SUPPLEMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1997 (as amended and supplemented from time to time) AMONG DWS VARIABLE SERIES II (“DWSVS II”) (formerly Kemper Investors Fund) DEUTSCHE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC. (formerly Zurich...

EXHIBIT 8.3(b)

SUPPLEMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1997

(as amended and supplemented from time to time)

AMONG

DWS VARIABLE SERIES II (“DWSVS II”) (formerly Xxxxxx Investors Fund)

DEUTSCHE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC. (formerly Zurich Xxxxxx Investments, Inc.)

DWS XXXXXXX DISTRIBUTORS, INC. (formerly Xxxxxx Distributors, Inc.)

AND

XXXXXX INVESTORS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (“Company”)

Effective November 3, 2006, the Money Market VIP Portfolio of DWS Variable Series I merged into the DWS Money Market VIP Portfolio of DWSVSII.

The parties hereto agree that, effective November 3, 2006, the Participation Agreement is amended to make shares of the following additional Designated Portfolio available for purchase by the Company on behalf of such Separate Accounts and Contracts as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the merger related thereto.

Acquired Portfolio Currently a Designated Portfolio		Surviving Portfolio to be Added as a Designated Portfolio		Class
Money Market VIP, a series of DWS Variable Series I		DWS Money Market VIP, a series of DWSVS II		A

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Supplement to be executed as of this 22^nd day of January, 2007.

Xxxxxx Investors Life Insurance Company						Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.
By:		/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx				By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:		President & COO				Title:		Director
DWS Variable Series II						DWS Xxxxxxx Distributors, Inc.
By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx				By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:		Vice President				Title:		Assistant Secretary