Since you had a surrender value benefit, it is treated like a pension plan withdrawal. The life insurance policy with a surrender value is life insurance unless you cash it out before the death of the policy holder.
The $9,000 taxable amount is the earnings on the money put into the plan, if that is paid out as a death benefit, it is not taxable. If you take it out before then, it becomes taxable.
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