# Series 7 Exam Prep 42, Variable Life and Insurance Products

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Published: 2026-07-19T01:01:53+00:00
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## Resource

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - That in variable insurance products, the policyholder bears the investment risk, and the cash value fluctuates based on the performance of the separate account. - The key difference between Variable Life (fixed premiums) and Variable Universal Life (flexible premiums and death benefits). - That the separate account holds the investment subaccounts for variable contracts, segregated from the insurer's general account. - Since variable contracts are securities, they must be sold with a prospectus and require both insurance and securities licenses to sell. - While the cash value is not guaranteed, a variable life policy has a minimum guaranteed death benefit. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep

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