497 1 d497.htm WRL FREEDOM ELITE BUILDER WRL Freedom Elite Builder

SUPPLEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 22, 2004

TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 2004

FOR

WRL FREEDOM ELITE BUILDER®

An Individual Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policy

Issued through

WRL Series Life Account

By

Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio

 

This Supplement modifies certain information contained in your WRL Freedom Elite Builder prospectus for the Associate Policy. Please read it carefully and retain it for future reference.

 

Please refer to information contained on page 32 of the prospectus under the subheading “Associates Policies”. This section describes those who are eligible for an Associate Policy, and also states that the Associate Policy may have reduced or waived charges, fees and cost of insurance rates. This supplement to the prospectus provides specific detail on these reductions and waivers for the Associate Policy.

 

The following charges are not contained in the Associate Policy and will not be charged to eligible purchasers of the Associate Policy:

 

  Premium Expense Charge

 

  Premium Collection Charge

 

  Cash Withdrawal Charge

 

  Surrender Charge

 

  Decrease Charge

 

  Transfer Charge

 

  Change in Net Premium Allocation Charge

 

In addition, Cost of Insurance charges will generally be lower for eligible purchasers of the Associate Policy.

 

Information in the WRL Freedom Elite Builder® prospectus is hereby modified, as follows:

 

Page 2 -

   Under “Variable Death Benefit”, Choice Among Death Benefit Options”, the following sentences near the top of page 2 are deleted: “We offer four bands of specified amount coverage under this Policy. Each band has its own cost of insurance rates. In general, the greater the specified amount of your Policy, the lower the cost of insurance rates.” The Associate Policy does not band specified amounts for cost of insurance rates.
     Under “No Lapse Guarantee” the phrase “and minus any decrease charge” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a decrease charge.
     Under “Transfers”, the second bulleted item, regarding a transfer processing fee, is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a transfer processing fee.

Page 3 -

   Under “Cash Withdrawals and Surrenders”, the entire second bulleted item is deleted. The entire fourth bulleted item is revised, as follows: “You may fully surrender the Policy at any time before the insured’s death or the maturity date. Life insurance coverage will end. You will receive the net surrender value (cash value minus any outstanding loan amount and accrued loan interest).”

Page 4 -

   Under “Risk of Lapse”, in the second sentence of the third paragraph, the phrase “and any decrease charge” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a decrease charge.


Pages

5 – 8 -

   Under “Fee Tables”, “Transaction Fees”, information, including related footnotes, on the following charges is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain these charges.

 

  Premium Charges

 

  Premium Expense Charge

 

  Premium Collection Charge

 

  Cash Withdrawal Charge

 

  Surrender Charge

 

  Minimum Charge

 

  Maximum Charge

 

  Initial Charge

 

  Transfer Charge

 

  Change in Net Premium Allocation Charge

 

  Decrease Charge

 

Page 8 -

   Under “Periodic Charges Other Than Portfolio Operating Expenses”, information on “Monthly Policy Charge” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain these charges.

Pages

8 – 9 -

   Under “Periodic Charges Other Than Portfolio Operating Expenses”, information under “Cost of Insurance” is modified, as follows:

 

Cost of Insurance

 

(without Extra Ratings)

 

Monthly on the Policy

date and on each

Monthiversary until

the insured reaches age

100

       

•     Minimum Charge

      $.06 per $1,000 of net amount at risk per month9   $.02 per $1,000 of net amount at risk per month9

•     Maximum Charge

      $83.33 per $1,000 of net amount at risk per month9   $19.35 per $1,000 of net amount at risk per month9

•     Initial Charge for a male insured, issue age 30, in the ultimate select non-tobacco use class, band 1

      $.12 per $1,000 of net amount at risk per month9   $.02 per $1,000 of net amount at risk per month9

 

Page 8 -

   In footnote 6, the following sentences are deleted: “Cost of insurance rates are generally lower for each higher band of specified amount. For example, band 2 (face amounts $250,000 - $499,000) generally has lower cost of insurance rates than those of band 1 (face amounts less than $250,000).” The Associate Policy does not band specified amounts for cost of insurance rates.

Pages

12 -13 -

   Under “Periodic Charges Other Than Portfolio Operating Expenses”, information under “Primary Insured Rider” and “Primary Insured Plus Rider” is deleted. These riders are not available to the Associate Policy.

Pages

21 – 22 -

   Information under and including the sub-headings “Premium Charges”, “Premium expense charge”, “Premium collection charge” and “Monthly Policy Charge” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain these charges.

 

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Page 23 -

   Under “Cost of Insurance Charge”, the second bulleted item describing “banded” specified amounts is deleted. The Associate Policy does not band specified amounts for cost of insurance rates.

Page 23 -

   The first sentence in the first paragraph is modified by deleting the phrase “specified amount band”. The last sentence in the second paragraph is deleted. The first sentence on the third paragraph is deleted. The second sentence in the sixth paragraph is deleted.

Pages

25 – 27 -

   Information under and including the sub-headings “Surrender Charge”, “Decrease Charge”, and “Transfer Charge” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain these charges.

Page 29 -

   Under “Purchasing a Policy”, the information in the second paragraph, beginning with and including the third sentence, regarding banding of coverage, is deleted. The Associate Policy does not band specified amounts for cost of insurance rates.

Page 34 -

   Under the sub-heading “Minimum Monthly Guarantee Premium”, in the first sentence in the second paragraph, the phrase “and minus any decrease charge” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a decrease charge.
     Under the sub-heading “No Lapse Period”, in the only bulleted item, the phrase “and minus any decrease charge” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a decrease charge.

Pages

35 -36 -

   Under “Transfers”, “General”, the fifth checkmarked item is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a transfer charge.

Page 39 -

   Under the sub-heading “Dollar Cost Averaging”, the last sentence on the page is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a transfer charge.

Page 39 -

   Under the sub-heading “Asset Rebalancing Program”, “To start asset rebalancing”, the sentence “However, each reallocation we make under the program counts towards your 12 free transfers each year,” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a transfer charge.

Page 41 -

   Under “Policy Values”, “Net Surrender Value”, “net surrender value on any valuation date equals”, the bullet “any surrender charge as of such date; minus” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a surrender charge.
     Under “Policy Values”, “Subaccount Value”, “The number of units in any subaccount on any valuation date equals:”, the final bullet: “units redeemed to pay cash withdrawal charges, decrease charges and transfer charges”, is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain these charges.

Page 45 -

   Under the sub-heading “Effect of Cash Withdrawals on the Death Benefit”, the second sentence is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a decrease charge.
     Under “Increasing/Decreasing the Specified Amount”, the first sentence in the second paragraph is deleted.

Page 46 -

   The first bullet at the top of page 41 is revised to remove the phrase “under band 1”.
     Under the sub-heading “Increasing/Decreasing the Specified Amount”, “Conditions for decreasing the specified amount:”, the last bullet is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a decrease charge.

Page 47 -

   Under “Surrenders and Cash Withdrawals”, Surrenders”, the sentence, “You will incur a surrender charge if you surrender the Policy during the first 15 Policy years (or during the 15-year period subsequent to an increase in specified amount.” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a surrender charge.

 

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     Under the sub-heading “Cash Withdrawals”, “Cash withdrawal conditions:” the seventh bulleted item is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a processing fee.

Page 50 -

   Under the sub-heading “No Lapse Period”, “No lapse date”, “Early termination of the no lapse period”, the phrase “and any decrease charge” is deleted. The Associate Policy does not contain a decrease charge.

Page 51 -

   Under the sub-heading “Reinstatement”, the second sentence of the last paragraph is revised, as follows: “Your net surrender value on the reinstatement date will equal the cash value at the time your Policy lapsed, plus any net premiums you pay at reinstatement, minus one monthly deduction.”

Page 58 -

   Information under the sub-heading “Primary Insured Rider (“PIR”) and Primary Insured Rider Plus (“PIR Plus”) is deleted. These riders are not available to the Associate Policy.

Page 67 -

   Explanation of the term “net premium” is changed as follows: “The part of your premium that we allocate to the fixed account or the subaccounts. The net premium is equal to the premium you paid.”
     Explanation of the term “net surrender value” is changed as follows: “The amount we will pay you if you surrender the Policy while it is in force. The net surrender value on the date you surrender is equal to: the cash value minus any outstanding loan and accrued loan interest.”

Pages

72 -74

   Appendix A – These pages are deleted, because an Associate Policy does not contain a surrender charge.

 

FEBASSOCSUPP-11/04

 

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