Universal life insurance; definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply only to universal life insurance: (a) "Cash surrender value" means the net cash surrender value plus any amounts outstanding as policy loans. (b) "Fixed premium universal life insurance policy" means a universal life insurance policy other than a flexible premium universal life insurance policy. (c) "Flexible premium universal life insurance policy" means a universal life insurance policy that permits the policyowner to vary, independently of each other, the amount or timing of 1 or more premium payments or the amount of insurance. (d) "Interest-indexed universal life insurance policy" means any universal life insurance policy where the interest credits are linked to an external referent. (e) "Net cash surrender value" means the maximum amount payable to the policyowner upon surrender. (f) "Policy value" means the amount to which separately identified interest credits and mortality, expense, or other charges are made under a universal life insurance policy. (g) "Universal life insurance" means any individual or group life insurance policy under the policy provisions of which separately identified interest credits, other than in connection with dividend accumulations, premium deposit funds, or other supplementary accounts, and mortality and expense charges are made to the policy. A universal life insurance policy may provide for other credits and charges, such as charges for the cost of benefits provided by rider.