AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Exhibit 99.(8)(j)(i)

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT (“Amendment”) to the Fund Participation Agreement dated November 18, 2013 (the “Agreement”) is made as of this      day of January, 2019 by and among FORETHOUGHT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Indiana corporation (the “Company”), acting herein for and on behalf of the Company and on behalf of each separate account on Schedule A of the Agreement, as may be amended from time to time (the “Separate Accounts”); FORETHOUGHT VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST (the “Trust”); NORTHERN LIGHTS DISTRIBUTORS, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company and FVIT’s principal underwriter (“Northern Lights”); GLOBAL ATLANTIC DISTRIBUTORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and FVIT’s principal underwriter, effective January 1, 2019 (“GAD”); and GLOBAL ATLANTIC INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC (formerly known as Forethought Investment Advisors, LLC)(the “Adviser”)(collectively, the “Parties”).

WHEREAS, the Company, the Trust, Northern Lights, and the Adviser are parties to the Agreement;

WHEREAS, effective January 1, 2019, GAD will replace Northern Lights as FVIT’s principal underwriter; and

WHEREAS, the Parties mutually desire to amend the Agreement to replace Northern Lights as a party to the Agreement with GAD;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein, the Parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows, effective January 1, 2019:

1. To remove Northern Lights as a party to the Agreement;

2. To delete all references to Northern Lights in the Agreement and replace them with GAD; and

3. To update the contact information in Article X for the FVIT Distributor as follows:

Global Atlantic Distributors, LLC

One Financial Plaza

000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx

Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000

Attn: Legal Counsel

4. The Parties agree that this Amendment is not an assignment of the rights of Northern Lights to GAD.   For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Article 7 shall survive termination of Northern Lights as a Party to the Agreement.

5. This Amendment may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.

Except as specifically modified by this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused their duly authorized officers to execute this Amendment as of the date and year first written above.

FORETHOUGHT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
On its behalf and on behalf of the separate account as listed on Schedule A of the Agreement, as may be amended from time to time

By:

Name:

Title:

FORETHOUGHT VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

By:

Name:

Title:

GLOBAL ATLANTIC INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

By:

Name:

Title:

NORTHERN LIGHTS DISTRIBUTORS, LLC

By:

Name:

Title:

 GLOBAL ATLANTIC DISTRIBUTORS, LLC

By:

Name:

Title: