Common use of PAYMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT PROCEEDS Clause in Contracts

PAYMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT PROCEEDS. The Company will pay the death benefit proceeds to the Beneficiary upon receipt of a request for payment with Due Proof of death in Good Order at the Company's Service Center. If the Company has received Due Proof of death, the Company will calculate the share of the death benefit due to a Beneficiary using Contract values established at the end of the Business Day on the date the Company receives from that Beneficiary a claim form with a payment option elected. If the Company has not received Due Proof of death or any other required documentation, the Company will calculate the share of the death benefit due to a Beneficiary using Contract values established at the end of the Business Day on the date the Company receives any remaining required documentation. As a result, market fluctuation may cause the calculation of a Beneficiary's death benefit share to differ from the calculation of another Beneficiary's death benefit share. Each Beneficiary entitled to the death benefit bears the investment risk associated with amounts allocated to any Investment Division until the Company calculates their share of the death benefit. If any death benefit proceed is due to an Owner's estate, the Company will pay it in a single lump-sum payment. With the exception of death benefit Option 3 above, the Company will pay a Beneficiary that elects a death benefit option within seven (7) calendar days of the date the Company receives request for payment, provided the Company has received Due Proof of death in Good Order at the Company's Service Center. If the Company does not distribute death benefit proceeds within seven (7) calendar days, the death benefit proceeds will include interest accrued and payable from the eighth day following the date that Due Proof of death was received in Good Order at the Company's Service Center until the death benefit is paid. The rate of interest will equal the rate of interest applicable to death benefit proceeds left on deposit with the Company on the date of Your death.

PAYMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT PROCEEDS. The Company will pay the death benefit proceeds to the Beneficiary upon receipt of a request for payment with Due Proof of death in Good Order at the Company's Service Center. If the Company has received Due Proof of death, the Company will calculate the share of the death benefit due to a Beneficiary using Contract values established at the end of the Business Day on the date the Company receives from that Beneficiary a claim form with a payment option elected. If the Company has not received Due Proof of death or any other required documentation, the Company will calculate the share of the death benefit due to a Beneficiary using Contract values established at the end of the Business Day on the date the Company receives any remaining required documentation. As a result, market fluctuation may cause the calculation of a Beneficiary's death benefit share to differ from the calculation of another Beneficiary's death benefit share. We will pay interest on a Beneficiary's death benefit share as required by law. Each Beneficiary entitled to the death benefit bears the investment risk associated with amounts allocated to any Investment Division until the Company calculates their share of the death benefit. If any death benefit proceed is due to an Owner's estate, the Company will pay it in a single lump-sum payment. With the exception of death benefit Option 3 above, the Company will pay a Beneficiary that elects a death benefit option within seven (7) calendar days of the date the Company receives request for payment, provided the Company has received Due Proof of death in Good Order at the Company's Service Center, unless the Suspension of Payments provision is in effect. If the Company does not distribute death benefit proceeds within seven (7) calendar days, the death benefit proceeds will include interest accrued and payable from the eighth day following the date that Due Proof of death was received in Good Order at the Company's Service Center until the death benefit is paid. The rate of interest will equal the rate of interest applicable to death benefit proceeds left on deposit with the Company on the date of Your death. If the Company does not distribute the death benefit payment within thirty (30) calendar days of the latest of the dates specified in items 1, 2, and 3 below, then beginning on the thirty-first calendar day from the latest of the dates specified in items 1, 2, and 3 below until the date the claim is paid, the death benefit will accrue additional interest at a rate of 10% annually.

PAYMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT PROCEEDS. The Company will pay the death benefit proceeds to the Beneficiary upon receipt of a request for payment with Due Proof of death in Good Order at the Company's Service Center. If the Company has received Due Proof of death, the Company will calculate the share of the death benefit due to a Beneficiary using Contract values established at the end of the Business Day on the date the Company receives from that Beneficiary a claim form with a payment option elected. If the Company has not received Due Proof of death or any other required documentation, the Company will calculate the share of the death benefit due to a Beneficiary using Contract values established at the end of the Business Day on the date the Company receives any remaining required documentation. As a result, market fluctuation may cause the calculation of a Beneficiary's death benefit share to differ from the calculation of another Beneficiary's death benefit share. We will pay interest on a Beneficiary's death benefit share as required by law. Each Beneficiary entitled to the death benefit bears the investment risk associated with amounts allocated to any Investment Division until the Company calculates their share of the death benefit. If any death benefit proceed is due to an Owner's estate, the Company will pay it in a single lump-sum payment. With the exception of death benefit Option 3 above, the Company will pay a Beneficiary that elects a death benefit option within seven (7) calendar days of the date the Company receives request for payment, provided the Company has received Due Proof of death in Good Order at the Company's Service Center, unless the Suspension of Separate Account Payments provision is in effect. If the Company does not distribute death benefit proceeds within seven (7) calendar days, the death benefit proceeds will include interest accrued and payable from the eighth day following the date that Due Proof of death was received in Good Order at the Company's Service Center until the death benefit is paid. The rate of interest will equal the rate of interest applicable to death benefit proceeds left on deposit with the Company on the date of Your death. If the Company does not distribute the death benefit payment within thirty (30) calendar days of the latest of the dates specified in items 1, 2, and 3 below, then beginning on the thirty-first calendar day from the latest of the dates specified in items 1, 2, and 3 below until the date the claim is paid, the death benefit will accrue additional interest at a rate of 10% annually.

PAYMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT PROCEEDS. The Company will pay the death benefit proceeds to the Beneficiary upon receipt of a request for payment with Due Proof of death in Good Order at the Company's Service Center. If the Company has received Due Proof of death, the Company will calculate the share of the death benefit due to a Beneficiary using Contract values established at the end of the Business Day on the date the Company receives from that Beneficiary a claim form with a payment option elected. If the Company has not received Due Proof of death or any other required documentation, the Company will calculate the share of the death benefit due to a Beneficiary using Contract values established at the end of the Business Day on the date the Company receives any remaining required documentation. As a result, market fluctuation may cause the calculation of a Beneficiary's death benefit share to differ from the calculation of another Beneficiary's death benefit share. We will pay interest on a Beneficiary's death benefit share as required by law. Each Beneficiary entitled to the death benefit bears the investment risk associated with amounts allocated to any Investment Division until the Company calculates their share of the death benefit. If any death benefit proceed is due to an Owner's estate, the Company will pay it in a single lump-sum payment. With the exception of death benefit Option 3 above, the Company will pay a Beneficiary that elects a death benefit option within seven (7) calendar days of the date the Company receives request for payment, provided the Company has received Due Proof of death in Good Order at the Company's Service Center, unless the Suspension of Separate Account Payments provision is in effect. If the Company does not distribute death benefit proceeds within seven (7) calendar days, the death benefit proceeds will include interest accrued and payable from the eighth day following the date that Due Proof of death was received in Good Order at the Company's Service Center until the death benefit is paid. The rate of interest will equal the rate of interest applicable to death benefit proceeds left on deposit with the Company on the date of Your death.. If the Company does not distribute the death benefit payment within thirty (30) calendar days of the latest of the dates specified in items 1, 2, and 3 below, then beginning on the thirty-first calendar day from the latest of the dates specified in items 1, 2, and 3 below until the date the claim is paid, the death benefit will accrue additional interest at a rate of 10% annually. ICC19 VA710 22