Received full distribution of my own surrendered life insurance from a foreign country.

I received full distribution of my own surrendered life insurance from a foreign country.  Previously, a TT tax adviser said that I should put it under "Misc income" section.  However, with further reading and research, shouldn't I put this distribution under 1099-R and also fill out form 4852 as TT software asked me to do after I filled out the 1099-R section?