Table of Contents

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

X	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011

OR

 

_	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from            to

Commission file number 033-37587

 

 

Pruco Life Insurance

Company

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Arizona		22-1944557
(State or other jurisdiction, incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

213 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

		(973) 802-6000
		(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

YES   X   NO     

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of the Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes  ¨    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

		Large accelerated filer    ¨		Accelerated filer  ¨
		Non-accelerated filer      x		Smaller reporting Company      ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES      NO   X

As of May 13, 2011, 250,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock (par value $10), were outstanding. As of such date, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey Corporation, owned all of the Registrant’s Common Stock.

Pruco Life Insurance Company meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction (H)(1)(a) and (b) on Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this Form with the reduced disclosure format.

 

 

 

---

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

				Page Number
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.		Financial Statements:
		Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010			4
		Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) Three months ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010			5
		Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Equity, Three months ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010			6
		Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Three months ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010			7
		Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements			8
Item 2.		Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			46
Item 4.		Controls and Procedures			55
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.		Legal Proceedings			55
Item 1A.		Risk Factors			55
Item 6.		Exhibits			56
		Signatures			57

 

2

---

Table of Contents

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain of the statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including but not limited to those in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “includes,” “plans,” “assumes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “should,” “will,” “shall” or variations of such words are generally part of forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects upon Pruco Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting Pruco Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries will be those anticipated by management. These forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from expectations or estimates reflected in such forward-looking statements, including, among others: (1) general economic, market and political conditions, including the performance and fluctuations of fixed income, equity, real estate and other financial markets; (2) the availability and cost of additional debt or equity capital or external financing for our operations; (3) interest rate fluctuations or prolonged periods of low interest rates; (4) the degree to which we choose not to hedge risks, or the potential ineffectiveness or insufficiency of hedging or risk management strategies we do implement, with regard to variable annuity or other product guarantees; (5) any inability to access our credit facilities; (6) re-estimates of our reserves for future policy benefits and claims; (7) differences between actual experience regarding mortality, morbidity, persistency, surrender experience, interest rates or market returns and the assumptions we use in pricing our products, establishing liabilities and reserves or for other purposes; (8) changes in our assumptions related to deferred policy acquisition costs; (9) changes in our financial strength or credit ratings; (10) statutory reserve requirements associated with term and universal life insurance policies under Regulation XXX and Guideline AXXX; (11) investment losses, defaults and counterparty non-performance; (12) competition in our product lines and for personnel; (13) difficulties in marketing and distributing products through current or future distribution channels; (14) changes in tax law; (15) regulatory or legislative changes, including the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; (16) inability to protect our intellectual property rights or claims of infringement of the intellectual property rights of others; (17) adverse determinations in litigation or regulatory matters and our exposure to contingent liabilities; (18) domestic or international military actions, natural or man-made disasters including terrorist activities or pandemic disease, or other events resulting in catastrophic loss of life; (19) ineffectiveness of risk management policies and procedures in identifying, monitoring and managing risks; (20) interruption in telecommunication, information technology or other operational systems or failure to maintain the security, confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data on such systems; and (21) changes in statutory or U.S. GAAP accounting principles, practices or policies. Pruco Life Insurance Company does not intend, and is under no obligation, to update any particular forward-looking statement included in this document. See “Risk Factors” included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 for discussion of certain risks relating to our businesses.

 

3

---

Table of Contents

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 (in thousands, except share amounts)

 

 

		March 31,         2011				December 31,         2010
ASSETS
Fixed maturities available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost, 2011 - $5,736,414; 2010 - $5,701,829)		$	6,063,051			$	6,042,303
Equity securities available for sale, at fair value (cost, 2011 - $19,106; 2010: $17,964)			23,534				19,407
Trading account assets at fair value			22,676				22,705
Policy loans			1,065,085				1,061,607
Short-term investments			266,627				246,904
Commercial mortgage and other loans			1,298,028				1,275,022
Other long-term investments			132,184				131,994
Total investments			8,871,185				8,799,942
Cash and cash equivalents			313,919				364,999
Deferred policy acquisition costs			3,693,046				3,377,557
Accrued investment income			93,898				92,806
Reinsurance recoverables			2,628,395				2,727,161
Receivables from parent and affiliates			246,380				249,339
Deferred sales inducements			622,828				537,943
Other assets			33,496				53,375
Separate account assets			50,836,157				43,269,091
TOTAL ASSETS		$	67,339,304			$	59,472,213
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Policyholders’ account balances		$	7,527,493			$	7,509,169
Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities			3,221,294				3,327,549
Cash collateral for loaned securities			100,737				76,574
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase			34,067				2,957
Income taxes payable			500,682				548,280
Short-term debt to affiliates			234,058				-
Long-term debt to affiliates			895,000				895,000
Payables to parent and affiliates			56,669				41,910
Other liabilities			498,272				475,489
Separate account liabilities			50,836,157				43,269,091
TOTAL LIABILITIES		$	63,904,429			$	56,146,019
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (See Note 6)
EQUITY
Common stock, ($10 par value; 1,000,000 shares, authorized; 250,000 shares, issued and outstanding)			2,500				2,500
Additional paid-in capital			832,477				792,226
Retained earnings			2,443,786				2,370,525
Accumulated other comprehensive income			156,112				160,943
TOTAL EQUITY			3,434,875				3,326,194
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY		$	67,339,304			$	59,472,213

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

4

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010 (in thousands)

 

 

		Three Months ended March 31,
		2011				2010
REVENUES
Premiums		$	14,096			$	14,349
Policy charges and fee income			273,612				160,740
Net investment income			111,284				107,170
Asset administration fees			41,928				13,880
Other income			11,178				12,551
Realized investment gains/(losses), net;
Other-than-temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities			(21,075	)			(37,744	)
Other-than-temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities transferred to Other Comprehensive Income			18,640				35,714
Other realized investment gains/(losses), net			29,159				(3,544	)
Total realized investment gains/(losses), net			26,724				(5,574	)
Total revenues		$	478,822			$	303,116
BENEFITS AND EXPENSES
Policyholders’ benefits			57,523				39,252
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances			72,669				72,672
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs			94,286				53,611
General, administrative and other expenses			127,781				73,863
Total benefits and expenses		$	352,259			$	239,398
Income from operations before income taxes			126,563				63,718
Income tax expense			27,151				6,496
NET INCOME		$	99,412			$	57,222
Change in net unrealized investment gains and changes in foreign currency translation, net of taxes (1)			(4,831	)			28,947
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME		$	94,581			$	86,169

(1) Amounts are net of tax benefit of $3 million and a tax expense of $16 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

5

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Stockholder’s Equity

Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010 (in thousands)

 

 

		Common Stock				Additional Paid-in- Capital				Retained Earnings				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)				Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2010		$	2,500			$	792,226			$	2,370,525			$	160,943			$	3,326,194
Net income			-				-				99,412				-				99,412
Affiliated Asset Transfers			-				40,251				(26,151	)			-				14,100
Change in foreign currency translation adjustments, net of taxes			-				-				-				284				284
Change in net unrealized investment gains, net of taxes			-				-				-				(5,115	)			(5,115	)
Balance, March 31, 2011		$	2,500			$	832,477			$	2,443,786			$	156,112			$	3,434,875

 

		Common Stock				Additional Paid-in- Capital				Retained Earnings				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)				Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2009		$	2,500			$	828,858			$	2,000,457			$	75,767			$	2,907,582
Net income			-				-				57,222				-				57,222
Contributed Capital			-				10				-				-				10
Change in foreign currency translation adjustments, net of taxes			-				-				-				(205	)			(205	)
Change in net unrealized investment gains, net of taxes			-				-				-				29,152				29,152
Balance, March 31, 2010		$	2,500			$	828,868			$	2,057,679			$	104,714			$	2,993,761

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

6

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010 (in thousands)

 

 

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2011				2010
CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net Income		$	99,412			$	57,222
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from (used in) operating activities:
Policy charges and fee income			(76,011	)			(52,061	)
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances			72,669				72,672
Realized investment gains, net			(26,724	)			5,574
Amortization and other non-cash items			(4,876	)			(3,364	)
Change in:
Future policy benefits and other insurance liabilities			205,363				231,539
Reinsurance recoverable			(178,006	)			(179,240	)
Accrued investment income			(1,092	)			(2,607	)
Receivables from parent and affiliates			374				(2,318	)
Payables to parent and affiliates			14,760				(2,970	)
Deferred policy acquisition costs			(308,695	)			(61,269	)
Income taxes payable			(44,996	)			(59,319	)
Deferred sales inducements			(98,558	)			(25,610	)
Other, net			(25,057	)			(73,692	)
CASH FLOWS USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES		$	(371,437	)		$	(95,443	)
CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from the sale/maturity/prepayment of:
Fixed maturities available for sale			223,802				392,089
Policy loans			31,872				26,882
Commercial mortgage loans			12,545				5,423
Equity securities, available for sale			-				4,632
Trading account assets			-				1,200
Payments for the purchase of:
Fixed maturities available for sale			(218,929	)			(502,951	)
Policy loans			(24,327	)			(28,617	)
Commercial mortgage loans			(35,107	)			(29,763	)
Equity securities, available for sale			(2,500	)			(5,564	)
Notes receivable from parent and affiliates, net			8,690				6,969
Other long-term investments, net			(6,517	)			(3,968	)
Short-term investments, net			(19,614	)			24,867
CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES		$	(30,085	)		$	(108,801	)
CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Policyholders’ account deposits			778,304				502,181
Policyholders’ account withdrawals			(743,827	)			(408,490	)
Net change in securities sold under agreement to repurchase and cash collateral for loaned securities			55,274				19,900
Contributed capital			-				10
Net change in financing arrangements (maturities 90 days or less)			260,691				(7,637	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES		$	350,442			$	105,964
Net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents			(51,080	)			(98,280	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year			364,999				143,111
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD		$	313,919			$	44,831

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

7

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

1.  BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Pruco Life Insurance Company, or the “Company,” is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, or “Prudential Insurance,” which in turn is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc., or “Prudential Financial.” Pruco Life Insurance Company was organized in 1971 under the laws of the State of Arizona. It is licensed to sell life insurance and annuities in the District of Columbia, Guam, and in all States except New York.

The Company has three subsidiaries, including one wholly owned life insurance subsidiary, Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, or “PLNJ,” and two subsidiaries formed in 2009 for the purpose of holding certain commercial loan investments. Pruco Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries are together referred to as the Company and all financial information is shown on a consolidated basis.

PLNJ is a stock life insurance company organized in 1982 under the laws of the state of New Jersey. It is licensed to sell life insurance and annuities only in New Jersey and New York.

Beginning in March 2010, Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation (“PALAC”), an affiliate of the Company, ceased offering its existing variable annuity products (and where offered, the companion market value adjustment option) to new investors upon the launch of a new product in the Company. In general, the new product line offers the same optional living benefits and optional death benefits as offered by the Company’s existing variable annuities.

Basis of Presentation

The Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or “U.S. GAAP,” on a basis consistent with reporting interim financial information in accordance with instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC’). In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the consolidated results of operations and financial condition of the Company have been made. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the full year.

The Company has extensive transactions and relationships with Prudential Insurance and other affiliates, (as more fully described in Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements). Due to these relationships, it is possible that the terms of these transactions are not the same as those that would result from transactions among wholly unrelated parties. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The most significant estimates include those used in determining deferred policy acquisition costs and related amortization; amortization of sales inducements; valuation of investments including derivatives and the recognition of other-than-temporary impairments; future policy benefits including guarantees; provision for income taxes and valuation of deferred tax assets; and reserves for contingent liabilities, including reserves for losses in connection with unresolved legal matters.

Reclassifications

Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Investments in Debt and Equity Securities

The Company’s investments in debt and equity securities include fixed maturities; trading account assets; equity securities and short-term investments. The accounting policies related to these are as follows:

Fixed maturities are comprised of bonds, notes and redeemable preferred stock. Fixed maturities classified as “available for sale” are carried at fair value. See Note 4 for additional information regarding the determination of fair value. Interest income, as well as the related amortization of premium and accretion of discount is included in “Net investment income” under the effective yield method. For mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, the effective yield is based on estimated cash flows, including prepayment assumptions based on data from widely accepted third-party data sources or internal estimates. In addition to prepayment assumptions, cash flow estimates vary based on assumptions regarding the underlying collateral, including default rates and changes in value. These assumptions can significantly impact income recognition and the amount of other-than-temporary impairments recognized in earnings and other comprehensive income. For high credit quality mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities (those rated AA or above), cash flows are provided quarterly, and the amortized cost and effective yield of the security are adjusted as necessary to reflect historical prepayment experience and changes in estimated future prepayments. The adjustments to amortized cost are recorded as a charge or credit to net investment income in accordance with the retrospective method. For asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities rated below AA, the effective yield is adjusted prospectively for any changes in estimated cash flows. See the discussion below on realized investment gains and losses for a description of the accounting for impairments, as well as the impact of the Company’s adoption on January 1, 2009 of new authoritative guidance for the recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairments for debt securities. Unrealized gains and losses on fixed

 

8

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

maturities classified as “available for sale,” net of tax, and the effect on deferred policy acquisition costs, deferred sales inducements, future policy benefits that would result from the realization of unrealized gains and losses, are included in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).”

Trading account assets consist primarily of asset-backed securities, public corporate bonds and commercial mortgage-backed securities whose fair values are determined consistent with similar instruments described above under “Fixed Maturity Securities.” Realized and unrealized gains and losses for these investments are reported in “Other Income.” Interest and dividend income from these investments is reported in “Net investment income.”

Equity securities, available for sale are comprised of common stock, non-redeemable preferred stock, and perpetual preferred stock, and are carried at fair value. The associated unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, and the effect on deferred policy acquisition costs, deferred sales inducements, future policy benefits and policyholders’ dividends that would result from the realization of unrealized gains and losses, are included in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).” The cost of equity securities is written down to fair value when a decline in value is considered to be other-than-temporary. See the discussion below on realized investment gains and losses for a description of the accounting for impairments. Dividends from these investments are recognized in “Net investment income” when declared.

Commercial mortgage and other loans consist of commercial mortgage loans, and agricultural loans. Commercial mortgage loans are broken down by class which is based on property type (industrial properties, retail, office, multi-family/apartment, hospitality, and other). Commercial mortgage and other loans originated and held for investment are generally carried at unpaid principal balance, net of unamortized deferred loan origination fees and expenses and net of an allowance for losses. Commercial mortgage loans originated within the Company’s commercial mortgage operations include loans held for sale which are reported at the lower of cost or fair value; loans held for investment which are reported at amortized cost net of unamortized deferred loan origination fees and expenses and net of an allowance for losses; and loans reported at fair value under the fair value option. Commercial mortgage and other loans acquired, including those related to the acquisition of a business, are recorded at fair value when purchased, reflecting any premiums or discounts to unpaid principal balances.

Interest income, as well as prepayment fees and the amortization of the related premiums or discounts, related to commercial mortgage and other loans, are included in “Net investment income.”

Impaired loans include those loans for which it is probable that amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement will not all be collected. The Company defines “past due” as principal or interest not collected at least 30 days past the scheduled contractual due date. Interest received on loans that are past due, including impaired and non-impaired loans as well as loans that were previously modified in a troubled debt restructuring, is either applied against the principal or reported as net investment income based on the Company’s assessment as to the collectability of the principal. See Note 3 for additional information about the Company’s past due loans.

The Company discontinues accruing interest on loans after the loans become 90 days delinquent as to principal or interest payments, or earlier when the Company has doubts about collectability. When the Company discontinues accruing interest on a loan, any accrued but uncollectible interest on the loan and other loans backed by the same collateral, if any, is charged to interest income in the same period. Generally, a loan is restored to accrual status only after all delinquent interest and principal are brought current and, in the case of loans where the payment of interest has been interrupted for a substantial period, or the loan has been modified, a regular payment performance has been established.

The Company reviews the performance and credit quality of the commercial mortgage and other loan portfolio on an on-going basis. Loans are placed on watch list status based on a predefined set of criteria and are assigned one of three categories. Loans are placed on “early warning” status in cases where, based on the Company’s analysis of the loan’s collateral, the financial situation of the borrower or tenants or other market factors, it is believed a loss of principal or interest could occur. Loans are classified as “closely monitored” when it is determined that there is a collateral deficiency or other credit events that may lead to a potential loss of principal or interest. Loans “not in good standing” are those loans where the Company has concluded that there is a high probability of loss of principal, such as when the loan is delinquent or in the process of foreclosure. As described below, in determining the allowance for losses, the Company evaluates each loan on the watch list to determine if it is probable that amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement will not be collected.

Loan-to-value and debt service coverage ratios are measures commonly used to assess the quality of commercial mortgage loans. The loan-to-value ratio compares the amount of the loan to the fair value of the underlying property collateralizing the loan, and is commonly expressed as a percentage. Loan-to-value ratios greater than 100% indicate that the loan amount exceeds the collateral value. A smaller loan-to-value ratio indicates a greater excess of collateral value over the loan amount. The debt service coverage ratio compares a property’s net operating income to its debt service payments. Debt service coverage ratios less than 1.0 times indicate that property operations do not generate enough income to cover the loan’s current debt payments. A larger debt service coverage ratio indicates a greater excess of net operating income over the debt service payments. The values utilized in calculating these ratios are developed as part of the Company’s periodic review of the commercial mortgage loan and agricultural loan portfolio, which includes an internal appraisal of the underlying collateral value. The Company’s periodic review also includes a quality re-rating process, whereby the internal quality rating originally assigned at underwriting is updated based on current loan, property and market information using a proprietary quality rating system. The loan-to-value ratio is the most significant of several inputs used to establish the internal credit rating of a loan which in turn drives the allowance for losses. Other key factors considered in determining the internal credit rating include debt service coverage ratios, amortization, loan term, estimated market value growth rate and volatility for the property type and region. See Note 3 for additional information related to the loan-to-value ratios and debt service coverage ratios related to the Company’s commercial mortgage and agricultural loan portfolios.

 

9

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

Loans are reported at carrying value, and the allowance for losses includes a loan specific reserve for each impaired loan that has a specifically identified loss and a portfolio reserve for probable incurred but not specifically identified losses. For impaired commercial mortgage loans and agricultural loans the allowances for losses are determined based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, or based upon the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. The portfolio reserves for probable incurred but not specifically identified losses in the commercial mortgage and agricultural loan portfolio segments considers the current credit composition of the portfolio based on an internal quality rating, (as described above). The portfolio reserves are determined using past loan experience, including historical credit migration, default probability and loss severity factors by property type. Historical credit migration, default and loss severity factors are updated each quarter based on the Company’s actual loan experience, and are considered together with other relevant qualitative factors in making the final portfolio reserve calculations.

The allowance for losses on commercial mortgage loans and agricultural loans can increase or decrease from period to period based on the factors noted above. “Realized investment gains (losses), net” includes changes in the allowance for losses and changes in value for loans accounted for under the fair value option. “Realized investment gains (losses), net” also includes gains and losses on sales, certain restructurings, and foreclosures.

When a commercial mortgage or other loan is deemed to be uncollectible, any specific valuation allowance associated with the loan is reversed and a direct write down to the carrying amount of the loan is made. The carrying amount of the loan is not adjusted for subsequent recoveries in value.

Policy loans are carried at unpaid principal balances. Interest income on policy loans is recognized in “Net investment income” at the contract interest rate when earned.

Securities repurchase and resale agreements and securities loaned transactions are used to earn spread income, to borrow funds, or to facilitate trading activity. Securities repurchase and resale agreements are generally short term in nature, and therefore, the carrying amounts of these instruments approximate fair value. As part of securities repurchase agreements or securities loan transactions the Company transfers U.S. government and government agency securities and receives cash as collateral. As part of securities resale agreements, the Company transfers cash as collateral and receives U.S. government securities. For securities repurchase agreements and securities loaned transactions used to earn spread income, the cash received is typically invested in cash equivalents, short term investments or fixed maturities.

Securities repurchase and resale agreements that satisfy certain criteria are treated as collateralized financing arrangements. These agreements are carried at the amounts at which the securities will be subsequently resold or reacquired, as specified in the respective agreements. For securities purchased under agreements to resell, the Company’s policy is to take possession or control of the securities and to value the securities daily. Securities to be resold are the same, or substantially the same, as the securities received. For securities sold under agreements to repurchase, the market value of the securities to be repurchased is monitored, and additional collateral is obtained where appropriate, to protect against credit exposure. Securities to be repurchased are the same, or substantially the same as those sold. Income and expenses related to these transactions executed within the insurance subsidiary used to earn spread income are reported as “Net investment income,” however, for transactions used to borrow funds, the associated borrowing cost is reported as interest expense (included in “General, administrative and other expenses”).

Securities loaned transactions are treated as financing arrangements and are recorded at the amount of cash received. The Company obtains collateral in an amount equal to 102% and 105% of the fair value of the domestic and foreign securities, respectively. The Company monitors the market value of the securities loaned on a daily basis with additional collateral obtained as necessary. Substantially all of the Company’s securities loaned transactions are with large brokerage firms. Income and expenses associated with securities loaned transactions used to earn spread income are generally reported as “Net investment income;” however, for securities loaned transactions used for funding purposes the associated rebate is reported as interest expense (included in “General, administrative and other expenses”).

Other long-term investments consist of the derivatives, the Company’s investments in joint ventures and limited partnerships in which the Company does not exercise control, as well as investments in the Company’s own separate accounts, which are carried at fair value, and investment real estate. Joint venture and partnership interests are generally accounted for using the equity method of accounting, except in instances in which the Company’s interest is so minor that it exercises virtually no influence over operating and financial policies. In such instances, the Company applies the cost method of accounting. The Company’s share of net income from investments in joint ventures and partnerships is generally included in “Net investment income.”

Short-term investments primarily consist of highly liquid debt instruments with a maturity of greater than three months and less than twelve months when purchased. These investments are generally carried at fair value and include certain money market investments, short-term debt securities issued by government sponsored entities and other highly liquid debt instruments.

Realized investment gains (losses) are computed using the specific identification method. Realized investment gains and losses are generated from numerous sources, including the sale of fixed maturity securities, equity securities, investments in joint ventures and limited partnerships and other types of investments, as well as adjustments to the cost basis of investments for net other-than-temporary impairments recognized in earnings. Realized investment gains and losses are also generated from prepayment premiums received on private fixed maturity securities, recoveries of principal on previously impaired securities, provisions for losses on commercial mortgage loans and fair value changes on embedded derivatives and free-standing derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment.

 

10

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

The Company’s available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses are reviewed quarterly to identify other-than-temporary impairments in value. In evaluating whether a decline in value is other-than-temporary, the Company considers several factors including, but not limited to the following: (1) the extent and the duration of the decline; (2) the reasons for the decline in value (credit event, currency or interest-rate related, including general credit spread widening); and (3) the financial condition of and near-term prospects of the issuer. With regard to available-for-sale equity securities, the Company also considers the ability and intent to hold the investment for a period of time to allow for a recovery of value. When it is determined that a decline in value of an equity security is other-than-temporary, the carrying value of the equity security is reduced to its fair value, with a corresponding charge to earnings.

In addition, in April 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) revised the authoritative guidance for the recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairments for debt securities. The Company early adopted this guidance on January 1, 2009. Prior to the adoption of this guidance the Company was required to record an other-than-temporary impairment for a debt security unless it could assert that it had both the intent and ability to hold the security for a period of time sufficient to allow for a recovery in its’ fair value to its amortized cost basis.

This revised guidance indicates that an other-than-temporary impairment must be recognized in earnings for a debt security in an unrealized loss position when an entity either (a) has the intent to sell the debt security or (b) more likely than not will be required to sell the debt security before its anticipated recovery. For all debt securities in unrealized loss positions that do not meet either of these two criteria, the guidance requires that the Company analyze its ability to recover the amortized cost by comparing the net present value of projected future cash flows with the amortized cost of the security. The net present value is calculated by discounting the Company’s best estimate of projected future cash flows at the effective interest rate implicit in the debt security prior to impairment. The Company may use the estimated fair value of collateral as a proxy for the net present value if it believes that the security is dependent on the liquidation of collateral for recovery of its investment. If the net present value is less than the amortized cost of the investment, an other-than-temporary impairment is recognized. In addition to the above mentioned circumstances, the Company also recognizes an other-than-temporary impairment in earnings when a foreign currency denominated security in an unrealized loss position approaches maturity.

Under the authoritative guidance for the recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairments, when an other-than-temporary impairment of a debt security has occurred, the amount of the other-than-temporary impairment recognized in earnings depends on whether the Company intends to sell the security or more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If the debt security meets either of these two criteria, the other-than-temporary impairment recognized in earnings is equal to the entire difference between the security’s amortized cost basis and its fair value at the impairment measurement date. For other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities that do not meet these two criteria, the net amount recognized in earnings is equal to the difference between the amortized cost of the debt security and its net present value calculated as described above. Any difference between the fair value and the net present value of the debt security at the impairment measurement date is recorded in “Other comprehensive income (loss).” Unrealized gains or losses on securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment has been recognized in earnings is tracked as a separate component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).” Prior to the adoption of this guidance in 2009, an other-than-temporary impairment recognized in earnings for debt securities was equal to the total difference between amortized cost and fair value at the time of impairment.

For debt securities, the split between the amount of an other-than-temporary impairment recognized in other comprehensive income and the net amount recognized in earnings is driven principally by assumptions regarding the amount and timing of projected cash flows. For mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, cash flow estimates consider the payment terms of the underlying assets backing a particular security, including prepayment assumptions, and are based on data from widely accepted third-party data sources or internal estimates. In addition to prepayment assumptions, cash flow estimates include assumptions regarding the underlying collateral including default rates and recoveries which vary based on the asset type and geographic location, as well as the vintage year of the security. For structured securities, the payment priority within the tranche structure is also considered. For all other debt securities, cash flow estimates are driven by assumptions regarding probability of default and estimates regarding timing and amount of recoveries associated with a default. The Company has developed these estimates using information based on its historical experience as well as using market observable data, such as industry analyst reports and forecasts, sector credit ratings and other data relevant to the collectability of a security, such as the general payment terms of the security and the security’s position within the capital structure of the issuer.

The new cost basis of an impaired security is not adjusted for subsequent increases in estimated fair value. In periods subsequent to the recognition of an other-than-temporary impairment, the impaired security is accounted for as if it had been purchased on the measurement date of the impairment. For debt securities, the discount (or reduced premium) based on the new cost basis may be accreted into net investment income in future periods, including increases in cash flow on a prospective basis.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, amounts due from banks, certain money market investments, and other debt issues with maturities of three months or less when purchased. The Company also engages in overnight borrowing and lending of funds with Prudential Financial and affiliates which are considered cash and cash equivalents.

Reinsurance recoverables

Reinsurance recoverables include corresponding payables and receivables associated with reinsurance arrangements with affiliates. For additional information about these arrangements see Note 8 to the Financial Statements.

 

11

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

Other Assets and Other Liabilities

Other assets consist primarily of premiums due, certain restricted assets, and receivables resulting from sales of securities that had not yet settled at the balance sheet date. Other liabilities consist primarily of accrued expenses, technical overdrafts, derivatives, and payables resulting from purchases of securities that had not yet been settled at the balance sheet date.

Contingent Liabilities

Amounts related to contingent liabilities are accrued if it is probable that a liability has been incurred and an amount is reasonably estimable. Management evaluates whether there are incremental legal or other costs directly associated with the ultimate resolution of the matter that are reasonably estimable and, if so, they are included in the accrual.

Asset Administration Fees

The Company receives asset administration fee income from policyholders’ account balances invested in The Prudential Series Funds or, “PSF,” which are a portfolio of mutual fund investments related to the Company’s separate account products. Also, the Company receives fee income calculated on contractholder separate account balances invested in the Advanced Series Trust Funds (see Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements). In addition, the Company receives fees from policyholders’ account balances invested in funds managed by companies other than affiliates of Prudential Insurance. Asset administration fees are recognized as income when earned.

Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are derived from interest rates, financial indices, or the values of securities. Derivative financial instruments generally used by the Company include swaps, futures, forwards and options which are contracted in the over-the-counter market with an affiliate. Derivative positions are carried at fair value, generally by obtaining quoted market prices or through the use of valuation models. Values can be affected by changes in interest rates, financial indices, values of securities, credit spreads, market volatility, expected returns and liquidity. Values can also be affected by changes in estimates and assumptions, including those related to counterparty behavior and non performance risk, used in valuation models.

Derivatives are used to manage the characteristics of the Company’s asset/liability mix to manage the interest rate and currency characteristics of assets or liabilities. Additionally, derivatives may be used to seek to reduce exposure to interest rate, credit, foreign currency and equity risks associated with assets held or expected to be purchased or sold, and liabilities incurred or expected to be incurred.

Derivatives are recorded either as assets, within “Other long-term investments,” or as liabilities, within “Other liabilities,” except for embedded derivatives, which are recorded with the associated host contract. The Company nets the fair value of all derivative financial instruments with its affiliated counterparty for which a master netting arrangement has been executed. As discussed below and in Note 5, all realized and unrealized changes in fair value of derivatives, with the exception of the effective portion of cash flow hedges are recorded in current earnings. Cash flows from these derivatives are reported in the operating and investing activities sections in the Statements of Cash Flows.

The Company designates derivatives as either (1) a hedge of a forecasted transaction or of the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability (“cash flow” hedge), or (2) a derivative that does not qualify for hedge accounting.

To qualify for hedge accounting treatment, a derivative must be highly effective in mitigating the designated risk of the hedged item. Effectiveness of the hedge is formally assessed at inception and throughout the life of the hedging relationship. Even if a derivative qualifies for hedge accounting treatment, there may be an element of ineffectiveness of the hedge. Under such circumstances, the ineffective portion is recorded in “Realized investment gains (losses), net.”

The Company formally documents at inception all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk-management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes linking all derivatives designated as cash flow hedges to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet or to forecasted transactions.

When a derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge and is determined to be highly effective, changes in its fair value are recorded in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” until earnings are affected by the variability of cash flows being hedged (e.g., when periodic settlements on a variable-rate asset or liability are recorded in earnings). At that time, the related portion of deferred gains or losses on the derivative instrument is reclassified and reported in the income statement line item associated with the hedged item.

If it is determined that a derivative no longer qualifies as an effective cash flow hedge, or management removes the hedge designation, the derivative will continue to be carried on the balance sheet at its fair value, with changes in fair value recognized currently in “Realized investment gains (losses), net.” The asset or liability under a fair value hedge will no longer be adjusted for changes in fair value and the existing basis adjustment is amortized to the income statement line associated with the asset or liability. The component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” related to discontinued cash flow hedges is amortized to the income statement line associated with the hedged cash flows consistent with the earnings impact of the original hedged cash flows.

 

12

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

If a derivative does not qualify for hedge accounting, all changes in its fair value, including net receipts and payments, are included in “Realized investment gains (losses), net” without considering changes in the fair value of the economically associated assets or liabilities.

The Company is a party to financial instruments that contain derivative instruments that are “embedded” in the financial instruments. At inception, the Company assesses whether the economic characteristics of the embedded derivative are clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics of the remaining component of the financial instrument (i.e., the host contract) and whether a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded instrument would meet the definition of a derivative instrument. When it is determined that (1) the embedded derivative possesses economic characteristics that are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics of the host contract, and (2) a separate instrument with the same terms would qualify as a derivative instrument, the embedded derivative is separated from the host contract, carried at fair value, and changes in its fair value are included in “Realized investment gains/(losses), net.” For certain financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative that otherwise would need to be bifurcated and reported at fair value, the Company may elect to classify the entire instrument as an Other long-term investments and report it within “Other long-term investments.”

The Company sells variable annuity contracts that include optional living benefit features that may be treated from an accounting perspective as embedded derivatives. The Company has reinsurance agreements to transfer the risk related to certain of these embedded derivatives to an affiliate, Pruco Reinsurance Ltd. (“Pruco Re”). The embedded derivatives related to the living benefit features and the related reinsurance agreements are carried at fair value and included in “Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities” and “Reinsurance recoverables,” respectively. Changes in the fair value are determined using valuation models as described in Note 4, and are recorded in “Realized investment gains/(losses), net.”

The Company, excluding its subsidiaries, also sells certain universal life products that contain a no-lapse guarantee provision that is reinsured with an affiliate Universal Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Company (“UPARC”). The reinsurance of this no-lapse guarantee results in an embedded derivative that incurs market risk primarily in the form of interest rate risk. Interest rate sensitivity can result in changes in the value of the underlying contractual guarantees that are carried at fair value and included in “Reinsurance recoverables”, and changes in “Realized investment gains/(losses), net.”

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2010, the FASB issued updated guidance that requires enhanced disclosures related to the allowance for credit losses and the credit quality of a company’s financing receivable portfolio. The disclosures as of the end of a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The Company adopted this guidance effective December 31, 2010. The required disclosures are included above and in Note 3. The disclosures about activity that occurs during a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The Company has provided these required disclosures in the interim reporting period ended March 31, 2011. In January 2011, the FASB deferred the disclosures required by this guidance related to troubled debt restructurings. The disclosures will be effective, and the Company will provide these disclosures, concurrent with the effective date of proposed guidance for determining what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring.

In April 2010, the FASB issued guidance clarifying that an insurance entity should not consider any separate account interests in an investment held for the benefit of policyholders to be the insurer’s interests, and should not combine those interests with its general account interest in the same investment when assessing the investment for consolidation, unless the separate account interests are held for a related party policyholder, whereby consolidation of such interests must be considered under applicable variable interest guidance. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010 and retrospectively to all prior periods upon the date of adoption, with early adoption permitted. The Company’s adoption of this guidance effective January 1, 2011 did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, and financial statement disclosures.

In March 2010, the FASB issued updated guidance that amends and clarifies the accounting for credit derivatives embedded in interests in securitized financial assets. This new guidance eliminates the scope exception for embedded credit derivatives (except for those that are created solely by subordination) and provides new guidance on how the evaluation of embedded credit derivatives is to be performed. This new guidance is effective for the first interim reporting period beginning after June 15, 2010. The Company’s adoption of this guidance effective with the interim reporting period ending September 30, 2010 did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and financial statement disclosures.

In January 2010, the FASB issued updated guidance that requires new fair value disclosures about significant transfers between Level 1 and 2 measurement categories and separate presentation of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements within the roll forward of Level 3 activity. Also, this updated fair value guidance clarifies the disclosure requirements about level of disaggregation and valuation techniques and inputs. This new guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of Level 3 activity, which are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The Company adopted the guidance effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009 on January 1, 2010. The Company adopted the guidance effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010 on January 1, 2011. The required disclosures are provided in Note 4 and Note 5.

 

13

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2011, the FASB issued updated guidance clarifying which restructurings constitute troubled debt restructurings. It is intended to assist creditors in their evaluation of whether conditions exist that constitute a troubled debt restructuring. This new guidance is effective for the first interim or annual reporting period beginning on or after June 15, 2011 and should be applied retrospectively to the beginning of the annual reporting period of adoption. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, and financial statement disclosures.

In May 2011, the FASB issued updated guidance clarifying fair value measurement and disclosure requirements. It is intended to bring consistency to the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements of United States GAAP and International Accounting Standards. This new guidance is effective for interim or annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2011 and should be applied prospectively. In the period of adoption the Company will be required to disclose a change, if any, in valuation technique and related inputs resulting from the application of the amendments. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the guidance on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and financial statement disclosures.

In April 2011, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding the assessment of effective control for repurchase agreements. This new guidance is effective for the first interim or annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2011 and should be applied prospectively to transactions or modifications of existing transactions that occur on or after the effective date. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, and financial statement disclosures.

In October 2010, the FASB issued guidance to address diversity in practice regarding the interpretation of which costs relating to the acquisition of new or renewal insurance contracts qualify for deferral. Under the new guidance acquisition costs are to include only those costs that are directly related to the acquisition or renewal of insurance contracts by applying a model similar to the accounting for loan origination costs. An entity may defer incremental direct costs of contract acquisition that are incurred in transactions with independent third parties or employees as well as the portion of employee compensation costs related to underwriting, policy issuance and processing, medical inspection, and contract selling for successfully negotiated contracts. Additionally, an entity may capitalize as a deferred acquisition cost only those advertising costs meeting the capitalization criteria for direct-response advertising. This change is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011 and interim periods within those years. Early adoption as of the beginning of a fiscal year is permitted. The guidance is to be applied prospectively upon the date of adoption, with retrospective application permitted, but not required. The Company will adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2012. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, and financial statement disclosures.

3. INVESTMENTS

Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities

The following tables provide information relating to fixed maturities and equity securities (excluding investments classified as trading) as of the dates indicated:

 

		March 31, 2011
		Amortized Cost				Gross Unrealized Gains				Gross Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Other-than- temporary impairments in AOCI (3)
		(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available for sale
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies		$	223,635			$	3,641			$	92			$	227,184			$	-
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions			25,125				75				720				24,480				-
Foreign government bonds			48,227				5,580				-				53,807				-
Corporate securities			4,117,381				275,145				12,062				4,380,464				(1,403	)
Asset-backed securities(1)			422,129				20,948				21,085				421,992				(34,572	)
Commercial mortgage-backed securities			562,973				32,810				489				595,294				-
Residential mortgage-backed securities (2)			336,944				23,091				205				359,830				(1,383	)
Total fixed maturities, available for sale		$	5,736,414			$	361,290			$	34,653			$	6,063,051			$	(37,358	)
Equity securities, available for sale		$	19,106			$	4,855			$	427			$	23,534

 

(1)

Includes credit tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, auto loans, credit cards, education loans, and other asset types.

(2)

Includes publicly traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations.

(3)

Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss),” or “AOCI,” which were not included in earnings. Amount excludes $21 million of net unrealized gains (losses) on impaired securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.

 

14

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

 

		December 31, 2010
		Amortized Cost				Gross Unrealized Gains				Gross Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Other-than- temporary impairments in AOCI (3)
		(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available for sale
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies		$	223,442			$	4,563			$	43			$	227,962			$	-
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions			25,126				66				1,063				24,129				-
Foreign government bonds			48,725				5,984				-				54,709				-
Corporate securities			4,090,968				292,696				13,467				4,370,197				(694	)
Asset-backed securities(1)			417,339				22,316				30,077				409,578				(37,817	)
Commercial mortgage-backed securities			546,056				34,711				247				580,520				-
Residential mortgage-backed securities (2)			350,173				25,228				193				375,208				(1,437	)
Total fixed maturities, available for sale		$	5,701,829			$	385,564			$	45,090			$	6,042,303			$	(39,948	)
Equity securities, available for sale		$	17,964			$	3,352			$	1,909			$	19,407

 

(1)

Includes credit tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, auto loans, credit cards, education loans, and other asset types.

(2)

Includes publicly traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations.

(3)

Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairments losses in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss),” or “AOCI” which were not included in earnings. Amount excludes $15 million of net unrealized gains (losses) on impaired securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.

The amortized cost and fair value of fixed maturities by contractual maturities at March 31, 2011, are as follows:

 

		Available for Sale
		Amortized Cost				Fair Value
		(in thousands)
Due in one year or less		$	686,346			$	704,964
Due after one year through five years			1,751,466				1,882,404
Due after five years through ten years			1,428,954				1,517,568
Due after ten years			547,602				580,999
Asset-backed securities			422,129				421,992
Commercial mortgage-backed securities			562,973				595,294
Residential mortgage-backed securities			336,944				359,830
Total		$	5,736,414			$	6,063,051

Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations. Asset-backed, commercial mortgage-backed, and residential mortgage-backed securities are shown separately in the table above, as they are not due at a single maturity date.

The following table depicts the sources of fixed maturity proceeds and related investment gains (losses), as well as losses on impairments of both fixed maturities and equity securities:

 

		Three months ended March 31,
		2011				2010
		(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available for sale:
Proceeds from sales		$	23,304			$	166,878
Proceeds from maturities/repayments			185,003				225,384
Gross investment gains from sales, prepayments and maturities			4,275				7,550
Gross investment losses from sales and maturities			(40	)			(811	)
Fixed maturity and equity security impairments:
Net writedowns for other-than-temporary impairment losses on fixed maturities recognized in earnings (1)		$	(2,435	)		$	(2,030	)
Writedowns for other-than-temporary impairment losses on equity securities			(1,357	)			(90	)

 

(1)	Excludes the portion of other-than-temporary impairments recorded in “Other comprehensive income (loss),” representing any difference between the fair value of the impaired debt security and the net present value of its projected future cash flows at the time of impairment.

 

15

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

As discussed in Note 2, a portion of certain other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) losses on fixed maturity securities are recognized in “Other comprehensive income (loss)” (“OCI”). The net amount recognized in earnings (“credit loss impairments”) represents the difference between the amortized cost of the security and the net present value of its projected future cash flows discounted at the effective interest rate implicit in the debt security prior to impairment. Any remaining difference between the fair value and amortized cost is recognized in OCI. The following table sets forth the amount of pre-tax credit loss impairments on fixed maturity securities held by the Company as of the dates indicated, for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in OCI, and the corresponding changes in such amounts.

Credit losses recognized in earnings on fixed maturity securities held by the Company for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in OCI

 

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,     2011				March 31,     2010
		(in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period		$	36,820			$	42,943
Credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period			(1,693	)			(3,674	)
Credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities impaired to fair value during the period (1)			-				-
Credit loss impairment recognized in the current period on securities not previously impaired			85				2
Additional credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities previously impaired			1,956				2,029
Increases due to the passage of time on previously recorded credit losses			313				1,080
Accretion of credit loss impairments previously recognized due to an increase in cash flows expected to be collected			(595	)			(246	)
Balance, end of period		$	36,886			$	42,134

 

(1)	Represents circumstances where the Company determined in the current period that it intends to sell the security or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery of the security’s amortized cost.

Trading Account Assets

The following table provides information relating to trading account assets as of the dates indicated:

 

		March 31, 2011								December 31, 2010
		Amortized Cost				Fair Value				Amortized Cost				Fair Value
		(in thousands)								(in thousands)
Fixed maturities:
Corporate securities		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Asset-backed securities			16,200				17,516				16,074				17,525
Commercial mortgage-backed securities			4,957				5,160				4,950				5,180
Total fixed maturities			21,157				22,676				21,024				22,705
Total trading account assets		$	21,157			$	22,676			$	21,024			$	22,705

The net change in unrealized gains (losses) from trading account assets still held at period end, recorded within “Other Income” were ($0.2) million and $0.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

16

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Commercial Mortgage Loans

The Company’s commercial mortgage loans are comprised as follows as of the dates indicated:

 

		March 31, 2011								December 31, 2010
		Amount (in thousands)				% of Total				Amount (in thousands)				% of Total
Commercial mortgage loans by property type
Industrial buildings		$	225,004				17.1	%		$	226,174				17.4	%
Retail stores			436,271				33.1				438,072				33.8
Apartments/Multi-family			206,458				15.7				203,749				15.7
Office buildings			207,619				15.7				208,699				16.1
Hospitality			57,061				4.3				57,409				4.4
Other			96,782				7.3				85,133				6.6
Total commercial mortgage loans			1,229,195				93.2				1,219,236				94.0
Agricultural properties			89,819				6.8				77,214				6.0
Total commercial mortgage and agricultural loans			1,319,014				100.0	%			1,296,450				100.0	%
Valuation allowance			(20,986	)							(21,428	)
Total commercial mortgage and other loans		$	1,298,028							$	1,275,022

The commercial loans are geographically dispersed throughout the United States with the largest concentrations in California (21%), New Jersey (12%) and Virginia (9%) at March 31, 2011.

Activity in the allowance for losses for all commercial mortgage and other loans, as of the dates indicated, is as follows:

 

		March 31, 2011
		Commercial Mortgage Loans				Agricultural Property Loans				Total
		(in millions)
Allowance for losses, beginning of year		$	21,008			$	420			$	21,428
Addition to / (release of) allowance of losses			(436	)			(6	)			(442	)
Total Ending Balance		$	20,572			$	414			$	20,986
		December 31, 2010
		Commercial Mortgage Loans				Agricultural Property Loans				Total
		(in millions)
Allowance for losses, beginning of year		$	25,742			$	-			$	25,742
Addition to / (release of) allowance of losses			(4,735	)			421				(4,314	)
Total Ending Balance		$	21,007			$	421			$	21,428

 

17

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

The following table sets forth the allowance for credit losses and the recorded investment in commercial mortgage and other loans as of the dates indicated:

 

		March 31, 2011
		Commercial Mortgage Loans				Agricultural Property Loans				Total
		(in thousands)
Allowance for Credit Losses:
Ending Balance: individually evaluated for impairment		$	10,015			$	-			$	10,015
Ending Balance: collectively evaluated for impairment			10,557				414				10,971
Total Ending Balance		$	20,572			$	414			$	20,986
Recorded Investment (1):
Ending balance gross of reserves: individually evaluated for impairment		$	37,819			$	-			$	37,816
Ending balance gross of reserves: collectively evaluated for impairment			1,191,376				89,819				1,281,195
Total Ending balance, gross of reserves		$	1,229,195			$	89,819			$	1,319,014

 

(1)

Recorded investment reflects the balance sheet carrying value gross of related allowance.

 

		December 31, 2010
		Commercial Mortgage Loans				Agricultural Property Loans				Total
		(in thousands)
Allowance for Credit Losses:
Ending Balance: individually evaluated for impairment		$	10,536			$	-			$	10,536
Ending Balance: collectively evaluated for impairment			10,471				421				10,892
Total Ending Balance		$	21,007			$	421			$	21,428
Recorded Investment (1):
Ending balance gross of reserves: individually evaluated for impairment		$	38,061			$	-			$	38,061
Ending balance gross of reserves: collectively evaluated for impairment			1,181,175				77,214				1,258,389
Total Ending balance, gross of reserves		$	1,219,236			$	77,214			$	1,296,450

 

(1)

Recorded investment reflects the balance sheet carrying value gross of related allowance.

 

18

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

The following table set forth impaired loans including those loans for which it is probable that amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement will not all be collected. Impaired commercial mortgage and other loans identified in management’s specific review of probable loan losses and the related allowance for losses as of the dates indicated:

Impaired Commercial Mortgage Loans

 

		As of March 31, 2011
		Recorded Investment (1)				Unpaid Principal Balance				Related Allowance				Average Recorded Investment Before allowance				Interest Income Recognized (2)
		(in thousands)
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial mortgage loans:
Industrial		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Retail			12,473				12,473				1,986				12,514				1,007
Office			-				-				-				-				-
Apartments/Multi-Family			-				-				-				-				-
Hospitality			15,683				15,683				7,643				15,764				104
Other			9,663				9,663				386				9,663				(53	)
Total commercial mortgage loans		$	37,819			$	37,819			$	10,015			$	37,941			$	1,058

 

(1)	Recorded investment reflects the balance sheet carrying value gross of related allowance.

(2)	The interest income recognized is for the full year of income regardless of when the impairments occurred.

 

		Year Ended December 31, 2010
		Recorded Investment (1)				Unpaid Principal Balance				Related Allowance
		(in thousands)
With an allowance recorded:
Commercial mortgage loans:
Industrial		$	-			$	-			$	-
Retail			12,555				12,555				2,079
Office			-				-				-
Apartments/Multi-Family			-				-				-
Hospitality			15,844				15,844				7,816
Other			9,662				9,662				641
Total commercial mortgage loans		$	38,061			$	38,061			$	10,536

 

(1)	Recorded investment reflects the balance sheet carrying value gross of related allowance.

At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company held no impaired agricultural loans.

Impaired commercial mortgage and other loans with no allowance for losses are loans in which the fair value of the collateral or the net present value of the loans’ expected future cash flows equals or exceeds the recorded investment. At March 31, 2011, and December 31, 2010, the Company held no impaired commercial mortgage and other loans with no allowances for losses. The average recorded investment in non-performing loans before allowance for losses was $38 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010. Net investment income recognized on these loans totaled $1 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010. See Note 2 for information regarding the Company’s accounting policies for non-performing loans.

The following tables set forth the credit quality indicators as of March 31, 2011, based upon the recorded investment gross of allowance for credit losses.

 

19

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Commercial mortgage loans

 

		Debt Service Coverage Ratio – March 31, 2011
		Greater than 2.0X				1.8X to 2.0X				1.5X to <1.8X				1.2X to <1.5X				1.0X to <1.2X				Less than 1.0X				Grand Total
		(in thousands)
Loan-to-Value Ratio
0%-49.99%		$	108,024			$	68,586			$	90,860			$	14,879			$	15,925			$	8,409			$	306,683
50%-59.99%			44,079				37,744				34,225				-				8,782				-				124,830
60%-69.99%			114,130				66,469				51,711				113,324				40,347				-				385,981
70%-79.99%			5,000				14,463				18,015				106,801				52,894				53,596				250,769
80%-89.99%			-				-				24,000				37,854				8,861				17,872				88,587
90%-100%			-				-				-				-				12,793				21,732				34,525
Greater than 100%			-				3,829				-				-				12,473				21,518				37,820
Total Commercial Mortgage Loans		$	271,233			$	191,091			$	218,811			$	272,858			$	152,075			$	123,127			$	1,229,195
Agricultural loans
		Debt Service Coverage Ratio – March 31, 2011
		Greater than 2.0X				1.8X to 2.0X				1.5X to <1.8X				1.2X to <1.5X				1.0X to <1.2X				Less than 1.0X				Grand Total
		(in thousands)
Loan-to-Value Ratio
0%-49.99%		$	13,060			$	956			$	22,438			$	14,729			$	12,681			$	-			$	63,864
50%-59.99%			-				5,749				-				-				-				-				5,749
60%-69.99%			9,616				-				10,590				-				-				-				20,206
70%-79.99%			-				-				-				-				-				-				-
80%-89.99%			-				-				-				-				-				-				-
90%-100%			-				-				-				-				-				-				-
Greater than 100%			-				-				-				-				-				-				-
Total Agricultural Loans		$	22,676			$	6,705			$	33,028			$	14,729			$	12,681			$	-			$	89,819
Commercial mortgage and agricultural loans
		Debt Service Coverage Ratio – March 31, 2011
		Greater than 2.0X				1.8X to 2.0X				1.5X to <1.8X				1.2X to <1.5X				1.0X to <1.2X				Less than 1.0X				Grand Total
		(in thousands)
Loan-to-Value Ratio
0%-49.99%		$	121,084			$	69,542			$	113,298			$	29,608			$	28,606			$	8,409			$	370,547
50%-59.99%			44,079				43,493				34,225				-				8,782				-				130,579
60%-69.99%			123,746				66,469				62,301				113,324				40,347				-				406,187
70%-79.99%			5,000				14,463				18,015				106,801				52,894				53,596				250,769
80%-89.99%			-				-				24,000				37,854				8,861				17,872				88,587
90%-100%			-				-				-				-				12,793				21,732				34,525
Greater than 100%			-				3,829				-				-				12,473				21,518				37,820
Total Commercial Mortgage and Agricultural Loans		$	293,909			$	197,796			$	251,839			$	287,587			$	164,756			$	123,127			$	1,319,014

 

20

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

The following tables set forth the credit quality indicators as of December 31, 2010, based upon the recorded investment gross of allowance for credit losses.

Commercial mortgage loans

 

		Debt Service Coverage Ratio – December 31, 2010
		Greater than 2.0X				1.8X to 2.0X				1.5X to <1.8X				1.2X to <1.5X				1.0X to <1.2X				Less than 1.0X				Grand Total
		(in thousands)
Loan-to-Value Ratio
0%-49.99%		$	113,353			$	66,295			$	94,130			$	29,678			$	5,957			$	4,211			$	313,624
50%-59.99%			48,665				19,063				34,349				-				8,900				-				110,977
60%-69.99%			97,374				92,211				34,119				104,588				32,743				-				361,035
70%-79.99%			5,000				14,462				21,558				132,812				95,433				2,365				271,630
80%-89.99%			-				-				-				62,323				8,909				17,972				89,204
90%-100%			-				-				-				-				11,216				21,846				33,062
Greater than 100%			-				-				-				3,847				14,198				21,659				39,704
Total Commercial Mortgage
Loans		$	264,392			$	192,031			$	184,156			$	333,248			$	177,356			$	68,053			$	1,219,236
Agricultural loans
		Debt Service Coverage Ratio – December 31, 2010
		Greater than 2.0X				1.8X to 2.0X				1.5X to <1.8X				1.2X to <1.5X				1.0X to <1.2X				Less than 1.0X				Grand Total
		(in thousands)
Loan-to-Value Ratio
0%-49.99%		$	13,368			$	960			$	20,192			$	15,129			$	12,731			$	-			$	62,380
50%-59.99%			-				5,105				-				-				-				-				5,105
60%-69.99%			9,729				-				-				-				-				-				9,729
70%-79.99%			-				-				-				-				-				-				-
80%-89.99%			-				-				-				-				-				-				-
90%-100%			-				-				-				-				-				-				-
Greater than 100%			-				-				-				-				-				-				-
Total Agricultural
Loans		$	23,097			$	6,065			$	20,192			$	15,129			$	12,731			$	-			$	77,214
Commercial mortgage and agricultural loans
		Debt Service Coverage Ratio – December 31, 2010
		Greater than 2.0X				1.8X to 2.0X				1.5X to <1.8X				1.2X to <1.5X				1.0X to <1.2X				Less than 1.0X				Grand Total
		(in thousands)
Loan-to-Value Ratio
0%-49.99%		$	126,721			$	67,255			$	114,322			$	44,807			$	18,688			$	4,211			$	376,004
50%-59.99%			48,665				24,168				34,349				-				8,900				-				116,082
60%-69.99%			107,103				92,211				34,119				104,588				32,743				-				370,764
70%-79.99%			5,000				14,462				21,558				132,812				95,433				2,365				271,630
80%-89.99%			-				-				-				62,323				8,909				17,972				89,204
90%-100%			-				-				-				-				11,216				21,846				33,062
Greater than 100%			-				-				-				3,847				14,198				21,659				39,704
Total Commercial Mortgage and
Agricultural Loans		$	287,489			$	198,096			$	204,348			$	348,377			$	190,087			$	68,053			$	1,296,450

 

21

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

The following table provides an aging of past due commercial mortgage and other loans as of the dates indicated:

 

		As of March 31, 2011
		Current				30-59 Days Past Due				60-89 Days Past Due				Greater Than 90 Day - Accruing				Greater Than 90 Day -Not Accruing				Total  Past Due				Total Commercial Mortgage and other Loans
		(in thousands)
Commercial mortgage loans:
Industrial		$	225,004			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	225,004
Retail			436,271				-				-				-				-				-				436,271
Office			207,619				-				-				-				-				-				207,619
Apartments/Multi-Family			206,458				-				-				-				-				-				206,458
Hospitality			57,061				-				-				-				-				-				57,061
Other			87,119				-				-				-				9,663				9,663				96,782
Total commercial mortgage loans			1,219,532				-				-				-				9,663				9,663				1,229,195
Agricultural property loans			89,819				-				-				-				-				-				89,819
Total		$	1,309,351			$	-			$	-				-			$	9,663			$	9,663			$	1,319,014
		As of December 31, 2010
		Current				30-59 Days Past Due				60-89 Days Past Due				Greater Than 90 Day - Accruing				Greater Than 90 Day -Not Accruing				Total Past Due				Total Commercial Mortgage and other Loans
		(in thousands)
Commercial mortgage loans:
Industrial		$	226,174			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	226,174
Retail			425,517				12,555				-				-				-				12,555				438,072
Office			208,699				-				-				-				-				-				208,699
Apartments/Multi-Family			203,749				-				-				-				-				-				203,749
Hospitality			57,409				-				-				-				-				-				57,409
Other			75,471				-				-				-				9,662				9,662				85,133
Total commercial mortgage loans			1,197,019				12,555				-				-				9,662				22,217				1,219,236
Agricultural property loans			77,214				-				-				-				-				-				77,214
Total		$	1,274,233			$	12,555			$	-			$	-			$	9,662			$	22,217			$	1,296,450

 

22

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

See Note 2 for further discussion regarding nonaccrual status loans. The following table sets forth commercial mortgage and other loans on nonaccrual status as of the dates indicates, based upon the recorded investment gross of allowance for credit losses:

 

		March 31, 2011				December 31, 2010
		(in thousands)
Commercial mortgage loans:
Industrial		$	-			$	-
Retail			12,473				12,555
Office			-				-
Multi-Family/Apartment			-				-
Hospitality			15,683				15,844
Other			9,663				9,662
Total commercial mortgage loans		$	37,819			$	38,061

For the quarter ended March 31, 2011, there were no commercial mortgage and other loans sold or acquired.

Net Investment Income

Net investment income for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was from the following sources:

 

		Three Months Ended March 31, 2011				Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
		(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available for sale		$	77,533			$	79,279
Equity securities, available for sale			136				340
Trading account assets			270				285
Commercial mortgage and other loans			19,656				16,615
Policy loans			13,851				13,497
Short-term investments and cash equivalents			358				141
Other long-term investments			4,007				929
Gross investment income			115,811				111,086
Less investment expenses			(4,527	)			(3,916	)
Net investment income		$	111,284			$	107,170

Realized Investment Gains (Losses), Net

Realized investment gains (losses), net, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were from the following sources:

 

		Three Months Ended March 31, 2011				Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
		(in thousands)
Fixed maturities		$	1,800			$	4,709
Equity securities			(1,357	)			(457	)
Commercial mortgage and other loans			441				141
Derivatives			25,840				(9,993	)
Other			-				26
Realized investment gains (losses), net		$	26,724			$	(5,574	)

Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)

Net unrealized investment gains and losses on securities classified as “available for sale” and certain other long-term investments and other assets are included in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as a component of AOCI. Changes in these amounts include reclassification adjustments to exclude from “Other comprehensive income (loss)” those items that are included as part of “Net income” for a period that had been part of “Other comprehensive income (loss)” in earlier periods. The amounts for the periods indicated below, split between amounts related to fixed maturity securities on which an OTTI loss has been recognized, and all other net unrealized investment gains and losses, are as follows:

 

23

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses on Fixed Maturity Securities on which an OTTI loss has been recognized

 

		Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) On Investments				Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Other Costs				Policy Holder Account Balances				Deferred Income Tax (Liability) Benefit				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Related To Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
		(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2010		$	(24,704	)		$	16,255			$	(7,129	)		$	5,452			$	(10,126	)
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period			5,964				-				-				(2,088	)			3,876
Reclassification adjustment for OTTI losses included in net income			2,480				-				-				(868	)			1,612
Reclassification adjustment for OTTI gains excluded from net income (1)			379				-				-				(133	)			246
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs			-				(7,108	)			-				2,488				(4,620	)
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on Policyholder account balance			-				-				4,116				(1,441	)			2,675
Balance, March 31, 2011		$	(15,881	)		$	9,147			$	(3,013	)		$	3,410			$	(6,337	)

 

(1)	Represents “transfers in” related to the portion of OTTI losses recognized during the period that were not recognized in earnings for securities with no prior OTTI loss.

All Other Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses in AOCI

 

		Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) On Investments(1)				Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Other Costs				Policy Holder Account Balances				Deferred Income Tax (Liability) Benefit				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Related To Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
		(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2010		$	400,404			$	(230,749	)		$	93,029			$	(91,858	)		$	170,826
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period			(25,340	)			-				-				8,869				(16,471	)
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income			2,922				-				-				(1,023	)			1,899
Reclassification adjustment for OTTI losses excluded from net income (2)			(379	)			-				-				133				(246	)
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs			-				14,716				-				(5,151	)			9,565
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on policyholders’ account balances			-				-				(5,620	)			1,967				(3,653	)
Balance, March 31, 2011		$	377,607			$	(216,033	)		$	87,409			$	(87,063	)		$	161,920

 

(1)	Includes cash flow hedges. See Note 5 for information on cash flow hedges.

(2)	Represents “transfers out” related to the portion of OTTI losses recognized during the period that were not recognized in earnings for securities with no prior OTTI loss.

The table below presents net unrealized gains (losses) on investments by asset class as of the dates indicated:

 

		March 31, 2011				December 31, 2010
		( in thousands)
Fixed maturity securities on which an OTTI loss has been recognized		$	(15,881	)		$	(24,704	)
Fixed maturity securities, available for sale – all other			342,519				365,178
Equity securities, available for sale			4,427				1,443
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges(1)			(873	)			808
Other investments			31,534				32,975
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments		$	361,726			$	375,700

 

(1)

See Note 5 for more information on cash flow hedges.

 

24

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Duration of Gross Unrealized Loss Positions for Fixed Maturities

The following table shows the fair value and gross unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual fixed maturity securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of the dates indicated:

 

		March 31, 2011
		Less than twelve months (1)								Twelve months or more (1)								Total
		Fair Value				Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Unrealized Losses
		(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available for sale
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies		$	26,962			$	92			$	-			$	-			$	26,962			$	92
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions			21,005				720				-				-				21,005				720
Foreign government bonds			-				-				-				-				-				-
Corporate securities			306,065				9,242				40,767				2,820				346,832				12,062
Asset-backed securities			17,367				69				94,690				21,016				112,057				21,085
Commercial mortgage-backed securities			51,287				489				-				-				51,287				489
Residential mortgage-backed securities			27,074				113				4,637				92				31,711				205
Total		$	449,760			$	10,725			$	140,094			$	23,928			$	589,854			$	34,653

 

(1)	The month count for aging of unrealized losses was reset back to historical unrealized loss month counts for securities impacted by the adoption of new authoritative guidance related to other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities on January 1, 2009.

 

		December 31, 2010
		Less than twelve months (1)								Twelve months or more (1)								Total
		Fair Value				Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Unrealized Losses
		(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available for sale
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies		$	9,075			$	43			$	-			$	-			$	9,075			$	43
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions			20,662				1,063				-				-				20,662				1,063
Foreign government bonds			152				-				-				-				152				-
Corporate securities			330,322				9,606				51,283				3,860				381,605				13,466
Asset-backed securities			23,625				189				95,622				29,888				119,247				30,077
Commercial mortgage-backed securities			14,375				247				-				-				14,375				247
Residential mortgage-backed securities			3,406				57				5,934				137				9,340				194
Total		$	401,617			$	11,205			$	152,839			$	33,885			$	554,456			$	45,090

 

(1)	The month count for aging of unrealized losses was reset back to historical unrealized loss month counts for securities impacted by the adoption of new authoritative guidance related to other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities on January 1, 2009.

The gross unrealized losses at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are composed of $15 million and $23 million related to high or highest quality securities based on NAIC or equivalent rating and $20 million and $22 million , respectively, related to other than high or highest quality securities based on NAIC or equivalent rating. At March 31, 2011, $19 million of the gross unrealized losses represented declines in value of greater than 20%, none of which had been in that position for less than six months, as compared to $27 million at December 31, 2010 that represented declines in value of greater than 20%, none of which had been in that position for less than six months. At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the $24 million and $34 million respectively, of gross unrealized losses of twelve months or more were concentrated in asset backed securities, and in the utilities and transportation sectors of the Company’s corporate securities. In accordance with its policy described in Note 2, the Company concluded that an adjustment to earnings for other-than-temporary impairments for these securities was not warranted at March 31, 2011 or December 31, 2010. These conclusions are based on a detailed analysis of the underlying credit and cash flows on each security. The gross unrealized losses are primarily attributable to credit spread widening and increased liquidity discounts. At March 31, 2011, the Company does not intend to sell the securities and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the securities before the anticipated recovery of its remaining amortized cost basis.

 

25

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

3. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Duration of Gross Unrealized Loss Positions for Equity Securities

The following table shows the fair value and gross unrealized losses aggregated by length of time that individual equity securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of the following dates:

 

		March 31, 2011
		Less than twelve months								Twelve months or more								Total
		Fair Value				Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Unrealized Losses
		(in thousands)
Equity Securities, available for sale		$	3,041			$	266			$	1,534			$	161			$	4,575			$	427
		December 31, 2010
		Less than twelve months								Twelve months or more								Total
		Fair Value				Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Unrealized Losses
		(in thousands)
Equity Securities, available for sale		$	6,606			$	1,750			$	1,536			$	159			$	8,142			$	1,909

At March 31, 2011, $249 thousand of the gross unrealized losses represented declines of greater than 20%, all of which have been in that position for less than six months. At December 31, 2010, $2 million of the gross unrealized losses represented declines of greater than 20%, all of which had been in that position for less than six months. Perpetual preferred securities have characteristics of both debt and equity securities. Since an impairment model similar to fixed maturity securities is applied to these securities, an other-than-temporary impairment has not been recognized on certain perpetual preferred securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for twelve months or more as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010. In accordance with its policy described in Note 2, the Company concluded that an adjustment for other-than-temporary impairments for these equity securities was not warranted at March 31, 2011 or December 31, 2010.

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Fair Value Measurement – Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The authoritative guidance around fair value established a framework for measuring fair value that includes a hierarchy used to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques into three levels. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 - Fair value is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible to the Company for identical assets or liabilities. These generally provide the most reliable evidence and are used to measure fair value whenever available. Active markets are defined as having the following characteristics for the measured asset/liability: (i) many transactions, (ii) current prices, (iii) price quotes not varying substantially among market makers, (iv) narrow bid/ask spreads and (v) most information publicly available. The Company’s Level 1 assets and liabilities primarily include certain cash equivalents and short term investments, equity securities and derivative contracts that are traded in an active exchange market. Prices are obtained from readily available sources for market transactions involving identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Fair value is based on significant inputs, other than Level 1 inputs, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability through corroboration with observable market data. Level 2 inputs include quoted market prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, quoted market prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, and other market observable inputs. The Company’s Level 2 assets and liabilities include: fixed maturities (corporate public and private bonds, most government securities, certain asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, etc.), certain equity securities (mutual funds, which do not actively trade and are priced based on a net asset value), short-term investments and certain cash equivalents (primarily commercial paper), and certain over-the-counter derivatives. Valuations are generally obtained from third party pricing services for identical or comparable assets or liabilities or through the use of valuation methodologies using observable market inputs. Prices from services are validated through comparison to trade data and internal estimates of current fair value, generally developed using market observable inputs and economic indicators.

Level 3 - Fair value is based on at least one or more significant unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. These inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about the inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Company’s Level 3 assets and liabilities primarily include: certain private fixed maturities and equity securities, certain manually priced public equity securities and fixed maturities, certain highly structured over-the-counter derivative contracts, certain consolidated real estate funds for which the Company is the general partner, and embedded derivatives resulting from certain products with guaranteed benefits. Prices are determined using valuation methodologies such as option pricing models, discounted cash flow models and other similar techniques. Non-binding broker quotes, which are utilized when pricing service information is not available, are reviewed for reasonableness based on the Company’s understanding of the market, and are generally considered Level 3. Under certain conditions, based on its observations of transactions in active markets, the Company may conclude the prices received from independent third

 

26

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (continued)

 

party pricing services or brokers are not reasonable or reflective of market activity. In those instances, the Company may choose to over-ride the third-party pricing information or quotes received and apply internally- developed values to the related assets or liabilities. To the extent the internally-developed valuations use significant unobservable inputs, they are classified as Level 3. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, these over-rides on a net basis were not material.

Assets and Liabilities by Hierarchy Level - The tables below present the balances of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as of the dates indicated.

 

		As of March 31, 2011
		Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Total
		(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available for sale:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies		$	-			$	227,184			$	-			$	227,184
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions			-				24,480				-				24,480
Foreign government bonds			-				53,807				-				53,807
Corporate securities			-				4,331,522				48,942				4,380,464
Asset-backed securities			-				366,147				55,845				421,992
Commercial mortgage-backed securities			-				595,294				-				595,294
Residential mortgage-backed securities			-				359,830				-				359,830
Sub-total			-				5,958,264				104,787				6,063,051
Trading account assets:
Asset-backed securities			-				17,516				-				17,516
Commercial mortgage-backed securities			-				5,160				-				5,160
Sub-total			-				22,676				-				22,676
Equity securities, available for sale			12,716				-				10,818				23,534
Short-term investments			37,961				228,666				-				266,627
Cash equivalents			27,283				207,439				-				234,722
Other long-term investments			-				6,425				262				6,687
Other assets			-				47,620				(450,758	)			(403,138	)
Sub-total excluding separate account assets			77,960				6,471,090				(334,891	)			6,214,159
Separate account assets (1)			2,091,821				48,531,274				213,062				50,836,157
Total assets		$	2,169,781			$	55,002,364			$	(121,829	)		$	57,050,316
Future policy benefits			-				-				(709,470	)			(709,470	)
Total liabilities		$	-			$	-			$	(709,470	)		$	(709,470	)

 

27

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (continued)

 

 

		As of December 31, 2010 (2)
		Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Total
		(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available for sale:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies		$	-			$	227,962			$	-			$	227,962
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions			-				24,129				-				24,129
Foreign government bonds			-				54,709				-				54,709
Corporate securities			-				4,321,147				49,050				4,370,197
Asset-backed securities			-				349,808				59,770				409,578
Commercial mortgage-backed securities			-				580,520				-				580,520
Residential mortgage-backed securities			-				375,208				-				375,208
Sub-total			-				5,933,483				108,820				6,042,303
Trading account assets:
Asset-backed securities			-				17,525				-				17,525
Commercial mortgage-backed securities			-				5,180				-				5,180
Sub-total			-				22,705				-				22,705
Equity securities, available for sale			8,920				8,695				1,792				19,407
Short-term investments			50,989				195,915				-				246,904
Cash equivalents			42,040				237,871				-				279,911
Other long-term investments			-				15,195				-				15,195
Other assets			-				48,071				(222,491	)			(174,420	)
Sub-total excluding separate account assets			101,949				6,461,935				(111,879	)			6,452,005
Separate account assets (1)			1,654,810				41,415,830				198,451				43,269,091
Total assets		$	1,756,759			$	47,877,765			$	86,572			$	49,721,096
Future policy benefits			-				-				(452,822	)			(452,822	)
Total liabilities		$	-			$	-			$	(452,822	)		$	(452,822	)

 

(1)

Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account assets classified as Level 3 consist primarily of real estate and real estate investment funds. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

(2)	Includes reclassifications to conform to current period presentation.

The methods and assumptions the Company uses to estimate fair value of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below. Information regarding Separate Account Assets is excluded as the risk of assets for these categories is primarily borne by our customers and policyholders.

Fixed Maturity Securities - The fair values of the Company’s public fixed maturity securities are generally based on prices obtained from independent pricing services. Prices from pricing services are sourced from multiple vendors, and a vendor hierarchy is maintained by asset type based on historical pricing experience and vendor expertise. The Company generally receives prices from multiple pricing services for each security, but ultimately uses the price from the pricing service highest in the vendor hierarchy based on the respective asset type. To validate reasonability, prices are reviewed by internal asset managers through comparison with directly observed recent market trades and internal estimates of current fair value, developed using market observable inputs and economic indicators. Consistent with the fair value hierarchy described above, securities with validated quotes from pricing services are generally reflected within Level 2, as they are primarily based on observable pricing for similar assets and/or other market observable inputs. If the pricing information received from third party pricing services is not reflective of market activity or other inputs observable in the market, the Company may challenge the price through a formal process with the pricing service. If the pricing service updates the price to be more consistent in comparison to the presented market observations, the security remains within Level 2.

If the Company ultimately concludes that pricing information received from the independent pricing service is not reflective of market activity, non-binding broker quotes are used, if available. If the Company concludes the values from both pricing services and brokers are not reflective of market activity, it may over-ride the information from the pricing service or broker with an internally-developed valuation. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, over-rides on a net basis were not material. Internally-developed valuations or non-binding broker quotes are also used to

 

28

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (continued)

 

determine fair value in circumstances where vendor pricing is not available. These estimates may use significant unobservable inputs, which reflect our own assumptions about the inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset. Circumstances where observable market data are not available may include events such as market illiquidity and credit events related to the security. Pricing service over-rides, internally-developed valuations and non-binding broker quotes are generally included in Level 3 in our fair value hierarchy.

The fair value of private fixed maturities, which are primarily comprised of investments in private placement securities, originated by internal private asset managers, are primarily determined using a discounted cash flow model. In certain cases these models primarily use observable inputs with a discount rate based upon the average of spread surveys collected from private market intermediaries who are active in both primary and secondary transactions, taking into account, among other factors, the credit quality and industry sector of the issuer and the reduced liquidity associated with private placements. Generally, these securities have been reflected within Level 2. For certain private fixed maturities, the discounted cash flow model may also incorporate significant unobservable inputs, which reflect the Company’s own assumptions about the inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset. To the extent management determines that such unobservable inputs are not significant to the price of a security, a Level 2 classification is made. Otherwise, a Level 3 classification is used.

Private fixed maturities also include debt investments in funds that, in addition to a stated coupon, pay a return based upon the results of the underlying portfolios. The fair values of these securities are determined by reference to the funds’ net asset value (“NAV”). Since the NAV at which the funds trade can be observed by redemption and subscription transactions between third parties, the fair values of these investments have been reflected within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Trading Account Assets – Trading account assets consist primarily of asset-backed securities, public corporate bonds and commercial mortgage-backed securities whose fair values are determined consistent with similar instruments described above under “Fixed Maturity Securities.”

Equity Securities – Equity securities consist principally of investments in common and preferred stock of publicly traded companies, privately traded securities, as well as common stock mutual fund shares. The fair values of most publicly traded equity securities are based on quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and are classified within Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. Estimated fair values for most privately traded equity securities are determined using valuation and discounted cash flow models that require a substantial level of judgment. In determining the fair value of certain privately traded equity securities the discounted cash flow model may also use unobservable inputs, which reflect the Company’s assumptions about the inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset. Most privately traded equity securities are classified within Level 3. The fair values of common stock mutual fund shares that transact regularly (but do not trade in active markets because they are not publicly available) are based on transaction prices of identical fund shares and are classified within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The fair values of preferred equity securities are based on prices obtained from independent pricing services. These prices are then validated for reasonableness against recently traded market prices. Accordingly, these securities are generally classified within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Fair values of perpetual preferred stock based on observable market inputs are classified within Level 2. However, when prices from independent pricing services are based on non-binding broker quotes as the directly observable market inputs become unavailable, the fair value of perpetual preferred stock are classified as Level 3.

Derivative Instruments - Derivatives are recorded at fair value either as assets, within “Other long-term investments,” or as liabilities, within “Other liabilities,” except for embedded derivatives which are recorded with the associated host contract. The fair values of derivative contracts are determined based on quoted prices in active exchanges or through the use of valuation models. The fair values of derivative contracts can be affected by changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, commodity prices, credit spreads, market volatility, expected returns, non-performance risk and liquidity as well as other factors. Liquidity valuation adjustments are made to reflect the cost of exiting significant risk positions, and consider the bid-ask spread, maturity, complexity, and other specific attributes of the underlying derivative position. Fair values can also be affected by changes in estimates and assumptions including those related to counterparty behavior used in valuation models.

All of the Company’s derivative positions are traded in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivative market and are classified within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. OTC derivatives classified within Level 2 are valued using models generally accepted in the financial services industry that use actively quoted or observable market input values from external market data providers, third-party pricing vendors and/or recent trading activity. The fair values of most OTC derivatives, including interest rate and cross currency swaps, are determined using discounted cash flow models. These models’ key assumptions include the contractual terms of the respective contract, along with significant observable inputs, including interest rates, currency rates, credit spreads, equity prices, index dividend yields, non-performance risk and volatility.

To reflect the market’s perception of its own and the counterparty’s non-performance risk, the Company incorporates additional spreads over London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) into the discount rate used in determining the fair value of OTC derivative assets and liabilities which are uncollateralized. Most OTC derivative contract inputs have bid and ask prices that are actively quoted or can be readily obtained from external market data providers. The Company’s policy is to use mid-market pricing in determining its best estimate of fair value and classify these derivative contracts as Level 2.

Derivatives classified as Level 3 include first-to-default credit basket swaps and other structured products. These derivatives are valued based upon models with some significant unobservable market inputs or inputs from less actively traded markets. The fair values of first to default credit basket swaps are derived from relevant observable inputs such as: individual credit default spreads, interest rates, recovery rates and unobservable model-specific input values such as correlation between different credits within the same basket. Level 3 methodologies are validated through periodic comparison of the Company’s fair values to broker-dealer values.

 

29

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (continued)

 

Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments - Cash equivalents and short-term investments include money market instruments, commercial paper and other highly liquid debt instruments. Money market instruments are generally valued using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible for identical assets and are primarily classified as Level 1. The remaining instruments in the Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments category are typically not traded in active markets; however, their fair values are based on market observable inputs and, accordingly, these investments have been classified within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Other Assets - Other assets carried at fair value include reinsurance recoverables related to the reinsurance of our living benefit guarantees on certain of our variable annuities. These guarantees are described further below in “Future Policy Benefits.” Also included in other assets are certain universal life products that contain a no-lapse guarantee provision. The reinsurance agreements covering these guarantees are derivatives and are accounted for in the same manner as an embedded derivative.

Future Policy Benefits - The liability for future policy benefits includes general account liabilities for guarantees on variable annuity contracts, including guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”) and guaranteed minimum income and withdrawal benefits (“GMIWB”), accounted for as embedded derivatives. The fair values of the GMAB and GMIWB liabilities are calculated as the present value of future expected benefit payments to customers less the present value of assessed rider fees attributable to the embedded derivative feature. Since there is no observable active market for the transfer of these obligations, the valuations are calculated using internally developed models with option pricing techniques. The models are based on a risk neutral valuation framework and incorporate premiums for risks inherent in valuation techniques, inputs, and the general uncertainty around the timing and amount of future cash flows. The determination of these risk premiums requires the use of management judgment.

The Company is also required to incorporate the market-perceived risk of its own non-performance in the valuation of the embedded derivatives associated with its optional living benefit features and no-lapse feature on certain universal life products. Since insurance liabilities are senior to debt, the Company believes that reflecting the financial strength ratings of the Company in the valuation of the liability appropriately takes into consideration the Company’s own risk of non-performance. To reflect the market’s perception of its non-performance risk, the Company incorporates an additional spread over LIBOR into the discount rate used in the valuations of the embedded derivatives associated with its optional living benefit features. The additional spread over LIBOR is determined taking into consideration publicly available information relating to the financial strength of the Company. The additional spread over LIBOR incorporated into the discount rate as of March 31, 2011 generally ranged from 50 to 150 basis points for the portion of the interest rate curve most relevant to these liabilities.

Other significant inputs to the valuation models for the embedded derivatives associated with the optional living benefit features of the Company’s variable annuity products include capital market assumptions, such as interest rate and implied volatility assumptions, as well as various policyholder behavior assumptions that are actuarially determined, including lapse rates, benefit utilization rates, mortality rates and withdrawal rates. These assumptions are reviewed at least annually, and updated based upon historical experience and give consideration to any observable market data, including market transactions such as acquisitions and reinsurance transactions. Since many of the assumptions utilized in the valuation of the embedded derivatives associated with the Company’s optional living benefit features are unobservable and are considered to be significant inputs to the liability valuation, the liability included in future policy benefits has been reflected within Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Transfers between Levels 1 and 2 - During the three months ended March 31, 2011, there were no material transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities - The following tables provide a summary of the changes in fair value of Level 3 assets and liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2011, as well as the portion of gains or losses included in income for the three months ended March 31, 2011 attributable to unrealized gains or losses related to those assets and liabilities still held at March 31, 2011.

 

		Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
		Fixed Maturities, Available For Sale –  Foreign Government Bonds				Fixed Maturities, Available For Sale – Corporate Securities				Fixed Maturities, Available For Sale – Asset- Backed Securities				Fixed Maturities, Available For Sale – Commercial Mortgage- Backed Securities				Equity Securities, Available for Sale
		(in thousands)
Fair value, beginning of period		$	-			$	49,050			$	59,770			$	-			$	1,792
Total gains or (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net:			-				(1,316	)			799				-				(1,221	)
Asset administration fees and other income			-				-				-				-				-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)			-				(260	)			266				-				1,552
Net investment income			-				111				237				-				-
Purchases			-				1,103				5,164				-				-
Sales			-				(589	)			(5,075	)			-				-
Issuances			-				318				-				-				-
Settlements			-				(3,887	)			(1,350	)			-				-
Foreign currency translation			-				-				-				-				-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)			-				4,412				-				-				8,695
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)			-				-				(3,966	)			-				-

 

30

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (continued)

 

Fair value, end of period		$	-			$	48,942			$	55,845			$	-			$	10,818
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net:		$	-			$	(1,301	)		$	-			$	-			$	(1,221	)
Asset administration fees and other income		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		$	-			$	(239	)		$	342			$	-			$	1,566

 

		Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
		Other Trading Account  Assets Asset-Backed Securities				Other Long - Term Investments				Other Assets				Separate Account Assets (1)				Future  Policy Benefits
		(in thousands)
Fair value, beginning of period		$	-			$	-			$	(222,491	)		$	198,451			$	452,822
Total gains or (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net			-				262				(275,996	)			197				311,558
Asset administration fees and other income			-				-				-				-				-
Interest credited to policyholder account balances			-				-				-				8,104				-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)			-				-				(1,061	)			-				-
Net investment income			-				-				-				-				-
Purchases			-				-				48,792				6,310				(54,910	)
Sales			-				-				-				-				-
Issuances			-				-				-				-				-
Settlements			-				-				(2	)			-				-
Foreign currency translation			-				-				-				-				-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)			-				-				-				-				-
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)			-				-				-				-				-
Fair value, end of period		$	-			$	262			$	(450,758	)		$	213,062			$	709,470
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3) :
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net		$	-			$	235			$	(276,358	)		$	-			$	312,080
Asset administration fees and other income		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	8,104			$	-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		$	-			$	-			$	(1,061	)		$	-			$	-

 

(1)

Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

(2)	Transfers into or out of Level 3 are generally reported as the value as of the beginning of the quarter in which the transfer occurs.

(3)	Unrealized gains or losses related to assets still held at the end of the period do not include amortization or accretion of premiums and discounts.

Transfers - As a part of an ongoing assessment of pricing inputs to ensure appropriateness of the level classification in the fair value hierarchy the Company may reassign level classification from time to time. As a result of such a review, it was determined that the pricing inputs for perpetual preferred stocks provided by third party pricing services were primarily based on non-binding broker quotes which could not always be verified against directly observable market information. Consequently, perpetual preferred stocks were transferred into Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. Other transfers into Level 3 were primarily the result of unobservable inputs utilized within valuation methodologies and the use of broker quotes (that could not be validated) when previously, information from third party pricing services (that could be validated) was utilized. Transfers out of Level 3 were primarily due to the use of observable inputs in valuation methodologies as well as the utilization of pricing service information for certain assets that the Company was able to validate.

Changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities - The following tables provide a summary of the changes in fair value of Level 3 assets and liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as well as the portion of gains or losses included in income for the three months ended March 31, 2010 attributable to unrealized gains or losses related to those assets and liabilities still held at March 31, 2010.

 

31

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (continued)

 

		Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
		Fixed Maturities, Available For Sale – Foreign Government Bonds				Fixed Maturities, Available For Sale – Corporate Securities				Fixed Maturities, Available For Sale – Asset-Backed Securities				Fixed Maturities, Available For Sale – Residential Mortgage- Backed Securities				Equity Securities, Available for Sale
		(in thousands)
Fair value, beginning of period		$	1,082			$	32,462			$	135,466			$	-			$	3,833
Total gains or (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net:			-				(699	)			(1,350	)			-				(90	)
Asset management fees and other income			-				-				-				-				-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)			(14	)			966				(4,119	)			126				(1,008	)
Net investment income			(1	)			100				17				12				-
Purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements			-				(1,089	)			1,231				5,054				-
Foreign currency translation			-				-				-				-				-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)			-				9,493				-				-				-
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)			-				(78	)			-				-				-
Other (4)			-				-				(3,112	)			3,112				-
Fair value, end of period		$	1,067			$	41,155			$	128,133			$	8,304			$	2,735
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net:		$	-			$	(808	)		$	(779	)		$	-			$	(90	)
Asset management fees and other income		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Interest credited to policyholder account		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		$	(14	)		$	1,461			$	(4,125	)		$	126			$	(1,008	)
		Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
		Other Trading Account Assets Asset-Backed Securities				Other Assets				Separate Account Assets (1)				Other Liabilities				Future Policy Benefits
		(in thousands)
Fair value, beginning of period		$	1,182			$	159,618			$	152,675			$	(960	)		$	17,539
Total gains or (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net			-				(78,611	)			(646	)			715				81,279
Asset management fees and other income			18				-				-				-				-
Interest credited to policyholder account			-				-				(916	)			-				-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)			-				1,975				-				-				-
Net investment income			-				-				-				-				-
Purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements			(1,200	)			15,812				1,909				-				(17,435	)
Foreign currency translation			-				-				-				-				-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)			-				-				-				-				-
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)			-				-				-				-				-
Fair value, end of period		$	-			$	98,794			$	153,022			$	(245	)		$	81,383
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3) :
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net		$	-			$	(76,518	)		$	-			$	715			$	78,766
Asset management fees and other income		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Interest credited to policyholder account		$	-			$	-			$	(916	)		$	-			$	-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		$	-			$	1,975			$	-			$	-			$	-

 

(1)

Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

(2)	Transfers into or out of Level 3 are generally reported as the value as of the beginning of the quarter in which the transfer occurs.

(3)	Unrealized gains or losses related to assets still held at the end of the period do not include amortization or accretion of premiums and discounts.

(4)	Other represents reclasses of certain assets between reporting categories.

 

32

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (continued)

 

Transfers - Transfers into Level 3 for Fixed Maturities Available for Sale totaled $9.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2010. Transfers into Level 3 for these investments were primarily the result of unobservable inputs utilized within valuation methodologies and the use of broker quotes (that could not be validated) when information from third party pricing services or models with observable inputs were utilized. Transfers out of Level 3 for Fixed Maturities Available for Sale were primarily due to the use of observable inputs in valuation methodologies as well as the utilization of pricing service information for certain assets that the Company was able to validate.

Derivative Fair Value Information - The following tables present the balance of derivative assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as of the date indicated. These tables exclude embedded derivatives which are recorded with the associated host contract. The derivative assets and liabilities shown below are included in “Other long-term investments” or “Other liabilities” in the tables presented previously in this note.

 

		As of March 31, 2011
		Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Netting (1)				Total
		(in thousands)
Derivative assets:
Interest Rate		$	-			$	16,134			$	-			$	-			$	16,134
Currency			-				-				-				-				-
Credit			-				-				262				-				262
Currency/Interest Rate			-				1,525				-				-				1,525
Equity			-				1,395				-				-				1,395
Netting			-				-				-				(12,630	)			(12,630	)
Total derivative assets		$	-			$	19,054			$	262			$	(12,630	)		$	6,686
Derivative liabilities:
Interest Rate		$	-			$	6,531			$	-			$	-			$	6,531
Currency			-				54				-				-				54
Credit			-				1,752				-				-				1,752
Currency/Interest Rate			-				4,048				-				-				4,048
Equity			-				245				-				-				245
Netting			-				-				-				(12,630	)			(12,630	)
Total derivative liabilities		$	-			$	(12,630	)		$	-			$	(12,630	)		$	-
		As of December 31, 2010
		Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Netting (1)				Total
		(in thousands)
Derivative assets:
Interest Rate		$	-			$	19,171			$	-			$				$	19,171
Currency			-				-				-								-
Credit			-				1,206				-								1,206
Currency/Interest Rate			-				3,627				-								3,627
Equity			-				2,749				-								2,749
Netting			-				-				-				(11,557	)			(11,557	)
Total derivative assets		$	-			$	26,753			$	-			$	(11,557	)		$	15,196
Derivative liabilities:
Interest Rate		$	-			$	4,738			$	-			$	-			$	4,738
Currency			-				43				-				-				43
Credit			-				1,653				-				-				1,653
Currency/Interest Rate			-				3,998				-				-				3,998
Equity			-				1,125				-				-				1,125
Netting			-				-				-				(11,557	)			(11,557	)
Total derivative liabilities		$	-			$	11,557			$	-			$	(11,557	)		$	-

 

(1)	“Netting” amounts represent cash collateral and the impact of offsetting asset and liability positions held with the same counterparty.

 

33

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (continued)

 

Changes in Level 3 derivative assets and liabilities - The following tables provide a summary of the changes in fair value of Level 3 derivative assets and liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2011, as well as the portion of gains or losses included in income for the three months ended March 31, 2011, attributable to unrealized gains or losses related to those assets and liabilities still held at March 31, 2011.

 

		Three months ended March 31, 2011
		Other Long-Term Investment Derivative Asset
		(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period		$	-
Total gains or (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net			262
Asset management fees and other income
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements
Transfers into Level 3
Transfers out of Level 3
Fair Value, end of period		$	262
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period:
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net			235
Asset management fees and other income			-

Fair Value of Financial Instruments - The Company is required by U.S. GAAP to disclose the fair value of certain financial instruments including those that are not carried at fair value. For the following financial instruments the carrying amount equals or approximates fair value: fixed maturities classified as available for sale, trading account assets, equity securities, securities purchased under agreements to resell, short-term investments, cash and cash equivalents, accrued investment income, separate account assets, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, and cash collateral for loaned securities, as well as certain items recorded within other assets and other liabilities such as broker-dealer related receivables and payables. See Note 5 for a discussion of derivative instruments.

The following table discloses the Company’s financial instruments where the carrying amounts and fair values may differ:

 

		March 31, 2011								December 31, 2010
		Carrying Amount				Fair Value				Carrying Amount				Fair Value
		(in thousands)
Assets:
Commercial mortgage loans		$	1,298,028			$	1,373,776			$	1,275,022			$	1,352,761
Policy loans			1,065,085				1,221,079				1,061,607				1,258,411
Liabilities:
Policyholder account balances – Investment contracts			629,835				625,491				588,200				584,112

Commercial mortgage loans

The fair value of commercial mortgage loans are primarily based upon the present value of the expected future cash flows discounted at the appropriate U.S. Treasury rate adjusted for the current market spread for similar quality loans.

Policy Loans

The fair value of policy loans is calculated using a discounted cash flow model based upon current U.S. Treasury rates and historical loan repayment patterns.

Investment Contracts - Policyholders’ Account Balances

Only the portion of policyholders’ account balances related to products that are investment contracts (those without significant mortality or morbidity risk) are reflected in the table above. For fixed deferred annuities, payout annuities and other similar contracts without life contingencies, fair values are derived using discounted projected cash flows based on interest rates that are representative of the Company’s claims paying ratings, and hence reflect the Company’s own nonperformance risk. For those balances that can be withdrawn by the customer at any time without prior notice or penalty, the fair value is the amount estimated to be payable to the customer as of the reporting date, which is generally the carrying value.

 

34

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

5. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

Types of Derivative Instruments and Derivative Strategies

Interest rate swaps are used by the Company to manage interest rate exposures arising from mismatches between assets and liabilities (including duration mismatches) and to hedge against changes in the value of assets it anticipates acquiring and other anticipated transactions and commitments. Swaps may be attributed to specific assets or liabilities or may be used on a portfolio basis. Under interest rate swaps, the Company agrees with other parties to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed rate and floating rate interest amounts calculated by reference to an agreed upon notional principal amount. Generally, no cash is exchanged at the outset of the contract and no principal payments are made by either party. These transactions are entered into pursuant to master agreements that provide for a single net payment to be made by one counterparty at each due date.

Equity index options are contracts which will settle in cash based on differentials in the underlying indices at the time of exercise and the strike price. The Company uses combinations of purchases and sales of equity index options to hedge the effects of adverse changes in equity indices within a predetermined range. These hedges do not qualify for hedge accounting.

Currency derivatives, including currency swaps and forwards, are used by the Company to reduce risks from changes in currency exchange rates with respect to investments denominated in foreign currencies that the Company either holds or intends to acquire or sell.

Under currency swaps, the Company agrees with other parties to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between one currency and another at an exchange rate and calculated by reference to an agreed principal amount. Generally, the principal amount of each currency is exchanged at the beginning and termination of the currency swap by each party. These transactions are entered into pursuant to master agreements that provide for a single net payment to be made by one counterparty for payments made in the same currency at each due date.

Credit derivatives are used by the Company to enhance the return on the Company’s investment portfolio by creating credit exposure similar to an investment in public fixed maturity cash instruments. With credit derivatives the Company can sell credit protection on an identified name, or a basket of names in a first to default structure, and in return receive a quarterly premium. With first to default baskets, the premium generally corresponds to a high proportion of the sum of the credit spreads of the names in the basket. If there is an event of default by the referenced name or one of the referenced names in a basket, as defined by the agreement, then the Company is obligated to pay the counterparty the referenced amount of the contract and receive in return the referenced defaulted security or similar security. In addition to selling credit protection, the Company may purchase credit protection using credit derivatives in order to hedge specific credit exposures in the Company’s investment portfolio.

Embedded Derivatives

The Company holds certain externally managed investments in the European market which contain embedded derivatives whose fair value are primarily driven by changes in credit spreads. These investments are medium term notes that are collateralized by investment portfolios primarily consisting of investment grade European fixed income securities, including corporate bonds and asset-backed securities, and derivatives, as well as varying degrees of leverage. The notes have a stated coupon and provide a return based on the performance of the underlying portfolios and the level of leverage. The Company invests in these notes to earn a coupon through maturity, consistent with its investment purpose for other debt securities. The notes are accounted for under U.S. GAAP as available for sale fixed maturity securities with bifurcated embedded derivatives (total return swaps). Changes in the value of the fixed maturity securities are reported in Equity under the heading “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” and changes in the market value of the embedded total return swaps are included in current period earnings in “Realized investment gains (losses), net.” The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from these interests was $95 million at March 31, 2011 and $91 million at December 31, 2010. The fair value of the embedded derivatives included in Fixed maturities, available for sale was a liability of $26 million at March 31, 2011 and $30 million at December 31, 2010.

The Company sells variable annuity contracts that include certain optional living benefit features that are treated as embedded derivatives. The Company has reinsurance agreements to transfer the risk related to certain of these embedded derivatives to an affiliate, Pruco Reinsurance Ltd. (“Pruco Re”). The embedded derivatives related to the living benefit features and the related reinsurance agreements are carried at fair value. Mark-to-market changes in the fair value of the underlying contractual guarantees are determined using valuation models as described in Note 7, and are recorded in “Realized investment gains/(losses), net.”

The fair value of the living benefit feature embedded derivatives included in “Future policy benefits” was an asset of $709 million as of March 31, 2011 and an asset of $453 million as of December 31, 2010. The fair value of the embedded derivatives related to the reinsurance of certain of these benefits to Pruco Re included in “Reinsurance Recoverable” was a contra-asset of $601 million as of March 31, 2011 and a contra-asset of $373 million as of December 31, 2010.

Primarily in the reinsurance affiliate, equity options and futures as well as interest rate derivatives are purchased to the living benefit features accounted for as embedded derivatives against changes in equity markets, interest rates, and market volatility. Prior to the third quarter of 2010, the hedging strategy sought to generally match the sensitivities of the embedded derivative liability as defined by GAAP, excluding the impact of the market-perceived risk of non-performance, with capital market derivatives . In the third quarter of 2010, the hedging strategy was revised as, in a low interest rate environment, management of the company and reinsurance affiliates does not believe the GAAP value of the embedded derivative liability to be an appropriate measure for determining the hedge target. The new hedge target is grounded in a GAAP/capital markets valuation framework but incorporates modifications to the risk-free return assumption to account for the fact that the underlying customer separate account

 

35

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

5. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (continued)

 

funds which support these living benefits are invested in assets that contain risk. The modifications include the removal of a volatility risk margin embedded in the valuation technique used to fair value the embedded derivative liability under GAAP, and the inclusion of a credit spread over the risk-free rate used to estimate future growth of bond investments in the customer separate account funds. This new strategy will result in differences each period between the change in the value of the embedded derivative liability as defined by GAAP and the change in the value of the hedge positions, potentially increasing volatility in GAAP earnings in the Company and the reinsurance affiliate, and increasing volatility in the amortization of deferred acquisition and other costs of the Company as a result of the gross profits impact. In addition, consistent with sound risk management practices, management of the company and reinsurance affiliates evaluates hedge levels versus the target given the overall capital considerations of our ultimate parent Company, Prudential Financial Inc., and prevailing capital market conditions and may decide to temporarily hedge to an amount that differs from the hedge target definition.

In the second quarter of 2009, the Company began the expansion of our hedging program to include a portion of the market exposure related to our overall capital position including the impact of certain statutory reserve exposures. These capital hedges primarily consisted of equity-based total return swaps that were designed to partially offset changes in our capital position resulting from market driven changes in certain living and death benefit features of our variable annuity products. During the second quarter of 2010, the capital hedge program was terminated in lieu of a new program managed at the Prudential Financial level that more broadly addresses equity market exposure of the overall statutory capital of Prudential Financial and its subsidiaries, as a whole under stress scenarios.

Some of the Company’s universal life products contain a no-lapse guarantee provision that is reinsured with an affiliate, UPARC. The reinsurance agreement contains an embedded derivative related to the interest rate risk of the reinsurance contract. Interest sensitivity can result in mark-to-market changes in the value of the underlying contractual guarantees, as well as actual activity related to premium and benefits. Realized investment losses were ($3) million and ($18) million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively; primarily due to the change in non-performance risk in the valuation of embedded derivatives.

The table below provides a summary of the gross notional amount and fair value of derivatives contracts, excluding embedded derivatives which are recorded with the associated host, by the primary underlying. Many derivative instruments contain multiple underlyings.

 

		March 31, 2011												December 31, 2010
		Notional Amount				Fair Value								Notional Amount				Fair Value
						Assets				Liabilities								Assets				Liabilities
Qualifying Hedge Relationships		(in thousands)
Currency/Interest Rate		$	46,749			$	1,018			$	(1,698	)		$	46,749			$	2,193			$	(1,152	)
Total Qualifying Hedge Relationships		$	46,749			$	1,018			$	(1,698	)		$	46,749			$	2,193			$	(1,152	)
Non-qualifying Hedge Relationships
Interest Rate		$	593,500			$	16,134			$	(6,531	)		$	481,500			$	19,170			$	(4,738	)
Currency			9,185				-				(54	)			2,109				-				(43	)
Credit			73,000				262				(1,752	)			16,900				1,206				(1,653	)
Currency/Interest Rate			44,736				508				(2,350	)			51,943				1,434				(2,846	)
Equity			96,189				1,395				(245	)			93,955				2,749				(1,125	)
Total Non-qualifying Hedge Relationships		$	816,610			$	18,299			$	(10,932	)		$	646,407			$	24,559			$	(10,405	)
Total Derivatives		$	863,359			$	19,317			$	(12,630	)		$	693,156			$	26,752			$	(11,557	)

Cash Flow Hedges

The Company uses currency swaps in its cash flow hedge accounting relationships. This instrument is only designated for hedge accounting in instances where the appropriate criteria are met. The Company does not use futures, options, credit, and equity or embedded derivatives in any of its cash flow hedge accounting relationships.

The following table provides the financial statement classification and impact of derivatives used in qualifying and non-qualifying hedge relationships, excluding the offset of the hedged item in an effective hedge relationship:

 

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2011				2010
		(in thousands)
Cash flow hedges
Currency/ Interest Rate
Net investment income		$	85			$	101
Other Income			(56	)			16
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (1)			(1,681	)			1,773
Total cash flow hedges		$	(1,652	)		$	1,890

 

36

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

5. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (continued)

 

Non- qualifying hedges
Realized investment gains (losses)
Interest Rate		$	(3,328	)		$	8,902
Currency			(274	)			148
Currency/Interest Rate			(1,496	)			1,274
Credit			(260	)			(1,289	)
Equity			(2,702	)			(22,212	)
Embedded Derivatives			33,900				3,184
Total non-qualifying hedges		$	25,840			$	(9,993	)
Total Derivative Impact		$	24,188			$	(8,103	)

(1)

Amounts deferred in Equity

For the period ending March 31, 2011, the ineffective portion of derivatives accounted for using hedge accounting was not material to the Company’s results of operations and there were no material amounts reclassified into earnings relating to instances in which the Company discontinued cash flow hedge accounting because the forecasted transaction did not occur by the anticipated date or within the additional time period permitted by the authoritative guidance for the accounting for derivatives and hedging.

Presented below is a roll forward of current period cash flow hedges in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” before taxes:

 

		(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2010		$	808
Net deferred gains on cash flow hedges from January 1 to March 31, 2011			(1,652	)
Amount reclassified into current period earnings			(29	)
Balance, March 31, 2011		$	(873	)

As of March 31, 2011 the Company does not have any qualifying cash flow hedges of forecasted transactions other than those related to the variability of the payment or receipt of interest or foreign currency amounts on existing financial instruments. The maximum length of time for which these variable cash flows are hedged is 6 years. Income amounts deferred in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” as a result of cash flow hedges are included in “Net unrealized investment gains (losses)” in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Equity.

Credit Derivatives Written

The following tables set forth exposure from credit derivatives where the company has written credit protection excluding embedded derivatives contained in externally-managed investments in the European market, by NAIC rating of the underlying credits as of the dates indicated.

 

37

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

5. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (continued)

 

		March 31, 2011
		Single Name
NAIC     Designation (1)		Notional				Fair Value
		(in millions)
1		$	58			$	-
2			-				-
			58				-
3			-				-
4			-				-
5			-				-
6			-				-
Total		$	58			$	-
		December 31, 2010
		Single Name
NAIC     Designation (1)		Notional				Fair Value
		(in millions)
1		$	-			$	-
2			-				-
							-
3			-				-
4			-				-
5			-				-
6			-				-
Total		$	-				-

The following table sets forth the composition of credit derivatives where the Company has written credit protection excluding embedded derivatives contained in externally-managed investments in European markets, by industry category as of the dates indicated.

 

		March 31, 2011								December 31, 2010
Industry		Notional				Fair Value				Notional				Fair Value
		(in millions)
Corporate Securities:
Finance			58				-				-				-
Total Credit Derivatives		$	58			$	-			$	-			$	-

The Company writes credit derivatives under which the Company is obligated to pay the counterparty the referenced amount of the contract and receive in return the defaulted security or similar security. The Company’s maximum amount at risk under these credit derivatives, assuming the value of the underlying referenced securities become worthless, is $58 million and $0 million notional of credit default swap (“CDS”) selling protection at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. These credit derivatives generally have maturities of five years or less.

In addition to writing credit protection, the Company has purchased credit protection using credit derivatives in order to hedge specific credit exposures in the Company’s investment portfolio. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had $15 million and $17 million of outstanding notional amounts, respectively, reported at fair value as a liability of $2 million and an asset of $0 million, respectively.

Credit Risk

The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by our counterparty to financial derivative transactions. Generally, the credit exposure of the Company’s over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions is represented by the contracts with a positive fair value (market value) at the reporting date after taking into consideration the existence of netting agreements.

The Company has credit risk exposure to an affiliate, Prudential Global Funding, LLC related to its over-the-counter derivative transactions. Prudential Global Funding, LLC manages credit risk with external counterparties by entering into derivative transactions with highly rated major international financial institutions and other creditworthy counterparties, and by obtaining collateral where appropriate. The Company effects exchange-traded futures transactions through regulated exchanges and these transactions are settled on a daily basis, thereby reducing credit risk exposure in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to such financial instruments.

Under fair value measurements, the Company incorporates the market’s perceptions of its own and the counterparty’s non-performance risk in determining the fair value of the portion of its OTC derivative assets and liabilities that are uncollateralized. Credit spreads are applied to the

 

38

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

5. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (continued)

 

derivative fair values on a net basis by counterparty. To reflect the Company’s own credit spread a proxy based on relevant debt spreads is applied to OTC derivative net liability positions. Similarly, the Company’s counterparty’s credit spread is applied to OTC derivative net asset positions.

6. COMMITMENTS,CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND LITIGATION AND REGULATORY MATTERS

Commitments

The Company has made commitments to fund $68 million of commercial loans as of March 31, 2011. The Company also made commitments to purchase or fund investments, mostly private fixed maturities, of $40 million as of March 31, 2011.

Contingent Liabilities

On an ongoing basis, the Company’s internal supervisory and control functions review the quality of sales, marketing and other customer interface procedures and practices and may recommend modifications or enhancements. From time to time, this review process results in the discovery of product administration, servicing or other errors, including errors relating to the timing or amount of payments or contract values due to customers. In certain cases, if appropriate, the Company may offer customers remediation and may incur charges, including the costs of such remediation, administrative costs and regulatory fines.

We are subject to the laws and regulations of states and other jurisdictions concerning the identification, reporting and escheatment of unclaimed or abandoned funds, and we are subject to audit and examination for compliance with these requirements. We are currently being examined by a third party auditor on behalf of 33 U.S. jurisdictions for compliance with the unclaimed property laws of these jurisdictions. It is possible that this audit may result in additional payments of abandoned funds to U.S. jurisdictions and to changes in our practices and procedures for the identification of escheatable funds, which could impact claim payments and reserves, among other consequences.

It is possible that the results of operations or the cash flow of the Company in a particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected as a result of payments in connection with the matters discussed above or other matters depending, in part, upon the results of operations or cash flow for such period. Management believes, however, that ultimate payments in connection with these matters, after consideration of applicable reserves and rights to indemnification, should not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position.

Litigation and Regulatory Matters

The Company is subject to legal and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of its businesses. Pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings relating to aspects of the Company’s businesses and operations that are specific to it and proceedings that are typical of the businesses in which it operates. In certain of these matters, the plaintiffs may seek large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive or exemplary damages. The outcome of litigation or a regulatory matter, and the amount or range of potential loss at any particular time, is often inherently uncertain.

In January 2011, a purported state-wide class action, Garcia v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America was dismissed by the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, Nevada. The complaint is brought on behalf of Nevada beneficiaries of life insurance policies sold by Prudential for which, unless the beneficiaries elected another settlement method, death benefits were placed in retained asset accounts that earn interest and are subject to withdrawal in whole or in part at any time by the beneficiaries. The complaint alleges that by failing to disclose material information about the accounts, Prudential wrongfully delayed payment and improperly retained undisclosed profits, and seeks damages, injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees and prejudgment and post-judgment interest. In February 2011, plaintiff appealed the dismissal. As previously reported, in December 2009, an earlier purported nationwide class action raising substantially similar allegations brought by the same plaintiff in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Garcia v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, was dismissed. In December 2010, a purported state-wide class action complaint, Phillips v. Prudential Financial, Inc., was filed in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit, Williamson County, Illinois. The complaint makes allegations under Illinois law, substantially similar to the Garcia cases, on behalf of a class of Illinois residents whose death benefits were settled by retained assets accounts. In January 2011, the case was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. In March 2011, the complaint was amended to drop Prudential Financial as a defendant and add Pruco Life Insurance Company as a defendant. The matter is now captioned Phillips v. Prudential Insurance and Pruco Life Insurance Company.

In July 2010, a purported nationwide class action that makes allegations similar to those in the Garcia and Phillips actions relating to retained asset accounts of beneficiaries of a group life insurance contract owned by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA Contract”) that covers the lives of members and veterans of the U.S. armed forces, Lucey et al. v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The complaint challenges the use of retained asset accounts to settle death benefit claims, asserting violations of federal and state law, breach of contract and fraud and seeking compensatory and treble damages and equitable relief. In October 2010, Prudential filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. In November 2010, a second purported nationwide class action brought on behalf of the same beneficiaries of the VA Contract, Phillips v. Prudential Insurance Company of America and Prudential Financial, Inc., was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and makes substantially the same claims. In November and December 2010, two additional actions brought on behalf of the same putative class, alleging substantially the same claims and the same relief, Garrett v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America and Prudential Financial, Inc. and Witt v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America were filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. In February 2011, Phillips, Garrett and Witt were transferred to the United States District Court for the

 

39

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

6. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND LITIGATION AND REGULATORY MATTERS (continued)

 

Western District of Massachusetts by the Judicial Panel for Multi-District Litigation consolidated with the Lucey matter as In re Prudential Insurance Company of America SGLI/VGLI Contract Litigation. In March 2011, the motion to dismiss was denied.

In September 2010, Huffman v. The Prudential Insurance Company, a purported nationwide class action brought on behalf of beneficiaries of group life insurance contracts owned by ERISA-governed employee welfare benefit plans was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging that using retained asset accounts in employee welfare benefit plans to settle death benefit claims violates ERISA and seeking injunctive relief and disgorgement of profits. Prudential moved to dismiss the complaint. In April 2011, Prudential withdrew its motion to dismiss the complaint.

In July 2010, the Company, along with other life insurance industry participants, received a formal request for information from the State of New York Attorney General’s Office in connection with its investigation into industry practices relating to the use of retained asset accounts. In August 2010, the Company received a similar request for information from the State of Connecticut Attorney General’s Office. The Company is cooperating with these investigations. The Company and Prudential have also been contacted by state insurance regulators and other governmental entities, including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Congressional committees regarding retained asset accounts. These matters may result in additional investigations, information requests, claims, hearings, litigation and adverse publicity.

The Company’s litigation and regulatory matters are subject to many uncertainties, and given their complexity and scope, their outcome cannot be predicted. It is possible that the Company’s results of operations or cash flow in a particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by an ultimate unfavorable resolution of pending litigation and regulatory matters depending, in part, upon the results of operations or cash flow for such period. In light of the unpredictability of the Company’s litigation and regulatory matters, it is also possible that in certain cases an ultimate unfavorable resolution of one or more pending litigation or regulatory matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position. Management believes, however, that, based on information currently known to it, the ultimate outcome of all pending litigation and regulatory matters, after consideration of applicable reserves and rights to indemnification, is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position.

7. REINSURANCE

The Company participates in reinsurance with its affiliates Prudential Insurance, Prudential of Taiwan, Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Captive Company, or “PARCC”, Universal Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Company, or “UPARC”, Pruco Reinsurance Ltd., or “Pruco Re”, Prudential Arizona Reinsurance III Company, or “PAR III”, and Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Term Company, or “PAR TERM”, in order to provide risk diversification, additional capacity for future growth and limit the maximum net loss potential. Life reinsurance is accomplished through various plans of reinsurance, primarily yearly renewable term and coinsurance. Reinsurance ceded arrangements do not discharge the Company as the primary insurer. Ceded balances would represent a liability of the Company in the event the reinsurers were unable to meet their obligations to the Company under the terms of the reinsurance agreements. The likelihood of a material reinsurance liability resulting from such an inability of the reinsurers to meet their obligation is considered to be remote.

The Company has entered into various reinsurance agreements with an affiliate, Pruco Re, to reinsure its living benefit features sold on certain of its annuities as part of its risk management and capital management strategies. For additional details on these agreements, see Note 8.

Reinsurance premiums, commissions, expense reimbursements, benefits and reserves related to reinsured long-duration contracts are accounted for over the life of the underlying reinsured contracts using assumptions consistent with those used to account for the underlying contracts. Amounts recoverable from reinsurers, for long duration reinsurance arrangements, are estimated in a manner consistent with the claim liabilities and policy benefits associated with the reinsured policies. The affiliated reinsurance agreements are described further in Note 8 of the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

Reinsurance amounts included in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

 

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2011				2010
		(in thousands)
Gross premiums and policy charges and fee income		$	609,250			$	482,358
Reinsurance ceded			(321,542	)			(307,269	)
Net premiums and policy charges and fee income		$	287,708			$	175,089

 

40

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

7. REINSURANCE (continued)

 

Policyholders’ benefits ceded		$	203,330			$	177,642
Realized capital (losses) net, associated with reinsurance accounted for as derivatives		$	(281,621	)		$	(83,382	)

Reinsurance premiums ceded for interest-sensitive life products are accounted for as a reduction of policy charges and fee income. Reinsurance premiums ceded for term insurance products are accounted for as a reduction of premiums.

Realized investment gains and losses include the impact of reinsurance agreements that are accounted for as embedded derivatives. Changes in the fair value of the embedded derivatives are recognized through “Realized investment gains”. The Company has entered into reinsurance agreements to transfer the risk related to certain living benefit options on variable annuities to Pruco Re. The Company also sells certain universal life products that contain a no-lapse guarantee provision. The Company entered into an agreement with UPARC (See Note 8 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements) to reinsure these guarantees. These reinsurance agreements are derivatives and have been accounted for in the same manner as an embedded derivative.

Reinsurance recoverables included in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:

 

		March 31, 2011				December 31, 2010
		(in thousands)
Domestic life insurance – affiliated		$	2,271,712			$	2,153,734
Domestic individual annuities - affiliated			(600,404	)			(372,823	)
Domestic life insurance - unaffiliated			(1,440	)			239
Taiwan life insurance-affiliated			958,527				946,011
		$	2,628,395			$	2,727,161

Substantially all reinsurance contracts are with affiliates as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010. These contracts are described further in Note 8 of the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

The gross and net amounts of life insurance in force as of March 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

 

		March 31, 2011				March 31, 2010
		(in thousands)
Gross life insurance in force		$	551,458,377			$	527,324,932
Reinsurance ceded			(497,394,377	)			(474,500,804	)
Net life insurance in force		$	54,064,000			$	52,824,128

8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company has extensive transactions and relationships with Prudential Insurance and other affiliates. Although we seek to ensure that these transactions and relationships are fair and reasonable, it is possible that the terms of these transactions are not the same as those that would result from transactions among wholly unrelated parties.

Expense Charges and Allocations

Many of the Company’s expenses are allocations or charges from Prudential Insurance or other affiliates. These expenses can be grouped into general and administrative expenses and agency distribution expenses.

The Company’s general and administrative expenses are charged to the Company using allocation methodologies based on business production processes. Management believes that the methodology is reasonable and reflects costs incurred by Prudential Insurance to process transactions on behalf of the Company. The Company operates under service and lease agreements whereby services of officers and employees, supplies, use of equipment and office space are provided by Prudential Insurance. The Company reviews its allocation methodology periodically which it may adjust accordingly. General and administrative expenses also include allocations of stock compensation expenses related to a stock option program and a deferred compensation program issued by Prudential Financial. The expense charged to the Company for the stock option program was less than $1 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010. The expense charged to the Company for the deferred compensation program was $2 million in the first quarter of 2011, and less than $1 million in the first quarter of 2010.

The Company receives a charge to cover its share of employee benefits expenses. These expenses include costs for funded and non-funded contributory and non-contributory defined benefit pension plans. Some of these benefits are based on final group earnings and length of service. While others are based on an account balance, which takes into consideration age, service and earnings during career.

 

41

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

Prudential Insurance sponsors voluntary savings plans for the Company’s employees (401(k) plans). The plans provide for salary reduction contributions by employees and matching contributions by the Company of up to 4% of annual salary. The Company’s expense for its share of the voluntary savings plan was $2 million and $1 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company’s share of net expense for the pension plans was $4 million and $2 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company is charged distribution expenses from Prudential Insurance’s agency network for both its domestic life and annuity products through a transfer pricing agreement, which is intended to reflect a market based pricing arrangement.

Affiliated Asset Administration Fee Income

Effective April 1, 2009, the Company amended an existing agreement to add AST Investment Services, Inc., formerly known as American Skandia Investment Services, Inc, as a party whereas the Company receives fee income calculated on contractholder separate account balances invested in the Advanced Series Trust, formerly known as American Skandia Trust. Income received from AST Investment Services, Inc. related to this agreement was $31.3 million and $7.8 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively. These revenues are recorded as “Asset administration fees” in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

The Company participates in a revenue sharing agreement with Prudential Investments LLC, whereby the Company receives fee income from policyholders’ account balances invested in The Prudential Series Fund (“PSF”). Income received from Prudential Investments LLC, related to this agreement was $2.8 million and $2.5 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively. These revenues are recorded as “Asset administration fees” in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

Corporate Owned Life Insurance

The Company has sold four Corporate Owned Life Insurance or, “COLI,” policies to Prudential Insurance, and one to Prudential Financial. The cash surrender value included in separate accounts for these COLI policies was $2.118 billion at March 31, 2011 and $2.061 billion at December 31, 2010, respectively. Fees related to these COLI policies were $8.1 million and $7.3 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively. The Company retains the majority of the mortality risk associated with these COLI policies.

Reinsurance with Affiliates

UPARC

The Company, excluding its subsidiaries, reinsures its universal protector policies having no-lapse guarantees with an affiliated company, UPARC. UPARC reinsures 90% of the amount of mortality at risk as well as 100% of the risk of uncollectible policy charges and fees associated with the no-lapse guarantee provision of these policies. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the policyholder as a result of these reinsurance transactions.

The portion of this reinsurance contract related to mortality is accounted for as reinsurance. Reinsurance recoverables related to this reinsurance agreement were $54 million and $50 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Fees ceded to UPARC in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were $17 million and $15 million, respectively. Benefits ceded to UPARC in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were $18 million and $11 million, respectively. The portion of this reinsurance contract related to the no lapse guarantee provision is accounted for as an embedded derivative. Realized losses on the no lapse guarantee embedded derivative were ($3) million and ($10) million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively, driven by a $6 million increase in the market value of the liability in first quarter 2010 due to declining interest rates, compared to no change in the liability in first quarter 2011. The underlying asset is reflected in “Reinsurance recoverable” in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

PARCC

The Company reinsures 90% of the risk under its term life insurance policies, with effective dates prior to January 1, 2010, exclusive of those reinsured by PAR III (see below) through an automatic coinsurance agreement with PARCC. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the policyholder as a result of this agreement. Reinsurance recoverables related to this agreement were $1.906 billion and $1.826 billion as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Premiums ceded to PARCC in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were $183 million and $202 million, respectively. Benefits ceded in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were $106 million and $81 million, respectively. Reinsurance expense allowances, net of capitalization and amortization in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were $39 million and $44 million, respectively.

PAR TERM

The Company reinsures 95% of the risk under its term life insurance policies with effective dates on or after January 1, 2010 through an automatic coinsurance agreement with PAR TERM. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the policyholder as a result of this agreement.

 

42

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

Reinsurance recoverables related to this agreement were $124 million and $91 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Premiums ceded to PAR TERM in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were $51 million $13 million, respectively. Benefits ceded in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were $5 million and less than $1 million, respectively. Reinsurance expense allowances, net of capitalization and amortization in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were $10 million and $3 million, respectively.

PAR III

The Company, excluding its Life Insurance subsidiary, reinsures 90% of the risk under its ROP term life insurance policies with effective dates in 2009 through an automatic coinsurance agreement with PAR III. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the policyholder as a result of this agreement. Reinsurance recoverables related to this agreement were $6 million and $5 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Premiums and benefits ceded to PAR III were less than $1 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010. Reinsurance expense allowances, net of capitalization and amortization were less than $1 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010.

Prudential Insurance

The Company has a yearly renewable term reinsurance agreement with Prudential Insurance and reinsures the majority of all mortality risks not otherwise reinsured. Reinsurance recoverables related to this agreement were $176 million and $175 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Premiums and fees ceded to Prudential Insurance in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were $53 million and $57 million, respectively. Benefits ceded in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were $69 million and $88 million, respectively. In addition, there are two yearly renewable term agreements which the Company can offer on any life in excess of the Company’s maximum limit of retention. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the policyholder as a result of these agreements.

The Company has reinsured a group annuity contract with Prudential Insurance, in consideration for a single premium payment by the Company, providing reinsurance equal to 100% of all payments due under the contract. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the policyholders as a result of this agreement. Reinsurance recoverables related to this agreement were $7 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010. Benefits ceded in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 were less than $1 million.

Pruco Re

The Company has entered into reinsurance agreements with Pruco Re as part of its risk management and capital management strategies. Fees ceded on these agreements are included in “realized investment gains/(losses), net on the financial statements.

Effective January 24, 2011, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its Highest Daily Income (“HDI”) and Spousal Highest Daily Income (“SHDI”) benefit features sold on certain of its annuities. Fees ceded on this agreement were de minimus in the first quarter of 2011.

Effective March 15, 2010, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its GRO Plus II benefit feature. Fees ceded on this agreement were $0.8 million in the first quarter of 2011.

Effective August 24, 2009, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its Highest Daily Lifetime 6 Plus (“HD6 Plus”) and Spousal Highest Daily Lifetime 6 Plus (“SHD6 Plus”) benefit features sold on certain of its annuities. Further, effective March 15, 2010 the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for 100% reinsurance of such riders, as modified and issued subsequent to March 15, 2010. Fees ceded on these agreements were $34.2 million and $2.0 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Effective June 30, 2009, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its Highest Daily Lifetime 7 Plus (“HD7 Plus”) and Spousal Highest Daily Lifetime 7 Plus (“SHD7 Plus”) benefit features sold on certain of its annuities. Fees ceded on this agreement were $6.1 million and $5.1 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Effective January 28, 2008, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its Highest Daily Lifetime 7 (“HD7”) and Spousal Highest Daily Lifetime 7 (“SHD7”) benefit feature sold on certain of its annuities. Fees ceded on this agreement were $3.4 million and $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Effective January 28, 2008, the Company, excluding its subsidiaries, entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its Highest Daily Guaranteed Return Option (“HD GRO”) benefit feature sold on certain of its annuities. This agreement was amended effective January 1, 2010 to include a form of the HD GRO benefit feature (“HD GRO II”) on business issued after November 16, 2009. Fees ceded on this agreement were $0.8 million and $0.2 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Since 2006, the Company has in place two coinsurance agreements with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its Highest Daily Lifetime Five benefit feature (“HDLT5”) and its Spousal Lifetime Five benefit feature (“SLT5”). Fees ceded on the HDLT5 agreement were $1.2 million and

 

43

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

8.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

$1.2 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively. Fees ceded on the SLT5 agreement were $0.6 million and $0.6 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Since 2005 the Company reinsures 100% of the risk on its Lifetime Five benefit feature sold on certain of its annuities through an automatic coinsurance agreement consolidated with Pruco Re since 2007. Fees ceded on the Lifetime Five agreement were $4.0 million and $3.7 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company’s reinsurance recoverables related to the above product reinsurance agreements was ($600) million and ($373) million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Realized losses ceded were $279 million and $73 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively, primarily due to higher interest rates and favorable equity markets. The underlying asset is reflected in “Reinsurance recoverables” in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

Taiwan branch reinsurance agreement

On January 31, 2001, the Company transferred all of its assets and liabilities associated with its Taiwan branch, including, its Taiwan insurance book of business, to an affiliate, Prudential Life Insurance Company of Taiwan Inc. (“Prudential of Taiwan”).

The mechanism used to transfer this block of business in Taiwan is referred to as a “full acquisition and assumption” transaction. Under this mechanism, the Company is jointly liable with Prudential of Taiwan for two years from the giving of notice to all obligees for all matured obligations and for two years after the maturity date of not-yet-matured obligations. Prudential of Taiwan is also contractually liable, under indemnification provisions of the transaction, for any liabilities that may be asserted against the Company.

The transfer of the insurance related assets and liabilities was accounted for as a long-duration coinsurance transaction under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Under this accounting treatment, the insurance related liabilities remain on the books of the Company and an offsetting reinsurance recoverable is established.

Affiliated premiums ceded in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 from the Taiwan coinsurance agreement were $17 million and $18 million, respectively. Affiliated benefits ceded in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 from the Taiwan coinsurance agreement were $6 million and $5 million, respectively.

Reinsurance recoverable related to the Taiwan coinsurance agreement of $959 million and $946 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

Affiliated Asset Transfers

During 2010, the Company purchased fixed maturity securities from affiliated companies, PALAC and Pruco Re. The investments consisted of public bonds. The securities purchased from PALAC, which reflected a fair value of $292 million, were recorded at an amortized cost of $256 million. The securities purchased from Pruco Re, which reflected a fair value of $81 million, were recorded at an amortized cost of $76 million. The difference between fair market value and book value of these transfers was accounted for as a net decrease of $40 million to additional paid-in capital in 2010. During first quarter 2011, the Company recorded an out of period adjustment that reclassified the $40 million difference between book value and market value from additional paid-in capital to retained earnings. As part of this adjustment, a $14 million reduction to the deferred tax liability was recorded with an offset also reflected in retained earnings to record the tax effect of this activity. These adjustments are not material to any previously reported quarterly or annual financial statements.

Debt Agreements

The Company has an agreement with an affiliate, Prudential Funding, LLC, which allows the Company to borrow funds for working capital and liquidity needs. The borrowings under this agreement are limited to $1.4 billion. The Company had $234 million in short term debt as of March 31, 2011 and no borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2010.

On December 20, 2010, the Company borrowed $650 million from Prudential Insurance. This loan has an interest rate of 3.47% and matures on December 21, 2015. The total related interest expense to the Company was $5.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

On November 15, 2010 the Company borrowed $245 million from Prudential Financial. This loan has an interest rate of 3.01% and matures on November 13, 2015. The total related interest expense to the Company was $1.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

On October 8, 2010, the Company borrowed $225 million from Prudential Financial. This loan had an interest rate of 2.82% and was subsequently paid off on December 20, 2010. The total related interest expense to the Company was $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2010.

 

44

---

Table of Contents

Pruco Life Insurance Company

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

Derivative Trades

In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivative contracts with an affiliate, Prudential Global Funding, LLC. For these OTC derivative contracts, Prudential Global Funding, LLC has a substantially equal and offsetting position with an external counterparty.

 

45

---

Table of Contents

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Pruco Life Insurance Company meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) on Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this form in reduced disclosure format.

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A,”) addresses the financial condition of Pruco Life Insurance Company, or the “Company,” as of March 31, 2011, compared with December 31, 2010, and its consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010. You should read the following analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the MD&A, the “Risk Factors” section, the statements under “Forward-Looking Statements” and the audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, as well as the statements under “Forward-Looking Statements” and the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview

The Company sells universal life insurance, variable life insurance, term life insurance and variable annuities, primarily through third party distributors in the United States. These markets are subject to regulatory oversight with particular emphasis placed on company solvency and sales practices. These markets are also subject to increasing competitive pressure, as the legal barriers that have historically segregated the markets of the financial services industry have been changed. Regulatory changes have opened the insurance industry to competition from other financial institutions, particularly banks and mutual funds that are positioned to deliver competing investment products through large, stable distribution channels. The Company also had marketed individual life insurance through its branch office in Taiwan. All insurance activity of the Taiwan branch has been ceded to an affiliate and the related assets and liabilities continue to be reflected in the Company’s statements of financial position.

Products

Variable and Fixed Annuities

The Company offers a wide array of annuities, including deferred variable annuities that are registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which may include (1) fixed interest rate allocation options, subject to a market value adjustment, and (2) fixed rate allocation options not subject to a market value adjustment and not registered with the SEC.

As a result of the launch of the Company’s new product line in March 2010, an affiliated company, the Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation, ceased selling variable annuity products. In general, the new product line offers the same optional living benefits and optional death benefits as offered by the Company’s existing variable annuities.

The Company offers variable annuities that provide our customers with tax-deferred asset accumulation together with a base death benefit and a suite of optional guaranteed death and living benefits. The benefit features contractually guarantee the contractholder a return of no less than (1) total deposits made to the contract less any partial withdrawals (“return of net deposits”), (2) total deposits made to the contract less any partial withdrawals plus a minimum return (“minimum return”), and/or (3) the highest contract value on a specified date minus any withdrawals (“contract” value). These guarantees may include benefits that are payable in the event of death, annuitization or at specified dates during the accumulation period and withdrawal and income benefits payable during specified periods. Our latest optional living benefits guarantee features the ability to make withdrawals based on the highest daily contract value plus a minimum return, credited for a period of time. This highest daily guaranteed contract value is accessible through periodic withdrawals for the life of the contractholder, and not as a lump-sum surrender value.

Our variable annuity investment options provide our customers with the opportunity to invest in proprietary and non-proprietary mutual funds, frequently under asset allocation programs, and fixed-rate accounts. The investments made by customers in the proprietary and non-proprietary mutual funds generally represent separate account interests that provide a return linked to an underlying investment portfolio. The general account investments made in the fixed rate accounts are credited with interest at rates we determine, subject to certain minimums. We also offer fixed annuities that provide a guarantee of principal and interest credited at rates we determine, subject to certain contractual minimums. Certain investments made in the fixed-rate accounts of our variable annuities and certain fixed annuities impose a market value adjustment if the invested amount is not held to maturity. Based on the contractual terms, the market value adjustment can be positive, resulting in an additional amount for the contractholder, or negative, resulting in a deduction from the contractholder’s account value or redemption proceeds.

The primary risk exposures of our variable annuity contracts relate to actual deviations from, or changes to, the assumptions used in the original pricing of these products, including equity market returns, interest rates, market volatility, timing of annuitization and withdrawals, contract lapses and contractholder mortality. The rate of return we realize from our variable annuity contracts will vary based on the extent of the differences between our actual experience and the assumptions used in the original pricing of these products. As part of our risk management strategy we hedge or limit our exposure to certain of these risks primarily through a combination of product design elements, such as an asset transfer feature, externally purchased hedging instruments and affiliated reinsurance arrangements with Pruco Reinsurance, Ltd. (“Pruco Re”). Our returns can also vary by contract based on our risk management strategy, including the impact of any capital markets movements that we may hedge in Pruco Re, the impact on that portion of our variable annuity contracts that benefit from the asset transfer feature and the impact of risks that are not able to be hedged.

The asset transfer feature, included in the design of certain optional living benefits, transfers assets between the variable investments selected by the annuity contractholder and, depending on the benefit feature, a fixed rate account in the general account or a bond portfolio within the separate account. The transfers are based on the static mathematical formula used with the particular optional benefit which considers a number of factors, including the impact of investment performance on the contractholders’ total account value. In general, negative investment performance may result in transfers to either a fixed rate account in the general account or a bond portfolio within the separate account, and positive investment performance

 

46

---

Table of Contents

may result in transfers back to contractholder-selected investments. Overall, the asset transfer feature is designed to help mitigate our exposure, and the exposure of the contractholders’ account value, to equity market risk and market volatility. Beginning in 2009, our offerings of optional living benefit features associated with currently-sold variable annuity products all include an asset transfer feature, and in 2009 we discontinued any new sales of optional living benefit features without an asset transfer feature. Other product design elements we utilize for certain products to manage these risks include asset allocation restrictions and minimum issuance age requirements. As of March 31, 2011, approximately $36.0 billion or 83% of total variable annuity account values contain a living benefit feature, compared to approximately $29.1 billion or 80% as of December 31, 2010. As of March 31, 2011, approximately $31.1 billion or 86% of variable annuity account values with living benefit features included an asset transfer feature in the product design, compared to approximately $24.2 billion or 83% as of December 31, 2010. The increase in account values with living benefits and the asset transfer feature reflects the impact of new business sales in the first quarter of 2011 and market appreciation.

As mentioned above, in addition to our asset transfer feature, we also manage certain risks associated with our variable annuity products through hedging programs and affiliated reinsurance arrangements. In the reinsurance affiliate, equity options and futures as well as interest rate derivatives are purchased to hedge certain living benefit features accounted for as embedded derivatives against changes in equity markets, interest rates, and market volatility. Prior to the third quarter of 2010, our hedging strategy sought to generally match the sensitivities of the embedded derivative liability as defined by GAAP, excluding the impact of the market-perceived risk of non-performance, with capital market derivatives. In the third quarter of 2010, the hedging strategy was revised as, in the low interest rate environment, management of the Company and the reinsurance affiliate did not believe the GAAP value of the embedded derivative liability to be an appropriate measure for determining the hedge target and as such certain risk margins are not hedged. The new hedge target is grounded in a GAAP/capital markets valuation framework but incorporates modifications to the risk-free return assumption to account for the fact that the underlying customer separate account funds which support these living benefits are invested in assets that contain risk. The modifications include the removal of a volatility risk margin embedded in the valuation technique used to fair value the embedded derivative liability under GAAP, and the inclusion of a credit spread over the risk-free rate used to estimate future growth of bond investments in the customer separate account funds. This new strategy will result in differences each period between the change in the value of the embedded derivative liability as defined by GAAP and the change in the value of the hedge positions, potentially increasing volatility in GAAP earnings in the Company and the reinsurance affiliate, and increasing volatility in the amortization of deferred acquisition and other costs of the Company as a result of the gross profits impact. Consistent with sound risk management practices, management of the Company and the reinsurance affiliate evaluate hedge levels versus the target given overall capital considerations of our ultimate parent Company, Prudential Financial Inc. and its subsidiaries, and prevailing capital market conditions and may decide to temporarily hedge to an amount that differs from the hedge target definition.

In the second quarter of 2009, we began the expansion of the Company’s hedging program to include a portion of the market exposure related to the overall capital position of our variable annuity business, including the impact of certain statutory reserve exposures. These capital hedges primarily consisted of equity-based total return swaps that were designed to partially offset changes in our capital position resulting from market driven changes in certain living and death benefit features of our variable annuity products. During the second quarter of 2010, we terminated the capital hedge program in lieu of a new program managed at the Prudential Financial parent company level that more broadly addresses equity market exposure of the overall statutory capital of Prudential Financial as a whole, under stress scenarios.

Variable Life Insurance

The Company offers a number of individual variable life insurance products which represent 26% of our net individual life insurance in force at March 31, 2011. Variable products provide a return linked to an underlying investment portfolio selected by the policyholder while providing the policyholder with the flexibility to change both the death benefit and premium payments. The policyholder generally has the option of investing premiums in a fixed rate option that is part of our general account and /or investing in separate account investment options consisting of equity and fixed income funds. Funds invested in the fixed rate option will accrue interest at rates we determine that vary periodically based on our portfolio rate. In the separate accounts, the policyholder bears the fund performance risk. Each product provides for the deduction of charges and expenses from the customer’s contract fund. The Company also offers a variable product that has the same basic features as our variable universal life product but also allows for a more flexible guarantee against lapse where policyholders can select the guarantee period. In the affluent market, we offer a private placement variable universal life product, which also utilizes investment options consisting of equity and fixed income funds. While variable life insurance continues to be an important product, marketplace demand continues to favor term and universal life insurance.

A significant portion of the Company’s insurance profits are associated with our large in force block of variable policies. Profit patterns on these policies are not level and as the policies age, insureds generally begin paying reduced policy charges. This, coupled with net policy count and insurance in force runoff over time, reduces our expected future profits from this product line. Asset management fees and mortality and expense fees are a key component of variable life product profitability and vary based on the average daily net asset value. Due to policyholder options under some of the variable life contracts, lapses driven by unfavorable equity market performance may occur on a quarter lag with the market risk during this period being borne by the Company.

Term Life Insurance

The Company offers a variety of term life insurance products which represent 64% of our net individual life insurance in force at March 31, 2011, that provide coverage for a specified time period. Most term products include a conversion feature that allows the policyholder to convert the policy into permanent life insurance coverage. The Company also offers term life insurance that provides for a return of premium if the insured is alive at the end of the level premium period. There continues to be significant demand for term life insurance protection.

The Company’s profits from term insurance are not expected to directly correlate, from a timing perspective, with the increase in term insurance in force. This results from uneven product profitability patterns.

 

47

---

Table of Contents

Universal Life Insurance

The Company offers universal life insurance products which represent 10% of our net individual life insurance in force at March 31, 2011. Universal life insurance products feature a fixed crediting rate that varies periodically based on portfolio returns, subject to certain minimums, flexible premiums and a choice of guarantees against lapse. Universal life policies provide for the deduction of charges and expenses from the policyholders’ contract fund.

The Company’s profits from universal life insurance are impacted by mortality and expense margins, interest spread on policyholder funds as well as the net interest spread on capital management activities related to a portion of the statutory reserves associated with these products.

Across all of our life insurance products we offer a living benefits option that allows the policy owner to receive a portion of the life insurance benefit if the insured is diagnosed with a terminal illness, or permanently confined to a nursing home, in advance of death of the insured, to use as needed. The remaining death benefit will be paid to the beneficiary upon the death of the insured. We also have a variety of settlement and payment options for the settlement of life insurance claims in addition to lump sum checks, including placing benefits in retained asset accounts, which earn interest and are subject to withdrawal in whole or in part at any time by the beneficiaries.

 

1.

Changes in Financial Position

March 31, 2011 versus December 31, 2010

Total assets increased $7.867 billion, from $59.472 billion at December 31, 2010 to $67.339 billion at March 31, 2011. Separate account assets increased $7.567 billion, from $43.269 billion at December 31, 2010 to $50.836 billion at March 31, 2011, primarily driven by both increased variable annuity deposits that resulted in positive net flows, and improvements in equity markets.

Fixed maturities increased by $21 million from $6.042 billion at December 31, 2010 to $6.063 billion at March 31, 2011. This increase was primarily driven by investment of cash flows from operations, reinvestment of investment income, and unrealized gains on fixed maturities in the current year resulting from a narrowing of credit spreads that increased the market value of these securities. Partially offsetting this increase were transfers of account balances to the separate account variable investment options from the fixed investment options backed by our general account due to an asset transfer feature and a dollar cost averaging program on certain variable annuity contracts.

Commercial mortgage loans increased $23 million, from $1.275 billion at December 31, 2010, to $1.298 billion at March 31, 2011, during the current period due to continued investment in commercial loans.

Reinsurance recoverables decreased by $99 million from $2.727 billion at December 31, 2010 to $2.628 billion at March 31, 2011 driven by a decrease in the reinsured liability for variable annuity living benefit embedded derivatives due to a decrease in the present value of future expected benefit payments primarily driven by the impact of higher interest rates and favorable equity markets. The decrease in reinsurance recoverables was partially offset by continued growth in the term life in force covered under Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Captive Company, or “PARCC”, Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Term Company, or “PAR TERM” and Prudential Arizona Reinsurance III Company, or “PAR III”, agreements.

Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $51 million, from $365 million at December 31, 2010 to $314 million at March 31, 2011.

Deferred policy acquisition costs increased by $315 million from $3.378 billion at December 31, 2010, to $3.693 billion at March 31, 2011. The increase is primarily driven by the capitalization of acquisition costs from sales of annuity products.

Total liabilities increased by $7.758 billion, from $56.146 billion at December 31, 2010 to $63.904 billion at March 31, 2011, primarily due to an increase in separate account liabilities of $7.567 billion, driven mainly by positive annuity net flows and improvements in equity markets described above. Policyholder account balances increased $18 million, from $7.509 billion at December 31, 2010 to $7.527 billion at March 31, 2011, primarily driven by continued growth in universal life in force. Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities decreased by $107 million, from $3.328 billion at December 31, 2010 to $3.221 billion at March 31, 2011, primarily driven by a decrease in the liability for variable annuity living benefit embedded derivatives due to a decrease in the present value of future expected benefit payments primarily driven by the impact of higher interest rates and favorable equity markets, partially offset by an increase in life reserves associated with term in force growth.

 

48

---

Table of Contents

2.

Results of Operations

March 2011 to March 2010 Three Months Comparison

 

		Three Months ended March 31,
		2011				2010
Operating results:		(in thousands)
Revenues:
Annuity Products		$	273,557			$	121,221
Life Products and Other			205,265				181,895
		$	478,822			$	303,116
Benefits and expenses:
Annuity Products		$	182,636			$	109,236
Life Products and Other			169,623				130,162
		$	352,259			$	239,398
Income from Operations before Income Taxes
Annuity Products		$	90,921			$	11,985
Life Products and Other			35,642				51,733
		$	126,563			$	63,718

Annuity Products

Income from Operations before Income Taxes

2011 to 2010 Three Month Comparison. Income from Operations before Income Taxes increased $79 million from $12 million in the first quarter of 2010 to $91 million in the first quarter of 2011. The increase was primarily driven by higher fee income, net of higher distribution costs, driven by higher average variable annuity asset balances invested in separate accounts. The increase in separate account balances was due to positive net flows, net market appreciation, and net transfers of balances from the general account to the separate accounts over the past twelve months. Also contributing to the increase was a favorable variance in the mark-to-market of embedded derivatives and related hedge positions associated with our non-reinsured living benefit features of our variable annuity products, primarily due to risk margins which we choose not to hedge that are included in the valuation of the embedded derivative as defined by GAAP, as discussed above. In addition, results for the first quarter of 2010 included $19 million of mark-to-market losses related to our terminated capital hedge program driven by favorable market conditions during the quarter, as discussed above.

Partially offsetting these items was a $31 million increase in general and administrative expenses, primarily due to higher business development costs driven by higher sales from the implementation of the aforementioned change in sales strategy. Also serving as a partial offset was a $14 million unfavorable variance related to adjustments to the reserves for the guaranteed minimum death and income benefit features of our variable annuity products and to our estimate of total gross profits used as a basis for amortizing deferred policy acquisition costs (“DAC”) and deferred sales inducements (“DSI”). These adjustments are discussed in more detail below.

We amortize DAC/DSI over the expected lives of the contracts based on the level and timing of gross profits on the underlying Annuity products. In calculating gross profits, we consider mortality, persistency, and other elements as well as rates of return on investments associated with these contracts and include profits and losses related to these contracts that are reported in affiliated legal entities other than the Company as a result of, for example, reinsurance agreements with those affiliated entities. The Company is an indirect subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (an SEC registrant) and has extensive transactions and relationships with other subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, Inc. including reinsurance agreements, as discussed in Note 8 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements. Incorporating all product-related profits and losses in gross profits, including those that are reported in affiliated legal entities, produces a DAC amortization pattern representative of the economics of the products.

As shown in the following table, income from operations for the first quarter of 2011 included $16 million of benefits related to adjustments to the reserves for the guaranteed minimum death and income benefit features of our variable annuity products and to our estimate of total gross profits used as a basis for amortizing DAC/DSI, compared to $30 million of benefits included in the first quarter of 2010, resulting in a $14 million unfavorable variance.

 

49

---

Table of Contents

		Three Months Ended March 31, 2011												Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
		Amortization of DAC and  DSI (1)				Reserves for GMDB / GMIB (2)				Total				Amortization of DAC and DSI (1)				Reserves for GMDB / GMIB (2)				Total
		(in thousands)
Quarterly market performance adjustments		$	6,124			$	7,145			$	13,269			$	5,362			$	8,781			$	14,143
Quarterly adjustments for current period experience		$	656			$	2,458			$	3,114			$	7,816			$	7,549			$	15,365
Total		$	6,780			$	9,603			$	16,383			$	13,178			$	16,330			$	29,508

 

(1)

Amounts reflect (charges) or benefits for (increases) or decreases, respectively, in the amortization of deferred policy acquisition, or DAC, and deferred sales inducements, or DSI.

(2)

Amounts reflect (charges) or benefits for reserve (increases) or decreases, respectively, related to the guaranteed minimum death and income benefit, or GMDB / GMIB, features of our variable annuity products.

As shown in the table above, results for both periods include quarterly updates for the impact of fund performance on our DAC/DSI amortization and GMDB/GMIB reserves for our variable annuity products. Results for the first quarter of 2011 included $13 million of benefits associated with these quarterly updates due to overall favorable market performance. The actual rates of return on annuity account values for the first quarter of 2011 was 3.4% compared to our expected rate of return of 1.8%. The first quarter of 2010 updates resulted in benefits of $14 million due to favorable market performance. The actual rate of return on annuity account values for the first quarter of 2010 was 3.3% compared to our previously expected rate of return of 2.0%.

We derive our near-term future rate of return assumptions using a reversion to the mean approach, a common industry practice. Under this approach, we consider actual returns over a period of time and initially adjust future projected returns over a four year period so that the assets are projected to grow at the long-term expected rate of return for the entire period. The near-term future projected return across all contract groups is 7.5% per annum as of March 31, 2011, or approximately 1.9% per quarter. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2008 and continuing through the first quarter of 2011, the projected near-term future annual rate of return calculated using the reversion to the mean approach for some contract groups was greater than our maximum future rate of return assumption across all asset types for this business. In those cases, we utilize the maximum future rate of return over the four year period, thereby limiting the impact of the reversion to the mean on our estimate of total gross profits. The near-term blended maximum future rate of return, for these impacted contract groups, under the reversion to the mean approach is 9.7% at the end of the first quarter of 2011. Included in the blended maximum future rate are assumptions for returns on various asset classes, including a 5.7% annual weighted average rate of return on fixed income investments and a 13% annual maximum rate of return on equity investments.

The $3 million benefit in the first quarter of 2011 and the $15 million benefit in the first quarter of 2010 for the quarterly adjustments for current period experience (also referred to as an experience true-up adjustment) shown in the table above primarily reflect the impact of differences between actual gross profits for the period and the previously estimated expected gross profits for the period, as well as an update for current and future expected claims costs associated with the guaranteed minimum death and income benefit features of our variable annuity products. The unfavorable variance related to the amortization of DAC/DSI was primarily driven by differences in market conditions in first quarter of 2010 compared to first quarter of 2011. The unfavorable variance related to the adjustment to the GMDB/GMIB reserves was primarily driven by differences in actual lapse experience and contract guarantee claim costs in first quarter of 2010 compared to first quarter of 2011.

Revenues

2011 to 2010 Three Month Comparison. Revenues increased $153 million from $121 million in the first quarter of 2010 to $274 million in the first quarter of 2011.

Policy charges and fee income, consisting primarily of mortality and expense and other insurance charges assessed on policyholders’ fund balances, increased $89 million from $73 million in the first quarter of 2010 to $162 million in the first quarter of 2011. The increase was primarily driven by higher average separate account asset balances due to net market appreciation, positive net flows from new business sales, and the net transfers of balances from the general account to the separate accounts between the first quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011. The net transfer of balances from the general account to the separate accounts relates to both transfers from a customer elected dollar cost averaging program and transfers from the asset transfer feature in some of our optional living benefit features.

Net Realized Investment Gains increased $34 million from loss of $7 million in the first quarter of 2010, to gain of $27 million in the first quarter of 2011, driven by a $19 million favorable variance related to losses in first quarter 2010 from derivative positions associated with our terminated capital hedging program, as discussed above. Also contributing to the increase was a favorable variance in the mark-to-market of embedded derivatives and related hedge positions associated with our non-reinsured living benefit features of our variable annuity products, as discussed above.

Asset administration fees increased by $29 million from $11 million in the first quarter of 2010 to $40 million in the first quarter of 2011, primarily due to higher average separate account asset balances, as discussed above.

 

50

---

Table of Contents

Benefits and Expenses

2011 to 2010 Three Month Comparison. Benefits and expenses increased $74 million from $109 million in the first quarter of 2010 to a benefit of $183 million in the first quarter of 2011.

Policyholders benefits, including changes in reserves, increased $11 million, from a benefit of $4 million in the first quarter of 2010 to a charge of $7 million in the first quarter of 2011, primarily due to the adjustments to the reserves for the guaranteed minimum death and income benefit features of our variable annuity products related to our quarterly adjustments to reflect current period experience and market performance, as discussed above.

Amortization of DAC increased by $13 million, from a charge of $32 million in the first quarter of 2010 to a charge of $45 million in the first quarter of 2011, primarily due to an unfavorable variance related to the adjustments to our estimates of total gross profits used as the basis for amortizing DAC shown in the table above.

General, administrative and other expenses increased $50 million, from $48 million in the first quarter of 2010 to $98 million in the first quarter of 2011, primarily due to higher business development costs and higher net distribution expenses driven by higher sales as discussed above.

Life Products and Other

Income from Operations before Income Taxes

2011 to 2010 Three Month Comparison. Income from Operations before Income Taxes decreased $16 million from $52 million in the first quarter 2010 to $36 million in the first quarter of 2011, due to lower variable product profits that include higher net DAC amortization and less favorable mortality.

Revenues

2011 to 2010 Three Month Comparison. Revenues of $205 million in the first quarter of 2011 increased by $23 million, from $182 million in the first quarter of 2010.

Premiums decreased $3 million from $14 million in first quarter 2010 to $11million in first quarter 2011. Premiums for term insurance increased ($15 million) due to consistent growth in term in-force (5% growth over prior year) offset by an increase in reinsurance premiums ($18 million) due to the coinsurance treaties with affiliates.

Policy charges and fee income, consisting primarily of mortality and expense loading and other insurance charges assessed on general and separate account policyholders’ fund balances, increased by $23 million from $88 million in the first quarter of 2010 to $111 million in the first quarter of 2011. The increase was driven by an increase in amortization of unearned revenue reserves reflecting the impact of less unfavorable mortality experience, as well as the impact of higher actual gross profits on current period amortization.

Net investment income increased $4 million, from $65 million in the first quarter of 2010 to $69 million in the first quarter of 2011, reflecting higher asset balances supporting growth in our universal life and term products including higher universal life account balances from increased policyholder deposits.

Net realized investment gains decreased $2 million, from a gain of $1 million in the first quarter of 2010 to a loss of $1 million in the first quarter of 2011. The decrease reflects lower gains on investments in derivatives and fixed maturities of $2 million in the first quarter of 2011 compared to $11 million in the first quarter of 2010, offset by lower losses of $7 million related to the reinsurance of the no-lapse guarantee on certain universal life products with UPARC ($3 million loss in the first quarter of 2011 compared to a $10 million loss in the first quarter of 2010). The lower losses were driven by a $6 million increase in the market value of the liability in first quarter 2010 primarily due to declining interest rates, compared to no change in the liability in the first quarter 2011.

Benefits and Expenses

2011 to 2010 Three Month Comparison. Total benefits and expenses of $170 million in the first quarter of 2011 increased by $40 million, from $130 million in the first quarter of 2010.

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs increased by $27 million from $22 million in the first quarter of 2010 to $49 million in the first quarter of 2011 reflecting the impact of less unfavorable mortality experience, as well as the impact of higher actual gross profits on current period amortization.

Policyholders’ benefits, including interest credited to policyholders’ account balances, increased by $9 million, from $82 million in the first quarter of 2010 to $91 million in the first quarter of 2011, primarily due to term life and universal life reserve growth attributable to continued sales and in force growth.

General and administrative expenses, net of capitalization, increased $4 million from $26 million in first quarter 2010 to $30 million in first quarter 2011 driven by higher operating expenses.

 

51

---

Table of Contents

Income Taxes

The income tax provision amounted to an expense of $27 million in the first quarter of 2011 compared to an expense of $7 million in the first quarter of 2010 primarily driven by higher pre-tax income.

The Company’s liability for income taxes includes the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties which relate to tax years still subject to review by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or other taxing authorities. Audit periods remain open for review until the statute of limitations has passed. Generally, for tax years which produce net operating losses, capital losses or tax credit carryforwards (“tax attributes”), the statute of limitations does not close, to the extent of these tax attributes, until the expiration of the statute of limitations for the tax year in which they are fully utilized. The completion of review or the expiration of the statute of limitations for a given audit period could result in an adjustment to the liability for income taxes. The statute of limitations for the 2002 tax year expired on April 30, 2009. The statute of limitations for the 2003 tax year expired on July 31, 2009. The statute of limitations for the 2004 through 2007 tax years will expire in February 2012, unless extended. Tax years 2008 through 2010 are still open for IRS examination. The Company does not anticipate any significant changes within the next 12 months to its total unrecognized tax benefits related to tax years for which the statute of limitations has not expired.

The dividends received deduction (“DRD”) reduces the amount of dividend income subject to U.S. tax and is a significant component of the difference between the Company’s effective tax rate and the federal statutory tax rate of 35%. The DRD for the current period was estimated using information from 2010, current year results, and was adjusted to take into account the current year’s equity market performance. The actual current year DRD can vary from the estimate based on factors such as, but not limited to, changes in the amount of dividends received that are eligible for the DRD, changes in the amount of distributions received from mutual fund investments, changes in the account balances of variable life and annuity contracts, and the Company’s taxable income before the DRD.

In August 2007, the IRS released Revenue Ruling 2007-54, which included, among other items, guidance on the methodology to be followed in calculating the DRD related to variable life insurance and annuity contracts. In September 2007, the IRS released Revenue Ruling 2007-61. Revenue Ruling 2007-61 suspended Revenue Ruling 2007-54 and informed taxpayers that the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS intend to address through new regulations the issues considered in Revenue Ruling 2007-54, including the methodology to be followed in determining the DRD related to variable life insurance and annuity contracts. On February 14, 2011, the Obama Administration released the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Revenue Proposals.” Although the Administration has not released proposed statutory language, one proposal would change the method used to determine the amount of the DRD. A change in the DRD, including the possible retroactive or prospective elimination of this deduction through regulation or legislation, could increase actual tax expense and reduce the Company’s consolidated net income. These activities had no impact on the Company’s 2008, 2009 or 2010 results.

In December 2006, the IRS completed all fieldwork with respect to its examination of the consolidated federal income tax returns for tax years 2002 and 2003. The final report was initially submitted to the Joint Committee on Taxation for their review in April 2007. The final report was resubmitted in March 2008 and again in April 2008. The Joint Committee returned the report to the IRS for additional review of an industry issue regarding the methodology for calculating the DRD related to variable life insurance and annuity contracts. The IRS completed its review of the issue and proposed an adjustment with respect to the calculation of the DRD. In order to expedite receipt of an income tax refund related to the 2002 and 2003 tax years, the Company agreed to such adjustment. The report, with the adjustment to the DRD, was submitted to the Joint Committee on Taxation in October 2008. The Company was advised on January 2, 2009 that the Joint Committee completed its consideration of the report and took no exception to the conclusions reached by the IRS. Accordingly, the final report was processed and a $157 million refund was received by the Company’s parent, Prudential Financial, in February 2009. The Company believed that its return position with respect to the calculation of the DRD is technically correct. Therefore, the Company filed protective refund claims on October 1, 2009 to recover the taxes associated with the agreed upon adjustment. The IRS issued an Industry Director Directive (“IDD”) in May 2010 stating that the methodology for calculating the DRD set forth in Revenue Ruling 2007-54 should not be followed. The IDD also confirmed that the IRS guidance issued before Revenue Ruling 2007-54, which guidance the Company relied upon in calculating its DRD, should be used to determine the DRD. The Company’s parent, Prudential Financial, has received a refund of approximately $3 million which represents the taxes associated with the previously agreed upon DRD adjustment plus interest. These activities had no impact on the Company’s 2010 or first quarter 2011 results.

In January 2007, the IRS began an examination of tax years 2004 through 2006. For tax years 2007 through 2010, the Company is participating in the IRS’s Compliance Assurance Program (“CAP”). Under CAP, the IRS assigns an examination team to review completed transactions contemporaneously during these tax years in order to reach agreement with the Company on how they should be reported in the tax returns. If disagreements arise, accelerated resolutions programs are available to resolve the disagreements in a timely manner before the tax returns are filed. It is management’s expectation this program will shorten the time period between the filing of the Company’s federal income tax returns and the IRS’s completion of its examination of the returns.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

Liquidity refers to the ability to generate sufficient cash resources to meet the payment obligations of the Company. Capital refers to the long term financial resources available to support the operation of our businesses, fund business growth, and provide a cushion to withstand adverse circumstances. The ability to generate and maintain sufficient liquidity and capital depends on the profitability of our businesses, general economic conditions and our access to the capital markets through affiliates as described herein.

Management monitors the liquidity of Prudential Financial, Prudential Insurance and the Company on a daily basis and projects borrowing and capital needs over a multi-year time horizon through our quarterly planning process. We believe that cash flows from the sources of funds presently

 

52

---

Table of Contents

available to us are sufficient to satisfy the current liquidity requirements of Prudential Financial and the Company, including reasonably foreseeable contingencies.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law on July 21, 2010, could result in the imposition of new capital, liquidity and other requirements on Prudential Financial and the Company. See “Other Business Regulation” in Part I for information regarding the potential effects of the Dodd-Frank bill on the Company and its affiliates.

General Liquidity

Liquidity refers to a company’s ability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet the needs of its operations. Our liquidity is managed to ensure stable, reliable and cost-effective sources of cash flows to meet all of our obligations. Liquidity is provided by a variety of sources, as described more fully below, including portfolios of liquid assets. Our investment portfolios are integral to the overall liquidity of those operations. We segment our investment portfolios and employ an asset/liability management approach specific to the requirements of our product lines. This enhances the discipline applied in managing the liquidity, as well as the interest rate and credit risk profiles, of each portfolio in a manner consistent with the unique characteristics of the product liabilities. We use a projection process for cash flows from operations to ensure sufficient liquidity to meet projected cash outflows, including claims. The impact of Prudential Funding, LLC’s financing capacity on liquidity (as described below) is considered in the internal liquidity measures of the Company.

Liquidity is measured against internally developed benchmarks that take into account the characteristics of both the asset portfolio and the liabilities that they support. The results are affected substantially by the overall asset type and quality of our investments.

Cash Flow

The principal sources of the Company’s liquidity are premiums and annuity considerations, investment and fee income, and investment maturities. assets, as well as internal borrowings. The principal uses of that liquidity include benefits, claims, dividends paid to policyholders, and payments to policyholders and contractholders in connection with surrenders, withdrawals and net policy loan activity. Other uses of liquidity include commissions, general and administrative expenses, purchases of investments, and payments in connection with financing activities. As a result of the launch of its new annuity product line in March 2010, as discussed above, the Company has seen and expects to continue to see the overall level of these activities to increase.

We believe that the cash flows from our insurance and annuity operations are adequate to satisfy our current liquidity requirements, including under reasonably foreseeable stress scenarios. The continued adequacy of this liquidity will depend upon factors such as future securities market conditions, changes in interest rate levels, customer behavior, policyholder perceptions of our financial strength, and the relative safety of competing products, each of which could lead to reduced cash inflows or increased cash outflows. In addition, market volatility can impact the level of capital required to support our businesses, particularly in our annuity products. Our cash flows from investment activities result from repayments of principal, proceeds from maturities and sales of invested assets and investment income, net of amounts reinvested. The primary liquidity risks with respect to these cash flows are the risk of default by debtors or bond insurers, our counterparties’ willingness to extend repurchase and/or securities lending arrangements, commitments to invest and market volatility. We closely manage these risks through our credit risk management process and regular monitoring of our liquidity position. Further, the level of new business sales can also impact liquidity, and additional financing may be required due to the increase in annuity sales as previously discussed.

In managing our liquidity, we also consider the risk of policyholder and contractholder withdrawals of funds earlier than our assumptions when selecting assets to support these contractual obligations. We use surrender charges and other contract provisions to mitigate the extent, timing and profitability impact of withdrawals of funds by customers from annuity contracts and deposit liabilities.

Individual life insurance policies are less susceptible to withdrawal than our annuity reserves and deposit liabilities because policyholders may be subject to a new underwriting process in order to obtain a new insurance policy. Our annuity reserves with guarantee features may be less susceptible to withdrawal than historical experience indicates, due to the current value of these guarantee features to policyholders as a result of recent market declines.

Gross account withdrawals amounted to approximately $744 million and $408 million in the first quarter of 2011 and 2010, respectively. Because these withdrawals were consistent with our assumptions in asset/liability management, the associated cash outflows did not have a material adverse impact on our overall liquidity.

Liquid Assets

Liquid assets include cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments, fixed maturities and public equity securities. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 the Company had liquid assets of $6.667 billion and $6.674 billion, respectively. The portion of liquid assets comprised of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments was $581 million and $612 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. As of March 31, 2011, $5.605 billion, or 92%, of the fixed maturity investments company general account portfolios were rated investment grade. The remaining $458 million, or 8%, of these fixed maturity investments were rated non-investment grade. We consider attributes of the various categories of liquid assets (for example, type of asset and credit quality) in calculating internal liquidity measures in order to evaluate the adequacy of our insurance operations’ liquidity under a variety of stress scenarios. We believe that the liquidity profile of our assets is sufficient to satisfy current liquidity requirements, including under foreseeable stress scenarios.

Given the size and liquidity profile of our investment portfolios, we believe that claim experience varying from our projections does not constitute a significant liquidity risk. Our asset/liability management process takes into account the expected maturity of investments and expected claim

 

53

---

Table of Contents

payments as well as the specific nature and risk profile of the liabilities. Historically, there has been no significant variation between the expected maturities of our investments and the payment of claims.

Our liquidity is managed through access to substantial investment portfolios as well as a variety of instruments available for funding and/or managing short-term cash flow mismatches, including from time to time those arising from claim levels in excess of projections. To the extent we need to pay claims in excess of projections, we may borrow temporarily or sell investments sooner than anticipated to pay these claims, which may result in increased borrowing costs or realized investment gains or losses affecting results of operations. We believe that borrowing temporarily or selling investments earlier than anticipated will not have a material impact on the liquidity of the Company. Payment of claims and sale of investments earlier than anticipated would have an impact on the reported level of cash flow from operating and investing activities, respectively, in our financial statements.

Prudential Funding, LLC

Prudential Funding, LLC, or Prudential Funding, a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Insurance, serves as an additional source of financing to meet our working capital needs. Prudential Funding operates under a support agreement with Prudential Insurance whereby Prudential Insurance has agreed to maintain Prudential Funding positive tangible net worth at all times. Prudential Funding borrows funds in the capital markets primarily through the direct issuance of commercial paper.

Capital

The Risk Based Capital, or RBC, ratio is a primary measure by which we evaluate the capital adequacy of the Company. Prudential Financial manages its domestic insurance subsidiaries RBC ratios to a level that is consistent with the ratings targets for those subsidiaries and in excess of the minimum levels required by applicable insurance regulations. RBC is determined by statutory formulas that consider risks related to the type and quality of the invested assets, insurance-related risks associated with an insurer’s products, interest rate risks and general business risks. The RBC ratio calculations are intended to assist insurance regulators in measuring the adequacy of an insurer’s statutory capitalization. As of March 31, 2011, the RBC ratio for each of Prudential Insurance and the Company exceeded the minimum levels required by applicable insurance regulations.

The level of statutory capital of the Company can be materially impacted by interest rate and equity market fluctuations, changes in the values of derivatives, the level of impairments recorded, credit quality migration of investment portfolio, among other items. Further, the recapture of business subject to reinsurance arrangements due to defaults by, or credit quality migration affecting, the reinsurers could result in higher required statutory capital levels. The level of statutory capital of the Company is also affected by statutory accounting rules which are subject to change by insurance regulators.

In the second quarter of 2010, Prudential Financial changed the focus of the capital hedge program from the equity price risk associated with the annuities business to a broader view of equity market exposure of the statutory capital of Prudential Financial and its subsidiaries, as a whole. To effect this change, the capital hedge program was terminated and equity index-linked derivative transactions were entered into that are designed to mitigate the overall impact on statutory capital of a severe equity market stress event on Prudential Financial and its subsidiaries, as a whole. The program now focuses on tail risk rather than general equity market declines in order to protect statutory capital in a more cost-effective manner under stress scenarios. Prudential Financial assesses the composition of the hedging program on an ongoing basis and may change it from time to time based on an evaluation of its risk position or other factors.

In addition to hedging the equity market exposure as mentioned above, we also manage certain risks associated with our variable annuity products through hedging programs and affiliated reinsurance arrangements. Primarily in the reinsurance affiliate, equity options and futures as well as interest rate derivatives are purchased to hedge certain optional living benefit features accounted for as embedded derivatives against changes in equity markets, interest rates, and market volatility. Historically, the hedging strategy sought to generally match the sensitivities of the embedded derivative liability as defined by GAAP, excluding the impact of the market-perceived risk of non-performance, with capital market derivatives and options. In the third quarter of 2010, the hedging strategy was revised as, in a low interest rate environment, management of the company and reinsurance affiliates does not believe the GAAP value of the embedded derivative liability to be an appropriate measure for determining the hedge target. For additional information regarding the change in hedging strategy see “Products”.

Certain of the Company’s statutory reserves are ceded to an affiliated offshore captive reinsurance company. A reinsurance trust is established by the affiliated offshore captive reinsurance company to satisfy reinsurance reserve credit requirements. These reserve credits allow the Company to reduce the level of statutory capital it is required to hold. Reinsurance credit reserve requirements can move materially in either direction due to changes in equity markets and interest rates, actuarial assumptions and other factors. Higher reinsurance credit reserve requirements would necessitate depositing additional assets in the statutory reserve credit trusts, while lower reinsurance credit reserve requirements would allow assets to be removed from the statutory reserve credit trusts. We expect Prudential Financial would satisfy those additional needs through a combination of funding the reinsurance credit trusts with available cash, loans from Prudential Financial and/or affiliates and assets pledged to our affiliated offshore captive reinsurance company as collateral for hedging positions related to our living benefit features. Prudential Financial also continues to evaluate other options to address reserve credit needs such as obtaining letters of credit. During the first quarter of 2011, the need to fund the captive reinsurance trust increased by $4 million due to new business added to the reinsured block.

 

54

---

Table of Contents

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

In order to ensure that the information we must disclose in our filings with the SEC, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis, the Company’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of March 31, 2011. Based on such evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of March 31, 2011, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f), occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2011 that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

OTHER INFORMATION

PART II

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are subject to legal and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of our businesses, including class action lawsuits. Our pending legal and regulatory actions may include proceedings specific to us and proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industry in which we operate. We are also subject to litigation arising out of our general business activities, such as our investments, contracts, leases and labor and employment relationships, including claims of discrimination and harassment and could be exposed to claims or litigation concerning certain business or process patents. Regulatory authorities from time to time make inquiries and conduct investigations and examinations which may relate particularly to us and our products or to industry-wide issues or matters upon which such regulators have determined to focus. In some of our pending legal and regulatory actions, parties may seek large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive or exemplary damages.

In March 2011, the four purported nationwide class actions challenging the use of retained assets accounts to pay death benefits to beneficiaries of a group life policy insuring members of the armed forces and veterans, were consolidated as In re Prudential Insurance Company of America SGLI/VGLI Contract Litigation in the United States District Court for the Western District of Massachusetts. In March 2011, Prudential’s motion to dismiss was denied. In April 2011, Prudential withdrew its motion to dismiss the complaint in Huffman v. The Prudential Insurance Company, a nationwide class action alleging that the use of retained asset accounts to settle death claims in employee welfare plans violates ERISA. In March 2011, an amended complaint was filed in the Illinois state class action challenging the use of retained asset accounts to pay death benefits from individual policies under Illinois law adding Pruco Life Insurance Company as a defendant.

Our litigation and regulatory matters are subject to many uncertainties, and given their complexity and scope, their outcome cannot be predicted. It is possible that our results of operations or cash flow in a particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by an ultimate unfavorable resolution of pending litigation or regulatory matters depending, in part, upon the results of operations or cash flow for such period. In light of the unpredictability of the Company’s litigation and regulatory matters, it is also possible that in certain cases an ultimate unfavorable resolution of one or more pending litigation or regulatory matters could have a material adverse effect on our financial position. Management believes, however, that based on information currently known to it, the ultimate outcome of all pending litigation and regulatory matters, after consideration of applicable reserves and rights to indemnification, is not likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial position.

The foregoing discussion is limited to recent material developments concerning our legal and regulatory proceedings. See Note 6 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included herein for additional discussion of our litigation and regulatory matters, including the above matter.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the risks described under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. These risks could materially affect our business, results of operations or financial condition, or cause our actual results to differ materially from those expected or those expressed in any forward looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. These risks are not exclusive, and additional risks to which we are subject include, but are not limited to, the factors mentioned under “Forward-Looking Statements” above and the risks of our businesses described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

55

---

Table of Contents

Item 6. Exhibits

 

31.1		Section 302 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.
31.2		Section 302 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.
32.1		Section 906 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.
32.2		Section 906 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.

 

56

---

Table of Contents

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

		Pruco Life Insurance Company
		By:		/s/ Steven Weinreb
				Steven Weinreb
				Chief Accounting Officer
				(Authorized Signatory and Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

Date: May 13, 2011

 

57