Capital Income Builder — new fund registration

AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES registered 1 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2014-02-07. Featured series: Capital Income Builder.

Registration

Registrant / trust: AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES
CIK: 0000729528
Form: 485APOS
Filed: 2014-02-07
State of incorporation: MA
Accession: 0000051931-14-000123
Reported net assets: $1.7B

Series & classes (3)

Series	Class	Ticker	New
Capital Income Builder	Class 1	—	Yes
Capital Income Builder	Class 2	—	Yes
Capital Income Builder	Class 4	—	Yes

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

12b-1 fee: 0.25%
Gross expense ratio: 0.41%
Management fee: 0.36%
Net expense ratio: 0.27%
Other expenses: 0.05%

Investment objective

The fund has two primary investment objectives. It seeks (1) to provide a level of current income that exceeds the average yield on U.S. stocks generally and (2) to provide a growing stream of income over the years.

Advisers

Capital Research and Management Company (Advisor)