WRL SERIES LIFE ACCOUNT
485APOS, EX-99.A9, 2000-09-08
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.A9



                                 Exhibit (5)(j)
                     Form of Adjustable Term Insurance Rider


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                   WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO
                                (A STOCK COMPANY)

                           Home Office: Columbus, Ohio
                   Administrative Office: Clearwater, Florida

                         ADJUSTABLE TERM INSURANCE RIDER

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IN THIS RIDER the Insured, for a Single Life Policy, will be the Insured shown
on the Policy Schedule Page of the Policy to which this Rider is attached. The
Insured for a Joint Last Survivor Policy will be the Surviving Insured of the
Joint Insureds shown on the Policy Schedule Page of the policy to which this
Rider is attached. The Insured will be referred to as YOU or YOUR. Western
Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio will be referred to as WE, OUR or US.

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BENEFIT                          Upon Our receipt of due proof that Your death
                                 occurred while this Rider was in force, We will
                                 determine the death benefit payable under this
                                 Rider as described below.

                                 The amount of the death benefit payable under
                                 this Rider will be equal to:

                                 (a)  the Target Death  Benefit as shown on the
                                      Target Death Benefit page attached to the
                                      Policy; increased by
                                 (b)  the Face Amount of any Primary Insured
                                      Rider Plus or Joint Insured Rider which
                                      terminated due only to Your attainment of
                                      the age specified in the Termination
                                      provision of the Rider; reduced by
                                 (c)  the excess of the Death Benefit as defined
                                      in the Death Benefit Provisions of the
                                      Policy over the Policy's then current
                                      Specified Amount, if the Death Benefit was
                                      required to be determined in accordance
                                      with the Limitation Percentage provision
                                      of the Policy.

                                 Notwithstanding the above, the amount of the
                                 death benefit payable under this Rider will not
                                 be less than zero.

INCONTESTABILITY                 This Rider shall be incontestable after it has
                                 been in force while You are still alive, for
                                 two years after the effective date of this
                                 Rider.

                                 If the Policy is reinstated, a new two year
                                 contestability period (apart from any remaining
                                 contestability period) shall apply to this
                                 Rider and shall be measured from the date of
                                 application for reinstatement, and will only
                                 apply to statements made in the application for
                                 reinstatement.

SUICIDE                          If this Rider is issued on the same date as the
                                 Policy, the Suicide Provision of the Policy is
                                 applicable to this Rider. If this Rider is
                                 issued after the Policy and if You die by
                                 suicide, while sane or insane, within two years
                                 after the effective date of this Rider, Our
                                 liability for this Rider shall be limited to an
                                 amount equal to the excess of the total monthly
                                 deductions for this Rider less any premiums
                                 being refunded under the Suicide Provision of
                                 the Policy to which this Rider is attached.


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CHANGE IN AMOUNT                 Subject to Our approval, and upon Written
OF COVERAGE                      Notice, on any Policy Anniversary after this
                                 Rider has been in force for one year, the
                                 Owner may request that the Maximum Target

                                 Death Benefit be changed. The Maximum Target
                                 Death Benefit may be increased or decreased.
                                 Only one change in Maximum Target Death Benefit
                                 is permitted each year. Any change is subject
                                 to the following:

                                 1.   If the Maximum Target Death Benefit is
                                      reduced, any future scheduled increases,
                                      other than interest payable on premiums
                                      received prior to the effective date of
                                      the reduction, will be discontinued.

                                 2.   Any requested increase in the amount of
                                      the Maximum Target Death Benefit or the
                                      interest rate used to accumulate premiums
                                      will be subject to Our receipt of
                                      satisfactory evidence of insurability and
                                      Our acceptance of the risk.

                                 3.   Any decrease in the Maximum Target Death
                                      Benefit will become effective on the
                                      Monthiversary on or next following our
                                      receipt of Written Notice.

                                 4.   Any increase in the Target Death Benefit
                                      will become effective on the Monthiversary
                                      on or next following our acceptance of
                                      Your satisfactory evidence of
                                      insurability.

                                 Following any change in the Target Death
                                 Benefit, We will provide the Owner with a new
                                 Target Death Benefit Schedule reflecting all
                                 changes.

DECREASE IN                      Any future scheduled increases in the amount of
SPECIFIED AMOUNT                 the Target  Death  Benefit  will be
OF RIDER COVERAGE                discontinued if:

                                 (a)  the Specified Amountof the Policy is
                                      reduced through a requested  decrease or
                                      partial withdrawal; or
                                 (b)  coverage under any Primary Insured Rider
                                      Plus or Joint Insured Rider is reduced or
                                      terminated prior to Your attainment of the
                                      age specified in the Termination provision
                                      of the Rider.

TERMINATION                      This Rider will terminate on the earliest of:

                                 1.   The Anniversary nearest the Maturity Date;
                                 2.   The date the Policy terminates;
                                 3.   The effective date of any change in the
                                      Death Benefit Option Type under the
                                      Policy;
                                 4.   The Monthiversary on which this Rider is
                                      terminated by Written Notice from the
                                      Owner.

                                 Despite any provision or amendment to the
                                 contrary, this Rider will remain in force if
                                 the Maturity Date under the Policy is extended.
                                 In no event will this Rider continue beyond the
                                 date the Policy terminates.

GENERAL                          This Rider is part of the Policy. It is subject
                                 to all the terms of this Rider and the Policy.
                                 This Rider has no cash value.

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                                 The monthly deduction for this Rider for the
                                 first Policy Month following the Effective Date
                                 is shown on page 4 of the Policy. Monthly
                                 deductions after the first Policy Month will be
                                 based upon rates not exceeding the rates shown
                                 in the Table of Maximum Insurance Rates and
                                 applied to the amount of death benefit payable
                                 under this Rider.

EFFECTIVE DATE                   This Rider becomes effective on the same date
                                 as the Policy unless a later date is shown
                                 here.


                   WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO

                             /s/ WILLIAM H. GEIGER
                                    Secretary



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                   WESTERN RESERVE LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF OHIO
                               CLEARWATER, FLORIDA

                        POLICY NUMBER:       01-23456789

                              TARGET DEATH BENEFIT


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         POLICY YEAR                  MAXIMUM                  POLICY YEAR                   MAXIMUM
         -----------            TARGET DEATH BENEFIT           -----------            TARGET DEATH BENEFIT
                                --------------------                                  --------------------
<S>                                  <C>                            <C>                     <C>
          AT ISSUE                   $ XXX,XXX                      33                      $ XXX,XXX
              1                      $ XXX,XXX                      34                      $ XXX,XXX
              2                      $ XXX,XXX                      35                      $ XXX,XXX
              3                      $ XXX,XXX                      36                      $ XXX,XXX
              4                      $ XXX,XXX                      37                      $ XXX,XXX
              5                      $ XXX,XXX                      38                      $ XXX,XXX
              6                      $ XXX,XXX                      39                      $ XXX,XXX
              7                      $ XXX,XXX                      40                      $ XXX,XXX
              8                      $ XXX,XXX                      41                      $ XXX,XXX
              9                      $ XXX,XXX                      42                      $ XXX,XXX
             10                      $ XXX,XXX                      43                      $ XXX,XXX
             11                      $ XXX,XXX                      44                      $ XXX,XXX
             12                      $ XXX,XXX                      45                      $ XXX,XXX
             13                      $ XXX,XXX                      46                      $ XXX,XXX
             14                      $ XXX,XXX                      47                      $ XXX,XXX
             15                      $ XXX,XXX                      48                      $ XXX,XXX
             16                      $ XXX,XXX                      49                      $ XXX,XXX
             17                      $ XXX,XXX                      50                      $ XXX,XXX
             18                      $ XXX,XXX                      51                      $ XXX,XXX
             19                      $ XXX,XXX                      52                      $ XXX,XXX
             20                      $ XXX,XXX                      53                      $ XXX,XXX
             21                      $ XXX,XXX                      54                      $ XXX,XXX
             22                      $ XXX,XXX                      55                      $ XXX,XXX
             23                      $ XXX,XXX                      56                      $ XXX,XXX
             24                      $ XXX,XXX                      57                      $ XXX,XXX
             25                      $ XXX,XXX                      58                      $ XXX,XXX
             26                      $ XXX,XXX                      59                      $ XXX,XXX
             27                      $ XXX,XXX                      60                      $ XXX,XXX
             28                      $ XXX,XXX                      61                      $ XXX,XXX
             29                      $ XXX,XXX                      62                      $ XXX,XXX
             30                      $ XXX,XXX                      63                      $ XXX,XXX
             31                      $ XXX,XXX                      64                      $ XXX,XXX
             32                      $ XXX,XXX                     65+                      $ XXX,XXX
</TABLE>

The Target Death Benefit is the lesser of the Maximum Target Death Benefit shown
above, or the total of all premiums actually paid while this Rider is in force
credited with interest at an annual effective interest rate of [10%] from the
premium payment date to the policy anniversary date following the date of Your
death.

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