EX-99.D 31 vul2008basicword.htm VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT

 

 

 

Pruco Life Insurance Company

 

213 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102-2992

 

A Stock Company Subsidiary of

 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America

 

 

                                                                                                                

Insured

JOHN DOE

XX XXX XXX Policy Number

 

May 1, 2008 Contract Date

 

Agency

R-NK 1

 

 

Flexible Premium Variable Universal Life Insurance Policy. Insurance payable only upon death. Cash values reflect premium payments,

investment results, any interest credited to the fixed investment options, and charges. Non-participating.

 

 

 

We will promptly pay the beneficiary the death benefit described under the Death Benefit provision of this contract if we receive due

proof that the Insured died. We make this promise subject to all the provisions of this contract.

 

The amount and duration of the death benefit may be fixed or variable, depending on the payment of premiums, the

investment experience of the variable investment options, any interest credited to the fixed investment options, and the

charges made.

 

The cash value may increase or decrease daily, depending on the payment of premiums, the investment experience of

the variable investment options, any interest credited to the fixed investment options, and the charges made. There is no

guaranteed minimum cash value.

 

If there is ever a question about this contract, please see a Pruco Life Insurance Company representative or contact one of our offices.

 

Right to Cancel Contract.- You may return this contract to us within 10 days after you receive it. (If the purchase of this contract is a

replacement under state law, this duration will be extended to the period required by such law, but not to exceed 30 days). All you have

to do is take the contract or mail it to one of our offices or to the representative who sold it to you. It will be canceled and we will

return your money in accordance with applicable law.

 

Signed for Pruco Life Insurance Company,

an Arizona Corporation.

 

 

Thomas C. Castano

Scott D. Kaplan

 

 

Secretary

President

 

 

 

             PLEASE READ YOUR POLICY CAREFULLY; it is a legal contract between you and Pruco Life Insurance Company.

 

 

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                                                GUIDE TO CONTENTS

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Contract Data                                                                                                           3
     Insured's  Information;  Rating Class; Basic Contract Information;  Type of Death Benefit; Life Insurance on the Insured;  Minimum
     Initial  Premium;  Contract  Limitations;  Other Benefits (if  applicable);  Adjustments to Premium  Payments;  Adjustments to the
     Contract  Fund;  Monthly  Deductions  from the Contract Fund for Other  Benefits (if  applicable);  Schedule of Maximum  Surrender
     Charges; Variable Investment Options; Fixed Interest Rate Investment Option; Initial Allocation of Invested Premium Amounts

Tables                                                                                                                  4
     Segment Table; Table Of No-Lapse Guarantee Values; Table Of Maximum Monthly Insurance Rates Per $1000 of Net
     Amount At Risk; Table Of Attained Age Factors

Definitions                                                                                                             5

The Contract                                                                                                            5
     Entire Contract; Contract Modifications; Incontestability

Ownership                                                                                                               6

Death Benefit Provisions                                                                                                6
     Death Benefit; Additional Death Benefits; Method of Payment; Suicide Exclusion; Interest on Death Benefit

Change in Basic Insurance Amount                                                                                        7
     Surrender Charge on Decreases

Cost of Insurance                                                                                                       9

Changing The Type Of Death Benefit                                                                                      9

Beneficiary                                                                                                             10

Premium Payment                                                                                                         11
     Payment of Premiums; Invested Premium Amount; Crediting the Initial Premium Payment; Allocations

Contract Fund                                                                                                           12
     Cash Value; Net Cash Value; Net Amount at Risk

Default                                                                                                                 12
     Excess Contract Debt Default; Cash Value Default; Notice of Default

No-Lapse Guarantee                                                                                                      13

Reinstatement                                                                                                           14

Separate Account                                                                                                        15
     Separate Account; Variable Investment Options; Separate Account Investments

Fixed Investments                                                                                                       15

 

 

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Transfers                                                                                                               16

Surrender                                                                                                               16

Withdrawals                                                                                                             17
     Effect on Contract Fund; Effect on Basic Insurance Amount

Loans                                                                                                                   18
     Loan Value; Contract Debt; Loan Requirements; Interest Charge; Preferred Loans; Maximum Preferred Loan
     Amount; Effect on Contract Fund

General Provisions                                                                                                      19
     Annual Report; Payment of Death Claim; Currency; Misstatement of Age or Sex; Assignment; Change in Plan;
     Factors Subject To Change; Non-Participating; Applicable Tax Law; Age 121

Basis of Computation                                                                                                    20
     Mortality Basis and Interest Rate; Minimum Legal Values

Settlement Options                                                                                                      21
     Options Described; Interest Rate

Settlement Options Tables                                                                                               22

 

 

A copy of the application and any riders or endorsements can be found at the end of the contract.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DEFINITIONS

 

 

We, our, us and Pruco Life.- Pruco Life Insurance Company.

 

 

You and your.- The owner(s) of the contract.

 

                                            Insured.- The person named as the Insured on the first page. He or she need not be the owner.

 

 

SEC.- The Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

Issue Date.- The contract date shown on the first page.

 

Anniversary or contract anniversary.-The same day and month as the contract date in each later year.

 

 

Contract Year.- A year that starts on the contract date or on an anniversary.

 

                                             Monthly Date.- The contract date and the same day as the contract date in each later month.

 

 

Contract Month.- A month that starts on a monthly date.

 

Target Year.- A year beginning on the effective date of a basic insurance amount segment (see

Segment Table) and on the same day and month in a later year.

 


 

THE CONTRACT

 

Entire Contract

This policy and any attached copy of an application, including an application requesting a change, form the

entire contract. We assume that all statements in an application are made to the best of the knowledge

and belief of the person(s) who make them; in the absence of fraud, they are deemed to be representations

and not warranties. We rely on those statements when we issue the contract and when we change it. We

will not use any statement, unless made in an application, to try to void the contract, to contest a change, or

to deny a claim.

 

Contract Modifications

Only a Pruco Life officer with the rank or title of vice president may agree to modify this contract, and then

only in writing.

 

Incontestability

Except as we state in the next sentence, we will not contest this contract after it has been in force during

the Insured's lifetime for two years from the issue date. The exceptions are: (1) non-payment of enough

premium to pay the required charges; and (2) any change in the contract that requires our approval and that

would increase our liability. For any such change, we will not contest the change after it has been in effect

for two years during the lifetime of the Insured.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OWNERSHIP

 

Unless a different owner is named in the application, the owner of the contract is the Insured. If a

different owner is named, we will show that owner in an endorsement to the contract. This ownership

arrangement will remain in effect unless you ask us to change it.

 

You may change the ownership of the contract by sending us a request in a form that meets our needs.

We may ask you to send us the contract to be endorsed. If we receive your request in a form that meets

our needs, and the contract if we ask for it, we will file and record the change, and it will take effect as

of the date you signed the request.

 

While the Insured is living, the owner alone is entitled to any contract benefit and value, and to the

exercise of any right and privilege granted by the contract or by us.

 


 

DEATH BENEFIT PROVISIONS

 

We will pay a benefit to the beneficiary at the Insured's death if this contract is in force at the time of

that death; that is, if it has not been surrendered and it is not in default past the grace period.

 

If the contract is not in default, the amount we will pay will be the death benefit determined as of the

date of the Insured's death reduced by any contract debt (described under Loans).

 

If the contract is in default, and the Insured's death occurs in the grace period (described under Default),

we will pay the death benefit reduced by any contract debt and the amount needed to pay charges

through the date of death.

 

If the Insured's death occurs past the grace period, no death benefit is payable.

 

Death Benefit

This contract has a Type A or Type B death benefit. We show the type of death benefit that applies to

this contract under Type of Death Benefit.

 

If this contract has a Type A death benefit, the death benefit on any date is equal to the greater of: (1)

the basic insurance amount, and (2) the contract fund before deduction of any monthly charges due on

that date, multiplied by the attained age factor that applies.

 

If this contract has a Type B death benefit, the death benefit on any date is equal to the greater of: (1)

the basic insurance amount plus the contract fund before deduction of any monthly charges due on that

date, and (2) the contract fund before deduction of any monthly charges due on that date, multiplied by

the attained age factor that applies.

 

For the purpose of computing the death benefit, if the contract fund is less than zero we will consider it

to be zero. Your basic insurance amount and attained age factors are shown in the contract data pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Additional Death               This contract may provide additional benefits, which may be payable on an Insured's death. If it does, they

Benefits                       will be listed on a contract data page, and a form describing the benefit will be included in this contract.

                                        Any such benefit will be payable only if the contract is not in default past the grace period at the time of

 

the death.

 

Method of Payment

You may choose to have any death benefit paid in a single sum or under one of the optional modes of

settlement shown in the Settlement Options provision.

 

Suicide Exclusion

If the Insured, whether sane or insane, dies by suicide within two years from the Issue Date, this contract

will end and we will return the premiums paid.

 

The following statement applies only with respect to an increase in the basic insurance amount resulting

from a request you make in accordance with the Change In Insurance Amount provision of this contract. If

the Insured, whether sane or insane, dies by suicide after two years from the issue date but within two

years of the effective date of an increase in the basic insurance amount, we will pay, as to the increase in

amount, no more than the sum of the premiums paid on and after the effective date of the increase.

 

Interest on Death              Any death benefit described above will be credited with interest. The amount will be the greater of:

Benefit                             (1) interest calculated in accordance with applicable laws, and (2) interest calculated from the date

 

of death at a rate declared by Pruco Life.

 

 

 

CHANGE IN BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT

 

                                        You may change the basic insurance amount, subject to our approval and all these conditions and the

 

paragraphs that follow:

 

 

1. You must ask for the change in a form that meets our needs.

 

 

2. The change must be one permitted by our current underwriting rules.

 

                                         3. The amount of an increase or decrease must be at least equal to the minimum increase or decrease

                                                  in basic insurance amount shown under Contract Limitations in the contract data pages.

 

                                         4. The basic insurance amount after a decrease must be at least equal to the minimum basic insurance

 

amount shown under Contract Limitations in the contract data pages.

 

 

5. If we ask you to do so, you must send us the contract to be endorsed.

 

 

6. You must prove to us that the Insured is insurable for any increase.

 

7. The contract must not be in default.

 

                                        8. We may deny any increase if it would cause the number of segments shown in the Segment Table

 

in the data pages to exceed ninety-nine.

 

 

9. We will not permit an increase before the first contract anniversary.

 

10. You may not decrease the basic insurance amount if any surrender charge on the decrease exceeds the

amount in your contract fund less the administrative charge (shown under Adjustments to the Contract Fund) for the decrease.

 

 

 

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Surrender Charge on         We may impose a partial surrender charge if you decrease the basic insurance amount. We describe

Decreases                         the method we use to determine the maximum partial surrender charge we will deduct from the contract

 

fund below.

 

If there is only one segment (see Segment Table), we will reduce that segment's basic insurance amount

by the amount of the decrease. If there is more than one segment, we will decrease the basic insurance

amount of each segment based on the proportion of its basic insurance amount to the total of all basic

insurance segment amounts in effect just before the change.

 

For any segment incurring a decrease in the basic insurance amount to an amount equal to or greater

than the Surrender Charge Threshold shown in the Segment Table, we will not impose a surrender

charge. For any segment incurring a decrease in the basic insurance amount to an amount below this

threshold, we will subtract the new basic insurance amount from the threshold amount. We will then

multiply the surrender charge (see Schedule Of Maximum Surrender Charges for that segment) by the

lesser of this difference and the amount of the decrease and divide by the threshold amount and deduct

the result from the contract fund.

 

We may decline the change if we determine it would cause the contract to fail to qualify as life insurance

under the applicable tax law. A change will take effect only if we approve your request for it at our

Home Office and will take effect on the date we approve it. If we approve the change, we will

recompute the contract's charges and values in the appropriate tables. A change in the basic insurance

amount may also affect the amount of any extra benefits this contract might have. We will send you new

contract data pages showing the amount and effective date of the change and the recomputed charges

and values. If the Insured is not living on the effective date, the change will not take effect. We may

deduct the administrative charge (shown under Adjustments to the Contract Fund) for the change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COST OF INSURANCE

 

On each monthly date, we will deduct a charge for the cost of insurance from the contract fund. To

determine the maximum charge for the cost of insurance, we use the following method:

 

We determine the maximum cost of insurance rate for each currently effective basic insurance segment

amount shown in the Segment Table in the data pages using the maximum monthly rate shown under the

Table of Maximum Monthly Insurance Rates for the appropriate rating class. If there is only one basic

insurance segment amount currently in effect, we multiply the rate by the net amount at risk (the death

benefit minus the contract fund) divided by $1000 to compute the maximum charge for the cost of insurance.

 

If there are two or more basic insurance segments currently in effect, we first allocate the total net amount

at risk (the death benefit minus the contract fund) to each basic insurance segment based on the proportion

of its basic insurance amount to the total of basic insurance amounts for all segments currently in effect.

We multiply the rate by the allocated net amount at risk divided by $1000 for each basic insurance segment

and add the results to determine the total maximum charge for the cost of insurance.

 


CHANGING THE TYPE OF DEATH BENEFIT

 

This contract has a Type A or Type B death benefit (see Death Benefit). Subject to our approval, you may

change the type of death benefit. We will adjust the basic insurance amount so that the death benefit

immediately after the change will remain the same as the death benefit immediately before the change. If

there is more than one segment (see Segment Table), we will adjust the basic insurance amount of each

segment based on the proportion of its basic insurance amount to the total of basic insurance amounts for

all segments in effect just before the adjustment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Type A to B                     If you are changing from a Type A to a Type B death benefit, we will reduce the basic insurance amount

by the contract fund on the date the change takes effect.

 

Type B to A                    If you are changing from a Type B to a Type A death benefit, we will increase the basic insurance amount

 

by the contract fund on the date the change takes effect.

 

We may deduct from the contract fund the administrative charge shown for changes in the basic

insurance amount under Adjustments to the Contract Fund. If the change in the type of death benefit

results in a reduction in the basic insurance amount, the basic insurance amount after the decrease must

be at least equal to the minimum basic insurance amount, which we show under Contract Limitations in

the contract data pages. We may deduct from the contract fund a surrender charge for a reduction in the

basic insurance amount as described in the Change in Basic Insurance Amount provision.

 

A change in the type of death benefit will take effect only if we approve your request at our Home Office.

If we approve the change, we will recompute the contract's charges, values and limitations shown in the

contract data pages. The change will take effect on the monthly date that coincides with or next follows

the date we approve your request. We will send you new contract data pages showing the amount and

effective date of the change in basic insurance amount and the recomputed charges, values and

limitations.

 

Your request for a change must be in a form that meets our needs. We may require you to send us this

contract before we make the change.

 


 

BENEFICIARY

 

You may designate or change a beneficiary by sending us a request in a form that meets our needs. We

may ask you to send us the contract to be endorsed. If we receive your request, and the contract if we

ask for it, we will file and record the change and it will take effect as of the date you signed the request.

But if we make any payment(s) before we receive the request, we will not have to make the payment(s)

again. Any beneficiary's interest is subject to the rights of any assignee we know of.

 

When a beneficiary is designated, any relationship shown is to the Insured, unless otherwise stated. To

show priority, we may use numbered classes, so that the class with first priority is called class 1, the

class with next priority is called class 2, and so on. When we use numbered classes, these statements

apply to beneficiaries unless the form states otherwise:

 

1. One who survives the Insured will have the right to be paid only if no one in a prior class survives the

Insured.

 

2. One who has the right to be paid will be the only one paid if no one else in the same class survives

 

the Insured.

 

3. Two or more in the same class who have the right to be paid will be paid in equal shares.

4. If none survives the Insured, we will pay in one sum to the Insured's estate.

 

Before we make a payment, we have the right to decide what proof we need of the identity, age, or other

facts about any persons designated as beneficiaries. If beneficiaries are not designated by name and we

make payment(s) based on that proof, we will not have to make the payment(s) again.

 

 

 

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PREMIUM PAYMENT

 

Payment of Premiums

The minimum initial premium shown in the contract data pages is due on or before the contract date. There

is no insurance under this contract until that premium is paid. We may require an additional premium if

adjustments to premium payments plus any contract fund charges due on or before the payment date

exceeds the minimum initial premium.

 

Subject to the limitations below, additional premiums may be paid at any time during the Insured's lifetime

up to attained age 121 as long as the contract is not in default beyond the grace period. Premiums may be

paid at one of our offices or to one of our authorized representatives. We will give a signed receipt upon

request. The minimum premium we will accept is shown on a contract data page. We have the right to

refuse to accept a premium payment that would in our opinion cause this contract to fail to qualify as life

insurance under applicable tax law. We also have the right to refuse to accept any payment that increases

the death benefit by more than it increases the contract fund.

 

Invested Premium             The invested premium amount is the portion of each premium you pay that we add to the contract fund. It

Amount                           is equal to the premium paid minus the adjustments to premium payments shown on a contract data page.

 

Crediting the Initial          If we receive the first premium payment on or before the contract date, we will credit the invested

Premium Payment

premium amount to the contract fund on the contract date.

 

If we receive the first premium payment after the contract date, we will credit the premium amount to the

contract fund on the payment date.

 

Allocations                       We will allocate 100% of any invested premium into the Money Market Investment Option until the

                                       tenth day after you receive this contract. At the end of that day (unless you ask us otherwise) we will

                                       re-allocate the amount in the Money Market Investment Option in accordance with the Initial Allocation

 

of Invested Premium Amounts shown in the contract data pages.

 

You may allocate all or a part of your invested premium amount to one or more of the investment options

listed in the contract data pages. You may choose to allocate nothing to a particular investment option. You

may not choose a fractional percentage.

 

The initial allocation of invested premium amounts is shown on a contract data page. You may change the

allocation for future invested premium amounts at any time if the contract is not in default. To change your

allocation, simply notify us in a form that meets our needs. The change will take effect on the date we

receive your notice; we will send you a confirmation of the transaction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CONTRACT FUND

 

When you make your first premium payment, the invested premium amount, less any charges due on or

before that day, becomes your contract fund. Amounts are added to and subtracted from the contract

fund as shown under Adjustments to the Contract Fund in the contract data pages. The contract fund is

used to pay charges under this contract and will determine, in part, whether this contract will remain in

force or go into default. The contract fund is also used to determine your loan and surrender values, the

amount you may withdraw, and the death benefit.

 

Cash Value

The cash value at any time is the contract fund less any surrender charge. We show the maximum

surrender charge for each segment (see Segment Table) in the Schedule of Maximum Surrender Charges

for that segment. If there are two or more segments, we will add their surrender charges and deduct the

total from the contract fund.

 

Net Cash Value

The net cash value at any time is the cash value less any contract debt.

 

 

If the contract is in default, the net cash value is zero.

 

Net Amount at Risk

The net amount at risk is used to determine the cost of insurance as described under Adjustments to the

Contract Fund. It is equal to the death benefit (see Death Benefit) minus the contract fund.

 


 

DEFAULT

 

Excess Contract Debt        If contract debt ever grows to be equal to or more than the cash value, the contract will have excess

Default

contract debt and will be in default.

 

Cash Value Default

On each monthly date, we will determine the cash value. If the cash value is greater than zero and the

contract has no excess contract debt, the contract will remain in force until the next monthly date. If the

cash value is zero or less, the contract is in default unless it remains in force under the No-Lapse

Guarantee.

 

Notice of Default

If the contract is in default, we will mail you a notice stating the amount we will need to keep the

contract in force. That amount will equal a premium which we estimate will keep the contract in force

for three months from the date of default. We grant a 61-day grace period from the date we mail the

notice to pay this amount. The contract will remain in force during this period. If that amount is not paid

to us by the end of the 61-day grace period, the contract will end and have no value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NO-LAPSE GUARANTEE

 

On each monthly date during the No-Lapse Guarantee period shown under the Table of No-

Lapse Guarantee Values, and while the contract is in force, we will:

 

1. Accumulate premium payments at 4% annual interest; and

 

2. Accumulate any withdrawal amounts at 4% annual interest.

 

We then subtract amount 2 from amount 1 and compare the result to the values shown in or derived from

the Table of No-Lapse Guarantee Values for such monthly date. If the result is equal to or greater than the

appropriate value and the contract has no excess contract debt, the contract will remain in force

until the next monthly date. If the result is less than the appropriate value and any of the events described

under Default have occurred, the contract is in default as described under Default.

 

The Table of No-Lapse Guarantee Values shows such values on contract anniversaries. On a

date that falls between two anniversaries, the value will fall between the values for those

anniversaries considering the time that has passed since the last anniversary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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REINSTATEMENT

 

If this contract ends without value, as described under Default, you may reinstate it. The following

conditions must be satisfied:

 

 

1. The contract must not have been in default for more than 5 years.

 

 

2. You must prove to us that the Insured is insurable for the contract.

 

 

3.

You must pay us a charge equal to: (a) an amount, if any, required to bring the cash value to zero on

the date the contract went into default, plus (b) the deductions from the contract fund during the grace

period following the date of default, plus (c) a premium that we estimate will be sufficient after

administrative charges to cover the deductions from the contract fund for three monthly dates starting

on the date of reinstatement.

 

 

4.

Any existing contract debt on the date of default will be cancelled and will not be reinstated.

 

The date of reinstatement will be the date we approve your request. We will deduct all required charges

from your payment and put the balance in your contract fund. If we approve the reinstatement, we will

credit the contract fund with a refund of that part of any surrender charge deducted at the time of default

which would have been charged if the contract were surrendered immediately after reinstatement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SEPARATE ACCOUNT

 

Separate Account

The words "separate account", when we use them in this contract without qualification, mean any

separate account we establish to support variable life insurance contracts like this one. We list the

separate account(s) available to you in the contract data pages. We may establish additional separate

accounts. We will notify you within one year if we do so.

 

Variable Investment         A separate account may offer one or more variable investment options. We list them in the contract

Options                            data pages. We may establish additional variable investment options. We will notify you within one

                                      year if we do so. We may also eliminate existing variable investment options, but only with the consent

                                        of the SEC and, where required, of the insurance regulator of our state of domicile and/or where this

 

contract is delivered.

 

Income and realized and unrealized gains and losses from assets in each variable investment option are

credited to, or charged against, that variable investment option. This is without regard to income, gains,

or losses in other variable investment options.

 

Separate Account              We may invest the assets of different separate accounts in different ways. But we will do so only with

Investments                      the consent of the SEC and, where required, of the insurance regulator of our state of domicile and/or

 

where this contract is delivered.

 

The assets of the separate account shall be available to cover the liabilities of the general account only to

the extent that the assets exceed the liabilities of the separate account arising under the variable life

insurance policies supported by the separate account.

 

                                      We will determine the value of the assets in each separate account registered with the SEC under the

                                       Investment Company Act of 1940 and any variable investment option on each day the New York Stock

 

Exchange is open for business.

 

 

 

FIXED INVESTMENTS

 

We list any fixed investment option available to you in the contract data pages. We may establish

additional fixed investment options. We will notify you within one year if we do so. You may allocate all or

part of your invested premium amount to an available fixed investment option. As stated under Adjustments

to the Contract Fund, we credit fixed investment options with guaranteed interest and we may credit them

with excess interest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TRANSFERS

 

You have the right to transfer amounts into or out of variable investment options and into any fixed

investment option up to twelve times in each contract year without charge if the contract is not in

default. Additional transfers may be made during each contract year, but only with our consent. We may

charge for additional transfers as we state under Adjustments to the Contract Fund. Transfers out of any

fixed investment option may be made only with our consent.

 

We may restrict the number, timing and amount of transfers in accordance with our rules if your transfer

activity is determined by us to be disruptive to the variable investment option or to the disadvantage of

other contract owners. We may prohibit transfer requests made by an individual acting under a power of

attorney on behalf of more than one contract owner.

 

To make a transfer, you must ask us in a form that meets our needs. Unless otherwise restricted, the

transfer will take effect on the date we receive your notice at our Home Office.

 


 

SURRENDER

 

You may surrender this contract for its net cash value (see Contract Fund). To do so, you must ask us in a

form that meets our needs. We may require you to send us the contract.

 

We will usually pay any net cash value within seven days after we receive your request and the contract

at our Home Office. But we have the right to postpone paying you the part of the net cash value that is

to come from any variable investment option provided by a separate account registered under the

Investment Company Act of 1940 if: (1) the New York Stock Exchange is closed; or (2) the SEC requires

that trading be restricted or declares an emergency. We have the right to postpone paying you the

remainder for up to six months. If we do so for more than thirty days, we will pay interest at the rate of

3% a year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WITHDRAWALS

 

You may make withdrawals from the contract subject to all these conditions and the paragraph that follows:

 

 

1. You must ask for the withdrawal in a form that meets our needs.

 

 

2.

The net cash value after withdrawal may not be less than or equal to zero after deducting (a) any

charges associated with the withdrawal and (b) an amount that we estimate will be sufficient to

cover the contract fund deductions for two monthly dates following the date of withdrawal.    

 

 

3. You may not withdraw less than the minimum amount shown under Contract Limitations.

 

 

4.

The basic insurance amount after withdrawals must be at least equal to the minimum basic insurance

amount shown under Contract Limitations.

 

 

Any amount withdrawn may not be repaid except as a premium subject to charges.

 

Effect on Contract            We will reduce your contract fund on the date we approve your request by the withdrawal amount and any

Fund                             charges listed under Adjustments to the Contract Fund. Unless you request otherwise and we agree, we

                                       will take any withdrawal proportionately from all investment options that apply to the contract.

 

 

We may charge an administrative fee as stated under Adjustments to the Contract Fund.

 

Effect on Basic

If you have a Type B death benefit, withdrawals will not affect the basic insurance amount.

Insurance Amount

If you have a Type A death benefit and the withdrawal would cause the net amount at risk (see Contract

Fund) to increase, we will reduce the basic insurance amount and, consequently, your death benefit to offset

this increase. The reduction in the basic insurance amount will never be more than the withdrawal amount.

If we reduce the basic insurance amount, we will recompute the contract's charges, values and limitations.

We will send you new contract data pages showing these changes. We may also deduct a surrender charge

from the contract fund as described in the Change in Basic Insurance Amount provision.

 

We will usually pay any withdrawal amount within seven days after we receive your request and the

contract at our Home Office. But we have the right to postpone paying you the part of the net cash value

that is to come from any variable investment option provided by a separate account registered under the

Investment Company Act of 1940 if: (1) the New York Stock Exchange is closed; or (2) the SEC requires that

trading be restricted or declares an emergency. We have the right to postpone paying you the remainder

for up to six months. If we do so for more than thirty days, we will pay interest at the rate of 3% a year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LOANS

 

Subject to the requirements of this provision, you may at any time borrow any amount up to the current

loan value less any existing contract debt.

 

Loan Value                       If the contract is not in default, the loan value at any time is equal to the sum of (a) 99% of the cash

 

value attributable to the variable investment options, and (b) the balance of the cash value.

 

 

If the contract is in default, it has no loan value.

 

Contract Debt

Contract debt at any time means the loan on the contract at that time, plus the interest we have charged

that is not yet due and that we have not yet added to the loan.

 

Loan Requirements

For us to approve a loan, the following requirements must be met: you must assign this contract to us as

sole security for the loan; the Insured must be living; and the resulting contract debt must not be more

than the loan value.

 

If there is already contract debt when you borrow from us, we will add the new amount you borrow to

that debt.

 

Interest Charge

We will charge interest daily on any loan. Interest is due on each contract anniversary, or when the loan

is paid back, whichever comes first. If interest is not paid when due, it becomes part of the loan. Then

we start to charge interest on it, too. Except as stated below, we charge interest at an effective annual

rate shown under Loan Interest Rate in the contract data pages.

 

Preferred Loans                Unless you ask us otherwise, a portion of the amount you may borrow on or after the 10th contract

                                       anniversary will be considered a Preferred Loan up to an amount equal to the maximum preferred loan

                                        amount described below. Preferred Loans are charged interest at an effective annual rate shown under

 

Preferred Loan Interest Rate in the contract data pages.

 

Maximum Preferred          The maximum preferred loan amount available starting on the 10th contract anniversary is (A) minus (B),

Loan Amount

where (A) is the total amount you may borrow, and (B) is the total premiums paid less total

 

withdrawals, if any. If (B) is less than zero, we will consider it to be zero.

 

Effect on Contract             When you take a loan, the amount of the loan continues to be a part of the contract fund and is credited

Fund

with interest at an effective rate of 3% a year.

 

                                       We will reduce the portion of the contract fund allocated to the investment options by the amount you

 

borrow, and by loan interest that becomes part of the loan if it is not paid when due.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We will take any loan proportionately from all investment options that apply to the contract unless you

ask us otherwise.

 

On each monthly date, if there is a contract loan outstanding at any time during the previous month, we

will increase the portion of the contract fund in the investment options by interest credits accrued on the

loan since the last monthly date. When you repay all or part of a loan, we will increase the portion of the

contract fund in the investment options by the amount of that repayment. To do this, we will use your

investment allocation for future premium payments on file as of the loan payment date. We will also

decrease the portion of the contract fund on which we credit the guaranteed interest rate of 3% a year by

 

the amount of loan you repay.

 

We will not increase the portion of the contract fund allocated to the investment options by loan interest

that is paid before we make it part of the loan. We reserve the right to change the manner in which we

allocate loan repayments. If we make such a change, we will do so for all contracts like this one. We will

send you notice of any change.

 


 

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Annual Report

Once each contract year we will send you a report. It will show: the current death benefit; the amount of

the contract fund in each investment option; the net cash value; any contract debt and the interest rate we

are charging; premiums paid, investment results, charges deducted, and withdrawals taken since the last

report. The report may also show any other data that may be required where this contract is delivered.

 

Payment of Death              If we settle this contract in one sum as a death claim we will usually pay the proceeds within seven days

Claim                               after we receive at our Home Office proof of the Insured's death and any other information we need to pay

                                        the claim. But we have the right to postpone paying the part of the proceeds that is to come from a

                                       variable investment option if: (1) the New York Stock Exchange is closed; or (2) the SEC requires that

                                       trading be restricted or declares an emergency. We have the right to postpone paying the remainder for up

 

to six months.

 

Currency                          Any money we pay, or that is paid to us, must be in United States currency. Any amount we owe will be

 

payable at our Corporate Office.

 

Misstatement of                If the Insured's stated age or sex or both are not correct, we will change each benefit and any amount to be

Age or Sex                       paid to what the most recent deductions from the contract fund would have provided at the Insured's

 

correct age and sex.

 

Assignment

We will not be deemed to know of an assignment unless we receive it, or a copy of it, at our Home Office.

We are not obliged to see that an assignment is valid or sufficient. This contract may not be assigned to

any employee benefit plan or program without our consent. This contract may not be assigned if such

 

assignment would violate any federal, state, or local law or regulation prohibiting sex distinct rates for

insurance.

 

Change in Plan                 You may be able to have this contract changed to another plan of life insurance. Any change may be made

 

only if we consent, and will be subject to conditions and charges that are then determined.

 

 

 

 

 

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Factors Subject To            Charges deducted from premium payments and the contract fund may change from time to time, subject

Change                           to the maximums shown in the contract data pages. In deciding whether to change any of these charges,

                                        we will periodically consider factors such as mortality, persistency, expenses, taxes and interest and/or

                                       investment experience to see if a change in our assumptions is needed. Changes in factors will be by

                                       class. All changes will be determined only prospectively; that is, we will not recoup prior losses or

 

distribute prior gains by means of these changes.

 

Non-Participating              This contract will not share in our profits or surplus earnings. We will pay no dividends on it.

 

Applicable Tax Law

This contract has been designed to satisfy the definition of life insurance for Federal income tax purposes

under Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. We reserve the right, however,

to decline any change we determine would cause this contract to fail to qualify as life insurance under

the applicable tax law. This includes changing the basic insurance amount, withdrawals, and changing

the type of death benefit. We also have the right to change this contract, to require additional premium

payments, or to make distributions from this contract to the extent necessary to continue to qualify this

contract as life insurance. Finally, we reserve the right to take whatever action is necessary to prevent

the contract from becoming a modified endowment contract under Section 7702A of the Internal Revenue

Code unless you have otherwise indicated to us in writing that you want a modified endowment contract.

 

Age 121

We discontinue the monthly charges from the contract fund on the first contract anniversary on or

following the Insured's 121st birthday. You may continue the contract after that anniversary and it will

then continue to operate as described in its provisions (including the Death Benefit and Contract Fund

provisions), although you may not make any premium payments and no monthly charges will be deducted

from the Contract Fund.

 


 

 

BASIS OF COMPUTATION

 

Mortality Basis and

We compute maximum monthly insurance rates using:

Interest Rate

1. the Commissioners 2001 Standard Ordinary Smoker and Nonsmoker Mortality Tables without Ten-Year

 

Select Factors;

 

2. the issue age, sex, smoker and non-smoker status, and rating class of the Insured and the length of

 

time since the contract date;

 

 

3. age last birthday; and

 

 

4. an effective interest rate of 3% a year.

 

Minimum Legal Values     The cash surrender values provided by this contract are at least as large as those set by law where

                                        it is delivered. Where required, we have given the insurance regulator a detailed statement of how

 

we compute values and benefits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SETTLEMENT OPTIONS

 

Options Described

You may choose to have the proceeds (that is, any death benefit or any amount payable upon surrender of

the contract) paid in a single sum or under one of the optional modes of settlement described below.

 

If the person who is to receive the proceeds of this contract wishes to take advantage of one of these

optional modes, we will furnish, on request, details of the options we describe below or any others we may

have available at the time the proceeds become payable.

 

Option 1 (Instalments        We will make equal payments for up to 25 years. The Option 1 Table shows the minimum amounts we will

For a Fixed Period)

pay.

 

Option 2 (Life Income)

We will make equal monthly payments for as long as the person on whose life the settlement is based lives,

with payments certain for 120 months. The Option 2 Table shows the minimum amounts we will pay. But,

we must have proof of the date of birth of the person on whose life the settlement is based.

 

Option 3 (Interest            We will hold an amount at interest. We will pay the interest annually, semi-annually, quarterly, or monthly.

Payment)

 

Option 4 (Instalments        We will make equal annual, semi-annual, quarterly, or monthly payments for as long as the available

of a Fixed Amount)

proceeds provide.

 

Option 5 (Non-                 We will make payments like those of any annuity we then regularly issue that: (1) is based on United States

Participating Income)      currency; (2) is bought by a single sum; (3) does not provide for dividends; and (4) does not normally provide

                                        for deferral of the first payment. Each payment will be at least equal to what we would pay under that kind

                                       of annuity with its first payment due on its contract date. If a life income is chosen, we must have proof of

                                       the date of birth of any person on whose life the option is based. Option 5 cannot be chosen more than 30

 

days before the due date of the first payment.

 

Interest Rate                     Payments under Options 1, 3 and 4 will be calculated assuming an effective interest rate of at least

 

1.5% a year. We may include more interest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SETTLEMENT OPTIONS TABLES

 




       OPTION 1 TABLE                                     OPTION 2 TABLE

    MINIMUM AMOUNT OF                 MINIMUM AMOUNT OF MONTHLY PAYMENT FOR EACH $1,000, THE FIRST
    MONTHLY PAYMENT FOR                                  PAYABLE IMMEDIATELY
    EACH $1,000, THE FIRST     AGE LAST                                  AGE LAST
    PAYABLE IMMEDIATELY        BIRTHDAY        Male         Female       BIRTHDAY         Male       Female

     Number       Monthly      5                $2.72      $2.68           48            $3.72      $3.51
     of Years     Payment      and under                                   49             3.77       3.56
                               6                 2.73       2.69           50             3.83       3.61
     1            $83.90       7                 2.74       2.69           51             3.88       3.66
     2             42.26       8                 2.75       2.70           52             3.95       3.71
     3             28.39       9                 2.76       2.71           53             4.01       3.76
     4             21.45       10                2.77       2.72           54             4.08       3.82
     5             17.28       11                2.78       2.73           55             4.15       3.88
                               12                2.79       2.74           56             4.22       3.94
     6             14.51       13                2.80       2.75           57             4.30       4.01
     7             12.53       14                2.82       2.76           58             4.38       4.08
     8             11.04       15                2.83       2.77           59             4.47       4.16
     9              9.89       16                2.84       2.78           60             4.56       4.24
     10             8.96       17                2.85       2.79           61             4.66       4.32
                               18                2.87       2.80           62             4.76       4.41
     11             8.21       19                2.88       2.81           63             4.87       4.50
     12             7.58       20                2.89       2.83           64             4.98       4.60
     13             7.05       21                2.91       2.84           65             5.10       4.71
     14             6.59       22                2.93       2.85           66             5.23       4.82
     15             6.20       23                2.94       2.87           67             5.36       4.94
                               24                2.96       2.88           68             5.49       5.06
     16             5.85       25                2.98       2.90           69             5.64       5.19
     17             5.55       26                3.00       2.91           70             5.78       5.33
     18             5.27       27                3.01       2.93           71             5.94       5.48
     19             5.03       28                3.03       2.94           72             6.10       5.63
     20             4.81       29                3.06       2.96           73             6.26       5.79
                               30                3.08       2.98           74             6.43       5.96
     21             4.62       31                3.10       3.00           75             6.60       6.14
     22             4.44       32                3.13       3.02           76             6.78       6.33
     23             4.28       33                3.15       3.04           77             6.95       6.52
     24             4.13       34                3.18       3.07           78             7.13       6.71
     25             3.99       35                3.21       3.09           79             7.31       6.92
                               36                3.23       3.11           80             7.49       7.12
                               37                3.27       3.14           81             7.67       7.33
                               38                3.30       3.16           82             7.85       7.53
                               39                3.33       3.19           83             8.02       7.73
  Multiply the monthly amount  40                3.37       3.22           84             8.18       7.93
  By 2.996 for quarterly,      41                3.40       3.25           85             8.33       8.12
  5.981 for semi-annual or     42                3.44       3.29           86             8.48       8.29
  11.919 for annual.           43                3.48       3.32           87             8.62       8.46
                               44                3.53       3.35           88             8.75       8.61
                               45                3.57       3.39           89             8.87       8.75
                               46                3.62       3.43           90             8.98       8.88
                               47                3.67       3.47           and over






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Flexible Premium Variable Universal Life Insurance Policy. Insurance payable only upon death. Cash values reflect premium payments,

investment results, any interest credited to the fixed investment options, and charges. Non-participating.

 

 

 

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