PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
for
Guardian Investor IIsm Variable Annuity
The Guardian Investor Variable Annuity B Series®
The Guardian Investor Variable Annuity L Series®
The Guardian Investor Asset Builder® Variable Annuity
The Guardian Investor Income Access® Variable Annuity
The Guardian Investor Retirement Asset Manager® Variable Annuity
The Guardian Investor® Individual Variable Annuity
The Guardian Investor Group Variable Annuity
The Value Guard II Individual and Group Variable Annuity
The Guardian C + Csm Variable Annuity
The Guardian CXCsm Variable Annuity
Value Plus
Issued by
THE GUARDIAN INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY, INC.
Prospectus supplement to the prospectuses listed below.
The following supplemental information should be read in conjunction with:
| 1. | the Prospectus dated April 29, 2013 for The Guardian Investor IIsm Variable Annuity issued through The Guardian Separate Account R. |
| 2. | the Prospectus dated April 29, 2013 for The Guardian Investor Variable Annuity B Series issued through The Guardian Separate Account R; |
| 3. | the Prospectus dated April 29, 2013 for The Guardian Investor Variable Annuity L Series issued through The Guardian Separate Account R; |
| 4. | the Prospectus dated April 29, 2013 for The Guardian Investor Asset Builder® Variable Annuity issued through The Guardian Separate Account R; |
| 5. | the Prospectus dated April 29, 2013 for The Guardian Investor Income Access® Variable Annuity issued through The Guardian Separate Account Q; |
| 6. | the Prospectus dated April 29, 2013 for The Guardian Investor Retirement Asset Manager® Variable Annuity issued through The Guardian Separate Account E; |
| 7. | the Prospectus dated April 29, 2013 for The Guardian Investor® Individual Variable Annuity issued through The Guardian Separate Account D; |
| 8. | the Prospectus dated May 1, 1998 for The Guardian Investor® Group Variable Annuity issued through The Guardian Separate Account D; |
| 9. | the Prospectus dated May 1, 2010 for The ValueGuard II Individual and Group Deferred Variable Annuity issued through The Guardian Separate Account A; |
| 10. | the Prospectus dated May 1, 2007 for The Guardian C+C Variable Annuity issued through The Guardian Separate Account F; |
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| 11. | the Prospectus dated May 1, 2007 for The Guardian CXC Variable Annuity issued through The Guardian Separate Account F; and |
| 12. | the Prospectus dated May 1, 2002 for The Value Plus Single Premium Variable Life Insurance Policy issued through The Guardian Separate Account B. |
Effective July 1, 2013, the name RS International Growth VIP Series is changed to “RS International VIP Series”. All references contained in the most recent prospectus for your contract to the RS International Growth VIP Series are replaced with “RS International VIP Series”.
Effective July 1, 2013, the following information regarding the RS International Growth VIP Series replaces the information contained in the most recent prospectus for your contract.
| Variable Investment Options | Investment Advisor and Principal Business Address |
Subadvisor Address | ||
| RS International VIP Series | RS Investment Management Co. LLC 388 Market Street, Suite 1700 San Francisco, California 94111 |
Please refer to your prospectus for important information including fees and expenses. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money. Consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing.
As always, the availability of any investment option is subject to change. See your prospectus for more information concerning the addition, deletion or substitution of investments.
Except as set forth herein, all other provisions of the prospectuses noted above, as heretofore supplemented, shall remain unchanged.
THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT MUST BE PRECEDED OR ACCOMPANIED BY THE
MOST RECENT PROSPECTUS AVAILABLE AND SHOULD BE RETAINED WITH THE
PROSPECTUS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
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