<!--
function confirmExit(path){
  var exitMessage = 'You are now leaving the Ameritas website.  Thank you for visiting.';
  if(confirm(exitMessage))
  {
    document.location = path;
  }
}
function MM_validateForm() 
{ //v4.0
  var i,p,q,nm,test,num,min,max,errors='',args=MM_validateForm.arguments;
  for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) 
  { 
    test=args[i+2]; val=MM_findObj(args[i]);
    if (val) 
    { 
      nm=val.name; 
      if ((val=val.value)!="") 
      {
        if (test.indexOf('isEmail')!=-1) 
        { 
          p=val.indexOf('@');
          if (p<1 || p==(val.length-1)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain an e-mail address.\n';
        }
        else if (test!='R') 
        {
          if (isNaN(val)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number.\n';
          if (test.indexOf('inRange') != -1) 
          {
            p=test.indexOf(':');
            min=test.substring(8,p); max=test.substring(p+1);
            if (val<min || max<val) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number between '+min+' and '+max+'.\n';
          } 
        } 
      } 
      else if (test.charAt(0) == 'R') errors += '- '+nm+' is required.\n'; 
    }
  } if (errors) alert('The following error(s) occurred:\n'+errors);
  document.MM_returnValue = (errors == '');
}

function P7_JumpMenu(selObj,restore)
{ //v1.7 by Project Seven
    var theFullString = selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value;
    if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
    var theLength = theFullString.length;
    var endPos = theFullString.lastIndexOf("~");
    var theUrl, theTarget, theParent;
    if (endPos > 0) {theUrl = theFullString.substring(0,endPos);}
    else {theUrl = theFullString;}
    endPos++
    if (endPos < theLength) {theTarget = theFullString.substring(endPos,theLength)}
    else {theTarget = "window:Main";}
    if (theTarget == "window:New") {window.open(theUrl);}
    else if (theTarget == "window:Main") {eval("parent.location='"+theUrl+"'");}
    else {eval("parent.frames[\'"+theTarget+"\'].location='"+theUrl+"'");}
}
function MM_findObj(n, d) 
{ //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  
  if(!d) d=document; 
  if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) 
  {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);
  }
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n];
  for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); 
  return x;
}
function P7_JumpMenuGo(selName,restore)
{ //v1.7 by Project Seven
  var selObj = MM_findObj(selName);
  if (selObj) P7_JumpMenu(selObj,restore);
}

function XM_images(n,o,d,l,dd) 
{ //v1.0
    this.obj=MM_findObj(n);
    this.n=n;
    this.u=this.obj.src;
    this.s=1;
    this.o=o;
    this.d=d;
    this.dd=dd;
    this.swap=function() 
    {
      if(this.s==1)
      { 
        this.obj.src=this.o;
        this.s=2
      }
    }
    this.stick=function() 
    {
      this.obj.src=this.d; 
      this.s=3;
      XM_unStick(this.n)
    }
    this.stickClient=function()
    {
        this.obj.src=this.d;
        this.s=2;
        XM_unStick(this.n)
    }
    this.restore=function()
    {
      if(this.s==2)
      { 
        this.obj.src=this.u;
        this.s=1
      }
    }
    if (document.location.href.indexOf(l)!=-1) 
    this.stick()
}
function XM_unStick(n)
{ //v1.0
    for (var i=0;i<document.XM_img.length;i++)
    if (document.XM_img[i].n!=n) 
    {
      document.XM_img[i].s=2;document.XM_img[i].restore()
    }
}
function XM_initImages() 
{ //v1.0
    var a=XM_initImages.arguments;
    document.XM_img=new Array();
    for(i=0;i<a.length;i=i+4)
    {
      document.XM_img[document.XM_img.length]=new XM_images(a[i],a[i+1],a[i+2],a[i+3])
    }
}
function loadNavImages() 
{
    XM_initImages('button1','/images/btn_home_over.gif','/images/btn_home_down.gif','/index.htm',
                  'button2','/images/btn_about_over.gif','/images/btn_about_down.gif','/index_523.htm',
                  'button3','/images/btn_products_over.gif','/images/btn_products_down.gif','/index_554.htm',
                  'button4','/images/btn_financialpros_over.gif','/images/btn_financialpros_down.gif','/index_552.htm',
                  'button5','/images/btn_careers_over.gif','/images/btn_careers_down.gif','/645.htm',
                  'button6','/images/btn_contact_over.gif','/images/btn_contact_down.gif','mailto:corpcomm@ameritas.com')
}
/***********************************************
* AnyLink Drop Down Menu- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var clientMenu=new Array()
clientMenu[0]=''
clientMenu[1]=''
clientMenu[2]=''
clientMenu[3]=''
clientMenu[4]=''
clientMenu[5]=''

var menuwidth='165px' //default menu width
var menubgcolor='lightyellow'  //menu bgcolor
var disappeardelay=250  //menu disappear speed onMouseout (in miliseconds)
var hidemenu_onclick="yes" //hide menu when user clicks within menu?
/////No further editting needed
var ie4=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
if (ie4||ns6)
document.write('<div id="dropmenudiv" style="visibility:hidden;width:'+menuwidth+';background-color:'+menubgcolor+'" onMouseover="clearhidemenu()" onMouseout="dynamichide(event)"></div>')
function getposOffset(what, offsettype)
{
    var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
    var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
    while (parentEl!=null)
    {
        totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
        parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
    }
    return totaloffset;
}

function showhide(obj, e, visible, hidden, menuwidth)
{
    if (ie4||ns6)
    dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top=-500
    if (menuwidth!="")
    {
        dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style
        dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=menuwidth
    }
    if (e.type=="click" && obj.visibility==hidden || e.type=="mouseover")
    obj.visibility=visible
    else if (e.type=="click")
    obj.visibility=hidden
}
function iecompattest()
{
    return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}
function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge)
{
    var edgeoffset=0
    if (whichedge=="rightedge")
    {
        var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
        dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
        if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
        edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetWidth
    }
    else
    {
        var topedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
        var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
        dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
        if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
        { //move up?
            edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetHeight
            if ((dropmenuobj.y-topedge) < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) //up no good either?
            edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.y+obj.offsetHeight-topedge
        }
    }
    return edgeoffset
}
function populatemenu(what)
{
    if (ie4||ns6)
    dropmenuobj.innerHTML=what.join("")
}

function dropdownmenu(obj, e, menucontents, menuwidth)
{
    if (window.event) event.cancelBubble=true
    else if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
    clearhidemenu()
    dropmenuobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("dropmenudiv") : dropmenudiv
    populatemenu(menucontents)
    if (ie4||ns6)
    {
        showhide(dropmenuobj.style, e, "visible", "hidden", menuwidth)
        dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
        dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
        dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+"px"
        dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+"px"
    }
    return clickreturnvalue()
}
function clickreturnvalue()
{
    if (ie4||ns6) return false
    else return true
}
function contains_ns6(a, b) 
{
    while (b.parentNode)
    if ((b = b.parentNode) == a)
    return true;
    return false;
}
function dynamichide(e)
{
    if (ie4&&!dropmenuobj.contains(e.toElement))
    delayhidemenu()
    else if (ns6&&e.currentTarget!= e.relatedTarget&& !contains_ns6(e.currentTarget, e.relatedTarget))
    delayhidemenu()
}
function hidemenu(e)
{
    if (typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined")
    {
        if (ie4||ns6)
        dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
    }
}
function delayhidemenu()
{
    if (ie4||ns6)
    delayhide=setTimeout("hidemenu()",disappeardelay)
}
function clearhidemenu()
{
    if (typeof delayhide!="undefined")
    clearTimeout(delayhide)
}
if (hidemenu_onclick=="yes")
document.onclick=hidemenu
//-->