Exhibit 4(h)  


        PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY        P. O. BOX
10648        BIRMINGHAM,
ALABAMA        35202-0648  


COMPOUND AND 3-YEAR RESET DEATH BENEFIT RIDER

Including a Return of Purchase Payments Benefit

for Terminal Illness or Nursing Home Confinement  


We
are amending the Contract to which this rider is attached by adding the following provisions and making them a part of the Contract as of its Effective Date: 



Compound Death Benefit—We will determine a compound anniversary value on the most recent Contract Anniversary before the earlier of the
deceased Owner's 80th birthday or the deceased Owner's date of death. 


The
compound anniversary value is equal to the sum of: 



	(a)
	the
accumulation to the Contract Anniversary of all Purchase Payments prior to that Contract Anniversary less an adjustment for each surrender prior to that Contract Anniversary;
plus,



	(b)
	any
Purchase Payments on or since that Contract Anniversary less an adjustment for each surrender on or since that Contract Anniversary. 





If
the Effective Date is before the deceased Owner's 71st birthday, the amounts in (a) will accumulate at an annual effective interest rate of 4.00%. If the Effective Date is on
or after the deceased Owner's 71st birthday, the amounts in (a) will accumulate at an annual effective interest rate of 3.00% 


3-Year Reset Death Benefit—We will determine a 3-year reset anniversary value every 3rd Contract
Anniversary occurring before the earlier of the deceased Owner's 80th birthday or the deceased Owner's date of death. Each 3-year reset anniversary value is equal the sum of:
the Contract Value on that Contract Anniversary; plus all Purchase Payments since that Contract Anniversary; less an adjustment for each surrender since that Contract Anniversary. 



Death Benefit—The death benefit will equal the greatest of: (1) the Contract Value; or (2) aggregate Purchase Payments less an
adjustment for each surrender; or (3) the compound anniversary value; or (4) the greatest 3-year reset anniversary value attained. 


Return of Purchase Payments Benefit—You may surrender this Contract anytime after the Effective Date if: 



	(1)
	you
are first diagnosed as having a terminal illness by a physician that is not related to you or the Annuitant; or,



	(2)
	you
enter, for a period of at least ninety (90) days, a facility which is both 





	(a)
	licensed
by the state; and,



	(b)
	qualified
as a skilled nursing home facility under Medicare or Medicaid. 






The
term "terminal illness" means that you are diagnosed as having a non-correctable medical condition that, with a reasonable degree of medical certainty, will result in your death in
less than 12 months. A "physician" is a medical doctor licensed by a state's Board of Medical Examiners, or similar authority in the United States, acting within the scope of his or her
license. You must submit written proof of a terminal illness or nursing home confinement satisfactory to us. A written statement from your physician or the nursing home constitutes satisfactory proof.
We reserve the right to require an examination by a physician of our choice at our expense. 



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If
you request a full surrender of your Contract and meet either of the two qualifying conditions above, we will pay you the greater of: (1) the Contract Value; or, (2) aggregate
Purchase Payments less an adjustment for each surrender. The amount we pay will be determined as of the date we receive your written request for the full surrender. 



Adjustment for Each Surrender—For the purpose of calculating the benefits provided by this Rider, the adjustment for each surrender will
equal the amount that reduces the applicable benefit in the same proportion that the amount surrendered reduced the Contract Value as of the Valuation Period during which that surrender was taken. 


Suspension of Benefits—For a period of one year after any change of ownership involving a natural person, the death benefit will equal the
Contract Value. 


Cost and Duration—Prior to the Annuity Commencement Date, the mortality and expense risk charge shown on the Schedule includes 0.15% for the
cost of this rider. The additional benefits provided under this rider end on the Annuity Commencement Date, at which time the mortality and expense risk charge assessed on the portion of your contract
allocated to the variable account will be reduced by 0.15%. 




Signed
for the Company as of the Effective Date. 



	PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	 	 
	

/s/  DEBORAH J. LONG      	
 	

 
	

Secretary	
 	

 




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