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Structured Capital Strategies® Premier index-linked annuity

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An indexed variable annuity that offers growth potential and a level of downside protection

Structured Capital Strategies® Premier is a tax deferred indexed variable annuity designed to help your clients grow their retirement assets while offering a level of protection against market volatility. For a fee, Structured Capital Strategies® Premier offers exclusive investment options, enhanced growth potential, greater downside protection and an enhanced death benefit that can help meet evolving financial goals.

Meet our new Segments, exclusive to Structured Capital Strategies® Premier, by watching the videos below.

A variety of benefits that address growth potential, levels of protection and legacy planning

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Harness market growth

Enjoy enhanced participation rates, higher cap rates and opportunities to make money in any market scenario.

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Help protect against market volatility

Structured Capital Strategies® Premier offers up to -40% buffered protection on most Segments.

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Enjoy flexibility and tax deferral

Clients can lock in gains and transfer investments as their needs change with no tax penalty.1

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Maximize wealth transfer

Robust death benefits help optimize wealth preservation and transfer opportunities for your clients’ beneficiaries.

Structured Investment Options (SIOs) create more opportunities for growth

There’s an SIO for every market scenario

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Learn more about how our SIOs work 

How SIO works tool

Get all the tools and resources you need

How SIO works

Explore SIO scenarios and add them to a custom report.

Market History

Select market history scenarios that match your SIO design.

Learning resources

Educate your clients with client-approved marketing materials.

Create digital report

Create a personalized report by adding custom scenarios and learning resources.

Performance cap rates

See the highest Segment Rate of Return to understand your clients’ earning potential.

Prospectus

Understand all the important information, including fees, risks, options and more.

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An innovative retirement approach from a recognized industry leader

Thanks to the support of financial professionals like you, we continue to lead as the #1 Variable Annuity provider for the second consecutive year, ranking #1 in RILA sales 14 out of the 15 years since we invented the category in 2010.*

* The data provided is based exclusively on total sales figures up to the end of 2024. This ranking does not consider investment performance, product quality, or other factors. Source: Secure Retirement Institute U.S. Individual Annuities Sales Survey, 2025. GE-7817860.1 (Exp. 3-26)

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Create customized retirement strategies that offer growth opportunities and levels of downside protection from market volatility with our support.

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1 You cannot transfer into an active Segment. Any new investment into the SIO would be processed through the Segment Type Holding Account and transfer into a Segment at the next Segment Start Date. If you transfer out of a Segment prior to the Segment Maturity Date, you will receive the Segment Interim Value, which may be lower than your original investment in the Segment even where the index is higher at the time of withdrawal.

Structured Capital Strategies® Premier is a variable and index-linked deferred annuity contract and a long-term financial product designed for retirement purposes. Equitable Financial and Equitable America, upon advance notice to the investor, may discontinue, suspend or change contributions and transfers into investment options or make other changes in contribution and transfer requirements and limitations. Equitable Financial and Equitable America, upon advance notice to the investor, reserves the right to discontinue, suspend or change Segment offerings. Certain features and benefits described herein may not be available in all jurisdictions. In addition, some distributors may eliminate and/or limit the availability of certain features or options, based on annuitant issue age or other criteria.

This page does not cover all material provisions of the Structured Capital Strategies® Premier contract. This must be preceded or accompanied by a current Structured Capital Strategies® Premier prospectus, which contains detailed information about the Structured Capital Strategies® Premier contract, including risks, charges, expenses, investment objectives, limitations and restrictions. Investors should carefully read the prospectus before purchasing a contract. You can access the prospectus through the tools and resources section. Investors purchasing an annuity contract as an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) should be aware that such annuities do not provide tax-deferral benefits beyond those already provided by the Internal Revenue Code. Before purchasing one of these annuities, investors should consider whether its features and benefits beyond tax deferral meet their needs and goals. They may also want to consider the relative features, benefits and costs of these annuities with any other investment that they may use in connection with their retirement plan or arrangement.

Equitable Financial and Equitable America may at any time exercise their rights to discontinue, suspend or change acceptance of contributions/transfers, as well as change minimum and maximum contribution requirements and limitations. Please see the prospectus and supplemental materials for details.

Not all types of contracts, features and benefits are available in all jurisdictions and all markets. We offer other variable annuity contracts with different fees, charges and features. Not every contract is available through the same selling broker/dealer. You can contact us at (212) 554-1234 to find out the availability of other contracts.

When distributed outside of New York state by Equitable Advisors, LLC (member FINRA, SIPC) (Equitable Financial Advisors in MI & TN) through Equitable Advisors Financial Professionals whose business address is not in New York state, or when distributed by Equitable Distributors, LLC through financial professionals of unaffiliated broker-dealers when the solicitation state is not New York, Structured Capital Strategies® Premier variable annuity is issued by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company of America (Equitable America), an AZ stock company with an administrative office located in Charlotte, NC. When offered by Equitable Advisors Financial Professionals whose business address is in New York state, or when distributed by Equitable Distributors, LLC through financial professionals of unaffiliated broker-dealers when the solicitation state is New York, Structured Capital Strategies® Premier is issued by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company (Equitable Financial) (NY, NY). The obligations of Equitable America and Equitable Financial are backed solely by their own claims-paying abilities.

Equitable is the brand name of the retirement and protection subsidiaries of Equitable Holdings, Inc., including Equitable Financial, Equitable America and Equitable Distributors, LLC. Equitable Advisors is the brand name of Equitable Advisors, LLC (member FINRA, SIPC) (Equitable Financial Advisors in MI & TN).

Structured Capital Strategies® is a registered service mark of Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company (NY, NY).

Idaho contract form #s: ICC25-BASE3, ICC25-BASE3-Z, ICC25-BASE4, ICC25-BASE4-Z. All other states: ICC25-BASE3, ICC25-BASE3-Z, ICC25-BASE4, ICC25-BASE4-Z, 2025- BASE3, 2025-BASE3-Z, 2025-BASE4, 2025-BASE4-Z and any state variations. 

GE-8317071.1 (09/2025) (Exp. 09/2029)

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