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We will pay an amount under this benefit if we receive due proof that the insured spouse died: (1) in the term period or in any renewal term period for the benefit: and (2) while this contract is in force and not in default past the last day of the grace period. We will pay this amount to the beneficiary for insurance payable upon the insured spouse's death. But our payment is subject to all the provisions of the benefit and of the rest of this contract. The phrase insured spouse means the Insured's spouse named in the application for this contract.

We show the amount of term insurance under this benefit on the contract data pages. We also show the term period for the benefit there. It starts on the contract date that we show on the first page.

We will renew this benefit at the end of either its term period or a renewal term period. You will not have to prove that the insured spouse is insurable. All these conditions must be met:

In any of these paragraphs when we use the phrase renewal term period we mean a term period for which this benefit may be renewed. Except as we state in the next sentence, a renewal term period will be for the same number of years that we show on page 3 for the term period of the benefit. But if a renewal term period begins on the contract anniversary when the insured spouse's attained age is 66, 67, 68 or 69, that renewal term period will be for the number of years between the insured spouse's attained age on that anniversary and age 70.

We show the amounts of renewal premiums on the contract data pages. We base them on the insured spouse's issue age and sex and on the length of time from the contract date to the due date of the first premium for the renewal term period. The first of the premiums to be paid during a renewal term period will be due on the anniversary at the end of the most recent term period: the premium period for the renewal term period will start on that date.

The Insured might die: (1) in the term period or in any renewal term period for this benefit: (2) while this contract is in force and not in default past the last day of the grace period; and (3) while the insured spouse is living. In this case, the insurance on the life of the insured spouse under the benefit will become paid-up term insurance. While the paid-up insurance is in effect, the contract will remain in force until the insured spouse's attained age 70. The paid-up insurance will have cash values but no loan value.

If this benefit becomes paid-up, it may be surrendered for its net cash value. This will be the net value on the date of surrender of the paid-up insurance. But, within 30 days after a contract anniversary, the net cash value will not be less than it was on that anniversary. We base this net cash value on the insured spouse's age and sex. The insured spouse's age at any time will be his or her age last birthday on the contract date plus the length of time since that date. We use the Commissioners 1980 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table. We use continuous functions based on age last birthday. We use an effective interest rate of 4% a year.

We will usually pay any cash value promptly. But we have the right to postpone paying it for up to six months. If we do so for more than 30 days, we will pay interest at the rate of 3% a year. If we are asked for the values which apply, we will furnish them.

While the Insured is living, you may be able to exchange this benefit for a new contract of life insurance on the life of the insured spouse. You will not have to prove that the insured spouse is insurable. When we use the phrase new contract in this provision, we mean the contract for which the benefit may be exchanged.

Your right to make this exchange is subject to all these conditions: (1) You must ask for the exchange in writing and in a form that meets our needs. (2) You must send this contract to us to be endorsed. (3) We must have your request and the contract at our Home Office while this benefit is in force and not later than the contract anniversary when the insured spouse's attained age is 65.

The new contract will not take effect unless the premium for it is paid while the insured spouse is living and within 31 days after its contract date. If the premium is paid as we state, it will be deemed that: (1) the insurance under the new contract took effect on its contract date; and (2) this benefit ended just before that contract date. We will return that part, if any, of the last premium paid for the benefit that is more than was needed to pay premiums to the contract date of the new contract.

If your request for a new contract is received at our Home Office before the fifth anniversary of this contract, we will allow a credit on each premium that is due or scheduled for payment during the first year of the new contract. If, as of the date of the new contract, this contract has been in force for at least one year, the credit will be equal to 10% of the premium for the new contract, excluding any premium or charge for an extra risk. If, as of the date of the new contract, this contract has been in force for less than one year, the credit will be equal to the credit determined in the preceding sentence, multiplied by the number of months for which this contract has been in force, divided by twelve. We will apply the credit to each due or scheduled first-year premium on the date we receive payment of the balance of that premium.

Example: You might request an exchange during the third year of this contract. Let us assume that premiums due or scheduled under the new contract resulting from the exchange would be $100 monthly (with no premium or charge for an extra risk). We would apply a credit of $10 on each date on which we receive payment of at least $90 for a monthly premium that is due or scheduled for payment during the first year of the new contract. If you requested this exchange after this contract had been in force for only 6 months, we would apply a credit of $5 ($10 multiplied by 6, divided by 12) on each date on which we receive payment of $95 for A monthly premium that is due or scheduled during the first year of the new contract.

The date of the new contract will be the date you ask for in your request. But it may not be after the date to which premiums are paid for this benefit. It may not be after the contract anniversary when the insured spouse's attained age is 65. And it may not be more than 31 days before we have your request at our Home Office.

The new contract will be in the rating class we show for this benefit on the contract data pages. We will set the issue age and the premiums for the new contract in accordance with our regular rules in use on its contract date.

The new contract may be on any life or endowment plan we would regularly issue on its contract date for the same rating class, amount, issue age and sex. But it cannot be any of these: (1) a single premium contract; or (2) one that insures anyone in addition to the insured spouse; or (3) one that includes or provides for term insurance other than extended insurance; or (4) one with premiums that increase after a stated time, if its first premium is less than 80% of any later premium; or (5) one with supplementary benefits other than the benefit to which we refer later in these paragraphs.

Its face amount will be the amount you ask for in your request. But except as we state below, that amount must be an amount we would regularly issue for the plan you choose. And it cannot be less than $10,000 or more than the amount of term insurance for this benefit. The face amount you want might be less than the smallest amount we would regularly issue on the plan you want. In that case we will issue a new contract for as low as $10,000 on the Life Paid Up at Age 85 plan if you ask us to do so.

If (1) the new contract is either on the Life Paid Up at Age 85 plan or has a premium period at least as long as for that plan, and (2) we would include in other contracts like it a benefit for waiving premiums in the event of disability, here is what we will do. Even though this contract does not have that kind of benefit on the life of the insured spouse, we will put that kind of benefit in the new contract on his or her life. The benefit, if any, in the new contract will be the same one, with the same provisions, that we put in other contracts like it on its contract date. In this paragraph, when we refer to other contracts, we mean contracts we would regularly issue on the same plan as the new contract and for the same rating class, amount, issue age and sex.

We will not waive or pay any premium under the new contract unless the disability started on or after its contract date. And we will not waive or pay any premium under the new contract unless it has a benefit for waiving or paying premiums in the event of disability. This will be so even if we have waived or paid premiums under this contract.

You may be able to have this benefit changed to a contract of life insurance (either with us or with a subsidiary of ours) other than in accordance with the requirements for exchange that we state above. But any change may be made only if we consent, and will be subject to conditions and charges that are then determined.

Unless we endorse this contract to say otherwise, while the Insured is living the owner alone may exercise all ownership and control of this contract. This includes, but is not limited to, these rights: (1) to assign the contract; and (2) to change any subsequent owner. A request for such a change must be in writing to us at our Home Office and in a form that meets our needs. The change will take effect only when we endorse the contract to show it.

Unless we endorse this contract to say otherwise: (1) while any insurance is in force after the Insured's death, the owner of the contract will be the insured spouse; and (2) the owner alone will be entitled to (a) any contract benefit and value, and (b) the exercise of any right and privilege granted by the contract or by us. But any insurance payable upon the Insured's death will be payable to the beneficiary for that insurance.

Unless we endorse this contract to say otherwise, the beneficiary for insurance payable upon the death of the insured spouse will be the Insured if living, otherwise the estate of the insured spouse.

The beneficiary for insurance payable upon the death of the insured spouse may be changed. The request must be in writing and in a form that meets our needs. It will take effect only when we file it at our Home Office; this will be after the contract is sent to us to be endorsed, if we ask for it. Then any previous beneficiary's interest in such insurance will end as of the date of the request. It will end then even if the insured spouse is not living when we file the request. Any beneficiary's interest is subject to the rights of any assignee we know of.

If the insured spouse's stated age or sex or both are not correct, we will change each benefit and any amount payable to what the premium and charges would have bought for the correct age and sex.

The Schedule of Premiums may show that premiums change or stop on a certain date. We may have used that date because the insured spouse would attain a certain age on that date. If we find that the issue age for the insured spouse was wrong, we will correct that date.

If the insured spouse, whether sane or insane, dies by suicide within the period which we state in the Suicide Exclusion under General Provisions, we will not pay the amount we describe under Benefit above. Instead, we will pay no more than the sum of the monthly charges deducted for this benefit. We will make that payment in one sum.

If this contract is reinstated, it will not include the insurance that we provide under this benefit on the life of the insured spouse unless we are given any facts we need to satisfy us that the insured spouse is insurable for the benefit.

If this contract has a Contract Value Options provision, it will apply only during the Insured's lifetime. Any extended or reduced paid-up insurance that may be described there is on the life of the Insured only.

We show the premiums for this benefit in the Schedule of Premiums in the contract data pages. From each premium payment we make the deductions shown under Schedule of Deductions from Premium Payments in these pages and the balance is the invested premium amount which is added to the contract fund.

The monthly charge for this benefit is deducted on each monthly date from the contract fund. The amount of the charge is included in the Schedule of Monthly Deductions from the Contract Fund in the contract data pages.

Benefit premiums and charges stop on the earliest of: (1) the death of the Insured, (2) the death of the insured spouse, and (3) the first contract anniversary that follows the end of the final renewal term period.

Further, if you ask us in writing in the premium period, we will cancel the benefit as of the first monthly date on or after we receive your request. Contract premiums and monthly charges due then and later will be reduced accordingly.