TIAA-CREF Life Funds

09/30/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/30/2025 06:31

Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497)

Nuveen Life
Funds
Supplement

Nuveen Life Funds

Nuveen Life Balanced Fund (the "Fund")

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1
dated September 30, 2025 to the Statutory Prospectus dated May 1, 2025

Effective September 30, 2025, Jeff Sun has been named a portfolio manager of the Nuveen Life Balanced Fund. John Cunniff and Steve Sedmak will continue to serve as portfolio managers for the Fund. There are no changes to the Fund's investment objective, principal investment strategies or principal risks. Due to this change, the following is hereby added to the sub-section entitled "Portfolio Managers" in the section entitled "Portfolio management" on page 85 of the Statutory Prospectus:

Name: Jeff Sun, CFA
Title: Senior Director
Experience on Fund: since 2025

Additionally, the following is hereby added to the entry for the Fund in the table of the sub-section entitled "Portfolio management teams" of the section entitled "Management of the Funds" on page 136 of the Statutory Prospectus:

Total Experience
(since dates
specified below)
Name & Title Portfolio Role Experience Over
Past Five Years
At
Advisors*
Total On
Team
NUVEEN LIFE BALANCED FUND
Jeff Sun, CFA
Senior Director Portfolio Manager Advisors, TCIM and other advisory affiliates-2022 to Present (strategic allocation research); Franklin Templeton-2020 to 2022 (asset allocation research) 2022 2008 2025
* Including tenure at affiliate or predecessor firms, as applicable.
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Nuveen Life
Funds
Supplement

Nuveen Life Funds

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1
dated September 30, 2025, to the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") dated May 1, 2025

Effective September 30, 2025, Jeff Sun has been added to the portfolio management team of the Nuveen Life Balanced Fund (the "Fund"). John Cuniff and Steve Sedmak will continue to serve as portfolio managers for the Fund. Accordingly, the following is hereby added to the entry for the Fund in the chart appearing under the sub-section entitled "Additional information regarding portfolio managers" of the section entitled "Information about the Funds' portfolio management" on page 62 of the SAI:

Number of other accounts managed Total assets in other accounts managed (millions)
Name of portfolio manager Registered
investment
companies
Other pooled
investment
vehicles
Other
accounts
Registered
investment
companies
Other pooled
investment
vehicles
Other
accounts
Dollar range of
equity securities
owned in Fund*
Nuveen Life Balanced Fund
Jeff Sun** 0 0 0 $0 $0 $0 $0
* Includes notional amounts awarded in connection with long-term compensation awards described above.
** This information is as of June 30, 2025.

MGN-LFSAI-0925P

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