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                      COINSURANCE FUNDS WITHHELD AGREEMENT

                                     between

                  SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

                          (referred to as the Company)

                                       and

                       SCOTTISH RE LIFE (BERMUDA) LIMITED

                         (referred to as the Reinsurer)

                        Effective Date: December 31, 2004

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS..........................................................1
     Section 1.1.   Definitions................................................1

ARTICLE II BASIS OF COINSURANCE AND BUSINESS COINSURED.........................4
     Section 2.1.   Coinsurance Funds Withheld.................................4
     Section 2.2.   Reinsurance Coverage.......................................5
     Section 2.3.   Reserves...................................................5
     Section 2.4.   Insurance Contract and Reserve Assumption Changes..........6

ARTICLE III TRANSFER OF ASSETS; ACCOUNTING; ADMINISTRATION.....................6
     Section 3.1.   Payments by the Company....................................6
     Section 3.2.   Funds Withheld Account.....................................6
     Section 3.3.   Delayed Payments...........................................7
     Section 3.4.   Offset and Recoupment Rights...............................7
     Section 3.5.   Administration.............................................7
     Section 3.6.   Certain Reports............................................8

ARTICLE IV REINSURANCE CREDIT; SECURITY........................................8
     Section 4.1.   Licenses...................................................8
     Section 4.2.   Security...................................................8
     Section 4.3.   SLDI Reserve Trust Agreement...............................8
     Section 4.4.   Investment of Trust Assets.................................9
     Section 4.5.   Deposit of Assets..........................................9
     Section 4.6.   Adjustment of Security and Withdrawals.....................9
     Section 4.7.   Withdrawals by the Company.................................9
     Section 4.8.   Assets in Trust of the Company............................10
     Section 4.9.   Compliance by the Company.................................10
     Section 4.10.  Reports...................................................10

ARTICLE V OVERSIGHTS; COOPERATION; REGULATORY MATTERS.........................10
     Section 5.1.   Oversights................................................10
     Section 5.2.   Cooperation...............................................11
     Section 5.3.   Regulatory Matters........................................11

ARTICLE VI DAC TAX............................................................11
     Section 6.1.   Election..................................................11

ARTICLE VII ARBITRATION.......................................................13
     Section 7.1.   Arbitration...............................................13
     Section 7.2.   Arbitration Procedure.....................................13

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ARTICLE VIII INSOLVENCY.......................................................14
     Section 8.1.   Insolvency of the Company.................................14

ARTICLE IX DURATION; RECAPTURE................................................14
     Section 9.1.   Duration..................................................14
     Section 9.2.   Survival..................................................15
     Section 9.3.   Recapture.................................................15
     Section 9.4.   Recapture Payments........................................15

ARTICLE X INDEMNIFICATION.....................................................15
     Section 10.1.  Reinsurer's Obligation to Indemnify.......................15
     Section 10.2.  Company's Obligation to Indemnify.........................15
     Section 10.3.  Certain Definitions and Procedures........................16

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS......................................................16
     Section 11.1.  Notices...................................................16
     Section 11.2.  Entire Agreement..........................................17
     Section 11.3.  Captions..................................................17
     Section 11.4.  Governing Law and Jurisdiction............................17
     Section 11.5.  No Third Party Beneficiaries..............................18
     Section 11.6.  Expenses..................................................18
     Section 11.7.  Counterparts..............................................18
     Section 11.8.  Severability..............................................18
     Section 11.9.  Waiver of Jury Trial; Multiplied and Punitive Damages.....18
     Section 11.10. Treatment of Confidential Information.....................18
     Section 11.11. Assignment................................................19
     Section 11.12. Service of Process........................................19

ARTICLE XII REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS.........................19
     Section 12.1.  Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of the
                      Reinsurer...............................................19

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                      COINSURANCE FUNDS WITHHELD AGREEMENT

          THIS COINSURANCE FUNDS WITHHELD AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), is made
and entered into as of December 31, 2004 (the "Effective Date") by and between
Security Life of Denver International Limited, a Bermuda-domiciled life
insurance company (the "Company") and Scottish Re Life (Bermuda) Limited, a
Bermuda-domiciled life insurance company (the "Reinsurer").

          WHEREAS, the Company, Security Life of Denver Insurance Company, a
Colorado-domiciled insurance company ("SLD" and, together with the Company, the
"Sellers"), and Scottish Re Group Limited ("Purchaser"), the indirect parent
corporation of the Reinsurer, the Reinsurer, and Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc., have
entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2004 (the
"Asset Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to which Sellers have agreed to sell, and
the Purchaser has agreed to purchase, the individual life reinsurance business
and certain assets of Sellers;

          WHEREAS, as contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company
wishes to retrocede to the Reinsurer, and the Reinsurer wishes to indemnity
reinsure, on a one-hundred percent (100%) coinsurance funds withheld basis, the
Covered Insurance Contracts (as hereinafter defined); and

          WHEREAS, the Company wishes the Reinsurer to perform, or cause the
performance of, certain administrative functions on behalf of the Company with
respect to the Covered Insurance Contracts, and the Company and the Reinsurer
have entered into an Administrative Services Agreement of even date herewith
(the "Administrative Services Agreement") pursuant to which the Reinsurer shall
provide, or cause the provision of, such administrative services;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and several promises
and undertakings herein contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Company and the Reinsurer agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS

          Section 1.1. Definitions. Any capitalized term used but not defined
herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement. The
following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below throughout
this Agreement:

          "Administrative Services Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.

          "Affiliated Reinsurer" has the meaning set forth in the definition of
"Triggering Event".

          "Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          "Asset Purchase Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

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          "Bermuda SAP" means the statutory accounting practices prescribed or
permitted by the BMA, including any accounting principles permitted under one or
more Directions under Section 56 of the Bermuda Insurance Act 1978.

          "BMA" means the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

          "Company" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          "Company Indemnified Parties" has the meaning set forth in Section
10.1 of this Agreement.

          "Confidential Information" means all documents and information
concerning one party, any of its Affiliates, the Reinsured Liabilities or the
Covered Insurance Contracts, including any information relating to any person
insured directly or indirectly under the Covered Insurance Contracts, furnished
to the other party or such other party's Affiliates or representatives in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, except
that Confidential Information shall not include information which: (a) at the
time of disclosure or thereafter is generally available to and known by the
public other than by way of a wrongful disclosure by a party hereto or by any
representative of a party hereto; (b) was available on a nonconfidential basis
from a source other than the parties hereto or their representatives, provided
that such source is not and was not bound by a confidentiality agreement with a
party hereto; or (c) was independently developed without violating any
obligations under this Agreement and without the use of any Confidential
Information.

          "Confidentiality Agreement" means that certain confidentiality
agreement dated May 4, 2004 by and between ING and Purchaser.

          "Covered Insurance Contracts" means all Insurance Contracts that are
reinsurance agreements under which the reinsurance is assumed by the Company on
a coinsurance funds withheld basis, as listed on Schedule 1.1(a). The parties
agree to update Schedule 1.1(a) from time to time to reflect Covered Insurance
Contracts entered into in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or
discovered after the Effective Date.

          "DAC Asset" shall mean the amount of deferred acquisition costs of the
Company, up to the amount of the Loss Reserve Redundancy, as permitted under
that certain Direction under Section 56, issued by the BMA, dated April 28,
1999, as further described in Schedule 2.4(b) of the Asset Purchase Agreement
and such similar Direction under Section 56 with respect to deferred acquisition
costs of the Reinsurer, issued by the BMA on December 23, 2004.

          "Effective Date" means the effective date shown in the preamble of
this Agreement.

          "Eligible Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4 of this
Agreement.

          "Excess Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4 of this
Agreement.

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          "Funds Withheld Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 of
this Agreement.

          "Funds Withheld Balance" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 of
this Agreement.

          "Independent Accountant" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(f)
of this Agreement.

          "Loss Reserve Redundancy" means the excess of (i) the Reserves over
(ii) the level of reserves for the Covered Insurance Contracts calculated under
U.S. GAAP in accordance with the reserve assumptions set forth in Exhibit A
hereto, as certified by a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. The Loss
Reserve Redundancy shall initially be the portion of the amount set forth on the
SLDI Closing Statements as the amount required to be included on line 13(a) of
the Bermuda Statutory Financial Return ("Sundry Assets - Loss Reserve
Redundancy") with respect to the Business that is attributable to the Covered
Insurance Contracts hereunder.

          "Premiums" means premiums, considerations, deposits and similar
receipts with respect to the Covered Insurance Contracts.

          "Recapture Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3 of this
Agreement.

          "Reinsurer" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

          "Reinsurer Indemnified Parties" has the meaning set forth in Section
10.2 of this Agreement.

          "Required Balance" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 of this
Agreement.

          "Reserves" means the aggregate amount of reserves and other
liabilities with respect to the Covered Insurance Contracts calculated for each
calendar quarter on the same basis upon which the Company is required to
calculate such reserves and other liabilities to comply with (i) the
requirements of the BMA with respect to any Statutory Financial Return filed by
the Company in accordance with Bermuda SAP and (ii) the terms of any "mirror
image" reserve requirement contained in any Covered Insurance Contract, or any
underlying reinsurance agreement or as otherwise required by Applicable Law to
permit the Company to take statutory financial statement credit.

          "Scottish Annuity & Life" means Scottish Annuity & Life Insurance
Company (Cayman) Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

          "Scottish Re Group" means Scottish Re Group Limited, a holding company
organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

          "Shortfall Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4 of this
Agreement.

          "Triggering Event" means any of the following occurrences:

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          (i) the existence of an insolvency, rehabilitation, conservation or
     comparable proceeding by or against the Reinsurer or any Affiliate of
     Reinsurer that at the time in question is reinsuring any of the Business
     (an "Affiliated Reinsurer"), Scottish Annuity & Life or Scottish Re Group;

          (ii) the risk based capital (under applicable insurance law
     requirements), calculated quarterly, of any Affiliated Reinsurer domiciled
     in the United States falls below 125% of the Company Action Level RBC, and
     is not increased to at least 125% within thirty (30) calendar days after
     the date upon which the Reinsurer is required to provide to the Company the
     report pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement that would reflect such
     deficiency;

          (iii) the capital adequacy ratio (as currently calculated for Standard
     & Poor's as set forth on Schedule 1.1(b)), calculated quarterly, of
     consolidated Scottish Re Group or consolidated Scottish Annuity & Life
     falls below 100%, and is not increased to at least 100% within thirty (30)
     calendar days after the date upon which the Reinsurer is required to
     provide to the Company the report pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement
     that would reflect such deficiency;

          (iv) there has been a material breach of any Reinsurance Agreement by
     the Reinsurer or an Affiliated Reinsurer, including, without limitation,
     failure to fund any trust as required, and such breach has not been cured
     within thirty (30) calendar days after notice; or

          (v) there has been a termination or amendment to any keepwell
     agreement described in Section 5.26 of the Asset Purchase Agreement without
     the Company's prior written consent, which consent shall not be
     unreasonably withheld.

          "Termination Date" means the date on which this Agreement is
terminated in accordance with the terms and conditions of Article IX hereof.

          "UCC" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code.

                                   ARTICLE II
                   BASIS OF COINSURANCE AND BUSINESS COINSURED

          Section 2.1. Coinsurance Funds Withheld.

          (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company
hereby cedes on a coinsurance funds withheld basis to the Reinsurer as of the
Effective Date, and the Reinsurer hereby accepts and agrees to assume and
indemnity reinsure on a coinsurance funds withheld basis as of the Effective
Date, one hundred percent (100%) of all Reinsured Liabilities arising under or
relating to the Covered Insurance Contracts. This Agreement is an agreement for
indemnity reinsurance solely between the Company and the Reinsurer and shall not
create any legal relationship whatsoever between the Reinsurer and any Person
other than the Company. The reinsurance effected under this Agreement shall be
maintained in force, without reduction, unless such reinsurance is terminated or
reduced as provided herein.

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          (b) On and after the Effective Date, the Reinsurer will have the
responsibility for paying to or on behalf of the Company, as and when due, all
Reinsured Liabilities arising under or attributable to the Covered Insurance
Contracts.

          Section 2.2. Reinsurance Coverage. In no event shall the reinsurance
provided hereunder with respect to a particular Covered Insurance Contract be in
force and binding unless such Covered Insurance Contract is in force and binding
as of the Effective Date; provided, however, that the Covered Insurance
Contracts reinsured hereunder shall include (a) all lapsed or surrendered
insurance contracts subject to the reinsurance hereunder, that are reinstated in
accordance with their terms on and after the Effective Date; and (b) all
Unexecuted Assumed Reinsurance Contracts of the Company on a coinsurance funds
withheld basis. Upon the reinstatement of any lapsed or surrendered policy
included within Covered Insurance Contracts, such reinstated Covered Insurance
Contract shall be automatically reinsured hereunder, when, and to the extent
that, the Company is liable under such reinstated Covered Insurance Contract.

          Section 2.3. Reserves. On and after the Effective Date, the Reinsurer
shall establish and maintain as a liability on its Statutory Financial Returns
filed with the BMA, Reserves for the Covered Insurance Contracts ceded
hereunder, calculated consistent with (a) the reserve requirements, Bermuda SAP
and actuarial principles applicable to the Company under Bermuda Law; and (b)
otherwise in accordance with any valuation bases and methods of determining
Reserves that may be provided in the Covered Insurance Contracts. The Reinsurer
shall also establish and maintain the DAC Asset as an admitted asset offsetting
such Reserves in part on its Statutory Financial Returns. The Reinsurer shall
provide the Company, no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the end
of each calendar year, with copies of all actuarial opinions and actuarial
memoranda and all reserve evaluations pertaining to (i) the Reserves for the
Covered Insurance Contracts, and (ii) the determination of the value of the DAC
Asset, including, without limitation, any actuarial opinions and reserve
evaluations performed by independent actuaries, auditors or other outside
consultants. The Company agrees that the Reserves that it establishes and
maintains on its Statutory Financial Returns filed with the BMA with respect to
the Covered Insurance Contracts shall be consistent with the Reserves
established by the Reinsurer; provided, however, that the Company may, at its
own cost at any time, upon reasonable notice to the Reinsurer following the
Effective Date, examine the Books and Records, and any other books and records
that would have been included in the Books and Records had they been in
existence on the Effective Date, maintained by the Reinsurer in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, and review the Reinsurer's reserve procedures. If
as a result of such examination the Company believes that the Reserves are not
consistent with the requirements of clauses (a) and (b) of the first sentence of
this Section 2.3 in all material respects, or if the value of the DAC Asset is
materially overstated, the Reinsurer shall, at the Company's request and
expense, obtain and deliver to the Company an actuarial opinion as to the
adequacy of the Reserves for the Covered Insurance Contracts, or the value of
the DAC Asset, as the case may be, produced by an independent actuary reasonably
acceptable to the Company. In the event that the actuarial opinion so rendered
reasonably indicates a material inadequacy in the Reserves for the Covered
Insurance Contracts, or in the Reinsurer's reserve procedures, or a material
overstatement of the value of the DAC Asset, the Reinsurer shall promptly adjust
the amount of the Reserves for the Covered Insurance Contracts or the value of
the DAC Asset, and implement appropriate changes to its procedures so as to
avoid inadequacies

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in future periods; provided, however, the Reinsurer shall have the right to
contest the findings of such actuarial opinion in accordance with the provisions
of Article VII.

          Section 2.4. Insurance Contract and Reserve Assumption Changes. The
Company shall not change (a) the terms and conditions of any Covered Insurance
Contracts or (b) the assumptions and methods used to establish the Reserves
attributable to the Covered Insurance Contracts, except as required by
Applicable Law, and the Company shall notify the Reinsurer promptly upon
becoming aware of the requirement to effect any such change and provide the
Reinsurer the opportunity to contest such requirement.

                                  ARTICLE III
                 TRANSFER OF ASSETS; ACCOUNTING; ADMINISTRATION

          Section 3.1. Payments by the Company.

          (a) As consideration for the Reinsurer's agreement to provide
reinsurance pursuant to the Reinsurance Agreements between the Company and the
Reinsurer, the Company is transferring, on the Effective Date, to the Reinsurer,
the SLDI Reserve Trust Account and the SLDI Security Trust Account, as
appropriate, as an initial reinsurance premium, Transferred Statutory Assets,
including, without limitation, the DAC Asset, Investment Assets, and cash having
a value determined in accordance with Section 2.4(d) of the Asset Purchase
Agreement.

          (b) The Reinsurer shall be entitled prior to the Recapture Date, as
additional reinsurance premium, to payment of amounts equal to Premiums received
by the Company on and after the Effective Date that are attributable to the
Covered Insurance Contracts provided, however, that following the occurrence of
a Triggering Event, the Company shall be entitled to retain such amounts as
funds withheld under this Agreement, provided further, however, that such funds
may be used by the Company as set forth in Section 4.7 of this Agreement, and
any amount remaining upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1,
other than as a result of a recapture, shall be paid to the Reinsurer. Any funds
withheld pursuant to this Section 3.1(b) shall be credited against the Required
Balance. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that the
Company retains all right, title and interest to all Premiums and other amounts
received with respect to the Covered Insurance Contracts, subject to its
contractual obligations under this Agreement to pay corresponding amounts over
to the Reinsurer in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof.

          (c) To the extent that the Company recovers amounts from any third
party relating to the Business attributable to the Covered Insurance Contracts
(including, without limitation, Premiums in arrears from a policyholder or
ceding company with respect to a reinstated Covered Insurance Contract,
litigation recoveries, premium and reinsurance recoverables), the Company shall
transfer such amounts to the Reinsurer and provide the Reinsurer with any
pertinent information that the Company may have relating thereto in accordance
with Section 3.2 hereof.

          Section 3.2. Funds Withheld Account.

          (a) The Company shall maintain a funds withheld account payable to the
Reinsurer on its books during the term of this Agreement (the "Funds Withheld
Account"). The

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aggregate amount maintained by the Company on its books as a receivable for
funds held by or deposited with ceding companies under the Covered Insurance
Contracts at any time shall be the "Funds Withheld Balance" at such time.

          (b) Simultaneously with the payment of the initial reinsurance premium
pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company shall withhold from the Reinsurer an
amount equal to the amount maintained by the Company on its books as a
receivable for funds held by or deposited with ceding companies under the
Covered Insurance Contracts as of the Effective Date as the initial Funds
Withheld Balance.

          (c) During the term of this Agreement, the Funds Withheld Balance as
of the last day of any relevant accounting period shall be determined according
to the terms of the Covered Insurance Contracts as if the Reinsurer was in the
Company's position under each Covered Insurance Contract and the Company was in
the ceding company's position under each such Covered Insurance Contract;
provided, however, the Funds Withheld Balance may not be less than zero (0). In
connection with the quarterly accounting pursuant to the Administrative Services
Agreement, (i) the Company will pay to the Reinsurer any net amount the Company
receives from the ceding companies under the Covered Insurance Contracts,
including without limitation any cash settlement under the funds withheld
accounts, and (ii) the Reinsurer will pay to the Company any net amount the
Company is obligated to pay to the ceding companies under the Covered Insurance
Contracts, including without limitation any cash settlement under the funds
withheld accounts. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing
sentences, the amount of any change in the "Reinsurance IMR" as defined in the
SLD-SLDI Retrocession Agreements (as modified, amended or restated) and any
investment income on such Reinsurance IMR shall be retained by the Company and
shall not be included in any settlement between the Company and the Reinsurer.

          Section 3.3. Delayed Payments. If there is a delayed settlement of any
payment due hereunder, interest will accrue on such payment at the 180-Day
Treasury Rate then in effect until settlement is made. For purposes of this
Section 3.3, a payment will be considered overdue, and such interest will begin
to accrue, on the first day immediately following the date such payment is due.
For greater clarity, (i) a payment shall be deemed to be due hereunder on the
last date on which such payment may be timely made under the applicable
provision, and (ii) interest will not accrue on any payment due the Reinsurer
hereunder unless the delayed settlement thereof was caused by the Company.

          Section 3.4. Offset and Recoupment Rights. Any debits or credits
incurred on and after the Effective Date in favor of or against either the
Company or Reinsurer with respect to this Agreement or any other reinsurance
agreements or trust agreements that constitute Related Agreements or otherwise
are deemed mutual debits or credits, as the case may be, shall be set off and
recouped, and only the net balance shall be allowed or paid. This Section 3.4
shall apply notwithstanding the existence of any insolvency, rehabilitation,
conservatorship or comparable proceeding by or against the Company or the
Reinsurer.

          Section 3.5. Administration. The Reinsurer will administer, or cause
the administration of, the Covered Insurance Contracts and provide quarterly
accountings with respect thereto to the Company in accordance with the
Administrative Services Agreement. All

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reports, remittances and payments due to or from a party hereto shall be made in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Administrative Services
Agreement.

          Section 3.6. Certain Reports.

          (a) Not later than sixty (60) calendar days after the end of each
calendar year, and forty-five (45) days after the end of any calendar quarter
other than the quarter ending on December 31, the Reinsurer shall provide to the
Company a calculation of (x) the risk based capital of each entity identified in
Clause (ii) of the definition of the Triggering Event, and (y) the capital
adequacy ratio calculated as set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) of the entities
identified in Clause (iii) of the definition of Triggering Event. Each such
calculation shall include reasonable supporting detail.

          (b) The Reinsurer shall also provide written notice of the occurrence
of any Triggering Event within two (2) Business Days after its occurrence. The
Company may, at its own expense, review Reinsurer's or an Affiliated Reinsurer's
books and records reasonably necessary to confirm the calculations provided by
Reinsurer pursuant to this Section 3.6(b). In addition, Reinsurer shall
cooperate fully with the Company and promptly respond to the Company's
reasonable inquiries from time to time concerning the determination of whether a
Triggering Event has occurred.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                          REINSURANCE CREDIT; SECURITY

          Section 4.1. Licenses. At all times during the term of this Agreement,
the Reinsurer shall hold and maintain all licenses and authorizations required
under Bermuda Law and otherwise take all action that may be necessary (i) so
that the Company shall receive full reserve credits for reinsurance ceded under
this Agreement in the Statutory Financial Return filed with the BMA, and (ii) to
perform its obligations hereunder.

          Section 4.2. Security. In accordance with the Asset Purchase
Agreement, the Reinsurer, as grantor, is creating the SLDI Reserve Trust Account
with a trustee approved by the Company, naming the Company as sole beneficiary
thereof. The SLDI Reserve Trust Account shall initially be funded with
Investment Assets and cash transferred from the Company. In accordance with the
SLDI Reserve Trust Agreement, the Reinsurer hereby pledges the assets in the
SLDI Trust Account to perfect a first priority security interest in favor of the
Company under Article 9 of the UCC. During the term of the SLDI Reserve Trust
Agreement, the Reinsurer shall not, and shall direct that the trustee shall not,
grant or cause to be created in favor of any third person any security interest
whatsoever in any of the assets in the SLDI Trust Accounts.

          Section 4.3. SLDI Reserve Trust Agreement. The trustee shall hold
assets in the SLDI Reserve Trust Account pursuant to the terms of the SLDI
Reserve Trust Agreement. The fair market value of assets in the SLDI Reserve
Trust Account shall be not less than the Reserves attributable to the Covered
Insurance Contracts and to the "Reserves" under the other Insurance Contracts
reinsured by the Reinsurer on a coinsurance basis under the other Reinsurance
Agreements between the Company and the Reinsurer, net of the aggregate value of
the DAC Asset that is attributable to all Covered Insurance Contracts under the
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Agreements between the Company and the Reinsurer and net of the Funds Withheld
Balance hereunder (such net amount being the "Required Balance").

          Section 4.4. Investment of Trust Assets. The assets held in the SLDI
Reserve Trust Account shall be valued at their fair market value as of the date
as of which such assets are required to be valued. The assets that may be held
in the SLDI Reserve Trust Account (the "Eligible Assets") shall consist of cash
and investments of the type permitted by Bermuda Law; provided, that (i) each
such investment that is a security is issued by an institution that is not the
Reinsurer, the Company or an Affiliate of either party, and (ii) such
investments comply with the requirements specified by the Eligible Asset
Guidelines as set forth on Schedule 4.4.

          Section 4.5. Deposit of Assets. Prior to depositing assets in the SLDI
Reserve Trust Account, Reinsurer will execute assignments or endorsements in
blank, or transfer legal title to the trustee of all shares, obligations or any
other assets requiring assignments, in order that the Company, or the trustee
upon the direction of the Company, may whenever necessary negotiate these assets
without the consent or signature from the Reinsurer or any other entity.

          Section 4.6. Adjustment of Security and Withdrawals. The Reinsurer
shall maintain Eligible Assets in the SLDI Reserve Trust Account with an
aggregate fair market value at least equal to the Required Balance. The amount
of assets held in the SLDI Reserve Trust Account shall be adjusted following the
end of each calendar quarter.

          (a) If the aggregate fair market value of the Eligible Assets held in
the SLDI Reserve Trust Account at the end of any calendar quarter is less than
the Required Balance, the Reinsurer shall, no later than fifteen (15) calendar
days following delivery of the reserve report included in the quarterly report
provided pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, transfer additional
Eligible Assets to the SLDI Reserve Trust Account so that the aggregate fair
market value of the Eligible Assets held in the SLDI Reserve Trust Account is
not less than the Required Balance.

          (b) If the aggregate fair market value of the Eligible Assets in the
SLDI Reserve Trust Account at the end of any calendar quarter exceeds 102% of
the Required Balance, then the Reinsurer shall have the right to seek approval
(which shall not be unreasonably or arbitrarily withheld) from the Company to
withdraw the excess. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, in the event
that a Triggering Event has occurred, the parties acknowledge and agree that it
shall not be unreasonable for the Company to withhold its consent to any such
withdrawal.

          Section 4.7. Withdrawals by the Company. The Company may withdraw the
assets held in the SLDI Reserve Trust Account at any time and from time to time,
notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, and assets withdrawn
from such SLDI Reserve Trust Account shall be utilized and applied by the
Company (or any successor by operation of law of the Company, including, but not
limited to, any liquidator, rehabilitator, receiver or conservator of the
Company), without diminution because of insolvency on the part of the Company or
the Reinsurer; provided however, that following any such withdrawal the Company
(or any successor by operation of law of the Company, including, but not limited
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any liquidator, rehabilitator, receiver or conservator of the Company) may only
apply such assets for one or more of the following purposes:

          (a) to pay, or reimburse the Company for payment of, Premiums received
by Reinsurer hereunder which are to be returned to policyholders or ceding
companies because of cancellations of Covered Insurance Contracts reinsured
hereunder and any other "Covered Insurance Contracts" under any other
Reinsurance Agreements between the Company and the Reinsurer that are reinsured
on a coinsurance basis;

          (b) to pay, or reimburse the Company for payment of, surrenders,
benefits, losses or other amounts payable pursuant to the provisions of the
Covered Insurance Contracts reinsured hereunder and any other "Covered Insurance
Contracts" under any other Reinsurance Agreements between the Company and the
Reinsurer that are reinsured on a coinsurance basis; and

          (c) to fund an account with the Company in an amount no less than the
deduction, for reinsurance ceded, from the Company's liabilities for the
Reserves to be maintained with respect to the Covered Insurance Contracts
reinsured hereunder and any other "Covered Insurance Contracts" under any other
Reinsurance Agreements between the Company and the Reinsurer that are reinsured
on a coinsurance basis.

          Section 4.8. Assets in Trust of the Company. Any assets deposited into
an account of the Company (or any successor by operation of law of the Company,
including, but not limited to, any liquidator, rehabilitator, receiver or
conservator of the Company) pursuant to Section 4.7(c), and any interest or
other earnings thereon shall be held by the Company (or any successor by
operation of law of the Company, including, but not limited to, any liquidator,
rehabilitator, receiver or conservator of the Company) in trust for the benefit
of the Reinsurer, subject to the Company's right to apply such assets to amounts
due and payable by the Reinsurer to the Company under this Agreement, and shall
at all times be maintained, separate and apart from any assets of the Company,
for the sole purpose of funding the payments and reimbursements described in
Sections 4.7(a) through (c), inclusive, of this Article IV.

          Section 4.9. Compliance by the Company. The Company (or any successor
by operation of law of the Company, including, but not limited to, any
liquidator, rehabilitator, receiver or conservator of the Company) shall ensure
that any assets held in trust pursuant to Section 4.7(c) comply with the
provisions of Sections 4.4, 4.7(a) and 4.7(b) in accordance with its fiduciary
obligations as trustee with respect to such amounts.

          Section 4.10. Reports. At the Company's request, the Reinsurer shall
provide the Company with its audited Annual Statutory Financial Return along
with the audit report thereon, as well as any quarterly reports required to be
filed by the Reinsurer.

                                   ARTICLE V
                   OVERSIGHTS; COOPERATION; REGULATORY MATTERS

          Section 5.1. Oversights. Inadvertent delays, errors or omissions made
in connection with this Agreement or any transaction hereunder shall not relieve
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any liability which would have attached had such delay, error or omission not
occurred, provided always that such error or omission is rectified as soon as
possible after discovery, and provided, further, that the party making such
error or omission or responsible for such delay shall be responsible for any
additional liability which attaches as a result. If (a) the failure of either
party to comply with any provision of this Agreement is unintentional or the
result of a misunderstanding or oversight and (b) such failure to comply is
promptly rectified, both parties shall be restored as closely as possible to the
positions they would have occupied if no error or oversight had occurred.

          Section 5.2. Cooperation. Each party hereto shall cooperate fully with
the other in all reasonable respects in order to accomplish the objectives of
this Agreement.

          Section 5.3. Regulatory Matters. If the Company or the Reinsurer
receives notice of, or otherwise becomes aware of, any regulatory inquiry,
investigation or proceeding relating to the Covered Insurance Contracts, the
Company or the Reinsurer, as applicable, shall promptly notify the other party
thereof, whereupon the parties shall cooperate in good faith and use their
respective commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such matter in a mutually
satisfactory manner, in light of all the relevant business, regulatory and legal
facts and circumstances.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                     DAC TAX

          Section 6.1. Election.

          (a) All uncapitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the regulations under Section 848 of the Code.

          (b) Each of the Company and the Reinsurer acknowledges that it is
subject to taxation under Subchapter L of the Code and hereby makes the election
contemplated by Section 1.848-2(g)(8) of the Treasury Regulations with respect
to this Agreement. Each of the Company and the Reinsurer (i) agrees that such
election is effective for the taxable year of each party that includes the
Effective Date and for all subsequent years during which this Agreement remains
in effect and (ii) warrants that it will take no action to revoke the election.

          (c) Pursuant to Section 1.848-2(g)(8) of the Treasury Regulations,
each of the Company and the Reinsurer hereby agrees (i) to attach a schedule to
its federal income tax return for its first taxable year ending on or after the
Effective Date that identifies this Agreement as a reinsurance agreement for
which the joint election under Section 1.848-2(g)(8) has been made, (ii) that
the party with net positive consideration for this Agreement for each taxable
year will capitalize its specified policy acquisition expenses with respect to
this Agreement without regard to the general deductions limitation of Section
848(c)(1) of the Code, and (iii) to exchange information pertaining to the
amount of net consideration under this Agreement each year to ensure consistency
or as otherwise required by the Internal Revenue Service. The Reinsurer shall
prepare and execute duplicate copies of the schedule described in the preceding
sentence as soon as practicable after the Effective Date and submit them to the
Company for execution. The

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Company shall execute the copies and return one of them to the Reinsurer within
thirty (30) calendar days of the receipt of such copies.

          (d) The Company shall submit a schedule to the Reinsurer by May 1 of
each year of its calculation of the net consideration under this Agreement for
the preceding taxable year. This schedule of calculations shall be accompanied
by a statement signed by an authorized representative of the Company stating
that the Company shall report such net consideration in its federal income tax
return for the preceding taxable year.

          (e) The Reinsurer may contest such calculation by providing an
alternative calculation to the Company in writing within thirty (30) calendar
days after the date on which the Reinsurer receives the Company's calculation.
If the Reinsurer does not so notify the Company, the Reinsurer shall report the
net consideration under this Agreement as determined by the Company in the
Reinsurer's federal income tax return for the preceding taxable year.

          (f) If Reinsurer contests the Company's calculation of the net
consideration under this Agreement, the parties shall act in good faith to reach
an agreement as to the correct amount of net consideration within thirty (30)
calendar days after the date on which the Reinsurer submits its alternative
calculation. If Reinsurer and the Company reach an agreement as to the amount of
net consideration under this Agreement, each party shall report such amount in
its federal income tax return for the preceding taxable year.

          If, during such period, Reinsurer and the Company are unable to reach
an agreement, they shall promptly thereafter cause Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
(the "Independent Accountants") to promptly review (which review shall commence
no later than five (5) calendar days after the selection of the Independent
Accountants) this Agreement and the calculations of Reinsurer and the Company
for the purpose of calculating the net consideration under this Agreement. In
making such calculation, the Independent Accountants shall consider only those
items or amounts in the Company's calculation as to which the Reinsurer has
disagreed.

          The Independent Accountants shall deliver to Reinsurer and the
Company, as promptly as practicable (but no later than thirty (30) calendar days
after the commencement of their review), a report setting forth such
calculation, which calculation shall result in a net consideration between the
amount thereof shown in the Company's calculation delivered pursuant to Section
6.1(d) and the amount thereof shown in Reinsurer's calculation delivered
pursuant to Section 6.1(e). Such report shall be final and binding upon
Reinsurer and the Company. The fees, costs and expenses of the Independent
Accountants shall be borne (i) by the Company if the difference between the net
consideration as calculated by the Independent Accountants and the Company's
calculation delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(d) is greater than the difference
between the net consideration as calculated by the Independent Accountants and
Reinsurer's calculation delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(e), (ii) by the
Reinsurer if the first such difference is less than the second such difference,
and (iii) otherwise equally by Reinsurer and the Company.

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                                   ARTICLE VII
                                   ARBITRATION

          Section 7.1. Arbitration.

          (a) After the Closing Date, any dispute between the parties with
respect to the calculation of amounts that are to be calculated, reported, or
that may be audited pursuant to this Agreement (other than disputes relating to:
(i) the SLDI Closing Statement and the assets to be transferred to the
Reinsurer, the SLDI Reserve Trust Account and the SLDI Security Trust Account
pursuant to Article II of the Asset Purchase Agreement, which shall be resolved
in accordance with the Asset Purchase Agreement; (ii) calculations relating to
DAC tax, which shall be resolved in accordance with Article VI hereof, or (iii)
matters relating to whether a Triggering Event has occurred), shall be decided
through negotiation and, if necessary, arbitration as set forth in Section 7.2.

          (b) The parties intend this Section 7.1 to be enforceable in
accordance with the Bermuda International Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1993,
including any amendments to such law which are subsequently adopted. In the
event that either party refuses to submit to arbitration as required by Section
7.1(a), the other party may request the court specified in Section 11.4 to
compel arbitration.

          Section 7.2. Arbitration Procedure. The Company and Reinsurer intend
that any dispute between them arising under this Agreement (excluding those
disputes identified in Section 7.1(a)) be resolved without resort to any
litigation. Accordingly, the Company and Reinsurer agree that they will
negotiate diligently and in good faith to agree on a mutually satisfactory
resolution of any such dispute; provided, however, that if any such dispute
cannot be so resolved by them within sixty (60) calendar days (or such longer
period as the parties may agree) after commencing such negotiations, the Company
and Reinsurer agree that they will submit such dispute to arbitration in the
manner specified in, and such arbitration proceeding will be conducted in
accordance with, the Supplementary Rules for the Resolution of Intra-Industry
U.S. Reinsurance and Insurance Disputes of the American Arbitration Association.

          The arbitration hearing will be before a panel of three (3)
disinterested arbitrators, each of whom must be a present or former officer of a
life insurance or life reinsurance company familiar with the life reinsurance
business, or other professionals with experience in life insurance or
reinsurance, provided that such professionals shall not have performed services
for either party within the previous five (5) years, and provided further that
no arbitrator shall be a former employee of the Company or any of its
Affiliates. The Company and Reinsurer will each appoint one arbitrator by
written notification to the other party within thirty (30) calendar days after
the date of the mailing of the notification initiating the arbitration. These
two arbitrators will then select the third arbitrator within sixty (60) calendar
days after the date of the mailing of the notification initiating arbitration.

          If either the Company or Reinsurer fails to appoint an arbitrator, or
should the two arbitrators be unable to agree upon the choice of a third
arbitrator, the president of the Appointment Committee of the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators (Bermuda Branch) will appoint the necessary arbitrators
within thirty (30) calendar days after the request to do so.

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          The arbitrators shall base their decision on the terms and conditions
of this Agreement. However, if the terms and conditions of this Agreement do not
explicitly dispose of an issue in dispute between the parties, the arbitrators
may base their decision on the customs and practices of the life insurance and
life reinsurance industry together with an interpretation of the law. The vote
or approval of a majority of the arbitrators will decide any question considered
by the arbitrators. The place of arbitration will be determined by the
arbitrators. Each decision (including, without limitation, each award) of the
arbitrators will be final and binding on all parties and will be nonappealable,
except that (at the request of either the Company or Reinsurer) any award of the
arbitrators may be confirmed (or, if appropriate, vacated) by a judgment entered
by the court specified in Section 11.4. No such award or judgment will bear
interest except as provided in Section 3.2. In no event may the arbitrators
award punitive or exemplary damages. Each party will be responsible for paying
(a) all fees and expenses charged by its respective counsel, accountants,
actuaries, and other representatives in conjunction with such arbitration and
(b) one-half of the fees and expenses charged by each arbitrator.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                   INSOLVENCY

          Section 8.1. Insolvency of the Company. In the event of the insolvency
of the Company, all coinsurance made, ceded, renewed or otherwise becoming
effective under this Agreement shall be payable by the Reinsurer directly to the
Company or to its statutory liquidator, receiver or statutory successor on the
basis of the liability of the Company under the Covered Insurance Contracts
without diminution because of the insolvency of the Company. It is understood,
however, that in the event of the insolvency of the Company, the liquidator,
receiver or statutory successor of the Company shall give written notice of the
pendency of a claim against the Company on a Covered Insurance Contract within a
reasonable period of time after such claim is filed in the insolvency
proceedings and that during the pendency of such claim the Reinsurer may
investigate such claim and interpose, at its own expense, in the proceeding
where such claim is to be adjudicated, any defense or defenses which it may deem
available to the Company or its liquidator, receiver or statutory successor. It
is further understood that the expense thus incurred by the Reinsurer shall be
chargeable, subject to court approval, against the Company as part of the
expense of liquidation to the extent of a proportionate share of the benefit
which may accrue to the Company solely as a result of the defense undertaken by
the Reinsurer.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                               DURATION; RECAPTURE

          Section 9.1. Duration. This Agreement shall continue in force until
such time as (i) the Company's liability with respect to all Covered Insurance
Contracts reinsured hereunder is terminated in accordance with their respective
terms, or the Company has elected to recapture the reinsurance of Covered
Insurance Contracts following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, and (ii) the
Company has received payments which discharge such liability in full in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In no event shall the
interpretation of this Section 9.1 imply any unilateral right of the Reinsurer
to terminate this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that the
Company fails to timely pay any material amount due the Reinsurer hereunder, and
such amount remains unpaid for thirty (30) days, the Reinsurer

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shall have the right to terminate reinsurance hereunder upon the end of such
period. In such case, the provisions of Section 9.3 shall apply as if the
Termination Date were a Recapture Date and the Reinsurer shall be relieved of
all liability under this Agreement to make future payments to the Company.

          Section 9.2. Survival. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Article IX, the terms and conditions of Articles I, VI and X and the provisions
of Sections 11.1, 11.4, 11.6, 11.9 and 11.10 shall remain in full force and
effect after the Termination Date.

          Section 9.3. Recapture. Upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the
Company shall have the right to recapture all, and not less than all, of the
reinsurance ceded under this Agreement, by providing the Reinsurer with written
notice of its intent to effect recapture. Recapture of the Covered Insurance
Contracts shall be effective on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which
the Company has provided the Reinsurer with such notice (the "Recapture Date").

          Section 9.4. Recapture Payments. On the Recapture Date, the Company
shall be entitled to withdraw an amount equal to a portion of the Required
Balance attributable to the Covered Insurance Contracts reinsured hereunder from
the SLDI Reserve Trust as consideration for assumption by the Company of the
Reinsured Liabilities under the recaptured Covered Insurance Contracts. In the
event that the fair market value of the assets in the SLDI Reserve Trust exceeds
the Required Balance (the "Excess Amount"), and the fair market value of the
assets in the SLDI Security Trust Account is less than the amount required by
Exhibit A to the SLDI Security Trust Agreement on the Recapture Date (the
"Shortfall Amount"), the Company shall also be permitted to withdraw such Excess
Amount equal to the pro-rata portion of the Shortfall Amount attributable to the
Covered Insurance Contracts reinsured hereunder. In addition, the Company shall
be entitled to withdraw a pro-rata portion of the remaining balance in the SLDI
Security Trust Account attributable to the Covered Insurance Contracts hereunder
less any amounts owed to the Reinsurer under this Agreement as of the Recapture
Date.

                                    ARTICLE X
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

          Section 10.1. Reinsurer's Obligation to Indemnify. The Reinsurer
hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company and its
Affiliates and their respective directors, officers and employees (collectively,
the "Company Indemnified Parties") from and against all losses, liabilities,
claims, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) and damages
reasonably and actually incurred by the Company to the extent arising from (i)
any breach of the representations, warranties, and covenants of the Reinsurer
contained in this Agreement, except to the extent that such losses, liabilities,
claims, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) and damages
are attributable to acts or omissions of a person who is a director, officer,
employee, agent, representative, successor, or permitted assign of the Company
or any of its Affiliates, unless such person is acting at the direction or
request of the Reinsurer, and (ii) any successful enforcement of this indemnity.

          Section 10.2. Company's Obligation to Indemnify. The Company hereby
agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Reinsurer and its Affiliates
and their

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respective directors, officers and employees (collectively, the "Reinsurer
Indemnified Parties") from and against all losses, liabilities, claims, expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) and damages reasonably and
actually incurred by the Reinsurer to the extent arising from (i) any breach of
the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company contained in this
Agreement, except to the extent that such losses, liabilities, claims, expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) and damages are attributable
to acts or omissions of a person who is a director, officer, employee (other
than in such employee's capacity as an employee of the Company), agent,
representative, successor, or permitted assign of the Reinsurer or any of its
Affiliates, and (ii) any successful enforcement of this indemnity.

          Section 10.3. Certain Definitions and Procedures. In the event either
the Reinsurer or the Company shall have a claim for indemnity against the other
party under the terms of this Agreement, the parties shall follow the procedures
set forth in Article X of the Asset Purchase Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE XI
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

          Section 11.1. Notices. Any notice, request or other communication to
be given by any party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered
personally, sent by registered or certified, postage prepaid, or by overnight
courier with written confirmation of delivery. Any such notice shall be deemed
given when so delivered personally, or if mailed, on the date shown on the
receipt therefor, or if sent by overnight courier, on the date shown on the
written confirmation of delivery. Such notices shall be given to the following
address:

To Company:          Security Life of Denver International Limited
                     Attention: President
                     c/o ING North America Insurance Corporation
                     5780 Powers Ferry Road NW
                     Atlanta, GA 30327

With a concurrent
copy to:             B. Scott Burton
                     Corporate General Counsel
                     ING North America Insurance Corporation
                     5780 Powers Ferry Road NW
                     Atlanta, GA  30327

                     and

                     David A. Massey, Esq.
                     Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
                     1275 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
                     Washington, DC 20004-2415

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To the Reinsurer:    Scottish Re Life (Bermuda) Limited
                     Crown House, Third Floor
                     4 Par-la-ville Road
                     Hamilton HM 08 Bermuda
                     Attention: General Counsel

With a concurrent
copy to:

                     Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.
                     13840 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Suite 500
                     Charlotte, NC  28277
                     Attention:  General Counsel

                     and

                     Stephen G. Rooney, Esq.
                     LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP
                     125 W. 55th Street
                     New York, NY 10019

          Section 11.2. Entire Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended or
modified in any respect whatsoever except by instrument in writing signed by the
parties hereto. This Agreement, the Asset Purchase Agreement, the other Related
Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement, and other documents delivered
pursuant hereto, constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements
understanding negotiations, discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties
and there are no general or specific warranties, representations or other
agreements by or among the parties in connection with the entering into of this
Agreement or the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth or
contemplated herein.

          Section 11.3. Captions. The captions of this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or
provisions hereof.

          Section 11.4. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York
applicable to contracts entered into therein, without reference to principles of
choice of law or conflicts of laws. Each party hereto irrevocably and
unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any State or Federal
Court sitting in New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement. Each party hereto agrees that service of any
process, summons, notice or document by hand in Bermuda, addressed to such
party, with a concurrent copy by U.S. registered mail, shall be effective
service of process for any action, suit or proceeding brought against such party
in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives any
objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought
in any such court and any claim that any such action, suit or proceeding brought
in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party hereto
agrees that final judgment in any such

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action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and
binding upon such party and may be enforced in any other courts to whose
jurisdiction such party may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.

          Section 11.5. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise
expressly set forth in any provision of this Agreement, nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, other than the
parties hereto, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

          Section 11.6. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
parties hereto shall each bear their respective expenses incurred in connection
with the negotiation, preparation, execution, and performance of this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, all
fees and expenses of counsel, actuaries and other representatives.

          Section 11.7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number
of copies hereof each signed by less than all, but together signed by all of the
parties hereto. Each counterpart may be delivered by facsimile transmission,
which transmission shall be deemed delivery of an originally executed document.

          Section 11.8. Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement
which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or
unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms
and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of
any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction, so
long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby
is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. If any provision
of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, that provision shall be
interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.

          Section 11.9. Waiver of Jury Trial; Multiplied and Punitive Damages.
Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives, with respect to any first party
action filed by the other party (but not as to any action by one party against
the other seeking indemnification for a third party claim against the party
initiating the action, to the extent that such damages may be recoverable as
part of the indemnification by the indemnified party) (i) any and all right to
trial by jury, and (ii) any right to punitive, incidental, consequential or
multiplied damages, either pursuant to common law or statute, in any legal
proceedings arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.

          Section 11.10. Treatment of Confidential Information.

          (a) The parties agree that, other than as contemplated by this
Agreement and to the extent permitted or required to implement the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the parties will keep confidential and will not
use or disclose the other party's Confidential Information and the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the exhibits and
schedules hereto, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law or

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any order or ruling of any state insurance regulatory authority, the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any other Governmental Authority.

          (b) The confidentiality obligations contained in this Agreement or in
any other agreement between the parties hereto, as they relate to the
reinsurance hereunder, shall not apply to the federal tax structure or federal
tax treatment of this Agreement and each party hereto may disclose to any and
all persons, without limitation of any kind, the federal tax structure and
federal tax treatment of this Agreement; provided, that such disclosure may not
be made until the earliest of (x) the date of the public announcement of
discussions relating to this Agreement, (y) the date of the public announcement
of this Agreement, or (z) the date of the execution of this Agreement. The
preceding sentence is intended to cause this Agreement to be treated as not
having been offered under conditions of confidentiality for purposes of Section
1.6011-4(b)(3) (or any successor provision) of the Treasury Regulations
promulgated under Section 6011 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and shall be construed in a manner consistent with such purpose. Subject to the
provision with respect to disclosure in the first sentence of this subsection
(b), each party hereto acknowledges that it has no proprietary or exclusive
rights to the federal tax structure of this Agreement or any federal tax matter
or federal tax idea related to this Agreement.

          Section 11.11. Assignment. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the respective successors and permitted assigns of the
parties. Except as provided below in this Section 11.11, neither party may
assign any of its duties or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the other party. The Reinsurer shall be entitled to assign its
administrative duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Company, unless the person or entity to whom such duties are to be assigned is
not, at the time of such assignment, a subsidiary of the Reinsurer, in which
event the Reinsurer shall obtain the prior written consent of the Company, such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

          Section 11.12. Service of Process. The Reinsurer hereby designates The
Corporation Trust Company as its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be
served any lawful process in any action, suit or proceeding instituted by or on
behalf of the Company.

                                  ARTICLE XII
                    REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

          Section 12.1. Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of the
Reinsurer. For purposes of perfecting the security interest in the SLDI Reserve
Trust Account and the SLDI Security Trust Account, the Reinsurer hereby
represents and warrants to the Company, and covenants for the benefit of the
Company, as follows:

          (a) The Reinsurer is a stock insurance company organized under the
laws of Bermuda. From the date of creation until the date hereof, the chief
executive office of the Reinsurer within the meaning of section 9-307 of the UCC
has been (and, immediately following the date hereof, will be) located in
Hamilton, Bermuda. The Reinsurer shall not change its jurisdiction of
organization or its chief executive office (within the meaning of section 9-307
of the UCC), except upon thirty (30) calendar days' prior written notice to the
Company. In the event that the Reinsurer changes its jurisdiction of
organization or the location of its chief

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executive office, it will only change to a jurisdiction of organization or
change the location of its chief executive office to a jurisdiction in the
United States. The Reinsurer's true corporate name, as reflected in its
organization documents of record in Bermuda, is (and, for the past five years,
has been) that set forth in the preamble hereto.

          (b) The Reinsurer owns and will own its interest in the assets in the
SLDI Reserve Trust Account and the SLDI Security Trust Account free and clear of
any security interest in, or lien or adverse claim on, such assets. From and
after the date hereof, the Reinsurer will not authorize the filing of any other
financing statement with respect to any asset in the SLDI Reserve Trust Account
or the SLDI Security Trust Account, nor authorize the granting of "control" (as
defined in the UCC) over any of such asset to any Person other than the Company.
From and after the date hereof, the Reinsurer will not grant any further
security interest in, or lien on, the assets in the SLDI Reserve Trust Account
or the SLDI Security Trust Account.

          (c) The Reinsurer will do, execute or otherwise authenticate,
acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be done, executed or otherwise
authenticated, acknowledged and delivered, such instruments of transfer or other
records, and take such other steps or actions, as the Company may reasonably
deem necessary to create, perfect or preserve the security interest granted to
the Company by Section 4.2 hereof and under the SLDI Security Trust Agreement or
to ensure that such security interest remains prior to any and all other
security interests, liens or other interests of any other Person; and the
Reinsurer hereby authorizes the Company, in the Reinsurer's name or otherwise,
to take, or cause to be taken, any of the foregoing steps or actions upon any
failure by the Reinsurer to comply with any written request of the Company in
respect of any matter subject to this Section 12.1(c).

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed effective December 31, 2004.

                                  SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

                                  By: /s/ David Pendergrass
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                  Name: David Pendergrass
                                  Title: Vice President

                                  SCOTTISH RE LIFE (BERMUDA) LIMITED

                                  By: /s/ Elizabeth Murphy
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                  Name: Elizabeth Murphy
                                  Title: CFORESERVE TRUST AGREEMENT

                                   Dated as of

                                December 31, 2004

                       SCOTTISH RE LIFE (BERMUDA) LIMITED
                                   as Grantor

                                       and

                  SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
                                 as Beneficiary

                                       and

                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                                   as Trustee

                                       and

                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                           as Securities Intermediary

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Section 1.   Deposit of Assets to the Reserve Trust Account....................1
Section 2.   Withdrawal of Assets from the Reserve Trust Account...............4
Section 3.   Procedure for Withdrawals of Assets; Certain Covenants............5
Section 4.   Redemption, Investment and Substitution of Assets.................5
Section 5.   The Income Account................................................6
Section 6.   Right to Vote Assets..............................................6
Section 7.   Additional Rights and Duties of the Trustee.......................7
Section 8.   The Trustee's Compensation, Expenses and Indemnification.........10
Section 9.   Resignation of the Trustee.......................................11
Section 10.  Termination of the Reserve Trust Account.........................12
Section 11.  Definitions......................................................12
Section 12.  Governing Law....................................................14
Section 13.  Successors and Assigns...........................................14
Section 14.  Severability.....................................................14
Section 15.  Entire Agreement.................................................14
Section 16.  Amendments.......................................................15
Section 17.  Notices, etc.....................................................15
Section 18.  Headings.........................................................16
Section 19.  Counterparts.....................................................16

EXHIBITS
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A - Investment Guidelines

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                             RESERVE TRUST AGREEMENT

          THIS RESERVE TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of December 31, 2004 (this
"Agreement"), by and among Scottish Re Life (Bermuda) Limited, a
Bermuda-domiciled life insurance company (hereinafter the "Grantor"), Security
Life of Denver International Limited, a Bermuda-domiciled life insurance company
(such insurer and its successors by operation of law, including, without
limitation, any liquidator, rehabilitator, receiver or conservator thereof,
being hereinafter referred to as the "Beneficiary"), The Bank of New York, a New
York banking corporation as trustee and as secured party, for the benefit of the
Beneficiary (such bank, in its capacity as trustee, being referred to as the
"Trustee"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation as trustee
and as secured party, for the benefit of the Beneficiary (such bank, in its
capacity as securities intermediary, being referred to as the "Securities
Intermediary").

                                    RECITALS

          WHEREAS, the Grantor desires to establish with the Trustee a trust
account (the "Reserve Trust Account") and transfer to the Trustee for deposit in
the Reserve Trust Account cash and other Assets (as hereinafter defined) to be
made subject to this Agreement in order to secure payments of certain amounts at
any time and from time to time owing by Grantor to the Beneficiary; and

          WHEREAS, the Trustee has agreed to act as Trustee hereunder and, in
accordance with the terms hereof, to hold cash or other Assets in trust in the
Reserve Trust Account on the terms herein set forth; and

          WHEREAS, this Agreement is made for the sole use and benefit of the
Beneficiary and for the purpose of setting forth the duties and powers of the
Trustee with respect to the Trust Account.

          NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Deposit of Assets to the Reserve Trust Account.

          (a) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Grantor hereby establishes a Reserve Trust Account, and the Trustee hereby
accepts the Reserve Trust Account herein created and declared upon the terms
provided herein and shall administer the Reserve Trust Account as Trustee, and
with respect to the security interest granted in Section 1(f) hereof, as secured
party for the exclusive use and benefit of the Beneficiary. The Grantor shall
establish and the Trustee shall maintain the Reserve Trust Account as a
securities account at The Bank of New York as Securities

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Intermediary with regard to the Reserve Trust Account. The Trustee shall be the
entitlement holder with respect to the Reserve Trust Account. The Reserve Trust
Account is established for the exclusive use and benefit of the Beneficiary and
shall be subject to withdrawal by the Beneficiary at any time, as provided
herein. The Trustee and its lawfully appointed successors are authorized and
shall have power to receive such cash and Eligible Assets as the Grantor
transfers to or vest in the Trustee or places under the Trustee's possession and
control, and to hold, invest, reinvest, manage and dispose of the same for the
uses and purposes and in the manner and according to the provisions hereinafter
set forth. All such trusteed Eligible Assets at all times shall be maintained as
a trust account, separate and distinct from all other assets of the Trustee, and
shall be continuously maintained by the Trustee.

          (b) The Grantor shall transfer to the Trustee, for deposit to the
Reserve Trust Account cash (United States legal tender) and Eligible Assets as
it may from time to time be required to deposit by this Agreement or otherwise
(all such Eligible Assets actually received in the Reserve Trust Account and
proceeds thereof as well as amounts transferred under Sections 3 and 4 and
reinvestments thereof are "Assets").

          (c) The Grantor hereby represents, warrants and covenants (i) that any
Assets transferred by the Grantor to the Trustee for deposit to the Reserve
Trust Account will be in such form that the Beneficiary and the Trustee, upon
written direction by the Beneficiary, may freely and unconditionally negotiate
any such Assets without notice to the Grantor or consent or signature from the
Grantor to any Person; and (ii) that all Assets transferred by the Grantor to
the Trustee for deposit to the Reserve Trust Account will consist only of
Eligible Assets. Prior to depositing Eligible Assets into the Reserve Trust
Account, the Grantor shall, as necessary, execute any assignments, endorsements
in blank or such other documents required to transfer legal title of Eligible
Assets requiring such to the Trustee.

          (d) All Assets in the Reserve Trust Account shall be valued at their
current fair market value in U.S. dollars as determined by the Trustee in its
sole discretion exercised in a reasonable manner as described below. Within ten
(10) Business Days after the end of each month the Trustee shall send to the
Beneficiary and the Grantor a written report regarding the valuation of the
Assets at the end of such month (the "Valuation Report"). Each Valuation Report
shall include a fair market value valuation of all Assets in the Trust Account
in accordance with the asset prices provided by the market makers or such other
appropriate independent sources of valuation as recommended in writing to the
Trustee by the Grantor's investment manager or, in their absence, by an
independent nationally recognized pricing service to which the Trustee
subscribes in the normal conduct of its business (e.g., Interactive Data,
Merrill Lynch, Bloomberg, Lehman Brothers, etc.). Subject to the Trustee's own
negligence, lack of good faith or willful misconduct, the Trustee shall not be
liable for incorrect fair market value of Assets caused by the use of inaccurate
or erroneous prices provided by such pricing services or sources. If the price
is not available as set forth above, the Trustee can obtain the price by
retaining, at the expense of the Grantor and pursuant to the written

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recommendation of the Grantor's investment manager, a major independent
securities valuation firm to appraise the value of such Assets. If the Grantor
or the Beneficiary disputes the fair market value of the Assets in the Security
Trust Account as set forth in the Valuation Report, then within ten (10)
Business Days following receipt of the Valuation Report, the Grantor or the
Beneficiary, as the case may be, will notify the other party of its dispute
regarding the valuation (the "Valuation Dispute Notice"). The Valuation Dispute
Notice shall contain sufficient information to support the disputing party's
valuation. The Trustee shall not be a party to any dispute between the Grantor
and Beneficiary relating to the valuation of Assets set forth in the Valuation
Report, but shall be provided with a copy of any Valuation Dispute Notice
delivered by the Grantor or Beneficiary under this provision. The non-disputing
party has five (5) Business Days from the receipt of the Valuation Dispute
Notice to agree with the disputing party's valuation or provide its own
reasonable valuation of the specific Assets in dispute (the "Asset Response").
During no more than four (4) Business Days after the Asset Response, the parties
to the dispute will continue to work to resolve the disagreement, failing which
they shall disclose to each other their final and last best proposal ("Proposal"
as hereinafter defined) no later than the end of such four (4) Business Day
period. For purposes hereof, a "Proposal" of a party to the dispute shall
consist of the valuation correction and related information supporting the
valuation correction. If no resolution of disagreements is reached on or prior
to the Business Day following such four (4) Business Days, the parties to the
dispute will on such next following Business Day submit their final and last
best Proposal (previously disclosed to the other party as provided above) to
arbitration by a major independent securities valuation firm, the identity of
which shall be mutually agreed, and the parties to the dispute will abide by the
result of such arbitration, which arbitration process shall require the
arbitrator to select one of the two final and last best Proposals and to render
its opinion regarding the reasonableness of the parties' actions for purposes of
the next sentence. The cost of such arbitration shall be borne by the party who
delivered the Valuation Dispute Notice if it rejects a reasonable Asset Response
and otherwise the cost shall be shared equally by the Beneficiary and Grantor.
To the extent feasible, and at the joint written direction of the Grantor and
the Beneficiary, the Trustee shall adopt the valuation methodology underlying
the valuation adopted in arbitration or agreed to by the Beneficiary and the
Grantor. Pending resolution of any dispute with respect to valuation of Assets,
the Grantor and Beneficiary will continue to follow the requirements of this
Agreement based on the Trustee's Valuation Report as submitted. Upon resolution
of any dispute regarding the valuation, the Trustee will take the action
hereunder that it would otherwise have been required to take, if any.

          (e) All Assets held within the Trust Account shall consist only of
cash and Eligible Assets and shall be invested in accordance with the investment
guidelines attached hereto at Exhibit A (the "Investment Guidelines").

          (f) The Grantor hereby grants to the Trustee, as agent of and as
secured party for the exclusive benefit of the Beneficiary, a security interest
in the

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Grantor's right, title and interest in and to the Reserve Trust Account and the
Assets, including without limitation any residual interest therein. The Trustee,
as entitlement holder for the benefit of the Beneficiary of all rights
associated with the Assets and the Reserve Trust Account, shall have control of
the Assets and the Reserve Trust Account for the purpose of perfecting the
interest granted hereby and shall issue entitlement orders to the Securities
Intermediary as instructed by the Grantor and the Beneficiary in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement. The Grantor hereby authorizes the Beneficiary to
file or to instruct the Trustee to file UCC - 1 Financing Statements with
respect to the Reserve Trust Account and the Assets for which such a financing
statement is appropriate, and hereby appoints the Beneficiary as
attorney-in-fact for the purpose of signing Grantor's name on any such financing
statements. The Trustee shall at the written direction of the Beneficiary, file
the completed UCC - 1 Financing Statements delivered to the Trustee by the
Beneficiary with respect to the Reserve Trust Account and the Assets.

Section 2. Withdrawal of Assets from the Reserve Trust Account.

          The Beneficiary shall have the right, at any time and from time to
time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Grantor, to withdraw from the
Reserve Trust Account, by providing written notice to the Trustee of such
withdrawal (the "Withdrawal Notice") (of which the Trustee promptly shall
forward a copy to the Grantor), such amounts as are specified in such Withdrawal
Notice. The Withdrawal Notice may designate a third party (the "Designee") to
whom amounts specified therein shall be delivered. The Beneficiary need present
no statement or document in addition to a Withdrawal Notice in order to withdraw
any Assets; nor is such right of withdrawal or any other provision of this
Agreement subject to any conditions or qualifications.

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Section 3. Procedure for Withdrawals of Assets; Certain Covenants.

          (a) Following receipt of a Withdrawal Notice and in accordance with
Section 2, the Trustee shall promptly take any and all steps necessary to
transfer, absolutely and unequivocally, all right, title and interest to the
Assets or amounts specified in such Withdrawal Notice and shall deliver such
Assets or amounts as specified in such Withdrawal Notice. The Trustee shall be
protected in relying conclusively upon any written demand, instruction,
direction, acknowledgment, statement, notice, resolution, request, consent,
order, certificate, report, appraisal, opinion, telegram, cablegram, facsimile,
radiogram, letter, or other communication (collectively, "Communications") of
the Beneficiary for any such withdrawal that on its face conforms to
requirements of this Agreement. The Beneficiary shall execute a receipt
evidencing the delivery of Assets or amounts when required in the normal and
customary transaction of the business of banking.

          (b) Subject to Sections 4 and 10 of this Agreement, in the absence of
a Withdrawal Notice, the Trustee shall allow no substitutions or withdrawals of
any Asset from the Reserve Trust Account.

          (c) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, at the time any amount
becomes payable or Asset becomes transferable by the Trustee from the Reserve
Trust Account, such payment or transfer shall be effected in accordance with the
written instructions contained in a Withdrawal Notice. If no such instructions
from the Beneficiary are received by the Trustee at least one (1) full Business
Day prior to the time set for such payment or transfer, such payment or transfer
shall be effected as follows: (i) first from any cash in the Reserve Trust
Account; (ii) then, from the proceeds of the sale by the Trustee of any or all
of the debt obligations in the Reserve Trust Account (commencing with those
obligations closest in maturity to the date in question); (iii) then, from any
other Assets in the Reserve Trust Account.

Section 4. Redemption, Investment and Substitution of Assets.

          (a) The Trustee shall surrender for payment all maturing Assets and
all Assets called for redemption (and provide written notice to the Beneficiary
and the Grantor to that effect) and deposit the proceeds of any such payment to
the Reserve Trust Account.

          (b) The Trustee and the Beneficiary acknowledge that the Grantor has
appointed Asset Allocation and Management (the "Asset Manager") to manage and
make investment decisions with regard to the Assets held by the Trustee in the
Trust Account. The Grantor has provided written direction to the Trustee with
regard to the engagement of the Asset Manager. The Asset Manager shall direct
the Trustee to invest such Assets in Eligible Assets in accordance with the
Investment Guidelines. From time to time the Asset Manager may direct the
Trustee in writing (an "Investment Order") to invest or reinvest, Assets held in
the Reserve Trust Account into other Eligible Assets in

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accordance with the Investment Guidelines. All investments and substitutions of
Eligible Assets referred to in this paragraph shall meet the requirements of
Eligible Assets and shall remain in compliance with any other applicable
insurance laws and the Investment Guidelines. The Trustee shall have no
responsibility whatsoever to determine that any Assets in the Reserve Trust
Account are or continue to be Eligible Assets. The Trustee shall execute
Investment Orders and settle securities transactions by itself or by means of an
agent or broker retained by the Asset Manager. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for any act, error or omission, or for the solvency, of any
investment manager, agent or broker unless such act, error or omission is the
result, in whole or in part, of the Trustee's negligence, willful misconduct or
lack of good faith. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any Loss (as herein
defined) suffered by the Beneficiary or the Grantor due to the insolvency of the
investment manager, agent or broker.

          (c) The Trustee shall not be liable for any loss, liability, claim or
damage paid or incurred ("Loss") by the Reserve Trust Account from any
investment, reinvestment, liquidation or substitution pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement other than a Loss due to the Trustee's own negligence, willful
misconduct or lack of good faith. Without limiting any other provision herein,
the Trustee shall not be liable for any Loss due to changes in market rates or
penalties for early redemption or any other fees, taxes or charges.

Section 5. The Income Account.

          All payments of interest and dividends in respect to Assets in the
Trust Account shall be deposited by the Trustee in a separate custody ledger
income account (the "Income Account") within the Reserve Trust Account
established by the Grantor and maintained by the Trustee at an office of the
Trustee in New York City. Any interest, dividend or other income automatically
credited on the payment date to the Income Account which is not subsequently
received by the Trustee shall be reimbursed by the Grantor to the Trustee and
the Trustee may debit the Income Account for this purpose. Pursuant to Section
8(a), the Trustee shall have the right to deduct its compensation and expenses
from the Income Account, to the extent due and owing. Any amounts contained in
the Income Account are part of the Assets of the Reserve Trust Account and, as
such, are subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect to
the Assets.

Section 6. Right to Vote Assets.

          The Trustee will transmit to the Grantor and or its designee upon
receipt, and will instruct any entities authorized to hold Assets in accordance
with the terms hereof to transmit to the Grantor upon receipt, all financial
reports, stockholder communications, notices, proxies and proxy soliciting
materials received from issuers of Assets, and all information relating to
exchange or tender offers received from offerors with respect to such Assets.
The Grantor and/or its designee shall have the full unqualified right to vote
and execute consents and to exercise any and all proprietary

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rights not inconsistent with this Agreement with respect to any securities or
other property forming a part of the Reserve Trust Account.

Section 7. Additional Rights and Duties of the Trustee.

          (a) The Trustee shall, concurrent with delivery of each monthly
Valuation Report, deliver a summary of account activity for the month just ended
to the Grantor and Beneficiary.

          (b) Before accepting any Asset for deposit to the Reserve Trust
Account, the Trustee shall determine that such Asset is in such form that the
Beneficiary whenever necessary may, or the Trustee upon written direction by the
Beneficiary may, negotiate such Asset without consent or signature from the
Grantor or any other Person.

          (c) The Trustee shall notify the Grantor and the Beneficiary, within
ten (10) days, of any deposits to or withdrawals from the Reserve Trust Account.

          (d) All Assets shall be safely held by the Trustee in its office in
the United States, except that the Trustee may deposit any Assets in the Reserve
Trust Account in a book-entry account maintained at a Federal Reserve Bank or in
depositories such as The Depository Trust Company (the Federal Reserve Bank and
such other depositories being referred to herein as "Depositories"). Assets may
be held in the name of a nominee maintained by the Trustee or by any such
Depositories.

          (e) The Trustee shall accept and may open all mail directed to the
Grantor or the Beneficiary in care of the Trustee. The Trustee shall promptly
forward all mail to the addressee whether or not opened.

          (f) The Trustee shall keep full and complete records of the
administration of the Reserve Trust Account. Upon the reasonable written request
of the Grantor or the Beneficiary, the Trustee shall promptly permit the Grantor
or the Beneficiary, their respective agents, employees or independent auditors
to examine, audit, excerpt, transcribe and copy, at their own expense, during
the Trustee's normal business hours any books, documents, papers and records
relating to the Reserve Trust Account or the Assets.

          (g) The Trustee is authorized to follow and rely conclusively upon all
Communications (including, without limitation, Investment Orders, Withdrawal
Notices and Termination Notices) given by officers, agents and/or employees
named in letters and incumbency certificates furnished to the Trustee from time
to time by the Grantor or the Beneficiary and by attorneys-in-fact acting under
written authority furnished to the Trustee by the Grantor or the Beneficiary
(collectively "Instructions"), including Instructions given by letter, facsimile
transmission or electronic media, if the Trustee reasonably believes such
Instructions to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the
proper party or parties. The Trustee shall not incur any liability to

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anyone resulting from actions taken by the Trustee in reliance in good faith on
such Instructions. The Trustee shall not incur any liability in executing
Instructions prior to receipt by it of (i) notice of the revocation of the
written authority of the individual(s) named therein or (ii) notice from any
officer, agent or employee of the Grantor or the Beneficiary named in a letter
or incumbency certificate delivered hereunder prior to receipt by it of a more
current certificate.

          (h) The duties and obligations of the Trustee shall only be such as
are specifically set forth in this Agreement, as it may from time to time be
amended in accordance with the terms hereof, and no implied duties or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee. The Trustee
shall be liable only for its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good
faith. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Trustee is not liable (i) for
acting in accordance with or relying upon any instruction, notice, demand,
certificate or document contemplated by and given in accordance with this
Agreement from the Grantor or the Beneficiary, (ii) for any consequential,
punitive or special damages, (iii) for the acts or omissions of its nominees,
unless the Trustee chose such person without due care, or (iv) for an amount in
excess of the value of the Assets, valued as of the most recent Valuation
Report.

          (i) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Trustee to take
any action which, in the Trustee's reasonable judgment, would result in any
violation of this Agreement or any provision of law.

          (j) The Trustee may confer with counsel of its selection in relation
to matters arising under this Agreement and shall, upon demand, be indemnified
and held harmless from and against any and all Losses by the Grantor hereunder
for any actions taken, omitted or suffered by it in connection with this
Agreement or under any transaction contemplated hereby in good faith without
gross negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with opinion of such
counsel. The opinion of such law firm shall be full and complete authority and
protection for the Trustee with respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered
by it in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such law firm.

          (k) Subject to the requirement of good faith, reasonableness and the
lack of negligence or willful misconduct, the Trustee shall be protected in
acting upon any Communications (including, without limitation, any Investment
Order or Instructions) reasonably believed by the Trustee to be genuine and to
have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties. All notices
to the Trustee (unless otherwise provided therein) shall be deemed to be
effective when actually received by a responsible officer of the Trustee.

          (l) Whenever, in the administration of the Reserve Trust Account
created by this Agreement, the Trustee shall reasonably deem it necessary or
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or
omitting any action thereunder, subject to the requirement of reasonableness,
good faith and lack of

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negligence and willful misconduct, such matter (unless other evidence in respect
thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively
proved and established by a statement or certificate signed by or on behalf of
the Grantor and/or the Beneficiary and delivered to the Trustee and such
certificate shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it on reliance thereon, subject to this paragraph, but in its
discretion exercised in a reasonable manner, the Trustee may in lieu thereof
accept other evidence of the fact or matter or may require such other or
additional evidence as it may deem reasonable.

          (m) Except when otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement and
subject to the requirement of reasonableness, good faith and lack of negligence
or willful misconduct, any Communications (including, without limitation, any
Investment Order or Instructions) to be delivered or furnished by the Grantor or
the Beneficiary shall be sufficient to be delivered or furnished in the name of
the Grantor or the Beneficiary by such officer or officers of the Grantor or the
Beneficiary as may be designated in a certificate, resolution or letter of
advice by such party. Written notice of such designation by the Grantor shall be
filed with the Trustee. The Trustee shall be protected in acting upon any
Communications (including, without limitation, any Investment Order or
Instruction) made by such officer or agent of the Grantor or the Beneficiary
with respect to the authority conferred on it.

          (n) Except as may arise from the Trustee's own negligence or willful
misconduct or lack of good faith, the Trustee is not responsible for any Losses
resulting from reasons or causes beyond its control, including without
limitation, nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, acts of war,
terrorism, insurrection, revolution, civil unrest, riots or strikes, nuclear
fusion or fission or acts of God.

          (o) The Parties acknowledge that nothing in this Agreement shall
obligate the Trustee to extend credit, grant financial accommodation or
otherwise advance moneys for the purpose of making any payments or part thereof
or otherwise carrying out any Instructions, including, without limitation, any
Investment Order.

          (p) In the event of any reasonable ambiguity or uncertainty hereunder
or in any notice, instruction or other communication received by the Trustee
hereunder, the Trustee may, in its reasonable discretion, refrain from taking
any action other than retain possession of the Assets, unless the Trustee
receives written instructions, signed by the Grantor and the Beneficiary, which
eliminate such ambiguity or uncertainty. In the event of any dispute between or
conflicting claims by or among the Grantor and the Beneficiary and/or any other
Person with respect to any Assets, the Trustee shall be entitled, in its
reasonable discretion, to refuse to comply with any and all claims, demands or
instructions with respect to such Assets, other than a Withdrawal Notice, so
long as such dispute or conflict shall continue, and the Trustee shall not be or
become liable in any way for such failure or refusal to comply with such
conflicting claims, demands or instructions. The Trustee shall be entitled to
refuse to act until, in its reasonable discretion, either (i) such conflicting
or adverse claims or demands shall have

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been determined by a final order, judgment or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction, which order, judgment or decree is not subject to appeal, or
settled by agreement between the conflicting parties as evidenced in a writing
satisfactory to the Trustee or (ii) the Trustee shall have received security or
an indemnity satisfactory to it sufficient to hold it harmless from and against
any and all Losses which it may incur by reason of so acting. The Trustee may,
in addition, elect, in its reasonable discretion, to commence an interpleader
action or seek other judicial relief or orders as it may deem, in its sole
discretion, if necessary. The costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred in connection with such proceeding shall
be paid by, and shall be deemed an obligation of, the Grantor.

          (q) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys, provided that the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct
or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.

          (r) The Securities Intermediary agrees that it will comply with
entitlement orders issued by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, and that such compliance is not subject to any conditions,
qualifications or further consents. The Securities Intermediary will not comply
with entitlement orders issued by any other Person.

          (s) The Securities Intermediary hereby waives any right of
counterclaim, banker's lien, liens or perfection rights as securities
intermediary with respect to the Assets, the proceeds thereof and the Reserve
Trust Account.

Section 8. The Trustee's Compensation, Expenses and Indemnification.

          (a) The Grantor, upon receipt of an invoice from the Trustee to the
Grantor and without offset to the Beneficiary's interest, (i) shall pay the
Trustee, as compensation for its services under this Agreement, a fee computed
at rates determined by the Trustee from time to time and communicated in writing
to the Grantor and (ii) shall pay or reimburse the Trustee for all of the
Trustee's expenses and disbursements in connection with its duties under this
Agreement (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and reasonable
accounting and consulting fees and expenses), except any such expense or
disbursement as may arise from the Trustee's negligence, willful misconduct or
lack of good faith. The Trustee shall be entitled to deduct its compensation and
expenses solely from payments of dividends and interest in respect of the Assets
held in the Income Account as provided in Section 5 of this Agreement.

          (b) The Grantor hereby indemnifies the Trustee for, and holds it
harmless against, any Losses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses
and reasonable consulting and accountants' fees and expenses) incurred or paid
(other than as a result of the Trustee's gross negligence, willful misconduct or
lack of good faith), arising out of or in connection with the performance of its
duties and obligations under

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this Agreement, including without limitation any Loss arising out of or in
connection with the status of the Trustee in connection with the performance of
its duties and any nominee as the holder of record of any of all of the Assets.
The Grantor hereby acknowledges that the foregoing indemnities shall survive the
resignation of the Trustee or the termination of this Agreement.

          (c) No Assets shall be withdrawn from the Reserve Trust Account or
used in any manner for paying compensation to, or reimbursement or
indemnification of, the Trustee except as set forth in Section 5.

          (d) The Trustee hereby waives any and all rights of offset,
counterclaim and recoupment against the Beneficiary and Reserve Trust Account,
and waives any lien (statutory or otherwise) that it may assert against the
Reserve Trust Account.

Section 9. Resignation of the Trustee.

          (a) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving not less than ninety
(90) days' written notice thereof to the Beneficiary and to the Grantor, such
resignation to become effective on the acceptance of appointment by a successor
trustee and the transfer to such successor trustee of all Assets in the Reserve
Trust Account in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section 9. The Grantor
and the Beneficiary jointly also may remove the Trustee at any time, without
assigning any reason therefor, on fifteen (15) days' prior written notice
thereof to the Trustee.

          (b) Upon receipt of the Trustee's notice of resignation or notice to
the trustee of removal, the Grantor and the Beneficiary shall promptly appoint a
successor trustee. Any successor trustee shall be a bank that is a member of the
Federal Reserve System or chartered in the State of New York and shall not be a
parent, a subsidiary or an affiliate of the Grantor or any Beneficiary. If a
successor Trustee has not accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days
after the notice of resignation or removal, the Trustee may, in its sole
discretion, apply at the expense of the Grantor to a court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee or for other appropriate
relief. The costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses) incurred by the Trustee in connection with such proceeding shall be
paid by, and be deemed an obligation of, the Grantor. Upon the acceptance of the
appointment as trustee hereunder by a successor trustee, such successor trustee
shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be discharged from any future
duties and obligations under this Agreement, but the Trustee shall continue
after its resignation to be entitled to the benefits of the indemnities provided
herein for a Trustee.

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Section 10. Termination of the Reserve Trust Account.

          (a) The Reserve Trust Account and this Agreement, except for the
indemnities provided herein, which shall survive termination, may be terminated,
other than pursuant to an order of a court having jurisdiction, only after (i)
the Grantor has given the Trustee written notice of its intention to terminate
the Reserve Trust Account (the "Notice of Intention"), and (ii) the Trustee has
given the Grantor and the Beneficiary the written notice specified in paragraph
(b) of this Section 10. The Notice of Intention shall specify the date on which
the Grantor intends the Reserve Trust Account to terminate (the "Proposed
Date").

          (b) Within ten (10) Business Days following receipt by the Trustee of
the Notice of Intention, the Trustee shall give written notice (the "Termination
Notice") to the Beneficiary and the Grantor of the date (the "Termination Date")
on which the Reserve Trust Account shall terminate. The Termination Date shall
be (a) the Proposed Date (or if not a Business Day, the next Business Day
thereafter), if the Proposed Date is at least thirty (30) days but no more than
forty-five (45) days subsequent to the date the Termination Notice is given, (b)
thirty (30) days subsequent to the date the Termination Notice is given (or if
not a Business Day, the next Business Day thereafter), if the Proposed Date is
less than thirty (30) days subsequent to the date the Termination Notice is
given; or (c) forty-five (45) days subsequent to the date the Termination Notice
is given (or if not a Business Day, the next Business Day thereafter), if the
Proposed Date is more than forty-five (45) days subsequent to the date the
Termination Notice is given.

          (c) On the Termination Date, after satisfaction of any outstanding
Withdrawal Notices, or deduction of amounts required to satisfy any outstanding
disputed Withdrawal Notice, and upon receipt of written certification of the
Beneficiary that no Obligations of the Grantor remain unsatisfied, the Trustee
shall transfer any Assets remaining in the Reserve Trust Account to the Grantor,
at which time all duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to such
Assets shall cease.

Section 11. Definitions.

          Except as the context shall otherwise require, the following terms
shall have the following meanings for all purposes of this Agreement (the
definitions to be applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of each
term defined if both such forms of such term are used in this Agreement):

          The term "Agreement" shall have the meaning specified in the Preamble.

          The term "Assets" shall have the meaning specified in Section 1(b).

          The term "Beneficiary" shall have the meaning specified in the
Preamble.

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          The term "Withdrawal Notice" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2(a).

          The term "Business Day" shall mean any day on which the offices of the
Trustee in New York are open for business and shall refer to a full business
day.

          The term "Communications" shall have the meaning specified in Section
3(a).

          The term "Depositories" shall have the meaning specified in Section
7(d).

          The term "Designee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.

          The term "Eligible Assets" shall mean assets deposited in the trust
account, valued according to their current fair market value and consisting only
of cash (United States legal tender), certificates of deposit (issued by a
United States bank and payable in United States legal tender), and investments
that comply with the requirements specified by the Investment Guidelines issued
by an institution that is not the parent, subsidiary or affiliate of either the
Grantor or the Beneficiary.

          The term "Grantor" shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

          The term "Income Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section
5.

          The term "Instructions" shall have the meaning specified in Section
7(g).

          The term "Investment Guidelines" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 1(e).

          The term "Investment Order" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 4(b).

          The term "Loss" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4(c).

          The term "Notice of Intention" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10(a).

          The term "Person" shall mean and include an individual, a corporation,
a limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a trust, an
unincorporated organization or a government or political subdivision thereof.

          The term "Proposed Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section
10(a).

          The term "Reserve Trust Account" shall mean the account established
pursuant to this Agreement by the Grantor with the Trustee as Account No.
327694.

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          The term "Securities Intermediary" shall mean The Bank of New York.

          The term "Termination Date" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10(b).

          The term "Termination Notice" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10(b).

          The term "Trustee" shall mean The Bank of New York.

          The term "UCC" shall mean the New York Uniform Commercial Code.

          The term "Valuation Report" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 1(d).

          The term "Withdrawal Notice" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.

Section 12. Governing Law.

          This Agreement and the Reserve Trust Account shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York;
provided that perfection issues with respect to Article 9 of the UCC may give
effect to applicable choice or conflict of law rules set forth in Article 9 of
the UCC.

Section 13. Successors and Assigns.

          No party may assign this Agreement or any of its obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the other parties; provided, however, that
this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and bind those who, by operation of
law, become successors to the parties, including, without limitation, any
liquidator, rehabilitator, receiver or conservator and any successor, merged or
consolidated entity; and provided, further, that, in the case of the Trustee,
the successor trustee is eligible to be a trustee under the terms hereof.

Section 14. Severability.

          In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be declared
invalid or unenforceable by a court having jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not effect the validity or enforceability of the
remaining portions of this Agreement.

Section 15. Entire Agreement.

          This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties, and
there are no understandings or agreements, conditions or qualifications
regarding the rights and obligations of the Trustee which are not fully
expressed in this Agreement.

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Section 16. Amendments.

          This Agreement may be modified or otherwise amended, and the
observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived, only if such
modification, amendment or waiver is in writing and signed by all of the
parties.

Section 17. Notices, etc.

          Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all Communications
(including, without limitation, any Investment Orders or Instructions) required
or permitted to be given or made under the terms hereof shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given or made (a) (i) when delivered
personally, (ii) when made or given by telecopy, or (iii) in the case of
International Priority Mail (Federal Express), upon the expiration of three days
after any Communication shall have been deposited in International Priority Mail
(Federal Express) for transmission or upon receipt thereof, whichever shall
first occur and (b) when addressed as follows:

               To the Grantor:
                      Scottish Re Life (Bermuda) Limited
                      Crown House, Third Floor
                      4 Par-la-Ville Road
                      Hamilton, HM 12
                      BERMUDA
                      Attention: Paul Goldean

               with a copy to:
                      Scottish Re Group Limited
                      Crown House, Third Floor
                      4 Par-la-Ville Road
                      Hamilton, HM 12
                      BERMUDA
                      Attention: Paul Goldean

               and a copy to:
                      LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
                      125 West 55th Street
                      New York, NY  10005
                      Attention:  Stephen G. Rooney

               To the Beneficiary:
                      Security Life of Denver International Limited
                      Attention: Mark Tullis
                      c/o ING North America Insurance Corporation
                      5780 Powers Ferry Road NW
                      Atlanta, GA 30327

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               with a copy to:
                      B. Scott Burton
                      Corporate General Counsel
                      ING North America Insurance Corporation
                      5780 Powers Ferry Road NW
                      Atlanta, GA 30327

               and
                      David A. Massey, Esq.
                      Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
                      1275 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
                      Washington, DC 20004-2415

               If to the Trustee:
                      The Bank of New York
                      101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West
                      New York, NY 10286
                      Attn:  Insurance Trust and Escrow Unit

               If to the Securities Intermediary:
                      The Bank of New York
                      101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West
                      New York, NY 10286
                      Attn:  Insurance Trust and Escrow Unit

Each party may from time to time designate a different address for
Communications (including, without limitation, Investment Orders) by giving
written notice of such change to the other parties. All Communications relating
to the Beneficiary's approval of the Grantor's authorization to substitute
Assets and to the termination of the Reserve Trust Account shall be in writing.

Section 18. Headings.

          The headings of the sections and the Table of Contents have been
inserted for convenience of reference only, and shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this Agreement.

Section 19. Counterparts.

          This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall constitute an original, but such
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.

                                       SCOTTISH RE LIFE (BERMUDA) LIMITED

                                       By:  /s/ Elizabeth Murphy
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Name: Elizabeth Murphy
                                            Title: CFO

                                       SECURITY LIFE OF DENVER
                                       INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

                                       By:   /s/ David Pendergrass
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Name: David Pendergrass
                                            Title: Vice President

                                       THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SECURED
                                       PARTY AND TRUSTEE

                                       By:   /s/ Robert W. Rich
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Name: Robert W. Rich
                                            Title: Vice President

                                       THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS
                                       SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

                                       By:   /s/ Robert W. Rich
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Name: Robert W. Rich
                                            Title: Vice President

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