KANSAS CITY LIFE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
497, 1997-11-17
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         Supplement Dated November 17, 1997 to Prospectus Dated August 1, 1997
                   Kansas City Variable Life Separate Account
                            Survivorship VUL Contract
                                  Illinois


For Contracts sold in the state of Illinois, the prospectus is supplemented
as follows:

     The Guaranteed  Minimum Death Benefit Option described in the prospectus is
     not applicable and any reference to or discussion of the Guaranteed Minimum
     Death Benefit is replaced with the following  description of the Guaranteed
     Monthly  Premium and Guaranteed  Payment  Period.  

     The Guaranteed  Payment Period and Guaranteed  Monthly  Premium  provisions
     guarantee  that your policy will remain in effect for five years  following
     the Issue  Date,  provided  that you meet the  Guaranteed  Monthly  Premium
     requirement.  The Guaranteed  Payment Period and Guaranteed Monthly Premium
     provisions  are provided on each  Contract and there is no charge for these
     provisions.  Unlike the Guaranteed  Minimum Death Benefit  described in the
     prospectus,  the Guaranteed  Payment Period and Guaranteed  Monthly Premium
     provisions  apply to the Additional  Insurance  Amount and these provisions
     are available  regardless of which  Coverage  Option and riders you select.
     These  provisions will not terminate if certain riders are deleted,  if the
     Coverage Option is changed or if the amount of Additional  Insurance Amount
     is changed.  The illustrations in the prospectus assume that the Guaranteed
     Monthly Premium  requirement  has been met. 

     The Guaranteed  Monthly Premium and Guaranteed  Payment Period  provisions
     operate as follows:  

     Guaranteed  Payment Period --The five years following the issue date of the
     Contract,  during  which  one of the  following  conditions  must  exist to
     prevent your Contract from lapsing:

(1)  the Cash  Surrender  Value of this Contract on a Monthly  Anniversary  Date
     must be sufficient to cover the Monthly  Deduction for the month  beginning
     on that Monthly Anniversary Date ; or
(2)  total premiums paid must be equal to or greater than the Guaranteed Monthly
     Premium times the number of Monthly Anniversary Dates that the Contract has
     been in force, plus the amount of current indebtedness and the total amount
     of  partial  surrenders.   

     Guaranteed  Monthly  Premiums--If  you pay the Guaranteed  Monthly Premium,
     your  Contract will not lapse during the  Guaranteed  Payment  Period.  The
     Guaranteed  Monthly Premium will change for the remainder of the Guaranteed
     Payment  Period if you increase the  Additional  Insurance  Amount,  add or
     delete any riders.  A decrease in the Total Sum Insured  will not  decrease
     the Guaranteed  Monthly Premium during the Guaranteed  Payment Period.  The
     initial Guaranteed Monthly Premium is shown in the Contract.

     The Grace Period  provision  in the  Contract is also  impacted by the fact
     that the  Guaranteed  Payment  Period and  Guaranteed  Monthly  Premium are
     applicable,  rather than the Guaranteed Death Benefit.  Any reference to or
     discussion  of the Grace Period  provision is replaced  with the  following
     description  of this  provision.  The Grace  Period  provision  operates as
     follows:

      Grace  Period--The  conditions  which will result in your Contract lapsing
      will vary, as follows,  depending on whether the Guaranteed Payment Period
      has expired.

         During the Guaranteed  Payment Period : A grace period begins if on any
         Monthly  Anniversary  Day the Cash  Surrender  Value will not cover the
         Monthly  Deduction for the month beginning on that Monthly  Anniversary
         Day and if the accumulated premiums paid as of each Monthly Anniversary
         Day are less than:
                         X + Y + Z
         "X" is the  accumulated  Guaranteed  Monthly  Premium in effect on each
         Monthly  Anniversary  Day that the  Contract  is in force  based on the
         coverage in force for that month.
         "Y" is the amount of current indebtedness.
         "Z" is the total amount of partial surrenders.

         A 61-day  grace  period will begin on the day we mail the notice of the
         premium  required to keep this Contract in force.  The premium required
         to keep this  Contract  in force will be an amount  equal to the lesser
         of: (1) the amount by which X + Y + Z is greater  than the  accumulated
         premiums  paid as of the  Monthly  Anniversary  Date on which the grace
         period began; and (2) an amount  sufficient to provide a Cash Surrender
         Value equal to three Monthly Deductions.

         After the Guaranteed  Payment Period: A grace period begins if the Cash
         Surrender Value on a Monthly Anniversary Day will not cover the Monthly
         Deduction for the month beginning on that Monthly Anniversary Day.

         A 61-day  grace  period  will  begin on the day we mail  notice  of the
         premium  required  to keep  this  Contract  in force.  A total  premium
         sufficient  to provide a Cash  Surrender  Value equal to the next three
         Monthly  Deductions  must be paid during the grace  period to keep this
         Contract in force.

      This Contract will  terminate  without value if sufficient  premium is not
      paid by the end of the grace period.

      If the last surviving  Insured dies during the grace period,  any past due
      Monthly Deductions will be deducted from the death benefit proceeds.


      Scheduled  increases  to the  Additional  Insurance  Amount are limited to
      between 0-10% instead of between 0-25%.



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