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RYDEX AMENDMENT 6


                               AMENDMENT NUMBER 6
                           TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
                                      AMONG
                              RYDEX VARIABLE TRUST,
                            RYDEX DISTRIBUTORS, INC.,
                                       AND
                     SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

         WHEREAS, Rydex Variable Trust (the "Trust"), Rydex Distributors, Inc.
(the "Underwriter") and Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (the "Company")
are parties to a Participation Agreement dated February 12, 2001 as amended
March 11, 2002, May 1, 2003, July 1, 2003, January 30, 2004, and September 28,
2005 (the "Agreement"); and

         WHEREAS, terms of the Agreement contemplate that it may be amended with
the mutual agreement of the parties; and

         WHEREAS, the parties wish to change the use of the terms "Account,"
"Contract," and "Fund" in such a way that the Accounts, Contracts and Funds need
not be listed on Schedule A to the Agreement, but nonetheless, for convenience
the parties may determine to list them on Schedule A; and

         WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment,
shall have the meaning given them in the Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, all other terms of the Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, the Company,
the Trust and the Underwriter agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

1. The first paragraph of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the
following:

         THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the 12th day of February,
2001 by and among SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (hereinafter the
"Company"), a Kansas Corporation on its own behalf and on behalf of each Account
(defined below), RYDEX VARIABLE TRUST (hereinafter the "Trust"), a Delaware
business trust, and RYDEX DISTRIBUTORS, INC. (hereinafter the "Underwriter"), a
Maryland corporation.

2. The third recital clause of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with
the following:

         WHEREAS, beneficial interests in the Trust are divided into several
         series of interest or shares, each representing the interest in a
         particular managed portfolio of securities and other assets, any one or
         more of which may be made available under this Agreement (each such
         series is hereinafter referred to as a "Fund"); and

3. The seventh recital clause of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced
with the following:

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WHEREAS, the Variable Insurance Products issued or that will be issued by the
Company ("Contracts") have been or will be registered by the Company under the
1933 Act, unless such Contracts are exempt from registration thereunder; and4.
The eighth recital clause of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with
the following

         WHEREAS, each Account is a duly organized, validly existing segregated
         asset account, established by resolution or under authority of the
         Board of Directors of the Company to set aside and invest assets
         attributable to the aforesaid Contracts; and

5. The tenth recital clause of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with
the following:

         WHEREAS, to the extent permitted by applicable insurance laws and
         regulations, the Company intends to purchase shares in the Funds on
         behalf of each Account to fund the aforesaid Contract, and the
         Underwriter is authorized to sell such shares to the Account at net
         asset value;

6. Section 1.6 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

The Company agrees that purchases and redemptions of Fund shares offered by the
then current prospectus of the Trust shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of such prospectus, provided however, that the provisions of the then
current Fund prospectus will not be deemed to alter any provision of Section 1.1
or 1.5.

7. The following new Section 1.11 is hereby added to the Agreement:

It is agreed that Company, on behalf of an Account, has access under this
Agreement to all Funds of the Trust and all share classes thereof (including
Funds and share classes created in the future) and that it shall not be
necessary to list the Accounts, the Contracts, the Funds or the share classes on
Schedule A. It is further agreed that a segregated asset account of the Company
shall become an "Account" hereunder as of the date such segregated asset account
first invests in a Fund. A series of the Trust shall become a "Fund" hereunder
as of the date an Account first invests in such Fund. Notwithstanding the fact
that Accounts, Contracts and Funds need not be listed on Schedule A, the parties
may, in their discretion and for convenience and ease of reference only, include
one or more Accounts, Contracts and Funds on Schedule A from time to time.

8. The existing Schedule A is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
accompanying Schedule A

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this
Amendment Number 6 to the Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf
by its duly authorized representative as of the date specified below.

SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
                                        By its authorized officer

                                        By:      _______________________________

                                        Name:    _______________________________

                                        Title:   _______________________________

                                        Date:    _______________________________


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RYDEX VARIABLE TRUST

                                        By its authorized officer

                                        By:      _______________________________

                                        Name:    _______________________________

                                        Title:   _______________________________

                                        Date:    _______________________________

RYDEX DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                                        By its authorized officer

                                        By:      _______________________________

                                        Name:    _______________________________

                                        Title:   _______________________________

                                        Date:    _______________________________


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                                   SCHEDULE A

         ACCOUNTS - All Accounts of the Company, including, without limitation:

         Variflex Separate Account
         SBL Variable Annuity Account VIII
         SBL Variable Annuity Account XIV
         SBL Variable Annuity Account XVII

         CONTRACTS - All Contracts of the Company, including without limitation:

         Variflex Variable Annuity
         VIVA Variable Annuity
         PGA Variable Annuity
         Variflex Extra Credit Variable Annuity
         Variflex LS Variable Annuity
         Variflex Signature Variable Annuity
         AdvisorDesigns Variable Annuity
         AdvanceDesigns Variable Annuity
         SecureDesigns Variable Annuity
         ClassicStrategies Variable Annuity
         ThirdFed Variable Annuity
         EliteDesigns Variable Annuity


         FUNDS - All Funds of the Trust, including without limitation:



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         FUND                                                    CUSIP #
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         RVT CLS AdvisorOne Amerigo                              783555584
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         RVT CLS AdvisorOne Berolina                             783555378
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         RVT CLS AdvisorOne Clermont                             783555576
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         Rydex VT Absolute Return Strategies                     783555428
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         Rydex VT Banking                                        783555881
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         Rydex VT Basic Materials                                783555873
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         Rydex VT Biotechnology                                  783555865
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         Rydex VT Commodities                                    783555436
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         Rydex VT Consumer Products                              783555857
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         Rydex VT Dynamic Dow                                    783555477
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         Rydex VT Dynamic OTC                                    783555659
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         Rydex VT Dynamic Russell 2000(R)                        783555360
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         Rydex VT Dynamic S&P 500                                783555675
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         Rydex VT Dynamic Strengthening Dollar                   783555451
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         Rydex VT Dynamic Weakening Dollar                       783555444
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         Rydex VT Electronics                                    783555840
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         Rydex VT Energy                                         783555832
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         Rydex VT Energy Services                                783555824
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         Rydex VT EP Aggressive                                  783555329
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         Rydex VT EP Conservative                                783555345
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         Rydex VT EP Moderate                                    783555337
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         Rydex VT Europe Advantage                               783555725
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         Rydex VT Financial Services                             783555816
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         Rydex VT Government Long Bond Advantage                 783555600
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         Rydex VT Health Care                                    783555790
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         Rydex VT Hedged Equity                                  783555410
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         Rydex VT Internet                                       783555691
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         Rydex VT Inverse Dynamic Dow                            783555469
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         Rydex VT Inverse Government Long Bond                   783555709
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         Rydex VT Inverse Mid Cap                                783555543
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         Rydex VT Inverse OTC                                    783555402
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         Rydex VT Inverse Russell 2000(R)                        783555550
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         Rydex VT Inverse S&P 500                                783555204
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Rydex VT Japan Advantage                                783555717
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         Rydex VT Large Cap Growth                               783555493
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         Rydex VT Large Cap Value                                783555485
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         Rydex VT Leisure                                        783555782
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         Rydex VT Mid Cap Advantage                              783555626
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         Rydex VT Mid Cap Growth                                 783555568
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Rydex VT Mid Cap Value                                  783555519
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         Rydex VT Multi-Cap Core Equity                          783555386
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         Rydex VT Nova                                           783555105
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         Rydex VT OTC                                            783555303
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         Rydex VT Precious Metals                                783555501
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         Rydex VT Real Estate                                    783555618
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Rydex VT Retailing                                      783555774
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         Rydex VT Russell 2000(R) Advantage                      783555634
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         Rydex VT Sector Rotation                                783555592
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         Rydex VT Small Cap Growth                               783555535
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         Rydex VT Small Cap Value                                783555527
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         Rydex VT Technology                                     783555766
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         Rydex VT Telecommunications                             783555758
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         Rydex VT Transportation                                 783555741
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         Rydex VT U.S. Government Money Market                   783555808
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         Rydex VT Utilities                                      783555683
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         Date:  November 20, 2006


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