WP vs disability rider on life insurance

Waiver of Premium (WP) riders on life insurance are routinely filed without having to justify the rates. Definitions of life insurance in state laws include disability benefits. If a carrier offers DI benefits beyond the WP, are the rates exempt from regulatory review?

(I know that no regulator ever questioned my WP rates. I worked as appointed actuary for a DI carrier, and always wondered about this, but nobody seemed interested in broaching the notion of life DI rider rates exemption.)

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