NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 25, 2011) - Security Benefit, a Guggenheim Partners Company, today announced an agreement with Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, to make available the EliteDesigns® variable annuity on Pershing's NetX360 platform. This new relationship expands EliteDesigns' distribution footprint and will enable thousands of advisors to consolidate and have access to real time contract data within their clients' Pershing accounts and statements.