United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 11-K

  [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2004
  OR
  [   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from __________ to ___________

Commission File Number 2-40764

Kansas City Life Insurance Company Savings and Profit Sharing Plan
A. (Full Title of Plan)

Kansas City Life Insurance Company
3520 Broadway
Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565

B. (Name and Address of Issuer of Securities Held Pursuant to Plan)

Required Information

Pursuant to the section of the General Instructions to Form 11-K entitled "Required Information," this Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, consists of the audited financial statements of the Kansas City Life Insurance Company Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for the year ended December 31, 2004, and the related schedule thereto. The Kansas City Life Insurance Company Savings and Profit Sharing Plan is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and in accordance with Item 4 of the section of the General Instructions to Form 11-K entitled "Required Information," the financial statements and schedule furnished herewith have been prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of ERISA, in lieu of the requirements of Items 1-3 of that section of the General Instructions. Schedules I, II and III are not submitted because they are either not applicable, the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto, or they are not required under ERISA.

 

 

Kansas City Life

Insurance Company

Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

 

Financial Statements

and

Supplemental Schedules

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits...............

1

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Assets

2

 

Notes to Financial Statements..........................................

3

 

Supplemental Schedules

 

Schedule of Assets (Held at end of Year)...............................

9

 

Schedule of Reportable Transactions...................................

10

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Savings and Profit Sharing Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

Participant directed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds, at fair value

$ 20,501

 

17,185

 

 

 

Guaranteed interest contract, at contract value

6,665

 

5,545

 

 

 

Kansas City Life Insurance Company common stock, at fair value

3,123

 

3,041

 

 

Non-participant directed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas City Life Insurance Company common stock, at fair value

32,274

 

29,742

 

 

 

Participant loans, at unpaid balances

1,470

 

1,361

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments

64,033

 

56,874

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

 

 

288

 

245

 

Distributions Payable

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for plan benefits

$ 64,321

 

$ 57,119

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Savings and Profit Sharing Plan

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participant

 

participant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

directed

 

directed

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to net assets attributed to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

$ 283

 

70

 

353

 

 

Dividend income

69

 

696

 

765

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of investments

2,739

 

1,531

 

4,270

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

3,091

 

2,297

 

5,388

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participants

 

2,556

 

 

2,556

 

 

Employer

 

 

1,362

 

1,362

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total contributions

2,556

 

1,362

 

3,918