Amendment No. 9 to Participation Agreement (AIM)

EXHIBIT (8)(a)(4)

Amendment No. 9 to Participation Agreement (AIM)

AMENDMENT NO. 9

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

     The Participation Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated December 18, 1996, by and among AIM Variable Insurance Funds, a Delaware trust; A I M Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and ML Life Insurance Company of New York (“MLLICNY”), a New York life insurance company, is hereby amended as follows:

     WHEREAS, effective July 1, 2010, MLLICNY was renamed Transamerica Advisors Life Insurance Company of New York (“TALICNY”); and

     WHEREAS, effective April 30, 2010, AIM Variable Insurance Funds was renamed AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds); and

     WHEREAS, on March 31, 2008, A I M Distributors, Inc. was renamed Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. Effective April 30, 2010, Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. was renamed Invesco Distributors, Inc.

     The Parties hereby agree to amend the agreement as follows:

     1. All references to MLLICNY will hereby be deleted and replaced with TALICNY; and

     2. All references to AIM Variable Insurance Funds will hereby be deleted and replaced with AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds); and

     3. All references to A I M Distributors, Inc. and Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. will hereby be deleted and replaced with Invesco Distributors, Inc.; and

     4. Section 9 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“Section 9. Notices.

     Notices and communications required or permitted will be given by means mutually acceptable to the Parties concerned. Each other notice or communication required or permitted by this Agreement will be given to the following persons at the following addresses and facsimile numbers, or such other persons, addresses or facsimile numbers as the Party receiving such notices or communications may subsequently direct in writing:

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AIM Variable Insurance Funds
(Invesco Variable Insurance Funds)
Invesco Distributors, Inc.
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000

Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.

Transamerica Advisors Life Insurance Company of New York
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000

Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.”

5. Section 20 is hereby added to the Agreement:

“Section 20. Confidential Information

Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that in order to perform the duties called for in this Agreement, it may be necessary for a party (“owner”) to disclose to the other party(ies) certain “Confidential Information.” Confidential Information means non-public, proprietary information, data or know-how of an owner, including, but not limited to, personal information of an owner’s customers. No party will use another party’s Confidential Information except as required for the performance of this Agreement. Each party will use commercially reasonable efforts in a manner fully consistent with industry standards and applicable federal, state and international laws and regulations to hold in confidence a party’s Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information does not include information which is: (i) already in the possession of the receiving party or its subsidiaries and not subject to a confidentiality obligation to the providing party; (ii) independently developed by the receiving party; (iii) publicly disclosed or in the public domain through no fault of the receiving party; (iv) rightfully received by the receiving party or its subsidiaries from a third party that is not under any obligation to keep such information confidential; (v) approved for release by written agreement with the owner; or (vi) disclosed pursuant to the requirements of law, regulation or court order.

Each party to this Agreement represents, warrants and agrees that it has adopted and implemented, and will continue to have in place and follow for the term of this Agreement and thereafter, appropriate policies and procedures designed to detect, prevent and mitigate the risk of identity theft and other breaches of privacy concerning Confidential Information. Each party agrees to take immediate and appropriate measures to respond to any breach of privacy concerning Confidential Information of the owner, and to notify the owner in writing regarding such breach in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay;

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provided, however, that a party may postpone providing such notice as the party deems consistent with the legitimate needs of law enforcement. Each party further agrees to provide the owner with a copy of its plan to remediate any such breach and to pay for all costs associated with such remediation and with providing written notice of such breach to the applicable party.

Each party agrees to establish and maintain (i) administrative, technical and physical safeguards against the destruction, loss or alteration of Confidential Information, and (ii) appropriate security measures to protect Confidential Information, which measures are consistent with the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relating to personal information security and with all other applicable federal, state and international laws and regulations relating to personal information security.

The provisions found in this Section on Confidential Information will survive any expiration or termination of the Agreement.”

     6. Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

SCHEDULE A

FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONTRACTS

ALL SERIES I SHARES AND SERIES II SHARES OF AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS (INVESCO VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS)

SEPARATE ACCOUNTS UTILIZING THE FUNDS

ALL SEPARATE ACCOUNTS UTILIZING THE FUNDS

CONTRACTS FUNDED BY THE SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

ALL CONTRACTS FUNDED BY THE SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

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All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein shall remain in full force and effect.

Effective date: April 30, 2010.

				AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS (INVESCO VARIABLE. INSURANCE FUNDS)
Attest:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx		By:		/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
Name:		Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx		Name:		Xxxx X. Xxxx
Title:		Assistant Secretary		Title:		Senior Vice President
				INVESCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Attest:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx		By:		/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name:		Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx		Name:		Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:		Assistant Secretary		Title:		President
				TRANSAMERICA ADVISORS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
Attest:		/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx		By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx		Name:		Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:		Paralegal		Title:		Vice President

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