred gain from the 2022 medical supplement reinsurance agreement is included in other surplus funds as of December 31, 2022. The amount was recognized into other surplus and is being amortized over a five-year period.

8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The financial instruments of Thrivent have been classified, for disclosure purposes, into categories based on the evaluation of the significance of observable and unobservable inputs used to determine fair value.

Fair Value Descriptions

Level 1 Financial Instruments

Level 1 financial instruments reported at fair value include certain bonds, certain unaffiliated common stocks, certain cash equivalents, and exchange traded funds. Bonds, unaffiliated common stocks, and exchange traded funds are primarily valued using quoted prices in active markets. Cash equivalents consist of money market mutual funds whose fair value is based on the quoted daily net asset values of the invested funds.

Level 1 financial instruments not reported at fair value include certain bonds, which are priced based on quoted market prices, and include primarily U.S. Treasury bonds.

Level 2 Financial Instruments

Level 2 financial instruments reported at fair value include certain unaffiliated common stocks and other invested assets, primarily derivatives, and are valued based on market quotes where the financial instruments are not considered actively traded. Mutual funds are reported at fair value, which are based on net asset values from fund managers. The fair values for separate account assets are based on published daily net asset values of the funds in which the separate accounts are invested.

Level 2 financial instruments not reported at fair value includes certain bonds, certain unaffiliated common stocks, unaffiliated preferred stocks, cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, other invested assets, liabilities related to separate accounts and other liabilities.

Bonds not reported at fair value are priced using a third–party pricing vendor and include certain corporate debt securities and asset-backed securities. Pricing from a third–party pricing vendor varies by asset class but generally includes inputs such as estimated cash flows, benchmark yields, reported trades, issuer spreads, bids, offers, credit quality, industry events and economic events. If Thrivent is unable to obtain a price from a third–party pricing vendor, management may obtain broker quotes or utilize an internal pricing model specific to the asset. The internal pricing models apply practices that are standard among the industry and utilize observable market data.

Fair values of unaffiliated common stocks not reported at fair value primarily consist of FHLB activity-based stock and are based on direct quotes from FHLB.

Fair values of unaffiliated preferred stocks not reported at fair value are based on market quotes where these securities are not considered actively traded.

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Cash and cash equivalents not reported at fair value consist of demand deposit and highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity date of three months or less. Short-term investments not reported at fair value consist of investments in commercial paper and agency notes with contractual maturities of one year or less at the time of acquisition. The carrying amounts for cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments approximate the fair values.

Other invested assets not reported at fair value include investments in surplus notes in which the fair values are based on quoted market prices.

The carrying amounts of liabilities related to separate accounts reflect the amounts in the separate account assets and approximate the fair values.

Other liabilities include certain derivatives. Derivative fair values are derived from broker quotes.

Fair values on funding agreements from the FHLB (included in deposit liabilities), are equal to unpaid principal balance, including accrued interest, net of unamortized discount or premium.

Level 3 Financial Instruments

Level 3 financial instruments reported at fair value include other invested assets, which consist of certain derivatives. The fair value is determined using independent broker quotes.

Level 3 financial instruments not reported at fair value include certain bonds, unaffiliated preferred stocks, mortgage loans, real estate, contract loans, limited partnerships, other invested assets, deferred annuities, other deposit contracts and other liabilities.

Level 3 bonds not reported at fair value include private placement debt securities and convertible bonds. Private placement debt securities are valued using internal pricing models specific to the assets using unobservable inputs such as issuer spreads, estimated cash flows, internal credit ratings and volatility adjustments. Market comparable discount rates ranging from 1% to 8% are used as the base rate in the discounted cash flows used to determine the fair value of certain assets. Increases or decreases in the credit spreads on the comparable assets could cause the fair value of assets to significantly decrease or increase, respectively. Additionally, Thrivent may adjust the base discount rate or the modeled price by applying an illiquidity premium of 46 basis points, given the highly structured nature of certain assets. Convertible bonds are valued using third party broker quotes to determine fair value.

Unaffiliated preferred stocks are valued using third-party broker quotes to determine fair value.

The fair values for mortgage loans are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on interest rates currently being offered for similar loans to borrowers with similar credit ratings. Loans with similar characteristics are aggregated for purposes of the calculations.

The fair value of real estate properties held-for-sale is based on current market price assessments, current purchase agreements or market appraisals.

Contract loans are generally carried at the loans' aggregate unpaid balance which approximate the fair values.

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Limited partnerships consist primarily of equity limited partnerships which are generally valued using NAV as a practical expedient.

Other invested assets primarily include residual tranches, non-collateral loans, and surplus notes. Residual tranches are carried at either the lower of amortized cost or fair value or the underlying audited equity of the investee. Non-collateral loans and surplus notes are carried at amortized cost.

Other liabilities primarily include deferred annuities, other deposit contracts and certain derivatives. The fair values for deferred annuities and other deposit contracts, which include supplementary contracts without life contingencies, deferred income settlement options and refunds on deposit are estimated to be the cash surrender value payable upon immediate withdrawal. Derivatives fair values are derived from broker quotes.

Financial Instruments Carried at Fair Value

The fair values of Thrivent’s financial instruments measured and reported at fair value are presented below (in millions).

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total
December 31, 2024
Assets:
Bonds	$541	$—	$—	$541
Unaffiliated preferred stocks	—	114	—	114
Unaffiliated common stocks	667	—	—	667
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	342	—	—	342
Separate account assets	—	37,442	—	37,442
Other invested assets	—	79	141	220
Total	$1,550	$37,635	$141	$39,326
Liabilities:
Other liabilities	$—	$1	$81	$82
December 31, 2023
Assets:
Bonds	$434	$—	$—	$434
Unaffiliated preferred stocks	—	45	—	45
Unaffiliated common stocks	490	—	—	490
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	707	—	—	707
Separate account assets	—	36,144	—	36,144
Other invested assets	—	51	161	212
Total	$1,631	$36,240	$161	$38,032
Liabilities:
Other liabilities	$—	$9	$109	$118

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Additional Information on Level 3 Financial Instruments carried at Fair Value

The following table shows the changes in fair values for the investments categorized as Level 3 (in millions).

	2024	2023
Assets:
Balance, January 1	$161	$48
Purchases	96	98
Sales	(489 )	(69 )
Realized gains and (losses) net income	196	(12 )
Unrealized gains and (losses) surplus	177	96
Balance, December 31	$141	$161
Liabilities:
Balance, January 1	$109	$32
Purchases	50	60
Sales	(60 )	(69 )
Realized gains and (losses) net income	(169 )	18
Unrealized gains and (losses) surplus	151	68
Balance, December 31	$81	$109

Transfers

During 2024, Thrivent transferred $34 million into Level 2 from Level 3 and $69 million into Level 3 from Level 2 for bonds and preferred stocks. During 2023, Thrivent transferred $119 million into Level 2 from Level 3 and $27 million into Level 3 from Level 2 for bonds and preferred stocks. There were no transfers between fair value levels for assets held at fair value. Transfers between fair value hierarchy levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period.

Valuation Assumptions

The results of the valuation methods presented in this footnote are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including discount rates and estimates of future cash flows. As a result, the derived fair value estimates, in many cases, could not be realized in immediate settlement of the financial instruments. These fair values are for certain financial instruments of Thrivent; accordingly, the aggregate fair value

amounts presented do not represent the underlying values.

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8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments, continued

Fair Value of All Financial Instruments

The carrying values and fair values of all financial instruments are presented below (in millions).

	Carrying Value	Fair Value
	Carrying Value	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total
December 31, 2024
Financial Assets:
Bonds	$52,993	$1,683	$33,315	$14,672	$49,670
Unaffiliated preferred stocks	451	—	168	277	445
Unaffiliated common stocks	758	667	91	—	758
Affiliated common stock	258	—	258	—	258
Affiliated mutual funds and ETFs	75	—	75	—	75
Mortgage loans	10,867	—	—	9,690	9,690
Contract loans	1,073	—	—	1,073	1,073
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	1,437	342	1,095	—	1,437
Limited partnerships	10,836	—	—	10,836	10,836
Real estate – held-for-sale	—	—	—	1	1
Assets held in separate accounts	37,442	—	37,442	—	37,442
Other invested assets	908	4	151	762	917
Financial Liabilities:
Deferred annuities	$19,240	$—	$—	$18,394	$18,394
Other deposit contracts	3,067	—	2,017	1,050	3,067
Borrowed money	—	—	—	—	—
Other liabilities	82	—	1	81	82
Separate account liabilities	37,324	—	37,324	—	37,324

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	Carrying Value	Fair Value
	Carrying Value	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total
December 31, 2023
Financial Assets:
Bonds	$50,554	$1,727	$32,304	$13,680	$47,711
Unaffiliated preferred stocks	365	—	118	235	353
Unaffiliated common stocks	567	490	77	—	567
Affiliated common stock	259	—	259	—	259
Affiliated mutual funds and ETFs	132	69	63	—	132
Mortgage loans	10,869	—	—	9,503	9,503
Contract loans	1,064	—	—	1,064	1,064
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	2,008	707	1,301	—	2,008
Limited partnerships	9,694	—	—	9,694	9,694
Real estate – held-for-sale	—	—	—	1	1
Assets held in separate accounts	36,144	—	36,144	—	36,144
Other invested assets	822	2	138	690	830
Financial Liabilities:
Deferred annuities	$17,351	$—	$—	$16,793	$16,793
Other deposit contracts	2,582	—	1,517	1,065	2,582
Borrowed money	—	—	—	—	—
Other liabilities	118	—	9	109	118
Separate account liabilities	36,042	—	36,042	—	36,042

9. Benefit Plans

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

Thrivent has a qualified noncontributory pension plan that provides benefits to substantially all home office and field employees upon retirement. Thrivent also provides certain health care and life insurance benefits for substantially all retired home office and field personnel. Thrivent uses a measurement date of December 31 in the benefit plan disclosures.

The components of net periodic pension expense for Thrivent’s qualified retirement and other plans for the years ended December 31 were as follows (in millions):

	Pension Plan			Other Plans
	2024	2023	2022	2024	2023	2022
Service cost	$25	$20	$21	$1	$2	$2
Interest cost	54	53	36	3	4	3
Expected return on plan assets	(82 )	(74 )	(86 )	—	—	—
Other	—	4	—	(2 )	(2 )	(1 )
Net periodic cost	$(3 )	$3	$(29 )	$2	$4	$4

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9. Benefit Plans, continued

The plans’ amounts recognized in the statutory-basis financial statements as of December 31 were as follows (in millions):

	Pension Plan		Other Plans
	2024	2023	2024	2023
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation:
Benefit obligation, beginning of year	$1,112	$1,067	$76	$87
Service cost	25	20	1	2
Interest cost	54	53	4	4
Actuarial (gain) loss	(63 )	35	1	(8 )
Transfers from defined contribution plan	1	1	—	—
Benefits paid	(68 )	(64 )	(11 )	(9 )
Plan changes	—	—	—	—
Benefit obligation, end of year	$1,061	$1,112	$71	$76
Change in Plan Assets:
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	$1,249	$1,139	$—	$—
Actual return on plan assets	120	173	—	—
Employer contribution	—	—	11	9
Transfers from defined contribution plan	1	1	—	—
Benefits paid	(68 )	(64 )	(11 )	(9 )
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	$1,302	$1,249	$—	$—

The significant changes in actuarial (gain)/loss of the 2024 projected benefit obligation primarily relates to an increased discount rate and assumption changes. The significant changes in actuarial (gain)/loss of the 2023 projected benefit obligation primarily relates to a decreased discount rate and assumption changes.

The plans’ amounts recognized in the statutory-basis financial statements funding statuses and accumulated benefit obligation as of December 31 were as follows (in millions):

	Pension Plan		Other Plans
	2024	2023	2024	2023
Funded Status:
Accrued benefit costs	$—	$—	$(100 )	$(108 )
Asset (Liability) for pension benefits	241	137	29	32
Total overfunded (unfunded) liabilities	$241	$137	$(71 )	$(76 )
Deferred Items:
Net (gain) loss	$(15 )	$87	$(21 )	$(23 )
Net prior service cost	—	—	(8 )	(9 )
Accumulated amounts recognized in periodic pension expenses	$226	$224	$(100 )	$(108 )
Accumulated benefit obligation	$1,044	$1,093	$71	$76

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9. Benefit Plans, continued

The unfunded liabilities for the pension plan and other postretirement plans at December 31, 2024 and 2023, are included in other liabilities in the Statutory-Basis Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Surplus. Overfunded liabilities for the pension plan and other postretirement plans for statutory reporting purposes are deemed non-admitted assets and therefore are charged directly against surplus.

A summary of the deferred items in the Statutory-Basis Statement of Surplus as of December 31 is as follows (in millions):

	Pension Plan			Other Plans
	Net Prior Service Cost	Net Recognized Gains and (Losses)	Total	Net Prior Service Cost	Net Recognized Gains and (Losses)	Total
Balance, January 1, 2023	$—	$154	$154	$(10 )	$(16 )	$(26 )
Net prior service cost recognized	—	—	—	1	—	1
Net (gain) loss arising during the period	—	(64 )	(64 )	—	(8 )	(8 )
Net gain (loss) recognized	—	(3 )	(3 )	—	1	1
Balance, December 31, 2023	$—	$87	$87	$(9 )	$(23 )	$(32 )
Net prior service cost recognized	—	—	—	1	—	1
Net (gain) loss arising during the period	—	(101 )	(101 )	—	1	1
Net gain (loss) recognized	—	—	—	—	1	1
Balance, December 31, 2024	$—	$(14 )	$(14 )	$(8 )	$(21 )	$(29 )

The amounts in unassigned funds expected as of December 31 to be recognized in the next fiscal year as components of periodic benefit cost were as follows (in millions):

	Pension Plan		Other Plans
	2024	2023	2024	2023
Net prior service cost	$—	$—	$—	$—
Net recognized gains/(losses)	—	—	—	—

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Factors

Thrivent periodically evaluates the long-term earned rate assumptions, taking into consideration historical performance of the plans’ assets as well as current asset diversification and investment strategy in determining the rate of return assumptions used in calculating the plans’ benefit expenses and obligation. Those assumptions are summarized in the table below.

	Pension Plan		Other Plans
	2024	2023	2024	2023
Weighted Average Assumptions:
Discount rate	5.7 %	5.0 %	5.7 %	5.0 %
Expected return on plan assets	6.8	6.8	N/A	N/A
Rate of compensation increase	4.8	4.3	N/A	N/A
Interest crediting rate	4.4	4.5	N/A	N/A

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9. Benefit Plans, continued

The assumed health care cost trend rate used in measuring the postretirement health care benefit obligation was 8.2% and 6.0% in 2024 for pre-65 participants and post-65 participants, respectively, trending down to 4.5% in 2034. The assumed health care cost trend rates can have a significant impact on the amounts reported. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 includes a federal subsidy to sponsors of retirement health care plans that provide a prescription benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D. Thrivent’s Medicare prescription plan is fully insured and therefore the plan’s insurer receives the federal subsidy. The interest crediting rates are used for cash balance plans.

Estimated pension benefit payments for the next ten years are as follows: 2025 – $78 million; 2026 – $79 million; 2027 – $83 million; 2028 – $84 million; 2029 –$84 million; and 2030 to 2034 – $439 million.

Estimated other post-retirement benefit payments for the next ten years are as follows: 2025 – $8 million; 2026 – $7 million; 2027 – $7 million; 2028 – $7 million; 2029 – $6 million; and 2030 to 2034 – $28 million.

The minimum pension contribution required for 2024 under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) guidelines will be determined in the first quarter of 2025.

Pension Assets

The assets of Thrivent’s qualified pension plan are held in the Thrivent Defined Benefit Plan Trust. Thrivent has a benefit plan investment committee that sets investment guidelines, which are established based on market conditions, risk tolerance, funding requirements and expected benefit payments. A third party oversees the investment allocation process and monitors asset performance. As pension liabilities are long term in nature, Thrivent employs a long-term total return approach to maximize the long-term rate of return on plan assets for a prudent level of risk.

The investment portfolio contains a diversified portfolio of investment categories, including equities and fixed income securities. Allocations for plan assets for the years ended December 31 were as follows:

	Target Allocation		Actual Allocation
	2024	2023	2024	2023
Equity securities	56 %	53 %	51 %	52 %
Private Equity	14	15	12	14
Fixed income and other securities	30	32	37	34
Fixed income and other securities	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %

Securities are also diversified in terms of domestic and international securities, short- and long-term securities, growth and value styles, large-cap and small-cap stocks, active and passive management and derivative-based styles. With prudent risk tolerance and asset diversification, the plan is expected to meet the pension obligations in the future.

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The fair values of the pension plan assets by asset category are presented below (in millions):

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total
December 31, 2024
Fixed Maturity Securities:
U.S. government and agency securities	$73	$2	$—	$75
Corporate debt securities	—	120	—	120
Residential mortgage-backed securities	—	82	1	83
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	—	3	—	3
Other debt obligations	1	6	1	8
Common stocks	575	—	—	575
Affiliated mutual funds – equity funds	—	99	—	99
Short-term investments	49	146	—	195
Limited partnerships	—	—	165	165
Derivatives	(1 )	—	—	(1 )
Total	$697	$458	$167	$1,322
December 31, 2023
Fixed Maturity Securities:
U.S. government and agency securities	$75	$5	$—	$80
Corporate debt securities	—	116	—	116
Residential mortgage-backed securities	—	83	—	83
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	—	7	—	7
Other debt obligations	3	7	—	10
Common stocks	512	—	—	512
Affiliated mutual funds – equity funds	—	126	—	126
Short-term investments	75	53	—	128
Limited partnerships	—	—	176	176
Derivatives	1	—	—	1
Total	$666	$397	$176	$1,239

The fair value of the pension plan assets as presented in the table above does not include net accrued liabilities of $20 million and assets of $10 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

There were no transfers of the pension plan Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements during 2024 or 2023. Transfers between fair value hierarchy levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period.

Defined Contribution Plans

Thrivent also provides contributory and noncontributory defined contribution retirement benefits that cover substantially all home office and field employees. Eligible participants in the 401(k) plan may elect to contribute a percentage of their eligible earnings, and Thrivent will match participant contributions up to 6% of eligible earnings. In addition, Thrivent will contribute a percentage of eligible earnings for participants in a noncontributory plan for field employees. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, Thrivent contributed $46 million, $42 million and $43 million, respectively, to these plans.

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As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, $49 million and $55 million of the assets of the defined contribution plans were respectively invested in a deposit administration contract issued by Thrivent.

10. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Litigation and Other Proceedings

Thrivent is involved in various lawsuits, contractual matters and other contingencies that have arisen in the normal course of business. Thrivent assesses exposure to these matters periodically and adjusts the provision accordingly. As of December 31, 2024, Thrivent believes adequate provision has been made for any losses that may result from these matters.

Financial Instruments

Thrivent is a party to financial instruments with on and off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit, interest rate, equity price or liquidity risk in excess of the amount recognized in the Statutory-Basis Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Surplus. Thrivent’s exposure to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and financial guarantees is limited to the contractual amount of these instruments.

Commitments to Extend Credit

Thrivent has commitments to extend credit for mortgage loans and other lines of credit of $130 million and $280 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Commitments to purchase limited partnerships, private placement bonds and other invested assets were $5.0 billion and $6.7 billion as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Financial Guarantees

Thrivent has entered into an agreement to provide a Letter of Credit totaling $37 million through 2036 to guarantee certain debt obligations of a third-party civic organization in the event certain conditions occur, as defined in the agreement. This agreement is secured by the financial assets of the third party. Thrivent will receive 0.75% per annum for any unused line of credit. As of December 31, 2024, there was $0 outstanding on this line of credit.

Thrivent has guaranteed to maintain the Tier I capital of an affiliate, Thrivent Trust Company, at a minimum of $6 million, as required by Thrivent Trust Company's primary regulator.

Leases

Thrivent has operating leases for certain office equipment and real estate. Rental expense for these items totaled $14 million, $14 million and $16 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 respectively. Future minimum rental commitments, in aggregate, as of December 31, 2024 were $161 million for operating leases. The future minimum rental payments for the five succeeding years were as follows: 2025 – $18 million; 2026 – $17 million; 2027 – $16 million; 2028 – $14 million and thereafter – $96 million.

Leasing is not a significant part of Thrivent’s business activities as lessor.

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Notes to Statutory-Basis Financial Statements, continued

11. Related Party Transactions

Investments in Subsidiaries and Affiliated Entities

Thrivent’s directly-owned subsidiary, Thrivent Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), is valued in accordance with SSAP No. 97 (Investments in Subsidiary, Controlled and Affiliated Entities). Annually, Thrivent files a “Form Sub-2” with the NAIC in support of the valuation of Holdings. The filing in support of the December 31, 2023, values was completed on May 21, 2024 and Thrivent received a response from the NAIC that did not disallow the valuation method.

The admitted values were $258 million and $260 million related to Holdings for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Non-admitted values related to Holdings were $95 million and $61 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

During 2024, Thrivent received cash distributions of $985 million and $308 million from majority-owned limited partnerships Thrivent White Rose Funds (“WRF”) and Twin Bridge Funds (“TBF”), respectively. During this period, Thrivent made cash contributions as contributed capital to WRF, TBF, and Holdings in the amounts of $1.3 billion, $332 million, and $56 million respectively. Thrivent also made a capital contribution of less than $1 million to Gold Ring Holdings, LLC.

During 2024, Thrivent received cash distributions of $75 million from Holdings, treated as dividends.

Other Related Party Transactions

Thrivent has invested $75 million and $132 million in various Thrivent mutual funds/ETFs as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Thrivent subsidiaries are provided administrative services from Thrivent in accordance with intercompany service agreements. The total value of services provided under these agreements totaled $153 million, $144 million and $129 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The net receivables due from affiliates for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were $11 million and $14 million, respectively, which is included in other assets in the Statutory-Basis Financial Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Surplus.

Thrivent has an agreement with an affiliate who distributes Thrivent’s variable products. Under the terms of the agreement, Thrivent paid commissions, bonuses and other benefits to the affiliate totaling $156 million, $106 million and $134 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Thrivent is the investment advisor for the Thrivent Series Portfolios in which the separate accounts assets are primarily invested. Advisor fees in the amount of $196 million, $184 million and $194 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, were included in separate account fees in the Statutory-Basis Statement of Operations.

In December 2018, Thrivent acquired a variable funding note (VFN) issued by Thrivent Education Funding, LLC (“TEF”), an affiliate of Thrivent. The VFN is supported by an indenture collateralized by student loans. The VFN is reported as a bond in the accompanying Statutory-Basis Statement of Assets and had an outstanding balance of $0 and $367 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The VFN was paid off in full by TEF in December 2024 and Thrivent recorded an increase of less than $1 million to net investment income on the paydown. During 2024, Thrivent invested less than $1 million in the VFN and received $351 million of principal payments.

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11. Related Party Transactions, continued

In August 2021, TEF entered into an agreement, last amended August 2024, to provide a guarantee to purchase student loans originated and held by a third party in the event a separate party to the transaction fails their purchase obligation. TEF provided a guarantee up to the maximum backstop amount of $500 million, which could create additional future exposure from the multiple disbursement student loans. TEF’s funding would be through a capital request from Thrivent. As of December 31, 2024, TEF was not required to purchase any student loans under the terms of the agreement.

In May 2022, a separate VFN was acquired from TEF that is supported by an indenture agreement, last amended in December 2022, and allows for a maximum aggregate principal amount of $750 million and is collateralized by point-of-sale unsecured consumer loans. The VFN is reported as a bond in the accompanying Statutory-Basis Statement of Assets and had an outstanding balance of $607 million and $626 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. During 2024, Thrivent invested $675 million in the VFN and received $656 million of principal payments.

In April 2022, Holdings sold Thrivent Trust Company of Tennessee, Inc. to an unrelated third party.

In July 2022, Holdings purchased 69.4% of Blue Rock Holdco, LLC. (“Blue Rock”), for $222 million. As of December 31, 2024, Holdings currently owns 69.6% of Blue Rock. Blue Rock is a holding company operating as a marketing and servicing provider of student loans through various subsidiary entities. The admitted value of Holdings on Thrivent's balance sheet is valued in accordance with SSAP No. 97. As part of the purchase acquisition, Blue Rock purchased College Avenue Student Loans (“CASL”) a private student loan originator and servicer.

In December 2022, Thrivent acquired an asset-backed security (“ABS”) issued by CASL. The ABS is supported by an indenture collateralized by student loans. The ABS is reported as a bond in the accompanying Statutory-Basis Statement of Assets and had an outstanding balance of $0 and $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The ABS was paid off in full by CASL in December 2024.

In December 2023, White Rose CFO 2023 Holdings, LLC (“Issuer”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent, issued a Collateralized Fund Obligation (CFO) whereby debt was issued to third parties. Issuer made available to third party investors approximately $400 million in fixed rate debt. Upon issuance of the debt, approximately $364 million in net proceeds were returned from Issuer to Thrivent. Thrivent retained approximately $436 million of an equity investment in the CFO structure in the form of a residual tranche. During 2024, Thrivent received cash distributions of $30 million. The residual tranche is reported in Other Invested Assets in the accompanying Statutory-Basis Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Surplus and has a fair value of $451 million as of December 31, 2024.

In support of the CFO, Thrivent transferred their interest in portions of certain investments in WRF with a fair value of approximately $800 million to White Rose CFO 2023, LLC (“Asset HoldCo”), a wholly-owned, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary of Thrivent as underlying collateral for the CFO. These transferred WRF assets had a cost of approximately $739 million and carried an unrealized gain of approximately $61 million when they were transferred to Asset HoldCo. Thrivent then contributed its entire investment in Asset HoldCo to Issuer, with no impact to surplus. Thrivent is the named investment manager for the CFO structure and is entitled to a management fee as outlined in the executed investment management agreement between Asset HoldCo and Thrivent.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and the Contract Owners of Thrivent Variable Life Account I

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of each of the subaccounts of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, indicated in Note 1, as of December 31, 2024, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, and the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the subaccounts of Thrivent Variable Life Account I as of December 31, 2024, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, and the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements of each of the subaccounts of Thrivent Variable Life Account I based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to each of the subaccounts of Thrivent Variable Life Account I in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of investments owned as of December 31, 2024 by correspondence with the investee mutual funds. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 25, 2025

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the subaccounts of Thrivent Variable Life Account I since 2014.

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THRIVENT VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT I (SERIES 2019, 2008, 2003, 1997)

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Subaccount	Investments at fair value	Net Assets	Series funds, at cost	Series funds shares owned
Aggressive Allocation	$384,605,185	$384,605,185	$317,103,655	19,650,786
All Cap	$14,375,893	$14,375,893	$11,333,462	783,026
Balanced Income Plus	$16,671,651	$16,671,651	$15,910,097	1,087,581
Diversified Income Plus	$15,027,512	$15,027,512	$15,067,652	1,968,317
Emerging Markets Equity	$6,938,931	$6,938,931	$7,287,407	541,575
ESG Index	$4,294,961	$4,294,961	$3,267,702	221,626
Global Stock	$38,821,231	$38,821,231	$30,456,491	2,581,542
Government Bond	$10,352,380	$10,352,380	$11,367,283	1,078,890
Healthcare	$12,579,491	$12,579,491	$11,981,376	515,982
High Yield	$10,691,699	$10,691,699	$11,294,575	2,556,049
Income	$12,804,791	$12,804,791	$13,955,455	1,464,141
International Allocation	$34,492,435	$34,492,435	$32,511,758	3,598,059
International Index	$8,086,687	$8,086,687	$7,763,113	604,505
Large Cap Growth	$148,331,088	$148,331,088	$109,906,839	2,537,973
Large Cap Index	$287,060,421	$287,060,421	$161,851,240	3,691,602
Large Cap Value	$32,308,954	$32,308,954	$25,910,317	1,359,221
Limited Maturity Bond	$8,069,555	$8,069,555	$8,066,982	826,120
Mid Cap Growth	$5,375,838	$5,375,838	$4,838,263	356,329
Mid Cap Index	$87,966,882	$87,966,882	$71,561,307	3,805,076
Mid Cap Stock	$75,637,043	$75,637,043	$65,518,237	3,545,791
Mid Cap Value	$2,512,968	$2,512,968	$2,202,294	134,283
Moderate Allocation	$163,778,625	$163,778,625	$145,289,012	10,528,392
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	$527,605,342	$527,605,342	$454,609,692	30,862,958
Moderately Conservative Allocation	$15,851,548	$15,851,548	$15,448,959	1,197,772
Money Market	$11,165,027	$11,165,027	$11,165,027	11,165,027
Opportunity Income Plus	$5,107,065	$5,107,065	$5,320,687	567,369
Real Estate Securities	$10,715,385	$10,715,385	$9,804,999	409,140
Small Cap Growth	$7,746,703	$7,746,703	$7,106,266	455,826
Small Cap Index	$106,300,787	$106,300,787	$87,725,618	4,907,224
Small Cap Stock	$51,953,012	$51,953,012	$45,770,747	2,642,050

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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THRIVENT VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT I (SERIES 2019, 2008, 2003, 1997)

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024

Subaccount	Investment Income	Net investment income (loss)	Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments			Net gain (loss) on investments	Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
Subaccount	Dividends	Net investment income (loss)	Net realized gain (loss) on sale of investments	Capital gain distributions	Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments	Net gain (loss) on investments
Aggressive Allocation	$5,283,114	$5,283,114	$2,700,044	$13,195,079	$30,380,596	$46,275,719	$51,558,833
All Cap	$88,181	$88,181	$215,909	$317,753	$1,703,416	$2,237,078	$2,325,259
Balanced Income Plus	$550,753	$550,753	$30,790	$—	$741,811	$772,601	$1,323,354
Diversified Income Plus	$669,782	$669,782	$(44,511)	$—	$353,473	$308,962	$978,744
Emerging Markets Equity	$176,875	$176,875	$(28,307)	$520,604	$(132,939)	$359,358	$536,233
ESG Index	$34,806	$34,806	$34,381	$—	$634,974	$669,355	$704,161
Global Stock	$734,846	$734,846	$513,345	$1,073,205	$2,790,757	$4,377,307	$5,112,153
Government Bond	$397,766	$397,766	$(74,939)	$—	$(206,331)	$(281,270)	$116,496
Healthcare	$102,224	$102,224	$202,934	$670,612	$(989,881)	$(116,335)	$(14,111)
High Yield	$634,686	$634,686	$(66,374)	$—	$111,555	$45,181	$679,867
Income	$519,010	$519,010	$(131,956)	$—	$(10,771)	$(142,727)	$376,283
International Allocation	$1,081,504	$1,081,504	$179,580	$—	$183,565	$363,145	$1,444,649
International Index	$184,684	$184,684	$24,596	$—	$(81,325)	$(56,729)	$127,955
Large Cap Growth	$549,839	$549,839	$1,774,503	$8,453,754	$22,651,369	$32,879,626	$33,429,465
Large Cap Index	$3,045,799	$3,045,799	$6,905,940	$2,854,474	$42,623,216	$52,383,630	$55,429,429
Large Cap Value	$482,242	$482,242	$462,866	$822,397	$1,868,404	$3,153,667	$3,635,909
Limited Maturity Bond	$294,678	$294,678	$(8,386)	$—	$125,950	$117,564	$412,242
Mid Cap Growth	$—	$—	$31,612	$—	$405,275	$436,887	$436,887
Mid Cap Index	$1,025,997	$1,025,997	$692,089	$1,228,302	$7,042,610	$8,963,001	$9,988,998
Mid Cap Stock	$373,576	$373,576	$365,716	$745,134	$5,176,097	$6,286,947	$6,660,523
Mid Cap Value	$29,699	$29,699	$40,484	$33,562	$118,237	$192,283	$221,982
Moderate Allocation	$3,659,678	$3,659,678	$1,060,767	$6,106,922	$8,014,934	$15,182,623	$18,842,301
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	$9,257,790	$9,257,790	$3,033,909	$17,179,306	$34,970,488	$55,183,703	$64,441,493
Moderately Conservative Allocation	$482,028	$482,028	$10,762	$141,755	$533,120	$685,637	$1,167,665
Money Market	$460,875	$460,875	$—	$—	$—	$—	$460,875
Opportunity Income Plus	$207,017	$207,017	$(49,604)	$—	$52,738	$3,134	$210,151
Real Estate Securities	$268,295	$268,295	$81,539	$406,031	$(427,174)	$60,396	$328,691
Small Cap Growth	$—	$—	$40,397	$—	$645,579	$685,976	$685,976
Small Cap Index	$1,290,188	$1,290,188	$663,854	$—	$6,127,081	$6,790,935	$8,081,123
Small Cap Stock	$304,406	$304,406	$159,598	$—	$4,652,087	$4,811,685	$5,116,091

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024

Subaccount	Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations			Net Change in Net Assets from Operations	Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract related transactions						Net Change in Net Assets from Unit Transactions	Net Change in Net Assets	Net Assets Beginning of Year	Net Assets End of Year
Subaccount	Net investment income (loss)	Net realized gain (loss) on investments and capital gain distributions	Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments	Net Change in Net Assets from Operations	Proceeds from units issued	Transfers for contract benefits and terminations	Cost of insurance and administrative charges	Transfers between subaccounts	Mortality and expense risk charges	Asset based risk charge	Net Change in Net Assets from Unit Transactions	Net Change in Net Assets	Net Assets Beginning of Year	Net Assets End of Year
Aggressive Allocation	$5,283,114	$15,895,123	$30,380,596	$51,558,833	$39,756,366	$(10,718,257)	$(9,307,343)	$(1,033,514)	$(872,765)	$(620,549)	$17,203,938	$68,762,771	$315,842,414	$384,605,185
All Cap	$88,181	$533,662	$1,703,416	$2,325,259	$1,735,730	$(384,765)	$(328,292)	$(464,366)	$(35,603)	$(11,046)	$511,658	$2,836,917	$11,538,976	$14,375,893
Balanced Income Plus	$550,753	$30,790	$741,811	$1,323,354	$940,733	$(634,228)	$(476,237)	$(184,932)	$(41,379)	$(6,196)	$(402,239)	$921,115	$15,750,536	$16,671,651
Diversified Income Plus	$669,782	$(44,511)	$353,473	$978,744	$1,556,797	$(741,757)	$(433,604)	$(226,120)	$(35,374)	$(20,878)	$99,064	$1,077,808	$13,949,704	$15,027,512
Emerging Markets Equity	$176,875	$492,297	$(132,939)	$536,233	$917,508	$(277,305)	$(158,078)	$(223,532)	$(13,254)	$(13,983)	$231,356	$767,589	$6,171,342	$6,938,931
ESG Index	$34,806	$34,381	$634,974	$704,161	$724,797	$(83,513)	$(110,055)	$116,727	$(11,715)	$(2,360)	$633,881	$1,338,042	$2,956,919	$4,294,961
Global Stock	$734,846	$1,586,550	$2,790,757	$5,112,153	$1,858,918	$(1,477,749)	$(826,527)	$926,213	$(100,742)	$(13,382)	$366,731	$5,478,884	$33,342,347	$38,821,231
Government Bond	$397,766	$(74,939)	$(206,331)	$116,496	$942,351	$(304,158)	$(297,832)	$532,679	$(23,299)	$(25,834)	$823,907	$940,403	$9,411,977	$10,352,380
Healthcare	$102,224	$873,546	$(989,881)	$(14,111)	$1,571,725	$(675,604)	$(308,185)	$(273,543)	$(23,275)	$(29,918)	$261,200	$247,089	$12,332,402	$12,579,491
High Yield	$634,686	$(66,374)	$111,555	$679,867	$1,286,959	$(398,584)	$(297,119)	$404,147	$(27,030)	$(13,946)	$954,427	$1,634,294	$9,057,405	$10,691,699
Income	$519,010	$(131,956)	$(10,771)	$376,283	$1,580,549	$(744,530)	$(326,651)	$1,065,784	$(33,969)	$(16,265)	$1,524,918	$1,901,201	$10,903,590	$12,804,791
International Allocation	$1,081,504	$179,580	$183,565	$1,444,649	$2,059,184	$(1,553,718)	$(737,700)	$(158,714)	$(85,473)	$(38,643)	$(515,064)	$929,585	$33,562,850	$34,492,435
International Index	$184,684	$24,596	$(81,325)	$127,955	$2,384,452	$(135,858)	$(214,262)	$472,640	$(24,998)	$(2,227)	$2,479,747	$2,607,702	$5,478,985	$8,086,687
Large Cap Growth	$549,839	$10,228,257	$22,651,369	$33,429,465	$14,452,673	$(4,087,653)	$(3,186,554)	$1,861,187	$(336,840)	$(140,470)	$8,562,343	$41,991,808	$106,339,280	$148,331,088
Large Cap Index	$3,045,799	$9,760,414	$42,623,216	$55,429,429	$31,252,256	$(10,209,426)	$(6,165,513)	$(1,960,029)	$(563,956)	$(361,228)	$11,992,104	$67,421,533	$219,638,888	$287,060,421
Large Cap Value	$482,242	$1,285,263	$1,868,404	$3,635,909	$3,309,340	$(1,400,725)	$(740,305)	$(27,585)	$(80,177)	$(28,207)	$1,032,341	$4,668,250	$27,640,704	$32,308,954
Limited Maturity Bond	$294,678	$(8,386)	$125,950	$412,242	$566,972	$(369,644)	$(291,099)	$878,688	$(24,621)	$(15,253)	$745,043	$1,157,285	$6,912,270	$8,069,555
Mid Cap Growth	$—	$31,612	$405,275	$436,887	$1,141,496	$(71,020)	$(187,656)	$333,466	$(13,815)	$(7,011)	$1,195,460	$1,632,347	$3,743,491	$5,375,838
Mid Cap Index	$1,025,997	$1,920,391	$7,042,610	$9,988,998	$11,927,726	$(2,639,446)	$(2,254,110)	$1,359,645	$(174,888)	$(170,391)	$8,048,536	$18,037,534	$69,929,348	$87,966,882
Mid Cap Stock	$373,576	$1,110,850	$5,176,097	$6,660,523	$8,067,030	$(2,096,845)	$(1,718,851)	$1,321,276	$(184,563)	$(75,545)	$5,312,502	$11,973,025	$63,664,018	$75,637,043
Mid Cap Value	$29,699	$74,046	$118,237	$221,982	$457,807	$(55,090)	$(72,110)	$(218,583)	$(6,997)	$(2,342)	$102,685	$324,667	$2,188,301	$2,512,968
Moderate Allocation	$3,659,678	$7,167,689	$8,014,934	$18,842,301	$13,160,644	$(6,412,838)	$(5,083,879)	$(549,572)	$(388,820)	$(214,946)	$510,589	$19,352,890	$144,425,735	$163,778,625
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	$9,257,790	$20,213,215	$34,970,488	$64,441,493	$47,928,063	$(16,108,811)	$(13,516,099)	$(3,050,949)	$(1,217,089)	$(798,584)	$13,236,531	$77,678,024	$449,927,318	$527,605,342
Moderately Conservative Allocation	$482,028	$152,517	$533,120	$1,167,665	$827,042	$(317,287)	$(580,980)	$1,109,011	$(39,481)	$(19,513)	$978,792	$2,146,457	$13,705,091	$15,851,548
Money Market	$460,875	$—	$—	$460,875	$1,657,578	$(1,191,204)	$(374,474)	$2,693,454	$(32,501)	$(27,035)	$2,725,818	$3,186,693	$7,978,334	$11,165,027
Opportunity Income Plus	$207,017	$(49,604)	$52,738	$210,151	$553,353	$(458,458)	$(137,996)	$1,061,841	$(13,815)	$(7,112)	$997,813	$1,207,964	$3,899,101	$5,107,065
Real Estate Securities	$268,295	$487,570	$(427,174)	$328,691	$1,005,826	$(595,203)	$(283,477)	$181,642	$(28,392)	$(17,212)	$263,184	$591,875	$10,123,510	$10,715,385
Small Cap Growth	$—	$40,397	$645,579	$685,976	$1,691,865	$(207,696)	$(263,202)	$(39,580)	$(20,587)	$(9,579)	$1,151,221	$1,837,197	$5,909,506	$7,746,703
Small Cap Index	$1,290,188	$663,854	$6,127,081	$8,081,123	$12,089,378	$(2,752,399)	$(2,587,562)	$1,672,894	$(218,213)	$(157,154)	$8,046,944	$16,128,067	$90,172,720	$106,300,787
Small Cap Stock	$304,406	$159,598	$4,652,087	$5,116,091	$4,638,524	$(1,256,455)	$(1,072,043)	$1,071,088	$(134,626)	$(31,918)	$3,214,570	$8,330,661	$43,622,351	$51,953,012

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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THRIVENT VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT I (SERIES 2019, 2008, 2003, 1997)

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023

Subaccount	Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations			Net Change in Net Assets from Operations		Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract related transactions					Net Change in Net Assets from Unit Transactions	Net Change in Net Assets	Net Assets Beginning of Year	Net Assets End of Year
Subaccount	Net investment income (loss)	Net realized gain (loss) on investments and capital gain distributions	Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments	Net Change in Net Assets from Operations	Proceeds from units issued	Transfers for contract benefits and terminations	Cost of insurance and administrative charges	Transfers between subaccounts	Mortality and expense risk charges	Asset based risk charge	Net Change in Net Assets from Unit Transactions	Net Change in Net Assets	Net Assets Beginning of Year	Net Assets End of Year
Aggressive Allocation	$5,138,923	$5,418,620	$39,178,062	$49,735,605	$37,300,344	$(8,206,613)	$(8,587,269)	$(1,171,401)	$(701,003)	$(536,651)	$18,097,407	$67,833,012	$248,009,402	$315,842,414
All Cap	$93,442	$57,112	$1,830,787	$1,981,341	$1,506,242	$(258,720)	$(280,763)	$256,770	$(25,010)	$(10,294)	$1,188,225	$3,169,566	$8,369,410	$11,538,976
Balanced Income Plus	$405,977	$(49,498)	$1,393,373	$1,749,852	$880,999	$(503,608)	$(479,187)	$162,675	$(38,092)	$(5,730)	$17,057	$1,766,909	$13,983,627	$15,750,536
Diversified Income Plus	$492,702	$(62,244)	$822,201	$1,252,659	$1,553,729	$(180,370)	$(456,459)	$175,538	$(29,725)	$(24,339)	$1,038,374	$2,291,033	$11,658,671	$13,949,704
Emerging Markets Equity	$168,213	$(38,445)	$363,149	$492,917	$813,959	$(292,142)	$(161,531)	$293,658	$(10,137)	$(13,938)	$629,869	$1,122,786	$5,048,556	$6,171,342
ESG Index	$24,327	$17,262	$547,822	$589,411	$727,768	$(37,199)	$(89,796)	$(5,452)	$(7,152)	$(2,015)	$586,154	$1,175,565	$1,781,354	$2,956,919
Global Stock	$384,890	$189,603	$5,542,762	$6,117,255	$1,685,322	$(1,113,920)	$(805,817)	$(535,305)	$(84,107)	$(9,998)	$(863,825)	$5,253,430	$28,088,917	$33,342,347
Government Bond	$294,787	$(99,270)	$197,331	$392,848	$706,613	$(280,650)	$(320,066)	$164,759	$(20,761)	$(26,474)	$223,421	$616,269	$8,795,708	$9,411,977
Healthcare	$62,558	$252,218	$189,292	$504,068	$1,366,875	$(269,761)	$(313,433)	$30,376	$(18,649)	$(29,368)	$766,040	$1,270,108	$11,062,294	$12,332,402
High Yield	$488,507	$(99,312)	$530,765	$919,960	$1,060,734	$(355,133)	$(280,569)	$265,974	$(22,527)	$(12,443)	$656,036	$1,575,996	$7,481,409	$9,057,405
Income	$384,295	$(110,290)	$574,560	$848,565	$1,121,152	$(234,426)	$(301,298)	$1,137,692	$(26,907)	$(14,259)	$1,681,954	$2,530,519	$8,373,071	$10,903,590
International Allocation	$812,471	$(48,086)	$4,359,991	$5,124,376	$2,152,716	$(812,437)	$(760,589)	$(86,536)	$(76,301)	$(36,019)	$380,834	$5,505,210	$28,057,640	$33,562,850
International Index	$83,303	$(2,778)	$558,531	$639,056	$1,813,044	$(68,669)	$(161,968)	$609,614	$(14,073)	$(1,622)	$2,176,326	$2,815,382	$2,663,603	$5,478,985
Large Cap Growth	$178,241	$9,597,583	$22,754,003	$32,529,827	$9,705,036	$(2,179,408)	$(2,450,593)	$3,152,068	$(226,878)	$(99,543)	$7,900,682	$40,430,509	$65,908,771	$106,339,280
Large Cap Index	$2,501,089	$4,019,072	$36,906,462	$43,426,623	$26,161,947	$(4,213,871)	$(5,285,254)	$2,502,044	$(391,215)	$(283,119)	$18,490,532	$61,917,155	$157,721,733	$219,638,888
Large Cap Value	$454,777	$1,733,306	$967,713	$3,155,796	$3,126,405	$(1,044,813)	$(701,205)	$(1,209,960)	$(65,528)	$(28,697)	$76,202	$3,231,998	$24,408,706	$27,640,704
Limited Maturity Bond	$212,824	$(32,306)	$231,460	$411,978	$567,073	$(344,832)	$(291,285)	$33,454	$(23,044)	$(12,415)	$(71,049)	$340,929	$6,571,341	$6,912,270
Mid Cap Growth	$—	$(11,523)	$480,335	$468,812	$956,683	$(31,881)	$(137,659)	$285,452	$(8,829)	$(4,241)	$1,059,525	$1,528,337	$2,215,154	$3,743,491
Mid Cap Index	$802,101	$2,331,241	$6,249,131	$9,382,473	$10,117,307	$(1,587,583)	$(1,988,113)	$656,148	$(124,660)	$(142,585)	$6,930,514	$16,312,987	$53,616,361	$69,929,348
Mid Cap Stock	$238,691	$2,924,056	$4,490,648	$7,653,395	$7,062,836	$(1,662,093)	$(1,573,375)	$1,027,573	$(147,209)	$(63,952)	$4,643,780	$12,297,175	$51,366,843	$63,664,018
Mid Cap Value	$18,857	$34,434	$218,041	$271,332	$609,716	$(12,008)	$(70,649)	$(412,095)	$(4,500)	$(3,526)	$106,938	$378,270	$1,810,031	$2,188,301
Moderate Allocation	$3,421,554	$103,287	$16,535,946	$20,060,787	$12,604,950	$(4,262,981)	$(5,124,372)	$(1,322,377)	$(337,312)	$(206,679)	$1,351,229	$21,412,016	$123,013,719	$144,425,735
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	$10,273,934	$7,791,357	$48,297,992	$66,363,283	$44,299,338	$(12,969,427)	$(12,837,238)	$(2,617,903)	$(1,012,719)	$(756,547)	$14,105,504	$80,468,787	$369,458,531	$449,927,318
Moderately Conservative Allocation	$376,772	$(167,794)	$1,291,123	$1,500,101	$851,394	$(1,306,140)	$(532,593)	$252,284	$(36,829)	$(18,808)	$(790,692)	$709,409	$12,995,682	$13,705,091
Money Market	$355,190	$—	$—	$355,190	$2,348,376	$(2,359,273)	$(345,960)	$1,011,448	$(27,379)	$(24,545)	$602,667	$957,857	$7,020,477	$7,978,334
Opportunity Income Plus	$173,928	$(48,424)	$178,514	$304,018	$518,459	$(90,732)	$(129,934)	$86,265	$(10,810)	$(7,870)	$365,378	$669,396	$3,229,705	$3,899,101
Real Estate Securities	$194,580	$375,987	$354,332	$924,899	$915,992	$(316,909)	$(272,627)	$230,441	$(24,691)	$(14,184)	$518,022	$1,442,921	$8,680,589	$10,123,510
Small Cap Growth	$—	$(63,891)	$544,086	$480,195	$1,503,651	$(105,639)	$(236,597)	$410,461	$(13,400)	$(7,446)	$1,551,030	$2,031,225	$3,878,281	$5,909,506
Small Cap Index	$901,031	$2,263,371	$8,881,482	$12,045,884	$10,529,971	$(2,132,443)	$(2,397,284)	$1,081,888	$(167,200)	$(133,909)	$6,781,023	$18,826,907	$71,345,813	$90,172,720
Small Cap Stock	$241,543	$5,042,472	$(526,126)	$4,757,889	$3,936,425	$(1,127,099)	$(968,963)	$789,873	$(109,192)	$(27,236)	$2,493,808	$7,251,697	$36,370,654	$43,622,351

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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THRIVENT VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT I (SERIES 2019, 2008, 2003, 1997)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2024

(1) ORGANIZATION

The Thrivent Variable Life Account I (the Variable Account) is a unit investment trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is a separate account of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (Thrivent Financial). The Variable Account has 30 subaccounts, each of which invests in a corresponding portfolio of the Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. (each a Fund and collectively the Funds), as provided below. For each subaccount, the financial statements are comprised of a statement of assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2024, a related statement of operations for the year then ended and statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, all presented to reflect a full twelve month period.

Subaccount	Series
Aggressive Allocation	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Aggressive Allocation Portfolio
All Cap	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — All Cap Portfolio
Balanced Income Plus	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Balanced Income Plus Portfolio
Diversified Income Plus	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Diversified Income Plus Portfolio
Emerging Markets Equity	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
ESG Index	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — ESG Index Portfolio
Global Stock (a)	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Global Stock Portfolio
Government Bond	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Government Bond Portfolio
Healthcare	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Healthcare Portfolio
High Yield	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — High Yield Portfolio
Income	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Income Portfolio
International Allocation	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — International Allocation Portfolio
International Index	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — International Index Portfolio
Large Cap Growth	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Large Cap Growth Portfolio
Large Cap Index	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Large Cap Index Portfolio
Large Cap Value	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Large Cap Value Portfolio
Limited Maturity Bond	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Limited Maturity Bond Portfolio
Mid Cap Growth	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Mid Cap Growth Portfolio
Mid Cap Index	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Mid Cap Index Portfolio
Mid Cap Stock	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Mid Cap Stock Portfolio
Mid Cap Value	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Mid Cap Value Portfolio
Moderate Allocation	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Moderate Allocation Portfolio
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Moderately Aggressive Allocation Portfolio
Moderately Conservative Allocation	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Moderately Conservative Allocation Portfolio
Money Market	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Money Market Portfolio
Opportunity Income Plus (b)	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Opportunity Income Plus Portfolio
Real Estate Securities	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Real Estate Securities Portfolio
Small Cap Growth	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Small Cap Growth Portfolio
Small Cap Index	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Small Cap Index Portfolio
Small Cap Stock	Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. — Small Cap Stock Portfolio

(a)

Low Volatility Equity merged into Thrivent Global Stock as of July 26, 2024.

(b)

Multidimensional Income merged into Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus as of July 26, 2024.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(1) ORGANIZATION - continued

The Funds are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as open-end, management investment companies. The Funds are managed by Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. which is an affiliate of Thrivent Financial.

The Variable Account is used to fund flexible premium variable universal life insurance contracts issued by Thrivent Financial. Under applicable insurance law, the assets and liabilities of the Variable Account are clearly identified and distinguished from the other assets and liabilities of Thrivent Financial. The assets of the Variable Account will not be charged with any liabilities arising out of any other business conducted by the insurance operations of Thrivent Financial.

A fixed account investment option is available for contract owners of the flexible premium variable universal life insurance contracts. Assets of the fixed account are combined with the general assets of Thrivent Financial and invested by Thrivent Financial as allowed by applicable law. Accordingly, the fixed account assets are not included in the Variable Account financial statements.

(2) SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Variable Account applies the accounting and reporting guidance for investment companies as outlined in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 946.

Segment Reporting

Effective for year end reporting, the variable product adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”). This adoption of the new standard did not affect the variable product’s financial position or its results of operations. The standard aims to enhance segment disclosures for improved investment understanding.

The Variable Account’s operations constitute a single operating segment, and therefore the single reportable segment of the Variable Account. The chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), Vice President — Solutions Pricing & Development, manages the business activities of the Variable Account and utilizes the Statements of Operations and its net income metric to allocate resources and assess performance of the Variable Account. The accounting policies used to measure the profit and loss of the Variable Account are the same as those described in Note 2.

Valuation of Investments

The investments in shares of the Funds are stated at fair value, which is the closing net asset value per share as determined by the Fund. The cost of shares sold and redeemed is determined on the average cost method. Dividend distributions received from the Fund are reinvested in additional shares of the Fund and recorded as income by the subaccount on the ex-dividend date. Series Fund shares owned represent the number of shares of the Fund owned by the subaccount.

Federal Income Taxes

Thrivent Financial qualifies as a tax-exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been charged against the Variable Account. Thrivent Financial reserves the right to charge for taxes in the future should Thrivent Financial's tax status change.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(2) SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

In estimating the fair values for financial instruments carried at fair value, the significance of observable and unobservable inputs used to determine fair value are taken into consideration. Each of the financial instruments must be classified into one of three categories based on that evaluation:

Level 1:

Fair value based on quoted prices for identical assets in active markets that are accessible.

Level 2:

Fair value based on quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets that are accessible; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; or model-derived valuations where the significant value driver inputs are observable.

Level 3:

Fair value based on significant value driver inputs that are not observable.

The Funds in the Accounts have been measured at fair value using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient and are therefore not categorized in the fair value hierarchy.

Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated Variable Account related events and transactions that occurred during the period from the date of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities through the date of issuance of the Variable Account's financial statements. There were no events or transactions that occurred during the period that materially impacted the amounts or disclosures in the Variable Account's financial statements.

(3) EXPENSE CHARGES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Amounts are paid to Thrivent Financial for mortality and expense risks assumed in connection with the contracts as a percentage of the subaccounts. No mortality and expense risk charges are deducted from the fixed account. The mortality and expense risk charges for each of the variable subaccounts are reported in the statements of changes in net assets. The rates are as follows for the four contract types within the Variable Account:

•

Thrivent Variable Life 2019 Series – annual rate is based on the subaccount accumulated value and is guaranteed not to exceed 1.00% for all contract years.

•

Thrivent Variable Life 2008 Series – annual rate is based on the subaccount accumulated value and is guaranteed not to exceed 0.45% for all contract years.

•

Thrivent Variable Life 2003 Series – annual rate is based on subaccount accumulated value and is guaranteed not to exceed 1.10% during the first 10 contract years and guaranteed not to exceed 0.90% thereafter.

•

Thrivent Variable Life 1997 Series – annual rate is based on the subaccount cash value and is guaranteed not to exceed 0.90% during the first 15 years and guaranteed not to exceed 0.40% thereafter.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(3) EXPENSE CHARGES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES - continued

Thrivent Financial deducts a monthly unit charge for the Thrivent Variable Life 2008 Series only. This charge covers the expenses associated with underwriting, issuing, or increasing the face amount. The charge applies for the first 120 months after issue and the first 120 months after an increase in face amount.

Thrivent Financial deducts an issue expense charge for the Thrivent Variable Life 1997 Series only. This charge covers the expenses associated with underwriting, issuing, or increasing the face amount. The charge applies for the first 36 months after issue and the first 36 months after an increase in face amount.

Thrivent Financial deducts an asset charge for Thrivent Variable Life 2008 Series only. This charge covers the expenses incurred in issuing and administering the contract and operating the Variable Account.

Prior to the allocation of premiums to the Variable Account, Thrivent Financial deducts a sales charge, based on the product, to cover a portion of the sales expenses incurred by Thrivent Financial.

Thrivent Financial charges a monthly administrative fee for administrative expenses.

Thrivent Financial assumes responsibility for providing the insurance benefit included in the contract. On a monthly basis, a cost of insurance charge is deducted proportionately from the value of each variable subaccount and/or fixed account funding option. The fixed account is part of the general account of Thrivent Financial and is not included in these financial statements. The cost of insurance charge depends on the attained age, risk classification, sex (in most states) and the current net amount at risk. The charges are calculated as follows for the four contract types wtihin the Variable Account:

•

Thrivent Variable Life 2019, 2008 and 2003 Series – For subaccounts, sufficient Accumulation Units are redeemed from each subaccount in the proportion that the Accumunlation value in each Subaccount bears to the Accumulation Value of the entire Contract.

•

Thrivent Variable Life 1997 Series – For subaccounts, sufficient Accumulation Units are redeemed from each subaccount in the proportion that the cash value in each Subaccount bears to the Cash Value of the entire Contract.

Thrivent Financial assesses a transfer fee to each transfer from the subaccounts and fixed account in excess of the first twelve transfers made in a contract year.

Thrivent Financial, upon lapse, surrender or face amount reduction, will charge a decrease or surrender charge during the first 10 contract years and during the first 10 years following an increase in face amount. These charges are in part a deferred sales charge and in part a recovery of certain administrative costs. In no event will the surrender charge exceed the maximum allowed by state or federal law.

Thrivent Financial may charge an administrative fee for each partial surrender/withdrawal that is taken in excess of one per contract year. For Thrivent Variable Life 2003 Series only, the charge is applicable in the first 10 contract years only.

Thrivent Financial reserves the right to charge a fee for certain contract changes for Thrivent Variable Life 1997 Series only.

Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2024, management fees were paid indirectly to Thrivent Financial in its capacity as advisor to the Fund.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(4) UNIT ACTIVITY

Transactions in units (including transfers among subaccounts) were as follows:

Subaccount	Units Outstanding at January 1, 2023	Units Issued	Units Redeemed	Units Outstanding at December 31, 2023	Units Issued	Units Issued as a result of merger	Units Redeemed	Units Outstanding at December 31, 2024
Aggressive Allocation	9,590,436	2,856,318	(1,546,608 )	10,900,146	3,746,695		(2,581,202 )	12,065,639
All Cap	275,304	145,367	(57,902 )	362,769	149,143		(92,640 )	419,272
Balanced Income Plus	492,373	73,833	(54,647 )	511,559	89,548		(84,831 )	516,276
Diversified Income Plus	566,950	204,740	(104,587 )	667,103	202,789		(156,355 )	713,537
Emerging Markets Equity	371,873	120,786	(62,171 )	430,488	134,688		(103,926 )	461,250
ESG Index	134,563	78,664	(38,986 )	174,241	91,476		(58,818 )	206,899
Global Stock	1,086,410	124,501	(129,325 )	1,081,586	190,071	47,571	(185,537 )	1,133,691
Government Bond	533,164	120,749	(92,213 )	561,700	179,164		(100,408 )	640,456
Healthcare	336,173	129,120	(59,547 )	405,746	144,020		(89,932 )	459,834
High Yield	344,511	136,333	(69,243 )	411,601	197,035		(113,248 )	495,388
Income	507,240	253,320	(125,733 )	634,827	317,246		(180,929 )	771,144
International Allocation	2,155,251	265,122	(224,687 )	2,195,686	239,707		(258,735 )	2,176,658
International Index	217,794	242,339	(79,704 )	380,429	308,246		(145,271 )	543,404
Large Cap Growth	1,943,005	875,531	(415,418 )	2,403,118	1,174,901		(690,189 )	2,887,830
Large Cap Index	4,774,086	2,042,646	(874,006 )	5,942,726	2,388,630		(1,468,681 )	6,862,675
Large Cap Value	765,485	317,611	(225,880 )	857,216	340,404		(230,314 )	967,306
Limited Maturity Bond	457,403	102,946	(103,182 )	457,167	152,329		(96,193 )	513,303
Mid Cap Growth	185,771	147,333	(65,057 )	268,047	167,821		(86,304 )	349,564
Mid Cap Index	1,881,554	909,852	(388,531 )	2,402,875	1,102,541		(613,619 )	2,891,797
Mid Cap Stock	1,323,790	611,761	(270,515 )	1,665,036	731,858		(396,422 )	2,000,472
Mid Cap Value	109,773	79,566	(72,216 )	117,123	43,519		(38,055 )	122,587
Moderate Allocation	5,584,139	1,182,456	(846,560 )	5,920,035	1,332,918		(1,082,718 )	6,170,235
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	15,383,634	3,587,299	(2,114,448 )	16,856,485	3,939,696		(2,686,687 )	18,109,494
Moderately Conservative Allocation	663,523	102,265	(132,154 )	633,634	204,493		(168,608 )	669,519
Money Market	6,182,402	7,358,540	(6,852,473 )	6,688,469	8,041,965		(5,670,166 )	9,060,268
Opportunity Income Plus	215,012	89,808	(50,727 )	254,093	127,346	68,051	(114,018 )	335,472
Real Estate Securities	307,596	104,876	(53,289 )	359,183	126,325		(85,826 )	399,682
Small Cap Growth	263,604	207,768	(100,368 )	371,004	221,882		(149,866 )	443,020
Small Cap Index	2,021,097	963,204	(410,232 )	2,574,069	1,141,300		(601,145 )	3,114,224
Small Cap Stock	863,867	357,802	(179,612 )	1,042,057	428,393		(233,456 )	1,236,994

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THRIVENT VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT I (SERIES 2019, 2008, 2003, 1997)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(5) PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENTS

The aggregate costs of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments in the Funds for the year ended December 31, 2024 were as follows:

Subaccount	Purchases	Sales
Aggressive Allocation	$51,243,080	$15,560,951
All Cap	2,142,199	1,224,607
Balanced Income Plus	1,426,409	1,277,892
Diversified Income Plus	2,287,277	1,518,431
Emerging Markets Equity	1,843,240	914,405
ESG Index	845,511	176,824
Global Stock	4,737,674	2,562,894
Government Bond	2,006,288	784,614
Healthcare	2,308,903	1,274,865
High Yield	2,512,688	923,576
Income	3,268,378	1,224,448
International Allocation	3,159,052	2,592,612
International Index	2,964,150	299,717
Large Cap Growth	24,909,858	7,343,922
Large Cap Index	33,115,903	15,223,525
Large Cap Value	4,644,865	2,307,886
Limited Maturity Bond	1,877,141	837,418
Mid Cap Growth	1,579,574	384,114
Mid Cap Index	13,850,860	3,548,026
Mid Cap Stock	9,176,279	2,745,066
Mid Cap Value	541,868	375,921
Moderate Allocation	20,571,843	10,294,654
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	61,957,996	22,284,370
Moderately Conservative Allocation	3,028,917	1,426,344
Money Market	5,995,366	2,808,674
Opportunity Income Plus	1,941,410	736,578
Real Estate Securities	1,900,408	962,898
Small Cap Growth	1,786,130	634,908
Small Cap Index	13,341,438	4,004,307
Small Cap Stock	5,367,082	1,848,107

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(6) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

A summary of units outstanding, unit values, net assets, expense ratios, investment income ratios and total return ratios for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2024 follows:

Subaccount	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Aggressive Allocation
Units	12,065,639	10,900,146	9,590,436	8,125,078	7,045,599
Unit value	$16.40-$49.80	$14.13-$42.91	$11.84-$35.96	$14.43-$43.82	$12.01-$36.45
Net assets	$384,605,185	$315,842,414	$248,009,402	$274,953,632	$212,055,551
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	1.49 %	1.83 %	0.83 %	0.79 %	12.29 %
Total return (c)	16.08 %	19.31 %	(17.92) %	20.20 %	17.14 %
All Cap
Units	419,272	362,769	275,304	208,585	177,977
Unit value	$18.83-$88.63	$15.70-$73.92	$12.86-$60.53	$15.72-$74.00	$12.67-$59.63
Net assets	$14,375,893	$11,538,976	$8,369,410	$9,224,205	$6,933,535
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	0.67 %	0.94 %	0.56 %	0.41 %	3.76 %
Total return (c)	19.90 %	22.13 %	(18.21) %	24.11 %	23.17 %
Balanced Income Plus
Units	516,276	511,559	492,373	480,763	472,497
Unit value	$13.14-$41.97	$12.10-$38.66	$10.76-$34.37	$12.48-$39.86	$11.10-$35.45
Net assets	$16,671,651	$15,750,536	$13,983,627	$16,418,270	$14,686,509
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	3.38 %	2.74 %	2.08 %	2.31 %	4.37 %
Total return (c)	8.56 %	12.46 %	(13.77) %	12.44 %	9.11 %
Diversified Income Plus
Units	713,537	667,103	566,950	468,165	390,191
Unit value	$12.03-$35.92	$11.22-$33.51	$10.18-$30.41	$11.62-$34.71	$10.88-$32.48
Net assets	$15,027,512	$13,949,704	$11,658,671	$12,052,329	$10,087,214
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	4.67 %	3.88 %	2.89 %	2.97 %	11.45 %
Total return (c)	7.17 %	10.20 %	(12.38) %	6.87 %	7.37 %
Emerging Markets Equity (2)
Units	461,250	430,488	371,873	324,002	286,823
Unit value	$11.30-$17.15	$10.37-$15.74	$9.51-$14.42	$12.83-$19.47	$13.47-$20.43
Net assets	$6,938,931	$6,171,342	$5,048,556	$6,140,894	$5,825,462
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	2.67 %	2.99 %	0.83 %	0.16 %	24.13 %
Total return (c)	8.96 %	9.13 %	(25.91) %	(4.73) %	27.19 %

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(6) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS - continued

Subaccount	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
ESG Index
Units	206,899	174,241	134,563	84,655	28,949
Unit value	$20.76-$20.76	$16.97	$13.24	$16.93	$12.95
Net assets	$4,294,961	$2,956,919	$1,781,354	$1,433,569	$374,843
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	0.95 %	1.02 %	0.55 %	0.00 %	18.44 %
Total return (c) (4)	22.32 %	28.19 %	(21.83) %	30.78 %	29.48 %
Global Stock (1)
Units	1,133,691	1,081,586	1,086,410	1,050,095	1,059,914
Unit value	$16.26-$42.68	$14.11-$37.03	$11.56-$30.35	$14.27-$37.45	$11.82-$31.02
Net assets	$38,821,231	$33,342,347	$28,088,917	$34,387,260	$29,189,633
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	1.99 %	1.25 %	1.11 %	0.90 %	3.40 %
Total return (c)	15.25 %	22.03 %	(18.97) %	20.71 %	15.21 %
Government Bond
Units	640,456	561,700	533,164	504,163	472,838
Unit value	$9.97-$26.01	$9.86-$25.71	$9.44-$24.63	$10.54-$27.48	$10.70-$27.90
Net assets	$10,352,380	$9,411,977	$8,795,708	$9,524,020	$9,221,255
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	4.03 %	3.26 %	2.18 %	1.33 %	4.84 %
Total return (c)	1.19 %	4.37 %	(10.37) %	(1.52) %	7.22 %
Healthcare (2)
Units	459,834	405,746	336,173	271,018	233,604
Unit value	$13.49-$43.88	$13.50-$43.91	$12.96-$42.16	$13.72-$44.63	$12.17-$39.58
Net assets	$12,579,491	$12,332,402	$11,062,294	$10,735,891	$8,814,561
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	0.77 %	0.55 %	0.25 %	0.29 %	5.23 %
Total return (c)	(0.06) %	4.15 %	(5.54) %	12.77 %	18.80 %
High Yield
Units	495,388	411,601	344,511	295,708	247,240
Unit value	$11.72-$45.50	$10.95-$42.52	$9.79-$38.02	$10.91-$42.35	$10.45-$40.57
Net assets	$10,691,699	$9,057,405	$7,481,409	$7,922,881	$6,835,500
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	6.41 %	6.03 %	5.43 %	4.59 %	23.69 %
Total return (c)	7.02 %	11.83 %	(10.22) %	4.40 %	2.76 %
Income
Units	771,144	634,827	507,240	446,304	371,882
Unit value	$10.58-$25.92	$10.26-$25.12	$9.38-$22.98	$11.15-$27.32	$11.21-$27.45
Net assets	$12,804,791	$10,903,590	$8,373,071	$9,344,833	$8,306,893
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	4.42 %	4.15 %	3.49 %	2.78 %	13.08 %
Total return (c)	3.18 %	9.29 %	(15.86) %	(0.47) %	11.70 %

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(6) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS - continued

Subaccount	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
International Allocation
Units	2,176,658	2,195,686	2,155,251	2,099,063	2,005,300
Unit value	$12.24-$16.18	$11.73-$15.52	$9.94-$13.14	$12.17-$16.09	$10.63-$14.06
Net assets	$34,492,435	$33,562,850	$28,057,640	$33,609,889	$28,115,245
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	3.08 %	2.63 %	2.73 %	1.56 %	9.55 %
Total return (c)	4.28 %	18.11 %	(18.35) %	14.46 %	3.99 %
International Index
Units	543,404	380,429	217,794	77,439	15,616
Unit value	$14.88-$14.88	$14.40	$12.23	$14.31	$12.91
Net assets	$8,086,687	$5,478,985	$2,663,603	$1,108,507	$201,623
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	2.65 %	2.08 %	2.52 %	0.17 %	92.21 %
Total return (c) (4)	3.33 %	17.76 %	(14.56) %	10.86 %	29.12 %
Large Cap Growth (3)
Units	2,887,830	2,403,118	1,943,005	1,558,518	1,329,763
Unit value	$23.16-$121.33	$17.73-$92.89	$12.05-$63.16	$18.16-$95.17	$14.77-$77.39
Net assets	$148,331,088	$106,339,280	$65,908,771	$91,906,893	$72,419,383
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	0.42 %	0.21 %	0.00 %	0.13 %	0.90 %
Total return (c)	30.61 %	47.07 %	(33.63) %	22.97 %	43.34 %
Large Cap Index
Units	6,862,675	5,942,726	4,774,086	3,701,271	3,204,869
Unit value	$20.02-$80.50	$16.05-$64.53	$12.74-$51.22	$15.59-$62.69	$12.14-$48.82
Net assets	$287,060,421	$219,638,888	$157,721,733	$172,553,845	$126,358,338
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	1.18 %	1.33 %	1.22 %	1.38 %	3.33 %
Total return (c)	24.73 %	26.01 %	(18.30) %	28.41 %	18.12 %
Large Cap Value
Units	967,306	857,216	765,485	540,592	427,557
Unit value	$17.20-$71.31	$15.21-$63.06	$13.48-$55.87	$14.14-$58.61	$10.71-$44.38
Net assets	$32,308,954	$27,640,704	$24,408,706	$21,075,047	$14,029,687
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	1.58 %	1.77 %	1.29 %	1.21 %	7.43 %
Total return (c)	13.09 %	12.87 %	(4.68) %	32.05 %	4.44 %
Limited Maturity Bond
Units	513,303	457,167	457,403	425,884	451,901
Unit value	$11.25-$18.20	$10.65-$17.23	$10.01-$16.20	$10.45-$16.91	$10.42-$16.86
Net assets	$8,069,555	$6,912,270	$6,571,341	$6,526,777	$6,899,866
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	3.88 %	3.21 %	2.08 %	1.55 %	10.28 %
Total return (c)	5.63 %	6.38 %	(4.19) %	0.27 %	4.01 %

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(6) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS - continued

Subaccount	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Mid Cap Growth
Units	349,564	268,047	185,771	105,557	48,515
Unit value	$15.38-$15.38	$13.97	$11.92	$16.68	$14.92
Net assets	$5,375,838	$3,743,491	$2,215,154	$1,760,944	$723,949
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Total return (c) (4)	10.12 %	17.12 %	(28.52) %	11.80 %	49.22 %
Mid Cap Index
Units	2,891,797	2,402,875	1,881,554	1,395,069	1,153,963
Unit value	$16.52-$81.18	$14.53-$71.43	$12.51-$61.48	$14.42-$70.87	$11.58-$56.93
Net assets	$87,966,882	$69,929,348	$53,616,361	$53,718,127	$39,631,006
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	1.27 %	1.33 %	1.09 %	0.95 %	8.85 %
Total return (c)	13.64 %	16.19 %	(13.25) %	24.47 %	13.40 %
Mid Cap Stock
Units	2,000,472	1,665,036	1,323,790	1,028,633	895,721
Unit value	$16.55-$77.34	$15.01-$70.14	$13.14-$61.42	$16.02-$74.86	$12.44-$58.12
Net assets	$75,637,043	$63,664,018	$51,366,843	$57,692,603	$43,442,503
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	0.53 %	0.42 %	0.31 %	0.23 %	1.46 %
Total return (c)	10.28 %	14.19 %	(17.96) %	28.81 %	21.69 %
Mid Cap Value
Units	122,587	117,123	109,773	67,431	3,272
Unit value	$20.50-$20.50	$18.68	$16.49	$17.40	$13.29
Net assets	$2,512,968	$2,188,301	$1,810,031	$1,173,182	$43,490
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	1.25 %	0.90 %	0.00 %	0.62 %	0.00 %
Total return (c) (4)	9.72 %	13.31 %	(5.23) %	30.88 %	32.93 %
Moderate Allocation
Units	6,170,235	5,920,035	5,584,139	5,179,262	4,878,702
Unit value	$14.32-$36.00	$12.66-$31.82	$10.90-$27.39	$13.00-$32.68	$11.54-$29.00
Net assets	$163,778,625	$144,425,735	$123,013,719	$143,725,741	$124,738,995
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	2.36 %	2.58 %	1.62 %	1.50 %	13.00 %
Total return (c)	13.14 %	16.18 %	(16.19) %	12.69 %	13.57 %

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(6) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS - continued

Subaccount	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Moderately Aggressive Allocation
Units	18,109,494	16,856,485	15,383,634	14,013,656	13,014,188
Unit value	$15.04-$41.69	$13.17-$36.51	$11.20-$31.05	$13.56-$37.59	$11.65-$32.31
Net assets	$527,605,342	$449,927,318	$369,458,531	$430,811,263	$357,689,197
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	1.86 %	2.53 %	1.29 %	1.20 %	16.87 %
Total return (c)	14.19 %	17.60 %	(17.41) %	16.35 %	14.41 %
Moderately Conservative Allocation
Units	669,519	633,634	663,523	706,522	654,028
Unit value	$12.39-$27.09	$11.43-$24.98	$10.20-$22.29	$11.96-$26.14	$11.16-$24.38
Net assets	$15,851,548	$13,705,091	$12,995,682	$16,559,489	$14,671,103
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	3.25 %	2.86 %	2.10 %	1.77 %	14.99 %
Total return (c)	8.44 %	12.09 %	(14.73) %	7.20 %	10.34 %
Money Market
Units	9,060,268	6,688,469	6,182,402	4,282,319	5,444,250
Unit value	$1.12-$1.38	$1.07-$1.32	$1.02-$1.26	$1.00-$1.24	$1.00-$1.24
Net assets	$11,165,027	$7,978,334	$7,020,477	$4,873,990	$6,246,396
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	4.92 %	4.79 %	1.51 %	0.00 %	1.26 %
Total return (c)	5.07 %	4.88 %	1.36 %	0.00 %	0.29 %
Opportunity Income Plus (1)
Units	335,472	254,093	215,012	206,690	154,945
Unit value	$10.99-$21.09	$10.45-$20.04	$9.59-$18.40	$10.71-$20.56	$10.53-$20.19
Net assets	$5,107,065	$3,899,101	$3,229,705	$3,717,026	$2,832,547
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	4.91 %	4.91 %	4.03 %	3.00 %	19.25 %
Total return (c)	5.25 %	8.93 %	(10.49) %	1.80 %	4.38 %
Real Estate Securities
Units	399,682	359,183	307,596	267,835	238,095
Unit value	$11.37-$63.34	$11.01-$61.37	$10.00-$55.72	$13.44-$74.90	$9.46-$52.70
Net assets	$10,715,385	$10,123,510	$8,680,589	$11,450,373	$7,599,035
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	2.57 %	2.14 %	1.14 %	1.38 %	10.52 %
Total return (c)	3.21 %	10.14 %	(25.60) %	42.11 %	(5.35) %

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(6) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS - continued

Subaccount	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Small Cap Growth
Units	443,020	371,004	263,604	178,416	106,009
Unit value	$16.62-$19.11	$14.99-$17.24	$13.65-$15.69	$17.70-$20.35	$15.82-$18.18
Net assets	$7,746,703	$5,909,506	$3,878,281	$3,476,513	$1,911,268
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Total return (c)	10.84 %	9.86 %	(22.91) %	11.94 %	55.38 %
Small Cap Index
Units	3,114,224	2,574,069	2,021,097	1,588,266	1,378,286
Unit value	$15.08-$91.90	$13.91-$84.75	$12.01-$73.19	$14.35-$87.44	$11.34-$69.12
Net assets	$106,300,787	$90,172,720	$71,345,813	$79,164,131	$60,068,789
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	1.32 %	1.16 %	1.17 %	0.82 %	2.49 %
Total return (c)	8.44 %	15.79 %	(16.30) %	26.51 %	11.11 %
Small Cap Stock
Units	1,236,994	1,042,057	863,867	733,595	687,013
Unit value	$17.56-$77.89	$15.77-$69.93	$14.00-$62.10	$15.64-$69.35	$12.54-$55.58
Net assets	$51,953,012	$43,622,351	$36,370,654	$38,709,839	$31,023,486
Ratio of expenses to net assets (a)	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %	0.00 %
Investment income ratio (b)	0.63 %	0.61 %	0.33 %	0.78 %	1.70 %
Total return (c)	11.37 %	12.62 %	(10.46) %	24.77 %	22.69 %

(a)

These amounts only include items that flow through operations. All other charges made directly to contract owner accounts through the redemption of units and expenses of the underlying fund have been excluded.

(b)

These amounts represent the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the subaccount from the underlying mutual fund net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average net assets. These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that are assessed against the contract owner accounts either through reductions in the unit values or the redemption of units. The recognition of investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying fund in which the subaccount invests.

(c)

These amounts represent the total return for periods indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying fund, and expenses assessed through the reduction of unit values. These ratios do not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units. Investment options with a date notation in footnote 4 below indicate the effective date of the investment option in the Variable Account.

(1)

The following mergers were effective July 26, 2024:

Low Volatility Equity merged into Global Stock.

Multidimensional Income merged into Opportunity Income Plus.

(2)

The following name changes were effective April 30, 2023:

Emerging Markets Equity was formerly known as Partner Emerging Markets Equity.

Healthcare was formerly known as Partner Healthcare.

(3)

Partner Growth Stock merged into the Large Cap Growth Portfolio as of August 31, 2020.

(4)

For the period April 29, 2020 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2020.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(7) UNIT FAIR VALUE

Units, unit values and asset balances for each subaccount are as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2024	Units	Unit Value	Assets in Accumulation Period
Thrivent Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance – 2019
Aggressive Allocation	4,585,163	$16.40	$75,212,295
All Cap	260,522	$18.83	$4,905,170
Balanced Income Plus	101,302	$13.14	$1,330,983
Diversified Income Plus	322,611	$12.03	$3,880,191
Emerging Markets Equity	166,255	$11.30	$1,879,209
ESG Index	152,883	$20.76	$3,173,652
Global Stock	198,240	$16.26	$3,222,890
Government Bond	147,773	$9.97	$1,473,976
Healthcare	250,041	$13.49	$3,372,958
High Yield	241,745	$11.72	$2,833,178
Income	377,394	$10.58	$3,993,243
International Allocation	184,538	$12.24	$2,258,201
International Index	477,502	$14.88	$7,105,975
Large Cap Growth	1,667,518	$23.16	$38,612,485
Large Cap Index	3,665,398	$20.02	$73,387,143
Large Cap Value	506,751	$17.20	$8,717,901
Limited Maturity Bond	94,177	$11.25	$1,059,530
Mid Cap Growth	213,443	$15.38	$3,282,481
Mid Cap Index	1,757,312	$16.52	$29,026,652
Mid Cap Stock	1,127,941	$16.55	$18,668,390
Mid Cap Value	86,678	$20.50	$1,776,852
Moderate Allocation	1,922,904	$14.32	$27,543,229
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	5,818,555	$15.04	$87,497,390
Moderately Conservative Allocation	80,124	$12.39	$993,053
Money Market	2,962,253	$1.12	$3,321,696
Opportunity Income Plus	166,827	$10.99	$1,834,257
Real Estate Securities	164,133	$11.37	$1,865,460
Small Cap Growth	288,522	$16.62	$4,794,952
Small Cap Index	1,785,146	$15.08	$26,917,370
Small Cap Stock	560,103	$17.56	$9,838,059
			$453,778,821

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(7) UNIT FAIR VALUE - continued

Year Ended December 31, 2024	Units	Unit Value	Assets in Accumulation Period
Thrivent Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance – 2008
Aggressive Allocation	4,838,830	$36.75	$177,830,225
All Cap	78,457	$42.14	$3,306,179
Balanced Income Plus	89,066	$26.49	$2,359,769
Diversified Income Plus	213,822	$24.69	$5,279,428
Emerging Markets Equity	209,893	$17.15	$3,600,067
ESG Index	40,815	$20.76	$847,266
Global Stock	118,536	$32.71	$3,877,664
Government Bond	253,147	$15.38	$3,892,389
Healthcare	159,379	$43.88	$6,994,156
High Yield	125,568	$25.51	$3,203,811
Income	150,379	$19.78	$2,974,785
International Allocation	596,787	$16.18	$9,656,813
International Index	45,046	$14.88	$670,353
Large Cap Growth	527,915	$71.56	$37,779,237
Large Cap Index	1,709,634	$56.23	$96,126,471
Large Cap Value	199,937	$38.52	$7,702,288
Limited Maturity Bond	142,763	$15.30	$2,184,051
Mid Cap Growth	87,982	$15.38	$1,353,052
Mid Cap Index	886,447	$45.80	$40,594,943
Mid Cap Stock	381,365	$50.23	$19,157,023
Mid Cap Value	29,496	$20.50	$604,659
Moderate Allocation	2,128,158	$28.17	$59,941,324
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	7,174,993	$31.61	$226,810,551
Moderately Conservative Allocation	223,595	$22.13	$4,948,567
Money Market	2,973,744	$1.19	$3,532,939
Opportunity Income Plus	75,232	$17.64	$1,326,949
Real Estate Securities	131,498	$26.40	$3,472,165
Small Cap Growth	104,223	$19.11	$1,991,221
Small Cap Index	830,343	$45.12	$37,467,266
Small Cap Stock	196,903	$44.04	$8,670,780
			$778,156,391

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(7) UNIT FAIR VALUE - continued

Year Ended December 31, 2024	Units	Unit Value	Assets in Accumulation Period
Thrivent Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance – 2003
Aggressive Allocation	2,118,417	$49.80	$105,503,498
All Cap	59,414	$72.61	$4,313,984
Balanced Income Plus	86,204	$33.89	$2,921,161
Diversified Income Plus	107,003	$31.31	$3,350,185
Emerging Markets Equity	62,785	$17.15	$1,076,882
ESG Index	7,818	$20.76	$162,293
Global Stock	292,019	$42.68	$12,462,160
Government Bond	156,736	$18.07	$2,832,316
Healthcare	39,720	$43.88	$1,743,069
High Yield	98,666	$33.61	$3,316,415
Income	175,797	$23.24	$4,085,313
International Allocation	765,330	$16.18	$12,383,435
International Index	16,640	$14.88	$247,623
Large Cap Growth	468,124	$95.55	$44,726,940
Large Cap Index	396,612	$74.94	$29,722,910
Large Cap Value	182,793	$56.56	$10,338,836
Limited Maturity Bond	208,847	$17.22	$3,596,863
Mid Cap Growth	26,475	$15.38	$407,146
Mid Cap Index	147,549	$69.05	$10,187,475
Mid Cap Stock	262,755	$76.67	$20,144,431
Mid Cap Value	3,632	$20.50	$74,452
Moderate Allocation	1,615,259	$36.00	$58,152,045
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	4,146,569	$41.69	$172,880,677
Moderately Conservative Allocation	249,200	$27.09	$6,751,112
Money Market	2,206,415	$1.38	$3,039,334
Opportunity Income Plus	64,337	$20.71	$1,332,517
Real Estate Securities	82,945	$48.72	$4,040,831
Small Cap Growth	29,032	$19.11	$554,672
Small Cap Index	144,764	$64.89	$9,393,799
Small Cap Stock	280,598	$63.84	$17,912,953
			$547,655,327

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(7) UNIT FAIR VALUE - continued

Year Ended December 31, 2024	Units	Unit Value	Assets in Accumulation Period
AAL Variable Universal Life – 1997
Aggressive Allocation	523,229	$49.80	$26,059,167
All Cap	20,879	$88.63	$1,850,560
Balanced Income Plus	239,704	$41.97	$10,059,738
Diversified Income Plus	70,101	$35.92	$2,517,708
Emerging Markets Equity	22,317	$17.15	$382,773
ESG Index	5,383	$20.76	$111,750
Global Stock	524,896	$36.69	$19,258,517
Government Bond	82,800	$26.01	$2,153,699
Healthcare	10,694	$43.88	$469,308
High Yield	29,409	$45.50	$1,338,295
Income	67,574	$25.92	$1,751,450
International Allocation	630,003	$16.18	$10,193,986
International Index	4,216	$14.88	$62,736
Large Cap Growth	224,273	$121.33	$27,212,425
Large Cap Index	1,091,031	$80.50	$87,823,897
Large Cap Value	77,825	$71.31	$5,549,929
Limited Maturity Bond	67,516	$18.20	$1,229,111
Mid Cap Growth	21,664	$15.38	$333,159
Mid Cap Index	100,489	$81.18	$8,157,812
Mid Cap Stock	228,411	$77.34	$17,667,199
Mid Cap Value	2,781	$20.50	$57,005
Moderate Allocation	503,914	$36.00	$18,142,027
Moderately Aggressive Allocation	969,377	$41.69	$40,416,724
Moderately Conservative Allocation	116,600	$27.09	$3,158,816
Money Market	917,856	$1.38	$1,271,058
Opportunity Income Plus	29,076	$21.09	$613,342
Real Estate Securities	21,106	$63.34	$1,336,929
Small Cap Growth	21,243	$19.11	$405,858
Small Cap Index	353,971	$91.90	$32,522,352
Small Cap Stock	199,390	$77.89	$15,531,220
			$337,638,550

(8) SUBACCOUNT MERGERS

A Special Meeting of shareholders of the Thrivent Low Volatillity Equity and Thrivent Multidimensional Income (the “Target Portfolios”) which is a separate series of Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. (“the Fund”), was held on June 27, 2024. The Contractholders of each Subaccount voted in favor of merging the Target Portfolios into the Portfolios shown below (“the Acquiring Portfolios”) effective July 26, 2024.

	The Target Portfolio	The Acquiring Portfolio
Merger 1	Thrivent Low Volatility Equity	Thrivent Global Stock
Merger 2	Thrivent Multidimensional Income	Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(8) SUBACCOUNT MERGERS - continued

The merger was accomplished by tax free exchanges as detailed below:

Merger 1	Net Assets as of July 26, 2024	Shares as of July 26, 2024
Acquiring Portfolio	$36,214,185	2,540,954
Target Portfolio	$1,140,267	93,682
After Acquisition	$37,354,452	2,634,636

Merger 2	Net Assets as of July 26, 2024	Shares as of July 26, 2024
Acquiring Portfolio	$3,783,796	421,231
Target Portfolio	$896,774	99,725
After Acquisition	$4,680,570	520,956

The target portfolios had the following unrealized appreciation/depreciation, accumulated net realized gains/losses and net investment income as of July 25, 2024.

Portfolio	Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)	Net Investment Income (loss)	Accumulated Net Realized Gain (Loss)
Thrivent Low Volatility Equity	$(56,789 )	$45,305	$104,060
Thrivent Multidimensional Income	$43,579	74,078	(85,112 )

Assuming the acquisition had been completed on January 1, 2024 the beginning of the annual reporting period of the Portfolios, the Acquiring Portfolio's unaudited pro forma results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024, would have been as follows:

Portfolio	Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)	Net Investment Income (loss)	Accumulated Net Realized Gain (Loss)
Thrivent Global Stock	$2,733,968	$780,151	$1,690,609
Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus	$96,317	$281,095	$(134,716 )

Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practical to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Target Portfolio that have been included in the Acquiring Portfolio's statement of operations since July 26, 2024.

Assuming the acquisition had been completed on January 1, 2023 the beginning of the annual reporting period of the Portfolios, the Acquiring Portfolio's unaudited pro forma results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, would have been as follows:

Portfolio	Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)	Net Investment Income (loss)	Accumulated Net Realized Gain (Loss)
Thrivent Global Stock	$5,599,546	$397,074	$190,489
Thrivent Opportunity Income Plus	$216,932	$221,562	$(60,641 )

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PART C. OTHER INFORMATION

Exhibits

Except as noted below, all required exhibits have been previously filed and are incorporated by reference from prior Registration Statements of the Depositor.

Exhibit	Description	Filed Herewith / Incorporated by reference from
(a)(i)	Resolution of Board of Directors of the Depositor authorizing the establishment of the Registrant	Initial registration statement on Form S-6EL24 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on July 10, 1997.
(a)(ii)	Resolution of Board of Directors of the Depositor authorizing the name change of Registrant to Thrivent Variable Life Account I	Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on August 29, 2002.
(b)	Custodian Agreements	Not Applicable
(c)(i)	Principal Underwriting Agreement	Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on November 27, 2019
(c)(ii)	Specimen of Distribution Agreement with Registered Representatives	Initial Filing of the registration statement on Form N-4 of Thrivent Variable Annuity Account I, Registration Statement 333-216125, filed on February 17, 2017
(d)(i)	Form of Contract	Initial registration statement on Form S-6EL24 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on July 10, 1997.
(d)(ii)	Available Contract Riders	Initial registration statement on Form S-6EL24 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on July 10, 1997.
(d)(iii)	Amendatory Agreement	Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to registration statement on Form N-6 of the Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on April 21, 2009.
(e)	Application Form -	Initial registration statement on Form S-6EL24 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on July 10, 1997.
(f)	Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws of Depositor	Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on April 26, 2024.
(g)(i)	Reinsurance Agreement with Swiss RE – I2107058US-18	Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account 1, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on November 27, 2019.
(g)(ii)	Reinsurance Agreement with Swiss RE – Amendment 6 to I94119US-07	Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to registration statement on Form N-6 of the Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on April 26, 2023.
(g)(iii)	Reinsurance Agreement with Swiss RE – Amendment 7 to I94119US-07	Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to registration statement on Form N-6 of the Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on April 26, 2023.
(g)(iv)	Coinsurance Agreement with SCOR Global Life - 6950-05	Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account 1, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on November 27, 2019
(g)(v)	Coinsurance Agreement with SCOR Global Life - Amendment 1 to 6950-05	Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account 1, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on November 27, 2019

Exhibit	Description	Filed Herewith / Incorporated by reference from
(g)(vi)	Coinsurance Agreement with SCOR Global Life - Amendment 2 to 6950-05	Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account 1, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on November 27, 2019
(g)(vii)	Coinsurance Agreement with SCOR Global Life - 201711.1	Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account 1, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on November 27, 2019
(g)(viii)	Coinsurance Agreement with SCOR Global Life - Amendment 1 to 201711.1	Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account 1, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on November 27, 2019
(g)(ix)	Coinsurance Agreement with SCOR Global Life – Amendment to 201711.1	Filed herewith
(g)(x)	Coinsurance Termination with SCOR Global Life – Amendment to 201711.1	Filed herewith
(g)(xi)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance - 15852-00-00	Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account 1, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on November 27, 2019
(g)(xii)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance - 15852-00-01	Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account 1, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on November 27, 2019
(g)(xiii)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance – Amendment 15852- 00-06	Filed herewith
(g)(xiv)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance - 15852-01-0 0	Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account 1, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on November 27, 2019
(g)(xv)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance – Amendment 15852- 01-04	Filed herewith
(g)(xvi)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance – Amendment 15852- 01-01	Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to registration statement on Form N-6 of the Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on April 26, 2023.
(g)(xvii)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance – Amendment 15852- 01-03	Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to registration statement on Form N-6 of the Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on April 26, 2023.
(g)(xviii)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance- Amendment TLIC Dissolution	Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to registration statement on Form N-6 of the Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on April 26, 2023.
(g)(xix)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance – Amendment 3453- 00-13	Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to registration statement on Form N-6 of the Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on April 26, 2023.
(g)(xx)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance – Amendment 3453- 00-15	Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to registration statement on Form N-6 of the Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on April 26, 2023.
(g)(xxi)	Reinsurance Agreement Amendment with RGA Claims Document Reduction	Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on April 26, 2024.
(g)(xxii)	Reinsurance Agreement Amendment with RGA Express Claims Program	Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on April 26, 2024.
(g)(xxiii)	Reinsurance Agreement Amendment with Gen Re Express Claims Program	Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-233397, filed on April 26, 2024.

Exhibit	Description	Filed Herewith / Incorporated by reference from
(h)	Participation Agreement between Depositor and Thrivent Series Fund, Inc., dated December 15, 2003	Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-103454, filed on April 19, 2004.
(i)	Administrative Contracts	Not Applicable
(j)	Other Material Contracts	Not Applicable
(k)	Opinion and Consent of Counsel	Filed herewith
(l)	Actuarial Opinion	Not Applicable
(m)	Calculation	Not Applicable
(n)	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	Filed herewith
(o)	Omitted Financial Statements	Not Applicable
(p)	Initial Capital Agreements	Not Applicable
(q)	Redeemability Exemption	Not Applicable
(r)	Form of Initial Summary Prospectus	Not Applicable
(s)	Powers of Attorney for Board of Directors and Officers	Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the registration statement on Form N-6 of the Thrivent Variable Life Account I, Registration Statement No. 333-31011, filed on April 26, 2023.

Directors and Officers of the Insurance Company

The directors, executive officers and, to the extent responsible for variable insurance operations, other officers of the Insurance Company, are listed below, unless otherwise indicated, their principal address is 600 Portland Avenue S., Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55415-4402.

Name and Principal Business Address	Positions and Offices with Insurance Company
Deborah M. Ackerman	Director
Morotoluwa Adebiyi	Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
N. Cornell Boggs III	Chair of the Board of Directors
Kenneth A. Carow	Director
Bradford N. Creswell	Director
Lynn Crump-Caine	Director
Eric J. Draut	Director
Paul R. Johnston	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
Jill B. Louis	Director
Kathryn V. Marinello	Director
Brian J. McGrane	Director
Nichole B. Pechet	Director
Teresa J. Rasmussen	President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Angela S. Rieger	Director
David S. Royal	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial & Investment Officer

Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Insurance Company or the Registered Separate Account

Registered Separate Account is a separate account of the Insurance Company. The Insurance Company is a fraternal benefit society organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and is owned by and operated for its members. It has no stockholders and is not subject to the control of any affiliated persons.

The following list shows the persons directly or indirectly controlled by Thrivent. Financial statements of Thrivent will be presented on a consolidated basis.

Thrivent Entities	Primary Business	State of Organization
Thrivent	Fraternal benefit society offering financial services and products	Wisconsin
Thrivent Financial Holdings, Inc.1	Holding company with no independent operations	Delaware
North Meadows Investment Ltd.2	Real estate development and investment corporation	Wisconsin
Thrivent Advisor Network, LLC2	Investment adviser	Delaware
Thrivent Asset Management, LLC2	Investment adviser	Delaware
Thrivent Distributors, LLC2	Limited purpose broker-dealer	Delaware
Thrivent Financial Investor Services Inc.2	Transfer agent	Pennsylvania
Thrivent Insurance Agency Inc.2	Life and health insurance agency	Minnesota
Newman Financial Services, LLC3	Long-term care insurance agency	Minnesota
Thrivent Investment Management Inc.2	Broker-dealer and investment adviser	Delaware
Thrivent Trust Company2	Federally chartered limited purpose trust bank	Federal Charter
Gold Ring Holdings, LLC1	Holding vehicle	Delaware
Thrivent Education Funding, LLC1	Special purpose entity	Delaware
White Rose CFO 2023 Holdings, LLC1	Special purpose entity	Delaware
White Rose CFO 2023, LLC4	Special purpose entity	Delaware
Blue Rock Holdco LLC2	Holding vehicle	Delaware
Castle Lending Enterprises, LLC5	Special purpose entity	Delaware
College Avenue Student Loans, LLC6	Special purpose entity	Delaware
College Ave Student Loan Servicing LLC7	Special purpose entity	Delaware
Museum Finance, LLC8	Special purpose entity	Delaware
College Ave Administrator LLC7	Special purpose entity	Delaware
College Ave Depositor, LLC7	Special purpose entity	Delaware
College Ave Residual Holdings, LLC7	Special purpose entity	Delaware
College Ave Student Loans 2023-A, LLC7	Special purpose entity	Delaware
College Ave Student Loans Grantor Trust 2023-A7	Special purpose entity	Delaware
College Ave Holdings 2017-A, LLC7	Special purpose entity	Delaware
College Ave Holdings 2018-A, LLC7	Special purpose entity	Delaware
College Ave Holdings 2019-A, LLC7	Special purpose entity	Delaware
White Rose GP I, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
White Rose Fund I Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP II, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund II Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP III, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund III Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP IV, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund IV Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund IV Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP V, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund V Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund V Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP VI, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund VI Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP VII, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund VII Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund VII Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP VIII, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund VIII Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware

Thrivent Entities	Primary Business	State of Organization
Thrivent White Rose Fund VIII Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP IX, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund IX Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund IX Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP X, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund X Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund X Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP XI, LLC8	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund XI Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund XI Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP XII, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund XII Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund XII Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP XIII, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund XIII Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund XIII Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP XIV, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund XIV Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund XIV Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP XV Fund of Funds, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund XV Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Feeder XV Fund of Funds, LLC11	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose GP XV Equity Direct, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Fund XV Equity Direct, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Feeder XV Equity Direct, LLC11	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Opportunity Fund GP, LLC1	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Opportunity Fund, LP1	Investment subsidiary	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate GP, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate Fund I Fund of Funds, L.P.10	Private equity real estate fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate GP II, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate Fund II, L.P.10	Private equity real estate fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate GP III, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate Fund III, L.P.10	Private equity real estate fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate GP IV, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate Fund IV, L.P.10	Private equity real estate fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate Feeder IV, LLC11	Private equity real estate fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate GP V, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate Fund V, L.P.10	Private equity real estate fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Real Estate Feeder V, LLC11	Private equity real estate fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Endurance GP, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Endurance Fund, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Endurance GP II, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Endurance Fund II, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Endurance GP III, LLC9	General partner	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Endurance Fund III, L.P.10	Private equity fund	Delaware
Thrivent White Rose Endurance Feeder III, LLC11	Private equity fund	Delaware
Twin Bridge Capital Partners, LLC12	Investment adviser	Delaware

Wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent.

Wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial Holdings, Inc. Thrivent is the ultimate controlling entity.

Wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Insurance Agency Inc. Thrivent is the ultimate controlling entity.

Wholly owned subsidiary of White Rose CFO 2023 Holdings, LLC. Thrivent is the ultimate controlling entity.

Directly controlled by Blue Rock HoldCo LLC. Thrivent is the ultimate controlling entity.

Directly controlled by Castle Lending Enterprises, LLC. Thrivent is the ultimate controlling entity.

Directly controlled by College Avenue Student Loans, LLC. Thrivent is the ultimate controlling entity.

Directly controlled by College Ave Student Loan Servicing, LLC. Thrivent is the ultimate controlling entity.

Directly controlled by Thrivent, which is the managing member and owns an interest in the limited liability company.

Directly controlled by its general partner. Thrivent is the ultimate controlling entity. The fund is a pooled investment vehicle organized primarily for the purpose of investing assets of Thrivent’s general account.

Directly controlled by Thrivent, which is the managing member of the limited liability company. The fund is a pooled investment vehicle organized as a feeder fund of the fund.

Directly controlled by Thrivent. Investment advisory clients include Pacific Street Fund, Twin Bridge Narrow Gate Fund, and Twin Bridge Titan Fund limited partnerships.

The subsidiaries of Thrivent are shown above. In addition, Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, offering its shares to the separate accounts identified below; and the shares of the Fund held in connection with certain of the accounts are voted by Thrivent in accordance with voting instructions obtained from the persons who own, or are receiving payments under, variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts issued in connection with the separate accounts, or in the same proportions as the shares which are so voted.

1.Thrivent Variable Life Account I

2.Thrivent Variable Insurance Account A

3. Thrivent Variable Insurance Account B

4. Thrivent Variable Insurance Account C

5. Thrivent Variable Annuity Account I

6. Thrivent Variable Annuity Account II

7. Thrivent Variable Annuity Account A

8. Thrivent Variable Annuity Account B

9. Thrivent Variable Annuity Account C

Indemnification

Section 33 of the Insurance Company’s Bylaws, Article VIII the Fund’s Articles of Incorporation, Section 4.01 of the Fund’s First Amended and Restated Bylaws, and Section Eight of Thrivent Investment Management Inc.’s Articles of Incorporation, contain provisions requiring the indemnification by the Insurance Company, the Funds, and Thrivent Investment Management Inc. of their respective directors, officers and certain other individuals for any liability arising based on their duties as directors, officers or agents of the Insurance Company, Fund or Thrivent Investment Management Inc., unless, in the case of the Fund, such liability arises due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such office.

Section 8 of the Participation Agreement between the Insurance Company, the Accounts and the Fund contains a provision in which the Fund and Insurance Company mutually agree to indemnify and hold the other party (including its Officers, agents, and employees) harmless for any and all loss, cost damage and expense, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by the other party arising out of their performance under the Agreement, unless such liability is incurred as a result of the party’s gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misfeasance or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Agreement.

In addition, Section XII of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund and the Insurance Company contain provisions in which the Fund and Insurance Company mutually agree to indemnify and hold the other party (including its officers, agents, and employees) harmless for any and all loss, cost damage and expense, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by the other party arising out of their performance under the Agreement, unless such liability is incurred as a result of the party’s gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misfeasance or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Agreement.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Registrant, pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, 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 Insurance Company, the Fund, or Thrivent Investment Management Inc. of expenses incurred or paid by a director or officer or controlling person of Registrant in the successful defense of any

action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person of Registrant in connection with the securities being registered, the Insurance Company, the Fund, or Thrivent Investment Management Inc. 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 of whether or not such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Principal Underwriter

(a) Other activity. Thrivent Investment Management Inc. is the principal underwriter of the Contracts.

(b) Management. The directors and principal officers of Thrivent Investment Management Inc. are set out below. Unless otherwise indicated, the principal business address of each person named below is 600 Portland Avenue S., Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55415-4402.

Name and Principal Business Address	Position and Offices with Underwriter
Nicholas M. Cecere	Director
Thomas J. Birr 4321 North Ballard Road Appleton WI 54919	Vice President
Christopher J. Osborne	Vice President, Supervision
David J. Kloster	President and Director
Andrea C. Golis	Chief Compliance Officer
Andrew D. Norgard	Treasurer
Paul R. Johnston	Director
Caleb A. Bousu	Director
Kathleen M. Koelling 4321 North Ballard Road Appleton WI 54919	Privacy Officer
Tonia Nicole James Gilchrist	Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Sharon K. Minta 4321 North Ballard Road Appleton WI 54919	Anti-Money Laundering Officer
Cynthia J. Nigbur	Assistant Secretary
Jessica E. English	Assistant Secretary
Maria E. Sanchez	Assistant Secretary
Mary E. Faulkner 4321 North Ballard Road Appleton WI 54919	Chief Information Security Officer

Location of Accounts and Records

The accounts and records of Registrant are located at the offices of Depositor at 600 Portland Avenue S., Suite 100, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415-4402 and 4321 North Ballard Road, Appleton, Wisconsin 54919.

Management Services

Not Applicable.

Fee Representation

Depositor represents that, as to the flexible premium variable life contracts that are the subject of this registration statement, File No. 333-31011, that the fees and charges deducted under the contracts, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by the Depositor.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, and the State of Minnesota on this 25th day of April, 2025.

Thrivent Variable Life Account I (Registrant)

By:	/s/Tonia Nicole James Gilchrist
	Vice President and Managing Counsel on behalf of the Registrant

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (Depositor)
By:	/s/Tonia Nicole James Gilchrist
	Vice President and Managing Counsel on behalf of the Depositor

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated below.

Teresa J. Rasmussen*	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

David S. Royal*	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial & Investment Officer
Paul R. Johnston*	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
Deborah M. Ackerman*	Director
N. Cornell Boggs III*	Chair of the Board
Kenneth A. Carow*	Director
Bradford N. Creswell*	Director
Lynn Crump-Caine*	Director
Eric J. Draut*	Director
Jill B. Louis*	Director
Kathryn V. Marinello*	Director
Brian J. McGrane*	Director
Nichole B. Pechet*	Director
Angela S. Rieger*	Director

* Tonia Nicole James Gilchrist, by signing her name hereto, does hereby sign this document on behalf of each of the above-named directors and officers of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such persons.

/s/Tonia Nicole James Gilchrist	April 25, 2025
Tonia Nicole James Gilchrist Attorney-in-Fact	Date

	Thrivent Variable Universal Life Insurance


	Thrivent Variable Life Account I
	Statutory Prospectus April 30, 2025

	2024	2023
Loaned Securities:
Carrying value	$554	$654
Fair value	540	629
Cash Collateral Reinvested:
Open	$229	$292
30 days or less	117	196
31 - 60 days	91	46
61 - 90 days	20	75
91 - 120 days	5	5
121 - 180 days	30	15
181 - 365 days	40	—
1 - 2 years	20	15
2 - 3 years	—	—
Greater than 3 years	—	—
Total	$552	$644
Cash collateral liabilities	$553	$644

Exhibit Number	Name of Exhibit
(g)(ix)	Coinsurance Agreement with SCOR Global Life – Amendment to 201711.1
(g)(x)	Coinsurance Termination with SCOR Global Life – Amendment to 201711.1
(g)(xiii)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance – Amendment 15852- 00-06
(g)(xv)	Reinsurance Agreement with RGA Reinsurance – Amendment 15852- 01-04
(k)	Opinion and Consent of Counsel
(n)	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm