As filed with the SEC on April 11, 2018.	Registration No. 333‑215543
	Registration No. 811-03974
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 187
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PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY
VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
(Exact Name of Registrant)
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
(Name of Depositor)
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
(800) 778-2255
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
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William J. Evers
Vice President and Corporate Counsel
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
(Name and address of agent for service)
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate space):
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■ on May 1, 2018, pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
(date)
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□ on  pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
(date)
■ This Post-Effective Amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed Post-Effective Amendment.

PART A:

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

PROSPECTUS

May 1, 2018

PruLife® SVUL Protector®

AN INDIVIDUAL, FLEXIBLE PREMIUM, SURVIVORSHIP, VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT ISSUED BY:

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

213 WASHINGTON STREET

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102

TELEPHONE: (800) 944-8786

This prospectus describes the PruLife® SVUL Protector® survivorship variable universal life insurance Contract (the “Contract”) offered by Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("Pruco Life of New Jersey", "us", "we", or "our"), a stock life insurance company. Pruco Life of New Jersey is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America (" Prudential ").

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Please read this prospectus before purchasing a PruLife® SVUL Protector® Contract and keep it for future reference. Capitalized terms used in this prospectus are defined where first used or in the section DEFINITIONS OF SPECIAL TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS .

You (the "Contract Owner") may choose to invest your Contract's premiums and its earnings in one or more of the available Variable Investment Options of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account (the "Separate Account" or “Account”). The Account offers a wide variety of Variable Investment Options from the firms listed below. A complete list of the available Funds is included in this prospectus.

•    Advanced Series Trust	•    MFS®
•    American Funds®	•    Neuberger Berman
•    Dreyfus	•    Prudential
•    Fidelity® Investments	•    TOPS – The Optimized Portfolio System®
•    Franklin Templeton®

You may also choose to invest your Contract’s premiums and its earnings in the Fixed Rate Option, referred to as “fixed investment option” in your Contract, which pays a guaranteed interest rate.

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In compliance with U.S. law, Pruco Life of New Jersey delivers this prospectus to Contract Owners that currently reside outside of the United States. In addition, we may not market or offer benefits, features, or enhancements to prospective or current Contract Owners while outside of the United States. 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined that this Contract is a good investment, nor has the SEC determined that this prospectus is complete or accurate. It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.

The Contract may be purchased through registered representatives located in banks and other financial institutions. Investment in a variable life insurance contract is subject to risk, including the possible loss of your money. An investment in PruLife® SVUL Protector® is not a bank deposit and is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other governmental agency.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SUMMARY OF THE CONTRACT AND CONTRACT BENEFITS	1
SUMMARY OF CONTRACT RISKS	1
SUMMARY OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VARIABLE INVESTMENT OPTIONS	2
SUMMARY OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES	2
GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, THE REGISTRANT, AND THE FUNDS	4
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey	4
The Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account	4
The Funds	4
Service Fees Payable to Pruco Life of New Jersey	8
AST Funds	8
Voting Rights	9
Substitution of Variable Investment Options	9
The Fixed Rate Option	9
CHARGES AND EXPENSES	9
Sales Charge on Premium	10
Premium Based Administrative Charge	10
Surrender Charge	10
Cost of Insurance	11
Administrative Charge for Basic Insurance Amount	11
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge	11
Additional Mortality Charge for Certain Risks	11
Transaction Charges	12
Charges for Rider Coverage	12
Net Interest on Loans	12
Fund Expenses	12
Allocated Charges	12
Charges After Age 121	12
PERSONS HAVING RIGHTS UNDER THE CONTRACT	12
Contract Owner	12
Beneficiary	12
OTHER GENERAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS	13
Assignment	13
Canceling the Contract	13
Incontestability	13
Misstatement of Age or Sex	13
Settlement Options	13
Simultaneous Death	13
Suicide Exclusion	13
LIMITED NO-LAPSE GUARANTEE	13
RIDERS	14
Rider to Provide Lapse Protection	14
Estate Protection Rider	14
Guaranteed Contract Split Option Rider	15

Overloan Protection Rider	15
REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF A CONTRACT	15
Contract Date	15
PREMIUMS	16
Minimum Initial Premium	16
Available Types of Premium	16
Allocation of Premiums	16
Processing and Valuing Transactions	17
Transfers/Restrictions on Transfers	17
Dollar Cost Averaging	18
Auto-Rebalancing	18
DEATH BENEFITS	19
Types of Death Benefit	19
Changing the Type of Death Benefit	19
Decreases in Basic Insurance Amount	20
Death Claim Settlement Options	20
When Death Benefit Proceeds Are Paid	20
CONTRACT VALUES	20
How a Contract's Cash Surrender Value Will Vary	20
Loans	20
Withdrawals	21
Surrender of a Contract	22
When Proceeds Are Paid	22
LAPSE AND REINSTATEMENT	22
TAXES	23
Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits	23
Company Taxes	24
DISTRIBUTION AND COMPENSATION	25
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	26
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	26
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	26
DEFINITIONS OF SPECIAL TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS	26

The following summaries provide a brief overview of the more significant aspects of the Contract. We provide more complete and detailed information in the subsequent sections of this prospectus and in the statement of additional information and Contract.

SUMMARY OF THE CONTRACT AND CONTRACT BENEFITS

Brief Description of the Contract – PruLife® SVUL Protector®is a form of variable universal life insurance providing coverage on the lives of two insureds. A Death Benefit is paid upon the death of the surviving (second-to-die) insured person.

Some Contract forms, features, and/or Variable Investment Options described in this prospectus may not be available through all brokers. The Contract form number for this Contract is SVUNLG-2017. A state and/or other code may follow the form number. Your Contract's form number is located in the lower left hand corner of the first page of your Contract.

Types of Death Benefit – You may choose from three types of Death Benefit options. You may change from one Death Benefit type to another, subject to limitations and charges may apply.

• Type A (fixed): the Death Benefit is generally the Basic Insurance Amount you chose.

• Type B (variable): the Death Benefit is generally the Basic Insurance Amount plus the value of the Contract Fund.

• Type C (return of premium): the Death Benefit is generally the Basic Insurance Amount plus the total premiums paid into the Contract and less any withdrawals.

Decreasing the Basic Insurance Amount– Subject to certain limitations and charges, you have the option of decreasing the Basic Insurance Amount after the issue of the Contract.

Premium Payments – With certain exceptions, you choose the timing and the amount of premium payments.

Investment Choices – You may choose to allocate your net premiums and earnings to one or more of the available Variable Investment Options or our Fixed Rate Option. You may change the way in which subsequent premiums are allocated. You may transfer money among your investment choices, subject to restrictions. In addition, you may use our dollar cost averaging feature or our automatic rebalancing feature.

The Contract Fund – Your Contract has a Contract Fund, the value of which changes daily reflecting: (1) increases or decreases in the value of the Funds; (2) interest credited on any amounts allocated to the Fixed Rate Option; (3) interest credited on any loan; and (4) the daily asset charge for mortality and expense risks assessed against the Variable Investment Options. The Contract Fund value also changes to reflect the receipt of net premium payments, monthly deductions, and any withdrawals.

Death Benefit Protection - The Contract includes at no additional cost a Limited No-Lapse Guarantee and a Rider to Provide Lapse Protection. These provide conditional guarantees that can keep your Contract in effect regardless of investment performance or Contract Fund value. The Limited No-lapse Guarantee can protect your Contract during the first 10 Contract years. The Rider to Provide Lapse Protection can protect your Contract starting in the 11^st Contract year. Both are subject to requirements for maintaining the guarantees. The guarantees may not last for the period of time you wish to keep your Contract.

Loans – You may borrow money from us using your Contract as security for the loan. Interest charges will apply.

Withdrawals – Under certain circumstances and limitations, you may withdraw a part of the Contract's Cash Surrender Value without surrendering the Contract. Charges may apply.

Surrendering the Contract –A Contract may be surrendered for its Cash Surrender Value while at least one insured is living. Charges may apply.

Canceling the Contract (Right to Examine or “Free-Look”) – Generally, you may return the Contract for a refund within 10 days after you receive it (or within any longer period of time required by state law).

SUMMARY OF CONTRACT RISKS

Contract Values Are Not Guaranteed – The value of your Contract Fund rises and falls with the performance of the investment options you choose and the charges that we deduct. Your benefits (including life insurance) are not guaranteed, and may be entirely dependent on the investment performance of the Variable Investment Options you select.

The Variable Investment Options you choose may not perform to your expectations. Investing in the Contract involves risks including the possible loss of your entire investment. Only the Fixed Rate Option provides a guaranteed rate of return.

Increase in Charges – In several instances we will use the terms “maximum charge” and “current charge.” The “maximum charge,” in each instance, is the highest charge that we may apply under the Contract. The “current charge,” in each instance, is the amount that we now charge, which may be lower than the maximum charge. If circumstances change, we reserve the right to increase each current charge, up to the maximum charge.

Risks of Using the Contract as a Short-Term Savings Vehicle – The Contract is designed to provide benefits on a long-term basis. Consequently, you should not use the Contract as a short-term investment or savings vehicle. Because of the long-term nature of the Contract, you should consider whether purchasing the

Contract is consistent with the purpose for which it is being considered.

Risk of Contract Lapse – On each Monthly Date we determine the value of your Contract Fund. The Contract is in default if the Contract Fund, less any applicable surrender charges and less any Contract Debt, is zero or less, unless it remains in-force under the Limited No-Lapse Guarantee or Rider to Provide Lapse Protection. Your Contract will also be in default if, at any time, the Contract Debt equals or exceeds the Contract Fund, less any applicable surrender charges, unless it remains in-force under the Overloan Protection Rider (if applicable). Poor investment performance, insufficient premium payments, withdrawals, and loans are some of the factors that could cause your Contract to lapse and you could lose your insurance coverage.

Risks of Taking Withdrawals – Whenever a withdrawal is made, the Death Benefit will immediately be reduced by at least the amount of the withdrawal. A surrender charge may be deducted when any withdrawal causes a reduction in the Basic Insurance Amount. If the Basic Insurance Amount is decreased, there is a possibility that the Contract might be classified as a Modified Endowment Contract, which would result in less favorable tax treatment for loans, withdrawals, or assignments. Accessing the values in your Contract through withdrawals may significantly affect current and future Contract values or Death Benefit

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proceeds and may increase the chance that your Contract will lapse. In addition, a withdrawal from your Contract may have tax consequences.

Risks of Taking a Contract Loan – Accessing the values in your Contract through Contract loans may significantly affect current and future Contract values or Death Benefit proceeds and may increase the chance that your Contract will lapse. Taking a Contract loan will prevent any Death Benefit guarantees from protecting your Contract from lapsing. In addition, a loan from your Contract may have tax consequences.

Limitations on Transfers – Currently, we allow up to 20 transfers among the Variable Investment Options per calendar year. After you have submitted 20 transfers in a calendar year, we will accept subsequent transfer requests only if they bear an original signature in ink, are received in Good Order at a Service Office, and are sent to us by U.S. regular mail.

Only one transfer from the Fixed Rate Option is permitted during each Contract Year and the amount of the transfer is subject to strict limits.

Surrender of the Contract –We deduct a surrender charge from the surrender proceeds. While the amount of the surrender charge decreases over time, it may be a substantial portion or even equal to your Contract Fund. A surrender of your Contract may have tax consequences.

Potential Tax Consequences –Your Contract is structured to meet the definition of life insurance under Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code. At issue, the Contract Owner chooses one of the following definition of life insurance tests: (1) Cash Value Accumulation Test or (2) Guideline Premium Test. We reserve the right to refuse to accept a premium payment that would, in our opinion, cause this Contract to fail to qualify as life insurance.

Current federal tax law generally excludes all Death Benefits from the gross income of the beneficiary of a life insurance contract. However, your Death Benefit could be subject to estate tax. In

addition, you generally are not subject to taxation on any increase in the Contract value until it is withdrawn. Generally, you are taxed on surrender proceeds and the proceeds of any withdrawals only if those amounts, when added to all previous distributions, exceed the total premiums paid. Amounts received upon surrender or withdrawal (including any outstanding Contract loans) in excess of premiums paid are treated as ordinary income.

Special rules govern the tax treatment of life insurance policies that meet the federal definition of a Modified Endowment Contract under Section 7702A of the Internal Revenue Code. The Contract could be classified as a Modified Endowment Contract if premiums in amounts that are too large are paid or a decrease in the Basic Insurance Amount is made (or a rider removed). Under current tax law, pre-death distributions, including loans and assignments, are taxed less favorably under Modified Endowment Contracts. Death Benefit payments under Modified Endowment Contracts, however, like Death Benefit payments under other life insurance contracts, generally are excluded from the gross income of the beneficiary.

Replacement of a Contract – The replacement of life insurance is generally not in your best interest. If you are considering purchasing this Contract to replace an existing contract, you should first consider other options. In some cases, if you require additional life insurance coverage, the benefits of your existing contract can be protected by increasing the insurance amount of your existing contract, if permitted, or by purchasing an additional contract. If you are considering replacing a contract, you should compare the benefits and costs of supplementing your existing contract with the benefits and costs of purchasing a new Contract from us and you should consult with a tax adviser.

Our Ability to Pay Benefits – All insurance benefits, including the Death Benefit, and all guarantees, including those related to the Fixed Rate Option, are general account obligations that are subject to the financial strength and claims paying ability of Pruco Life of New Jersey.

SUMMARY OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VARIABLE INVESTMENT OPTIONS

The Account invests in the shares of one or more open-end management investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  Each Variable Investment Option, which invests in a corresponding Fund, has its own investment objective, strategy, and associated risks, which are described in the Fund's prospectus. Before allocating net premium to a Variable Investment Option, you should read the current Fund prospectus. Fund prospectuses are available at www.prudential.com/eprospectus or by calling 800-944-8786. The income, gains, and losses of one Variable Investment Option have no effect on the investment performance of any other Variable Investment Option.

Amounts you allocate to the Variable Investment Options may grow in value, decline in value or grow less than you expect, depending on the investment performance of the Funds. You bear

the investment risk that the Funds may not meet their investment objectives. It is possible to lose your entire investment in the Variable Investment Options.

The Contract offers Variable Investment Options through the Advanced Series Trust (" AST "). The AST Variable Investment Options are also available in variable annuity contracts we offer. Some of these variable annuity contracts offer a feature that utilizes a predetermined mathematical formula (the “formula”) to manage the guarantees offered in connection with certain optional benefits. The operation of the formula in those variable annuity contracts may result in large-scale asset flows into and out of the Funds corresponding to the Variable Investment Options that are available with your Contract. These asset flows could adversely impact the Funds, including their risk profile, expenses and performance.

SUMMARY OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES

Expenses other than Fund Expenses

The following tables describe the maximum fees and expenses that you could pay when buying, owning, and surrendering the Contract. Generally, our current fees and expenses are lower than the maximum fees and expenses reflected in the following tables.

The first table describes maximum fees and expenses that we deduct from each premium payment, and maximum fees we charge for purchases, surrenders, transfers and other transactions, and certain riders.

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Table 1: Transaction and Optional Rider Fees
Charge	When Charge Is Deducted	Amount Deducted
Sales Charge (load) on Premiums	Deducted from premium payments.	2.68%
Premium Based Administrative Charge	Deducted from premium payments.	3.75%
Surrender Charge(1) (Minimum and maximum per $1,000 of Basic Insurance Amount.) _____________ Initial charge for a representative Contract Owner(2)	Upon lapse, surrender, or decrease in Basic Insurance Amount.	From $2.37 to $14.07(3) _____________ $6.99
Transfer fee	Each transfer exceeding 12 in any Contract Year.	$25
Withdrawal fee	Upon withdrawal.	$25
Basic Insurance Amount Decrease fee	Upon decrease in Basic Insurance Amount.	$25
Overloan Protection Rider fee (percentage of the Contract Fund amount)	One-time charge upon exercising the rider benefit.	3.5%

(1) The surrender charge amount per $1,000 varies based on the individual characteristics of the insureds, including issue age, sex, and underwriting classification, as well as Contract duration and the addition of optional riders. The maximum surrender charge amount per $1,000 applies in the first Contract Year to insureds age 52 and when both insureds are a smoker substandard class D or worse underwriting classification. The charge decreases to zero by the end of the 14th year.

(2) Representative insureds are male age 55 and female age 55, both Preferred Best underwriting class, no riders or extras.

(3) No optional riders have been added to the Contract.

The second table describes the maximum Contract fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time you own the Contract, not including the Funds’ fees and expenses.

Table 2: Periodic Contract and Optional Rider Charges Other Than the Funds’ Operating Expenses
Charge	When Charge Is Deducted	Amount Deducted
Cost of Insurance (“COI”) for the Basic Insurance Amount. Minimum and maximum charge per $1,000 of the Net Amount at Risk. _____________ Initial COI for a representative Contract Owner(4)	Monthly	From $.00001 to $83.34(1)(2)(3) _____________ $0.00072
Administrative charge for Basic Insurance Amount Minimum and maximum charge (charge per $1,000 of Basic Insurance Amount(9) plus a flat fee). _____________ Initial charge for a representative Contract Owner(4)	Monthly	$0.04 to $5.07 plus $10(2)(8) _____________ $0.27 plus $10(9)
Mortality and Expense Risk charge (Calculated as a percentage of assets in Variable Investment Options.)	Daily	0.50%(5)
Additional mortality charge for risk associated with certain health conditions, occupations, avocations, or aviation risks.  (Flat extra per $1,000 of Basic Insurance Amount.)	Monthly	From $0.10 to $2.08(2)(6)
Estate Protection Rider charge(9) (charge per $1,000 of rider coverage amount) _____________ Initial charge for a representative Contract Owner(4)	Monthly	From $0.05001 to $29.88(1)(2) _____________ $0.0507
Net interest on loans(7)	Annually	1% for standard loans. 0.05% for preferred loans.

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(1) The charge per $1,000 varies based on the individual characteristics of the insureds, including such characteristics as age, sex, and underwriting classification, as well as Contract duration.

(2) The charge shown in the table may not be representative of the charge that a particular Contract Owner will pay. You may obtain more information about the particular charges that apply to you by contacting your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative.

(3) The highest COI rate is charged for older Attained Ages with worse underwriting classifications.

(4) Representative insureds are male age 55 and female age 55, both Preferred Best underwriting class, with a $1,000,000 Basic Insurance Amount.

(5) The daily charge is based on the effective annual rate shown.

(6) The amount and duration of the charge per $1,000 will vary based on individual circumstances including issue age, type of risk, and the frequency of exposure to the risk.

(7) The net interest on loans reflects the net difference between a standard loan with an effective annual interest rate of 2% and an effective annual interest credit equal to 1%. Preferred loans are charged a lower effective annual interest rate.

(8) The charge per $1,000 varies based on the individual characteristics of the insureds, including such characteristics as age, sex, and underwriting classification, as well as Basic Insurance Amount.

(9) Duration of the charge is limited.

Fund Expenses

This table shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the Funds that you will pay periodically during the time you own the Contract. More detail concerning each Fund's fees and expenses is contained in the prospectus for each of the Funds. Fund prospectuses are available at www.prudential.com/eprospectus or by calling 800-944-8786.

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	Minimum	Maximum
(Expenses that are deducted from the Funds’ assets, including management fees, any distribution [and/or service] (12b-1) fees, and other expenses, but not including reductions for any fee waiver or other reimbursements.)	0.32%	1.19%

GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, THE REGISTRANT, AND THE FUNDS

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("Pruco Life of New Jersey", “us”, “we”, or “our”) is a stock life insurance company, organized on September 17, 1982, under the laws of the state of New Jersey. It is licensed to sell life insurance and annuities only in the states of New Jersey and New York. Our principal executive office is located at 213 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

The Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account

We have established a Separate Account, the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account (the "Account" or the "Registrant") to hold the assets that are associated with the Contracts. The Account was established on January 13, 1984, under New Jersey law and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a unit investment trust, which is a type of investment company. The Account meets the definition of a "Separate Account" under the federal securities laws. The Account holds assets that are segregated from all of our other assets. Thus, such assets that are held in support of client accounts are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business Pruco Life of New Jersey conducts.

We are the legal owner of the assets in the Account. We will maintain assets in the Account with a total market value at least equal to the reserve and other liabilities relating to the variable benefits attributable to the Contracts. In addition to these assets, the Account's assets may include funds contributed by us to commence operation of the Account and may include accumulations of the charges we make against the Account. From time to time we will transfer capital contributions to our general account. We will consider any possible adverse impact the transfer might have on the Account before making any such transfer.

Income, gains and losses credited to, or charged against, the Account reflect the Account’s own investment experience and not

the investment experience of our other assets. The assets of the Account that are held in support of client accounts may not be charged with liabilities that arise from any other business we conduct.

We are obligated to pay all amounts promised to Contract Owners under the Contract. The obligations to Contract Owners and beneficiaries arising under the Contracts are our general corporate obligations. Guarantees and benefits within the Contract are subject to our claims paying ability.

You may invest in one or a combination of the available Variable Investment Options. When you choose a Variable Investment Option, we purchase shares of the corresponding Fund or a separate investment series of a Fund which are held as an investment for that option. We hold these shares in the Account.

The Funds

This Contract offers Funds managed by AST Investment Services, Inc. and PGIM Investments LLC, both of which are affiliated companies of Pruco Life of New Jersey (“Affiliated Funds”), and Funds managed by companies not affiliated with Pruco Life of New Jersey ("Unaffiliated Funds"). Pruco Life of New Jersey and its affiliates (“Prudential Companies”) receive fees and payments from both the Affiliated Funds and the Unaffiliated Funds. We consider the amount of these fees and payments when determining which Funds to offer through the Contract. Affiliated Funds may provide Prudential Companies with greater fees and payments than Unaffiliated Funds. Because of the potential for greater profits earned by the Prudential Companies with respect to the Affiliated Funds, we have an incentive to offer Affiliated Funds over Unaffiliated Funds. As indicated next to each Fund's description in the tables that follow, each Fund has one or more subadvisers that provide certain day to day investment management services. We have an incentive to offer Funds with certain subadvisers, either because the subadviser is a Prudential Company or because the subadviser provides payments or support, including distribution and marketing support, to the Prudential Companies. We may consider those subadviser

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financial incentive factors in determining which Funds to offer under the Contract. Also, in some cases, we offer Funds based on the recommendations made by selling broker-dealer firms. These firms may receive payments from the Funds they recommend and may benefit accordingly from allocations of Contract Fund value to the Variable Investment Options that invest in these Funds. Allocations made to all Affiliated Funds benefit us financially. See Service Fees Payable to Pruco Life of New Jersey for more information about fees and payments we may receive from the Funds and/or their affiliates.

Pruco Life of New Jersey has selected the Funds for inclusion as investment options under this Contract in Pruco Life of New Jersey’s role as issuer of this Contract. We may remove or add additional Variable Investment Options in the future. We may consider the potential risk to us of offering a Fund in light of the benefits provided by the Contract.

PGIM Investments LLC serves as the investment manager for The Prudential Series Fund ("PSF") and certain Funds of the Advanced Series Trust ("AST"). PGIM Investments LLC and AST Investment Services, Inc. serve as co-investment managers of the other Funds of AST.

The investment management agreements for PSF and AST provide that the investment manager or co-investment managers (the “Investment Managers”) will furnish each applicable Fund with investment advice and administrative services subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees and in conformity with the stated policies of the applicable Fund. The investment managers must also provide, or obtain and supervise, the executive, administrative, accounting, custody, transfer agent, and shareholder servicing services that are deemed advisable by the Board of Trustees of the applicable Fund.

The Investment Managers or subadvisers for the Funds charge a daily investment management fee as compensation for their services. Allocations made to all AST and PSF Funds benefit us financially because fees are paid to us or our affiliates by the AST and PSF Funds. More detailed information, including a full description of these fees, is available in the Funds ' prospectuses.

Each Fund is detailed in its own separate prospectus. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information is available at www.prudential.com/eprospectus or by calling 800-944-8786. You should read the Fund prospectuses before you decide to allocate assets to the Variable Investment Options. We will also provide you with the prospectus for each Fund in which you invest. The Variable Investment Options that you

select are your choice – we do not provide investment advice, nor do we recommend any particular Variable Investment Option. There is no assurance that the investment objectives of the Funds will be met. Please refer to the tables below to see which Variable Investment Options you may choose.

In the future, it may become disadvantageous for separate accounts of variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts to invest in the same Funds. Neither the companies that invest in the Funds nor the Funds currently foresee any such disadvantage. The Board of Directors for each Fund intends to monitor events in order to identify any material conflict between variable life insurance and variable annuity Contract Owners and to determine what action, if any, should be taken. Material conflicts could result from such things as:

(1) changes in state insurance law;

(2) changes in federal income tax law;

(3) changes in the investment management of any Fund; or

(4) differences between voting instructions given by variable life insurance and variable annuity Contract Owners.

The terms “Fund” and “ portfolio ” are largely used interchangeably. Some of the Funds use the term “Fund” and others use the term “ portfolio ” in their respective prospectuses.

A Fund may have a similar name, investment objective, or investment policy resembling those of a mutual fund managed by the same investment adviser or subadviser that is sold directly to the public. Despite such similarities, there can be no assurance that the investment performance of any such Fund will resemble that of the publicly available mutual fund.

The tables below reflect the Funds in which the Account invests, their investment objectives, and each Fund’s investment subadvisers. For Funds with multiple subadvisers, each subadviser manages a portion of the assets for that Fund. The AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio and the AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio each invests primarily in shares of other Funds, which are managed by the subadvisers of those Funds.

Although the PSF Government Money Market Portfolio is designed to be a stable investment option, it is possible to lose money in that Variable Investment Option. For example, when prevailing short-term interest rates are very low, the yield on the PSF Government Money Market Portfolio may be so low that, when Fund and Contract charges are deducted, you experience a negative return.

Affiliated Funds
Fund	Investment Objective Summary	Subadviser
ADVANCED SERIES TRUST
AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio	Seeks a high level of absolute return by using traditional and non-traditional investment strategies and by investing in domestic and foreign equity and fixed income securities, derivative instruments and other investment companies.	Brown Advisory LLC; Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.; LSV Asset Management; Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC; PGIM Fixed Income.; PGIM Investments LLC; Quantitative Management Associates LLC; T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.; William Blair Investment Management, LLC
AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio	Seeks to obtain the highest potential total return consistent with its specified level of risk tolerance.	PGIM Investments LLC; Quantitative Management Associates LLC
AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio	Seeks ahigh total return consistent with a moderate level of risk.	BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.; BlackRock International Limited
AST BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio	Seeks to maximize total return, consistent with income generation and prudent investment management.	BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

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Affiliated Funds
Fund	Investment Objective Summary	Subadviser
AST BlackRock/Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio	Seeks to maximize total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management.	BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.; BlackRock International Limited; BlackRock (Singapore) Limited; Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
AST Fidelity Institutional AMSM Quantitative Portfolio (formerly AST FI Pyramis® Quantitative Portfolio)	Seeks long-term capital growth balanced by current income.	FIAM LLC
AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio	Seeks long-term growth of capital.	Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
AST Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value Portfolio	Seeks current income and long-term growth of income, as well as capital appreciation.	Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC
AST International Value Portfolio	Seeks capital growth.	Lazard Asset Management LLC; LSV Asset Management
AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio	Seeks capital growth.	J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.
AST J.P. Morgan Strategic Opportunities Portfolio	Seeks to maximize return compared to the benchmark through security selection and tactical asset allocation.	J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.
AST Loomis Sayles Large-Cap Growth Portfolio	Seeks capital growth. Income realization is not an investment objective and any income realized on the Portfolio’s investments, therefore, will be incidental to the Portfolio’s objective.	Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
AST MFS Global Equity Portfolio	Seeks capital growth.	Massachusetts Financial Services Company
AST MFS Growth Portfolio	Seeks long-term capital growth and future, rather than current income.	Massachusetts Financial Services Company
AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio	Seeks to obtain the highest potential total return consistent with its specified level of risk tolerance.	PGIM Investments LLC; Quantitative Management Associates LLC
AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio	Seeks total return.	PGIM Fixed Income.; Quantitative Management Associates LLC
AST RCM World Trends Portfolio	Seeks the highest potential total return consistent with its specified level of risk tolerance.	Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC
AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio	Seeks a high level of total return by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity and fixed-income securities.	T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Growth Portfolio	Seeks long-term growth of capital by investing predominantly in the equity securities of a limited number of large, carefully selected, high-quality U.S. companies that are judged likely to achieve superior earnings growth.	T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Value Portfolio	Seeks maximum growth of capital by investing primarily in the value stocks of larger companies.	T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
AST Templeton Global Bond Portfolio	Seeks to providecurrent income with capital appreciation and growth of income.	Franklin Advisers, Inc.
AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio	Seeks to outperform a mix of 50% Russell 3000® Index, 20% MSCI EAFE Index, and 30% Treasury Bill Index over a full market cycle by preserving capital in adverse markets utilizing an options strategy while maintaining equity exposure to benefit from up markets through investments in the Portfolio's Subadviser's equity investment strategies.	Wellington Management Company LLP
THE PRUDENTIAL SERIES FUND
PSF Conservative Balanced Portfolio - Class I	Seeks total investment return consistent with a conservatively managed diversified portfolio.	PGIM Fixed Income; Quantitative Management Associates LLC
PSF Diversified Bond Portfolio - Class I	Seeks a high level of income over a longer term while providing reasonable safety of capital.	PGIM Fixed Income

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Affiliated Funds
Fund	Investment Objective Summary	Subadviser
PSF Equity Portfolio - Class I	Seeks long-term growth of capital.	Jennison Associates LLC
PSF Flexible Managed Portfolio - Class I	Seeks total return consistent with an aggressively managed diversified portfolio.	PGIM Fixed Income.; Quantitative Management Associates LLC
PSF Global Portfolio - Class I	Seeks long-term growth of capital.	Brown Advisory, LLC; LSV Asset Management; Quantitative Management Associates LLC; T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.; William Blair Investment Management, LLC
PSF Government Money Market Portfolio - Class I	Seeks maximum current income consistent with the stability of capital and the maintenance of liquidity.	PGIM Fixed Income
PSF High Yield Bond Portfolio - Class I	Seeks high total return.	PGIM Fixed Income
PSF Jennison Portfolio - Class I	Seeks long-term growth of capital.	Jennison Associates LLC
PSF Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio - Class I	Seeks long-term growth of capital.	Jennison Associates LLC
PSF SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio - Class I	Seeks long-term capital appreciation.	Jennison Associates LLC
PSF SP Small-Cap Value Portfolio - Class I	Seeks long-term growth of capital.	Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
PSF Stock Index Portfolio - Class I	Seeks investment results that generally correspond to the performance of publicly-traded common stocks.	Quantitative Management Associates LLC
PSF Value Portfolio - Class I	Seeks capital appreciation.	Jennison Associates LLC

Unaffiliated Funds
Fund	Investment Objective Summary	Investment Adviser/Subadviser
AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES®
American Funds Insurance Series®Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund - Class 2	Seeks to produce income exceeding the average yield on U.S. stocks generally and to provide an opportunity for growth of principal consistent with sound common stock investing.	Capital Research and Management CompanySM
American Funds Insurance Series® Growth Fund - Class 2	Seeks to provide growth of capital.	Capital Research and Management CompanySM
American Funds Insurance Series® Growth-Income Fund- Class 2	Seeks to achieve long-term growth of capital and income.	Capital Research and Management CompanySM
American Funds Insurance Series® International Fund - Class 2	Seeks to provide long-term growth of capital.	Capital Research and Management CompanySM
DREYFUS
The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. - Service Shares	Seeks long-term capital appreciation.	The Dreyfus Corporation/Newton Investment Management (North America) Limited
FIDELITY® VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS
Fidelity® VIP Index 500 Portfolio - Service Class 2	Seeks investment results that correspond to the total return of common stocks publicly traded in the United States, as represented by the S&P 500® Index.	Fidelity Management & Research Company/Geode Capital Management, LLC; FMR Co., Inc.
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST
Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund - Class 2	Seeks capital appreciation, with income as a secondary goal.	Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC
MFS® VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
MFS® Utilities Series - Initial Class	Seeks total return.	Massachusetts Financial Services Company

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Unaffiliated Funds
Fund	Investment Objective Summary	Investment Adviser/Subadviser
NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST
Neuberger Berman AMT Sustainable Equity Portfolio (formerlyNeubergerBerman AMT Socially ResponsivePortfolio) - Class S	Seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in securities of companies that meet the Fund’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.	Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC
TOPS - THE OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIO SYSTEM®
TOPS® Aggressive Growth ETF Portfolio - Class 2	Seeks capital appreciation.	ValMark Advisers, Inc./Milliman Inc.
TOPS® Balanced ETF Portfolio - Class 2	Seeks income and capital appreciation.	ValMark Advisers, Inc./Milliman Inc.
TOPS® Conservative ETF Portfolio - Class 2	Seeks to preserve capital and provide moderate income and moderate capital appreciation.	ValMark Advisers, Inc./Milliman Inc.
TOPS® Growth ETF Portfolio - Class 2	Seeks capital appreciation.	ValMark Advisers, Inc./Milliman Inc.
TOPS® Managed Risk Balanced ETF Portfolio - Class 2	Seeks to provide income and capital appreciation with less volatility than the fixed income and equity markets as a whole.	ValMark Advisers, Inc./Milliman Inc.
TOPS® Managed Risk Growth ETF Portfolio - Class 2	Seeks capital appreciation with less volatility than the equity markets as a whole.	ValMark Advisers, Inc./Milliman Inc.
TOPS® Managed Risk Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio - Class 2	Seeks capital appreciation with less volatility than the equity markets as a whole.	ValMark Advisers, Inc./Milliman Inc.
TOPS® Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio - Class 2	Seeks capital appreciation.	ValMark Advisers, Inc./Milliman Inc.

Service Fees Payable to Pruco Life of New Jersey

We and our affiliates receive substantial payments from the Funds and/or related entities, such as the Funds’ advisers and subadvisers. Because these fees and payments are made to us and our affiliates, allocations you make to the Funds benefit us financially.

We receive Rule 12b-1 fees which compensate us and our affiliate, Pruco Securities, LLC, for distribution and administrative services (including recordkeeping services and the mailing of prospectuses and reports to Contract Owners). These fees are paid by the Funds out of each Fund’s assets and are therefore borne by Contract Owners. We also receive administrative services payments, some of which are paid by the Funds and some of which are paid by the advisers of the Funds or their affiliates and are referred to as “revenue sharing” payments. As of May 1, 2018, the maximum combined 12b-1 fees and administrative services payments we receive with respect to a Fund are equal to an annual rate of 0.55% of the average assets allocated to the Fund under the Contract. We expect to make a profit on these fees and payments and consider them when selecting the Funds available under the Contract.

In addition, an adviser or subadviser of a Fund or a distributor of the Contract may also compensate us by providing reimbursement, defraying the costs of, or paying directly for, among other things, marketing and/or administrative services and/or other services they provide in connection with the Contract. These services may include, but are not limited to: sponsoring or co-sponsoring various promotional, educational or marketing meetings and seminars attended by distributors, wholesalers, and/or broker-dealer firms’ registered representatives, and creating marketing material discussing the Contract, available options, and Funds. The amounts paid depend on the nature of the meetings, the number of meetings attended by the adviser, subadviser, or distributor, the number of participants and attendees at the meetings, the costs expected to be incurred, and the level of the adviser’s, subadviser’s or distributor’s participation. These payments or reimbursements

may not be offered by all advisers, subadvisers, or distributors and the amounts of such payments may vary between and among each adviser, subadviser, and distributor depending on their respective participation.

In addition to the payments that we receive from Funds and/or their affiliates, those same Funds and/or their affiliates may make payments to us and/or other insurers within the Prudential Companies related to the offering of investment options within variable annuities or life insurance offered by different Prudential business units.

AST Funds

This Contract offers Variable Investment Options that invest in Funds offered through the Advanced Series Trust (“AST”). The AST Variable Investment Options are also available in variable annuity contracts we offer. Some of these variable annuity contracts offer optional living benefits that utilize a predetermined mathematical formula (the “formula”) to manage the guarantees offered in connection with those optional benefits. The formula monitors each annuity contract owner’s account value daily and, if necessary, will systematically transfer amounts among investment options. The formula transfers funds between the Variable Investment Options for those variable annuity contracts and an AST bond portfolio (the AST bond portfolio is not available in connection with the life Contract offered through this prospectus). You should be aware that the operation of the formula in those variable annuity contracts may result in large-scale asset flows into and out of the Funds corresponding to the Variable Investment Options that are available with yourContract. These asset flows could adversely impact the Funds, including their risk profile, expenses and performance. Because transfers between the Variable Investment Options and the AST bond Portfolio can be frequent and the amount transferred can vary from day to day, any of the Funds could experience the following effects, among others:

(a) a Fund’s investment performance could be adversely affected by requiring a subadviser to purchase and sell securities at

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inopportune times or by otherwise limiting the subadviser’s ability to fully implement the Fund’s investment strategy;

(b) the subadviser may be required to hold a larger portion of assets in highly liquid securities than it otherwise would hold, which could adversely affect performance if the highly liquid securities underperform other securities (e.g., equities) that otherwise would have been held; and

(c) a Fund may experience higher turnover and greater negative asset flows than it would have experienced without the formula, which could result in higher operating expense ratios and higher transaction costs for the Fund compared to other similar funds.

The efficient operation of the asset flows among Funds triggered by the formula depends on active and liquid markets. If market liquidity is strained, the asset flows may not operate as intended. For example, it is possible that illiquid markets or other market stress could cause delays in the transfer of cash from one Fund to another Fund, which in turn could adversely impact performance.

Before you allocate to the Variable Investment Options with the AST Funds listed above, you should consider the potential effects on the Funds that are the result of the operation of the formula in the variable annuity contracts that are unrelated to your Contract. Please work with your financial professional to determine which Variable Investment Options are appropriate for your needs.

Voting Rights

We are the legal owner of the shares of the Funds associated with the Variable Investment Options. However, we vote the shares according to voting instructions we receive from Contract Owners. We will mail you a proxy, which is a form you need to complete and return to us, to inform us how you wish us to vote. When we receive those instructions, we will vote all of the shares we own on your behalf in accordance with those instructions. We vote shares for which we do not receive instructions, and any other shares that we own in our own right, in the same proportion as the shares for which instructions are received. This voting procedure is sometimes referred to as “mirror voting” because, as indicated in the immediately preceding sentence, we mirror the votes that are actually cast, rather than decide on our own how to vote. We will also “mirror vote” shares that are owned directly by us or an affiliate (excluding shares held in the separate account of an affiliated insurer). In addition, because all the shares of a given Fund held within our Separate Account are legally owned by us, we intend to vote all of such shares when that Fund seeks a vote of its shareholders. As such, all such shares will be counted towards whether there is a quorum at the Fund’s shareholder meeting and towards the ultimate outcome of the vote. Thus, under “mirror voting”, it is possible that the votes of a small percentage of Contract Owners who actually vote will determine the ultimate outcome. Generally, you will be asked to provide instructions for us to vote on matters such as changes in a fundamental investment strategy, adoption of a new investment advisory agreement, or matters relating to the structure of the Fund that require a vote of shareholders. We may change the way

your voting instructions are calculated if it is required by federal or state regulation. We reserve the right to change the voting procedures described above if applicable federal securities laws or SEC rules change in the future.

We may, if required by state insurance regulations, disregard voting instructions if they would require shares to be voted so as to cause a change in the sub-classification or investment objectives of one or more of the Funds or to approve or disapprove an investment advisory contract for the Fund. In addition, we may disregard voting instructions that would require changes in the investment policy or investment adviser of one or more of the Funds associated with the available Variable Investment Options, provided that we reasonably disapprove such changes in accordance with applicable federal or state regulations. If we disregard Contract Owner voting instructions, we will advise Contract Owners of our action and the reasons for such action in the next available annual or semi-annual report.

Substitution of Variable Investment Options

We may substitute one or more of the available Variable Investment Options. We may terminate the availability of any Variable Investment Option at any time. If we do so, you will no longer be permitted to allocate additional investments to the option, either by premium payment or transfer. We would not do this without any necessary SEC and/or state approval. You will be given specific notice in advance of any substitution we intend to make.

The Fixed Rate Option

You may choose to invest, initially or by transfer, all or part of your Contract Fund to the Fixed Rate Option. This amount becomes part of our general account. The general account consists of all assets owned by us other than those in the Account and in other separate accounts that have been or may be established by us. Subject to applicable law, we have sole discretion over the investment of the general account assets, and Contract Owners do not share in the investment experience of those assets. Instead, we guarantee that the part of the Contract Fund allocated to the Fixed Rate Option will accrue interest daily at an effective annual rate that we declare periodically, but not less than an effective annual rate of 1%. We are not obligated to credit interest at a rate higher than an effective annual rate of 1%, although we may do so. The fulfillment of our guarantee under this benefit is dependent on our claims paying ability.

Transfers out of the Fixed Rate Option are subject to strict limits. See Transfers/Restrictions on Transfers. The payment of any Cash Surrender Value attributable to the Fixed Rate Option may be delayed up to six months. See When Proceeds Are Paid .

Because of exemptive and exclusionary provisions, interests in the Fixed Rate Option under the Contract have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and the general account has not been registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

CHARGES AND EXPENSES

There are Contract charges and Fund expenses associated with the Contract that reduce the return on your investment. These charges and expenses are described below. Most charges, although not all, are made by reducing the Contract Fund. Unless you direct otherwise, Monthly charges are generally deducted proportionately from the dollar amounts held in each of the investment options. See Allocated Charges .

When describing the Contract's charges, in several instances we use the terms "maximum charge" and "current charge." The

"maximum charge", in each instance, is the highest charge that we may make under the Contract. The "current charge", in each instance, is the amount that we now charge, which may be lower than the maximum charge. If circumstances change, we reserve the right to increase each current charge, up to the maximum charge. We will supplement this prospectus to reflect any increase in a current Contract charge, up to the maximum Contract charge, before the change is implemented.

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Current charges deducted from premium payments and the Contract Fund may change from time to time, subject to maximum charges. Any changes to any of these current charges will be in consideration of one or more factors such as mortality, expenses, taxes, interest, investment experience, Contract funding, Net Amount at Risk, and/or persistency, which is the length of time Contracts like this one and other contracts stay in effect. Premium based administrative charges will be set at one rate for all Contracts like this one. Changes in other charges will be by class. We will not recoup prior losses or distribute prior gains by means of these changes.

The charges under the Contract are designed to cover, in the aggregate, our direct and indirect costs of selling, administering and providing benefits under the Contract. They are also designed, in the aggregate, to compensate us for the risks of loss we assume pursuant to the Contract. If, as we expect, the charges that we collect from the Contract exceed our total costs in connection with the Contract, we will earn a profit. Otherwise, we will incur a loss. The rates of certain of our charges have been set with reference to estimates of the amount of specific types of expenses or risks that we will incur. In most cases, this prospectus identifies such expenses or risks in the name of the charge; however, the fact that any charge bears the name of, or is designed primarily to defray a particular expense or risk does not mean that the amount we collect from that charge will never be more than the amount of such expense or risk. Nor does it mean that we may not also be compensated for such expense or risk out of any other charges we are permitted to deduct by the terms of the Contract. We may reduce stated fees under particular contracts as to which, due to economies of scale and other factors, our administrative costs are reduced.

Sales Charge on Premium

We charge a 2.68% sales charge on premiums received in all Contract Years. This charge, often called a “sales load”, is deducted to compensate us for the costs of selling the Contracts, including commissions, advertising, and the printing and distribution of prospectuses and sales literature.

Premium Based Administrative Charge

We may charge up to 3.75% of premiums received for a premium based administrative charge, which includes any federal, state or local income, premium, excise, business tax or any other type of charge (or component thereof) measured by or based upon the amount of premium we receive. This charge is made up of two parts, which currently equal a total of 3.75% of the premiums received.

The first part is a charge for state and local premium taxes. The current amount for this first part is 2.5% of the premium and is our estimate of the average burden of state taxes generally. The rate applies uniformly to all Contract Owners without regard to location of residence. Actual tax rates vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and generally range from 0% to 5% (but may exceed 5% in some instances). We may collect more for this charge than we actually pay for state and local premium taxes.

The second part is a charge for federal income taxes measured by premiums. The current amount for this second part is 1.25% of the premium. We believe that this charge is a reasonable estimate of an increase in our federal income taxes resulting from an Internal Revenue Code provision which requires us to capitalize and amortize a percentage of premiums received each year. Beginning in 2018, the required amortization period is 15 years. This charge is intended to recover this increased tax. See Company Taxes.

Surrender Charge

We assess a surrender charge if during the first 14 Contract Years the Contract lapses, is surrendered, or the Basic Insurance Amount is decreased (including as a result of a withdrawal or a Death Benefit type change). These surrender charges compensate us for costs associated with the Contracts, such as: processing applications, conducting examinations, determining insurability and each insured’s rating class, and establishing records. While the amount of the surrender charge decreases over time, it may be a substantial portion of, or even equal to, your Contract Fund. We do not deduct a surrender charge from the Death Benefit if both insureds die during this period.

We deduct the maximum surrender charge that applies to your Contract in the early durations. The maximum initial surrender charge we deduct ranges from $2.37 to $14.07 per $1,000 of Basic Insurance Amount. For example, the maximum initial surrender charge for a Contract with insureds: male age 55 and female age 55, Preferred Best underwriting class, and with no riders or extras, is $6.99 per $1,000 of Basic Insurance Amount. Your actual charge will vary by the insureds’ age, sex, and underwriting classification, optional riders added to the Contract, and Contract duration. A schedule showing maximum surrender charges for a full surrender occurring each year that a surrender charge may be payable is found in the data pages of your Contract. The charge decreases to zero by the end of the 14th year.

The chart below provides an example of the surrender charge applied to Contract with male and female insureds, both age 55 at Contract issuance, both Preferred Best underwriting class, and with no extras or optional riders. You may obtain more information about the particular surrender charge that applies to you by contacting your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative.

Sample Surrender Charges
Surrender occurring during Contract Year:	Amount per $1,000 of Basic Insurance Amount:
1	$6.99
2	$6.73
3	$6.47
4	$6.20
5	$5.91
6	$5.61
7	$5.61
8	$5.61
9	$5.61
10	$5.61
11	$4.49
12	$3.37
13	$2.25
14	$1.13
15+	$0.00

If, during the first 14 Contract Years, the Basic Insurance Amount is decreased (including as a result of a withdrawal or a change in type of Death Benefit) we may deduct a percentage of the surrender charge. The percentage will be the amount by which the new Basic Insurance Amount is less than the threshold amount, divided by the threshold amount. The threshold amount is the lowest Basic Insurance Amount since the Contract was issued. After this transaction, a corresponding new surrender charge schedule will be determined to reflect that portion of surrender charges deducted in the past.

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Cost of Insurance

We deduct a monthly cost of insurance ("COI") charge from the Contract Fund. The purpose of this charge is to compensate us for the cost of providing insurance coverage. Upon the second death of the two insureds, the amount payable to the beneficiary (assuming there is no Contract Debt) is larger than the Contract Fund - significantly larger if both insureds die in the early years of a Contract. The COI charges collected from all Contract Owners enables us to pay this larger Death Benefit.

The COI charge (current or maximum) is determined by taking the Net Amount at Risk, divided by 1,000, and multiplying by the applicable COI rate. The COI rates vary by Contract duration, as well as the issue age, sex, and underwriting classification of each insured. The rates generally increase over time but are never more than the maximum charges listed in the Contract data pages.The maximum COI rates are based upon the 2017 Commissioner's Standard Ordinary (“CSO”) Mortality Tables. Our current COI charges range from $0.00001 to $83.34 per $1,000 of Net Amount at Risk.

COI rates are applied to the Net Amount at Risk to determine the COI charge. Generally, a higher Contract Fund value in relation to the Death Benefit will result in a lower Net Amount at Risk and lower COI charge. A lower Contract Fund value in relation to the Death Benefit will result in a higher Net Amount at Risk and a higher COI charge. For Contracts with a Type A Death Benefit, the Net Amount at Risk generally changes as the Contract Fund changes. For Contracts with a Type B Death Benefit, the Net Amount at Risk generally does not change as the Contract Fund changes. For Contracts with a Type C Death Benefit, the Net Amount at Risk generally changes as the Contract Fund changes and as premium payments are made. See Types of Death Benefit.

The following table provides hypothetical examples of the Net Amount at Risk’s role in determining COI charges. The examples assume a $1,000,000 Basic Insurance Amount, the Death Benefit meets the definition of life insurance test, and a current monthly COI rate of $1.00 per $1,000 of Net Amount at Risk.

Example Net Amount at Risk Scenarios
Death Benefit Type	Death Benefit amount	Contract Fund value	Net Amount at Risk	Month’s COI charge
Type A	$1,000,000	$125,000	$875,000	$875.00
Type A	$1,000,000	$175,000	$825,000	$825.00
Type B	$1,125,000	$125,000	$1,000,000	$1,000.00
Type B	$1,175,000	$175,000	$1,000,000	$1,000.00
Type C*	$1,075,000	$125,000	$950,000	$950.00
Type C**	$1,100,000	$175,000	$925,000	$925.00
*assumes $75,000 in total premiums paid less withdrawals. **assumes $100,000 in total premiums paid less withdrawals.

Because the Net Amount at Risk is based on your Death Benefit and your Contract Fund, it may be impacted by such factors as investment performance, charges, fees, and premium payments. Paying less premiums, paying premiums late, experiencing poor investment performance, and/or earning less interest may reduce Contract Fund value and increase the Net Amount at Risk, and may also cause the Contract to lapse earlier unless additional premiums are paid. Similarly, paying more premiums, paying premiums earlier, experiencing better market performance, and/or earning more interest may increase Contract Fund value and, in some cases, lower the Net Amount at Risk on which COI charges are based.

Administrative Charge for Basic Insurance Amount

In addition to the COI charge , each month we deduct from the Contract Fund an administrative charge for the Basic Insurance Amount. This charge is made up of two parts and is intended to compensate us for things like processing claims, keeping records, and communicating with Contract Owners.

(1) The first part of the charge is a flat monthly fee. Currently, the fee is $7.50 per month.

(2) The second part of the charge is an amount per $1,000 of the Basic Insurance Amount. The amount varies by each insured’s issue age, sex, and underwriting classification, as well as by Basic Insurance Amount. Generally, the rate per $1,000 of Basic Insurance Amount is higher for older issue ages and for higher-risk underwriting classifications. We deduct this part of the charge during the first seven Contract Years.

The following table provides examples of the administrative charge per $1,000 of Basic Insurance Amount. The examples assume a $1,000,000 Basic Insurance Amount.

Sample Administrative Charges: (per $1,000 rates)
Issue age of both insureds	Male and Female Nonsmoker	Male and Female Smoker
35	$0.10	$0.10
45	$0.16	$0.16
55	$0.30	$0.32
65	$0.53	$0.55

The highest charge per thousand is $5.07 and applies to Contracts with both insureds age 85 at issue and when both are smokers with substandard class D or higher underwriting classification. The lowest charge per thousand is $0.04 and applies to nonsmoking classes at younger ages. The amount of the maximum charge that applies to your particular Contract is shown on the Contract’s data pages under the heading “Adjustments to the Contract Fund.”

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge

Each day we deduct a charge from the assets of the Variable Investment Options in an amount equivalent to an effective annual rate of up to 0.50%. Currently, we charge 0.25%. This charge is intended to compensate us for assuming mortality and expense risks under the Contract. The mortality risk we assume is that insureds may live for shorter periods of time than we estimated when mortality charges were determined. The expense risk we assume is that expenses incurred in issuing and administering the Contract will be greater than we estimated in fixing our administrative charges. This charge is not assessed against amounts allocated to the Fixed Rate Option.

Additional Mortality Charge for Certain Risks

We may assess an additional charge on a permanent or temporary basis for unique or specific mortality risks that exceed our standard underwriting guidelines. This additional charge or "flat extra" is charged as a dollar amount per $1,000 of Basic Insurance Amount.

Generally, a permanent flat extra rating is assessed for non-medical risks such as aviation. A temporary flat extra charge is used in scenarios where mortality risk is higher in the earlier Contract Years and reduces in later years, such as may be the case for certain occupational and avocational risks and for some insureds with cancer histories. The actual dollar amounts are initially determined through the research completed for the activity or impairment during the underwriting process. The flat extra charge per $1,000 will vary based on individual

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circumstances of each insured, including issue age, type of risk, and the frequency of exposure to the risk.

Transaction Charges

(a) We may charge a transfer fee of up to $25 for each transfer exceeding 12 in any Contract Year. Currently, we do not charge a transaction fee for transfers. See Transfers/Limitations on Transfers .

(b) We may charge a withdrawal fee of up to $25 in connection with each withdrawal. Currently, we do not charge a transaction fee for withdrawals. Surrender charge may apply. See Surrender Charge and Withdrawals.

(c) We may charge a Basic Insurance Amount decrease fee of up to $25 for any decrease in Basic Insurance Amount. Currently, we do not charge a transaction fee for a decrease in the Basic Insurance Amount. Surrender charge may apply. See Surrender Charge and Decreases in Basic Insurance Amount.

Charges for Rider Coverage

You may add one or more riders to the Contract. The following riders are charged for separately.

Estate Protection Rider – We deduct a monthly charge for this rider, which provides for an additional Death Benefit amount if both insureds die within four years of the Contract Date. The current charge ranges from $0.02 to $19.94 per $1,000 of the Estate Protection Rider amount and is based on the issues ages, sex, and underwriting classification of the insureds, as well as Contract duration. The charge is deducted for the first four Contract Years.

Overloan Protection Rider – We deduct a fee of 3.5% of your Contract Fund amount if you exercise this rider, which may guarantee protection against lapse due to Contract Debt.

Net Interest on Loans

Interest charged on a loan accrues daily. We charge interest on the full loan amount, including all unpaid interest. Interest is due on the earlier of each Contract Anniversary or when the loan is paid back. The net interest on loans reflects the net difference between the interest rates charged and credited. A standard loan has an effective annual interest rate of 2%. A preferred loan has an effective annual interest rate of 1.05%. All loans have an effective annual interest credit equal to 1%. See Loans.

Fund Expenses

As described in each Fund's prospectus, fees are deducted from and expenses are paid out of the assets in the Fund. Fund prospectuses are available at www.prudential.com/eprospectus or by calling 800-944-8786. If a change in a Fund's expenses increases the maximum Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as presented under SUMMARY OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES , we will supplement this prospectus upon notification of this change from the Fund.

Allocated Charges

You may select up to two investment options from which we deduct your Contract's monthly charges. Monthly charges include the: (1) COI charge, (2) administrative charge for Basic Insurance Amount, (3) applicable rider charges, and (4) any additional mortality charge for extra risk classification. Allocations must be designated in whole percentages and total 100%. For example, 33% can be selected but 33⅓% cannot.

If there are insufficient funds in one or both of your selected investment options to cover the monthly charges, the selected investment option(s) will be reduced to zero. Any remaining charge will generally be deducted from your other investment choices proportionately to the dollar amount in each.

Charges After Age 121

Beginning on the first Contract Anniversary on or after the younger insured’s 121^st birthday, we will no longer accept premiums or deduct monthly charges from the Contract Fund. You may continue the Contract until both insureds have died, or until you surrender the Contract for its Cash Surrender Value. You may continue to make transfers, loans, loan repayments, and withdrawals, subject to the limitations on these transactions described elsewhere in this prospectus. We will continue to make daily deductions for mortality and expense risk charges, and the Funds will continue to charge operating expenses, if you have amounts in the Variable Investment Options. Any Contract loan will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest until it is repaid.The Contract can only lapse if Contract Debt grows to be equal to or more than the cash value.

PERSONS HAVING RIGHTS UNDER THE CONTRACT

Contract Owner

Generally, the Contract Owners are the insureds, jointly. There are circumstances when the Contract Owner is not one or both of the insureds. There may also be more than one other Contract Owner. If the Contract Owner is not the insureds or there is more than one other Contract Owner, they will be named in an endorsement to the Contract. This ownership arrangement will remain in effect unless you ask us to change it.

You may change the ownership of the Contract by sending us a request. We may ask you to send us the Contract to be endorsed. Once we receive your request in Good Order at our Service Office, and the Contract if we ask for it, we will file and record the change and it will take effect as of the date you sign the request, unless a future effective date is specified by you. Any rights created by your request will not apply to any payments we have made or actions we have taken before the request was received in Good Order at our Service Office or the chosen effective date of the request.

While at least one insured is living, the Contract Owner is entitled to any Contract benefit and value. Only the Contract Owner is entitled to exercise any right and privilege granted by the Contract or granted by us. For example, the Contract Owner is entitled to surrender the Contract, access Contract values through loans or withdrawals, assign the Contract, and to name or change the beneficiary. If the Contract is jointly owned, the exercise of any right or privilege under this Contract must be made by all Contract Owners.

Beneficiary

The beneficiary is entitled to receive any benefit payable upon the death of the second of two insureds. You may designate or change a beneficiary by sending us a request. We may ask you to send us the Contract to be endorsed. Once we receive your request in Good Order at our Service Office, and the Contract if we ask for it, we will file and record the change and it will take effect as of the date you sign the request, unless a future effective date is specified by you. However, if we make any payment(s) before we receive the request in Good Order at our Service Office, or the

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chosen effective date of the request, we will not have to make the payment(s) again. When we are made aware of an assignment, we will recognize the assignee’s rights before any claim payments

are made to the beneficiary. When a beneficiary is designated, any relationship shown is to the insureds, unless otherwise stated.

OTHER GENERAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS

Assignment

You may request an assignment of the Contract by sending us a request. We may ask you to send us the Contract to be endorsed. Once we receive your request in Good Order at our Service Office, and the Contract if we ask for it, we will file and record the change and it will take effect as of the date you sign the request, unless a future effective date is specified by you.

This Contract may not be assigned if the assignment would violate any federal, state or local law or regulation prohibiting sex distinct rates for insurance. Generally, the Contract may not be assigned to an employee benefit plan or program without our consent. We assume no responsibility for the validity or sufficiency of any assignment. We will not be obligated to comply with any assignment unless we receive a copy at our Service Office. Any rights created by your request will not apply to any payments we have made or actions we have taken before the assignment was received in Good Order and recorded at our Service Office or the chosen effective date of your request.

Canceling the Contract ("Free-Look")

Generally, you may return the Contract for a refund within 10 days after you receive it (or within any longer period of time required by state law). You will receive the greater of (1) the Contract Fund (which includes any investment results) plus the amount of any charges that have been deducted or (2) all premium payments made (including premium payments made more than 10 days after you receive the Contract, but within any longer free-look period of time required by state law), less any applicable federal and state income tax withholding.

A Contract returned during the free-look period shall be deemed void from the beginning, and not considered a surrender or withdrawal.

Incontestability

We will not contest the Contract after it has been in-force during the lifetime of one or both insureds for two years from the Contract Date, the reinstatement date, or the effective date of any change made to the Contract that requires our approval and would increase our liability. Ninety days prior to the end of the second Contract Year and at the end of each two-year contestable period

following a reinstatement, we will mail you a notice requesting that you tell us if either insured has died. Failure to tell us of the death of an insured will not avoid a contest, if we have a basis for one, even if premium payments continue to be made.

Misstatement of Age or Sex

If an insured’s stated age or sex or both are incorrect in the Contract, we will adjust the Death Benefit payable and any amount to be paid, as required by law, to reflect the correct age and sex. Any such benefit will be based on what the most recent deductions from the Contract Fund would have provided at the insureds’ correct age and sex. Adjustments to the Death Benefit for misstatements of age or sex are not restricted to the incontestability provision described above.

Settlement Options

The Contract grants to most Contract Owners, or to the beneficiary, a variety of optional ways of receiving Contract proceeds. Under the Contract, the Death Benefit may be paid in a single sum or under one of the optional modes of settlement. Any Pruco Life of New Jersey representative authorized to sell this Contract can explain these options upon request.

Simultaneous Death

If both insureds die while the Contract is in-force and we find there is lack of sufficient evidence that they died other than simultaneously, we will assume that the older insured died first.

Suicide Exclusion

Generally, if either insured dies by suicide within two years from the issue date, the Contract will end and we will return the premiums paid, less any Contract Debt, and less any withdrawals. If there is a surviving insured, we will make a new contract available on the life of that insured. The issue age, Contract Date, and the insured’s underwriting classification will be the same as they are in this Contract. The amount of coverage will be the lesser of (1) the Contract’s Basic Insurance Amount, and (2) the maximum amount we allow on the Contract Date for single life contracts. The new contract will not take effect unless all premiums due since the Contract Date are paid within 31 days after we notify you of the availability of the new contract.

LIMITED NO-LAPSE GUARANTEE

Your contract is issued with a limited guarantee against lapse. The guarantee is effective the first ten years of the Contract and provides that the Contract will not lapse as a result of unfavorable investment performance, and a Death Benefit will be paid upon the deaths of both insureds, even if your Contract Fund value drops to zero. The Limited No-Lapse Guarantee is based on premium payments and is not a benefit you need to elect. Withdrawals and outstanding Contract loans may adversely affect the status of the Limited No-Lapse Guarantee.

How We Determine if You Have a Limited No-Lapse Guarantee

We calculate your Contract's Accumulated Net Payments on the Contract Date and on each Monthly Date of the first ten Contract Years. Accumulated Net Payments equal the premiums you paid less any withdrawals you took. For Contracts that had previously lapsed because of excess Contract Debt, we also subtract the Contract Debt in effect at the time of lapse. If you have an

outstanding Contract loan, the Limited No-Lapse Guarantee will not keep the Contract in-force.

We also calculate Limited No-Lapse Guarantee Values. These are values used solely to determine if a Limited No-Lapse Guarantee is in effect and vary by Basic Insurance Amount, optional benefits selected, and the issue age, sex, and underwriting classification of each insured. These are not cash values that you can realize by surrendering the Contract, nor are they payable Death Benefits.

On each Monthly Date, we will compare your Accumulated Net Payments to the Limited No-Lapse Guarantee Value. If your Accumulated Net Payments equal or exceed the Limited No-Lapse Guarantee Value, and there is no Contract Debt, then the Contract is kept in-force, regardless of the amount in the Contract Fund.

The following table provides sample Limited No-Lapse Guarantee Values. The example assumes: (1) the insureds are male age 55 and female age 55, Preferred Best, with no extra risk charges; (2)

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a $1,000,000 Basic Insurance Amount and Type A Death Benefit option; (3) no extra benefit riders have been added to the Contract; and (4) the Cash Value Accumulation Test has been elected for definition of life insurance testing.

Contract Anniversary	Limited No-Lapse Guarantee Value	Contract Anniversary	Limited No-Lapse Guarantee Value
1st	$3,729.96	6th	$22,379.76
2nd	$7,459.92	7th	$26,109.72
3rd	$11,189.88	8th	$29,839.68
4th	$14,919.84	9th	$33,569.64
5th	$18,649.80	10th	$37,299.60

Your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative can supply sample illustrations of various Limited No-Lapse Guarantee Premium amount and frequency combinations that correspond to the Limited No-Lapse Guarantee Values. See the Rider to Provide Lapse Protection for No-Lapse Guarantee information after the first ten years.

RIDERS

Contract Owners may be able to obtain extra fixed benefits, which may require additional charges. These optional insurance benefits will be described in what is known as a "rider" to the Contract. All riders are only available at Contract issuance. The available riders include the following (as described more fully below):

• Estate Protection Rider, which provides for an additional Death Benefit amount if the insureds die within four years of the Contract Date.

• Guaranteed Contract Split Option Rider, which allows for the Contract to be exchanged for two separate contracts under certain circumstances.

• Overloan Protection Rider, which if exercised guarantees protection against lapse due to loans, even if the Contract Debt exceeds the accumulated Cash Surrender Value of your Contract.

Additionally, each Contract is issued with an attached Rider to Provide Lapse Protection that is not optional. There is no charge for the Rider to Provide Lapse Protection.

Some riders may depend on the performance of the Contract Fund . Rider benefits will no longer be available if the Contract lapses, or if you choose to keep the Contract in-force under the Overloan Protection Rider. Certain restrictions may apply as set forth below. A Pruco Life of New Jersey representative can explain all of these extra benefits further. We will provide samples of the provisions upon receiving a written request.

Rider to Provide Lapse Protection

Your Contract is issued with an attached Rider to Provide Lapse Protection. Under the Rider to Provide Lapse Protection, beginning in the eleventh Contract year, we agree to keep your Contract in-force and guarantee that your Contract will not lapse, as long as the No-Lapse Guarantee Value is greater than zero and there is no Contract Debt.

On the Contract Date and on each Monthly Date thereafter, we will calculate your No-Lapse Guarantee Value (your No-Lapse Contract Fund, less any Contract Debt). Your No-Lapse Contract Fund is the accumulated value of the prior No-Lapse Contract Fund, plus any no-lapse net premium amounts, plus no-lapse interest, and minus a no-lapse charge factor. Additionally, the No-Lapse Contract Fund is adjusted for any withdrawals, loans, and administrative fees. If the No-Lapse Guarantee Value is greater than zero and there is no Contract Debt, your Contract will remain in-force until the next Monthly Date, even if you experience poor investment results and your Contract's Cash Surrender Value falls to zero or less.

Under the Rider to Provide Lapse Protection, premiums are applied to your No-Lapse Contract Fund as of the date they are

received. For any premium we receive in the 60-day period preceding a Contract Anniversary on which the sale charges decrease, we will subtract a no-lapse charge for sales expenses no greater than the amount we would subtract if that premium were received on the Contract Anniversary.

Your No-Lapse Guarantee Value is calculated solely to determine whether your Contract is in-force or in default. These are not cash values that you realize by surrendering the Contract, nor are they payable as Death Benefits, and they do not change your Contract values. The process to calculate your No-Lapse Guarantee Value is similar to the process that determines your actual contract values, however, the No-Lapse Guarantee Value will not be impacted by any investment loss or gain of the Contract Fund.

The charge factor used in determining the No-Lapse Guarantee Contract Fund and No-Lapse Guarantee Value will vary based on Basic Insurance Amount, optional benefits selected, and the issue age, sex, and underwriting classification of each insured. The charge factor is used only to determine whether your Contract is in default and does not affect your actual Contract values or charges. The charge factors that are specific to your Contract will appear in the section titled Lapse Protection Rider Data in your Contract.

Beginning in year eleven, the Contract is in default if the Contract Fund, less any applicable surrender charges and less any Contract Debt, is zero or less, unless it remains in-force under the Rider to Provide Lapse Protection as a result of having a No-Lapse Guarantee Value greater than zero and having no Contract Debt. If the Contract Fund, less any applicable surrender charges and less any Contract Debt, is zero or less and the No-Lapse Guarantee Value equals zero or less, your Contract will be in default. If you take withdrawals and loans from your Contract, you increase the risk that your Contract will go into default. See Lapse and Reinstatement.

If you elected the Guideline Premium Test for the definition of life insurance test, you may not be able to pay enough to get the guarantee for the duration you desire without violating the definition of life insurance. This is not true when choosing the Cash Value Accumulation Test for the definition of life insurance. See PREMIUMS and Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits.

Estate Protection Rider

The Estate Protection Rider is an optional benefit that provides up to an additional 100% of the Contract’s Death Benefit if both insureds die before the fourth Contract Anniversary. The Estate Protection Rider coverage amount is selected at issue and may not exceed the Basic Insurance Amount of the Contract. Charges applicable to this rider will be deducted from the Contract Fund on each Monthly Date for the first four Contract Years.

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Guaranteed Contract Split Option Rider

The Guaranteed Contract Split Option Rider provides for the ability to exchange the survivorship Contract for up to two separate contracts, one each on the life of each insured, at their respective Attained Age, without requiring evidence of insurability. The right to exchange is available for a 180 day period beginning 180 days after a continuously effective final decree of divorce. The right to exchange is also available within 180 days of a change in the tax law that removes the unlimited marital deduction. This rider is automatically and only included with Contracts when the insureds are married, are both age 74 or younger, and are each in an underwriting classification no higher than the highest classification allowable on single-life plans. There is no charge for this rider. Exercising this rider may have tax implications.

Any type of single-life contract we regularly issue at the time the rider is exercised is available, except for term contracts. The new single-life contract must have a Basic Insurance Amount of at least $25,000 and no more than 50% of the Basic Insurance Amount of this Contract. When you exercise the rider and replace this Contract with one or two new contracts, we will waive any surrender charges on this Contract. Also, we will waive any applicable new contract sales charges on any amount of initial premium you apply to a new contract from this Contract’s Cash Surrender Value. The sales charges we will waive are the premium-based sales charges that are the same or substantially the same in description and purpose as this Contract's Sales Charge. Sales charges on additional amounts paid as initial premium or on premiums paid after the initial premium will continue to apply. Any surrender charges applicable to a new contract will also continue to apply.

Overloan Protection Rider

The Overloan Protection Rider guarantees protection against lapse due to loans, even if the Contract Debt exceeds the accumulated cash value of your Contract. This optional rider is only available when Guideline Premium is selected as the definition of life insurance test. There is no charge for adding the Overloan Protection Rider to your Contract, however, a one-time fee will apply when this rider is exercised.

The following eligibility requirements must be met to exercise the rider:

(a) We must receive a written request in Good Order to exercise the rider benefits;

(b) The Contract must be in-force for the later of 15 years and the Contract Anniversary after the younger insured’s 75^th birthday;

(c) Contract Debt must exceed the Basic Insurance Amount;

(d) Contract Debt must be a minimum of 95% of the cash value;

(e) The Cash Surrender Value must be sufficient to pay the cost of exercising the rider; and

(f) Your Contract must not be classified as a Modified Endowment Contract and must not qualify as a Modified Endowment Contract as a result of exercising this rider.

We will send you a notification upon your becoming eligible for this benefit. We deduct a transaction fee of 3.5% of your Contract Fund amount if you exercise this rider.

When you exercise the rider, the effective date will be the next date that monthly charges are deducted following our receipt of your request in Good Order at a Service Office. Decreases to your Basic Insurance Amount, rating reductions, and withdrawals will no longer be permitted. The charges and benefits of other riders available under your Contract will be discontinued.

Any unloaned Contract Fund value remaining in the Variable Investment Options will be transferred to the Fixed Rate Option. Additionally, fund transfers into any of the Variable Investment Options will no longer be permitted. Any auto-rebalancing, dollar cost averaging, allocated charges, or premium allocation instructions will be discontinued.

Premium payments will no longer be accepted for the Contract. Instead, all payments received will be applied as loan or loan interest repayments. We will no longer send any regularly scheduled bills, and electronic fund transfer of premium payments will be cancelled.

If you have a Type B or Type C Death Benefit, we will change it to a Type A Death Benefit. You will no longer be permitted to make Death Benefit changes as long as your Contract remains in-force under the Overloan Protection Rider. The Basic Insurance Amount will be set equal to the Death Benefit at the time the rider is exercised. From that point onward, the Death Benefit will be the greater of the Type A Death Benefit and the amount of the Contract Debt multiplied by the Attained Age factor that applies. The Attained Age factors are shown in your Contract. For an explanation of the Attained Age factors, see Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits.

If you exercise this rider, you may no longer execute the reduced paid-up option. Doing so would cause the Contract to be classified as a Modified Endowment Contract. See Surrender of a Contract .

Please note that the Internal Revenue Service (" IRS ") may take a position that the outstanding loan balance should be treated as a distribution when the Contract Owner elects the Overloan Protection Rider benefit. Distributions are subject to income tax. Were the IRS to take this position, we would take reasonable steps to attempt to avoid this result, including modifying the Contract's loan provisions, but cannot guarantee that such efforts would be successful. You should consult a tax adviser as to the tax risks associated with exercising the Overloan Protection Rider.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF A CONTRACT

Generally, the Contract may be issued on insureds age 18 through 85. Currently, the minimum Basic Insurance Amount for a Contract issued for insureds ages 18 through 80 is $200,000. For Contracts where the older insured is age 81 or older, the minimum Basic Insurance Amount is $250,000.

We require evidence of insurability, which may include a medical examination, before issuing any Contract. Preferred Best nonsmokers are offered more favorable cost of insurance rates than smokers. We charge a higher cost of insurance rate and/or an extra amount if an additional mortality risk is involved. We will not allow a change to your Contract if it will cause the Death Benefit to exceed our retention limits or violate any other underwriting rule. These are the current underwriting

requirements. We reserve the right to change them on a non‑discriminatory basis.

Contract Date

There is no insurance under this Contract until the minimum initial premium is paid. If a medical examination is required, the Contract Date will ordinarily be the date the examination is completed. Under certain circumstances, we may allow the Contract to be backdated up to six months prior to the application date for the purpose of lowering one or both of the insureds’ issue ages. This may be advantageous for some Contract Owners as a lower issue age may result in lower current charges.

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PREMIUMS

The Contract offers flexibility in paying premiums. We reserve the right to refuse to accept any payment that would require us to increase the Death Benefit (under Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code) by more than the payment increases the Contract Fund. Furthermore, there are circumstances under which the payment of premiums in amounts that are too large may cause the Contract to be characterized as a Modified Endowment Contract under section 7702A of the Internal Revenue Code, which could be significantly disadvantageous. If you make a payment that would cause the Contract to be characterized as a Modified Endowment Contract, we will send you a letter to advise you of your options. Generally, you have 60 days from when we received your payment to remove the excess premiums and any accrued interest. If you choose not to remove the excess premium and accrued interest, your Contract will become permanently characterized as a Modified Endowment Contract. We will not accept a premium payment that exceeds the Guideline Premium limit if your Contract uses the Guideline Premium definition of life insurance. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits.

Minimum Initial Premium

The minimum initial premium is due on or before the Contract Date. It is the premium needed to start the Contract. The minimum initial premium is equal to 8.6% of the Limited No-Lapse Guarantee Premium, including all extras and additional premiums for optional riders and benefits. We may require an additional premium if deductions from the premium payments and any Contract Fund charges due on or before the payment date exceed the minimum initial premium. There is no insurance under the Contract unless the minimum initial premium is paid. Thereafter, you decide when to make premium payments and, subject to a $25 minimum, in what amounts.

Generally, the net amount of the minimum initial premium will be placed in the Contract Fund as of the Contract Date. If we do not receive your initial premium on or before the Contract Date, we apply the initial premium to your Contract as of the end of the Valuation Period in which it is received in Good Order at the Payment Office. See Allocation of Premiums.In no case will the premium be applied with an effective date that precedes the date of this offering.

Available Types of Premium

After the minimum initial premium is paid, no other specific premiums are required and you have a certain amount of flexibility with respect to the amount and timing for future premium payments. Two suggested patterns of premiums are described below. Understanding them may help you understand how the Contract works.

• The Single Premium No-Lapse Premium is a premium that, if paid on the Contract Date, will keep the Contract in-force during the lifetime of the insureds, regardless of investment performance and assuming no loans or withdrawals.

• The Lifetime Modal No-Lapse Premiums are premiums that, if paid on the Contract Date and each modal date up to the younger insured’s Attained Age 121, will keep the Contract in-force during the lifetime of the insureds, regardless of investment performance and assuming no loans or withdrawals.

You should note that either one or both of the premiums defined above may not be payable as desired if you elect the Guideline Premium Test for the definition of life insurance test. In that case, you may not be able to pay enough premium to obtain a guarantee for the duration you desire, without violating the definition of life insurance. If a premium payment would otherwise cause the

definition of life insurance test to be violated, we will return the portion of the premium in excess of the allowable amount. This will not occur if you choose the Cash Value Accumulation Test as the definition of life insurance. If the Contract subsequently enters default, we will tell you the amount you need to pay to keep the Contract in-force, and when you will need to pay that amount. It’s important to know that these additional payment amounts could be substantial. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits.

We can bill you for the amount you select annually, semi-annually, or quarterly. Because the Contract is a flexible premium Contract, there are no scheduled premium due dates. When you receive a premium notice, you are not required to pay this amount, however, paying premiums in a different manner than described in a Contract illustration may shorten the duration of your lapse protection provided by the Limited No-Lapse Guarantee or Rider to Provide Lapse Protection. When you do make a premium payment, the minimum amount that we will accept is $25.

You may also pay premiums automatically through pre-authorized monthly electronic fund transfers from a bank checking account. If you elect to use this feature, you choose the day of the month on which premiums will be paid and the premium amount. We will then draft the same amount from your account on the same date each month. When you apply for the Contract, you and your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative should discuss how frequently you would like to be billed (if at all) and for what amount.

Allocation of Premiums

On the later of the Contract Date and the end of the Valuation Period in which the initial premium is received, we deduct the sales charge and the premium based administrative charge from the initial premium. During the 10-day period following your receipt of the Contract, the remainder of the initial premium and any other net premium will be allocated to the money market investment option as of the end of the Valuation Period in which it is received in Good Order at the Payment Office. The first monthly deductions are made after the remainder of the initial premium and any other net premium is allocated to the money market investment option.After the 10th day these funds, adjusted for any investment results, will be transferred out of the money market investment option and allocated according to your current premium allocation. The transfer from the money market investment option on the 10th day following receipt of the Contract will not be counted as one of your 12 free transfers per Contract Year or the 20 transfers per calendar year described under Transfers/Restrictions on Transfers. If the first premium is received before the Contract Date, there will be a period during which the Contract Owner's initial premium will not be invested.

The sales charge and the premium based administrative charge will also apply to all subsequent premium payments. The remainder of each subsequent premium payment will be invested as of the end of the Valuation Period in which it is received in Good Order at the Payment Office, in accordance with the applicable allocation instructions. With respect to any initial premium payment received before the Contract Date and any premium payment that is not in Good Order, we may temporarily hold the premium in a suspense account and we may earn interest on such amount. You will not be credited interest on those amounts during that period. The monies held in the suspense account may be subject to claims of our general creditors. The premium payment will not be reduced nor increased due to market fluctuations during that period.

Provided the Contract is neither in default, nor in-force under the provisions of the Overloan Protection Rider, you may change the

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way in which subsequent premiums are allocated by providing your request to us in Good Order at a Service Office. Allocation changes may generally be made by mail, phone, fax, or website. Contracts that are jointly owned or assigned generally cannot change premium allocations by phone, fax or website. See Assignment. There is no charge for reallocating future premiums. All percentage allocations must be in whole numbers. For example, 33% can be selected but 33⅓% cannot. The total allocation to all selected investment options must equal 100% .

Processing and Valuing Transactions

Pruco Life of New Jersey is generally open to process financial transactions on those days that the New York Stock Exchange (" NYSE ") is open for trading. There may be circumstances where the NYSE does not open on a regularly scheduled date or time or closes at an earlier time than scheduled (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). Generally, financial transactions received in Good Order before the close of regular trading on the NYSE will be processed according to the value next determined following the close of business. Financial transactions received on a non-business day or after the close of regular trading on the NYSE will be processed based on the value next computed on the next Valuation Day.

We will not process any financial transactions involving purchase or redemption orders on days the NYSE is closed. Pruco Life of New Jersey will also not process financial transactions involving purchase or redemption orders or transfers on any day that:

• trading on the NYSE is restricted;

• an emergency, as determined by the SEC, exists making redemption or valuation of securities held in the Separate Account impractical; or

• the SEC, by order, permits the suspension or postponement for the protection of security holders.

In certain circumstances, we may need to correct the processing of an order. In such circumstances, we may incur a loss or receive a gain depending upon the price of the security when the order was executed and the price of the security when the order is corrected. With respect to any gain that may result from such order correction, we will retain any such gain as additional compensation for these correction services.

Transfers/Restrictions on Transfers

You may, up to 12 times each Contract Year, transfer amounts among the Variable Investment Options or to the Fixed Rate Option. Additional transfers may be made only with our consent. Currently, we will allow you to make additional transfers. For the first 20 transfers in a calendar year, you may transfer amounts by providing your request to us in Good Order at a Service Office. Transfers may generally be made by mail, phone, fax, or website. Contracts that are jointly owned or assigned generally cannot conduct transfers by phone, fax, or website. See Assignment.

After you have submitted 20 transfers in a calendar year, we will accept subsequent transfer requests only if they bear an original signature in ink, are received in Good Order at a Service Office, and are sent to us by U.S. regular mail. After you have submitted 20 transfers in a calendar year, a subsequent transfer request by telephone, fax, or website will be rejected, even in the event that it is inadvertently processed.

Multiple transfers that occur during the same day, but prior to the end of the Valuation Period for that day, will be counted as a single transfer.

There is no transaction charge for the first 12 transfers per Contract Year among investment options. We may charge up to $25 for

each transfer made exceeding 12 in any Contract Year. Currently, we do not charge a fee for transfers.

Currently, certain transfers effected systematically under a dollar cost averaging or an automatic rebalancing program do not count towards the limit of 12 transfers per Contract Year or the limit of 20 transfers per calendar year. In the future, we may count such transfers towards the limit.

Transfers out of the money market investment option will not be made until 10 days after you receive the Contract. Such transfers and any transfers due to any fund closures or mergers will not be considered towards the 12 transfers per Contract Year or the 20 transfers per calendar year.

Transfers among Variable Investment Options will take effect as of the end of the Valuation Period in which a transfer request is received in Good Order at a Service Office. The request may be in terms of dollars, such as a request to transfer $5,000 from one Variable Investment Option to another, or may be in terms of a percentage reallocation among Variable Investment Options. In the latter case, as with premium reallocations, the percentages must be in whole numbers.

We will use reasonable procedures, such as asking you to provide certain personal information provided on your application for insurance, to confirm that instructions given by telephone are genuine. We will not be held liable for following telephone instructions that we reasonably believe to be genuine. We cannot guarantee that you will be able to get through to complete a telephone transfer during peak periods such as periods of drastic economic or market change.

Only one transfer from the Fixed Rate Option will be permitted during each Contract Year. The maximum amount per Contract you may transfer out of the Fixed Rate Option and into the Variable Investment Options each year is the greater of: (a) 25% of the amount in the Fixed Rate Option; (b) $5,000; and (c) the amount transferred from the Fixed Rate Option to the Variable Investment Options in the prior Contract Year (if applicable).

If you exercise the Overloan Protection Rider, we will then transfer any amounts you have in the Variable Investment Options to the Fixed Rate Option. The transfer is not counted as one of the 12 transfers we allow per Contract Year and there is no charge. Transfers out of the Fixed Rate Option and into the Variable Investment Options will not be permitted while your Contract is kept in-force under the Overloan Protection Rider.

The Contract was not designed for professional market timing organizations, or other organizations or individuals using programmed, large, or frequent transfers. Large or frequent transfers among Variable Investment Options in response to short-term fluctuations in markets, sometimes called “market timing”, can make it very difficult for Fund advisers/sub-advisers to manage the Fund. Large or frequent transfers may cause the Fund to hold more cash than otherwise necessary, disrupt management strategies, increase transaction costs, or affect performance to the disadvantage of other Contract Owners. If we (in our own discretion) believe that a pattern of transfers or a specific transfer request, or group of transfer requests, may have a detrimental effect on the performance of the Funds, or we are informed by a Fund (e.g., by the Fund’s adviser/sub-advisers) that the purchase or redemption of shares in the Fund must be restricted because the Fund believes the transfer activity to which such purchase or redemption relates would have a detrimental effect on the performance of the affected Fund, we may modify your right to make transfers by restricting the number, timing, and amount of transfers. We reserve the right to prohibit transfer requests made by an individual acting under a power of attorney on behalf of

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more than one Contract Owner. We will immediately notify you at the time of a transfer request if we exercise this right.

Any restrictions on transfers will be applied in a uniform manner to all persons who own Contracts like this one, and will not be waived. However, due to the discretion involved in any decision to exercise our right to restrict transfers, it is possible that some Contract Owners may be able to effect transactions that could affect Fund performance to the disadvantage of other Contract Owners.

In addition, owners of variable life insurance or variable annuity contracts that do not impose the transfer restrictions described above, might make more numerous and frequent transfers than Contract Owners who are subject to such limitations. Contract owners who are not subject to the same transfer restrictions may have the same Funds available to them, and unfavorable consequences associated with such frequent trading within the Funds (e.g., greater portfolio turnover, higher transaction costs, or performance or tax issues) may affect all Contract Owners.

The Funds have adopted their own policies and procedures with respect to excessive trading of their respective shares, and we reserve the right to enforce these policies and procedures. The prospectuses for the Funds describe any such policies and procedures, which may be more or less restrictive than the policies and procedures we have adopted. Under SEC rules, we are required to: (1) enter into a written agreement with each Fund or its principal underwriter that obligates us to provide to the Fund promptly upon request certain information about the trading activity of individual Contract Owners, and (2) execute instructions from the Fund to restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by specific Contract Owners who violate the excessive trading policies established by the Fund. In addition, you should be aware that some Funds may receive “omnibus” purchase and redemption orders from other insurance companies or intermediaries such as retirement plans. The omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual owners of variable insurance contracts and/or individual retirement plan participants. The omnibus nature of these orders may limit the Funds in their ability to apply their excessive trading policies and procedures. In addition, the other insurance companies and/or retirement plans may have different policies and procedures or may not have any such policies and procedures because of contractual limitations. For these reasons, we cannot guarantee that the Funds (and thus Contract Owners) will not be harmed by transfer activity relating to other insurance companies and/or retirement plans that may invest in the Funds.

The Funds may assess a short-term trading fee in connection with a transfer out of any available Variable Investment Option if the transfer occurs within a certain number of days following the date of allocation to the Variable Investment Option. Each Fund determines the amount of the short term trading fee and when the fee is imposed. The fee is retained by or paid to the Fund and is not retained by us. The fee will be deducted from your Contract value to the extent allowed by law. At present, no Fund has adopted a short-term trading fee.

Although our transfer restrictions are designed to prevent excessive transfers, they are not capable of preventing every potential occurrence of excessive transfer activity.

Dollar Cost Averaging

As an administrative practice, we are currently offering a feature called Dollar Cost Averaging ("DCA"). Under this feature, either fixed dollar amounts or a percentage of the amount designated for use under the DCA option will be transferred periodically from the DCA money market investment option into other Variable Investment Options available under the Contract (excluding the

Fixed Rate Option). If DCA allocates money to a Variable Investment Option at a time when the Fund no longer accepts additional investments, automatic transfers to that Variable Investment Option will be directed to the PSF Government Money Market Portfolio. You may choose to have periodic transfers made monthly or quarterly. DCA transfers will not begin until the Monthly Date after 10 days following your receipt of the Contract.

Each automatic transfer will take effect as of the end of the Valuation Period on the date coinciding with the periodic timing you designate provided the New York Stock Exchange is open on that date. If the New York Stock Exchange is not open on that date, or if the date does not occur in that particular month, the transfer will take effect as of the end of the Valuation Period, which immediately follows that date. Automatic transfers will continue until: (1) $50 or less remains of the amount designated for DCA , at which time the remaining amount will be transferred; or (2) you give us notification of a change in DCA allocation or cancellation of the feature. Currently, a transfer that occurs under the DCA feature is not counted towards the 20 transfers permitted each calendar year or the 12 free transfers permitted each Contract Year. We reserve the right to change this practice, modify the requirements, or discontinue the feature in a non-discriminatory manner. We will notify you prior to changing, modifying, or discontinuing this feature.

DCA will not be available on Contracts kept in-force under the provisions of the Overloan Protection Rider. See Overloan Protection Rider.

Auto-Rebalancing

As an administrative practice, we are currently offering a feature called Auto‑Rebalancing. This feature allows you to automatically rebalance Variable Investment Option assets at specified intervals based on percentage allocations that you choose. For example, suppose your initial investment allocation of Variable Investment Options X and Y is split 40% and 60%, respectively, and investment results cause that split to change. You may instruct that those assets be rebalanced to your original or different allocation percentages. Auto-rebalancing is not available until the Monthly Date after 10 days following your receipt of the Contract.

Auto-rebalancing can be performed on a quarterly, semi-annual, or annual basis. Each rebalance will take effect as of the end of the Valuation Period on the date coinciding with the periodic timing you designate, provided the New York Stock Exchange is open on that date. If the New York Stock Exchange is not open on that date, or if the date does not occur in that particular month, the transfer will take effect as of the end of the Valuation Period immediately following that date. The Fixed Rate Option cannot participate in this administrative procedure. If auto-rebalancing involves allocating to a Fund that became closed to additional investments, the auto-rebalancing feature will be turned off. Currently, a transfer that occurs under the auto-rebalancing feature is not counted towards the 20 transfers permitted each calendar year or the 12 free transfers permitted each Contract Year. We reserve the right to change this practice, modify the requirements, or discontinue the feature in a non-discriminatory manner. We will notify you prior to changing, modifying, or discontinuing this feature.

Auto-rebalancing will not be available on Contracts kept in-force under the provisions of the Overloan Protection Rider. See Overloan Protection Rider.

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DEATH BENEFITS

Types of Death Benefit

You must select from three types of Death Benefit at issue. A Contract with a Type A (fixed) Death Benefit has a Death Benefit which will generally equal the Basic Insurance Amount. Favorable investment results and additional premium payments will generally increase the Cash Surrender Value and decrease the Net Amount at Risk and result in lower charges. This type of Death Benefit does not vary with the investment performance of the investment options you selected, except when the premiums you pay or favorable investment performance causes the Contract Fund to grow to the point where we may increase the Death Benefit to ensure that the Contract will satisfy the Internal Revenue Code’s definition of life insurance. See Cost of Insurance , PREMIUMS, and How a Contract's Cash Surrender Value Will Vary .

A Contract with a Type B (variable) Death Benefit has a Death Benefit which will generally equal the Basic Insurance Amount plus the Contract Fund. Favorable investment performance and additional premium payments will generally increase your Contract's Death Benefit and Cash Surrender Value. However, the increase in the Cash Surrender Value for a Contract with a Type B Death Benefit may be less than the increase in Cash Surrender Value for a Contract with a Type A Death Benefit because a Type B Death Benefit has a greater cost of insurance charge due to a greater Net Amount at Risk. As long as the Contract is not in default and there is no Contract Debt, the Death Benefit may not fall below the Basic Insurance Amount stated in the Contract. We may increase the Death Benefit to ensure that the Contract will satisfy the Internal Revenue Code’s definition of life insurance. See Cost of Insurance , PREMIUMS, and How a Contract's Cash Surrender Value Will Vary .

A Contract with a Type C (return of premium) Death Benefit has a Death Benefit which is generally equal the Basic Insurance Amount plus the total premiums paid into the Contract less withdrawals. The total premiums, less withdrawals, is not accumulated with interest. The Death Benefit on a Contract with a Type C Death Benefit is limited to the greater of (1) the Contract Fund plus twice the Basic Insurance Amount or (2) a Death Benefit amount required to satisfy the Internal Revenue Code’s definition of life insurance. Within limits, this Death Benefit type allows the beneficiary, in effect, to recover the cost of the Contract (all premiums paid less withdrawals already taken), upon the deaths of both insureds. Favorable investment performance and payment of additional premiums will generally increase the Contract's Cash Surrender Value. However, the increase in the Cash Surrender Value for a Type C Death Benefit may be less than the increase in Cash Surrender Value for a Contract with a Type A Death Benefit because a Type C Death Benefit has a greater cost of insurance charge due to a greater Net Amount at Risk. The increase in Cash Surrender Value for a Contract with a Type C Death Benefit may be more or less than the increase in Cash Surrender Value for a Contract with a Type B Death Benefit depending on earnings and the amount of any withdrawals. If you take a withdrawal from a Contract with a Type C Death Benefit, it is possible for the Death Benefit to fall below the Basic Insurance Amount. We may increase the Death Benefit to ensure that the Contract will satisfy the Internal Revenue Code’s definition of life insurance. See Cost of Insurance , PREMIUMS, and How a Contract’s Cash Surrender Value Will Vary .

Contract Owners of a Contract with a Type A Death Benefit should note that any withdrawal will generally result in a reduction of the Basic Insurance Amount by the amount of the withdrawal and will result in the deduction of any applicable surrender charges. See Withdrawals.

The way in which the Cash Surrender Value and Death Benefit will change depends significantly upon the investment results that are actually achieved.

Changing the Type of Death Benefit

You may change the type of Death Benefit any time after issue and subject to our approval. We will increase or decrease the Basic Insurance Amount so that the Death Benefit immediately after the change matches the Death Benefit immediately before the change. The Basic Insurance Amount after a change may not be lower than the minimum Basic Insurance Amount applicable to the Contract. See REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF A CONTRACT. We may deduct a transaction charge of up to $25 for any change in the Basic Insurance Amount, although we do not currently do so. A Death Benefit type change that reduces the Basic Insurance Amount may result in the assessment of surrender charges. See CHARGES AND EXPENSES.

If you are changing your Contract from a Type A Death Benefit to a Type B Death Benefit, we will reduce the Basic Insurance Amount by the amount in your Contract Fund on the date the change takes place.

If you are changing your Contract from a Type B Death Benefit to a Type A Death Benefit, we will increase the Basic Insurance Amount by the amount in your Contract Fund on the date the change takes place.

If you are changing your Contract from a Type C Death Benefit to a Type A Death Benefit, we will change the Basic Insurance Amount by adding the lesser of (a) the total premiums paid into the Contract minus total withdrawals taken, and (b) the Contract Fund before deduction of any monthly charge due on that date plus the product of the Type C Limiting Amount multiplied by the Type C Death Benefit Factor. The Type C Limiting Amount and the Type C Death Benefit Factor are both found in the Contract Limitations section of your Contract’s data pages.

If you are changing your Contract from a Type C Death Benefit to a Type B Death Benefit, we first find the difference between: (1) the Contract Fund and (2) the lesser of (a) the total premiums paid into the Contract minus total withdrawals taken, and (b) the Contract Fund before deduction of any monthly charge due on that date plus the product of the Type C Limiting Amount multiplied by the Type C Death Benefit Factor. The Type C Limiting Amount and the Type C Death Benefit Factor are both found in the Contract Limitations section of your Contract’s data pages. If (2) is larger than (1), we will increase the Basic Insurance Amount by that difference. If (1) is larger than (2), we will reduce the Basic Insurance Amount by that difference.

If you choose a Type A Death Benefit or a Type B Death Benefit at issue, you will not be able to change to a Type C Death Benefit thereafter. If you change a Type C Death Benefit to a Type A Death Benefit or a Type B Death Benefit after issue, you will not be able to change back to a Type C Death Benefit. We will not allow a change to your Contract if it will cause the Death Benefit to exceed our retention limits or violate any other underwriting rule.

The following chart illustrates the changes with each change of Death Benefit type described above. The chart assumes a $50,000 Contract Fund and a $300,000 Death Benefit. For changes from a Type C Death Benefit, the chart assumes $40,000 in total premiums minus total withdrawals.

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Changing from	Basic Insurance Amount	Contract Fund	Death Benefit*
Type A to Type B	$300,000 to $250,000	$50,000 to $50,000	$300,000 to $300,000
Type B to Type A	$250,000 to $300,000	$50,000 to $50,000	$300,000 to $300,000
Type C to Type A	$260,000 to $300,000	$50,000 to $50,000	$300,000 to $300,000
Type C to Type B	$260,000 to $250,000	$50,000 to $50,000	$300,000 to $300,000
* assuming there is no Contract Debt

You may request a change in the type of Death Benefit by sending us a request in Good Order to our Service Office. If the change is approved, we will re-calculate the Contract's charges and appropriate tables and send you new Contract data pages. We may require you to send us your Contract before making the change. There may be circumstances under which a change in the Death Benefit type may cause the Contract to be classified as a Modified Endowment Contract, which could be significantly disadvantageous. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits.

Decreases in Basic Insurance Amount

You have the option of decreasing the Basic Insurance Amount of your Contract without withdrawing any Cash Surrender Value. If a change in circumstances causes you to determine that your amount of insurance is greater than needed, a decrease will reduce your insurance protection and the monthly deductions for the cost of insurance.

The following conditions must be met:

(a) The amount of the decrease in the Basic Insurance Amount must be at least $10,000;

(b) The Basic Insurance Amount after the decrease must be at least equal to the minimum Basic Insurance Amount;

(c) The Contract must not be in default;

(d) The surrender charge on the decrease, if any, plus any transaction charge for the decrease may not exceed the Contract Fund;

(e) If we ask you to do so, you must send us the Contract to be endorsed; and

(f) Your Contract must not be in-force under the provisions of the Overloan Protection Rider.

If we approve the decrease, we will send you new Contract data pages showing the amount and effective date of the change and the re-calculated charges, values, and limitations. Currently, no

transaction charge is being made in connection with a decrease in the Basic Insurance Amount. However, we reserve the right to charge such a fee in an amount of up to $25.

We may decline a decrease in the Basic Insurance Amount if we determine it would cause the Contract to fail to qualify as life insurance for purposes of Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code. Also, it is important to note, that if the Basic Insurance Amount is decreased, there is a possibility that the Contract will be classified as a Modified Endowment Contract. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits. You should consult with your tax adviser and your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative before requesting any decrease in Basic Insurance Amount.

Death Claim Settlement Options

The beneficiary may choose to receive death claim proceeds by any of the settlement options available at the time the proceeds become payable or by payment of a lump sum check.

In addition to the available settlement options, currently, in certain circumstances, the beneficiary may choose the payment of death claim proceeds by way of the Alliance Account settlement option (the "Alliance Account"). If the Alliance Account is selected, Prudential will provide a kit to the beneficiary, which includes: (1) an account confirmation describing the death claim proceeds, the current interest rate, and the terms of the Alliance Account; and (2) a guide that explains how the Alliance Account works. Amounts in an Alliance Account earn interest at a rate set by the issuer. This rate is not guaranteed and can change. The beneficiary may withdraw amounts in an Alliance Account at any time. Alliance Account balances are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Any Pruco Life of New Jersey representative authorized to sell this Contract can explain all the settlement options upon request.

When Death Benefit Proceeds Are Paid

Generally, we will pay any Death Benefit within seven days after all the documents required for such a payment are received in Good Order at the office designated to receive that request. The Death Benefit is determined as of the date of death of the second-to-die insured.

We may delay payment of proceeds from the Variable Investment Option(s) and the variable portion of the Death Benefit due under the Contract if the disposal or valuation of the Account's assets is not reasonably practicable because the New York Stock Exchange is closed for other than a regular holiday or weekend, trading is restricted by the SEC, or the SEC declares that an emergency exists.

CONTRACT VALUES

The total amount invested in the Contract Fund at any time consists of:

(a) the Variable Investment Options,

(b) the Fixed Rate Option, and

(c) any Contract loan.

How a Contract's Cash Surrender Value Will Vary

The Contract's Cash Surrender Value on any date will be the Contract Fund less any applicable surrender charges and less any Contract Debt. The Contract Fund value changes daily, reflecting:

(1) increases or decreases in the value of the Fund(s);

(2) interest credited on any amounts allocated to the Fixed Rate Option;

(3) interest credited on any loan; and

(4) the daily asset charge for mortality and expense risks assessed against the Variable Investment Options.

The Contract Fund value also changes to reflect the receipt of premium payments after any charges are deducted, the monthly deductions described under CHARGES AND EXPENSES, and any withdrawals. See Withdrawals.

Upon request, we will tell you the Cash Surrender Value of your Contract. It is possible for the Cash Surrender Value of a Contract to decline to zero because of unfavorable investment performance in the Contract Fund, outstanding Contract Debt, and/or any applicable surrender charge.

Loans

You may borrow an amount up to the current loan value of your Contract less any existing Contract Debt using the Contract as the only security for the loan. The loan value at any time is equal to the sum of (1) 99% of the portion of the cash value attributable to the Variable Investment Options and (2) the balance of the cash value, provided the Contract is not in default. The cash value is

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equal to the Contract Fund less any surrender charge. A Contract in default has no loan value. There is no minimum loan amount.

Interest charged on a loan accrues daily. We charge interest on the full loan amount, including all unpaid interest. Interest is due on each Contract Anniversary or when the loan is paid back, whichever comes first. If interest is not paid when due, we will increase the loan amount by any unpaid interest. We charge interest at an effective annual rate of 2% for standard loans.

On and after the 10^th Contract Anniversary, all new and existing loans will be considered preferred loans. Preferred loans are charged interest at an effective annual rate of 1.05%.

When a loan is made, an amount equal to the loan proceeds is transferred out of the Variable Investment Options and/or the Fixed Rate Option, as applicable. Unless you ask us to take the loan amount from specific Variable Investment Options and we agree, the reduction will be made in the same proportions as the value in each Variable Investment Option and the Fixed Rate Option bears to the total value of the Contract. While a loan is outstanding, the amount that was transferred will continue to be treated as part of the Contract Fund. It will be credited with interest at an effective annual rate of 1%. Generally on each Monthly Date, we will increase the portion of the Contract Fund in the investment options by interest credits accrued on the loan since the last Monthly Date.

The Contract Debt is the amount of all outstanding loans plus any interest accrued, but not yet due. If, on any Monthly Date, the Contract Debt equals or exceeds the Contract Fund, less any applicable surrender charges, the Contract will go into default. If the contract goes into default, we will mail you a notice stating the amount needed to keep the contract in-force. That amount will equal a premium which we estimate will keep the contract in-force for three months from the date of default. We grant a 61-day grace period from the date we mail the notice to pay the amount.If you send us a payment during the grace period and we receive it after a Monthly Date has occurred, we will credit interest to the Contract Fund from the date your Contract went into default to the date we received your payment, and then return to crediting interest on subsequent Monthly Dates. If the Contract lapses or is surrendered, the amount of unpaid Contract Debt will be treated as a distribution and will be immediately taxable to the extent of gain in the Contract. Reinstatement of the Contract after lapse will not eliminate the taxable income, which we are required to report to the IRS . See LAPSE AND REINSTATEMENT and Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits.

If your Contract includes the Overloan Protection Rider and you meet the requirements to exercise the rider, you may have protection against lapse due to excessive Contract Debt. See Overloan Protection Rider. Having Contract Debt will prevent any no-lapse guarantee from protecting the Contract from lapse. See Limited No-Lapse Guarantee and Rider to ProvideLapse Protection.

Loans you take against the Contract are ordinarily treated as debt and are not considered distributions subject to tax. However, you should know that the IRS may take the position that the loan should be treated as a distribution for tax purposes because of the relatively low differential between the loan interest rate and the Contract’s crediting rate. Distributions are subject to income tax. Were the IRS to take this position, we would take reasonable steps to attempt to avoid this result, including modifying the Contract’s loan provisions, but cannot guarantee that such efforts would be successful.

Loans from Modified Endowment Contracts may be treated for tax purposes as distributions of income. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits.

Any Contract Debt will directly reduce a Contract's Cash Surrender Value and will be subtracted from the Death Benefit to determine the amount payable. In addition, even if the loan is fully repaid, it may have an effect on future Death Benefits because the investment results of the selected investment options will apply only to the amount remaining invested under those options. The longer the loan is outstanding, the greater the effect is likely to be. The effect could be favorable or unfavorable. If investment results are greater than the rate being credited on the amount of the loan while the loan is outstanding, values under the Contract will not increase as rapidly as they would have if no loan had been made. If investment results are below that rate, Contract values will be higher than they would have been had no loan been made.

Loan repayments are applied to reduce the total outstanding Contract Debt, which is equal to the principal plus accrued interest. Interest accrues daily on the total outstanding Contract Debt, and making a loan repayment will reduce the amount of interest accruing.

Loan repayments will be applied towards the loan according to when they are received. Loan interest is due on your Contract Anniversary. If we receive your loan repayment within 21 days prior to your Contract Anniversary, we will apply the repayment towards interest due. Any loan repayment amount exceeding the interest due is applied towards the existing principal amount.

If we receive your loan repayment at any time outside of 21 days prior to your Contract Anniversary, we will apply the repayment towards the principal amount. For any repayment exceeding the principal amount, we will apply the remainder of the loan repayment towards the interest due.

When you repay all or part of a loan, we will increase the portion of the Contract Fund in the investment options by the amount of the loan you repay plus interest credits accrued on the loan since the last transaction date. Any loan repayment amounts will also be reflected in your No-Lapse Guarantee Value. We will apply the loan repayment to the investment allocation used for future premium payments as of the loan repayment date. If loan interest is paid when due, it will not change the portion of the Contract Fund allocated to the investment options. We reserve the right to change the manner in which we allocate loan repayments.

Withdrawals

You may withdraw a portion of the Contract's Cash Surrender Value without surrendering the Contract, subject to the following restrictions.

(1) We must receive a request for the withdrawal in Good Order at our Service Office.

(2) Your Contract’s Cash Surrender Value after the withdrawal may not be less than or equal to zero after deducting (a) any charges associated with the withdrawal and (b) an amount that we estimate will be sufficient to cover two months of Contract Fund deductions.

(3) The withdrawal amount must be at least $500.

(4) The Basic Insurance Amount after withdrawals must be at least equal to the minimum Basic Insurance Amount shown in the Contract.

(5) Your Contract must not be in-force under the provisions of the Overloan Protection Rider.

We may charge a transaction fee for each withdrawal of up to $25. Currently, we do not charge a fee for a withdrawal. A withdrawal may not be repaid except as a premium subject to the applicable charges. Upon request, we will tell you how much you may withdraw. Withdrawal of the Cash Surrender Value may have tax consequences.

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Whenever a withdrawal is made, the Death Benefit will immediately be reduced by at least the amount of the withdrawal. The withdrawal may also decrease the Basic Insurance Amount, which may result in the deduction of a surrender charge. See Surrender Charges. Withdrawals from a Contract with a Type B or Type C Death Benefit will not change the Basic Insurance Amount. However, under most circumstances, withdrawals from a Contract with a Type A Death Benefit require a reduction in the Basic Insurance Amount. It is possible a withdrawal from a Contract with a Type A Death Benefit will not decrease the Basic Insurance Amount if the Contract Fund has grown to the point where the base Contract’s Death Benefit has been increased as required by the Internal Revenue Code's definition of life insurance test. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits.

The following table provides an example of a withdrawal from a Contract with a Type A Death Benefit. The example assumes the withdrawal occurred in the 5th Contract Year, no Contract Debt, the Death Benefit was not increased to satisfy the definition of life insurance test, and no change to the Basic Insurance Amount has previously occurred.

Example of a Type A Death Benefit Withdrawal
Net amount of withdrawal:		$10,000
Withdrawal Surrender Charge (1% reduction):		$68
Gross amount of withdrawal:		$10,068
Contract values	Before	After
Basic Insurance Amount:	$1,000,000	$990,000
Death Benefit amount:	$1,000,000	$990,000
Contract Fund value:	$100,000	$89,932
Contract Surrender Charge (current):	$6,800	$6,732

No withdrawal will be permitted under a Contract with a Type A Death Benefit if it would result in a Basic Insurance Amount of less than the minimum Basic Insurance Amount shown under Contract Limitations in your Contract’s data pages. It is important to note, however, that if the Basic Insurance Amount is decreased, there is a possibility that the Contract might be classified as a Modified Endowment Contract. Before making any withdrawal that causes a decrease in Basic Insurance Amount, you should consult with your tax adviser and your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits.

Currently, we will provide an authorization form if your withdrawal request causes a decrease in Basic Insurance Amount that results in your Contract being classified as a Modified Endowment Contract. The authorization form will confirm that you are aware of your Contract becoming a Modified Endowment Contract if the transaction is completed. We will complete the transaction and send a confirmation notice after we receive the completed authorization form in Good Order at a Service Office.

When a withdrawal is made, the Contract Fund is reduced by the withdrawal amount and any charges associated with the withdrawal. An amount equal to the reduction in the Contract Fund will be withdrawn proportionally from the investment options unless you direct otherwise. Withdrawal of any portion of the Cash Surrender Value increases the risk that the Contract Fund may be insufficient to provide Contract benefits. If such a withdrawal is followed by unfavorable investment experience, the

Contract may go into default. Withdrawals may also affect whether a Contract is kept in-force under the Limited No-Lapse Guarantee or Rider to Provide Lapse Protection. See Limited No-Lapse Guarantee and Rider to ProvideLapse Protection.

Surrender of a Contract

You may surrender your Contract at any time for its Cash Surrender Value (referred to as Net Cash Value in the Contract) while at least one of the insureds is living. To surrender your Contract, we may require you to deliver or mail the following items in Good Order to a Service Office: (a) the Contract, (b) a signed request for surrender, (c) any tax withholding information required under federal or state law, and (d) the authorization of any assignee or irrevocable beneficiary. The Cash Surrender Value will be determined as of the end of the Valuation Period in which a surrender request is received in Good Order at a Service Office. Surrender of a Contract may have tax consequences and Surrender Charges may apply. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits and Surrender Charge.

Fixed reduced paid-up insurance is an alternative to surrendering your Contract. Fixed reduced paid-up insurance provides paid-up insurance, the amount of which will be paid when both insureds have died. There will be cash values and loan values. The loan interest rate for fixed reduced paid-up insurance is 5.5%. Upon surrender of the Contract, the amount of fixed reduced paid-up insurance depends upon the Cash Surrender Value and the insureds’ issue age, sex, smoker/nonsmoker status, and the length of time since the Contract Date.

Additional requirements exist if you are exchanging your Contract for a new one at another insurance company. Specifically, we require a properly signed assignment to change ownership of your Contract to the new insurer and a request for surrender, signed by an authorized officer of the new insurer. The new insurer should submit these documents directly to us by sending them in Good Order to our Service Office. Generally, we will pay your Contract’s Cash Surrender Value to the new insurer within seven days after all the documents required for such a payment are received in Good Order at our Service Office.

When Proceeds Are Paid

Generally, we will pay any Cash Surrender Value, loan proceeds, or withdrawal within seven days after all the documents required for such a payment are received in Good Order at the office designated to receive that request. The amount will be determined as of the end of the Valuation Period in which the necessary documents are received in Good Order at the office designated to receive that request.

We may delay payment of proceeds from the Variable Investment Option(s) if the disposal or valuation of the Account's assets is not reasonably practicable because the New York Stock Exchange is closed for other than a regular holiday or weekend, trading is restricted by the SEC, or the SEC declares that an emergency exists.

We have the right to delay payment of the Cash Surrender Value (including surrenders of fixed reduced paid-up Contracts) attributable to the Fixed Rate Option for up to six months. We will pay interest of at least 1.5% per year if such a payment is delayed for more than 10 days.

LAPSE AND REINSTATEMENT

We will determine the value of the Contract Fund on each Monthly Date. If the Contract Fund, less any applicable surrender charges and less any Contract Debt, is zero or less, the Contract is in default, unless it remains in-force under the Limited No-Lapse Guarantee

(first ten Contract years) or the Rider to Provide Lapse Protection (years eleven and after). See Limited No-Lapse Guarantee and Rider to Provide Lapse Protection. Should this happen, we will send you a notice of default setting forth the payment which we

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estimate will keep the Contract in-force for three months from the date of default. A 61-day grace period will begin from the date the notice of default is mailed. Your payment must be received or postmarked within the 61-day grace period or the Contract will end and have no value. To prevent your Contract from lapsing, your payment must be in Good Order when received at the Payment Office. A Contract that lapses with an outstanding Contract loan may have tax consequences. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits.

A Contract that lapses may be reinstated within five years from the date of default, if the following conditions are met:

(a) We receive a written request for reinstatement in Good Order at our Service Office;

(b) Both insureds are living, or one insured is alive and the Contract ended without value after the death of the other insured;

(c) Renewed evidence of insurability is provided on any insured who was living when the Contract went into default; and

(d) Submission of certain payments sufficient to bring the Contract up to date plus a premium that we estimate will cover all charges and deductions for three months from the date of reinstatement.

The reinstatement date will be the date we approve your request. We will deduct all required charges from your payment and the balance will be placed into your Contract Fund. If we approve the reinstatement, we will credit the Contract Fund with an amount equal to the surrender charge applicable as of the date of reinstatement. If your Contract is reinstated after lapse, the Rider to Provide Lapse Protection will also be reinstated. We reserve the right to change the requirements to reinstate a lapsed Contract.

TAXES

Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits

This summary provides general information on the federal income tax treatment of the Contract. It is not a complete statement of what the federal income taxes will be in all circumstances. It is based on current law and interpretations, which may change. It does not cover state taxes or other taxes. It is not intended as tax advice. You should consult your own tax adviser for complete information and advice.

Treatment as Life Insurance. The Contract must meet certain requirements to qualify as life insurance for tax purposes. These requirements include certain definitional tests and rules for diversification of the Contract’s investments. For further information on the diversification requirements, see Taxation in the statements of additional information for the Funds.

In order to meet the definition of life insurance rules for federal income tax purposes, the Contract must satisfy one of the two following tests: (1) Cash Value Accumulation Test or (2) Guideline Premium Test. At issue, the Contract Owner chooses which of these two tests will apply to their Contract. This choice cannot be changed thereafter.

Under the Cash Value Accumulation Test, the Contract must maintain a minimum ratio of Death Benefit to cash value. Therefore, in order to ensure that the Contract qualifies as life insurance, the Contract's Death Benefit may increase as the Contract Fund value increases. The Death Benefit, at all times, must be at least equal to the Contract Fund multiplied by the applicable Attained Age factor. Attained Age factors vary based on the younger insured’s Attained Age. For example, under the Cash Value Accumulation test, the Attained Age factors for an insured age 55 range from 3.98 in the first year to 1.00 at age 121 and older.

Under the Guideline Premium Test, there is a limit as to the amount of premium that can be paid into the Contract in relation to the Death Benefit. In addition, there is a minimum ratio of Death Benefit to cash value associated with this test. This ratio, however, is less than the required ratio under the Cash Value Accumulation Test. Therefore, the Death Benefit required under this test is generally lower than that of the Cash Value Accumulation Test. The Attained Age factors are based on the Attained Age of the younger insured. For example, under the Guideline Premium test, the Attained Age factors for an insured age 55 range from 1.50 in the first year to 1.00 at age 95 and older.

The selection of the definition of life insurance test most appropriate for you is dependent on several factors, including the younger insured’s age at issue, actual Contract earnings, and whether or not the Contract is classified as a Modified Endowment

Contract. In addition, the Guideline Premium Test is required for the definition of life insurance if you choose to have the Overloan Protection Rider. See Overloan Protection Rider. You should consult your own tax adviser for complete information and advice with respect to the selection of the definition of life insurance test.

We believe we have taken adequate steps to insure that the Contract qualifies as life insurance for tax purposes. Generally speaking, this means that:

• you will not be taxed on the growth of the funds in the Contract, unless you receive a distribution from the Contract, or if the Contract lapses or is surrendered, and

• the Contract's Death Benefit will generally be income tax free to your beneficiary. However, your Death Benefit may be subject to estate taxes, and

• we may refuse to accept any payment that increases the Death Benefit by more than it increases the Contract Fund.

Although we believe that the Contract should qualify as life insurance for tax purposes, there are some uncertainties, particularly because the Secretary of Treasury has not yet issued permanent regulations that bear on this question. Accordingly, we reserve the right to make changes -- which will be applied uniformly to all Contract Owners after advance written notice -- that we deem necessary to insure that the Contract will qualify as life insurance.

The Contract may not qualify as life insurance under federal tax law after the younger insured has attained age 100 and may be subject to adverse tax consequences. A tax adviser should be consulted before you choose to continue the Contract after the younger insured reaches age 100.

Pre-Death Distributions. The tax treatment of any distribution you receive before the deaths of both insureds depends on whether the Contract is classified as a Modified Endowment Contract.

Contracts Not Classified as Modified Endowment Contracts

•    If you surrender the Contract or allow it to lapse, you will be taxed on the amount you received in excess of the premiums you paid less the untaxed portion of any prior withdrawals. For this purpose, you will be treated as receiving any portion of the Cash Surrender Value used to repay Contract Debt. In other words, you will immediately have taxable income to the extent of gain in the Contract. Reinstatement of the Contract after lapse will not eliminate the taxable income, which we are required to report to the IRS . The tax consequences of a surrender may differ if you take the proceeds under an income payment settlement option.

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•    Generally, you will be taxed on a withdrawal to the extent the amount you receive exceeds the premiums you paid for the Contract less the untaxed portion of any prior withdrawals. However, under some limited circumstances, in the first 15 Contract Years, all or a portion of a withdrawal may be taxed if the Contract Fund exceeds the total premiums paid less the untaxed portions of any prior withdrawals, even if total withdrawals do not exceed total premiums paid.

•    Extra premiums for optional benefits and riders generally do not count in computing the premiums paid for the Contract for the purposes of determining whether a withdrawal is taxable.

•    Loans you take against the Contract are ordinarily treated as debt and are not considered distributions subject to tax. However, you should know that the IRS may take the position that the preferred loan should be treated as a distribution for tax purposes because of the relatively low differential between the loan interest rate and Contract’s crediting rate. Were the IRS to take this position, we would take reasonable steps to avoid this result, including modifying the Contract’s loan provisions.

Modified Endowment Contracts

•The rules change if the Contract is classified as a Modified Endowment Contract. The Contract could be classified as a Modified Endowment Contract if premiums in amounts that are too large are paid or a decrease in the Basic Insurance Amount is made (or a rider removed). We will notify you if a premium or a change in Basic Insurance Amount would cause the Contract to become a Modified Endowment Contract, and advise you of your options. You should first consult a tax adviser and your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative if you are contemplating any of these steps.

•    If the Contract is classified as a Modified Endowment Contract, then amounts you receive under the Contract before the deaths of both insureds, including loans and withdrawals, are included in income to the extent that the Contract Fund before surrender charges exceeds the premiums paid for the Contract increased by the amount of any loans previously included in income and reduced by any untaxed amounts previously received other than the amount of any loans excludible from income. An assignment of a Modified Endowment Contract is taxable in the same way. These rules also apply to pre-death distributions, including loans and assignments, made during the two-year period before the time that the Contract became a Modified Endowment Contract.

•    Any taxable income on pre-death distributions (including full surrenders) is subject to a penalty of 10 percent unless the amount is received on or after age 59½, on account of your becoming disabled or as a life annuity. It is presently unclear how the penalty tax provisions apply to Contracts owned by businesses.

•    All Modified Endowment Contracts issued by us to you during the same calendar year are treated as a single Contract for purposes of applying these rules.

Investor Control. Treasury Department regulations do not provide specific guidance concerning the extent to which you may direct your investment in the particular Variable Investment Options without causing you, instead of us, to be considered the owner of the underlying assets. Because of this uncertainty, we reserve the right to make such changes as we deem necessary to assure that the Contract qualifies as life insurance for tax purposes. Any such changes will apply uniformly to affected Contract Owners and will be made with such notice to affected Contract Owners as is feasible under the circumstances.

Withholding. You must affirmatively elect that no taxes be withheld from a pre-death distribution. Otherwise, the taxable portion of any amounts you receive will be subject to withholding. You are not permitted to elect out of withholding if you do not provide a social security number or other taxpayer identification number. You may be subject to penalties under the estimated tax payment rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are insufficient to cover the tax due.

Other Tax Considerations. If you transfer or assign the Contract to someone else, there may be gift, estate and/or income tax consequences. If you transfer the Contract to a person two or more generations younger than you (or designate such a younger person as a beneficiary), there may be Generation Skipping Transfer tax consequences. Deductions for interest paid or accrued on Contract Debt or on other loans that are incurred or continued to purchase or carry the Contract may be denied. Your individual situation or that of your beneficiary will determine the federal estate taxes and the state and local estate, inheritance and other taxes due if you or both insureds die.

Business-Owned Life Insurance. If a business, rather than an individual, is the owner of the Contract, there are some additional rules. Business Contract Owners generally cannot deduct premium payments. Business Contract Owners generally cannot take tax deductions for interest on Contract Debt paid or accrued after October 13, 1995. An exception permits the deduction of interest on Contract loans on Contracts for up to 20 key persons. The interest deduction for Contract Debt on these loans is limited to a prescribed interest rate and a maximum aggregate loan amount of $50,000 per key insured person. The corporate alternative minimum tax also applies to business-owned life insurance. This is an indirect tax on additions to the Contract Fund or Death Benefits received under business-owned life insurance policies.

For business-owned life insurance coverage issued after August 17, 2006, Death Benefits will generally be taxable as ordinary income to the extent it exceeds cost basis. Life insurance Death Benefits will continue to be generally income tax free if, prior to Contract issuance, the employer provided a prescribed notice to the proposed insured/employee, obtained theemployee's consent to the life insurance, and one of the following requirements is met: (a) the insured was an employee at any time during the 12-month period prior to his or her death; (b) the insured was a director or highly compensated employee or individual (as defined in the Code) at the time the Contract was issued; or (c) the Death Benefits are paid to the insured's heirsor his or her designated beneficiaries (other than the employer), either directly as a Death Benefit or received from the purchase of an equity (or capital or profits) interest in the applicable Contract Owner. Annual reporting and record keeping requirements will apply to employers maintaining such business-owned life insurance.

Sales of Issued Life Insurance Policies to Third Parties.  Beginning in 2018, if you sell your Contract to a third party, such as a life settlement company, that purchaser is required to report the amount of the sales proceeds to us and the IRS.  We are then required to report your cost basis in that Contract to you and the IRS.

Company Taxes

Under current law, we may incur state and local taxes (in addition to premium taxes) in several states. Currently, these taxes are not significant and they are not charged against the Account. If there is a material change in the applicable state or local tax laws, we may impose a corresponding charge against the Account.

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The earnings of the Account are taxed as part of our operations. Currently, no charge is being made to the Account for our federal income taxes, other than the 1.25% charge for federal income taxes measured by premiums. See Premium Based Administrative Charge. We periodically review the question of a charge to the Account for our federal income taxes. We may charge such a fee in the future for any federal income taxes that would be attributable to the Contracts.

In calculating our corporate income tax liability, we may derive certain corporate income tax benefits associated with the

investment of company assets, including separate account assets, which are treated as company assets under applicable income tax law. These benefits reduce our overall corporate income tax liability. We do not pass these tax benefits through to Contract Owners with investments in separate account assets because (i) the Contract Owners are not the owners of the assets generating these benefits under applicable income tax law and (ii) we do not currently include company income taxes in the tax charges you pay under the Contract.

DISTRIBUTION AND COMPENSATION

Pruco Securities, LLC (“Pruco Securities”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc ., acts as the principal underwriter of the Contract. Pruco Securities, organized on September 22, 2003, under New Jersey law, is registered as a broker and dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a registered member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). (Pruco Securities is a successor company to Pruco Securities Corporation, established on February 22, 1971.) Pruco Securities’ principal business address is 751 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102. Pruco Securities serves as principal underwriter of the individual variable insurance Contracts issued by us. The Contract is sold by registered representatives of Pruco Securities who are also our appointed insurance agents under state insurance law. The Contract may also be sold through other broker-dealers authorized by Pruco Securities and applicable law to do so. Pruco Securities received gross distribution revenue for its variable life insurance products of $120,592,554 in 2017, $100,714,661 in 2016, and $97,551,382 in 2015. Pruco Securities passes through the gross distribution revenue it receives to broker-dealers for their sales and does not retain any portion of it in return for its services as distributor for the Contracts. However, Pruco Securities does retain a portion of compensation it receives with respect to sales by its representatives. Pruco Securities retained compensation of $2,855,401 in 2017, $2,574,216 in 2016, and $2,464,259 in 2015. Pruco Securities offers the Contract on a continuous basis.

Compensation (commissions, overrides, and any expense reimbursement allowance) is paid to broker-dealers that are registered under the Exchange Act and/or entities that are exempt from such registration (“firms”) according to one or more schedules. The individual representative will receive all or a portion of the compensation, depending on the practice of the firm. Compensation is based on a premium value referred to as the Commissionable Target Premium. The Commissionable Target Premium will vary based on the issue age, sex, and underwriting classification of each insured.

Broker-dealers will receive compensation of up to 99% of premiums received in the first 12 months following the Contract Date on total premiums received since issue up to the Commissionable Target Premium, up to 22% of Commissionable Target Premium received in year two, up to10% in years three and four, and up to 8.5% of the Commissionable Target Premium received in years five through 10. Moreover, broker-dealers will receive compensation of up to 4% on premiums received in year one, up to 3% on premiums received in years two through four, and up to 2.5% on premiums received in years five through 10 to the extent that premiums paid in any year exceed the Commissionable Target Premium.

Pruco Securities registered representatives who sell the Contract are also our life insurance agents, and may be eligible for various cash bonuses and insurance benefits and non-cash compensation programs that we or our affiliates offer such as conferences, trips, prizes and awards, subject to applicable regulatory requirements. In some circumstances and to the extent permitted by applicable

regulatory requirements, we may also reimburse certain sales and marketing expenses.

In addition, in an effort to promote the sale of our variable products (which may include the placement of our Contracts on a preferred or recommended company or product list and/or access to a broker-dealer’s registered representatives), we or Pruco Securities may enter into compensation arrangements with certain broker-dealer firms authorized by Pruco Securities to sell the Contract, or branches of such firms, with respect to certain or all registered representatives of such firms under which such firms may receive separate compensation or reimbursement for, among other things, training of sales personnel, marketing and/or administrative and/or other services they provide to us or our affiliates. To the extent permitted by applicable rules, laws, and regulations, Pruco Securities may pay or allow other promotional incentives or payments in the form of cash or non-cash compensation. These arrangements may not be offered to all firms, and the terms of such arrangements may differ between firms. You should note that firms and individual registered representatives and branch managers within some firms participating in one of these compensation arrangements might receive greater compensation for selling the Contract than for selling a different Contract that is not eligible for these compensation arrangements.

A list of the names of the firms (or their affiliated broker/dealers) that we are aware of (as of December 31, 2017) that received payment or accrued a payment amount with respect to variable product business during 2017 may be found in the statement of additional information. The least amount paid or accrued and the greatest amount paid or accrued during 2017 were $1.00 and $9,341,154, respectively.

While compensation is generally taken into account as an expense in considering the charges applicable to a variable life insurance product, any such compensation will be paid by us, and will not result in any additional charge to you or to the Account. Your registered representative can provide you with more information about the compensation arrangements that apply upon the sale of the Contract.

In addition, we or our affiliates may provide such compensation, payments and/or incentives to firms arising out of the marketing, sale and/or servicing of variable annuities or life insurance offered by different Prudential business units.

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Pruco Life of New Jersey is subject to legal and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of our business. Pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings specific to Pruco Life of New Jersey and proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industry in which we operate. Pruco Life of New Jersey may be subject to class action lawsuits and other litigation involving a variety of issues and allegations involving sales practices, claims payments and procedures, premium charges, policy servicing and breach of fiduciary duty to customers. Pruco Life of New Jersey may also be subject to litigation arising out of its general business activities, such as its 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. In addition, Pruco Life of New Jersey, along with other participants in the businesses in which it engages, may be subject from time to time to investigations, examinations and inquiries, in some cases industry-wide, concerning issues or matters upon which such regulators have determined to focus.

Pruco Life of New Jersey’s litigation and regulatory matters are subject to many uncertainties, and given their complexity and

scope, their outcome cannot be predicted. In some of Pruco Life of New Jersey’s pending legal and regulatory actions, parties are seeking large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive or exemplary damages. It is possible that Pruco Life of New Jersey’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 Pruco Life of New Jersey’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 Pruco Life of New Jersey’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 Account ; the ability of Pruco Securities to perform its contract with the Account ; or Pruco Life of New Jersey's ability to meet its obligations under the Contracts.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Our audited consolidated financial statements are shown in the statement of additional information and should be considered only as bearing upon our ability to meet its obligations under the

Contract. The Account’s audited financial statements are also available in the statement of additional information to this prospectus.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We have filed a registration statement with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, relating to the offering described in this prospectus. This prospectus does not include all the information set forth in the registration statement. Certain portions have been omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The omitted information may, however, be obtained from the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, or by telephoning (202) 551-8090, upon payment of a prescribed fee.

To reduce costs, we now generally send only a single copy of prospectuses and shareholder reports to each household ("householding"), in lieu of sending a copy to each Contract Owner that resides in the household. You should be aware that you can revoke or "opt out" of householding at any time by calling 1-877-778-5008.

Pursuant to the delivery obligations under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 159 thereunder, Pruco Life of New

Jersey delivers this prospectus to Contract Owners that reside outside of the United States. In addition, we may not market or offer benefits, features, or enhancements to prospective or current Contract Owners while outside of the United States.

You may contact us for further information at the address and telephone number inside the front cover of this prospectus. For service or questions about your Contract, please contact our Service Office at the phone number on the back cover, or at P.O. Box 7390, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19176.

Cyber Security Risks

We provide more information about cyber security risks associated with this Contract in the statement of additional information.

DEFINITIONS OF SPECIAL TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS

Attained Age - An insured's age on the Contract Date plus the number of years since then.

Basic Insurance Amount - The total amount of life insurance as shown in the Contract. Does not include any riders that may be attached to the Contract,

Cash Surrender Value - The amount payable to the Contract Owner upon surrender of the Contract. It is equal to the Contract Fund minus any Contract Debt and minus any applicable surrender charge. Referred to in the Contract as “Net Cash Value.”

Contract - The variable universal life insurance Contract described in this prospectus.

Contract Anniversary - The same date as the Contract Date in each later year.

Contract Date -The date the Contract is effective, as specified in the Contract.

Contract Debt - The principal amount of all outstanding loans plus any interest accrued thereon.

Contract Fund - The total amount credited to a specific Contract. On any date it is equal to the sum of the amounts in all the Variable Investment Options and the Fixed Rate Option, and the principal amount of any Contract Debt plus any interest earned thereon.

Contract Owner - You. Unless a different owner is named in the application, the owner of the Contract are the insureds jointly, or the survivor of them. If the Contract is owned jointly, the exercise of rights under the Contract must be made by both jointly.

Contract Year - A year that starts on the Contract Date or on a Contract Anniversary.

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Death Benefit - If the Contract is not in default, this is the amount we will pay upon the death of second-to-die insured person, assuming no Contract Debt.

Fixed Rate Option - An investment option under which interest is accrued daily at a rate that we declare periodically, but not less than an effective annual rate of 1%. Also referred to in the Contract as “fixed investment option.”

Fund- Amounts you invest in a Variable Investment Option will be invested in a corresponding Fund of the same name. A Fund may also be called a " portfolio ."

Good Order- An instruction utilizing such forms, signatures, and dating as we require, which is sufficiently clear and complete and for which we do not need to exercise any discretion to follow such instructions.

Limited No-Lapse Guarantee Premium - Premium that, if paid at the beginning of each Contract Year, will keep the Contract in-force during the first 10 Contract Years, regardless of investment performance and assuming no loans or withdrawals.

Monthly Date - The Contract Date and the same date in each subsequent month.

Net Amount at Risk - The amount by which the Contract’s Death Benefit exceeds the Contract Fund. For example, if the Contract's Death Benefit is $ 500,000 and the Contract Fund is $100,000, the Net Amount at Risk is $ 400,000 .

Payment Office -The office at which we process premium payments, loan payments, and payments to bring your Contract out of default. Your correspondence will be picked up at the address on your bill to which you are directed to send these payments and then delivered to our Payment Office.  For items required to be sent to our Payment Office, your correspondence is not considered received by us until it is received at our Payment Office. Where this Prospectus refers to the day when we receive a premium payment, loan payment or a payment to bring your Contract out of default, we mean the day on which that item (or the last thing necessary for us to process that item) arrives in Good Order at our Payment Office. There are two main exceptions: if the item is received at our Payment Office (1) on a day that is not a business day or (2) after the close of a business day, then, in each case, we are deemed to have received that item on the next business day.

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey - Pruco Life of New Jersey, us, we, our. The company offering the Contract.

Separate Account - Amounts under the Contract that are allocated to the Funds held by us in a Separate Account called the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account (the "Account" or the "Registrant"). The Account is set apart from all of our general assets. Thus, such assets that are held in support of client accounts are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business Pruco Life of New Jersey conducts.

Service Office – The office at which we process allocation change requests, withdrawal requests, surrender requests, transfer requests, ownership change requests and assignment requests. Correspondence with our Service Office should be sent to P.O. Box 7390, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19176.  Your correspondence will be picked up at this address and then delivered to our Service Office.  For requests required to be sent to our Service Office, your request is not considered received by us until it is received at our Service Office. Where this Prospectus refers to the day when we receive a request from you, we mean the day on which that item (or the last thing necessary for us to process that item) arrives in Good Order at our Service Office or via the appropriate telephone number, fax number, or website if the item is a type we accept by

those means. There are two main exceptions: if the request is received (1) on a day that is not a business day or (2) after the close of a business day, then, in each case, we are deemed to have received that item on the next business day.

Valuation Period - The period of time from one determination of the value of the amount invested in a Variable Investment Option to the next. Such determinations are made when the net asset values of the Variable Investment Options are calculated, which would be as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time).

Variable Investment Options - The investment options of the Account. When you choose a Variable Investment Option, we purchase shares of the Fund that corresponds to that option. We hold these shares in the Account.

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To learn more about PruLife® SVUL Protector®

The statement of additional information ("SAI") is legally a part of this prospectus, both of which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, Registration No. 333-215543. The SAI contains additional information about the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account. All of these filings can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the public reference room may be obtained by calling the Commission at (202) 551-8090. The SEC also maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains the PruLife® SVUL Protector® SAI, material incorporated by reference, and other information about us. Copies of these materials can also be obtained, upon payment of duplicating fees, from the SEC’s Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.

You can call us at 1-800-944-8786 to ask us questions, request information about the Contract, and obtain copies of the SAI and personalized illustrations, without charge, or other documents. You can also view the SAI located with the prospectus at www.prudential.com/eprospectus, or request a copy by writing to us at:

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

213 Washington Street

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Investment Company Act of 1940: Registration No. 811-03974

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PART B:

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The date of this statement of additional information and of the related prospectus is May 1, 2018.

Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account (the " Account ")

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

PruLife® SVUL Protector®

SURVIVORSHIP VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACTS

This statement of additional information is not a prospectus. Please review the PruLife® SVUL Protector® prospectus (the “prospectus”), which contains information concerning the Contracts described above. You may obtain a copy of the prospectus without charge by calling us at 1-800-944-8786. You can also view the statement of additional information located with the prospectus at www.prudential.com/eprospectus , or request a copy by writing to us.

The defined terms used in this statement of additional information are as defined in the prospectus.

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

213 Washington Street

Newark, New Jersey 07102

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY	1
Description of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey	1
Control of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey	1
State Regulation	1
Records	1
Services and Third Party Administration Agreements	1
Cyber Security	1
INITIAL PREMIUM PROCESSING	2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OPERATION OF CONTRACTS	3
Legal Considerations Relating to Sex-Distinct Premiums and Benefits	3
Contract's Death Benefit Types	3
How a Type A (Fixed) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary	3
How a Type B (Variable) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary	3
How a Type C (Return of Premium) Contract’s Death Benefit Will Vary	4
Reports to Contract Owners	5
UNDERWRITING PROCEDURES	5
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CHARGES	5
Charges for Increases in Basic Insurance Amount	5
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CONTRACTS IN DEFAULT	5
DISTRIBUTION AND COMPENSATION	5
EXPERTS	7
PERFORMANCE DATA	8
Average Annual Total Return	8
Non-Standard Total Return	8
Money Market Yield	8
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	8

GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY

Description of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("Pruco Life of New Jersey", “us”, “we”, or “our”) is a stock life insurance company founded on September 17, 1982, under the laws of the state of New Jersey. It is licensed to sell life insurance and annuities only in the states of New Jersey and New York.

Control of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

Pruco Life of New Jersey is a, wholly-owned subsidiary of Pruco Life Insurance Company (“Pruco Life”), which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”), a stock life insurance company founded on October 13, 1875, under the laws of the state of New Jersey. Prudential is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential Financial”), a New Jersey insurance holding company for financial services businesses offering wide range of insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services. The principal executive office of each of Prudential and Prudential Financial is Prudential Plaza, 751 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

As Pruco Life of New Jersey’s ultimate parent, Prudential Financial exercises significant influence over the operations and capital structure of Pruco Life of New Jersey, Pruco Life and Prudential. However, neither Prudential Financial, Prudential, Pruco Life, nor any other related company has any legal responsibility to pay amounts that Pruco Life of New Jersey may owe under the Contract. Pruco Life of New Jersey and Pruco Life’s principal executive office is 213 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

State Regulation

Pruco Life of New Jersey is subject to regulation and supervision by the Department of Banking and Insurance of the state of New Jersey, which periodically examines its operations and financial condition. It is also subject to the insurance laws and regulations of all jurisdictions in which it is authorized to do business.

Pruco Life of New Jersey is required to submit annual statements of its operations, including financial statements, to the insurance departments of the various jurisdictions in which it does business to determine solvency and compliance with local insurance laws and regulations.

In addition to the annual statements referred to above, Pruco Life of New Jersey is required to file with New Jersey and other jurisdictions, a separate statement with respect to the operations of all of its variable contract accounts, in a form promulgated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Records

We maintain all records and accounts relating to the Account at our principal executive office . As presently required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder, reports containing such information as may be required under the Act or by any other applicable law or regulation will be sent to you semi-annually at your last address known to us.

Services and Third Party Administration Agreements

P ruco Life of New Jersey and Prudential have entered into a service agreement pursuant to which Prudential furnishes to Pruco Life of New Jersey various services, including preparation, maintenance, and filing of accounts, books, records, and other documents required under federal or state law, and various other accounting, administrative, and legal services, which are customarily performed by the officers and employees of Prudential. Pruco Life of New Jersey reimburses Prudential for its costs in providing such services. Pruco Life of New Jersey has reimbursed Prudential $18,772,784 in 2017, $16,925,435 in 2016, and $14,159,949 in 2015, of which the life business accounted for $7,862,448, $7,037,114, and $5,792,204, respe ctively.

Prudential furnishes Pruco Life of New Jersey the same administrative support services that it provides in the operation of its own business with regard to the payment of death claim proceeds by way of Prudential’s Alliance Account. As soon as the Pruco Life of New Jersey death claim is processed, the beneficiaries are furnished with an information kit that describes the settlement option and a check book on which they may write checks.

Our individual life reinsurance treaties covering PruLife® SVUL Protector® Contracts provide for the reinsurance of a portion of the related mortality risk on a yearly renewable term basis.  Pruco Life of New Jersey or its affiliates retain any such mortality risk that is not ceded under these treaties.

TransCentra, Inc. ("TransCentra") is a billing and payment services provider for Prudential, Pruco Life, and Pruco Life of New Jersey. TransCentra received $1,394,460 in 2017, $1,507,087 in 2016, and $1,620,970 in 2015 from Prudential for services rendered. TransCentra's principal business address is 4855 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, STE 245, Norcross, GA 30092.

Cyber Security

With the increasing use of technology and computer systems in general and, in particular, the internet to conduct necessary business functions, we are susceptible to operational, information security and related risks. These risks, which are often collectively referred to as “cyber security” risks, may include deliberate or malicious attacks, as well as unintentional events and occurrences. These risks are heightened by our offering of products with certain features, including those with automatic asset transfer or re-allocation strategies, and by our employment of complex investment, trading and hedging programs. Cyber security is generally defined as the technology, operations and related protocol surrounding and protecting a user’s computer hardware, network, systems and applications and the data transmitted and stored therewith. These measures ensure the reliability of a user’s systems, as well as the security, availability, integrity, and confidentiality of data assets.

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Deliberate cyber attacks can include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access (including physical break-ins and attempts to fraudulently induce employees, customers or other users of these systems to disclose sensitive information in order to gain access) to computer systems in order to misappropriate and/or disclose sensitive or confidential information; deleting, corrupting or modifying data; and causing operational disruptions. Cyber attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (in order to prevent access to computer networks). In addition to deliberate breaches engineered by external actors, cyber security risks can also result from the conduct of malicious, exploited or careless insiders, whose actions may result in the destruction, release or disclosure of confidential or proprietary information stored on an organization’s systems.

Cyber security failures or breaches that could impact us and our Contract Owners, whether deliberate or unintentional, could arise not only in connection with our own administration of the Contract, but also with entities operating the Contract’s underlying funds and with third-party service providers to us. Cyber security failures originating with any of the entities involved with the offering and administration of the Contract may cause significant disruptions in the business operations related to the Contract. Potential impacts may include, but are not limited to, potential financial losses under the Contract, your inability to conduct transactions under the Contract and/or with respect to an underlying fund, an inability to calculate unit values with respect to the Contract and/or the net asset value (NAV) with respect to an underlying fund, and disclosures of your personal or confidential account information.

In addition to direct impacts to you, cyber security failures of the type described above may result in adverse impacts to us, including regulatory inquiries, regulatory proceedings, regulatory and/or legal and litigation costs, and reputational damage. Costs incurred by us may include reimbursement and other expenses, including the costs of litigation and litigation settlements and additional compliance costs. Considerable expenses also may be incurred by us in enhancing and upgrading computer systems and systems security following a cyber security failure.

The rapid proliferation of technologies, as well as the increased sophistication and activities of organized crime, hackers, terrorists, hostile foreign governments, and others continue to pose new and significant cyber security threats. Although we, our service providers, and the underlying funds offered under the Contract may have established business continuity plans and risk management systems to mitigate cyber security risks, there can be no guarantee or assurance that such plans or systems will be effective, or that all risks that exist, or may develop in the future, have been completely anticipated and identified or can be protected against. Furthermore, we cannot control or assure the efficacy of the cyber security plans and systems implemented by third-party service providers, the underlying funds, and the issuers in which the underlying funds invest.

INITIAL PREMIUM PROCESSING

In general, the invested portion of the minimum initial premium will be placed in the Contract Fund as of the later of the Contract Date and the date we receive the premium in Good Order.

Upon receipt of a request for life insurance from a prospective Contract Owner, Pruco Life of New Jersey will follow certain insurance underwriting (i.e., evaluation of risk) procedures designed to determine whether each proposed insured is insurable. The process may involve such verification procedures as medical examinations and may require that further information be provided by one or both of the proposed insureds before a determination can be made. A Contract cannot be issued, (i.e., physically issued through Pruco Life of New Jersey’s computerized issue system) until this underwriting procedure has been completed.

These processing procedures are designed to provide temporary life insurance coverage to every prospective Contract Owner who pays the minimum initial premium at the time the request for coverage is submitted, subject to the terms of a Limited Insurance Agreement. Since a Contract cannot be issued until after the underwriting process has been completed, we will provide temporary life insurance coverage through use of this Limited Insurance Agreement. This coverage is for the total Death Benefit applied for, up to the maximum described by the Limited Insurance Agreement.

The Contract Date is the date specified in the Contract. This date is used to determine the insurance age of each proposed insured. It represents the first day of the Contract Year and therefore determines the Contract Anniversary and Monthly Dates. It also represents the commencement of the suicide and contestable periods for purposes of the Basic Insurance Amount.

If the minimum initial premium is paid with the application and no medical examination is required, the Contract Date will ordinarily be the date of the application. If a delay is encountered (e.g., if a request for further information is not met promptly), generally, the Contract Date will be 21 days prior to the date on which the Contract is physically issued. If a medical examination is required, the Contract Date will ordinarily be the date the examination is completed, subject to the same qualification as that noted above.

If the premium paid with the application is less than the minimum initial premium, the Contract Date will be determined as described above. The balance of the minimum initial premium amount will be applied as of the later of the Contract Date and the date premiums were received in Good Order.

If no premium is paid with the application, the Contract Date will be the Contract Date stated in the Contract, which will generally be the date the minimum initial premium is received in Good Order from the Contract Owner and the Contract is delivered.

There is one principal variation from the foregoing procedure. If permitted by the insurance laws of the state in which the Contract is issued, the Contract may be backdated up to six months.

In situations where the Contract Date precedes the date that the minimum initial premium is received, charges due prior to the initial premium receipt date will be deducted immediately after the net premium has been applied to the Contract Fund.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OPERATION OF CONTRACTS

Legal Considerations Relating to Sex-Distinct Premiums and Benefits

The Contract generally employs mortality tables that distinguish between males and females. Thus, premiums and benefits differ under Contracts issued on males and females of the same age. However, in those states that have adopted regulations prohibiting sex-distinct insurance rates, premiums and cost of insurance charges will be based on male rates, whether the insureds are male or female. In addition, employers and employee organizations considering purchase of a Contract should consult their legal advisers to determine whether purchase of a Contract based on sex-distinct actuarial tables is consistent with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or other applicable law.

Contract's Death Benefit Types

There are three types of Death Benefit available under the Contract: (1) Type A, a generally fixed Death Benefit; (2) Type B, a variable Death Benefit; and (3) Type C, a return of premium Death Benefit. A Type C (return of premium) Death Benefit generally varies by the amount of premiums paid, a Type B (variable) Death Benefit varies with investment performance, and a Type A (fixed) Death Benefit does not vary unless it must be increased to comply with the Internal Revenue Code's definition of life insurance.

How a Type A (Fixed) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary

Under the Type A (fixed) Contract, the Death Benefit is generally equal to the Basic Insurance Amount, before the reduction of any Contract Debt. If the Contract is kept in-force for several years, depending on how much premium you pay, and/or if investment performance is reasonably favorable, the Contract Fund may grow to the point where we will increase the Death Benefit in order to ensure that the Contract will satisfy the Internal Revenue Code's definition of life insurance.

Assuming no Contract Debt or riders, the Death Benefit of a Type A (fixed) Contract will always be the greater of:

(1) the Basic Insurance Amount; and

(2) the Contract Fund before the deduction of any monthly charges due on that date, multiplied by the younger insured’s Attained Age factor that applies.

A listing of Attained Age factors can be found on your Contract data pages. The latter provision ensures that the Contract will always have a Death Benefit large enough so that the Contract will be treated as life insurance for tax purposes under current law. Before the Contract is issued, the Contract Owner may choose between two methods that we use to determine the tax treatment of the Contract.

The following table illustrates at different ages how the Attained Age factor affects the Death Benefit for different Contract Fund amounts. The table assumes a $1,000,000 Type A Contract was issued when the younger insured was age 35, and there is no Contract Debt.

Type A (Fixed) Death Benefit

If		Then
The younger insured is age	and the Contract Fund is	the Attained Age factor is**	the Contract Fund multiplied by the Attained Age factor is	and the Death Benefit is
40 40 40	$100,000 $200,000 $300,000	7.15 7.15 7.15	715,000 1,430,000 2,145,000	$1,000,000 $1,430,000* $2,145,000*
60 60 60	$300,000 $400,000 $600,000	3.28 3.28 3.28	984,000 1,312,000 1,968,000	$1,000,000 $1,312,000* $1,968,000*
80 80 80	$600,000 $700,000 $800,000	1.58 1.58 1.58	948,000 1,106,000 1,264,000	$1,000,000 $1,106,000* $1,264,000*
*  Note that the Death Benefit has been increased to comply with the Internal Revenue Code’s definition of life insurance. ** Assumes the Contract Owner selected the Cash Value Accumulation Test. These figures are based on the 2017    Commissioner's Standard Ordinary ("CSO") Mortality Tables.

This means, for example, that if the younger insured has reached the age of 60, and the Contract Fund is $600,000, the Death Benefit will be $1,968,000, even though the Basic Insurance Amount is $1,000,000. In this situation, for every $1 increase in the Contract Fund, the Death Benefit will be increased by $3.28. We reserve the right to refuse to accept any premium payment that increases the Death Benefit by more than it increases the Contract Fund. If we exercise this right, in certain situations it may result in the loss of the No-Lapse Guarantee.

How a Type B (Variable) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary

Under the Type B (variable) Contract, while the Contract is in-force, the Death Benefit will never be less than the Basic Insurance Amount, before the reduction of any Contract Debt, but will also vary immediately after it is issued, with the investment results of the selected Variable Investment Options. The Death Benefit may be increased to ensure that the Contract will satisfy the Internal Revenue Code's definition of life insurance.

Assuming no Contract Debt or riders, the Death Benefit of a Type B (variable) Contract will always be the greater of:

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(1) the Basic Insurance Amount plus the Contract Fund before the deduction of any monthly charges due on that date; and

(2) the Contract Fund before the deduction of any monthly charges due on that date, multiplied by the younger insured’s Attained Age factor that applies.

For purposes of computing the Death Benefit, if the Contract Fund is less than zero, we will consider it to be zero. A listing of Attained Age factors can be found on your Contract data pages. The latter provision ensures that the Contract will always have a Death Benefit large enough so that the Contract will be treated as life insurance for tax purposes under current law. Before the Contract is issued, the Contract Owner may choose between two methods that we use to determine the tax treatment of the Contract.

The following table illustrates various Attained Age factors and Contract Funds and the corresponding Death Benefits. The table assumes a $1,000,000 Type B (variable) Contract was issued when the younger insured was age 35, and there is no Contract Debt.

Type B (Variable) Death Benefit

If		Then
The younger insured is age	and the Contract Fund is	the Attained Age factor is**	the Contract Fund multiplied by the Attained Age factor is	and the Death Benefit is
40 40 40	$100,000 $200,000 $300,000	7.15 7.15 7.15	715,000 1,430,000 2,145,000	$1,100,000 $1,430,000* $2,145,000*
60 60 60	$300,000 $400,000 $600,000	3.28 3.28 3.28	984,000 1,312,000 1,968,000	$1,300,000 $1,400,000 $1,968,000*
80 80 80	$600,000 $700,000 $800,000	1.58 1.58 1.58	948,000 1,106,000 1,264,000	$1,600,000 $1,700,000 $1,800,000
*  Note that the Death Benefit has been increased to comply with the Internal Revenue Code’s definition of life insurance. ** Assumes the Contract Owner selected the Cash Value Accumulation Test. These figures are based on the 2017    Commissioner's Standard Ordinary ("CSO") Mortality Tables.

This means, for example, that if the younger insured has reached the age of 60, and the Contract Fund is $600,000, the Death Benefit will be $1,968,000, even though the Basic Insurance Amount plus the Contract Fund is $1,600,000. In this situation, for every $1 increase in the Contract Fund, the Death Benefit will be increased by $3.28. We reserve the right to refuse to accept any premium payment that increases the Death Benefit by more than it increases the Contract Fund. If we exercise this right, in certain situations it may result in the loss of the No-Lapse Guarantee.

How a Type C (Return of Premium) Contract’s Death Benefit Will Vary

Under the Type C (return of premium) Contract, while the Contract is in-force, the Death Benefit will vary by the amount of premiums paid, less any withdrawals. The Death Benefit on a Type C Contract is limited to the Basic Insurance Amount plus an amount equal to: the Contract Fund plus the Type C Limiting Amount multiplied by the Type C Death Benefit Factor, both located in the Contract Limitations section of your Contract. The Death Benefit may be increased to ensure that the Contract will satisfy the Internal Revenue Code’s definition of life insurance. Unlike Type A and Type B Contracts, the Death Benefit of a Type C Contract may be less than the Basic Insurance Amount in the event total withdrawals are greater than total premiums paid.

Assuming no Contract Debt, the Death Benefit of a Type C (return of premium) Contract will always be the lesser of:

(1) the Basic Insurance Amount plus the total premiums paid into the Contract less any withdrawals; and

(2) the Basic Insurance Amount plus the Contract Fund before deduction of any monthly charges due on that date plus the product of the Type C Limiting Amount multiplied by the Type C Death Benefit Factor, both found in the Contract Limitations section of the Contract data pages.

However, if the product of the Contract Fund, before any monthly charges, multiplied by the Attained Age factor is greater than either (1) or (2), described above, then it will become the Death Benefit.

A listing of Attained Age factors can be found on your Contract data pages. The latter provision ensures that the Contract will always have a Death Benefit large enough so that the Contract will be treated as life insurance for tax purposes under current law. Before the Contract is issued, the Contract Owner may choose between two methods that we use to determine the tax treatment of the Contract.

The following table illustrates various Attained Age factors and Contract Funds and the corresponding Death Benefits. The table assumes a $1,000,000 Type C (return of premium) Contract was issued when the younger insured was age 35, and there is no Contract Debt.

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Type C (Return of Premium) Death Benefit

If			Then
The younger insured is age	and the Contract Fund is	and the premium paid less any withdrawals is	the Attained Age factor is**	the Contract Fund multiplied by the Attained Age factor is	and the Death Benefit is
40 40 40	$100,000 $200,000 $300,000	$80,000 $160,000 $270,000	7.15 7.15 7.15	715,000 1,430,000 2,145,000	$1,080,000 $1,430,000* $2,145,000*
60 60 60	$300,000 $400,000 $600,000	$240,000 $320,000 $480,000	3.28 3.28 3.28	984,000 1,312,000 1,968,000	$1,240,000 $1,320,000 $1,968,000*
80 80 80	$600,000 $700,000 $800,000	$480,000 $560,000 $640,000	1.58 1.58 1.58	948,000 1,106,000 1,264,000	$1,480,000 $1,560,000 $1,640,000
* Note that the Death Benefit has been increased to comply with the Internal Revenue Code’s definition of life insurance. ** Assumes the Contract Owner selected the Cash Value Accumulation Test. These figures are based on the 2017    Commissioner's Standard Ordinary ("CSO") Mortality Tables.

This means, for example, that if the younger insured has reached the age of 60, and the Contract Fund is $600,000, the Death Benefit will be $1,968,000, even though the Basic Insurance Amount plus total premiums paid less withdrawals is $1,480,000. In this situation, for every $1 increase in the Contract Fund, the Death Benefit will be increased by $3.28. We reserve the right to refuse to accept any premium payment that increases the Death Benefit by more than it increases the Contract Fund. If we exercise this right, in certain situations it may result in the loss of the No-Lapse Guarantee.

Reports to Contract Owners

Once each year, we will send you a statement that provides certain information pertinent to your Contract. This statement will detail values, transactions made, and specific Contract data that apply only to your particular Contract.

You will also be sent annual and semi-annual reports of the Funds showing the financial condition of the portfolios and the investments held in each portfolio.

UNDERWRITING PROCEDURES

When you express interest in obtaining a Contract from us, you may apply for coverage through either (1) a paper application or (2) our worksheet process. When using the paper application, a registered representative completes a full application and submits it to us to commence the underwriting process. A registered representative may be an agent/broker who is a representative of Pruco Securities, LLC a broker-dealer affiliate of Prudential, or in some cases, a broker-dealer not directly affiliated with Prudential. When using the worksheet process, a registered representative typically collects enough information to start the underwriting process. The remaining information is obtained directly from the proposed insured.

Regardless of the underwriting process followed, once we receive the necessary information, which may include physicians' statements, medical examinations from physicians or paramedical vendors, test results, and other information, we will make a decision regarding our willingness to accept the risk, and the price at which we will accept the risk. We will issue the Contract when the risk has been accepted and priced.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CHARGES

Charges for Increases in Basic Insurance Amount

Increases in the Basic Insurance Amount are not allowed.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CONTRACTS IN DEFAULT

When your Contract is in default, no part of your Contract Fund is available to you. Consequently, you are not able to take any loans, partial withdrawals or surrenders, or make any transfers among the investment options. In addition, during any period in which your Contract is in default, you may not change the way in which subsequent premiums are allocated.

DISTRIBUTION AND COMPENSATION

In an effort to promote the sale of our variable products (which may include the placement of our Contracts on a preferred or recommended company or product list and/or access to a broker-dealer’s registered representatives), we or Pruco Securities may enter into compensation arrangements with certain broker-dealer firms authorized by Pruco Securities to sell the Contract, or branches of such firms, with respect to certain or all registered representatives of such firms under which such firms may receive separate compensation or reimbursement for, among other things, training of sales personnel, marketing and / or administrative and / or other services they provide to us or our affiliates. To the extent permitted by applicable rules, laws, and regulations, Pruco Securities may pay or allow other promotional incentives or payments in the form of cash or non-cash compensation. These arrangements may not be offered to all firms, and the terms of such arrangements may differ between firms. You should note that firms and individual registered

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representatives and branch managers within some firms participating in one of these compensation arrangements might receive greater compensation for selling the Contract than for selling a different Contract that is not eligible for these compensation arrangements.

Pruco Life of New Jersey makes these promotional payments directly to or in sponsorship of the firm (or its affiliated broker/dealers). Examples of arrangements under which such payments may be made currently include, but are not limited to, sponsorships, conferences (national, regional and top producer), speaker fees, promotional items and reimbursements to firms for marketing activities or services paid by the firms and/or their individual representatives. The amount of these payments varies widely because some payments may encompass only a single event, such as a conference, and others have a much broader scope.

The list below provides the names of the firms (or their affiliated broker/dealers) that we are aware of (as of December 31, 2017) that received payment or accrued a payment amount with respect to variable product business during 2017. The least amount paid or accrued and the greatest amount paid or accrued during 2017 were $1.00 and $9,341,154, respectively.

Names of Firms:

1ST GLOBAL CAPITAL CORPORATION, 1ST GLOBAL INS SVS INC, 1ST GLOBAL INSURANCE AGENCY OF MA INC, 3 MARK EQUITIES INC (J CLAY), AGENCY SERVICES OF AR INC, ALLSTATE FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC, AMERIAN GENERAL INS AGCY INC, AMERICAN EXPRESS INS AGENCY OF MA INC, AMERICAN EXPRESS INS AGENCY OF TX, AMERICAN GENERAL INS AGCY INC, AMERICAN INDEPENDENT SECURITIES GROUP LLC, AMERICAN INVESTORS CO, AMERICAN PORTFOLIOS FIN SVCS INC, AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER, AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, AMERITAS INVESTMENT CORP, AON CONSULTING INC, ARLINGTON SECURITIES INC, ARVEST INSURANCE INC, ASSOCIATED SECURITIES CORP, ASSOCIATES DIVERSIFIED BROKERAGE INC, AUSDAL FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC, AVISEN SECURITIES INC, AXA NETWORK LLC, AYCO SERVICES INS AGCY INC (K OSTER), BAIRD INSURANCE SERVICES, BB&T INSURANCE SERVICES, INC, BBVA COMPASS INSURANCE AGENCY INC, BBVA SECURITIES INC, BCG SECURITIES INC, BENEFIT FUNDING SERVICES LLC, BENJAMIN F EDWARDS & COMPANY INC, BERTHEL FISHER & CO FIN SVCS INC, BERTHEL FISHER & COMPANY INSURANCE INC, BROKER DEALER FINANCIAL SERVICES, BROKERS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, BROOKLIGHT PLACE SECURITIES INC, CADARET GRANT & CO INC, CADARET GRANT AND CO INC (B ULLMAN), CADARET GRANT INS AGENCY OF OHIO INC, CALTON & ASSOCIATES INC, CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH INC, CAPITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, CAPITAL INVESTMENT GROUP INC (B LONG), CAPITAL INVESTMENT GROUP INC (J CHRISTIAN), CAPITAL SYNERGY PARTNERS INC, CAROLINAS INVESTMENT CONSULTING LLC, CBIZ BENEFITS & INS SVS INC, CC SERVICES INC, CENTARA CAPITAL SECURITIES INC, CENTAURUS FINANCIAL INC, CENTAURUS TEXAS INC, CENTERRE CAPITAL LLC, CES INSURANCE AGENCY INC, CES INSURANCE AGENCY OF TX INC, CETERA ADVISOR NETWORK LLC, CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS INSURANCE SERVICES LLC, CETERA ADVISORS INSURANCE SERVICES LLC, CETERA FINANCIAL SPECIALIST LLC, CETERA FINANCIAL SPECIALISTS LLC (H POWELL), CETERA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC (K HENDERSHOT), CFD INVESTMENTS INC, CHAPIN DAVIS INSURANCE INC, CHASE INSURANCE AGENCY, CIG RISK MANAGEMENT INC, CITIGROUP LIFE AGENCY LLC, CITIZENS SECURITIES INC, CLARK CONSULTING INC, CLARK SECURITIES INC, CLIENT ONE SECURITIES LLC, CMS INVESTMENT RESOURCES LLC, COLORADO FINANCIAL GROUP INC, COMERICA INSURANCE SERVICES INC, COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK, COMMUNITYAMERICA FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LLC, COMPREHENSIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT, COMPREHENSIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT & SERVICING INC, COMPREHENSIVE BROKERAGE SERVICES INC, COMPREHENSIVE BROKERAGE SVCS (TILCHIN), CONCORDE INSURANCE AGENCY INC, CONCORDE INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC, COORDINATED CAPITAL SECURITIES, CPS FINANCIAL & INSURANCE SERVICES INC, CROWN CAPITAL INS AGENCY OF NV INC, CROWN CAPITAL INSURANCE AGENCY LLC, CROWN CAPITAL SECURITIES LP, CROWN CAPITAL SECURITIES LP (T BURNS), CURTIS INSURANCE LLC (E SEARFOSS), CUSO FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, CUSO FINANCIAL SERVICES LP, CUTTER & COMPANY BROKERAGE INC, DEMPSEY FIN NETWORK INC, DEMPSEY FIN NETWORK INC (B HASTINGS), EDWARD D JONES & CO LP, EDWARD JONES INS AGCY OF CA LLC, EDWARD JONES INS AGCY OF MA LLC, EDWARD JONES INS AGCY OF NM LLC, EDWARD JONES INS AGCY OF OH LLC, ENTERPRISE GENERAL INS AGENCY INC, ENTERPRISE SECURITIES COMPANY, EQUITY SERVICES INC, ESSEX FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, EXECUTIVE INS AGENCY INC, FARMERS FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, FASI OF TX INC, FBL MARKETING SERVICES LLC, FIFTH THIRD INSURANCE AGENCY INC, FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES INC, FINANCIAL PLANNING CONSULTANTS, FINANCIAL TELESIS INC, FINANCIAL WEST GROUP, FINANCIAL WEST INVESTMENT GROUP, FIRST ALLIED SECURITIES, FIRST BROKERAGE AMERICA LLC, FIRST DAKOTA INC, FIRST GLOBAL INSURANCE SVC INC, FIRST HEARTLAND CAPITAL INC, FIRST HEARTLAND CAPITAL INC (D HOFF), FIRST LIBERTIES SECURITIES INC, FIRST STATE FINANCIAL MGMT INC, FNBB CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, FORESTERS EQUITY SERVICES INC, FORTHRIGHT AGENCY OF AZ INC, FORTHRIGHT AGENCY OF NJ INC (J HEALD), FORTHRIGHT AGENCY OF OHIO INC, FORTHRIGHT INS AGENCY OF MA, FORTHRIGHT INSURANCE AGENCY OF MA, FORTUNE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, FORTUNE SECURITIES INC, FOUNDERS FINANCIAL SECURITIES LLC, FSC AGENCY INC, FSC SECURITIES CORP, GENEOS WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC, GIRARD SECURITIES INC, GLOBALINK SECURITIES INC, GRADIENT SECURITIES LLC, GUARDIAN INV SVS CORP, GWN SECURITIES INC, H BECK INC, H D VEST INSURANCE AGENCY LLC, H D VEST INVESTMENT SECURITIES, H&R BLOCK FINANCIAL ADVISORS INC, HANCOCK SECURITIES GROUP LLC, HANTZ AGENCY LLC, HANTZ FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, HARBOR FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC, HARBOUR INVESTMENTS INC, HAZLETT BURT AND WATSON INC, HEARTLAND INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INC, HEREFORD INSURANCE AGENCY INC, HIGHTOWER SECURITIES LLC, HORAN SECURITIES INC, HORNOR TOWNSEND & KENT INC, HORNOR TOWNSEND & KENT INC (J CARMAN), HUNTINGTON INVESTMENT COMPANY, HUNTLEIGH SECURITIES CORP (K JACKSON), HWG INS AGENCY INC, HWG INS AGENCY INC (G HOOD), HWG INS AGENCY INC (J MANLEY), IBN FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, ICC INSURANCE AGENCY INC, ICC SOUTHWEST INS AGENCY INC, IFS SECURITIES INC, IMS INSURANCE AGENCY INC, IMS INSURANCE AGENCY INC (T BADAR), IMS SECURITIES INC, INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP INC, INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP LLC, INFINEX INVESTMENTS INC, INNOVATION PARTNERS LLC, INSIGHT SECURITIES INC, INTERCONTINENTAL AGENCY LLC, INTERLINK SECURITIES CORP, INTERSECURITIES INSURANCE AGENCY INC, INTERVEST INTERNAT'L EQUITIES CORP, INTERVEST INTERNAT'L EQUITIES CORP (W CHERNEKOFF), INTERVEST INTERNATIONAL INC, INVERNESS SECURITIES LLC, INVEST FIN CORP INS AGCY INC OF IL, INVEST FINANCIAL CORP AGENCY OF IL, INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION, INVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION INSURANCE, INVESTACORP INC, INVESTMENT CENTER INC, INVESTMENT PLANNERS INC, INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS INC, INVESTORS SECURITY COMPANY INC, ISI INSURANCE AGENCY INC (R SIMARD), J J B HILLIARD W L LYONS LLC, J W COLE FINANCIAL INC, J.W. COLE INSURANCE SERVICES INC, JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC, JK FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, KCD FINANCIAL INC, KCG SECURITIES LLC, KCL SERVICE COMPANY OF TEXAS, KESTRA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC, KEYCORP INSURANCE AGENCY USA INC, KFG ENTERPRISES INC, KINGSBURY CAPITAL INC, KMS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, KOVACK SECURITIES INC, KOVACK SECURITIES INC (R LANDERS), L M KOHN & CO, LA SALLE STREET SECURITIES INC, LARSON FINANCIAL GROUP LLC, LEADERS GROUP INC, LEGEND EQUITIES CORP, LFA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, LIFEMARK SECURITIES CORP, LIFEMARK SECURITIES CORP (A KALINOWSKI), LINCOLN FINANCIAL ADVISORS CORP, LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP, LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP (A GERSTEN), LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP (C GRAHAM),

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LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP (F PRELLE JR), LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP (G NEMEC), LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP (G RICHARDSON), LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP (J AARON), LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP (J PERRY), LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP (M DOOLEY), LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP (N YAMPOL), LINCOLN FINANCIAL SEC CORP (S VAN WEZEL), LINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING INC, LINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING LLC, LINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING LLC (LEC), LINCOLN NATIONAL INS ASSOC INC, LINSCO PRIVATE LEDGER INS ASSOC INC, LION STREET FINANCIAL LLC, LPA INSURANCE AGENCY INC, LPL FINANCIAL CORPORATION, LPL FINANCIAL LLC, LPL INSURANCE ASSOCIATES, LSY INC DBA AMERICAN INVESTORS CO, M HOLDINGS SECURITIES INC, M-FINANCIAL SECURITIES MARKETING INC, M&T SECURITIES INC, MANNA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, MARINER INSURANCE RESOURCES LLC, MARSH INSURANCE & INVESTMENTS CORP, MCG SECURITIES LLC, MERCAP SECURITIES LLC, MERCER HEALTH & BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION LLC, MERRILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY INC, MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER AND SMITH INC, METLIFE SECURITIES INC, MFAS CORP (B BOEGER), MFAS CORP (B FRANKEN), MIDAMERICA FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, MMC SECURITIES CORP, MML INS AGCY INC (C PATCH), MML INS AGCY INC (D PAJAK), MML INS AGCY INC (F SCRUGGS), MML INS AGCY INC (G KOROGHLIAN), MML INS AGCY INC (H NICHOLS), MML INS AGCY INC (H OK), MML INS AGCY INC (J ABEL), MML INS AGCY INC (J MOODY), MML INS AGCY INC (J PELLICANE), MML INS AGCY INC (J VANGILDER), MML INS AGCY INC (M DAMSKY), MML INS AGCY INC (O BACQUE JR), MML INS AGCY INC (P SPEECE), MML INS AGCY INC (P SULLIVAN), MML INS AGCY INC (T MCDONALD), MML INSURANCE AGENCY INC, MML INVESTORS SERVICES INC, MML INVESTORS SERVICES LLC, MONEY CONCEPTS CAPITAL CORP, MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER INS SVCS INC, MORGAN STANLEY INSURANCE SERVICES, MORGAN STANLEY INSURANCE SERVICES INC, MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY, MSC OF TX INC, MSI FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, MTL EQUITY PRODUCTS INC, MUTUAL TRUST CO OF AMERICA SECURITIES, MWA FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, MWAGIA INC, NATIONAL PLANNING CORP, NETWORK AGENCY INC, NETWORK AGENCY INC (S KLEHR-OTTINGER), NETWORK AGENCY OF OHIO INC, NEW PENFACS INS AGENCY INC, NEWPORT GROUP SECURITIES INC, NEXT FINANCIAL GROUP INC, NEXT FINANCIAL INS AGCY OF TX INC, NFP ADVISOR SERVICES LLC, NFP INSURANCE SVCS. INC, NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL LIMITED, NICOL INVESTORS CORPORATION, NORTHLAND SECURITIES INC, NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVEST SVCS LLC, NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERVICES, NPB FINANCIAL GROUP LLC, NPC INSURANCE AGENCY INC, NYLIFE INSURANCE AGENCY INC, NYLIFE SECURITIES, NYLIFE SECURITIES LLC, NYLINK INSURANCE AGENCY INC, O N EQUITY SALES COMPANY, OBS BROKERAGE SERVICES INC, OFG FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, OHIO NATIONAL INSURANCE AGENCY INC, ONEAMERICA SECURITIES INC, OPPENHEIMER & CO INC, OPPENHEIMER LIFE AGENCY LIMITED, OPPENHEIMER LIFE AGENCY LTD (T LEY), PACKERLAND BROKERAGE SERVICES INC, PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC, PARKLAND SECURITIES LLC, PARTNERS MKTG SVCS OF PA INC, PJ ROBB VARIABLE CORP, PLUS AGENCY LLC, PREFERRED MARKETING SERVICES INC (M ROTHSCHILD), PREFERRED PRODUCT NETWORK INC, PRINCIPAL SECURITIES INC, PRINCOR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES LLC, PRIVATE LEDGER INS AGCY OF OH INC (P CALFEE), PRIVATE LEDGER INSURANCE AGCY, PROEQUITIES INC, PROSPERA FINANCIAL SERVICES, PURSHE KAPLAN STERLING INS INV, PURSHE KAPLAN STERLING INVESTMENT INC, QUEST CAPITAL STRATEGIES INC, QUESTAR AGENCY INC, QUESTAR CAPITAL CORPORATION, RAB AGENCY INC, RAYMOND JAMES AND ASSOCIATES INC, RAYMOND JAMES INSURANCE GROUP INC, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, REGULUS ADVISORS LLC, ROBERT SHOR INSURANCE ASSOCIATES INC, ROBERT W BAIRD & CO INCORPORATED, ROYAL ALLIANCE ASSOCIATES INC, ROYAL ALLIANCE INS AGCY OF MA INC, ROYAL ALLIANCE INS AGCY OF OH INC (L WALLER), ROYAL ALLIANCE INS AGENCY OF TX INC, S B H U LIFE AGENCY INC, SA STONE WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC, SAGEPOINT FINANCIAL INC, SAXONY INSURANCE AGENCY LLC, SAYBRUS EQUITY SERVICES INC, SBHU LIFE AGENCY INC, SBS INSURANCE AGENCY OF FLORIDA INC, SBS INSURANCE AGENCY OF LA INC, SCF SECURITIES INC, SECURIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, SECURIAN FINANCIAL SVS INC (R LEVITZ), SECURITIES AMERICA INC, SECURITIES SERVICE NETWORK INC, SFA INSURANCE SERVICES INC, SIGMA FINANCIAL CORP, SIGMA FINANCIAL CORP (E STINES), SIGNAL SECURITIES INC, SIGNATOR FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, SIGNATOR INSURANCE AGENCY INC, SIGNATOR INVESTORS INC, SII INSURANCE AGENCY INC, SII INVESTMENTS INC, SIMMONS FIRST INS SERVICES INC, SMITH BROWN & GROOVER INC, SORRENTO PACIFIC FINANCIAL LLC, SORRENTO PACIFIC FINANCIAL LLC (P KAPLAN), SOUTHWEST INSURANCE AGENCY INC, SPIRE INSURANCE AGENCY LLC, SSI EQUITY SERVICES INC, SSN AGENCY INC (M GIOKAS), ST BERNARD FINANCIAL SERVICES, STANLEY LAMAN GROUP SECURITIES LLC, STANLEY LAMAN GROUP SECURITIES LLC (W STANLEY), STEPHENS INSURANCE LLC, STERN CAPITAL DE, STERNE AGEE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., STIFEL NICOLAUS & COMPANY INC, SUMMIT BROKERAGE SERVICES, INC., SUMMIT EQUITIES INC, SUNSET FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, SUPERIOR FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, TAYLOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC, TBS AGENCY INC, TBS AGENCY INC (B PLACE), TBS AGENCY INC (B WEINSTEIN), TFS SECURITIES INC, THOROUGHBRED FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC, THRIVENT INSURANCE AGENCY INC, TRADING SERVICES CORP, TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS INC, TRG ADVISORS INC, TRIAD ADVISORS INC, TRIAD INSURANCE INC, TRUSTMONT FINANCIAL GROUP INC, UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES, UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INS AGENCY, UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INS AGENCY INC, UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INS AGENCY INC (J BUTCHER), UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INS AGENCY INC (S KIRSON), UNIONBANC INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC, UNITED PLANNERS FINANCIAL, UNITED PLANNERS FINANCIAL SERVICES, UNITED PLANNERS FINANCIAL SERVICES OF AMERICA, UNIVEST INSURANCE INC, UPFSA INS AGENCY OF AZ INC, UPFSA INSURANCE AGENCY OF AZ INC, US BANCORP INSURANCE SERVICES LLC, US BANCORP INVESTMENTS INC, USA FINANCIAL SECURITIES CORP, USALLIANZ SECURITIES INC, USI SECURITIES INC, VALMARK SECURITIES INC, VALOR INSURANCE AGENCY INC, VANDERBILT SECURITIES LLC, VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS INC, VOYA INSURANCE SOLUTIONS INC, VSR FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, VSR FINANCIAL SERVICES INC OF TEXAS INC, W & R INSURANCE AGENCY INC, W S GRIFFITH SEC INC (R PLYBON), WACHOVIA INSURANCE SERVICES BROKER DEALER INC, WALL STREET FINANCIAL GROUP INC, WELLS FARGO ADVISORS CALIFORNIA INS AGENCY LLC, WELLS FARGO ADVISORS INSURANCE AGENCY, WELLS FARGO ADVISORS LLC, WELLS FARGO WEALTH BROKERAGE INS AGENCY, WESTERN EQUITY GROUP INC, WESTERN INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES INC, WINDHAM FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, WOODBURY FINANCIAL AGENCY OH INC, WOODBURY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, WORLD CAPITAL BROKERAGE INC, WORLD EQUITY GROUP INC, WORTH FINANCIAL GROUP INC, WRP INVESTMENTS INC, 2nd GLOBAL CAPITAL CORPORATION .

Your registered representative can provide you with more information about the compensation arrangements that apply upon the sale of the Contract.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey and its subsidiary as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017, and the financial statements of Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account as of December 31, 2017, and for each of the periods presented, included in this Statement of Additional

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Information have been so included in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

Actuarial matters included in this Statement of Additional Information have been examined by Vy Ho , FSA, Vice President and Actuary of Prudential.

PERFORMANCE DATA

Average Annual Total Return

The Account may advertise average annual total return information calculated according to a formula prescribed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Average annual total return shows the average annual percentage increase, or decrease, in the value of a hypothetical contribution allocated to a Variable Investment Option from the beginning to the end of each specified period of time. The SEC standardized version of this performance information is based on an assumed contribution of $1,000 allocated to a Variable Investment Option at the beginning of each period and full withdrawal of the value of that amount at the end of each specified period. This method of calculating performance further assumes that (i) a $1,000 contribution was allocated to a Variable Investment Option and (ii) no transfers or additional payments were made. Premium taxes are not included in the term “charges” for purposes of this calculation. Average annual total return is calculated by finding the average annual compounded rates of return of a hypothetical contribution that would compare the Unit Value on the first day of a specified period to the ending redeemable value at the end of the period according to the following formula:

P(1+T)ⁿ = ERV

Where T equals average annual total return, where ERV (the ending redeemable value) is the value at the end of the applicable period of a hypothetical contribution of $1,000 made at the beginning of the applicable period, where P equals a hypothetical contribution of $1,000, and where n equals the number of years.

Non-Standard Total Return

In addition to the standardized average annual total return information described above, we may present total return information computed on bases different from that standardized method. The Account may also present aggregate total return figures for various periods, reflecting the cumulative change in value of an investment in the Account for the specified period.

For the periods prior to the date the Variable Investment Options commenced operations, non-standard performance information for the Contracts will be calculated based on the performance of the Funds and the assumption that the Variable Investment Options were in existence for the same periods as those indicated for the Funds, with the level of Contract charges that were in effect at the inception of the Variable Investment Options (this is referred to as “hypothetical performance data”). Standard and non-standard average annual return calculations include the mortality and expense risk charge under the Contract, but do not reflect other life insurance Contract charges (sales, administration, and actual cost of insurance) nor any applicable surrender or lapse charges, which would significantly lower the returns. Information stated for any given period does not indicate or represent future performance.

Money Market Yield

The “total return” figures for the Government Money Market Variable Investment Option are calculated using historical investment returns of the Government Money Market Portfolio of The Prudential Series Fund as if PruLife® SVUL Protector® had been investing in that Variable Investment Option during a specified period. Fees associated with the Series Fund are reflected; however, all fees, expenses, and charges associated with PruLife® SVUL Protector® are not reflected.

The yield is computed by determining the net change, exclusive of capital changes, in the value of a hypothetical pre-existing account having a balance of one accumulation unit of the Government Money Market Variable Investment Option at the beginning of a specified period, subtracting a hypothetical charge reflecting deductions from Contract Owner accounts, and dividing the difference by the value of the Variable Investment Option at the beginning of the base period to obtain the base period return, and then multiplying the base period return by (365/7), with the resulting figure carried to the nearest ten-thousandth of 1%. The effective yield is obtained by taking the base period return, adding 1, raising the sum to a power equal to 365 divided by 7, and subtracting 1 from the result, according to the following formula: Effective Yield ([base period return + 1] ^365/7)-1.

The yields on amounts held in the Government Money Market Variable Investment Option will fluctuate on a daily basis. Therefore, the stated yields for any given period are not an indication of future yields.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements of the Account should be distinguished from the financial statements of Pruco Life of New Jersey, which should be considered only as bearing upon the ability of Pruco Life of New Jersey to meet its obligations under the Contracts.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Government Money Market Portfolio		Prudential Diversified Bond Portfolio		Prudential Equity Portfolio (Class I)		Prudential Flexible Managed Portfolio		Prudential Conservative Balanced Portfolio
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	9,809,371	$	140,695,698	$	231,065,070	$	331,235,868	$	145,844,180
Net Assets	$	9,809,371	$	140,695,698	$	231,065,070	$	331,235,868	$	145,844,180
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	9,809,371	$	140,695,698	$	231,065,070	$	331,235,868	$	145,844,180
	$	9,809,371	$	140,695,698	$	231,065,070	$	331,235,868	$	145,844,180
Units outstanding	5,362,936		43,339,793		15,899,639		26,420,702		15,662,103
Portfolio shares held	980,937		10,707,435		4,484,959		11,085,538		5,367,839
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	10.00	$	13.14	$	51.52	$	29.88	$	27.17
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	9,809,370	$	128,081,686	$	103,349,547	$	176,390,459	$	78,276,910

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Government Money Market Portfolio		Prudential Diversified Bond Portfolio			Prudential Equity Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Flexible Managed Portfolio			Prudential Conservative Balanced Portfolio
	1/1/2017		1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to		to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017		12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	340,252	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	150,849		402,285			1,220,789			1,956,990			884,049
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—		(12,132		)	(141,192		)	(636,942		)	(229,797		)
NET EXPENSES	150,849		390,153			1,079,597			1,320,048			654,252
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	189,403		(390,153		)	(1,079,597		)	(1,320,048		)	(654,252		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	—		—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	—		7,432,199			6,584,124			7,066,227			3,632,829
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	—		2,265,792			42,186,197			36,983,021			12,848,059
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	—		9,697,991			48,770,321			44,049,248			16,480,888
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	189,403	$	9,307,838		$	47,690,724		$	42,729,200		$	15,826,636

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential High Yield Bond Portfolio		Prudential Stock Index Portfolio		Prudential Value Portfolio (Class I)		Prudential Natural Resources Portfolio (Class I)		Prudential Global Portfolio
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	21,078,585	$	79,862,324	$	35,054,233	$	9,373,642	$	17,255,089
Net Assets	$	21,078,585	$	79,862,324	$	35,054,233	$	9,373,642	$	17,255,089
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	21,078,585	$	79,862,324	$	35,054,233	$	9,373,642	$	17,255,089
	$	21,078,585	$	79,862,324	$	35,054,233	$	9,373,642	$	17,255,089
Units outstanding	4,549,484		15,622,353		2,720,141		770,430		4,939,457
Portfolio shares held	4,077,096		1,344,936		1,106,510		349,242		502,624
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	5.17	$	59.38	$	31.68	$	26.84	$	34.33
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	20,398,919	$	51,865,000	$	21,832,820	$	10,624,782	$	10,197,149

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential High Yield Bond Portfolio			Prudential Stock Index Portfolio		Prudential Value Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Natural Resources Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Global Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017		1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to		to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017		12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	108,602,304		$	1,091,473	$	—		$	—		$	—
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	5,149,708			311,167		158,904			50,141			74,323
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—			—		—			—			—
NET EXPENSES	5,149,708			311,167		158,904			50,141			74,323
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	103,452,596			780,306		(158,904		)	(50,141		)	(74,323		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	—			1,365,919		—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	37,858,616			1,901,075		646,896			(245,799		)	335,627
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	(18,824,361		)	9,741,317		4,525,693			169,531			3,114,364
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	19,034,255			13,008,311		5,172,589			(76,268		)	3,449,991
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	122,486,851		$	13,788,617	$	5,013,685		$	(126,409	)	$	3,375,668

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Government Income Portfolio		Prudential Jennison Portfolio (Class I)		Prudential Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio		T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio		Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Institutional Shares)
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	2,721,335	$	51,659,390	$	18,461,905	$	53,050	$	399,307
Net Assets	$	2,721,335	$	51,659,390	$	18,461,905	$	53,050	$	399,307
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	2,721,335	$	51,659,390	$	18,461,905	$	53,050	$	399,307
	$	2,721,335	$	51,659,390	$	18,461,905	$	53,050	$	399,307
Units outstanding	613,013		10,251,942		1,818,459		35,765		234,378
Portfolio shares held	215,637		837,403		479,405		3,058		10,937
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	12.62	$	61.69	$	38.51	$	17.35	$	36.51
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	2,567,356	$	21,306,412	$	9,173,431	$	44,117	$	288,249

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Government Income Portfolio			Prudential Jennison Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio			T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio		Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Institutional Shares)
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017		1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to		to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017		12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	553	$	1,450
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	16,670			215,249			99,131			435		2,254
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—			—			—			—		—
NET EXPENSES	16,670			215,249			99,131			435		2,254
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	(16,670		)	(215,249		)	(99,131		)	118		(804		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			2,037		3,472
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	13,009			1,575,617			777,889			228		3,282
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	69,269			12,501,659			1,404,033			8,811		80,731
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	82,278			14,077,276			2,181,922			11,076		87,485
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	65,608		$	13,862,027		$	2,082,791		$	11,194	$	86,681

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	MFS Growth Series (Initial Class)		American Century VP Value Fund (Class I)		Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)		Prudential SP Small Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)		Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Service Shares)
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	246,108	$	412,201	$	405,218	$	13,407,035	$	1,841,101
Net Assets	$	246,108	$	412,201	$	405,218	$	13,407,035	$	1,841,101
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	246,108	$	412,201	$	405,218	$	13,407,035	$	1,841,101
	$	246,108	$	412,201	$	405,218	$	13,407,035	$	1,841,101
Units outstanding	149,110		107,573		232,846		3,467,379		787,091
Portfolio shares held	5,033		36,771		22,727		509,386		51,600
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	48.90	$	11.21	$	17.83	$	26.32	$	35.68
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	142,100	$	262,296	$	439,957	$	6,859,730	$	1,333,046

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	MFS Growth Series (Initial Class)			American Century VP Value Fund (Class I)		Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)			Prudential SP Small Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)			Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Service Shares)
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017		1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to		to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017		12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	233		$	6,534	$	—		$	—		$	4,194
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	1,975			3,523		3,378			29,803			4,230
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—			—		—			—			—
NET EXPENSES	1,975			3,523		3,378			29,803			4,230
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	(1,742		)	3,011		(3,378		)	(29,803		)	(36		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	8,821			—		36,740			—			16,625
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	1,391			17,880		(8,574		)	473,182			31,397
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	48,040			9,270		44,973			991,993			355,109
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	58,252			27,150		73,139			1,465,175			403,131
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	56,510		$	30,161	$	69,761		$	1,435,372		$	403,095

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio (Class I)		Prudential SP International Growth Portfolio (Class I)		Janus Henderson VIT Overseas Portfolio (Service Shares)		Goldman Sachs VIT Small Cap Equity Insights Fund (Institutional Class)		M Large Cap Growth Fund
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	16,361,450	$	4,692,398	$	620,123	$	104,319	$	107,405
Net Assets	$	16,361,450	$	4,692,398	$	620,123	$	104,319	$	107,405
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	16,361,450	$	4,692,398	$	620,123	$	104,319	$	107,405
	$	16,361,450	$	4,692,398	$	620,123	$	104,319	$	107,405
Units outstanding	4,451,258		2,035,143		69,398		30,263		2,753
Portfolio shares held	1,106,251		583,632		20,173		7,637		3,976
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	14.79	$	8.04	$	30.74	$	13.66	$	27.01
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	9,159,461	$	3,370,663	$	658,603	$	96,341	$	82,457

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential SP International Growth Portfolio (Class I)			Janus Henderson VIT Overseas Portfolio (Service Shares)			Goldman Sachs VIT Small Cap Equity Insights Fund (Institutional Class)			M Large Cap Growth Fund
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	—		$	—		$	8,539		$	549		$	—
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	36,427			11,091			529			194			—
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—			—			—			—			—
NET EXPENSES	36,427			11,091			529			194			—
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	(36,427		)	(11,091		)	8,010			355			—
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			11,237			2,877
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	471,657			57,400			(20,893		)	396			1,088
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	2,568,787			1,172,511			150,787			(1,333		)	25,650
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	3,040,444			1,229,911			129,894			10,300			29,615
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	3,004,017		$	1,218,820		$	137,904		$	10,655		$	29,615

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	M International Equity Fund		M Large Cap Value Fund		AST Cohen & Steers Realty Portfolio		AST J.P. Morgan Strategic Opportunities Portfolio		AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Value Portfolio
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	15,590	$	125,345	$	1,384,597	$	1,430,739	$	797,614
Net Assets	$	15,590	$	125,345	$	1,384,597	$	1,430,739	$	797,614
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	15,590	$	125,345	$	1,384,597	$	1,430,739	$	797,614
	$	15,590	$	125,345	$	1,384,597	$	1,430,739	$	797,614
Units outstanding	748		4,097		55,020		74,528		42,786
Portfolio shares held	1,148		8,998		119,671		74,829		52,683
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	13.58	$	13.93	$	11.57	$	19.12	$	15.14
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	14,569	$	108,442	$	1,084,515	$	1,193,136	$	595,166

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	M International Equity Fund			M Large Cap Value Fund		AST Cohen & Steers Realty Portfolio			AST J.P. Morgan Strategic Opportunities Portfolio			AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Value Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017		1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to		to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017		12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	242		$	1,752	$	—		$	—		$	—
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	—			—		1,264			2,619			727
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—			—		—			—			—
NET EXPENSES	—			—		1,264			2,619			727
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	242			1,752		(1,264		)	(2,619		)	(727		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	—			5,846		—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	(1		)	919		42,800			12,621			11,934
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	2,921			7,841		35,162			132,268			94,346
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	2,920			14,606		77,962			144,889			106,280
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	3,162		$	16,358	$	76,698		$	142,270		$	105,553

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST Small-Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio		AST Small-Cap Value Portfolio		AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio		AST Loomis Sayles Large-Cap Growth Portfolio		AST MFS Growth Portfolio
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	641,513	$	1,221,029	$	1,600,397	$	2,819,752	$	1,054,095
Net Assets	$	641,513	$	1,221,029	$	1,600,397	$	2,819,752	$	1,054,095
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	641,513	$	1,221,029	$	1,600,397	$	2,819,752	$	1,054,095
	$	641,513	$	1,221,029	$	1,600,397	$	2,819,752	$	1,054,095
Units outstanding	22,144		42,818		68,219		114,364		49,577
Portfolio shares held	32,351		42,634		169,713		56,542		44,458
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	19.83	$	28.64	$	9.43	$	49.87	$	23.71
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	410,992	$	807,870	$	1,240,107	$	1,511,047	$	761,593

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST Small-Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio			AST Small-Cap Value Portfolio			AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio			AST Loomis Sayles Large-Cap Growth Portfolio			AST MFS Growth Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	556			1,068			1,484			4,936			1,149
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—			—			—			—			—
NET EXPENSES	556			1,068			1,484			4,936			1,149
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	(556		)	(1,068		)	(1,484		)	(4,936		)	(1,149		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	14,314			36,886			13,846			132,121			12,844
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	121,474			45,279			267,884			549,984			189,604
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	135,788			82,165			281,730			682,105			202,448
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	135,232		$	81,097		$	280,246		$	677,169		$	201,299

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio		AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources Portfolio		AST MFS Global Equity Portfolio		AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio		AST Templeton Global Bond Portfolio
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	600,022	$	1,561,906	$	1,199,436	$	1,299,245	$	608,765
Net Assets	$	600,022	$	1,561,906	$	1,199,436	$	1,299,245	$	608,765
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	600,022	$	1,561,906	$	1,199,436	$	1,299,245	$	608,765
	$	600,022	$	1,561,906	$	1,199,436	$	1,299,245	$	608,765
Units outstanding	45,747		94,363		53,893		77,755		45,915
Portfolio shares held	55,868		67,556		58,452		42,183		55,342
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	10.74	$	23.12	$	20.52	$	30.80	$	11.00
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	588,597	$	1,392,469	$	937,733	$	1,015,007	$	599,331

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio			AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources Portfolio			AST MFS Global Equity Portfolio			AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio			AST Templeton Global Bond Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	650			1,341			1,235			1,221			625
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—			—			—			—			—
NET EXPENSES	650			1,341			1,235			1,221			625
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	(650		)	(1,341		)	(1,235		)	(1,221		)	(625		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	1,394			4,091			35,137			12,148			3,309
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	7,518			138,034			169,873			244,307			3,643
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	8,912			142,125			205,010			256,455			6,952
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	8,262		$	140,784		$	203,775		$	255,234		$	6,327

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	M Capital Appreciation Fund		American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund (Class I)		AST Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value Portfolio		AST Small-Cap Growth Portfolio		The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. (Service Shares)
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	96,764	$	682,597	$	6,284,023	$	4,228,075	$	226,481
Net Assets	$	96,764	$	682,597	$	6,284,023	$	4,228,075	$	226,481
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	96,764	$	682,597	$	6,284,023	$	4,228,075	$	226,481
	$	96,764	$	682,597	$	6,284,023	$	4,228,075	$	226,481
Units outstanding	2,275		24,421		334,221		158,608		10,779
Portfolio shares held	3,097		30,004		211,228		94,992		5,690
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	31.24	$	22.75	$	29.75	$	44.51	$	39.80
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	83,728	$	578,963	$	3,647,286	$	2,268,590	$	212,276

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	M Capital Appreciation Fund		American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund (Class I)		AST Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value Portfolio			AST Small-Cap Growth Portfolio			The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. (Service Shares)
	1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to		to		to			to			to
	12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	—	$	8,574	$	—		$	—		$	1,632
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	—		519		12,439			8,144			206
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—		—		—			—			—
NET EXPENSES	—		519		12,439			8,144			206
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	—		8,055		(12,439		)	(8,144		)	1,426
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	9,985		9,101		—			—			11,563
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	810		6,203		107,466			159,181			340
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	4,303		37,898		892,416			665,889			12,766
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	15,098		53,202		999,882			825,070			24,669
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	15,098	$	61,257	$	987,443		$	816,926		$	26,095

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio (Class I)		JPMorgan Insurance Trust Intrepid Mid-Cap Portfolio		MFS Utilities Series (Initial Class)		Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Socially Responsive Portfolio (Class S)		AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Growth Portfolio
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	2,001,202	$	—	$	1,456,725	$	216,266	$	5,957,938
Net Assets	$	2,001,202	$	—	$	1,456,725	$	216,266	$	5,957,938
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	2,001,202	$	—	$	1,456,725	$	216,266	$	5,957,938
	$	2,001,202	$	—	$	1,456,725	$	216,266	$	5,957,938
Units outstanding	97,170		—		92,372		11,252		208,942
Portfolio shares held	64,162		—		49,381		8,418		171,946
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	31.19	$	—	$	29.50	$	25.69	$	34.65
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	1,296,583	$	—	$	1,467,317	$	188,347	$	3,156,831

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio (Class I)			JPMorgan Insurance Trust Intrepid Mid-Cap Portfolio			MFS Utilities Series (Initial Class)			Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Socially Responsive Portfolio (Class S)		AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Growth Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017		1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to		to
	12/31/2017			5/19/2017*			12/31/2017			12/31/2017		12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	—		$	—		$	54,413		$	700	$	—
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	1,967			100			1,396			230		10,977
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—			—			—			—		—
NET EXPENSES	1,967			100			1,396			230		10,977
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	(1,967		)	(100		)	53,017			470		(10,977		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			7,518		—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	77,696			891			(1,809		)	722		210,010
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	393,216			11,260			101,130			22,903		1,359,736
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	470,912			12,151			99,321			31,143		1,569,746
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	468,945		$	12,051		$	152,338		$	31,613	$	1,558,769

* Date subaccount was no longer available for investment.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST BlackRock/Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio		AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio		AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio		AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio		AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	9,391,627	$	4,978,307	$	11,617,742	$	30,036,070	$	6,252,774
Net Assets	$	9,391,627	$	4,978,307	$	11,617,742	$	30,036,070	$	6,252,774
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	9,391,627	$	4,978,307	$	11,617,742	$	30,036,070	$	6,252,774
	$	9,391,627	$	4,978,307	$	11,617,742	$	30,036,070	$	6,252,774
Units outstanding	728,471		206,353		615,812		1,571,640		384,728
Portfolio shares held	688,536		169,966		763,823		1,664,971		385,974
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	13.64	$	29.29	$	15.21	$	18.04	$	16.20
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	8,414,024	$	3,956,931	$	7,631,160	$	20,733,057	$	4,773,564

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST BlackRock/Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio			AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio			AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio			AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio			AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	21,111			10,920			20,103			58,496			16,417
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—			—			—			—			—
NET EXPENSES	21,111			10,920			20,103			58,496			16,417
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	(21,111		)	(10,920		)	(20,103		)	(58,496		)	(16,417		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	42,729			73,264			442,160			544,803			168,572
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	342,578			549,382			994,285			3,271,920			416,145
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	385,307			622,646			1,436,445			3,816,723			584,717
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	364,196		$	611,726		$	1,416,342		$	3,758,227		$	568,300

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST FI Pyramis Quantitative Portfolio		AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio		AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio		AST Schroders Global Tactical Portfolio		AST RCM World Trends Portfolio
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	800,120	$	6,502,781	$	1,762,479	$	—	$	984,336
Net Assets	$	800,120	$	6,502,781	$	1,762,479	$	—	$	984,336
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	800,120	$	6,502,781	$	1,762,479	$	—	$	984,336
	$	800,120	$	6,502,781	$	1,762,479	$	—	$	984,336
Units outstanding	36,195		261,193		70,305		—		47,303
Portfolio shares held	53,880		391,970		93,451		—		67,053
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	14.85	$	16.59	$	18.86	$	—	$	14.68
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	661,532	$	5,513,789	$	1,361,313	$	—	$	784,452

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST FI Pyramis Quantitative Portfolio			AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio			AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio			AST Schroders Global Tactical Portfolio			AST RCM World Trends Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			4/28/2017*			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	1,767			12,118			3,898			1,852			2,237
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—			—			—			—			—
NET EXPENSES	1,767			12,118			3,898			1,852			2,237
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	(1,767		)	(12,118		)	(3,898		)	(1,852		)	(2,237		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	13,918			39,944			23,478			353,539			18,502
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	92,725			681,374			220,032			(252,043		)	115,722
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	106,643			721,318			243,510			101,496			134,224
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	104,876		$	709,200		$	239,612		$	99,644		$	131,987

* Date subaccount was no longer available for investment.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio (Service Shares)		AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio		TOPS Aggressive Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Conservative ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	132,260	$	40,070,587	$	974,444	$	210,471	$	90,687
Net Assets	$	132,260	$	40,070,587	$	974,444	$	210,471	$	90,687
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	132,260	$	40,070,587	$	974,444	$	210,471	$	90,687
	$	132,260	$	40,070,587	$	974,444	$	210,471	$	90,687
Units outstanding	6,456		2,877,968		52,757		14,421		7,829
Portfolio shares held	5,891		2,858,102		65,752		17,294		7,653
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	22.45	$	14.02	$	14.82	$	12.17	$	11.85
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	108,523	$	30,825,703	$	832,397	$	194,709	$	87,217

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio (Service Shares)		AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio			TOPS Aggressive Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Conservative ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
	1/1/2017		1/1/2017			1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017
	to		to			to		to		to
	12/31/2017		12/31/2017			12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	804	$	—		$	11,230	$	2,389	$	402
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	124		67,690			922		174		88
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—		—			—		—		—
NET EXPENSES	124		67,690			922		174		88
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	680		(67,690		)	10,308		2,215		314
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	1,475		—			8,118		1,679		—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	1,017		528,895			9,703		1,262		600
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	13,158		3,916,903			112,310		11,595		2,495
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	15,650		4,445,798			130,131		14,536		3,095
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	16,330	$	4,378,108		$	140,439	$	16,751	$	3,409

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	TOPS Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Managed Risk Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Managed Risk Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Managed Risk Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	522,551	$	698,015	$	261,653	$	831,123	$	924,939
Net Assets	$	522,551	$	698,015	$	261,653	$	831,123	$	924,939
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	522,551	$	698,015	$	261,653	$	831,123	$	924,939
	$	522,551	$	698,015	$	261,653	$	831,123	$	924,939
Units outstanding	35,063		55,491		19,621		58,716		65,866
Portfolio shares held	34,583		58,216		21,482		66,015		73,060
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	15.11	$	11.99	$	12.18	$	12.59	$	12.66
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	455,023	$	596,253	$	242,530	$	745,401	$	831,914

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	TOPS Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Managed Risk Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Managed Risk Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)		TOPS Managed Risk Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
	1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017
	to		to		to		to		to
	12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	5,795	$	7,913	$	3,637	$	11,679	$	13,826
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	715		1,298		579		1,655		2,068
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—		—		—		—		—
NET EXPENSES	715		1,298		579		1,655		2,068
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	5,080		6,615		3,058		10,024		11,758
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	3,572		1,967		371		—		—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	3,301		4,954		1,704		3,047		3,412
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	52,913		63,145		18,388		97,383		92,619
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	59,786		70,066		20,463		100,430		96,031
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	64,866	$	76,681	$	23,521	$	110,454	$	107,789

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	American Funds IS Growth Fund (Class 2)		American Funds IS Growth-Income Fund (Class 2)		Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio (Service Class 2)		Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (Service Class 2)		Templeton Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	711,000	$	1,039,708	$	537,070	$	680,899	$	60,014
Net Assets	$	711,000	$	1,039,708	$	537,070	$	680,899	$	60,014
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	711,000	$	1,039,708	$	537,070	$	680,899	$	60,014
	$	711,000	$	1,039,708	$	537,070	$	680,899	$	60,014
Units outstanding	46,447		67,456		37,886		49,851		4,893
Portfolio shares held	9,192		20,915		14,496		18,018		3,758
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	77.35	$	49.71	$	37.05	$	37.79	$	15.97
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	659,715	$	973,099	$	499,387	$	593,114	$	53,645

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	American Funds IS Growth Fund (Class 2)		American Funds IS Growth-Income Fund (Class 2)		Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio (Service Class 2)		Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (Service Class 2)		Templeton Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)
	1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017
	to		to		to		to		to
	12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	2,830	$	11,825	$	2,764	$	2,793	$	693
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	753		1,537		411		862		57
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—		—		—		—		—
NET EXPENSES	753		1,537		411		862		57
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	2,077		10,288		2,353		1,931		636
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	38,604		48,405		14,718		20,588		—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	2,321		1,719		1,774		5,636		349
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	57,158		89,060		34,381		64,219		6,195
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	98,083		139,184		50,873		90,443		6,544
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	100,160	$	149,472	$	53,226	$	92,374	$	7,180

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund (Class IB)		Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund (Class IB)		Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund (Class IB)		American Funds IS International Fund (Class 2)		Franklin Income VIP Fund (Class 2)
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	17,447	$	79,555	$	392,192	$	485,263	$	277,644
Net Assets	$	17,447	$	79,555	$	392,192	$	485,263	$	277,644
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	17,447	$	79,555	$	392,192	$	485,263	$	277,644
	$	17,447	$	79,555	$	392,192	$	485,263	$	277,644
Units outstanding	1,162		4,591		23,949		37,664		22,564
Portfolio shares held	367		5,210		16,444		22,435		17,170
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	47.48	$	15.27	$	23.85	$	21.63	$	16.17
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	16,732	$	78,966	$	374,756	$	448,803	$	262,403

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund (Class IB)		Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund (Class IB)		Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund (Class IB)		American Funds IS International Fund (Class 2)		Franklin Income VIP Fund (Class 2)
	1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017
	to		to		to		to		to
	12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	149	$	503	$	4,997	$	4,465	$	9,193
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	17		70		221		335		282
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—		—		—		—		—
NET EXPENSES	17		70		221		335		282
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	132		433		4,776		4,130		8,911
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	953		7,543		13,992		1,631		—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	383		14		471		1,372		880
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	1,766		5,809		20,987		40,104		8,612
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	3,102		13,366		35,450		43,107		9,492
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	3,234	$	13,799	$	40,226	$	47,237	$	18,403

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund (Class 2)		MFS Total Return Bond Series (Initial Class)		MFS Value Series (Initial Class)		Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund (Class IB)		American Funds IS Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund (Class 2)
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	79,957	$	550,538	$	336,021	$	308,135	$	337,247
Net Assets	$	79,957	$	550,538	$	336,021	$	308,135	$	337,247
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	79,957	$	550,538	$	336,021	$	308,135	$	337,247
	$	79,957	$	550,538	$	336,021	$	308,135	$	337,247
Units outstanding	6,640		50,325		23,923		17,615		22,734
Portfolio shares held	3,927		41,644		16,062		8,348		22,787
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	20.36	$	13.22	$	20.92	$	36.91	$	14.80
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	78,560	$	555,278	$	313,189	$	275,109	$	313,431

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund (Class 2)		MFS Total Return Bond Series (Initial Class)			MFS Value Series (Initial Class)		Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund (Class IB)			American Funds IS Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund (Class 2)
	1/1/2017		1/1/2017			1/1/2017		1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to		to			to		to			to
	12/31/2017		12/31/2017			12/31/2017		12/31/2017			12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	1,652	$	16,290		$	5,221	$	—		$	6,010
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	136		864			472		228			671
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—		—			—		—			—
NET EXPENSES	136		864			472		228			671
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	1,516		15,426			4,749		(228		)	5,339
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	2,995		—			10,684		3,249			9,900
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	552		(229		)	823		1,153			398
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	98		2,534			24,333		51,462			28,036
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	3,645		2,305			35,840		55,864			38,334
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	5,161	$	17,731		$	40,589	$	55,636		$	43,673

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS

December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio (Service Class 2)		Invesco V.I. Growth and Income Fund (Series I)		AST International Value Portfolio
ASSETS
Investment in the portfolios, at fair value	$	966,642	$	374,095	$	5,093,331
Net Assets	$	966,642	$	374,095	$	5,093,331
NET ASSETS, representing:
Accumulation units	$	966,642	$	374,095	$	5,093,331
	$	966,642	$	374,095	$	5,093,331
Units outstanding	64,421		26,398		452,680
Portfolio shares held	3,610		16,480		238,899
Portfolio net asset value per share	$	267.78	$	22.70	$	21.32
Investment in portfolio shares, at cost	$	829,519	$	356,864	$	4,461,841

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio (Service Class 2)		Invesco V.I. Growth and Income Fund (Series I)		AST International Value Portfolio
	1/1/2017		1/1/2017		1/1/2017
	to		to		to
	12/31/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2017
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income	$	13,171	$	4,197	$	—
EXPENSES
Charges for mortality and expense risk, and
for administration	1,776		679		15,463
Reimbursement for excess expenses	—		—		—
NET EXPENSES	1,776		679		15,463
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)	11,395		3,518		(15,463		)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received	2,079		11,531		—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	22,338		142		8,551
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	103,643		22,675		931,375
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS	128,060		34,348		939,926
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	$	139,455	$	37,866	$	924,463

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Government Money Market Portfolio			Prudential Diversified Bond Portfolio			Prudential Equity Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Flexible Managed Portfolio			Prudential Conservative Balanced Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	189,403		$	(390,153	)	$	(1,079,597	)	$	(1,320,048	)	$	(654,252	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	—			7,432,199			6,584,124			7,066,227			3,632,829
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	—			2,265,792			42,186,197			36,983,021			12,848,059
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	189,403			9,307,838			47,690,724			42,729,200			15,826,636
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	21,599,333			1,728,689			4,291,894			7,263,842			3,700,789
Policy loans	(99,155		)	(680,037		)	(3,026,182		)	(3,562,360		)	(1,471,143		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	152,620			475,417			3,022,502			4,537,460			1,711,556
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(16,216,609		)	(59,900,650		)	(7,252,262		)	(8,946,365		)	(3,722,357		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	(62,089,177		)	49,109,736			(3,988,885		)	(6,562,389		)	(4,043,585		)
Miscellaneous transactions	16,511			(78,325		)	(44,516		)	(40,199		)	(23,673		)
Other charges	(1,964,321		)	(2,505,753		)	(3,928,637		)	(6,324,596		)	(3,131,791		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	(58,600,798		)	(11,850,923		)	(10,926,086		)	(13,634,607		)	(6,980,204		)
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	(58,411,395		)	(2,543,085		)	36,764,638			29,094,593			8,846,432
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	68,220,766			143,238,783			194,300,432			302,141,275			136,997,748
End of period	$	9,809,371		$	140,695,698		$	231,065,070		$	331,235,868		$	145,844,180
Beginning units	50,696,502			47,359,592			16,654,913			27,602,092			16,462,100
Units issued	8,999,770			17,721,568			297,760			140,247			86,470
Units redeemed	(54,333,336		)	(21,741,367		)	(1,053,034		)	(1,321,637		)	(886,467		)
Ending units	5,362,936			43,339,793			15,899,639			26,420,702			15,662,103

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential High Yield Bond Portfolio			Prudential Stock Index Portfolio			Prudential Value Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Natural Resources Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Global Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	103,452,596		$	780,306		$	(158,904	)	$	(50,141	)	$	(74,323	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			1,365,919			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	37,858,616			1,901,075			646,896			(245,799		)	335,627
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	(18,824,361		)	9,741,317			4,525,693			169,531			3,114,364
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	122,486,851			13,788,617			5,013,685			(126,409		)	3,375,668
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	980,341			2,783,146			989,424			455,764			606,822
Policy loans	(274,059		)	(1,011,542		)	(410,456		)	(108,355		)	(268,187		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	192,362			986,407			321,335			229,016			229,883
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(2,265,123		)	(2,234,900		)	(907,366		)	(427,252		)	(550,742		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	(1,793,779,660		)	3,730,278			(422,707		)	(512,830		)	213,545
Miscellaneous transactions	(201,760		)	(1,902		)	(6,249		)	3,062			(1,407		)
Other charges	(15,503,635		)	(1,757,824		)	(735,855		)	(277,438		)	(375,260		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	(1,810,851,534		)	2,493,663			(1,171,874		)	(638,033		)	(145,346		)
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	(1,688,364,683		)	16,282,280			3,841,811			(764,442		)	3,230,322
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	1,709,443,268			63,580,044			31,212,422			10,138,084			14,024,767
End of period	$	21,078,585		$	79,862,324		$	35,054,233		$	9,373,642		$	17,255,089
Beginning units	503,610,341			15,429,701			2,864,944			814,914			5,014,410
Units issued	215,130			5,055,434			51,399			48,809			236,471
Units redeemed	(499,275,987		)	(4,862,782		)	(196,202		)	(93,293		)	(311,424		)
Ending units	4,549,484			15,622,353			2,720,141			770,430			4,939,457

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Government Income Portfolio			Prudential Jennison Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio			T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio			Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Institutional Shares)
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(16,670	)	$	(215,249	)	$	(99,131	)	$	118		$	(804	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			2,037			3,472
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	13,009			1,575,617			777,889			228			3,282
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	69,269			12,501,659			1,404,033			8,811			80,731
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	65,608			13,862,027			2,082,791			11,194			86,681
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	105,767			1,624,332			450,664			1,216			2,202
Policy loans	(64,278		)	(850,365		)	(224,812		)	—			—
Policy loan repayments and interest	37,782			729,428			306,284			—			—
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(70,016		)	(1,665,413		)	(721,120		)	—			(3,554		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	(128,870		)	(51,056		)	(348,363		)	—			—
Miscellaneous transactions	35			(8,600		)	(5,485		)	—			(27		)
Other charges	(74,373		)	(1,062,106		)	(336,100		)	(1,284		)	(9,543		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	(193,953		)	(1,283,780		)	(878,932		)	(68		)	(10,922		)
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	(128,345		)	12,578,247			1,203,859			11,126			75,759
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	2,849,680			39,081,143			17,258,046			41,924			323,548
End of period	$	2,721,335		$	51,659,390		$	18,461,905		$	53,050		$	399,307
Beginning units	656,856			10,549,377			1,931,652			35,824			241,582
Units issued	13,035			349,365			53,612			806			1,242
Units redeemed	(56,878		)	(646,800		)	(166,805		)	(865		)	(8,446		)
Ending units	613,013			10,251,942			1,818,459			35,765			234,378

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	MFS Growth Series (Initial Class)			American Century VP Value Fund (Class I)			Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)			Prudential SP Small Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)			Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Service Shares)
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(1,742	)	$	3,011		$	(3,378	)	$	(29,803	)	$	(36	)
Capital gains distributions received	8,821			—			36,740			—			16,625
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	1,391			17,880			(8,574		)	473,182			31,397
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	48,040			9,270			44,973			991,993			355,109
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	56,510			30,161			69,761			1,435,372			403,095
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	2,093			1,767			4,655			896,764			104,363
Policy loans	(655		)	—			—			(337,654		)	(97,268		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	635			—			—			126,598			16,491
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	—			(41,514		)	(38,927		)	(665,125		)	(58,552		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	22,705			—			—			145,165			(5,894		)
Miscellaneous transactions	—			(32		)	(157		)	601			309
Other charges	(1,398		)	(9,139		)	(7,101		)	(478,541		)	(45,910		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	23,380			(48,918		)	(41,530		)	(312,192		)	(86,461		)
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	79,890			(18,757		)	28,231			1,123,180			316,634
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	166,218			430,958			376,987			12,283,855			1,524,467
End of period	$	246,108		$	412,201		$	405,218		$	13,407,035		$	1,841,101
Beginning units	131,150			121,217			260,631			3,583,343			829,254
Units issued	19,229			425			3,007			166,101			32,693
Units redeemed	(1,269		)	(14,069		)	(30,792		)	(282,065		)	(74,856		)
Ending units	149,110			107,573			232,846			3,467,379			787,091

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential SP International Growth Portfolio (Class I)			Janus Henderson VIT Overseas Portfolio (Service Shares)			Goldman Sachs VIT Small Cap Equity Insights Fund (Institutional Class)			M Large Cap Growth Fund
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(36,427	)	$	(11,091	)	$	8,010		$	355		$	—
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			11,237			2,877
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	471,657			57,400			(20,893		)	396			1,088
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	2,568,787			1,172,511			150,787			(1,333		)	25,650
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	3,004,017			1,218,820			137,904			10,655			29,615
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	933,905			408,005			101,575			1,468			8,613
Policy loans	(336,635		)	(119,148		)	(4,801		)	—			—
Policy loan repayments and interest	112,693			32,534			4,524			—			—
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(707,779		)	(79,427		)	(26,103		)	(2,174		)	—
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	226,458			(15,857		)	(16,321		)	—			—
Miscellaneous transactions	(1,026		)	(750		)	(47		)	(70		)	—
Other charges	(497,085		)	(179,850		)	(43,618		)	(1,199		)	(6,761		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	(269,469		)	45,507			15,209			(1,975		)	1,852
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	2,734,548			1,264,327			153,113			8,680			31,467
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	13,626,902			3,428,071			467,010			95,639			75,938
End of period	$	16,361,450		$	4,692,398		$	620,123		$	104,319		$	107,405
Beginning units	4,558,098			2,020,877			68,293			30,892			2,705
Units issued	231,067			172,095			11,946			468			246
Units redeemed	(337,907		)	(157,829		)	(10,841		)	(1,097		)	(198		)
Ending units	4,451,258			2,035,143			69,398			30,263			2,753

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	M International Equity Fund			M Large Cap Value Fund			AST Cohen & Steers Realty Portfolio			AST J.P. Morgan Strategic Opportunities Portfolio			AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Value Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	242		$	1,752		$	(1,264	)	$	(2,619	)	$	(727	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			5,846			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	(1		)	919			42,800			12,621			11,934
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	2,921			7,841			35,162			132,268			94,346
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	3,162			16,358			76,698			142,270			105,553
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	—			12,059			275,849			347,194			120,621
Policy loans	—			—			(37,512		)	(26,439		)	(23,186		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	—			—			6,506			5,855			6,864
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	—			—			(43,374		)	(28,307		)	(19,102		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	—			—			60,406			27,792			58,796
Miscellaneous transactions	—			—			6,661			2			19
Other charges	(1,140		)	(7,408		)	(86,231		)	(170,022		)	(43,151		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	(1,140		)	4,651			182,305			156,075			100,861
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	2,022			21,009			259,003			298,345			206,414
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	13,568			104,336			1,125,594			1,132,394			591,200
End of period	$	15,590		$	125,345		$	1,384,597		$	1,430,739		$	797,614
Beginning units	807			3,921			47,474			66,019			36,080
Units issued	—			441			14,557			13,679			10,167
Units redeemed	(59		)	(265		)	(7,011		)	(5,170		)	(3,461		)
Ending units	748			4,097			55,020			74,528			42,786

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST Small-Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio			AST Small-Cap Value Portfolio			AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio			AST Loomis Sayles Large-Cap Growth Portfolio			AST MFS Growth Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(556	)	$	(1,068	)	$	(1,484	)	$	(4,936	)	$	(1,149	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	14,314			36,886			13,846			132,121			12,844
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	121,474			45,279			267,884			549,984			189,604
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	135,232			81,097			280,246			677,169			201,299
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	109,175			227,239			330,666			252,679			228,131
Policy loans	(16,590		)	(29,152		)	(28,574		)	(61,393		)	(10,760		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	3,447			8,591			5,422			13,304			585
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(17,817		)	(23,791		)	(21,717		)	(163,541		)	(8,119		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	6,074			45,360			289,442			188,111			162,745
Miscellaneous transactions	(6		)	8,836			48			(45		)	(62		)
Other charges	(54,108		)	(79,234		)	(136,668		)	(124,175		)	(99,100		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	30,175			157,849			438,619			104,940			273,420
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	165,407			238,946			718,865			782,109			474,719
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	476,106			982,083			881,532			2,037,643			579,376
End of period	$	641,513		$	1,221,029		$	1,600,397		$	2,819,752		$	1,054,095
Beginning units	20,964			36,932			42,716			106,189			32,577
Units issued	3,179			9,954			29,089			21,307			19,975
Units redeemed	(1,999		)	(4,068		)	(3,586		)	(13,132		)	(2,975		)
Ending units	22,144			42,818			68,219			114,364			49,577

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio			AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources Portfolio			AST MFS Global Equity Portfolio			AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio			AST Templeton Global Bond Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(650	)	$	(1,341	)	$	(1,235	)	$	(1,221	)	$	(625	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	1,394			4,091			35,137			12,148			3,309
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	7,518			138,034			169,873			244,307			3,643
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	8,262			140,784			203,775			255,234			6,327
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	107,022			259,019			220,762			221,286			96,118
Policy loans	(5,589		)	(60,983		)	(77,965		)	(29,022		)	(19,213		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	1,208			12,515			6,931			5,892			2,550
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(39,625		)	(76,735		)	(57,556		)	(19,758		)	(6,694		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	64,916			78,735			176,428			154,195			168,344
Miscellaneous transactions	28			206			(264		)	(10		)	(39		)
Other charges	(52,459		)	(96,431		)	(86,093		)	(72,843		)	(40,821		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	75,501			116,326			182,243			259,740			200,245
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	83,763			257,110			386,018			514,974			206,572
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	516,259			1,304,796			813,418			784,271			402,193
End of period	$	600,022		$	1,561,906		$	1,199,436		$	1,299,245		$	608,765
Beginning units	39,488			86,867			41,589			59,498			31,320
Units issued	16,456			19,020			19,434			23,471			21,709
Units redeemed	(10,197		)	(11,524		)	(7,130		)	(5,214		)	(7,114		)
Ending units	45,747			94,363			53,893			77,755			45,915

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	M Capital Appreciation Fund			American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund (Class I)			AST Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value Portfolio			AST Small-Cap Growth Portfolio			The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. (Service Shares)
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	—		$	8,055		$	(12,439	)	$	(8,144	)	$	1,426
Capital gains distributions received	9,985			9,101			—			—			11,563
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	810			6,203			107,466			159,181			340
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	4,303			37,898			892,416			665,889			12,766
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	15,098			61,257			987,443			816,926			26,095
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	8,614			129,545			475,324			301,635			59,053
Policy loans	—			(17,297		)	(116,972		)	(63,057		)	(422		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	—			1,172			53,776			25,555			2,444
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	—			(1,417		)	(130,715		)	(113,135		)	(139		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	—			133,194			161,133			(40,994		)	1,201
Miscellaneous transactions	—			(14		)	319			(674		)	—
Other charges	(4,763		)	(49,218		)	(243,924		)	(164,016		)	(22,674		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	3,851			195,965			198,941			(54,686		)	39,463
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	18,949			257,222			1,186,384			762,240			65,558
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	77,815			425,375			5,097,639			3,465,835			160,923
End of period	$	96,764		$	682,597		$	6,284,023		$	4,228,075		$	226,481
Beginning units	2,177			16,981			320,261			160,916			8,740
Units issued	220			9,143			30,388			12,904			2,686
Units redeemed	(122		)	(1,703		)	(16,428		)	(15,212		)	(647		)
Ending units	2,275			24,421			334,221			158,608			10,779

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio (Class I)			JPMorgan Insurance Trust Intrepid Mid-Cap Portfolio			MFS Utilities Series (Initial Class)			Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Socially Responsive Portfolio (Class S)			AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Growth Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			5/19/2017*			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(1,967	)	$	(100	)	$	53,017		$	470		$	(10,977	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			7,518			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	77,696			891			(1,809		)	722			210,010
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	393,216			11,260			101,130			22,903			1,359,736
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	468,945			12,051			152,338			31,613			1,558,769
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	300,188			27,368			250,626			16,475			593,106
Policy loans	(122,011		)	(2,909		)	(40,704		)	(550		)	(127,214		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	8,646			2,360			1,765			179			31,515
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(60,179		)	—			(24,782		)	(66		)	(171,938		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	(38,096		)	(262,605		)	244,108			9,137			342,028
Miscellaneous transactions	(472		)	(100		)	(61		)	60			(897		)
Other charges	(149,871		)	(12,321		)	(115,738		)	(9,855		)	(290,483		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	(61,795		)	(248,207		)	315,214			15,380			376,117
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	407,150			(236,156		)	467,552			46,993			1,934,886
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	1,594,052			236,156			989,173			169,273			4,023,052
End of period	$	2,001,202		$	—		$	1,456,725		$	216,266		$	5,957,938
Beginning units	99,606			11,844			68,598			10,205			187,188
Units issued	11,823			1,173			30,888			1,539			39,545
Units redeemed	(14,259		)	(13,017		)	(7,114		)	(492		)	(17,791		)
Ending units	97,170			—			92,372			11,252			208,942

* Date subaccount was no longer available for investment.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST BlackRock/Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio			AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio			AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio			AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio			AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(21,111	)	$	(10,920	)	$	(20,103	)	$	(58,496	)	$	(16,417	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	42,729			73,264			442,160			544,803			168,572
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	342,578			549,382			994,285			3,271,920			416,145
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	364,196			611,726			1,416,342			3,758,227			568,300
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	776,575			1,018,729			1,160,046			3,505,277			656,931
Policy loans	(132,646		)	(198,343		)	(269,622		)	(900,985		)	(221,568		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	80,696			8,240			98,724			219,679			32,276
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(265,425		)	(44,132		)	(1,014,367		)	(986,455		)	(414,341		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	169,394			236,195			(14,249		)	719,374			36,152
Miscellaneous transactions	65			(570		)	243			(295		)	322
Other charges	(396,673		)	(515,746		)	(461,199		)	(1,620,746		)	(373,124		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	231,986			504,373			(500,424		)	935,849			(283,352		)
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	596,182			1,116,099			915,918			4,694,076			284,948
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	8,795,445			3,862,208			10,701,824			25,341,994			5,967,826
End of period	$	9,391,627		$	4,978,307		$	11,617,742		$	30,036,070		$	6,252,774
Beginning units	709,955			184,295			643,498			1,520,462			403,201
Units issued	53,503			39,293			45,616			166,023			33,600
Units redeemed	(34,987		)	(17,235		)	(73,302		)	(114,845		)	(52,073		)
Ending units	728,471			206,353			615,812			1,571,640			384,728

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST FI Pyramis Quantitative Portfolio			AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio			AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio			AST Schroders Global Tactical Portfolio			AST RCM World Trends Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			4/28/2017*			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(1,767	)	$	(12,118	)	$	(3,898	)	$	(1,852	)	$	(2,237	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	13,918			39,944			23,478			353,539			18,502
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	92,725			681,374			220,032			(252,043		)	115,722
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	104,876			709,200			239,612			99,644			131,987
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	206,335			1,397,658			378,861			217,303			209,475
Policy loans	(36,323		)	(182,817		)	(43,153		)	(34,006		)	(49,524		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	4,695			18,040			7,138			4,168			2,129
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(25,024		)	(41,591		)	(20,286		)	(13,125		)	(36,273		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	36,324			2,644,799			7,335			(2,380,405		)	20,162
Miscellaneous transactions	654			(94		)	410			40			26
Other charges	(95,516		)	(619,305		)	(177,417		)	(95,649		)	(99,719		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	91,145			3,216,690			152,888			(2,301,674		)	46,276
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	196,021			3,925,890			392,500			(2,202,030		)	178,263
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	604,099			2,576,891			1,369,979			2,202,030			806,073
End of period	$	800,120		$	6,502,781		$	1,762,479		$	—		$	984,336
Beginning units	31,750			119,865			63,738			103,862			44,912
Units issued	8,859			155,176			12,157			6,522			8,204
Units redeemed	(4,414		)	(13,848		)	(5,590		)	(110,384		)	(5,813		)
Ending units	36,195			261,193			70,305			—			47,303

* Date subaccount was no longer available for investment.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio (Service Shares)			AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio			TOPS Aggressive Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Conservative ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	680		$	(67,690	)	$	10,308		$	2,215		$	314
Capital gains distributions received	1,475			—			8,118			1,679			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	1,017			528,895			9,703			1,262			600
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	13,158			3,916,903			112,310			11,595			2,495
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	16,330			4,378,108			140,439			16,751			3,409
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	17,996			4,548,091			261,522			80,906			28,051
Policy loans	—			(955,458		)	(44,146		)	(1,542		)	(14,981		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	127			436,425			7,340			71			764
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(4,052		)	(1,625,182		)	(2,414		)	(2,858		)	—
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	23,403			12,906			138,287			23,128			31,854
Miscellaneous transactions	29			16,029			438			9			—
Other charges	(8,932		)	(1,939,448		)	(93,980		)	(24,612		)	(9,561		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	28,571			493,363			267,047			75,102			36,127
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	44,901			4,871,471			407,486			91,853			39,536
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	87,359			35,199,116			566,958			118,618			51,151
End of period	$	132,260		$	40,070,587		$	974,444		$	210,471		$	90,687
Beginning units	4,408			2,842,082			35,313			8,750			4,423
Units issued	2,775			249,264			22,859			7,182			5,230
Units redeemed	(727		)	(213,378		)	(5,415		)	(1,511		)	(1,824		)
Ending units	6,456			2,877,968			52,757			14,421			7,829

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	TOPS Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Managed Risk Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Managed Risk Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Managed Risk Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	5,080		$	6,615		$	3,058		$	10,024		$	11,758
Capital gains distributions received	3,572			1,967			371			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	3,301			4,954			1,704			3,047			3,412
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	52,913			63,145			18,388			97,383			92,619
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	64,866			76,681			23,521			110,454			107,789
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	124,968			195,646			64,904			159,711			102,565
Policy loans	(32,749		)	(4,739		)	(21,485		)	(32,557		)	(34,318		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	549			106			526			52,461			52,250
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(3,502		)	(2,533		)	(7,037		)	(1,082		)	(1,098		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	122,054			50,472			4,918			59,377			2,668
Miscellaneous transactions	28			791			33			(143		)	(130		)
Other charges	(57,302		)	(62,900		)	(35,317		)	(80,760		)	(67,860		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	154,046			176,843			6,542			157,007			54,077
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	218,912			253,524			30,063			267,461			161,866
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	303,639			444,491			231,590			563,662			763,073
End of period	$	522,551		$	698,015		$	261,653		$	831,123		$	924,939
Beginning units	24,738			40,697			19,190			46,712			61,705
Units issued	13,767			18,891			4,204			16,547			9,422
Units redeemed	(3,442		)	(4,097		)	(3,773		)	(4,543		)	(5,261		)
Ending units	35,063			55,491			19,621			58,716			65,866

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	American Funds IS Growth Fund (Class 2)			American Funds IS Growth-Income Fund (Class 2)			Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio (Service Class 2)			Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (Service Class 2)			Templeton Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	2,077		$	10,288		$	2,353		$	1,931		$	636
Capital gains distributions received	38,604			48,405			14,718			20,588			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	2,321			1,719			1,774			5,636			349
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	57,158			89,060			34,381			64,219			6,195
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	100,160			149,472			53,226			92,374			7,180
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	205,211			299,279			141,908			168,447			19,340
Policy loans	(13		)	(303		)	(1,221		)	(1,451		)	(237		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	11			176			1,258			1,504			—
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(9,079		)	(8,526		)	(589		)	(9,358		)	(164		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	247,964			162,746			208,853			130,899			16,573
Miscellaneous transactions	(185		)	62			26			55			(1		)
Other charges	(84,016		)	(123,964		)	(44,312		)	(73,922		)	(8,703		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	359,893			329,470			305,923			216,174			26,808
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	460,053			478,942			359,149			308,548			33,988
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	250,947			560,766			177,921			372,351			26,026
End of period	$	711,000		$	1,039,708		$	537,070		$	680,899		$	60,014
Beginning units	20,216			44,251			14,467			32,437			2,496
Units issued	29,616			27,461			25,246			22,923			2,820
Units redeemed	(3,385		)	(4,256		)	(1,827		)	(5,509		)	(423		)
Ending units	46,447			67,456			37,886			49,851			4,893

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund (Class IB)			Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund (Class IB)			Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund (Class IB)			American Funds IS International Fund (Class 2)			Franklin Income VIP Fund (Class 2)
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	132		$	433		$	4,776		$	4,130		$	8,911
Capital gains distributions received	953			7,543			13,992			1,631			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	383			14			471			1,372			880
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	1,766			5,809			20,987			40,104			8,612
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	3,234			13,799			40,226			47,237			18,403
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	8,830			15,918			74,168			119,816			70,390
Policy loans	(201		)	(4,257		)	(185		)	(199		)	—
Policy loan repayments and interest	134			419			363			286			—
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(2,476		)	—			(1,031		)	(352		)	(431		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	(2,797		)	(1,964		)	135,030			281,176			67,673
Miscellaneous transactions	—			2			25			(19		)	8
Other charges	(3,281		)	(9,083		)	(22,682		)	(32,988		)	(26,136		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	209			1,035			185,688			367,720			111,504
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	3,443			14,834			225,914			414,957			129,907
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	14,004			64,721			166,278			70,306			147,737
End of period	$	17,447		$	79,555		$	392,192		$	485,263		$	277,644
Beginning units	1,135			4,538			11,981			7,254			12,784
Units issued	952			858			12,835			32,107			11,576
Units redeemed	(925		)	(805		)	(867		)	(1,697		)	(1,796		)
Ending units	1,162			4,591			23,949			37,664			22,564

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund (Class 2)			MFS Total Return Bond Series (Initial Class)			MFS Value Series (Initial Class)			Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund (Class IB)			American Funds IS Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund (Class 2)
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	1,516		$	15,426		$	4,749		$	(228	)	$	5,339
Capital gains distributions received	2,995			—			10,684			3,249			9,900
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	552			(229		)	823			1,153			398
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	98			2,534			24,333			51,462			28,036
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	5,161			17,731			40,589			55,636			43,673
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	16,932			115,369			63,648			103,980			80,246
Policy loans	—			(9,827		)	—			(4,721		)	(149		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	—			—			—			456			147
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(91		)	(4,460		)	(6,264		)	(256		)	(8,805		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	11,691			130,517			77,761			24,388			36,330
Miscellaneous transactions	92			52			134			(33		)	3
Other charges	(10,226		)	(51,199		)	(29,967		)	(26,938		)	(35,148		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	18,398			180,452			105,312			96,876			72,624
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	23,559			198,183			145,901			152,512			116,297
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	56,398			352,355			190,120			155,623			220,950
End of period	$	79,957		$	550,538		$	336,021		$	308,135		$	337,247
Beginning units	5,047			33,467			15,632			11,566			17,389
Units issued	2,598			20,745			9,824			7,609			6,870
Units redeemed	(1,005		)	(3,887		)	(1,533		)	(1,560		)	(1,525		)
Ending units	6,640			50,325			23,923			17,615			22,734

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2017

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio (Service Class 2)			Invesco V.I. Growth and Income Fund (Series I)			AST International Value Portfolio
	1/1/2017			1/1/2017			1/1/2017
	to			to			to
	12/31/2017			12/31/2017			12/31/2017
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	11,395		$	3,518		$	(15,463	)
Capital gains distributions received	2,079			11,531			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	22,338			142			8,551
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	103,643			22,675			931,375
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	139,455			37,866			924,463
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	269,872			50,857			387,398
Policy loans	(5,387		)	(110		)	(88,951		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	80			101			21,659
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(40,637		)	—			(150,315		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	202,165			89,826			7,455
Miscellaneous transactions	(2,330		)	50			(58		)
Other charges	(113,140		)	(26,377		)	(148,652		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS	310,623			114,347			28,536
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	450,078			152,213			952,999
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	516,564			221,882			4,140,332
End of period	$	966,642		$	374,095		$	5,093,331
Beginning units	41,691			17,855			450,477
Units issued	39,550			9,416			31,898
Units redeemed	(16,820		)	(873		)	(29,695		)
Ending units	64,421			26,398			452,680

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Government Money Market Portfolio			Prudential Diversified Bond Portfolio			Prudential Equity Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Flexible Managed Portfolio			Prudential Conservative Balanced Portfolio
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(99,794	)	$	(395,318	)	$	(940,340	)	$	(1,240,212	)	$	(632,369	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	—			277,639			4,804,131			5,686,123			2,820,736
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	—			7,393,752			1,973,902			18,514,739			6,690,865
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	(99,794		)	7,276,073			5,837,693			22,960,650			8,879,232
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	11,789,948			1,802,017			4,845,305			7,937,563			4,170,897
Policy loans	(214,661		)	(682,036		)	(2,725,526		)	(3,819,360		)	(1,496,940		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	155,027			776,498			3,136,883			4,261,786			1,604,673
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(483,562		)	(919,158		)	(6,679,546		)	(8,835,532		)	(3,577,601		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	(7,952,293		)	95,988			(4,662,300		)	(6,492,311		)	(3,553,034		)
Miscellaneous transactions	16,619			3,535			57,552			(23,115		)	(7,263		)
Other charges	(1,859,092		)	(2,385,609		)	(3,919,254		)	(6,474,632		)	(3,232,700		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	1,451,986			(1,308,765		)	(9,946,886		)	(13,445,601		)	(6,091,968		)
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	1,352,192			5,967,308			(4,109,193		)	9,515,049			2,787,264
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	66,868,574			137,271,475			198,409,625			292,626,226			134,210,484
End of period	$	68,220,766		$	143,238,783		$	194,300,432		$	302,141,275		$	136,997,748
Beginning units	49,196,639			47,716,973			17,253,869			28,875,057			17,224,812
Units issued	8,182,306			569,006			383,624			120,354			99,039
Units redeemed	(6,682,443		)	(926,387		)	(982,580		)	(1,393,319		)	(861,751		)
Ending units	50,696,502			47,359,592			16,654,913			27,602,092			16,462,100

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential High Yield Bond Portfolio			Prudential Stock Index Portfolio			Prudential Value Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Natural Resources Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Global Portfolio
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	99,222,084		$	790,348		$	(140,612	)	$	(50,508	)	$	(67,918	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			2,801,399			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	(648,645		)	1,300,845			458,790			(306,427		)	552,054
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	137,566,606			1,460,233			2,731,552			2,355,388			49,995
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	236,140,045			6,352,825			3,049,730			1,998,453			534,131
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	875,478			2,756,696			1,076,411			561,999			652,868
Policy loans	(250,768		)	(1,472,073		)	(298,684		)	(147,136		)	(240,181		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	158,733			1,585,816			313,425			193,900			163,801
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(1,776,481		)	(1,875,740		)	(990,132		)	(323,648		)	(494,021		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	(9,384,003		)	1,395,706			(608,670		)	(184,919		)	(929,430		)
Miscellaneous transactions	(152,423		)	(742		)	(6,841		)	1,138			8,260
Other charges	(14,294,516		)	(1,626,337		)	(703,018		)	(301,367		)	(372,637		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	(24,823,980		)	763,326			(1,217,509		)	(200,033		)	(1,211,340		)
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	211,316,065			7,116,151			1,832,221			1,798,420			(677,209		)
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	1,498,127,203			56,463,893			29,380,201			8,339,664			14,701,976
End of period	$	1,709,443,268		$	63,580,044		$	31,212,422		$	10,138,084		$	14,024,767
Beginning units	510,435,844			14,849,564			2,970,731			818,629			5,381,676
Units issued	255,793			1,638,291			174,467			79,242			399,442
Units redeemed	(7,081,296		)	(1,058,154		)	(280,254		)	(82,957		)	(766,708		)
Ending units	503,610,341			15,429,701			2,864,944			814,914			5,014,410

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Government Income Portfolio			Prudential Jennison Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio			T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio			Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Institutional Shares)
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(18,472	)	$	(183,191	)	$	(85,567	)	$	84		$	(245	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			1,540			19,590
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	26,666			1,430,374			489,560			36			1,745
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	45,786			(1,833,562		)	3,178,977			(998		)	(21,176		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	53,980			(586,379		)	3,582,970			662			(86		)
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	112,139			1,702,395			402,246			4,092			10,630
Policy loans	(46,396		)	(825,694		)	(242,337		)	—			—
Policy loan repayments and interest	88,046			537,877			165,963			—			—
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(130,349		)	(1,467,912		)	(638,669		)	—			(3,478		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	4,055			(289,904		)	(236,947		)	—			—
Miscellaneous transactions	(133		)	605			(4,495		)	—			(16		)
Other charges	(82,889		)	(1,005,646		)	(321,520		)	(1,122		)	(8,749		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	(55,527		)	(1,348,279		)	(875,759		)	2,970			(1,613		)
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	(1,547		)	(1,934,658		)	2,707,211			3,632			(1,699		)
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	2,851,227			41,015,801			14,550,835			38,292			325,247
End of period	$	2,849,680		$	39,081,143		$	17,258,046		$	41,924		$	323,548
Beginning units	667,478			10,862,003			2,059,706			33,119			242,864
Units issued	113,408			568,112			42,909			3,518			7,859
Units redeemed	(124,030		)	(880,738		)	(170,963		)	(813		)	(9,141		)
Ending units	656,856			10,549,377			1,931,652			35,824			241,582

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	MFS Growth Series (Initial Class)			American Century VP Value Fund (Class I)			Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)			Prudential SP Small Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)			Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Service Shares)
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(1,396	)	$	3,317		$	(3,232	)	$	(25,351	)	$	2,015
Capital gains distributions received	10,107			—			42,510			—			93,488
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	2,302			2,875			(1,880		)	338,576			11,318
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	(8,281		)	64,358			(24,453		)	2,169,983			(105,836		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	2,732			70,550			12,945			2,483,208			985
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	4,659			7,519			10,772			851,745			106,624
Policy loans	(4,477		)	—			—			(218,883		)	(43,086		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	497			—			—			83,896			27,943
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	—			—			—			(474,566		)	(36,046		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	15			12,241			6,612			31,227			(3,426		)
Miscellaneous transactions	(56		)	—			75			1,891			(70		)
Other charges	(1,102		)	(7,973		)	(6,677		)	(416,394		)	(46,621		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	(464		)	11,787			10,782			(141,084		)	5,318
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	2,268			82,337			23,727			2,342,124			6,303
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	163,950			348,621			353,260			9,941,731			1,518,164
End of period	$	166,218		$	430,958		$	376,987		$	12,283,855		$	1,524,467
Beginning units	131,338			117,090			252,136			3,644,147			826,000
Units issued	3,925			6,748			12,799			242,067			52,946
Units redeemed	(4,113		)	(2,621		)	(4,304		)	(302,871		)	(49,692		)
Ending units	131,150			121,217			260,631			3,583,343			829,254

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio (Class I)			Prudential SP International Growth Portfolio (Class I)			Janus Henderson VIT Overseas Portfolio (Service Shares)			Goldman Sachs VIT Small Cap Equity Insights Fund (Institutional Class)			M Large Cap Growth Fund
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(31,490	)	$	(9,455	)	$	21,839		$	838		$	—
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			12,523			2,384			4,225
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	266,288			12,260			(18,258		)	(77		)	162
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	301,794			(133,763		)	(43,323		)	14,687			(5,423		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	536,592			(130,958		)	(27,219		)	17,832			(1,036		)
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	966,391			395,931			118,090			4,189			8,613
Policy loans	(268,011		)	(50,231		)	(6,227		)	—			—
Policy loan repayments and interest	168,355			51,391			1,041			—			—
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(488,647		)	(87,659		)	(27,791		)	(2,132		)	—
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	42,079			24,148			5,747			—			—
Miscellaneous transactions	217			567			175			(16		)	—
Other charges	(480,644		)	(159,572		)	(41,986		)	(1,089		)	(5,767		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	(60,260		)	174,575			49,049			952			2,846
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	476,332			43,617			21,830			18,784			1,810
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	13,150,570			3,384,454			445,180			76,855			74,128
End of period	$	13,626,902		$	3,428,071		$	467,010		$	95,639		$	75,938
Beginning units	4,604,296			1,922,365			60,677			30,524			2,579
Units issued	237,248			231,070			14,758			1,604			328
Units redeemed	(283,446		)	(132,558		)	(7,142		)	(1,236		)	(202		)
Ending units	4,558,098			2,020,877			68,293			30,892			2,705

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	M International Equity Fund			M Large Cap Value Fund			AST Cohen & Steers Realty Portfolio			AST J.P. Morgan Strategic Opportunities Portfolio			AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Value Portfolio
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	161		$	1,865		$	(979	)	$	(2,109	)	$	(527	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	(152		)	(63		)	14,156			10,376			4,660
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	(23		)	8,421			30,342			29,014			30,908
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	(14		)	10,223			43,519			37,281			35,041
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	—			12,058			205,814			357,313			103,626
Policy loans	—			—			(15,963		)	(24,428		)	(16,589		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	—			—			6,602			850			3,693
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	—			—			(10,078		)	(38,483		)	(9,496		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	—			—			94,279			(6,037		)	32,219
Miscellaneous transactions	—			—			(419		)	(43		)	157
Other charges	(1,134		)	(6,474		)	(78,439		)	(173,790		)	(34,458		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	(1,134		)	5,584			201,796			115,382			79,152
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	(1,148		)	15,807			245,315			152,663			114,193
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	14,716			88,529			880,279			979,731			477,007
End of period	$	13,568		$	104,336		$	1,125,594		$	1,132,394		$	591,200
Beginning units	875			3,648			38,875			59,202			30,582
Units issued	—			542			11,265			14,359			7,992
Units redeemed	(68		)	(269		)	(2,666		)	(7,542		)	(2,494		)
Ending units	807			3,921			47,474			66,019			36,080

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST Small-Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio			AST Small-Cap Value Portfolio			AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio			AST Loomis Sayles Large-Cap Growth Portfolio			AST MFS Growth Portfolio
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(405	)	$	(769	)	$	(791	)	$	(4,311	)	$	(554	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	4,324			15,601			11,168			102,101			8,459
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	31,157			201,034			251			6,273			1,383
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	35,076			215,866			10,628			104,063			9,288
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	106,942			184,419			242,906			205,587			147,133
Policy loans	(10,451		)	(11,127		)	(18,518		)	(46,319		)	(1,607		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	1,056			3,154			5,232			11,638			314
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(5,283		)	(34,902		)	(26,332		)	(143,886		)	(6,928		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	2,616			23,704			146,247			98,923			114,505
Miscellaneous transactions	(46		)	166			(51		)	3,317			(1,396		)
Other charges	(48,815		)	(71,848		)	(106,408		)	(100,211		)	(64,946		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	46,019			93,566			243,076			29,049			187,075
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	81,095			309,432			253,704			133,112			196,363
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	395,011			672,651			627,828			1,904,531			383,013
End of period	$	476,106		$	982,083		$	881,532		$	2,037,643		$	579,376
Beginning units	18,714			32,650			27,494			101,909			18,486
Units issued	3,951			7,181			19,441			18,001			16,450
Units redeemed	(1,701		)	(2,899		)	(4,219		)	(13,721		)	(2,359		)
Ending units	20,964			36,932			42,716			106,189			32,577

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio			AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources Portfolio			AST MFS Global Equity Portfolio			AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio			AST Templeton Global Bond Portfolio
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(486	)	(1,127		)	$	(752	)	$	(805	)	$	(408	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	126			(3,052		)	3,394			2,056			(742		)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	6,451			249,742			42,237			14,407			18,531
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	6,091			245,563			44,879			15,658			17,381
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	87,723			265,940			131,774			145,848			63,954
Policy loans	(4,863		)	(23,582		)	(5,254		)	(14,406		)	(5,537		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	1,525			13,428			11,881			2,594			3,881
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(5,145		)	(31,496		)	(9,201		)	(34,827		)	(6,070		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	122,402			44,784			192,046			66,841			83,022
Miscellaneous transactions	(30		)	241			110			357			131
Other charges	(44,406		)	(96,693		)	(59,966		)	(58,752		)	(30,623		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	157,206			172,622			261,390			107,655			108,758
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	163,297			418,185			306,269			123,313			126,139
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	352,962			886,611			507,149			660,958			276,054
End of period	$	516,259		$	1,304,796		$	813,418		$	784,271		$	402,193
Beginning units	26,299			73,482			24,797			48,883			21,500
Units issued	16,001			19,951			18,894			17,188			12,165
Units redeemed	(2,812		)	(6,566		)	(2,102		)	(6,573		)	(2,345		)
Ending units	39,488			86,867			41,589			59,498			31,320

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	M Capital Appreciation Fund			American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund (Class I)			AST Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value Portfolio			AST Small-Cap Growth Portfolio			The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. (Service Shares)
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	—		$	5,332		$	(9,416	)	$	(6,878	)	$	700
Capital gains distributions received	2,938			13,655			—			—			7,781
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	53			5,153			90,051			217,672			(1,073		)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	11,080			44,845			754,460			156,199			4,186
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	14,071			68,985			835,095			366,993			11,594
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	8,613			75,872			474,748			276,198			53,024
Policy loans	—			(1,953		)	(106,548		)	(50,125		)	(2,920		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	—			547			45,659			20,205			51
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	—			(27,156		)	(187,776		)	(130,461		)	(115		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	—			87,021			133,085			17,525			48,494
Miscellaneous transactions	—			80			1,351			1,267			10
Other charges	(3,882		)	(34,306		)	(221,131		)	(146,403		)	(18,879		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	4,731			100,105			139,388			(11,794		)	79,665
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	18,802			169,090			974,483			355,199			91,259
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	59,013			256,285			4,123,156			3,110,636			69,664
End of period	$	77,815		$	425,375		$	5,097,639		$	3,465,835		$	160,923
Beginning units	1,999			12,557			306,858			161,585			4,139
Units issued	304			6,799			39,039			25,877			5,418
Units redeemed	(126		)	(2,375		)	(25,636		)	(26,546		)	(817		)
Ending units	2,177			16,981			320,261			160,916			8,740

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio (Class I)			JPMorgan Insurance Trust Intrepid Mid-Cap Portfolio			MFS Utilities Series (Initial Class)			Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Socially Responsive Portfolio (Class S)			AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Growth Portfolio
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(1,529	)	$	1,113		$	33,771		$	619		$	(8,212	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			19,001			20,475			5,535			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	23,394			(2,047		)	(5,600		)	(50		)	113,627
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	5,931			5,401			38,257			6,515			10,684
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	27,796			23,468			86,903			12,619			116,099
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	295,059			62,831			181,369			13,375			456,159
Policy loans	(53,832		)	(6,355		)	(5,118		)	(4,250		)	(67,204		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	1,362			434			404			139			21,922
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(34,236		)	(2,249		)	(2,246		)	—			(126,803		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	79,789			7,110			74,666			87,852			330,128
Miscellaneous transactions	(261		)	6			(82		)	(1		)	289
Other charges	(136,401		)	(26,610		)	(85,792		)	(6,570		)	(222,343		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	151,480			35,167			163,201			90,545			392,148
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	179,276			58,635			250,104			103,164			508,247
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	1,414,776			177,521			739,069			66,109			3,514,805
End of period	$	1,594,052		$	236,156		$	989,173		$	169,273		$	4,023,052
Beginning units	88,356			9,666			55,096			4,086			163,742
Units issued	20,049			3,988			17,760			6,787			38,524
Units redeemed	(8,799		)	(1,810		)	(4,258		)	(668		)	(15,078		)
Ending units	99,606			11,844			68,598			10,205			187,188

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST BlackRock/Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio			AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio			AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio			AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio			AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(22,894	)	$	(8,518	)	(19,125		)	$	(49,831	)	$	(15,862	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	198,844			21,764			239,478			284,696			133,055
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	207,742			231,758			419,405			1,173,235			183,101
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	383,692			245,004			639,758			1,408,100			300,294
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	791,045			1,017,890			1,197,863			3,517,611			672,237
Policy loans	(102,115		)	(46,254		)	(287,324		)	(611,168		)	(350,613		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	84,114			10,213			144,134			147,400			33,992
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(300,514		)	(54,162		)	(576,746		)	(608,914		)	(333,103		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	(1,337,182		)	153,037			(9,945		)	1,227,370			97,767
Miscellaneous transactions	(122		)	(104		)	(478		)	(849		)	2,491
Other charges	(410,266		)	(506,672		)	(476,993		)	(1,608,015		)	(378,091		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	(1,275,040		)	573,948			(9,489		)	2,063,435			(255,320		)
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	(891,348		)	818,952			630,269			3,471,535			44,974
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	9,686,793			3,043,256			10,071,555			21,870,459			5,922,852
End of period	$	8,795,445		$	3,862,208		$	10,701,824		$	25,341,994		$	5,967,826
Beginning units	812,149			155,781			643,968			1,391,959			421,137
Units issued	87,254			39,432			53,757			210,847			52,807
Units redeemed	(189,448		)	(10,918		)	(54,227		)	(82,344		)	(70,743		)
Ending units	709,955			184,295			643,498			1,520,462			403,201

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	AST FI Pyramis Quantitative Portfolio			AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio			AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio			AST Schroders Global Tactical Portfolio			AST RCM World Trends Portfolio
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	(1,445	)	$	(5,388	)	$	(3,231	)	$	(4,869	)	$	(1,851	)
Capital gains distributions received	—			—			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	9,092			9,159			25,349			10,790			5,346
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	15,393			209,691			66,469			131,492			29,563
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	23,040			213,462			88,587			137,413			33,058
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	200,401			905,434			389,742			649,411			212,520
Policy loans	(71,889		)	(20,827		)	(86,279		)	(63,856		)	(22,956		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	996			1,672			1,956			7,962			708
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(6,507		)	(47,417		)	(60,942		)	(44,988		)	(10,178		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	19,113			61,157			25,981			31,939			6,498
Miscellaneous transactions	(37		)	(369		)	(107		)	(87		)	(89		)
Other charges	(91,572		)	(392,564		)	(187,309		)	(293,666		)	(100,684		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	50,505			507,086			83,042			286,715			85,819
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	73,545			720,548			171,629			424,128			118,877
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	530,554			1,856,343			1,198,350			1,777,902			687,196
End of period	$	604,099		$	2,576,891		$	1,369,979		$	2,202,030		$	806,073
Beginning units	28,998			94,827			59,566			89,351			40,032
Units issued	8,947			33,860			14,024			22,685			8,612
Units redeemed	(6,195		)	(8,822		)	(9,852		)	(8,174		)	(3,732		)
Ending units	31,750			119,865			63,738			103,862			44,912

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio (Service Shares)			AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio			TOPS Aggressive Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Conservative ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	479		$	(61,863	)	$	4,788		$	1,072		$	276
Capital gains distributions received	4,577			—			5,311			837			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	381			398,140			158			100			18
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	4,701			1,931,187			48,313			5,660			1,917
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	10,138			2,267,464			58,570			7,669			2,211
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	12,452			4,908,257			164,093			43,762			24,989
Policy loans	(119		)	(1,074,749		)	(8,011		)	(904		)	—
Policy loan repayments and interest	—			514,661			15,329			51			—
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(1,810		)	(1,156,922		)	(2,844		)	(664		)	—
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	10,950			(853,484		)	71,625			61,861			7,088
Miscellaneous transactions	(1		)	1,372			(42		)	25			—
Other charges	(6,469		)	(1,959,096		)	(73,895		)	(19,431		)	(7,315		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	15,003			380,039			166,255			84,700			24,762
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	25,141			2,647,503			224,825			92,369			26,973
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	62,218			32,551,613			342,133			26,249			24,178
End of period	$	87,359		$	35,199,116		$	566,958		$	118,618		$	51,151
Beginning units	3,441			2,806,555			22,525			2,082			2,070
Units issued	1,380			283,536			16,492			7,570			2,880
Units redeemed	(413		)	(248,009		)	(3,704		)	(902		)	(527		)
Ending units	4,408			2,842,082			35,313			8,750			4,423

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	TOPS Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Managed Risk Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Managed Risk Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)			TOPS Managed Risk Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	2,793		$	1,762		$	2,327		$	7,319		$	9,169
Capital gains distributions received	5,775			2,445			—			—			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	(3		)	825			(985		)	(4,413		)	(3,077		)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	21,629			44,876			10,951			24,440			31,259
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	30,194			49,908			12,293			27,346			37,351
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	90,188			241,030			66,649			166,711			107,147
Policy loans	(4,573		)	—			(4,252		)	(38,341		)	(39,090		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	219			—			212			33,883			33,846
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(970		)	(795		)	(339		)	(31,171		)	(5,314		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	12,873			85,650			6,998			78,533			345,475
Miscellaneous transactions	(26		)	(12		)	(6		)	(17		)	8
Other charges	(45,500		)	(42,130		)	(44,442		)	(88,883		)	(65,272		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	52,211			283,743			24,820			120,715			376,800
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	82,405			333,651			37,113			148,061			414,151
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	221,234			110,840			194,477			415,601			348,922
End of period	$	303,639		$	444,491		$	231,590		$	563,662		$	763,073
Beginning units	20,436			10,227			17,120			36,250			29,942
Units issued	6,541			33,210			4,862			18,391			37,882
Units redeemed	(2,239		)	(2,740		)	(2,792		)	(7,929		)	(6,119		)
Ending units	24,738			40,697			19,190			46,712			61,705

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	American Funds IS Growth Fund (Class 2)			American Funds IS Growth-Income Fund (Class 2)			Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio (Service Class 2)			Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (Service Class 2)			Templeton Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	1,399		$	6,810		$	914		$	735		$	370
Capital gains distributions received	14,510			51,235			5,284			6,442			760
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	(1,365		)	(4,894		)	(414		)	(1,549		)	(229		)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	5,001			5,383			5,052			28,845			1,535
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	19,545			58,534			10,836			34,473			2,436
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	105,862			226,708			67,480			99,211			11,480
Policy loans	(11		)	(2,152		)	(120		)	(7,647		)	—
Policy loan repayments and interest	15			161			—			113			—
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(2,330		)	(15,331		)	—			(662		)	—
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	60,114			126,908			61,669			198,271			(376		)
Miscellaneous transactions	23			431			208			104			11
Other charges	(48,305		)	(100,256		)	(22,715		)	(42,987		)	(4,192		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	115,368			236,469			106,522			246,403			6,923
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	134,913			295,003			117,358			280,876			9,359
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	116,034			265,763			60,563			91,475			16,667
End of period	$	250,947		$	560,766		$	177,921		$	372,351		$	26,026
Beginning units	9,780			23,473			5,281			8,352			1,733
Units issued	12,914			25,837			10,374			27,096			1,284
Units redeemed	(2,478		)	(5,059		)	(1,188		)	(3,011		)	(521		)
Ending units	20,216			44,251			14,467			32,437			2,496

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund (Class IB)			Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund (Class IB)			Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund (Class IB)			American Funds IS International Fund (Class 2)			Franklin Income VIP Fund (Class 2)
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	109		$	339		$	2,646		$	840		$	4,400
Capital gains distributions received	1,123			4,591			12,188			3,171			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	(561		)	(217		)	(762		)	(2,606		)	(160		)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	98			(2,846		)	2,047			336			11,316
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	769			1,867			16,119			1,741			15,556
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	8,092			10,203			45,840			26,294			46,759
Policy loans	(3,615		)	(126		)	(2,512		)	(1,399		)	—
Policy loan repayments and interest	99			250			187			73			—
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	—			—			—			—			—
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	1,908			45,197			86,445			18,900			65,704
Miscellaneous transactions	37			(61		)	(77		)	268			5
Other charges	(3,199		)	(5,359		)	(12,745		)	(10,358		)	(14,488		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	3,322			50,104			117,138			33,778			97,980
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	4,091			51,971			133,257			35,519			113,536
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	9,913			12,750			33,021			34,787			34,201
End of period	$	14,004		$	64,721		$	166,278		$	70,306		$	147,737
Beginning units	845			942			2,723			3,571			3,368
Units issued	762			3,880			10,619			6,627			10,555
Units redeemed	(472		)	(284		)	(1,361		)	(2,944		)	(1,139		)
Ending units	1,135			4,538			11,981			7,254			12,784

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund (Class 2)			MFS Total Return Bond Series (Initial Class)			MFS Value Series (Initial Class)			Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund (Class IB)			American Funds IS Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund (Class 2)
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	910		$	7,918		$	2,377		$	66		$	3,581
Capital gains distributions received	4,095			—			9,854			15,965			12,291
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	(105		)	119			(386		)	(1,207		)	(904		)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	2,840			(5,199		)	2,771			(14,253		)	12,913
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	7,740			2,838			14,616			571			27,881
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	13,398			68,335			20,908			97,315			51,247
Policy loans	—			(206		)	—			(131		)	(146		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	—			—			—			281			144
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	—			(366		)	—			—			(4,291		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	20,105			225,599			117,626			20,165			48,122
Miscellaneous transactions	11			(13		)	(5		)	2			(27		)
Other charges	(5,518		)	(27,484		)	(11,775		)	(23,016		)	(30,125		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	27,996			265,865			126,754			94,616			64,924
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	35,736			268,703			141,370			95,187			92,805
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	20,662			83,652			48,750			60,436			128,145
End of period	$	56,398		$	352,355		$	190,120		$	155,623		$	220,950
Beginning units	2,100			8,049			4,208			4,453			11,941
Units issued	3,372			27,173			12,198			8,675			6,719
Units redeemed	(425		)	(1,755		)	(774		)	(1,562		)	(1,271		)
Ending units	5,047			33,467			15,632			11,566			17,389

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the period ended December 31, 2016

	SUBACCOUNTS
	Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio (Service Class 2)			Invesco V.I. Growth and Income Fund (Series I)			AST International Value Portfolio
	1/1/2016			1/1/2016			1/1/2016
	to			to			to
	12/31/2016			12/31/2016			12/31/2016
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss)	$	5,732		$	1,525		$	(13,504	)
Capital gains distributions received	301			15,805			—
Net realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed	520			(1,141		)	(21,757		)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments	37,612			17,228			54,394
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS	44,165			33,417			19,133
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
Contract owner net payments	168,310			33,059			391,356
Policy loans	—			—			(48,958		)
Policy loan repayments and interest	74			98			17,585
Surrenders, withdrawals and death benefits	(9,274		)	(506		)	(89,151		)
Net transfers between other subaccounts
or fixed rate option	106,351			54,969			91,582
Miscellaneous transactions	58			21			432
Other charges	(68,441		)	(19,305		)	(138,038		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
RESULTING FROM CONTRACT OWNER
TRANSACTIONS	197,078			68,336			224,808
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS	241,243			101,753			243,941
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period	275,321			120,129			3,896,391
End of period	$	516,564		$	221,882		$	4,140,332
Beginning units	24,733			11,542			424,956
Units issued	18,447			7,101			47,929
Units redeemed	(1,489		)	(788		)	(22,408		)
Ending units	41,691			17,855			450,477

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF

PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT December 31, 2017

Note 1: General

Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account (the “Account”) was established under the laws of the State of New Jersey on January 13, 1984 as a separate investment account of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey (“Pruco Life of New Jersey”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pruco Life Insurance Company (an Arizona domiciled company), which in turn is wholly-owned by The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”). Prudential is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential Financial”). Under applicable insurance law, the assets and liabilities of the Account are clearly identified and distinguished from the other assets and liabilities of Pruco Life of New Jersey. Proceeds from purchases of the variable life insurance contracts listed below, are invested in the Account (individually, the “Contract” and collectively, the “Contracts”). The portion of the Account’s assets applicable to the Contracts is not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business Pruco Life of New Jersey may conduct.

Pruco Life of New Jersey M Premier VUL Protector	Pruco Life of New Jersey PRUvider Variable Appreciable
(“MPVULP”)	Life (“SVAL2”)
Pruco Life of New Jersey MPremier VUL (“MPVUL”)	Pruco Life of New Jersey Survivorship Variable Universal
Pruco Life of New Jersey PruLife Custom Premier (Base,	Life (“SVUL2”)
PCP214, PCP215) ("PCP")	Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Life (“VAL2”)
Pruco Life of New Jersey PruLife Custom Premier II (“PCP2”)	Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Universal Life
Pruco Life of New Jersey PruLife SVUL Protector ("SVULP")	Protector (Base, 2014) ("VULP”)
Pruco Life of New Jersey PruSelect III (“PS3”)

The Account is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a unit investment trust. The Account is a funding vehicle for the Contracts. The Contracts offer the option to invest in various subaccounts listed below, each of which invests in a corresponding portfolio of either The Prudential Series Fund, the Advanced Series Trust or one of the non-Prudential administered funds (collectively, the “Portfolios”). Investment options vary by Contract.

The corresponding subaccount names are as follows:

Prudential Government Money Market Portfolio	Prudential SP International Growth Portfolio (Class I)
Prudential Diversified Bond Portfolio	Janus Henderson VIT Overseas Portfolio (Service Shares)
Prudential Equity Portfolio (Class I)	(formerly Janus Aspen Overseas Portfolio)
Prudential Flexible Managed Portfolio	Goldman Sachs VIT Small Cap Equity Insights Fund
Prudential Conservative Balanced Portfolio	(Institutional Class)
Prudential High Yield Bond Portfolio	M Large Cap Growth Fund
Prudential Stock Index Portfolio	M International Equity Fund
Prudential Value Portfolio (Class I)	M Large Cap Value Fund
Prudential Natural Resources Portfolio (Class I)	AST Cohen & Steers Realty Portfolio
Prudential Global Portfolio	AST J.P. Morgan Strategic Opportunities Portfolio
Prudential Government Income Portfolio	AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Value Portfolio
Prudential Jennison Portfolio (Class I)	(formerly AST Value Equity Portfolio)
Prudential Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio	AST Small-Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio
T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio	AST Small-Cap Value Portfolio
Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Institutional Shares)	AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
(formerly Janus Aspen Janus Portfolio)	AST Loomis Sayles Large-Cap Growth Portfolio
MFS Growth Series (Initial Class)	AST MFS Growth Portfolio
American Century VP Value Fund (Class I)	AST BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)	AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources Portfolio
Prudential SP Small Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)	AST MFS Global Equity Portfolio
Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Service Shares)	AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio
(formerly Janus Aspen Janus Portfolio)	AST Templeton Global Bond Portfolio
SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio (Class I)	M Capital Appreciation Fund

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American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund (Class I)	AST International Value Portfolio
AST Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value Portfolio	American Century VP Income & Growth Fund
AST Small-Cap Growth Portfolio	(Class I)*
The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. (Service	Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio
Shares) (formerly The Dreyfus Socially Responsible	(Initial Shares)*
Growth Fund, Inc.)	Dreyfus VIF Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio
Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio (Class I)	(Initial Shares)*
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Intrepid Mid-Cap Portfolio***	Janus Henderson VIT Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares)*
MFS Utilities Series (Initial Class)	(formerly Janus Aspen Enterprise Portfolio)
Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust	Janus Henderson VIT Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares)*
Socially Responsive Portfolio (Class S)	(formerly Janus Aspen Balanced Portfolio)
AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Growth Portfolio	Oppenheimer Discovery Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA
AST BlackRock/Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio	(Service Shares)*
AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio	ProFund VP Asia 30*
AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio	ProFund VP Banks*
AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio	ProFund VP Bear*
AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio	ProFund VP Biotechnology*
AST FI Pyramis Quantitative Portfolio	ProFund VP Basic Materials*
AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio	ProFund VP UltraBull*
AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio	ProFund VP Bull*
AST Schroders Global Tactical Portfolio**	ProFund VP Consumer Services*
AST RCM World Trends Portfolio	ProFund VP Consumer Goods*
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio	ProFund VP Oil & Gas*
(Service Shares)	ProFund VP Europe 30*
AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio	ProFund VP Financials*
TOPS Aggressive Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus*
TOPS Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	ProFund VP Health Care*
TOPS Conservative ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	ProFund VP Industrials*
TOPS Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	ProFund VP Internet*
TOPS Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	ProFund VP Japan*
TOPS Managed Risk Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	ProFund VP Precious Metals*
TOPS Managed Risk Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	ProFund VP Mid-Cap Growth*
TOPS Managed Risk Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio	ProFund VP Government Money Market*
(Class 2)	ProFund VP Mid-Cap Value*
American Funds IS Growth Fund (Class 2)	ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals*
American Funds IS Growth-Income Fund (Class 2)	ProFund VP Real Estate*
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio (Service Class 2)	ProFund VP Rising Rates Opportunity*
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (Service Class 2)	ProFund VP NASDAQ-100 *
Templeton Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)	ProFund VP Small-Cap*
Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund (Class IB)	ProFund VP Semiconductor*
Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund (Class IB)	ProFund VP Small-Cap Growth*
Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund (Class IB)	ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100 *
American Funds IS International Fund (Class 2)	ProFund VP Short Small-Cap*
Franklin Income VIP Fund (Class 2)	ProFund VP Small-Cap Value*
Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund (Class 2)	ProFund VP Technology*
MFS Total Return Bond Series (Initial Class)	ProFund VP Telecommunications*
MFS Value Series (Initial Class)	ProFund VP UltraMid-Cap*
Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund (Class IB)	ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-100 *
American Funds IS Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund	ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap*
(Class 2)	ProFund VP Utilities*
Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio (Service Class 2)	Invesco V.I. Technology Fund (Series I)*
Invesco V.I. Growth and Income Fund (Series I)	Invesco V.I. Managed Volatility Fund (Series I)*

__________

* Subaccount was available for investment but had no assets as of December 31, 2017, and had no activity during 2017.

** Subaccount was no longer available for investment as of December 31, 2017.

*** Subaccount liquidated on May 19, 2017.

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The following table sets forth the date at which a merger took place in the Account. The transfer from the removed subaccount to the surviving subaccount for the period ended December 31, 2017 is reflected in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets as net transfers between subaccounts and purchases and sales in Note 5.

Merger Date	Removed Portfolio	Surviving Portfolio
April 28, 2017	AST Schroders Global Tactical Portfolio	AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio

The Portfolios are open-end management investment companies, and each portfolio of The Prudential Series Fund and the Advanced Series Trust is managed by affiliates of Prudential. Each subaccount of the Account indirectly bears exposure to the market, credit, and liquidity risks of the portfolio in which it invests. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and footnotes of the Portfolios. Additional information on these Portfolios is available upon request to the appropriate companies.

New sales of certain products which invest in the Account have been discontinued. However, premium payments made by contract owners will continue to be received by the Account.

Note 2: Significant Accounting Policies

The Account is an investment company and, accordingly, follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946-Investment Companies, which is part of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets resulting from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date these financial statements were issued.

Certain prior period contract owner transaction amounts in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation.

Investments - The investments in shares of the Portfolios are stated at the reported net asset value per share of the respective Portfolios, which is based on the fair value of the underlying securities in the respective Portfolios. All changes in fair value are recorded as net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments in the Statements of Operations of the applicable subaccounts.

Security Transactions - Purchase and sale transactions are recorded as of the trade date of the security being purchased or sold. Realized gains and losses on security transactions are determined based upon an average cost of the investment sold.

Dividend Income and Distributions Received - Dividend and capital gain distributions received are re-invested in additional shares of the Portfolios and are recorded on the ex-distribution date.

Note 3: Fair Value Measurements

Fair value represents 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 fair value guidance establishes a framework for measuring fair value that includes a hierarchy used to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value. 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 the Account can access.

Level 2 - Fair value is based on significant inputs, other than Level 1 inputs, that are observable for the investment, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the investment through corroboration with observable market data. Level 2 inputs include the reported net asset value per share

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of the underlying portfolio, quoted market prices in active markets for similar investments, quoted market prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar investments, and other market observable inputs.

Level 3 - Fair value is based on at least one significant unobservable input for the investment.

As of December 31, 2017, management determined that the fair value inputs for all of the Account’s investments, which consist solely of investments in open end mutual funds registered with the SEC, were considered Level 2.

Transfers between Fair Value Levels

During the period ended December 31, 2017, there were no transfers between fair value levels.

Note 4: Taxes

Pruco Life of New Jersey is taxed as a “life insurance company” as defined by the Internal Revenue Code. The results of operations of the Account form a part of Prudential Financial’s consolidated federal tax return. No federal, state or local income taxes are payable by the Account. As such, no provision for tax liability has been recorded in these financial statements. Prudential management will review periodically the status of the policy in the event of changes in the tax law.

Note 5: Purchases and Sales of Investments

The aggregate costs of purchases and proceeds from sales, excluding distributions received and reinvested, of investments in the Portfolios for the period ended December 31, 2017 were as follows:

	Purchases		Sales
Prudential Government Money Market Portfolio	$	20,964,525	$	79,716,173
Prudential Diversified Bond Portfolio	50,715,324		62,956,400
Prudential Equity Portfolio (Class I)	1,072,660		13,078,343
Prudential Flexible Managed Portfolio	1,741,463		16,696,119
Prudential Conservative Balanced Portfolio	821,034		8,455,489
Prudential High Yield Bond Portfolio	685,162		1,816,686,402
Prudential Stock Index Portfolio	16,915,728		14,733,232
Prudential Value Portfolio (Class I)	652,037		1,982,815
Prudential Natural Resources Portfolio (Class I)	390,158		1,078,332
Prudential Global Portfolio	720,183		939,852
Prudential Government Income Portfolio	50,204		260,826
Prudential Jennison Portfolio (Class I)	1,460,660		2,959,689
Prudential Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio	676,821		1,654,884
T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio	1,103		1,605
Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Institutional Shares)	2,199		15,375
MFS Growth Series (Initial Class)	25,077		3,672
American Century VP Value Fund (Class I)	1,448		53,889
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)	4,617		49,525
Prudential SP Small Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)	693,399		1,035,393
Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Service Shares)	67,519		158,210
SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio (Class I)	853,311		1,159,206
Prudential SP International Growth Portfolio (Class I)	356,613		322,197
Janus Henderson VIT Overseas Portfolio (Service Shares)	97,967		83,287
Goldman Sachs VIT Small Cap Equity Insights Fund (Institutional Class)	1,468		3,637
M Large Cap Growth Fund	8,613		6,760
M International Equity Fund	—		1,140
M Large Cap Value Fund	12,058		7,408
AST Cohen & Steers Realty Portfolio	351,981		170,941

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Note 5: Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)

	Purchases		Sales
AST J.P. Morgan Strategic Opportunities Portfolio	$	248,443	$	94,987
AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Value Portfolio	159,191		59,057
AST Small-Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio	81,192		51,573
AST Small-Cap Value Portfolio	265,208		108,427
AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio	516,845		79,710
AST Loomis Sayles Large-Cap Growth Portfolio	392,469		292,465
AST MFS Growth Portfolio	332,100		59,830
AST BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio	193,891		119,040
AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources Portfolio	287,694		172,709
AST MFS Global Equity Portfolio	346,230		165,222
AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio	335,548		77,029
AST Templeton Global Bond Portfolio	284,151		84,530
M Capital Appreciation Fund	8,613		4,763
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund (Class I)	240,346		44,902
AST Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value Portfolio	475,111		288,609
AST Small-Cap Growth Portfolio	303,609		366,439
The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. (Service Shares)	51,461		12,202
Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio (Class I)	200,835		264,597
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Intrepid Mid-Cap Portfolio	20,950		269,257
MFS Utilities Series (Initial Class)	424,964		111,146
Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Socially Responsive Portfolio (Class S)	23,135		7,985
AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Growth Portfolio	835,103		469,963
AST BlackRock/Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio	663,249		452,374
AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio	894,650		401,197
AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio	791,006		1,311,532
AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio	2,952,850		2,075,497
AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio	520,504		820,274
AST FI Pyramis Quantitative Portfolio	182,152		92,774
AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio	3,535,741		331,170
AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio	281,555		132,565
AST Schroders Global Tactical Portfolio	140,914		2,444,440
AST RCM World Trends Portfolio	158,319		114,279
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio (Service Shares)	42,667		14,220
AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio	3,253,506		2,827,834
TOPS Aggressive Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	363,533		97,408
TOPS Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	95,909		20,982
TOPS Conservative ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	58,668		22,628
TOPS Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	214,710		61,379
TOPS Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	228,967		53,421
TOPS Managed Risk Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	53,370		47,406
TOPS Managed Risk Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	215,525		60,173
TOPS Managed Risk Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)	122,999		70,989
American Funds IS Growth Fund (Class 2)	406,749		47,608
American Funds IS Growth-Income Fund (Class 2)	388,916		60,982
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio (Service Class 2)	331,073		25,561
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (Service Class 2)	284,385		69,073
Templeton Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)	31,598		4,847
Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund (Class IB)	13,018		12,828
Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund (Class IB)	13,653		12,689
Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund (Class IB)	198,606		13,138
American Funds IS International Fund (Class 2)	386,954		19,569
Franklin Income VIP Fund (Class 2)	132,316		21,094
Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund (Class 2)	29,954		11,691

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Note 5: Purchases and Sales of Investments (continued)

	Purchases		Sales
MFS Total Return Bond Series (Initial Class)	$	222,148	$	42,560
MFS Value Series (Initial Class)	125,556		20,715
Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund (Class IB)	121,215		24,568
American Funds IS Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund (Class 2)	93,080		21,126
Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio (Service Class 2)	539,139		230,293
Invesco V.I. Growth and Income Fund (Series I)	125,552		11,885
AST International Value Portfolio	323,506		310,433

Note 6: Related Party Transactions

The Account has extensive transactions and relationships with Prudential and other affiliates. 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. Prudential Financial and its affiliates perform various services on behalf of the portfolios of The Prudential Series Fund and the Advanced Series Trust in which the Account invests and may receive fees for the services performed. These services include, among other things, investment management, subadvisory, shareholder communications, postage, transfer agency and various other record keeping, administrative and customer service functions.

The Prudential Series Fund has entered into a management agreement with PGIM Investments LLC (formerly Prudential Investments LLC) (“PGIM Investments”), and the Advanced Series Trust has entered into a management agreement with PGIM Investments and AST Investment Services, Inc., both indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Prudential Financial (together the “Investment Managers”). Pursuant to these agreements, the Investment Managers have responsibility for all investment advisory services and supervise the subadvisers’ performance of such services with respect to each portfolio of The Prudential Series Fund and the Advanced Series Trust. The Investment Managers entered into subadvisory agreements with several subadvisers, including PGIM, Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, and Quantitative Management Associates LLC, each of which are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Prudential Financial.

The Prudential Series Fund has a distribution agreement with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, which acts as the distributor of the Class I and Class II shares of the portfolios of The Prudential Series Fund. No distribution or service (12b-1) fees are paid to PIMS as distributor of the Class I shares of the portfolios of The Prudential Series Fund, which is the class of shares owned by the Account.

The Advanced Series Trust has a distribution agreement with Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc. (“PAD”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, which acts as the distributor of the shares of each portfolio of the Advanced Series Trust. Distribution and service fees are paid to PAD by most portfolios of the Advanced Series Trust.

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC, an affiliate of the Investment Managers and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, serves as the transfer agent of each portfolio of The Prudential Series Fund and the Advanced Series Trust.

As of the close of business on December 15, 2017, the Prudential High Yield Bond Portfolio settled a redemption of certain fund shares by delivery of certain portfolio securities in lieu of cash with an affiliate. See The Prudential Series Fund financial statements for further information.

Certain charges and fees for the portfolios of The Prudential Series Fund and the Advanced Series Trust may be waived and/or reimbursed by Prudential and its affiliates. Prudential and its affiliates reserve the right to discontinue these waivers/ reimbursements at its discretion, subject to the contractual obligations of Prudential and its affiliates.

See The Prudential Series Fund and the Advanced Series Trust financial statements for further discussion of such expense and waiver/reimbursement arrangements. The Account indirectly bears the expenses of the underlying portfolios of The Prudential Series Fund and the Advanced Series Trust in which it invests, including the related party expenses disclosed above.

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Note 6: Related Party Transactions (continued)

In 2016, Prudential Financial self-reported to the SEC and notified other regulators that in some cases Prudential Financial failed to maximize securities lending income for certain portfolios of The Prudential Series Fund and the Advanced Series Trust due to a longstanding restriction benefiting Prudential Financial. In June 2016, Prudential Financial paid each of the affected Portfolios an amount of loss estimated by an independent consultant retained by the respective Boards of Trustees. The payment remains subject to regulatory review and Prudential Financial is cooperating with regulators in their review of this matter.

Note 7: Financial Highlights

Pruco Life of New Jersey sells a number of variable life insurance products that are funded by the Account. These products have unique combinations of features and fees that are charged against the contract owner’s account balance. Differences in the fee structures result in a variety of unit values, expense ratios and total returns.

In the table below, the units, the range of lowest to highest unit values, the net assets, the investment income ratio, the range of lowest to highest expense ratios, and the range of total return are presented for the products offered by Pruco Life of New Jersey and funded by the Account. Only product designs within each subaccount that had units outstanding during the respective periods were considered when determining the lowest and highest expense ratio. The summary may not reflect the minimum and maximum Contract charges offered by Pruco Life of New Jersey as contract owners may not have selected all available and applicable Contract options.

	At the year ended							For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*			Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	Prudential Government Money Market Portfolio
December 31, 2017	5,363	$1.12404	to	$	11.88034	$	9,809	0.54	%		0.00%	to	0.90%	-0.32%	to	0.56	%
December 31, 2016	50,697	$1.12761	to	$	11.81436	$	68,221	0.09	%		0.00%	to	0.90%	-0.78%	to	0.09	%
December 31, 2015	49,197	$1.13648	to	$	11.80327	$	66,869	0.00	%	(2)	0.00%	to	0.90%	-0.91%	to	0.00	%
December 31, 2014	46,793	$1.14691	to	$	11.80320	$	64,145	0.00	%	(2)	0.00%	to	0.90%	-0.91%	to	0.00	%
December 31, 2013	44,811	$1.15745	to	$	11.80315	$	61,871	0.00	%	(2)	0.00%	to	0.90%	-0.93%	to	0.00	%
	Prudential Diversified Bond Portfolio
December 31, 2017	43,340	$2.22183	to	$	22.28162	$	140,696	0.00	%		0.00%	to	0.90%	6.05%	to	7.00	%
December 31, 2016	47,360	$2.07846	to	$	20.82325	$	143,239	0.00	%		0.00%	to	0.90%	4.65%	to	5.59	%
December 31, 2015	47,717	$1.97041	to	$	19.72100	$	137,271	0.00	%		0.00%	to	0.90%	-1.61%	to	-0.26	%
December 31, 2014	48,613	$1.97761	to	$	19.77188	$	140,903	1.09	%		0.00%	to	0.90%	0.92%	to	7.09	%
December 31, 2013	49,136	$1.84865	to	$	18.46284	$	133,636	3.97	%		0.00%	to	0.90%	-1.60%	to	-0.71	%
	Prudential Equity Portfolio (Class I)
December 31, 2017	15,900	$2.51871	to	$	20.91127	$	231,065	0.00	%		0.10%	to	0.90%	24.66%	to	25.65	%
December 31, 2016	16,655	$2.02042	to	$	16.71274	$	194,300	0.00	%		0.10%	to	0.90%	2.85%	to	3.67	%
December 31, 2015	17,254	$1.96442	to	$	16.18903	$	198,410	0.00	%		0.10%	to	0.90%	-0.99%	to	2.26	%
December 31, 2014	18,013	$1.93643	to	$	15.89925	$	203,771	0.00	%		0.10%	to	0.90%	-0.39%	to	7.60	%
December 31, 2013	18,818	$1.81405	to	$	14.83927	$	198,497	0.00	%		0.10%	to	0.90%	32.34%	to	33.40	%
	Prudential Flexible Managed Portfolio
December 31, 2017	26,421	$2.39912	to	$	26.76395	$	331,236	0.00	%		0.25%	to	0.90%	13.95%	to	14.68	%
December 31, 2016	27,602	$2.10545	to	$	23.33762	$	302,141	0.00	%		0.25%	to	0.90%	7.55%	to	8.25	%
December 31, 2015	28,875	$1.95761	to	$	21.55947	$	292,626	0.00	%		0.25%	to	0.90%	0.11%	to	0.76	%
December 31, 2014	30,051	$1.95542	to	$	21.39680	$	302,602	0.00	%		0.25%	to	0.90%	7.11%	to	10.78	%
December 31, 2013	31,269	$1.77667	to	$	19.31512	$	284,781	0.00	%		0.25%	to	0.90%	19.07%	to	19.85	%
	Prudential Conservative Balanced Portfolio
December 31, 2017	15,662	$2.22717	to	$	23.53030	$	145,844	0.00	%		0.25%	to	0.90%	11.37%	to	12.09	%
December 31, 2016	16,462	$1.99983	to	$	20.99303	$	136,998	0.00	%		0.25%	to	0.90%	6.32%	to	7.01	%
December 31, 2015	17,225	$1.88097	to	$	19.61793	$	134,210	0.00	%		0.25%	to	0.90%	-0.50%	to	0.15	%
December 31, 2014	18,097	$1.89037	to	$	19.58841	$	141,229	0.00	%		0.25%	to	0.90%	6.07%	to	8.50	%
December 31, 2013	18,673	$1.75355	to	$	18.05422	$	134,397	0.00	%		0.25%	to	0.90%	15.12%	to	15.86	%

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Note 7: Financial Highlights (continued)

	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*		Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	Prudential High Yield Bond Portfolio
December 31, 2017	4,549	$2.74899	to	$	27.52155	$	21,079	6.36	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	6.84%	to	7.80	%
December 31, 2016	503,610	$2.55272	to	$	25.52928	$	1,709,443	6.48	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	15.21%	to	16.24	%
December 31, 2015	510,436	$2.19840	to	$	21.96197	$	1,498,127	6.20	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	-5.95%	to	-2.45	%
December 31, 2014	480,596	$2.25610	to	$	22.51345	$	1,469,599	6.04	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	-2.22%	to	2.71	%
December 31, 2013	450,696	$2.19909	to	$	21.91910	$	1,363,539	6.46	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	6.31%	to	7.26	%
	Prudential Stock Index Portfolio
December 31, 2017	15,622	$2.15354	to	$	32.04251	$	79,862	1.53	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	20.38%	to	21.46	%
December 31, 2016	15,430	$1.78888	to	$	26.38014	$	63,580	1.82	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	10.84%	to	11.83	%
December 31, 2015	14,850	$1.61397	to	$	23.58951	$	56,464	1.50	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	-1.79%	to	1.18	%
December 31, 2014	14,968	$1.60949	to	$	23.31331	$	57,050	3.03	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	3.38%	to	13.31	%
December 31, 2013	14,988	$1.43327	to	$	20.57494	$	50,655	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	30.72%	to	31.89	%
	Prudential Value Portfolio (Class I)
December 31, 2017	2,720	$2.97366	to	$	19.83151	$	35,054	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	15.95%	to	16.99	%
December 31, 2016	2,865	$2.56468	to	$	16.95191	$	31,212	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	10.40%	to	11.39	%
December 31, 2015	2,971	$2.32309	to	$	15.21788	$	29,380	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	-9.68%	to	-8.19	%
December 31, 2014	3,103	$2.55318	to	$	16.57627	$	33,569	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	-0.18%	to	10.10	%
December 31, 2013	3,184	$2.33971	to	$	15.05507	$	31,424	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.90%	31.91%	to	33.09	%
	Prudential Natural Resources Portfolio (Class I)
December 31, 2017	770	$6.19062	to	$	13.62387	$	9,374	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.60%	-0.78%	to	-0.19	%
December 31, 2016	815	$6.20825	to	$	13.73093	$	10,138	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.60%	24.62%	to	25.36	%
December 31, 2015	819	$4.95729	to	$	11.01858	$	8,340	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.60%	-34.15%	to	-28.19	%
December 31, 2014	907	$6.91015	to	$	15.43613	$	13,287	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.60%	-27.35%	to	-19.90	%
December 31, 2013	957	$8.63543	to	$	19.38647	$	17,779	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.60%	9.57%	to	10.23	%
	Prudential Global Portfolio
December 31, 2017	4,939	$1.61163	to	$	12.56535	$	17,255	0.00	%	0.10%	to	0.90%	23.72%	to	24.71	%
December 31, 2016	5,014	$1.30262	to	$	10.09044	$	14,025	0.00	%	0.10%	to	0.90%	3.52%	to	4.34	%
December 31, 2015	5,382	$1.25837	to	$	9.68524	$	14,702	0.00	%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-3.79%	to	2.27	%
December 31, 2014	5,596	$1.24031	to	$	3.29027	$	15,052	0.00	%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-1.22%	to	3.15	%
December 31, 2013	5,677	$1.21215	to	$	3.20572	$	14,947	0.00	%	0.10%	to	0.90%	26.15%	to	27.16	%
	Prudential Government Income Portfolio
December 31, 2017	613	$4.43928	to	$	4.43928	$	2,721	0.00	%	0.60%	to	0.60%	2.33%	to	2.33	%
December 31, 2016	657	$4.33836	to	$	4.33836	$	2,850	0.00	%	0.60%	to	0.60%	1.56%	to	1.56	%
December 31, 2015	667	$4.27164	to	$	4.27164	$	2,851	0.00	%	0.60%	to	0.60%	0.07%	to	0.07	%
December 31, 2014	745	$4.26864	to	$	4.26864	$	3,180	0.35	%	0.60%	to	0.60%	5.23%	to	5.23	%
December 31, 2013	776	$4.05652	to	$	4.05652	$	3,149	1.77	%	0.60%	to	0.60%	-2.92%	to	-2.92	%
	Prudential Jennison Portfolio (Class I)
December 31, 2017	10,252	$1.93423	to	$	14.02309	$	51,659	0.00	%	0.10%	to	0.90%	35.48%	to	36.56	%
December 31, 2016	10,549	$1.42768	to	$	10.28424	$	39,081	0.00	%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-1.78%	to	-1.00	%
December 31, 2015	10,862	$1.45360	to	$	10.40359	$	41,016	0.00	%	0.10%	to	0.90%	3.30%	to	11.37	%
December 31, 2014	11,041	$1.31554	to	$	5.07582	$	37,386	0.00	%	0.10%	to	0.90%	1.31%	to	9.88	%
December 31, 2013	11,498	$1.20695	to	$	4.64261	$	35,253	0.00	%	0.10%	to	0.90%	36.44%	to	37.52	%
	Prudential Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio
December 31, 2017	1,818	$9.66701	to	$	27.33182	$	18,462	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.60%	12.33%	to	13.00	%
December 31, 2016	1,932	$8.60619	to	$	24.18775	$	17,258	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.60%	25.75%	to	26.50	%
December 31, 2015	2,060	$6.84380	to	$	19.12023	$	14,551	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.60%	-4.33%	to	-2.29	%
December 31, 2014	2,215	$7.04589	to	$	19.56736	$	16,016	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.60%	3.65%	to	5.39	%
December 31, 2013	2,324	$6.72562	to	$	18.56661	$	15,921	0.00	%	0.00%	to	0.60%	40.11%	to	40.95	%

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	At the year ended							For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*	Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio
December 31, 2017	36	$1.48328	to	$	1.48328	$	53	1.13%	0.90%	to	0.90%	26.74%	to	26.74	%
December 31, 2016	36	$1.17029	to	$	1.17029	$	42	1.10%	0.90%	to	0.90%	1.22%	to	1.22	%
December 31, 2015	33	$1.15620	to	$	1.15620	$	38	0.95%	0.90%	to	0.90%	-1.78%	to	-1.78	%
December 31, 2014	31	$1.17715	to	$	1.17715	$	37	1.08%	0.90%	to	0.90%	-2.12%	to	-2.12	%
December 31, 2013	30	$1.20263	to	$	1.20263	$	36	0.35%	0.90%	to	0.90%	13.03%	to	13.03	%
	Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Institutional Shares)
December 31, 2017	234	$1.54295	to	$	2.00921	$	399	0.39%	0.20%	to	0.90%	26.74%	to	27.63	%
December 31, 2016	242	$1.21741	to	$	1.57426	$	324	0.54%	0.20%	to	0.90%	-0.40%	to	0.30	%
December 31, 2015	243	$1.22224	to	$	1.56956	$	325	0.63%	0.20%	to	0.90%	4.41%	to	5.13	%
December 31, 2014	241	$1.17067	to	$	1.49292	$	310	0.37%	0.20%	to	0.90%	11.98%	to	12.77	%
December 31, 2013	234	$1.04544	to	$	1.32388	$	268	0.60%	0.20%	to	0.90%	29.18%	to	30.07	%
	MFS Growth Series (Initial Class)
December 31, 2017	149	$1.65051	to	$	1.65051	$	246	0.11%	0.90%	to	0.90%	30.23%	to	30.23	%
December 31, 2016	131	$1.26739	to	$	1.26739	$	166	0.05%	0.90%	to	0.90%	1.53%	to	1.53	%
December 31, 2015	131	$1.24830	to	$	1.24830	$	164	0.15%	0.90%	to	0.90%	6.61%	to	6.61	%
December 31, 2014	126	$1.17092	to	$	1.17092	$	147	0.11%	0.90%	to	0.90%	7.97%	to	7.97	%
December 31, 2013	125	$1.08445	to	$	1.08445	$	135	0.24%	0.90%	to	0.90%	35.63%	to	35.63	%
	American Century VP Value Fund (Class I)
December 31, 2017	108	$3.83184	to	$	3.83184	$	412	1.66%	0.90%	to	0.90%	7.78%	to	7.78	%
December 31, 2016	121	$3.55526	to	$	3.55526	$	431	1.75%	0.90%	to	0.90%	19.41%	to	19.41	%
December 31, 2015	117	$2.97739	to	$	2.97739	$	349	2.12%	0.90%	to	0.90%	-4.74%	to	-4.74	%
December 31, 2014	125	$3.12558	to	$	3.12558	$	391	1.54%	0.90%	to	0.90%	12.07%	to	12.07	%
December 31, 2013	124	$2.78887	to	$	2.78887	$	346	1.69%	0.90%	to	0.90%	30.55%	to	30.55	%
	Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)
December 31, 2017	233	$1.74028	to	$	1.74028	$	405	0.00%	0.90%	to	0.90%	20.31%	to	20.31	%
December 31, 2016	261	$1.44644	to	$	1.44644	$	377	0.00%	0.90%	to	0.90%	3.24%	to	3.24	%
December 31, 2015	252	$1.40107	to	$	1.40107	$	353	0.00%	0.90%	to	0.90%	-3.53%	to	-3.53	%
December 31, 2014	246	$1.45230	to	$	1.45230	$	357	0.00%	0.90%	to	0.90%	6.51%	to	6.51	%
December 31, 2013	236	$1.36349	to	$	1.36349	$	322	0.00%	0.90%	to	0.90%	36.92%	to	36.92	%
	Prudential SP Small Cap Value Portfolio (Class I)
December 31, 2017	3,467	$3.32471	to	$	34.51674	$	13,407	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	11.19%	to	12.19	%
December 31, 2016	3,583	$2.99001	to	$	30.76602	$	12,284	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	24.34%	to	25.45	%
December 31, 2015	3,644	$2.40467	to	$	24.52366	$	9,942	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	-7.17%	to	-5.36	%
December 31, 2014	3,921	$2.56375	to	$	25.91379	$	11,341	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	1.10%	to	4.94	%
December 31, 2013	4,050	$2.46506	to	$	24.69406	$	11,177	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	36.22%	to	37.44	%
	Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Service Shares)
December 31, 2017	787	$2.33912	to	$	2.33912	$	1,841	0.25%	0.25%	to	0.25%	27.24%	to	27.24	%
December 31, 2016	829	$1.83836	to	$	1.83836	$	1,524	0.38%	0.25%	to	0.25%	0.02%	to	0.02	%
December 31, 2015	826	$1.83797	to	$	1.83797	$	1,518	0.45%	0.25%	to	0.25%	4.81%	to	4.81	%
December 31, 2014	842	$1.75354	to	$	1.75354	$	1,477	0.23%	0.25%	to	0.25%	12.45%	to	12.45	%
December 31, 2013	840	$1.55936	to	$	1.55936	$	1,310	0.66%	0.25%	to	0.25%	29.66%	to	29.66	%
	SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio (Class I)
December 31, 2017	4,451	$3.23879	to	$	42.63457	$	16,361	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	21.35%	to	22.43	%
December 31, 2016	4,558	$2.66896	to	$	34.82253	$	13,627	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	3.39%	to	4.32	%
December 31, 2015	4,604	$2.58140	to	$	33.38120	$	13,151	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	-7.57%	to	-2.36	%
December 31, 2014	4,689	$2.66766	to	$	34.18836	$	13,664	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	2.92%	to	10.35	%
December 31, 2013	4,846	$2.45791	to	$	31.21928	$	12,866	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	27.33%	to	28.47	%

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	At the year ended							For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*	Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	Prudential SP International Growth Portfolio (Class I)
December 31, 2017	2,035	$2.02594	to	$	2.49213	$	4,692	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	34.60%	to	35.66	%
December 31, 2016	2,021	$1.50516	to	$	1.83699	$	3,428	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-4.44%	to	-3.68	%
December 31, 2015	1,922	$1.57516	to	$	1.90722	$	3,384	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-5.89%	to	3.26	%
December 31, 2014	1,838	$1.53754	to	$	1.84704	$	3,130	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-6.56%	to	-3.45	%
December 31, 2013	1,887	$1.64541	to	$	1.96107	$	3,405	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	17.81%	to	18.76	%
	Janus Henderson VIT Overseas Portfolio (Service Shares)
December 31, 2017	69	$8.93516	to	$	9.02190	$	620	1.59%	0.00%	to	0.10%	30.67%	to	30.80	%
December 31, 2016	68	$6.83777	to	$	6.89726	$	467	5.03%	0.00%	to	0.10%	-6.80%	to	-6.71	%
December 31, 2015	61	$7.33659	to	$	7.39307	$	445	0.54%	0.00%	to	0.10%	-16.71%	to	-8.80	%
December 31, 2014	51	$8.05282	to	$	8.10664	$	409	5.67%	0.00%	to	0.10%	-16.82%	to	-12.10	%
December 31, 2013	45	$9.17056	to	$	9.22266	$	415	3.18%	0.00%	to	0.10%	14.17%	to	14.28	%
	Goldman Sachs VIT Small Cap Equity Insights Fund (Institutional Class)
December 31, 2017	30	$3.44711	to	$	3.44711	$	104	0.56%	0.20%	to	0.20%	11.34%	to	11.34	%
December 31, 2016	31	$3.09592	to	$	3.09592	$	96	1.23%	0.20%	to	0.20%	22.96%	to	22.96	%
December 31, 2015	31	$2.51791	to	$	2.51791	$	77	0.29%	0.20%	to	0.20%	-2.32%	to	-2.32	%
December 31, 2014	32	$2.57774	to	$	2.57774	$	83	0.81%	0.20%	to	0.20%	6.71%	to	6.71	%
December 31, 2013	31	$2.41556	to	$	2.41556	$	76	1.04%	0.20%	to	0.20%	35.35%	to	35.35	%
	M Large Cap Growth Fund
December 31, 2017	3	$39.01765	to	$	39.01765	$	107	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.00%	38.97%	to	38.97	%
December 31, 2016	3	$28.07535	to	$	28.07535	$	76	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.00%	-2.32%	to	-2.32	%
December 31, 2015	3	$28.74292	to	$	28.74292	$	74	0.03%	0.00%	to	0.00%	7.70%	to	7.70	%
December 31, 2014	2	$26.68708	to	$	26.68708	$	66	0.04%	0.00%	to	0.00%	10.21%	to	10.21	%
December 31, 2013	2	$24.21416	to	$	24.21416	$	55	0.62%	0.00%	to	0.00%	36.15%	to	36.15	%
	M International Equity Fund
December 31, 2017	1	$20.85069	to	$	20.85069	$	16	1.62%	0.00%	to	0.00%	24.05%	to	24.05	%
December 31, 2016	1	$16.80834	to	$	16.80834	$	14	1.15%	0.00%	to	0.00%	-0.05%	to	-0.05	%
December 31, 2015	1	$16.81706	to	$	16.81706	$	15	1.59%	0.00%	to	0.00%	-3.94%	to	-3.94	%
December 31, 2014	1	$17.50710	to	$	17.50710	$	17	2.20%	0.00%	to	0.00%	-7.06%	to	-7.06	%
December 31, 2013	1	$18.83652	to	$	18.83652	$	19	2.36%	0.00%	to	0.00%	16.32%	to	16.32	%
	M Large Cap Value Fund
December 31, 2017	4	$30.59610	to	$	30.59610	$	125	1.56%	0.00%	to	0.00%	14.99%	to	14.99	%
December 31, 2016	4	$26.60662	to	$	26.60662	$	104	2.06%	0.00%	to	0.00%	9.64%	to	9.64	%
December 31, 2015	4	$24.26745	to	$	24.26745	$	89	1.40%	0.00%	to	0.00%	-0.66%	to	-0.66	%
December 31, 2014	3	$24.42804	to	$	24.42804	$	83	1.22%	0.00%	to	0.00%	9.68%	to	9.68	%
December 31, 2013	3	$22.27169	to	$	22.27169	$	70	2.94%	0.00%	to	0.00%	34.22%	to	34.22	%
	AST Cohen & Steers Realty Portfolio
December 31, 2017	55	$25.16519	to	$	25.16519	$	1,385	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	6.14%	to	6.14	%
December 31, 2016	47	$23.70983	to	$	23.70983	$	1,126	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	4.71%	to	4.71	%
December 31, 2015	39	$22.64375	to	$	22.64375	$	880	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	4.46%	to	4.74	%
December 31, 2014	34	$21.61925	to	$	21.61925	$	732	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	7.80%	to	30.78	%
December 31, 2013	31	$16.53090	to	$	16.53090	$	515	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	3.03%	to	3.03	%
	AST J.P. Morgan Strategic Opportunities Portfolio
December 31, 2017	75	$19.11915	to	$	19.22895	$	1,431	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	11.86%	to	12.03	%
December 31, 2016	66	$17.06612	to	$	17.18990	$	1,132	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	3.58%	to	3.73	%
December 31, 2015	59	$16.45192	to	$	16.59599	$	980	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-3.00%	to	-0.28	%
December 31, 2014	47	$16.49849	to	$	16.66786	$	787	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	0.95%	to	5.34	%
December 31, 2013	34	$15.66161	to	$	15.84616	$	541	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	10.76%	to	10.92	%

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	At the year ended							For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*	Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Value Portfolio
December 31, 2017	43	$11.07486	to	$	19.49533	$	798	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	16.26%	to	16.43	%
December 31, 2016	36	$9.52580	to	$	16.74354	$	591	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	5.86%	to	6.02	%
December 31, 2015	31	$8.99815	to	$	15.79253	$	477	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-11.00%	to	-6.16	%
December 31, 2014	27	$16.82860	to	$	16.82860	$	462	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-4.50%	to	1.46	%
December 31, 2013	28	$16.58696	to	$	16.58696	$	472	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	34.49%	to	34.49	%
	AST Small-Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio
December 31, 2017	22	$28.96944	to	$	28.96944	$	642	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	27.56%	to	27.56	%
December 31, 2016	21	$22.71027	to	$	22.71027	$	476	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	7.59%	to	7.59	%
December 31, 2015	19	$21.10806	to	$	21.10806	$	395	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-4.50%	to	1.23	%
December 31, 2014	16	$20.85085	to	$	20.85085	$	336	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	1.03%	to	4.84	%
December 31, 2013	14	$19.88901	to	$	19.88901	$	283	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	40.67%	to	40.67	%
	AST Small-Cap Value Portfolio
December 31, 2017	43	$28.51649	to	$	28.51649	$	1,221	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	7.24%	to	7.24	%
December 31, 2016	37	$26.59138	to	$	26.59138	$	982	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	29.07%	to	29.07	%
December 31, 2015	33	$20.60184	to	$	20.60184	$	673	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-5.21%	to	-4.41	%
December 31, 2014	29	$21.55128	to	$	21.55128	$	625	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	1.90%	to	5.16	%
December 31, 2013	29	$20.49319	to	$	20.49319	$	597	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	37.26%	to	37.26	%
	AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2017	68	$11.81267	to	$	30.84605	$	1,600	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	26.77%	to	26.96	%
December 31, 2016	43	$9.31792	to	$	24.29544	$	882	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	1.39%	to	1.54	%
December 31, 2015	27	$9.19006	to	$	23.92640	$	628	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-8.45%	to	-5.78	%
December 31, 2014	18	$25.39399	to	$	25.39399	$	446	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	2.76%	to	11.42	%
December 31, 2013	17	$22.79208	to	$	22.79208	$	380	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	32.06%	to	32.06	%
	AST Loomis Sayles Large-Cap Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2017	114	$14.66524	to	$	29.75062	$	2,820	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	31.80%	to	32.85	%
December 31, 2016	106	$11.05507	to	$	22.39348	$	2,038	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	4.64%	to	5.47	%
December 31, 2015	102	$10.49742	to	$	21.23221	$	1,905	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	4.02%	to	9.96	%
December 31, 2014	105	$15.07361	to	$	19.30884	$	1,787	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	3.73%	to	10.48	%
December 31, 2013	109	$13.75290	to	$	17.47747	$	1,681	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	35.39%	to	36.47	%
	AST MFS Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2017	50	$13.81409	to	$	29.14020	$	1,054	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	30.38%	to	30.58	%
December 31, 2016	33	$10.59514	to	$	22.31671	$	579	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	1.66%	to	1.81	%
December 31, 2015	18	$10.42243	to	$	21.92026	$	383	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	3.26%	to	7.12	%
December 31, 2014	13	$20.46295	to	$	20.46295	$	261	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	3.14%	to	8.60	%
December 31, 2013	11	$18.84230	to	$	18.84230	$	205	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	36.57%	to	36.57	%
	AST BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio
December 31, 2017	46	$10.20892	to	$	13.88236	$	600	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	1.45%	to	1.60	%
December 31, 2016	39	$10.06295	to	$	13.66344	$	516	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	1.38%	to	1.53	%
December 31, 2015	26	$9.92588	to	$	13.45725	$	353	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-0.74%	to	0.38	%
December 31, 2014	22	$13.40620	to	$	13.40620	$	298	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-0.89%	to	-0.20	%
December 31, 2013	19	$13.43281	to	$	13.43281	$	254	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-2.27%	to	-2.27	%
	AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources Portfolio
December 31, 2017	94	$16.55205	to	$	16.55205	$	1,562	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	10.20%	to	10.20	%
December 31, 2016	87	$15.02062	to	$	15.02062	$	1,305	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	24.49%	to	24.49	%
December 31, 2015	73	$12.06576	to	$	12.06576	$	887	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-23.60%	to	-19.33	%
December 31, 2014	63	$14.95723	to	$	14.95723	$	944	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-16.57%	to	-8.45	%
December 31, 2013	54	$16.33792	to	$	16.33792	$	888	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	15.27%	to	15.27	%

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	At the year ended							For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*	Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	AST MFS Global Equity Portfolio
December 31, 2017	54	$12.45196	to	$	28.30373	$	1,199	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	23.53%	to	23.72	%
December 31, 2016	42	$10.08005	to	$	22.87816	$	813	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	6.84%	to	7.00	%
December 31, 2015	25	$9.43437	to	$	21.38066	$	507	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-6.34%	to	-1.56	%
December 31, 2014	20	$21.72023	to	$	21.72023	$	445	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	0.29%	to	3.53	%
December 31, 2013	15	$20.98033	to	$	20.98033	$	317	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	27.51%	to	27.51	%
	AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio
December 31, 2017	78	$11.57629	to	$	18.47077	$	1,299	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	29.31%	to	29.50	%
December 31, 2016	59	$8.95249	to	$	14.26309	$	784	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	1.68%	to	1.83	%
December 31, 2015	49	$8.80480	to	$	14.00691	$	661	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-12.51%	to	-2.89	%
December 31, 2014	38	$14.42397	to	$	14.42397	$	544	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-6.94%	to	-6.46	%
December 31, 2013	32	$15.41982	to	$	15.41982	$	487	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	15.25%	to	15.25	%
	AST Templeton Global Bond Portfolio
December 31, 2017	46	$10.04330	to	$	14.26307	$	609	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	1.79%	to	1.94	%
December 31, 2016	31	$9.86693	to	$	13.99175	$	402	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	4.10%	to	4.25	%
December 31, 2015	22	$9.47853	to	$	13.42118	$	276	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-5.21%	to	-4.71	%
December 31, 2014	16	$14.08501	to	$	14.08501	$	221	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-3.16%	to	0.46	%
December 31, 2013	14	$14.02102	to	$	14.02102	$	193	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-3.85%	to	-3.85	%
	M Capital Appreciation Fund
December 31, 2017	2	$42.53294	to	$	42.53294	$	97	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.00%	19.02%	to	19.02	%
December 31, 2016	2	$35.73639	to	$	35.73639	$	78	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.00%	21.06%	to	21.06	%
December 31, 2015	2	$29.51961	to	$	29.51961	$	59	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.00%	-6.58%	to	-6.58	%
December 31, 2014	2	$31.59900	to	$	31.59900	$	59	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.00%	12.42%	to	12.42	%
December 31, 2013	2	$28.10842	to	$	28.10842	$	47	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.00%	39.20%	to	39.20	%
	American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund (Class I)
December 31, 2017	24	$27.95151	to	$	27.95151	$	683	1.64%	0.10%	to	0.10%	11.58%	to	11.58	%
December 31, 2016	17	$25.05009	to	$	25.05009	$	425	1.73%	0.10%	to	0.10%	22.73%	to	22.73	%
December 31, 2015	13	$20.41040	to	$	20.41040	$	256	1.65%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-3.04%	to	-1.53	%
December 31, 2014	12	$20.72782	to	$	20.72782	$	253	1.21%	0.10%	to	0.10%	3.86%	to	16.31	%
December 31, 2013	9	$17.82173	to	$	17.82173	$	158	1.23%	0.10%	to	0.10%	29.98%	to	29.98	%
	AST Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value Portfolio
December 31, 2017	334	$12.89941	to	$	19.38900	$	6,284	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	18.13%	to	19.07	%
December 31, 2016	320	$10.84943	to	$	16.28342	$	5,098	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	18.82%	to	19.77	%
December 31, 2015	307	$9.07249	to	$	13.59614	$	4,123	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-9.98%	to	-7.93	%
December 31, 2014	309	$14.00308	to	$	14.76685	$	4,529	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	3.07%	to	13.63	%
December 31, 2013	317	$12.42155	to	$	12.99528	$	4,096	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	38.61%	to	39.72	%
	AST Small-Cap Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2017	159	$24.94542	to	$	26.94022	$	4,228	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	22.81%	to	23.79	%
December 31, 2016	161	$20.31185	to	$	21.76270	$	3,466	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	11.08%	to	11.96	%
December 31, 2015	162	$18.28611	to	$	19.43734	$	3,111	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-3.35%	to	0.69	%
December 31, 2014	159	$18.30683	to	$	19.30508	$	3,037	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	2.89%	to	4.09	%
December 31, 2013	162	$17.79202	to	$	18.61344	$	2,998	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	33.97%	to	35.04	%
	The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. (Service Shares)
December 31, 2017	11	$11.93523	to	$	21.91437	$	226	0.84%	0.10%	to	0.25%	14.75%	to	14.92	%
December 31, 2016	9	$10.40072	to	$	19.06850	$	161	0.77%	0.10%	to	0.25%	9.80%	to	9.97	%
December 31, 2015	4	$9.47222	to	$	17.34017	$	70	0.62%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-6.51%	to	-3.51	%
December 31, 2014	1	$17.97133	to	$	17.97133	$	19	0.59%	0.10%	to	0.10%	1.82%	to	13.02	%
December 31, 2013	1	$15.90122	to	$	15.90122	$	8	0.28%	0.10%	to	0.10%	33.86%	to	33.86	%

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	At the year ended							For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*	Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio (Class I)
December 31, 2017	97	$13.41832	to	$	21.55874	$	2,001	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	29.96%	to	30.15	%
December 31, 2016	100	$10.32492	to	$	16.56396	$	1,594	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	1.36%	to	1.51	%
December 31, 2015	88	$10.18643	to	$	16.31735	$	1,415	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	1.47%	to	6.16	%
December 31, 2014	76	$15.37004	to	$	15.37004	$	1,172	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-1.93%	to	7.05	%
December 31, 2013	67	$14.35834	to	$	14.35834	$	967	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.10%	29.75%	to	29.75	%
	JPMorgan Insurance Trust Intrepid Mid-Cap Portfolio (expired May 19, 2017)
December 31, 2017	—	$10.86763	to	$	21.57195	$	—	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.25%	4.89%	to	4.95	%
December 31, 2016	12	$10.36081	to	$	20.55419	$	236	0.67%	0.10%	to	0.25%	11.75%	to	11.92	%
December 31, 2015	10	$18.36498	to	$	18.36498	$	178	0.65%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-7.90%	to	-5.97	%
December 31, 2014	9	$19.53004	to	$	19.53004	$	184	0.63%	0.10%	to	0.10%	3.99%	to	15.75	%
December 31, 2013	6	$16.87307	to	$	16.87307	$	98	1.18%	0.10%	to	0.10%	40.45%	to	40.45	%
	MFS Utilities Series (Initial Class)
December 31, 2017	92	$10.54938	to	$	17.31226	$	1,457	4.48%	0.10%	to	0.25%	14.55%	to	14.72	%
December 31, 2016	69	$9.20972	to	$	15.09129	$	989	3.95%	0.10%	to	0.25%	11.19%	to	11.36	%
December 31, 2015	55	$8.28255	to	$	13.55174	$	739	4.24%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-17.36%	to	-14.60	%
December 31, 2014	49	$15.86916	to	$	15.86916	$	770	2.44%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-2.92%	to	12.62	%
December 31, 2013	32	$14.09086	to	$	14.09086	$	451	2.37%	0.10%	to	0.10%	20.40%	to	20.40	%
	Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Socially Responsive Portfolio (Class S)
December 31, 2017	11	$12.59302	to	$	21.06203	$	216	0.36%	0.10%	to	0.25%	17.81%	to	17.99	%
December 31, 2016	10	$10.68881	to	$	17.85072	$	169	0.60%	0.10%	to	0.25%	9.37%	to	9.53	%
December 31, 2015	4	$9.77318	to	$	16.29734	$	66	0.68%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-3.07%	to	-0.69	%
December 31, 2014	1	$16.41052	to	$	16.41052	$	20	0.12%	0.10%	to	0.10%	3.83%	to	10.00	%
December 31, 2013	1	$14.91861	to	$	14.91861	$	14	0.41%	0.10%	to	0.10%	37.28%	to	37.28	%
	AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2017	209	$14.59726	to	$	30.97740	$	5,958	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	36.66%	to	37.75	%
December 31, 2016	187	$10.61305	to	$	22.48882	$	4,023	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	1.78%	to	2.59	%
December 31, 2015	164	$10.36009	to	$	21.92001	$	3,515	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	2.56%	to	9.47	%
December 31, 2014	152	$18.98799	to	$	20.02311	$	3,012	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	2.45%	to	8.24	%
December 31, 2013	144	$17.68319	to	$	18.49921	$	2,638	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	42.74%	to	43.88	%
	AST BlackRock/Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio
December 31, 2017	728	$10.45483	to	$	13.15831	$	9,392	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	3.43%	to	4.36	%
December 31, 2016	710	$10.04289	to	$	12.60839	$	8,795	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	3.30%	to	4.23	%
December 31, 2015	812	$9.65966	to	$	12.09710	$	9,687	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	-3.10%	to	-2.11	%
December 31, 2014	817	$11.80815	to	$	12.35754	$	9,980	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	0.52%	to	4.23	%
December 31, 2013	825	$11.43076	to	$	11.85595	$	9,689	0.00%	0.00%	to	0.90%	-2.71%	to	-1.84	%
	AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio
December 31, 2017	206	$24.12525	to	$	24.12525	$	4,978	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	15.12%	to	15.12	%
December 31, 2016	184	$20.95670	to	$	20.95670	$	3,862	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	7.27%	to	7.27	%
December 31, 2015	156	$19.53551	to	$	19.53551	$	3,043	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	-0.21%	to	-0.21	%
December 31, 2014	133	$19.57608	to	$	19.57608	$	2,606	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	3.52%	to	5.62	%
December 31, 2013	83	$18.53521	to	$	18.53521	$	1,542	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	16.54%	to	16.54	%
	AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio
December 31, 2017	616	$11.73967	to	$	19.04728	$	11,618	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	12.58%	to	13.48	%
December 31, 2016	643	$10.36073	to	$	16.78493	$	10,702	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	5.58%	to	6.42	%
December 31, 2015	644	$9.75054	to	$	15.77270	$	10,072	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-2.87%	to	-0.73	%
December 31, 2014	643	$15.25259	to	$	15.88887	$	10,171	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	1.82%	to	5.40	%
December 31, 2013	683	$14.58693	to	$	15.07499	$	10,260	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	19.43%	to	20.38	%

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	At the year ended							For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*	Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio
December 31, 2017	1,572	$18.07964	to	$	19.28767	$	30,036	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	13.88%	to	14.79	%
December 31, 2016	1,520	$15.87561	to	$	16.80263	$	25,342	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	5.35%	to	6.19	%
December 31, 2015	1,392	$15.06917	to	$	15.82311	$	21,870	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-2.77%	to	0.38	%
December 31, 2014	1,301	$15.13278	to	$	15.76383	$	20,379	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	0.72%	to	6.42	%
December 31, 2013	1,220	$14.33414	to	$	14.81348	$	17,986	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	16.60%	to	17.53	%
	AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio
December 31, 2017	385	$15.45249	to	$	16.48320	$	6,253	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	9.15%	to	10.02	%
December 31, 2016	403	$14.15713	to	$	14.98188	$	5,968	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	4.58%	to	5.42	%
December 31, 2015	421	$13.53655	to	$	14.21171	$	5,923	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-2.17%	to	0.04	%
December 31, 2014	399	$13.63878	to	$	14.20554	$	5,618	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	0.55%	to	5.67	%
December 31, 2013	392	$13.01018	to	$	13.44337	$	5,236	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	8.24%	to	9.10	%
	AST FI Pyramis Quantitative Portfolio
December 31, 2017	36	$22.10568	to	$	22.10568	$	800	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	16.18%	to	16.18	%
December 31, 2016	32	$19.02692	to	$	19.02692	$	604	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	3.99%	to	3.99	%
December 31, 2015	29	$18.29645	to	$	18.29645	$	531	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	0.74%	to	0.74	%
December 31, 2014	21	$18.16218	to	$	18.16218	$	376	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	2.89%	to	2.89	%
December 31, 2013	13	$17.65126	to	$	17.65126	$	228	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	14.47%	to	14.47	%
	AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio
December 31, 2017	261	$24.89644	to	$	24.89644	$	6,503	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	15.81%	to	15.81	%
December 31, 2016	120	$21.49826	to	$	21.49826	$	2,577	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	9.82%	to	9.82	%
December 31, 2015	95	$19.57619	to	$	19.57619	$	1,856	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	-0.86%	to	-0.86	%
December 31, 2014	60	$19.74597	to	$	19.74597	$	1,182	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	5.66%	to	8.93	%
December 31, 2013	34	$18.12798	to	$	18.12798	$	614	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	16.73%	to	16.73	%
	AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio
December 31, 2017	70	$25.06915	to	$	25.06915	$	1,762	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	16.63%	to	16.63	%
December 31, 2016	64	$21.49382	to	$	21.49382	$	1,370	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	6.84%	to	6.84	%
December 31, 2015	60	$20.11804	to	$	20.11804	$	1,198	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	0.55%	to	0.55	%
December 31, 2014	48	$20.00776	to	$	20.00776	$	956	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	3.22%	to	5.84	%
December 31, 2013	31	$18.90316	to	$	18.90316	$	586	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	16.27%	to	16.27	%
	AST Schroders Global Tactical Portfolio (expired April 28,2017)
December 31, 2017	—	$22.15600	to	$	22.15600	$	—	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	4.50%	to	4.50	%
December 31, 2016	104	$21.20150	to	$	21.20150	$	2,202	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	6.55%	to	6.55	%
December 31, 2015	89	$19.89794	to	$	19.89794	$	1,778	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	-1.19%	to	-1.19	%
December 31, 2014	61	$20.13806	to	$	20.13806	$	1,231	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	4.34%	to	5.60	%
December 31, 2013	45	$19.07059	to	$	19.07059	$	855	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	17.76%	to	17.76	%
	AST RCM World Trends Portfolio
December 31, 2017	47	$20.80907	to	$	20.80907	$	984	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	15.94%	to	15.94	%
December 31, 2016	45	$17.94782	to	$	17.94782	$	806	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	4.55%	to	4.55	%
December 31, 2015	40	$17.16630	to	$	17.16630	$	687	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	-0.41%	to	-0.41	%
December 31, 2014	34	$17.23773	to	$	17.23773	$	586	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	2.20%	to	4.88	%
December 31, 2013	24	$16.43612	to	$	16.43612	$	402	0.00%	0.25%	to	0.25%	12.16%	to	12.16	%
	Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio (Service Shares)
December 31, 2017	6	$12.49630	to	$	24.09788	$	132	0.76%	0.10%	to	0.25%	14.75%	to	14.93	%
December 31, 2016	4	$10.88965	to	$	20.96833	$	87	0.80%	0.10%	to	0.25%	14.91%	to	15.09	%
December 31, 2015	3	$9.47628	to	$	18.21963	$	62	0.39%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-6.23%	to	-2.61	%
December 31, 2014	2	$18.70855	to	$	18.70855	$	38	0.73%	0.10%	to	0.10%	0.32%	to	11.65	%
December 31, 2013	2	$16.75664	to	$	16.75664	$	30	1.12%	0.10%	to	0.10%	34.56%	to	34.56	%

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	At the year ended							For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*	Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio
December 31, 2017	2,878	$13.27441	to	$	13.99815	$	40,071	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	11.61%	to	12.50	%
December 31, 2016	2,842	$11.89359	to	$	12.44299	$	35,199	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	6.01%	to	6.85	%
December 31, 2015	2,807	$11.21955	to	$	11.64495	$	32,552	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-5.81%	to	-3.10	%
December 31, 2014	2,739	$11.67068	to	$	12.01705	$	32,808	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	-0.69%	to	4.79	%
December 31, 2013	2,671	$11.22618	to	$	11.46768	$	30,556	0.00%	0.10%	to	0.90%	9.86%	to	10.74	%
	TOPS Aggressive Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
December 31, 2017	53	$12.49541	to	$	20.80059	$	974	1.48%	0.10%	to	0.25%	20.09%	to	20.27	%
December 31, 2016	35	$10.40479	to	$	17.29453	$	567	1.17%	0.10%	to	0.25%	12.88%	to	13.05	%
December 31, 2015	23	$9.21769	to	$	15.29872	$	342	1.38%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-8.60%	to	-3.76	%
December 31, 2014	6	$15.89646	to	$	15.89646	$	92	1.11%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-1.71%	to	4.71	%
December 31, 2013	2	$15.18158	to	$	15.18158	$	31	0.79%	0.10%	to	0.10%	22.51%	to	22.51	%
	TOPS Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
December 31, 2017	14	$11.27745	to	$	15.12326	$	210	1.45%	0.10%	to	0.25%	10.67%	to	10.84	%
December 31, 2016	9	$10.18999	to	$	13.64469	$	119	1.25%	0.10%	to	0.25%	7.65%	to	7.81	%
December 31, 2015	2	$9.46629	to	$	12.65664	$	26	1.55%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-5.58%	to	-2.66	%
December 31, 2014	2	$13.00234	to	$	13.00234	$	31	1.78%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-1.46%	to	3.44	%
December 31, 2013	0(1)	$12.57021	to	$	12.57021	$	6	2.16%	0.10%	to	0.10%	8.99%	to	8.99	%
	TOPS Conservative ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
December 31, 2017	8	$10.80993	to	$	13.20460	$	91	0.78%	0.10%	to	0.25%	6.56%	to	6.72	%
December 31, 2016	4	$10.14404	to	$	12.37284	$	51	0.84%	0.10%	to	0.25%	5.56%	to	5.72	%
December 31, 2015	2	$9.60974	to	$	11.70357	$	24	1.39%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-4.07%	to	-2.19	%
December 31, 2014	3	$11.96563	to	$	11.96563	$	34	0.45%	0.10%	to	0.10%	2.02%	to	2.02	%
December 31, 2013	0(1)	$11.72864	to	$	11.72864	$	6	3.57%	0.10%	to	0.10%	4.46%	to	4.46	%
	TOPS Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
December 31, 2017	35	$12.10311	to	$	20.48029	$	523	1.45%	0.10%	to	0.25%	17.65%	to	17.82	%
December 31, 2016	25	$10.28761	to	$	17.38233	$	304	1.29%	0.10%	to	0.25%	12.05%	to	12.21	%
December 31, 2015	20	$9.18167	to	$	15.49062	$	221	1.21%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-8.78%	to	-4.44	%
December 31, 2014	4	$16.21004	to	$	16.21004	$	57	1.52%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-2.29%	to	3.55	%
December 31, 2013	2	$15.65369	to	$	15.65369	$	29	0.98%	0.10%	to	0.10%	18.77%	to	18.77	%
	TOPS Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
December 31, 2017	55	$11.71550	to	$	16.81098	$	698	1.32%	0.10%	to	0.25%	13.83%	to	14.00	%
December 31, 2016	41	$10.29216	to	$	14.74651	$	444	0.69%	0.10%	to	0.25%	10.24%	to	10.41	%
December 31, 2015	10	$9.33593	to	$	13.35641	$	111	1.12%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-7.13%	to	-3.53	%
December 31, 2014	2	$13.84521	to	$	13.84521	$	30	2.46%	0.10%	to	0.10%	-1.84%	to	3.38	%
December 31, 2013	1	$13.39250	to	$	13.39250	$	16	1.13%	0.10%	to	0.10%	12.90%	to	12.90	%
	TOPS Managed Risk Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
December 31, 2017	20	$12.80170	to	$	13.35270	$	262	1.52%	0.10%	to	0.25%	10.31%	to	10.47	%
December 31, 2016	19	$11.58804	to	$	12.10502	$	232	1.33%	0.10%	to	0.25%	5.96%	to	6.12	%
December 31, 2015	17	$10.91989	to	$	11.42410	$	194	1.21%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-4.74%	to	-4.59	%
December 31, 2014	12	$11.44556	to	$	11.99196	$	141	0.99%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-1.44%	to	2.96	%
December 31, 2013	5	$11.11688	to	$	11.66510	$	54	0.89%	0.10%	to	0.25%	7.66%	to	7.82	%
	TOPS Managed Risk Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
December 31, 2017	59	$13.54969	to	$	14.18395	$	831	1.71%	0.10%	to	0.25%	17.37%	to	17.54	%
December 31, 2016	47	$11.52771	to	$	12.08530	$	564	1.72%	0.10%	to	0.25%	5.31%	to	5.46	%
December 31, 2015	36	$10.93062	to	$	11.47637	$	416	1.45%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-11.76%	to	-9.24	%
December 31, 2014	35	$12.04300	to	$	12.66329	$	441	0.85%	0.10%	to	0.25%	-3.18%	to	1.21	%
December 31, 2013	15	$11.89877	to	$	12.53052	$	184	1.11%	0.10%	to	0.25%	15.67%	to	15.84	%

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	At the year ended								For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)			Investment Income Ratio*		Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	TOPS Managed Risk Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2)
December 31, 2017	66	$13.43861	to	$	14.06283	$	925		1.63%		0.10%	to	0.25%	13.56%	to	13.73	%
December 31, 2016	62	$11.81600	to	$	12.38337	$	763		1.89%		0.10%	to	0.25%	6.05%	to	6.21	%
December 31, 2015	30	$11.12558	to	$	11.67720	$	349		1.36%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-9.59%	to	-6.45	%
December 31, 2014	29	$11.89298	to	$	12.50138	$	360		0.93%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-2.00%	to	2.71	%
December 31, 2013	7	$11.57948	to	$	12.19007	$	86		0.86%		0.10%	to	0.25%	12.11%	to	12.28	%
	American Funds IS Growth Fund (Class 2)									(available October 7, 2013)
December 31, 2017	46	$14.08949	to	$	17.41347	$	711		0.65%		0.10%	to	0.25%	27.97%	to	28.16	%
December 31, 2016	20	$11.00983	to	$	13.58701	$	251		0.95%		0.10%	to	0.25%	9.22%	to	9.38	%
December 31, 2015	10	$10.08083	to	$	12.42196	$	116		0.80%		0.10%	to	0.25%	0.03%	to	6.75	%
December 31, 2014	5	$11.63643	to	$	11.63643	$	53		1.86%		0.10%	to	0.10%	1.12%	to	8.40	%
December 31, 2013	0(1)	$10.73463	to	$	10.73463	$	3		2.88%		0.10%	to	0.10%	8.55%	to	8.55	%
	American Funds IS Growth-Income Fund (Class 2)									(available October 7, 2013)
December 31, 2017	67	$14.95132	to	$	16.73142	$	1,040		1.55%		0.10%	to	0.25%	22.08%	to	22.26	%
December 31, 2016	44	$12.24736	to	$	13.68515	$	561		1.75%		0.10%	to	0.25%	11.24%	to	11.41	%
December 31, 2015	23	$11.00941	to	$	12.28365	$	266		1.62%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-3.00%	to	1.35	%
December 31, 2014	9	$10.87872	to	$	12.11965	$	104		2.85%		0.10%	to	0.25%	0.74%	to	10.52	%
December 31, 2013	0(1)	$10.96565	to	$	10.96565	$	5		1.53%		0.10%	to	0.10%	10.61%	to	10.61	%
	Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio (Service Class 2)									(available October 7, 2013)
December 31, 2017	38	$12.71370	to	$	15.95327	$	537		0.97%		0.10%	to	0.25%	21.28%	to	21.47	%
December 31, 2016	14	$10.48261	to	$	13.13404	$	178		0.97%		0.10%	to	0.25%	7.46%	to	7.62	%
December 31, 2015	5	$9.75473	to	$	12.20387	$	61		1.27%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-3.48%	to	0.32	%
December 31, 2014	1	$12.16547	to	$	12.16547	$	18		0.29%		0.10%	to	0.10%	2.54%	to	11.54	%
December 31, 2013	0(1)	$10.90655	to	$	10.90655	$	1		0.00%		0.10%	to	0.10%	10.13%	to	10.13	%
	Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (Service Class 2)									(available October 7, 2013)
December 31, 2017	50	$12.73494	to	$	15.25715	$	681		0.58%		0.10%	to	0.25%	20.24%	to	20.42	%
December 31, 2016	32	$10.59163	to	$	12.67031	$	372		0.48%		0.10%	to	0.25%	11.64%	to	11.81	%
December 31, 2015	8	$9.48692	to	$	11.33184	$	91		0.44%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-6.25%	to	-1.73	%
December 31, 2014	1	$11.53092	to	$	11.53092	$	13		0.06%		0.10%	to	0.10%	-0.32%	to	5.93	%
December 31, 2013	0(1)	$10.88577	to	$	10.88577	$	0	(1)	0.00%		0.10%	to	0.10%	10.23%	to	10.23	%
	Templeton Growth VIP Fund (Class 2)									(available October 7, 2013)
December 31, 2017	5	$11.42555	to	$	12.59914	$	60		1.59%		0.10%	to	0.25%	18.20%	to	18.38	%
December 31, 2016	2	$9.66588	to	$	10.64287	$	26		1.89%		0.10%	to	0.25%	9.35%	to	9.51	%
December 31, 2015	2	$8.83960	to	$	9.71867	$	17		3.25%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-11.89%	to	-6.58	%
December 31, 2014	7	$10.40322	to	$	10.40322	$	74		0.72%		0.10%	to	0.10%	-6.67%	to	-2.91	%
December 31, 2013	0(1)	$10.71524	to	$	10.71524	$	0	(1)	0.00%		0.10%	to	0.10%	7.61%	to	7.61	%
	Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund (Class IB)									(available October 7, 2013)
December 31, 2017	1	$15.00928	to	$	15.00928	$	17		0.87%		0.10%	to	0.10%	21.69%	to	21.69	%
December 31, 2016	1	$12.33366	to	$	12.33366	$	14		1.05%		0.10%	to	0.10%	5.14%	to	5.14	%
December 31, 2015	1	$11.73112	to	$	11.73112	$	10		1.16%		0.10%	to	0.10%	-4.86%	to	0.69	%
December 31, 2014	0(1)	$11.65121	to	$	11.65121	$	4		0.83%		0.10%	to	0.10%	-0.57%	to	6.93	%
December 31, 2013	0(1)	$10.89612	to	$	10.89612	$	1		3.40%		0.10%	to	0.10%	10.05%	to	10.05	%
	Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund (Class IB)									(available October 7, 2013)
December 31, 2017	5	$17.32933	to	$	17.32933	$	80		0.71%		0.10%	to	0.10%	21.51%	to	21.51	%
December 31, 2016	5	$14.26173	to	$	14.26173	$	65		1.15%		0.10%	to	0.10%	5.38%	to	5.38	%
December 31, 2015	1	$13.53309	to	$	13.53309	$	13		0.73%		0.10%	to	0.10%	1.75%	to	6.49	%
December 31, 2014	0	$12.70877	to	$	12.70877	$	0	(1)	0.04%		0.10%	to	0.10%	5.02%	to	15.75	%
December 31, 2013	0(1)	$10.97952	to	$	10.97952	$	0	(1)	2.74%		0.10%	to	0.10%	10.92%	to	10.92	%

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	At the year ended							For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*		Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund (Class IB)								(available October 7, 2013)
December 31, 2017	24	$16.37604	to	$	16.37604	$	392	2.24%		0.10%	to	0.10%	17.99%	to	17.99	%
December 31, 2016	12	$13.87897	to	$	13.87897	$	166	2.84%		0.10%	to	0.10%	14.47%	to	14.47	%
December 31, 2015	3	$12.12459	to	$	12.12459	$	33	1.39%		0.10%	to	0.10%	-3.85%	to	-1.51	%
December 31, 2014	5	$12.31025	to	$	12.31025	$	58	3.18%		0.10%	to	0.10%	2.52%	to	12.57	%
December 31, 2013	0(1)	$10.93550	to	$	10.93550	$	2	3.07%		0.10%	to	0.10%	10.27%	to	10.27	%
	American Funds IS International Fund (Class 2)								(available October 7, 2013)(3)
December 31, 2017	38	$11.97244	to	$	13.47894	$	485	2.11%		0.10%	to	0.25%	31.82%	to	32.01	%
December 31, 2016	7	$9.08268	to	$	10.21031	$	70	1.87%		0.10%	to	0.25%	3.27%	to	3.43	%
December 31, 2015	4	$8.79468	to	$	9.87177	$	35	1.98%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-12.57%	to	-4.62	%
December 31, 2014	2	$10.34997	to	$	10.34997	$	20	1.72%		0.10%	to	0.10%	-2.75%	to	-2.75	%
	Franklin Income VIP Fund (Class 2)								(available October 7, 2013)(3)
December 31, 2017	23	$11.27120	to	$	12.73414	$	278	4.35%		0.10%	to	0.25%	9.40%	to	9.56	%
December 31, 2016	13	$10.30279	to	$	11.62259	$	148	4.40%		0.10%	to	0.25%	13.74%	to	13.91	%
December 31, 2015	3	$9.05827	to	$	10.20342	$	34	3.60%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-9.75%	to	-7.15	%
December 31, 2014	5	$10.98888	to	$	10.98888	$	52	0.05%		0.10%	to	0.10%	-4.16%	to	4.51	%
	Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund (Class 2)								(available October 7, 2013)(3)
December 31, 2017	7	$11.41491	to	$	13.63353	$	80	2.42%		0.10%	to	0.25%	8.08%	to	8.24	%
December 31, 2016	5	$10.56183	to	$	12.59571	$	56	2.28%		0.10%	to	0.25%	15.77%	to	15.94	%
December 31, 2015	2	$9.12311	to	$	10.86373	$	21	2.72%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-9.31%	to	-5.03	%
December 31, 2014	0(1)	$11.43933	to	$	11.43933	$	5	2.62%		0.10%	to	0.10%	-1.25%	to	7.02	%
	MFS Total Return Bond Series (Initial Class)								(available October 7, 2013)(3)
December 31, 2017	50	$10.62551	to	$	11.50215	$	551	3.60%		0.10%	to	0.25%	4.20%	to	4.35	%
December 31, 2016	33	$10.19747	to	$	11.02237	$	352	3.73%		0.10%	to	0.25%	3.97%	to	4.13	%
December 31, 2015	8	$9.80769	to	$	10.58522	$	84	4.05%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-1.71%	to	-0.40	%
December 31, 2014	3	$10.62803	to	$	10.62803	$	27	2.85%		0.10%	to	0.10%	0.94%	to	5.74	%
	MFS Value Series (Initial Class)								(available October 7, 2013)(3)
December 31, 2017	24	$13.08115	to	$	16.19033	$	336	2.09%		0.10%	to	0.25%	17.36%	to	17.53	%
December 31, 2016	16	$11.14633	to	$	13.77505	$	190	2.37%		0.10%	to	0.25%	13.81%	to	13.98	%
December 31, 2015	4	$9.79414	to	$	12.08598	$	49	2.93%		0.10%	to	0.25%	-2.81%	to	-0.84	%
December 31, 2014	1	$12.18782	to	$	12.18782	$	12	1.69%		0.10%	to	0.10%	10.40%	to	10.40	%
	Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund (Class IB)								(available October 7, 2013)(3)
December 31, 2017	18	$17.49245	to	$	17.49245	$	308	0.00%		0.10%	to	0.10%	30.01%	to	30.01	%
December 31, 2016	12	$13.45476	to	$	13.45476	$	156	0.17%		0.10%	to	0.10%	-0.87%	to	-0.87	%
December 31, 2015	4	$13.57310	to	$	13.57310	$	60	0.00%		0.10%	to	0.10%	2.35%	to	11.36	%
December 31, 2014	0(1)	$12.18890	to	$	12.18890	$	2	0.00%		0.10%	to	0.10%	4.26%	to	13.71	%
	American Funds IS Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund (Class 2)								(available May 1, 2014)
December 31, 2017	23	$14.83429	to	$	14.83429	$	337	2.22%		0.25%	to	0.25%	16.75%	to	16.75	%
December 31, 2016	17	$12.70611	to	$	12.70611	$	221	2.44%		0.25%	to	0.25%	18.40%	to	18.40	%
December 31, 2015	12	$10.73113	to	$	10.73113	$	128	2.30%		0.25%	to	0.25%	-3.17%	to	-3.17	%
December 31, 2014	7	$11.08255	to	$	11.08255	$	79	6.97%		0.25%	to	0.25%	10.83%	to	10.83	%
	Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio (Service Class 2)								(available May 1, 2014)
December 31, 2017	64	$15.00511	to	$	15.00511	$	967	1.84%		0.25%	to	0.25%	21.10%	to	21.10	%
December 31, 2016	42	$12.39026	to	$	12.39026	$	517	1.77%		0.25%	to	0.25%	11.30%	to	11.30	%
December 31, 2015	25	$11.13193	to	$	11.13193	$	275	2.93%		0.25%	to	0.25%	0.83%	to	0.83	%
December 31, 2014	8	$11.04025	to	$	11.04025	$	87	4.12%		0.25%	to	0.25%	10.41%	to	10.41	%

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	At the year ended							For the year ended
	Units (000s)	Unit Value Lowest — Highest				Net Assets (000s)		Investment Income Ratio*		Expense Ratio** Lowest — Highest			Total Return*** Lowest — Highest
	Invesco V.I. Growth and Income Fund (Series I)								(available May 1, 2014)
December 31, 2017	26	$14.17112	to	$	14.17112	$	374	1.53%		0.25%	to	0.25%	14.03%	to	14.03	%
December 31, 2016	18	$12.42713	to	$	12.42713	$	222	1.22%		0.25%	to	0.25%	19.40%	to	19.40	%
December 31, 2015	12	$10.40823	to	$	10.40823	$	120	3.23%		0.25%	to	0.25%	-3.30%	to	-3.30	%
December 31, 2014	8	$10.76384	to	$	10.76384	$	86	0.74%		0.25%	to	0.25%	7.84%	to	7.84	%
	AST International Value Portfolio								(available April 24, 2015)
December 31, 2017	453	$11.08265	to	$	11.33150	$	5,093	0.00%		0.10%	to	0.90%	21.72%	to	22.69	%
December 31, 2016	450	$9.10505	to	$	9.24971	$	4,140	0.00%		0.10%	to	0.90%	-0.31%	to	0.48	%
December 31, 2015	425	$9.13382	to	$	9.21939	$	3,896	0.00%		0.10%	to	0.90%	-9.14%	to	-8.11	%

__________

* These amounts represent the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the subaccount from the underlying Portfolios, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average net assets. These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that result in direct reductions in the unit values. The recognition of investment income by the subaccount is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying Portfolios in which the subaccount invests.

** These amounts represent the annualized Contract expenses of the Account, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges, for each period indicated. The ratios include only those expenses that result in a direct reduction to unit values. Charges made directly to contract owner accounts through the redemption of units and expenses of the underlying Portfolios are excluded. Expense ratio is net of expense reimbursements. In the absence of expense reimbursements, the expense ratio would be higher.

*** These amounts represent the total return for the periods indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying Portfolios, and reflect deductions for all items included in the expense ratio. The total return does not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units; inclusion of these expenses in the calculation would result in a reduction in the total return presented. Product designs within a subaccount with no activity during the period were excluded from the range of total return for that period. Product designs within a subaccount which were offered after a fiscal year began are included in the range of total return for that period, and their respective total returns may not correspond to the total returns of a product offering with a comparable expense ratio that was presented for the full period. Contract owners may experience different total returns based on their investment options. Subaccounts with a date notation indicate the effective date of that subaccount in the Account. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. The total return is calculated for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 or from the effective date of the subaccount through the end of the reporting period. Total return may reflect expense reimbursements. In the absence of expense reimbursements, the total return would be lower.

⁽¹⁾ Amount is less than 1,000 units and/or $1,000 in net assets.

⁽²⁾ Amount is less than 0.01%.

⁽³⁾ Date subaccount became available for investment but had no activity during that period.

Charges and Expenses

The following represents the various charges and expenses of the Account which are paid to Pruco Life of New Jersey.

The expense ratio represents the annualized Contract expenses of the Account for the period indicated and includes those expenses that are charged through a reduction of the unit value, which consists solely of the mortality and expense risk charges. These fees range from an effective annual rate from 0% to 0.90%, and are applied daily against the net assets of each subaccount. Expenses of the underlying

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Portfolios and charges made directly to contract owner accounts through either the redemption of units or from premium payments are excluded.

Charges deducted from premium payments range from 0% to 22.5%. In addition, VAL2 and SVAL2 contracts also deduct a $2 premium processing charge for each premium paid. The percentage of the premium payment deducted consists of taxes attributable to premiums, any applicable sales charge, and any premium based administrative charge.

The charges made directly to the contract owner through the redemption of units depend on the product and the options or transactions selected by the contract owner. The following charges are made through the redemption of units.

• The Account charges from $0.00001 to $83.34 per $1,000 of basic insurance amount for the cost of insurance plus additional mortality for extra ratings of up to $2.08 per $1,000 of basic insurance amount.

• The Account charges surrender fees that range from 0% to 100% of the sales load target premium, except for Protector based contracts (VULP, VULP14, SVULP, and MPVULP), where the fees range from $0 to $45.45 per $1,000 of basic insurance amount.

• The Account charges a guaranteed death benefit fee of $0.01 per $1,000 of face amount for VAL2 and SVAL2 contracts.

• The charge for withdrawals range from the lesser of $15 and 2% to the lesser of $25 and 2% of the withdrawal amount, except for PS3, SVUL2, PCP⁽⁴⁾, PCP2, VULP⁽⁵⁾, SVULP, MPVUL and MPVULP where the fee is up to $25.

The Account charges monthly administrative fees that range from $0 to $30 per Contract plus $0 to $10.00 per $1,000 of basic insurance amount, although it may be less for subsequent increases.

The Account charges up to $25 per change to the basic insurance amount.

⁽⁴⁾ Includes the 2014 and 2015 versions of the product.

⁽⁵⁾ Includes the 2014 version of the product.

Expense Reimbursement

Expenses, including a management fee charged by PGIM Investments, are incurred by each portfolio of The Prudential Series Fund. Pursuant to a prior merger agreement, the Prudential Government Money Market Portfolio, Prudential Diversified Bond Portfolio, Prudential Equity Portfolio, Prudential Flexible Managed Portfolio and Prudential Conservative Balanced Portfolio subaccounts of the Account are reimbursed by Pruco Life of New Jersey for expenses indirectly incurred through their investment in the respective portfolios of The Prudential Series Fund when such expenses exceed 0.40% of the average daily net assets of the respective portfolios of The Prudential Series Fund.

Note 8: Other

Contract owner net payments-represent contract owner contributions under the Contracts net of applicable deductions, charges, and state premium taxes.

Policy loans-represent amounts borrowed by contract owners using the Contract as the security for the loan.

Policy loan repayments and interest-represent payments made by contract owners to reduce the total outstanding policy loan principal plus accrued interest.

Surrenders, withdrawals, and death benefits-are payments to contract owners and beneficiaries made under the terms of the Contracts, and amounts that contract owners have requested to be withdrawn or paid to them.

Net transfers between other subaccounts or fixed rate option-are amounts that contract owners have directed to be moved among subaccounts, including permitted transfers to and from the fixed rate option.

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Note 8: Other (continued)

Miscellaneous transactions-amount represents primarily timing related adjustments to contract owner transactions, such as premiums, surrenders, transfers, etc. which are funded by the general account in order to maintain appropriate contract owner account balances.

Other charges-are various Contract level charges as described in Charges and Expenses in Note 7, which are assessed through the redemptions of units.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Tothe Board of Directors of

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey and

the Contract Owners of Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets for each of the subaccounts of Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account listed in the table below as of the dates indicated in the table below, the related statements of operationsand changes in net assets for each of the periods listed in the table below, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the subaccounts as of the dates indicated in the table below, the results of each of their operations and the changes in each of their net assets for each of the periods listed in the table below in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Prudential Government Money Market Portfolio (1)	Prudential SP International Growth Portfolio (Class I) (1)
Prudential Diversified Bond Portfolio (1)	Janus Henderson VIT Overseas Portfolio (Service Shares) (1)
Prudential Equity Portfolio (Class I) (1)	Goldman Sachs VIT Small Cap Equity Insights Fund (Institutional Class) (1)
Prudential Flexible Managed Portfolio (1)	M Large Cap Growth Fund (1)
Prudential Conservative Balanced Portfolio (1)	M International Equity Fund (1)
Prudential High Yield Bond Portfolio (1)	M Large Cap Value Fund (1)
Prudential Stock Index Portfolio (1)	AST Cohen & Steers Realty Portfolio (1)
Prudential Value Portfolio (Class I) (1)	AST J.P. Morgan Strategic Opportunities Portfolio (1)
Prudential Natural Resources Portfolio (Class I) (1)	AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Value Portfolio (1)
Prudential Global Portfolio (1)	AST Small-Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio (1)
Prudential Government Income Portfolio (1)	AST Small-Cap Value Portfolio (1)
Prudential Jennison Portfolio (Class I) (1)	AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio (1)
Prudential Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio (1)	AST Loomis Sayles Large-Cap Growth Portfolio (1)
T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio (1)	AST MFS Growth Portfolio (1)
Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Institutional Shares) (1)	AST BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio (1)
MFS Growth Series (Initial Class) (1)	AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources Portfolio (1)
American Century VP Value Fund (Class I) (1)	AST MFS Global Equity Portfolio (1)
Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth VIP Fund (Class 2) (1)	AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio (1)
Prudential SP Small Cap Value Portfolio (Class I) (1)	AST Templeton Global Bond Portfolio (1)
Janus Henderson VIT Research Portfolio (Service Shares) (1)	M Capital Appreciation Fund (1)
SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio (Class I) (1)	AST International Value Portfolio (1)
American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund (Class I) (1)	American Century VP Income & Growth Fund (Class I) (1)
AST Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value Portfolio (1)	Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio (Initial Shares) (1)
AST Small-Cap Growth Portfolio (1)	Dreyfus VIF Opportunistic Small Cap Portfolio (Initial Shares) (1)
The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. (Service Shares) (1)	Janus Henderson VIT Enterprise Portfolio (Service Shares) (1)
Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio (Class I) (1)	Janus Henderson VIT Balanced Portfolio (Service Shares) (1)
JPMorgan Insurance Trust Intrepid Mid-Cap Portfolio (2)	Oppenheimer Discovery Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA (Service Shares) (1)
MFS Utilities Series (Initial Class) (1)	ProFund VP Asia 30 (1)
Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust Socially Responsive Portfolio (Class S) (1)	ProFund VP Banks (1)

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AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Growth Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP Bear (1)
AST BlackRock/Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP Biotechnology (1)
AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP Basic Materials (1)
AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP UltraBull (1)
AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP Bull (1)
AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP Consumer Services (1)
AST FI Pyramis Quantitative Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP Consumer Goods (1)
AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP Oil & Gas (1)
AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP Europe 30 (1)
AST Schroders Global Tactical Portfolio (3)	ProFund VP Financials (1)
AST RCM World Trends Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus (1)
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio (Service Shares) (1)	ProFund VP Health Care (1)
AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio (1)	ProFund VP Industrials (1)
TOPS Aggressive Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Internet (1)
TOPS Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Japan (1)
TOPS Conservative ETF Portfolio (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Precious Metals (1)
TOPS Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Mid-Cap Growth (1)
TOPS Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Government Money Market (1)
TOPS Managed Risk Balanced ETF Portfolio (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Mid-Cap Value (1)
TOPS Managed Risk Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals (1)
TOPS Managed Risk Moderate Growth ETF Portfolio (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Real Estate (1)
American Funds IS Growth Fund (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Rising Rates Opportunity (1)
American Funds IS Growth-Income Fund (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP NASDAQ-100 (1)
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio (Service Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Small-Cap (1)
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (Service Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Semiconductor (1)
Templeton Growth VIP Fund (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Small-Cap Growth (1)
Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund (Class IB) (1)	ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100 (1)
Hartford Disciplined Equity HLS Fund (Class IB) (1)	ProFund VP Short Small-Cap (1)
Hartford Dividend and Growth HLS Fund (Class IB) (1)	ProFund VP Small-Cap Value (1)
American Funds IS International Fund (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Technology (1)
Franklin Income VIP Fund (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP Telecommunications (1)
Franklin Mutual Shares VIP Fund (Class 2) (1)	ProFund VP UltraMid-Cap (1)
MFS Total Return Bond Series (Initial Class) (1)	ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-100 (1)
MFS Value Series (Initial Class) (1)	ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap (1)
Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund (Class IB) (1)	ProFund VP Utilities (1)
American Funds IS Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund (Class 2) (1)	Invesco V.I. Technology Fund (Series I) (1)
Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio (Service Class 2) (1)	Invesco V.I. Managed Volatility Fund (Series I) (1)
Invesco V.I. Growth and Income Fund (Series I) (1)
(1) Statement of net assets as of December 31, 2017, statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, and statements of changes in net assets for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
(2) Statement of net assets as of May 19, 2017 (date of expiration), statement of operations for the period January 1, 2017 through May 19, 2017, and statements of changes in net assets for the period January 1, 2017 through May 19, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016.
(3) Statement of net assets as of April 28, 2017 (date of expiration), statement of operations for the period January 1, 2017 through April 28, 2017, and statements of changes in net assets for the period January 1, 2017 through April 28, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016.

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Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the management of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the subaccounts’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the subaccounts in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the transfer agents of the investee mutual funds. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

April 11, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the subaccounts in Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account since 1996.

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INDEX

	Page
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting	B-2
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2017 and 2016	B-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015	B-4
Consolidated Statements of Stockholder's Equity for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015	B-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015	B-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements:	B-7
1      Business and Basis of Presentation	B-7
2      Significant Accounting Policies and Pronouncements	B-9
3      Investments	B-23
4      Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs	B-34
5      Policyholders’ Liabilities	B-34
6      Certain Long-duration Contracts With Guarantees	B-35
7      Statutory Net Income and Surplus and Dividend Restriction	B-39
8      Income Taxes	B-40
9      Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities	B-43
10    Derivative Instruments	B-57
11    Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and Litigation and Regulatory Matters	B-63
12    Reinsurance	B-66
13    Equity	B-69
14    Related Party Transactions	B-72
15    Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)	B-74
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	B-75

B-1

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey (together with its consolidated subsidiary, the “Company”) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness, as of December 31, 2017, of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, based on the framework established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Based on our assessment under that framework, management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2017.

Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by or under the supervision of our principal executive and principal financial officers to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of assets; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, regarding the internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report.

March 8, 2018

B-2

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

As of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (in thousands, except share amounts)

	December 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
ASSETS
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale, at fair value (amortized cost: 2017-$1,204,166; 2016–$1,132,155)	$	1,261,237	$	1,145,485
Equity securities, available-for-sale, at fair value (cost: 2017–$3,144; 2016–$1,150)	3,414		1,171
Trading account assets, at fair value	14,071		12,793
Policy loans	193,244		187,242
Short-term investments	0		11,007
Commercial mortgage and other loans	121,796		160,939
Other long-term investments	46,803		57,051
Total investments	1,640,565		1,575,688
Cash and cash equivalents	44,618		56,984
Deferred policy acquisition costs	145,451		135,759
Accrued investment income	16,580		15,829
Reinsurance recoverables	2,480,848		2,252,049
Receivables from parent and affiliates	43,051		33,457
Income taxes receivable	0		3,991
Other assets	27,328		27,151
Separate account assets	14,245,159		12,747,496
TOTAL ASSETS	$	18,643,600	$	16,848,404
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Policyholders' account balances	$	2,083,582	$	1,942,064
Future policy benefits	1,707,184		1,547,820
Cash collateral for loaned securities	15,208		15,054
Income taxes	241		0
Payables to parent and affiliates	22,236		8,603
Other liabilities	103,632		80,610
Separate account liabilities	14,245,159		12,747,496
Total liabilities	$	18,177,242	$	16,341,647
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (See Note 11)
EQUITY
Common stock ($5 par value; 400,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding)	2,000		2,000
Additional paid-in capital	211,961		209,786
Retained earnings	218,067		282,810
Accumulated other comprehensive income	34,330		12,161
Total equity	466,358		506,757
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	18,643,600	$	16,848,404

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income

Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands)

	2017			2016			2015
REVENUES
Premiums	$	13,967		$	(34,675	)	$	14,991
Policy charges and fee income	44,203			66,546			197,535
Net investment income	66,651			72,025			68,891
Asset administration fees	9,075			14,358			38,370
Other income	4,111			2,404			2,495
Realized investment gains (losses), net:
Other-than-temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities	(80		)	0			(1,093		)
Other-than-temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities transferred to other comprehensive income	0			0			32
Other realized investment gains (losses), net	(13,958		)	88,428			6,814
Total realized investment gains (losses), net	(14,038		)	88,428			5,753
Total revenues	123,969			209,086			328,035
BENEFITS AND EXPENSES
Policyholders’ benefits	12,255			1,985			27,399
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	32,959			43,928			50,047
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	12,538			47,227			59,327
General, administrative and other expenses	36,898			22,511			101,835
Total benefits and expenses	94,650			115,651			238,608
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES	29,319			93,435			89,427
Total income tax expense (benefit)	(5,938		)	14,235			13,363
NET INCOME (LOSS)	$	35,257		$	79,200		$	76,064
Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	43			(1		)	(86		)
Net unrealized investment gains (losses):
Unrealized investment gains (losses) for the period	31,228			(1,738		)	(31,993		)
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income	982			2,324			(1,702		)
Net unrealized investment gains (losses)	32,210			586			(33,695		)
Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax	32,253			585			(33,781		)
Less: Income tax expense (benefit) related to:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	15			0			(30		)
Net unrealized investment gains (losses)	10,069			205			(11,793		)
Total	10,084			205			(11,823		)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	22,169			380			(21,958		)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	57,426		$	79,580		$	54,106

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Consolidated Statements of Stockholder’s Equity

Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands)

	Common   Stock		Additional   Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other   Comprehensive   Income			Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	2,000	$	210,818		$	368,450		$	33,739		$	615,007
Contributed capital			0									0
Dividend to parent						0						0
Contributed/(distributed) capital- parent/child asset transfers			(2,504		)							(2,504		)
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income (loss)						76,064						76,064
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax									(21,958		)	(21,958		)
Total comprehensive income (loss)												54,106
Balance, December 31, 2015	$	2,000	$	208,314		$	444,514		$	11,781		$	666,609
Contributed capital			1,300									1,300
Dividend to parent						(240,904		)				(240,904		)
Contributed/(distributed) capital- parent/child asset transfers			172									172
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income (loss)						79,200						79,200
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax									380			380
Total comprehensive income (loss)												79,580
Balance, December 31, 2016	$	2,000	$	209,786		$	282,810		$	12,161		$	506,757
Contributed capital			1,300									1,300
Dividend to parent						(100,000		)				(100,000		)
Contributed/(distributed) capital- parent/child asset transfers			875									875
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income (loss)						35,257						35,257
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax									22,169			22,169
Total comprehensive income (loss)												57,426
Balance, December 31, 2017	$	2,000	$	211,961		$	218,067		$	34,330		$	466,358

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

B-5

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands)

	2017			2016			2015
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss)	$	35,257		$	79,200		$	76,064
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Policy charges and fee income	(9,816		)	29,552			8,047
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	32,959			43,928			50,047
Realized investment (gains) losses, net	14,038			(88,428		)	(5,753		)
Amortization and other non-cash items	(10,893		)	(15,720		)	(13,050		)
Change in:
Future policy benefits	192,407			183,130			157,138
Reinsurance recoverables	(194,653		)	(176,279		)	(153,690		)
Accrued investment income	(751		)	815			(1,876		)
Net payables to/receivables from parent and affiliates	2,978			(216		)	4,807
Deferred policy acquisition costs	(12,060		)	17,274			(698		)
Income taxes	(6,323		)	(1,658		)	(1,132		)
Derivatives, net	7,191			(2,216		)	1,049
Other, net	(1,314		)	(5,433		)	16,728
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities	49,020			63,949			137,681
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from the sale/maturity/prepayment of:
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale	191,284			311,143			124,482
Short-term investments	32,985			25,130			99,898
Policy loans	21,743			22,090			23,785
Ceded policy loans	(2,015		)	(1,437		)	(1,799		)
Commercial mortgage and other loans	55,580			42,051			37,099
Other long-term investments	2,875			2,165			3,310
Equity securities, available-for-sale	5			11,139			2,122
Trading account assets	0			527			0
Payments for the purchase/origination of:
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale	(263,909		)	(596,327		)	(301,629		)
Short-term investments	(21,981		)	(35,419		)	(83,642		)
Policy loans	(20,053		)	(17,496		)	(21,128		)
Ceded policy loans	2,461			3,114			2,981
Commercial mortgage and other loans	(15,623		)	(14,247		)	(2,096		)
Other long-term investments	(4,444		)	(1,102		)	(1,411		)
Equity securities, available-for-sale	(2,000		)	(2,000		)	(12,032		)
Trading account assets	0			0			(5,999		)
Notes receivable from parent and affiliates, net	331			2,318			3,432
Derivatives, net	213			3,895			(293		)
Other, net	(402		)	0			(55		)
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities	(22,950		)	(244,456		)	(132,975		)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Policyholders’ account deposits	503,455			437,936			383,590
Ceded policyholders’ account deposits	(332,727		)	(278,102		)	(146,920		)
Policyholders’ account withdrawals	(268,989		)	(206,474		)	(178,765		)
Ceded policyholders’ account withdrawals	155,696			95,896			4,972
Net change in securities sold under agreement to repurchase and cash collateral for loaned securities	153			12,024			(1,425		)
Dividend to parent	(100,000		)	0			0
Contributed capital	0			15,515			0
Contributed (distributed) capital - parent/child asset transfers	1,347			267			(3,852		)
Proceeds from the issuance of debt (maturities longer than 90 days)	0			0			45,000
Repayments of debt (maturities longer than 90 days)	0			0			(50,000		)
Drafts outstanding	2,629			(308		)	2,512
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities	(38,436		)	76,754			55,112
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	(12,366		)	(103,753		)	59,818
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR	56,984			160,737			100,919
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR	$	44,618		$	56,984		$	160,737
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Income taxes paid, net of refunds	$	346		$	15,844		$	14,494
Interest paid	$	3		$	1,128		$	3,123

Significant Non-Cash Transactions

Cash flows from investing and financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2016 excludes certain non-cash transactions related to the Variable Annuities Recapture. See Note 1 for additional information.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey (“PLNJ”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pruco Life Insurance Company (“Pruco Life”), which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential Insurance”). Prudential Insurance is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential Financial”). 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 in New Jersey and New York only, and sells such products primarily through affiliated and unaffiliated distributors.

PLNJ has one subsidiary, formed in 2009 for the purpose of holding certain commercial loans and other investments. PLNJ and its subsidiary are together referred to as the "Company", "we" or "our" and all financial information is shown on a consolidated basis.

Through March 31, 2016, the Company reinsured the majority of its variable annuity living benefit guarantees to its affiliated companies, Pruco Reinsurance, Ltd. ("Pruco Re") and Pruco Life. Effective April 1, 2016, the Company recaptured the risks related to its variable annuity living benefit guarantees that were previously reinsured to Pruco Re and Pruco Life. In addition, the Company reinsured the variable annuity base contracts, along with the living benefit guarantees, to Prudential Insurance under a coinsurance and modified coinsurance agreement. This reinsurance agreement covers new and in force business. The product risks related to the reinsured business are being managed in Prudential Insurance. In addition, the living benefit hedging program related to the reinsured living benefit guarantees is being managed within Prudential Insurance. These series of transactions are collectively referred to as the "Variable Annuities Recapture".

The financial statement impacts of these transactions were as follows:

Affected Financial Statement Lines Only

Interim Statement of Financial Position

	Balance as of March 31, 2016		Impacts of Recapture			Impacts of Reinsurance			Total
	(in millions)
ASSETS
Total investments(1)	$	1,809	$	350		$	(703	)	$	1,456
Cash and cash equivalents	49		1			54			104
Deferred policy acquisition costs	426		0			(315		)	111
Reinsurance recoverables	1,790		(488		)	909			2,211
Deferred sales inducements	51		0			(51		)	0
Other assets	8		0			23			31
Income taxes	17		28			0			45
TOTAL ASSETS	16,086		(109		)	(83		)	15,894
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Income taxes	$	0	$	0		$	55		$	55
Short-term and long-term debt to affiliates(2)	116		0			(116		)	0
Other liabilities	77		0			0			77
TOTAL LIABILITIES	15,443		0			(61		)	15,382
EQUITY
Retained earnings(3)	401		(109		)	(28		)	264
Accumulated other comprehensive income	31		0			6			37
TOTAL EQUITY	644		(109		)	(22		)	513
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	16,086		(109		)	(83		)	15,894

Significant Non-Cash Transactions

(1) The decline in total investments includes non-cash activities of $0.7 billion for asset transfers to Prudential Insurance related to the reinsurance transaction, partially offset by $0.4 billion of assets received related to the recapture transaction with Pruco Re.

(2) The Company recognized ceding commissions of $0.4 billion, of which $0.1 billion was in the form of reassignment of debt to Prudential Insurance.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

(3) Retained earnings includes dividends of $0.3 billion to Pruco Life, and ultimately distributed to Prudential Financial as part of the Variable Annuities Recapture.

Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Day 1 Impact of the Variable Annuities Recapture

	Impacts of Recapture			Impacts of Reinsurance			Total Impacts
	(in millions)
REVENUES
Premiums	$	0		$	(48	)	$	(48	)
Realized investment gains (losses), net	(137		)	268			131
TOTAL REVENUES	(137		)	220			83
BENEFITS AND EXPENSES
Policyholders' benefits	0			(26		)	(26		)
General, administrative and other expenses	0			(23		)	(23		)
TOTAL BENEFITS AND EXPENSES	0			(49		)	(49		)
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES	(137		)	269			132
Income tax expense (benefit)	(28		)	55			27
NET INCOME (LOSS)	$	(109	)	$	214		$	105

As part of the Variable Annuities Recapture, the Company received invested assets of $0.4 billion as consideration from Pruco Re, which is equivalent to the amount of statutory reserve credit taken as of March 31, 2016 and unwound the associated reinsurance recoverable of $0.5 billion. As a result, the Company recognized a loss of $0.1 billion immediately.

As part of the Variable Annuities Recapture, the Company transferred invested assets of $0.7 billion to Prudential Insurance and established reinsurance recoverables of $1 billion. In addition, the Company received ceding commissions of $0.4 billion from Prudential Insurance, of which $0.1 billion were in the form of reassignment of debt to Prudential Insurance. Also, the Company unwound its deferred policy acquisition costs ("DAC") and deferred sales inducements ("DSI") balances related to its variable annuity contracts as of March 31, 2016, which was equivalent to the ceding commission. For the reinsurance of the variable annuity base contracts, the Company recognized a loss of $23 million, which was deferred and will subsequently be amortized through "General, administrative and other expenses". For the reinsurance of the living benefit guarantees, the Company recognized a benefit of $0.3 billion immediately since the reinsurance contract is accounted for as a free-standing derivative.

The Company also paid a dividend of $0.2 billion to Pruco Life, which was ultimately distributed to Prudential Financial.

The following table summarizes the asset transfers related to Variable Annuities Recapture between the Company and its affiliates.

Affiliate	Period	Transaction	Security Type	Fair Value			Book Value			APIC Increase/(Decrease)		Realized Investment Gain/(Loss), Net
				(in millions)
Pruco Re	Apr - June 2016	Purchase	Derivatives	$	350		$	350		$	0	$	0
Prudential Insurance	Apr - June 2016	Sale	Fixed Maturity, Trading Account Assets, Equity Securities, Commercial Mortgages and Derivatives	$	(717	)	$	(703	)	$	15	$	0

Basis of Presentation

The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

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 DAC and related amortization; amortization of DSI; valuation of investments including derivatives and the recognition of other-than-temporary impairments (“OTTI”); future policy benefits including guarantees; reinsurance recoverables; provision for income taxes and valuation of deferred tax assets; and accruals for contingent liabilities, including estimates for losses in connection with unresolved legal and regulatory matters.

Reclassifications

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

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PRONOUNCEMENTS

ASSETS

Fixed maturities, available-for-sale, at fair value are comprised of bonds, notes and redeemable preferred stock. Fixed maturities classified as “available-for-sale” are carried at fair value. See Note 9 for additional information regarding the determination of fair value. The associated unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, and the effect on DAC, DSI, future policy benefits, policyholders’ account balances and policyholders’ dividends that would result from the realization of unrealized gains and losses, are included in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” (“AOCI”). The purchased cost of fixed maturities is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity or, if applicable, call date.

Interest income, and amortization of premium and accretion of discount are included in “Net investment income” under the effective yield method. Additionally, prepayment premiums are also included in “Net investment income”. For mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, the effective yield is based on estimated cash flows, including interest rate and prepayment assumptions based on data from widely accepted third-party data sources or internal estimates. In addition to interest rate and prepayment assumptions, cash flow estimates also vary based on other assumptions regarding the underlying collateral, including default rates and changes in value. These assumptions can significantly impact income recognition and the amount of OTTI 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 securities 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 mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities rated below AA or those for which an OTTI has been recorded, 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.

Trading account assets, at fair value represents equity securities held in support of a deferred compensation plan and other fixed maturity securities carried at fair value. 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, at fair value is comprised of mutual funds and are carried at fair value. The associated unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, and the effect on DAC, DSI, future policy benefits, reinsurance recoverables and policyholders’ account balances that would result from the realization of unrealized gains and losses, are included in AOCI. 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 generally recognized in “Net investment income” on the ex-dividend date.

Commercial mortgage and other loans consist of commercial mortgage loans and agricultural property loans. Commercial mortgage and other loans 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 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, and the amortization of the related premiums or discounts, are included in “Net investment income” under the effective yield method. Prepayment fees are also included in “Net investment income”.

B-9

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Impaired loans include those loans for which it is probable that amounts due will not all be collected according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. 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 two categories. 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 will not be collected according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement.

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 loan-to-value ratio less than 100% indicates an 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 debt service coverage ratio greater than 1.0 times indicates an 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 property loan portfolios, 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, and 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.

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 and other 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 portfolios consider 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, loss probability and loss severity factors by property type. These factors are reviewed and updated as appropriate.

The allowance for losses on commercial mortgage and other 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. “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 of the carrying amount of the loan is made. The carrying amount of the loan is not adjusted for subsequent recoveries in value.

B-10

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Commercial mortgage and other loans are occasionally restructured in a troubled debt restructuring. These restructurings generally include one or more of the following: full or partial payoffs outside of the original contract terms; changes to interest rates; extensions of maturity; or additions or modifications to covenants. Additionally, the Company may accept assets in full or partial satisfaction of the debt as part of a troubled debt restructuring. When restructurings occur, they are evaluated individually to determine whether the restructuring or modification constitutes a “troubled debt restructuring” as defined by authoritative accounting guidance. If the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and the Company has granted a concession, the restructuring, including those that involve a partial payoff or the receipt of assets in full satisfaction of the debt is deemed to be a troubled debt restructuring. Based on the Company’s credit review process described above, these loans generally would have been deemed impaired prior to the troubled debt restructuring, and specific allowances for losses would have been established prior to the determination that a troubled debt restructuring has occurred.

In a troubled debt restructuring where the Company receives assets in full satisfaction of the debt, any specific valuation allowance is reversed and a direct write-down of the loan is recorded for the amount of the allowance, and any additional loss, net of recoveries, or any gain is recorded for the difference between the fair value of the assets received and the recorded investment in the loan. When assets are received in partial settlement, the same process is followed, and the remaining loan is evaluated prospectively for impairment based on the credit review process noted above. When a loan is restructured in a troubled debt restructuring, the impairment of the loan is remeasured using the modified terms and the loan’s original effective yield, and the allowance for loss is adjusted accordingly. Subsequent to the modification, income is recognized prospectively based on the modified terms of the loans in accordance with the income recognition policy noted above. Additionally, the loan continues to be subject to the credit review process noted above.

In situations where a loan has been restructured in a troubled debt restructuring and the loan has subsequently defaulted, this factor is considered when evaluating the loan for a specific allowance for losses in accordance with the credit review process noted above.

See Note 3 for additional information about commercial mortgage and other loans that have been restructured in a troubled debt restructuring.

Policy loans represent funds loaned to policyholders up to the cash surrender value of the associated insurance policies and are carried at the unpaid principal balances due to the Company from the policyholders. Interest income on policy loans is recognized in “Net investment income” at the contract interest rate when earned. Policy loans are fully collateralized by the cash surrender value of the associated insurance policies.

Other long-term investments consist of the Company’s investments in joint ventures and limited partnerships, other than operating joint ventures, as well as wholly-owned investment real estate and other investments. Joint venture and partnership interests are accounted for using the equity method of accounting, the cost method when the Company’s partnership interest is so minor (generally less than 3%) that it exercises virtually no influence over operating and financial policies, or the fair value option where elected. The Company’s income from investments in joint ventures and partnerships accounted for using the equity method or the cost method, other than the Company’s investments in operating joint ventures, is included in “Net investment income”. The carrying value of these investments is written down, or impaired, to fair value when a decline in value is considered to be other-than-temporary. In applying the equity method or the cost method (including assessment for OTTI), the Company uses financial information provided by the investee, generally on a one to three month lag.

Short-term investments primarily consist of highly liquid debt instruments with a maturity of twelve months or less and greater than three months when purchased. These investments are generally carried at fair value and include certain money market investments, funds managed similar to regulated money market funds, 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 sales 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 OTTI recognized in earnings. Realized investment gains and losses also reflect changes in the allowance for losses on commercial mortgage and other loans, and fair value changes on embedded derivatives and free-standing derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment. See “Derivative Financial Instruments” below for additional information regarding the accounting for derivatives.

B-11

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The Company’s available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses are reviewed quarterly to identify OTTI 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.

An OTTI is recognized in earnings for a debt security in an unrealized loss position when the Company either (1) has the intent to sell the debt security or (2) it is 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 Company analyzes 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 OTTI is recognized.

When an OTTI of a debt security has occurred, the amount of the OTTI 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 OTTI 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 OTTI of debt securities that do not meet these 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)” (“OCI”). Unrealized gains or losses on securities for which an OTTI has been recognized in earnings is tracked as a separate component of AOCI.

The split between the amount of an OTTI recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and the net amount recognized in earnings for debt securities 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 interest rate and prepayment assumptions based on data from widely accepted third-party data sources or internal estimates. In addition to interest rate and prepayment assumptions, cash flow estimates also include other 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 OTTI, 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. In certain cases where there are decreased cash flow expectations, the security is reviewed for further cash flow impairments.

Unrealized investment gains and losses are also considered in determining certain other balances, including DAC, DSI, certain future policy benefits, reinsurance recoverables, policyholders’ account balances and deferred tax assets or liabilities. These balances are adjusted, as applicable, for the impact of unrealized gains or losses on investments as if these gains or losses had been realized, with corresponding credits or charges included in AOCI. Each of these balances is discussed in greater detail below.

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, amounts due from banks, certain money market investments, funds managed similar to regulated money market funds, and other debt instruments with maturities of three months or less when purchased, other than cash equivalents that are included in “Trading account assets, at fair value.” The Company also engages in overnight borrowing and lending of funds with Prudential Financial and affiliates which are considered cash and cash equivalents.

Accrued investment income primarily includes accruals of interest and dividend income from investments that have been earned but not yet received.

B-12

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Deferred policy acquisition costs are related directly to the successful acquisition of new and renewal insurance and annuity business that have been deferred to the extent such costs are deemed recoverable from future profits. Such DAC primarily includes commissions, costs of policy issuance and underwriting, and certain other expenses that are directly related to successfully negotiated contracts. In each reporting period, capitalized DAC is amortized to “Amortization of DAC”, net of the accrual of imputed interest on DAC balances. DAC is subject to periodic recoverability testing. DAC, for applicable products, is adjusted for the impact of unrealized gains or losses on investments as if these gains or losses had been realized, with corresponding credits or charges included in AOCI.

DAC related to universal and variable life products and fixed and variable deferred annuity products are generally deferred and amortized over the expected life of the contracts in proportion to gross profits arising principally from investment margins, mortality and expense margins, and surrender charges, based on historical and anticipated future experience, which is updated periodically. The Company uses a reversion to the mean approach for equities to derive future equity return assumptions. However, if the projected equity return calculated using this approach is greater than the maximum equity return assumption, the maximum equity return is utilized. Gross profits also include impacts from the embedded derivatives associated with certain of the optional living benefit features of the Company’s variable annuity contracts and related hedging activities. In calculating gross profits, profits and losses related to contracts issued by the Company that are reported in affiliated legal entities other than the Company as a result of, for example, reinsurance agreements with those affiliated entities are also included. The Company is an indirect subsidiary of Prudential Financial (an SEC registrant) and has extensive transactions and relationships with other subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, including reinsurance agreements, as described in Note 12. 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 total economics of the products. Total gross profits include both actual gross profits and estimates of gross profits for future periods. The Company regularly evaluates and adjusts DAC balances with a corresponding charge or credit to current period earnings, representing a cumulative adjustment to all prior periods’ amortization, for the impact of actual gross profits and changes in the Company's projections of estimated future gross profits. Adjustments to DAC balances include: (i) annual review of assumptions that reflect the comprehensive review of the assumptions used in estimating gross profits for future periods, (ii) quarterly adjustments for current period experience (also referred to as “experience true-up” adjustments) that reflect the impact of differences between actual gross profits for a given period and the previously estimated expected gross profits for that period, and (iii) quarterly adjustments for market performance (also referred to as “experience unlocking”) that reflect the impact of changes to the Company's estimate of total gross profits to reflect actual fund performance and market conditions.

For some products, policyholders can elect to modify product benefits, features, rights or coverages by exchanging a contract for a new contract or by amendment, endorsement or rider to a contract, or by the election of a feature or coverage within a contract. These transactions are known as internal replacements. If policyholders surrender traditional life insurance policies in exchange for life insurance policies that do not have fixed and guaranteed terms, the Company immediately charges to expense the remaining unamortized DAC on the surrendered policies. For other internal replacement transactions, except those that involve the addition of a non-integrated contract feature that does not change the existing base contract, the unamortized DAC is immediately charged to expense if the terms of the new policies are not substantially similar to those of the former policies. If the new terms are substantially similar to those of the earlier policies, the DAC is retained with respect to the new policies and amortized over the expected life of the new policies. See Note 4 for additional information regarding DAC.

Deferred sales inducements represent various types of sales inducements to contractholders primarily related to fixed and variable deferred annuity contracts. The Company defers sales inducements and amortizes them over the anticipated life of the policy using the same methodology and assumptions used to amortize DAC. Sales inducements balances are subject to periodic recoverability testing. The Company records amortization of deferred sales inducements in “Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances.” Deferred sales inducements for applicable products are adjusted for the impact of unrealized gains or losses on investments as if these gains or losses had been realized, with corresponding credits or charges included in AOCI. There was no deferred sales inducements balance at December 31, 2017 and 2016. See Note 6 for additional information regarding sales inducements.

Reinsurance recoverables include corresponding receivables associated with reinsurance arrangements with affiliates and third-party reinsurers. For additional information about these arrangements see Note 12.

Other assets consist primarily of premiums due and deferred loss on reinsurance with affiliates.

B-13

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain contractholders and other customers. The assets consist primarily of equity securities, fixed maturities, and real-estate related investments and are reported at fair value. The assets of each account are legally segregated and are not subject to claims that arise out of any other business of the Company. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the contractholders, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. The investment income and realized investment gains or losses from separate accounts generally accrue to the contractholders and are not included in the Company’s consolidated results of operations. Mortality, policy administration and surrender charges assessed against the accounts are included in “Policy charges and fee income”. Asset administration fees charged to the accounts are included in “Asset administration fees”. See Note 6 for additional information regarding separate account arrangements with contractual guarantees. See also “Separate account liabilities” below.

LIABILITIES

Future policy benefits liability includes liabilities related to certain long-duration life and annuity contracts, which are discussed more fully in Note 6. These liabilities represent reserves for the guaranteed minimum death and optional living benefit features on our variable annuity products and no lapse guarantees for our variable and universal life products. The optional living benefits are primarily accounted for as embedded derivatives, with fair values 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. For additional information regarding the valuation of these optional living benefit features, see Note 6 and Note 9.

The Company’s liability for future policy benefits also includes reserves based on the present value of estimated future payments to or on behalf of policyholders related to contracts that have fixed and guaranteed terms, where the timing and amount of payment depends on policyholder mortality and maintenance expenses less the present value of future net premiums. Expected mortality is generally based on Company experience, industry data and/or other factors. Interest rate assumptions are based on factors such as market conditions and expected investment returns. Although mortality, morbidity and interest rate assumptions are “locked-in” upon the issuance of new insurance or annuity business with fixed and guaranteed terms, significant changes in experience or assumptions may require the Company to provide for expected future losses on a product by establishing premium deficiency reserves. Premium deficiency reserves are established, if necessary, when the liability for future policy benefits plus the present value of expected future gross premiums are determined to be insufficient to provide for expected future policy benefits and expenses. Premium deficiency reserves do not include a provision for the risk of adverse deviation. Any adjustments to future policy benefit reserves related to net unrealized gains on securities classified as available-for-sale are included in AOCI. See Note 5 for additional information regarding future policy benefits.

Policyholders’ account balances liability represents the contract value that has accrued to the benefit of the policyholder as of the balance sheet date. This liability is primarily associated with the accumulated account deposits, plus interest credited, less policyholder withdrawals and other charges assessed against the account balance. These policyholders’ account balances also include provision for benefits under non-life contingent payout annuities and certain unearned revenues. See Note 5 for additional information regarding policyholders’ account balances.

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase represent liabilities associated with securities repurchase and resale agreements which are used primarily to earn spread income, to borrow funds, or to facilitate trading activity. As part of securities repurchase agreements, the Company transfers U.S. government and government agency securities to a third party, and receives cash as collateral. As part of securities resale agreements, the Company invests cash and receives as collateral U.S. government securities or other debt securities. For securities repurchase agreements 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 secured borrowing or secured lending arrangements. These agreements are carried at the amounts at which the securities will be subsequently resold or reacquired, as specified in the respective transactions. For securities purchased under agreements to resell, the Company’s policy is to take possession or control of the securities either directly or through a third party custodian. These securities are valued daily and additional securities or cash collateral is received, or returned, when appropriate to protect against credit exposure. Securities to be resold are the same, or substantially the same, as the securities received. The majority of these transactions are with large brokerage firms and large banks. 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. The Company obtains collateral in an amount at least equal to 95% of the fair value of the securities sold. Securities to be repurchased are the same, or substantially the same, as those sold. The majority of these transactions are with highly rated money market funds. Income and expenses related to these transactions executed within the insurance companies used to earn spread income are reported as “Net investment income”; however, for transactions used for funding purposes, the associated borrowing cost is reported as interest expense (included in “General, administrative and other expenses”). Income and expenses related to these transactions executed within the Company’s derivative operations are reported in “Other income”.

B-14

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Cash collateral for loaned securities represent liabilities to return cash proceeds from security lending transactions. Securities lending transactions are used primarily to earn spread income, to borrow funds, or to facilitate trading activity. As part of securities lending transactions, the Company transfers U.S. and foreign debt and equity securities, as well as U.S. government and government agency securities, and receives cash as collateral. Cash proceeds from securities lending transactions are used to earn spread income, and are typically invested in cash equivalents, short-term investments or fixed maturities. Securities lending 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 lending transactions are with large brokerage firms and large banks. Income and expenses associated with securities lending transactions used to earn spread income are reported as “Net investment income”; however, for securities lending transactions used for funding purposes the associated rebate is reported as interest expense (included in “General, administrative and other expenses”).

Income taxes liability primarily represents the net deferred tax liability and the Company’s estimated taxes payable for the current year.

The Company is a member of the federal income tax return of Prudential Financial and primarily files separate company state and local tax returns. Pursuant to the tax allocation arrangement with Prudential Financial, total federal income tax expense is determined on a separate company basis. Members with losses record tax benefits to the extent such losses are recognized in the consolidated federal tax provision.

Deferred income taxes are recognized, based on enacted rates, when assets and liabilities have different values for financial statement and tax reporting purposes. A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce a deferred tax asset to the amount expected to be realized.

Items required by tax regulations to be included in the tax return may differ from the items reflected in the financial statements. As a result, the effective tax rate reflected in the financial statements may be different than the actual rate applied on the tax return. Some of these differences are permanent such as expenses that are not deductible in the Company’s tax return, and some differences are temporary, reversing over time, such as valuation of insurance reserves. Temporary differences create deferred tax assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets generally represent items that can be used as a tax deduction or credit in future years for which the Company has already recorded the tax benefit in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Deferred tax liabilities generally represent tax expense recognized in the Company’s financial statements for which payment has been deferred, or expenditures for which the Company has already taken a deduction in the Company’s tax returns but have not yet been recognized in the Company’s financial statements.

The application of U.S. GAAP requires the Company to evaluate the recoverability of the Company’s deferred tax assets and establish a valuation allowance if necessary to reduce the Company’s deferred tax assets to an amount that is more likely than not expected to be realized. Considerable judgment is required in determining whether a valuation allowance is necessary, and if so, the amount of such valuation allowance. See Note 8 for a discussion of factors considered when evaluating the need for a valuation allowance.

In December of 2017, SEC staff issued "SAB 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" ("SAB 118"), which allows registrants to record provisional amounts during a ‘measurement period’ not to extend beyond one year. Under the relief provided by SAB 118, a company can recognize provisional amounts when it does not have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed in reasonable detail to complete its accounting for the change in tax law. See Note 8 for a discussion of provisional amounts related to the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ("Tax Act of 2017").

U.S. GAAP prescribes a comprehensive model for how a company should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that a company has taken or expects to take on tax returns. The application of this guidance is a two-step process. First, the Company determines whether it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, that the tax position will be sustained upon examination. If a tax position does not meet the more likely than not recognition threshold, the benefit of that position is not recognized in the financial statements. The second step is measurement. The Company measures the tax position as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate resolution with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. This measurement considers the amounts and probabilities of the outcomes that could be realized upon ultimate settlement using the facts, circumstances, and information available at the reporting date.

B-15

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The Company’s liability for income taxes includes a 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 jurisdictions. 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 Company classifies all interest and penalties related to tax uncertainties as income tax expense. See Note 8 for additional information regarding income taxes.

Short-term and long-term debt liabilities are primarily carried at an amount equal to unpaid principal balance, net of unamortized discount or premium and debt issue costs. Original-issue discount or premium and debt-issue costs are recognized as a component of interest expense over the period the debt is expected to be outstanding, using the interest method of amortization. Interest expense is generally presented within “General, administrative and other expenses” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Short-term debt is debt coming due in the next twelve months, including that portion of debt otherwise classified as long-term. The short-term debt caption may exclude short-term debt items the Company intends to refinance on a long-term basis in the near term. See Note 14 for additional information regarding short-term and long-term debt.

Other liabilities consist primarily of accrued expenses, reinsurance payables and technical overdrafts.

Separate account liabilities primarily represent the contractholders’ account balance in separate account assets and to a lesser extent borrowings of the separate account, and will be equal and offsetting to total separate account assets. See also “Separate account assets” above.

Commitments and 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. These accruals are generally reported in “Other liabilities”.

REVENUES AND BENEFITS AND EXPENSES

Insurance Revenue and Expense Recognition

Premiums from individual life products, other than universal and variable life contracts, are recognized when due. When premiums are due over a significantly shorter period than the period over which benefits are provided, any gross premium in excess of the net premium (i.e., the portion of the gross premium required to provide for all expected future benefits and expenses) is generally deferred and recognized into revenue in a constant relationship to insurance in force. Benefits are recorded as an expense when they are incurred. A liability for future policy benefits is recorded when premiums are recognized using the net premium valuation methodology.

Premiums from single premium immediate annuities with life contingencies are recognized when due. When premiums are due over a significantly shorter period than the period over which benefits are provided, any gross premium in excess of the net premium is generally deferred and recognized into revenue based on expected future benefit payments. Benefits are recorded as an expense when they are incurred. A liability for future policy benefits is recorded when premiums are recognized using the net level premium method.

Certain individual annuity contracts provide the contractholder a guarantee that the benefit received upon death or annuitization will be no less than a minimum prescribed amount. These benefits are accounted for as insurance contracts. The Company also provides contracts with certain living benefits which are considered embedded derivatives. See Note 6 for additional information regarding these contracts.

Amounts received as payment for universal or variable individual life contracts, deferred fixed or variable annuities and other contracts without life contingencies are reported as deposits to “Policyholders’ account balances” and/or “Separate account liabilities.” Revenues from these contracts are reflected in “Policy charges and fee income” consisting primarily of fees assessed during the period against the policyholders’ account balances for mortality and other benefit charges, policy administration charges and surrender charges. In addition to fees, the Company earns investment income from the investment of deposits in the Company’s general account portfolio. Fees assessed that represent compensation to the Company for services to be provided in future periods and certain other fees are generally deferred and amortized into revenue over the life of the related contracts in proportion to estimated gross profits. Benefits and expenses for these products include claims in excess of related account balances, expenses of contract administration, interest credited to policyholders’ account balances and amortization of DAC and DSI.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Asset administration fees primarily include asset administration fee income received on contractholders’ account balances invested in The Prudential Series Funds, 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 (see Note 14). In addition, the Company receives fees from contractholders’ account balances invested in funds managed by companies other than affiliates of Prudential Insurance. Asset administration fees are recognized as income when earned.

Other income includes realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments classified as “trading” such as “Trading account assets” and “Other long-term investments” for which the Company has elected the fair value option, and consolidated entities that follow specialized investment company fair value accounting.

OTHER ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are derived from interest rates, foreign exchange rates, financial indices, values of securities or commodities, 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 ("NPR") used in valuation models. Derivative financial instruments generally used by the Company include swaps, futures, forwards and options and may be exchange-traded or contracted in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. Derivative positions are carried at fair value, generally by obtaining quoted market prices or through the use of valuation models.

Derivatives are used 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. As discussed in detail below and in Note 10, all realized and unrealized changes in fair value of derivatives are recorded in current earnings, with the exception of the effective portion of cash flow hedges. Cash flows from derivatives are reported in the operating, investing or financing activities sections in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows based on the nature and purpose of the derivative.

Derivatives are recorded either as assets, within “Other long-term investments”, or as liabilities, within “Payables to parent and affiliates”, except for embedded derivatives which are recorded with the associated host contract. The Company nets the fair value of all derivative financial instruments with counterparties for which a master netting arrangement has been executed.

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 specific firm commitments or 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 AOCI 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 Consolidated Statements of Operations 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 component of AOCI related to discontinued cash flow hedges is reclassified to the Consolidated Statements of Operations line associated with the hedged cash flows consistent with the earnings impact of the original hedged cash flows.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

When hedge accounting is discontinued because the hedged item no longer meets the definition of a firm commitment, or because it is probable that the forecasted transaction will not occur by the end of the specified time period, 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”. Any asset or liability that was recorded pursuant to recognition of the firm commitment is removed from the balance sheet and recognized currently in “Realized investment gains (losses), net”. Gains and losses that were in AOCI pursuant to the hedge of a forecasted transaction are recognized immediately in “Realized investment gains (losses), net”.

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 instrument 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 instrument 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 instrument qualifies as an embedded derivative that 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 a trading account asset and report it within “Trading account assets, at fair value”.

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 risks related to certain of these benefit features to affiliates, Pruco Re and Pruco Life through March 31, 2016. Effective April 1, 2016, the Company recaptured the risks related to its variable annuity living benefit guarantees that were previously reinsured to Pruco Re and Pruco Life. In addition, the Company reinsured the variable annuity base contracts, along with the living benefit guarantees, to Prudential Insurance under a coinsurance and modified coinsurance agreement. See Note 1 for additional information. 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 “Reinsurance recoverables”. Changes in the fair value are determined using valuation models as described in Note 9 and are recorded in “Realized investment gains (losses), net”.

Accounting for Certain Reinsurance Contracts in the Individual Life business

During the second quarter of 2017, the Company recognized a pre-tax charge of $2 million, reflecting a change in estimate of reinsurance cash flows associated with universal life products as well as a change in method of reflecting these cash flows in the financial statements. Under the previous method of accounting, with the exception of recoveries pertaining to no lapse guarantees, reinsurance cash flows (e.g., premiums and recoveries) were generally recognized as they occurred. Under the new method, the expected reinsurance cash flows are recognized more ratably over the life of the underlying reinsured policies. In conjunction with this change, the way in which reinsurance is reflected in estimated gross profits used for the amortization of unearned revenue reserves and DAC was also revised. The change represents a change in accounting estimate effected by a change in accounting principle and was included within the Company’s annual reviews and update of assumptions and other refinements. The change in accounting estimate reflected insights gained from revised cash flow modeling enabled by a systems conversion, which prompted the change to a preferable accounting method. This new methodology is viewed as preferable as the Company believes it better reflects the economics of reinsurance transactions by aligning the results of reinsurance activity more closely to the underlying direct insurance activity and by better reflecting the profit pattern of this business for purposes of the amortization of the balances noted above.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The impacts of the pre-tax charge of $2 million in the second quarter of 2017 were as follows:

	Impact of Change in Accounting for Certain Reinsurance Contracts(1)
	(in millions)
Decrease in Policy charges and fee income	$	(10	)
Decrease in Policyholders' benefits	10
Increase in Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	(2		)
Pre-tax charge to income	$	(2	)

(1) The corresponding impacts to the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position were a $13 million increase in "Other liabilities", a $9 million increase in "Reinsurance recoverables", a $4 million decrease in "Policyholders’ account balances" and a $2 million decrease in "Deferred policy acquisition costs".

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Changes to U.S. GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") in the form of accounting standards updates ("ASU") to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.

The Company considers the applicability and impact of all ASU. ASU listed below include those that have been adopted during the current fiscal year and/or those that have been issued but not yet adopted as of the date of this filing. ASU not listed below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or not material.

There have been no ASU adopted during the year ended December 31, 2017.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

ASU issued but not yet adopted as of December 31, 2017

Standard	Description	Effective date and method of adoption	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters
ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)	The ASU is based on the core principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. The standard also requires additional disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, and assets recognized from the costs to obtain or fulfill a contract with a customer. Revenue recognition for insurance contracts and financial instruments is explicitly scoped out of the standard.	January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method which will include a cumulative-effect adjustment on the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. .	Adoption of the ASU will not have a significant impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Liabilities	The ASU revises an entity’s accounting related to the recognition and measurement of certain equity investments and the presentation of certain fair value changes for financial liabilities measured at fair value. The ASU requires equity investments, except for those accounted for using the equity method, to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. The standard also amends certain disclosure requirements associated with the fair value of financial instruments.	January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method which will include a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings.	Adoption of this guidance will result in 1) the reclassification of net unrealized gains on equity securities currently classified as available-for-sale from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings and 2) adjustment of the basis of equity investments currently accounted for using the cost method to fair value with the embedded net unrealized gain included in retained earnings. The cumulative effect of adoption is expected to increase retained earnings by $0.4 million and total equity by $0.2 million after giving effect to offsetting items. See table below for the impact to the line items in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. There will be no impact to net income on the adoption date. Subsequent to the adoption date, the change in fair value of these equity investments will be reported in net income.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Summary of ASU 2016-01 Transition Impacts on the Consolidated Statements
of Financial Position upon Adoption on January 1, 2018
(in thousands)
	Increase / (Decrease)
Other long-term investments	$	250
Total assets	$	250
Policyholders’ dividends	$	0
Income taxes	53
Total liabilities	53
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(175		)
Retained earnings	372
Total equity	197
Total liabilities and equity	$	250

Standard	Description	Effective date and method of adoption	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters
ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments	This ASU provides a new current expected credit loss model to account for credit losses on certain financial assets and off-balance sheet exposures (e.g., loans held for investment, debt securities held to maturity, reinsurance receivables, net investments in leases and loan commitments). The model requires an entity to estimate lifetime credit losses related to such financial assets and exposures based on relevant information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. The standard also modifies the current OTTI standard for available-for-sale debt securities to require the use of an allowance rather than a direct write down of the investment, and replaces existing standard for purchased credit deteriorated loans and debt securities.	January 1, 2020 using the modified retrospective method which will include a cumulative-effect adjustment on the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. However, prospective application is required for purchased credit deteriorated assets previously accounted for under ASU 310-30 and for debt securities for which an OTTI was recognized prior to the date of adoption. Early adoption is permitted beginning January 1, 2019.	The Company is currently assessing the impact of the ASU on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Standard	Description	Effective date and method of adoption	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters
ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a Consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force)	This ASU addresses diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The standard provides clarity on the treatment of eight specifically defined types of cash inflows and outflows.	January 1, 2018 using the retrospective method (with early adoption permitted provided that all amendments are adopted in the same period).	Adoption of the ASU will not have a significant impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Update 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash	In November 2016, the FASB issued this ASU to address diversity in practice from entities classifying and presenting transfers between cash and restricted cash as operating, investing, or financing activities, or as a combination of those activities in the Statement of Cash Flows. The ASU requires entities to show the changes in the total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents in the Statement of Cash Flows. As a result, transfers between such categories will no longer be presented in the Statement of Cash Flows.	January 1, 2018 using the retrospective method (with early adoption permitted).	Adoption of the ASU will not have a significant impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
ASU 2017-08, Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20) Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities	This ASU requires certain premiums on callable debt securities to be amortized to the earliest call date.	January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method (with early adoption permitted) which will include a cumulative-effect adjustment on the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption.	The Company is currently assessing the impact of the ASU on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities	This ASU makes targeted changes to the existing hedge accounting model to better portray the economics of an entity’s risk management activities and to simplify the use of hedge accounting.	January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method (with early adoption permitted) which will include a cumulative-effect adjustment on the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption.	The Company is currently assessing the impact of the ASU on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Standard	Description	Effective date and method of adoption	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters
ASU 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	In February 2018, this ASU was issued following the enactment of the Tax Act of 2017. This ASU allows an entity to elect a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded effects resulting from the Tax Act of 2017.	January 1, 2019 with early adoption permitted. The ASU should be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period in which the effect of the change in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Act of 2017 is recognized.	The Company is currently assessing the impact of the ASU on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

3. INVESTMENTS

Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities

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

	December 31, 2017
	Amortized Cost or Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		OTTI in AOCI(3)
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies	$	17,831	$	1,465	$	0	$	19,296	$	0
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions	121,208		6,660		0		127,868		0
Foreign government bonds	29,489		377		161		29,705		0
Public utilities	204,343		14,664		409		218,598		0
All other U.S. public corporate securities	331,641		23,732		1,248		354,125		(45		)
All other U.S. private corporate securities	176,411		3,583		609		179,385		0
All other foreign public corporate securities	36,790		1,448		557		37,681		0
All other foreign private corporate securities	131,896		6,175		859		137,212		0
Asset-backed securities(1)	26,539		1,275		0		27,814		(51		)
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	118,818		1,883		1,174		119,527		0
Residential mortgage-backed securities(2)	9,200		826		0		10,026		(85		)
Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale	$	1,204,166	$	62,088	$	5,017	$	1,261,237	$	(181	)
Equity securities, available-for-sale:
Common stocks:
Mutual funds	$	3,144	$	270	$	0	$	3,414
Total equity securities, available-for-sale	$	3,144	$	270	$	0	$	3,414

(1) Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by loan obligations, 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 unrealized losses remaining in AOCI, from the impairment measurement date. Amount excludes $0.3 million of net unrealized gains on impaired available-for-sale securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

	December 31, 2016
	Amortized Cost or Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		OTTI in AOCI(3)
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies	$	18,206	$	1,967	$	0	$	20,173	$	0
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions	95,588		1,629		503		96,714		0
Foreign government bonds	28,339		20		990		27,369		0
Public utilities	144,767		5,820		1,389		149,198		0
All other U.S. public corporate securities	335,839		13,793		4,539		345,093		(45		)
All other U.S. private corporate securities	167,986		2,482		2,335		168,133		0
All other foreign public corporate securities	41,424		1,086		1,393		41,117		0
All other foreign private corporate securities	121,772		1,380		4,622		118,530		0
Asset-backed securities(1)	36,576		752		12		37,316		(58		)
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	130,528		1,901		2,885		129,544		0
Residential mortgage-backed securities(2)	11,130		1,168		0		12,298		(108		)
Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale	$	1,132,155	$	31,998	$	18,668	$	1,145,485	$	(211	)
Equity securities, available-for-sale:
Common stocks:
Mutual funds	$	1,150	$	22	$	1	$	1,171
Total equity securities, available-for-sale	$	1,150	$	22	$	1	$	1,171

(1) Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by loan obligations, 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 unrealized losses remaining in AOCI, from the impairment measurement date. Amount excludes $0.4 million of net unrealized gains on impaired available-for-sale securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

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

	December 31, 2017
	Less than Twelve Months				Twelve Months or More				Total
	Fair Value		Gross   Unrealized   Losses		Fair Value		Gross   Unrealized   Losses		Fair Value		Gross   Unrealized   Losses
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale:
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0
Foreign government bonds	3,354		42		6,210		119		9,564		161
Public utilities	8,797		263		7,014		146		15,811		409
All other U.S. public corporate securities	12,254		93		43,337		1,155		55,591		1,248
All other U.S. private corporate securities	38,778		377		10,401		232		49,179		609
All other foreign public corporate securities	5,565		27		7,369		530		12,934		557
All other foreign private corporate securities	8,671		148		11,333		711		20,004		859
Asset-backed securities	0		0		0		0		0		0
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	12,774		56		44,627		1,118		57,401		1,174
Residential mortgage-backed securities	0		0		0		0		0		0
Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale	$	90,193	$	1,006	$	130,291	$	4,011	$	220,484	$	5,017
Equity securities, available-for-sale	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0
	December 31, 2016
	Less than Twelve Months				Twelve Months or More				Total
	Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale:
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions	$	35,521	$	503	$	0	$	0	$	35,521	$	503
Foreign government bonds	23,492		659		1,690		331		25,182		990
Public utilities	43,675		1,361		170		28		43,845		1,389
All other U.S. public corporate securities	139,525		4,331		532		208		140,057		4,539
All other U.S. private corporate securities	74,436		1,644		9,315		691		83,751		2,335
All other foreign public corporate securities	16,231		746		3,791		647		20,022		1,393
All other foreign private corporate securities	44,295		2,791		12,254		1,831		56,549		4,622
Asset-backed securities	0		0		8,972		12		8,972		12
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	72,798		2,885		401		0		73,199		2,885
Residential mortgage-backed securities	0		0		0		0		0		0
Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale	$	449,973	$	14,920	$	37,125	$	3,748	$	487,098	$	18,668
Equity securities, available-for-sale	$	0	$	0	$	25	$	1	$	25	$	1

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the gross unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities were composed of $4.2 million and $17.4 million, respectively, related to “1” highest quality or “2” high quality securities based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) or equivalent rating and $0.8 million and $1.3 million, respectively, related to other than high or highest quality securities based on NAIC or equivalent rating. As of December 31, 2017, the $4.0 million of gross unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities of twelve months or more were concentrated in commercial mortgage-backed securities and in the Company's corporate securities within the finance and technology sectors. As of December 31, 2016, the $3.7 million of gross unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities of twelve months or more were concentrated in the Company's corporate securities within the finance, energy and technology sectors. In accordance with its policy described in Note 2, the Company concluded that an adjustment to earnings for OTTI for these fixed maturity securities was not warranted at either December 31, 2017 or 2016. These conclusions were based on a detailed analysis of the underlying credit and cash flows on each security. Gross unrealized losses are primarily attributable to general credit spread widening, increases in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rate movements. As of December 31, 2017, the Company did not intend to sell these securities, and it was not more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell these securities before the anticipated recovery of the remaining amortized cost basis.

As of December 31, 2017, there were no gross unrealized losses on equity securities. As of December 31, 2016, none of the gross unrealized losses on equity securities represented declines in value of 20% or more. In accordance with its policy described in Note 2, the Company concluded that an adjustment to earnings for OTTI for these equity securities was not warranted at either December 31, 2017 or 2016.

The following table sets forth the amortized cost and fair value of fixed maturities by contractual maturities, as of the date indicated:

	December 31, 2017
	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale:
Due in one year or less	$	15,203	$	15,329
Due after one year through five years	146,154		149,894
Due after five years through ten years	318,678		325,033
Due after ten years	569,574		613,614
Asset-backed securities	26,539		27,814
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	118,818		119,527
Residential mortgage-backed securities	9,200		10,026
Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale	$	1,204,166	$	1,261,237

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 do not have a single maturity date.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The following table sets forth the sources of fixed maturity and equity security proceeds and related investment gains (losses), as well as losses on impairments of both fixed maturities and equity securities, for the periods indicated:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale:
Proceeds from sales(1)	$	103,740		$	189,999		$	4,300
Proceeds from maturities/prepayments	87,544			81,157			119,987
Gross investment gains from sales and maturities	88			(235		)	2,689
Gross investment losses from sales and maturities	(989		)	(1,135		)	0
OTTI recognized in earnings(2)	(80		)	0			(1,061		)
Equity securities, available-for-sale:
Proceeds from sales	$	5		$	11,139		$	2,122
Gross investment gains from sales	0			7			74
Gross investment losses from sales	0			(961		)	0
OTTI recognized in earnings	(1		)	0			0

(1) Includes $0.0 million, $0.0 million and $(0.2) million of non-cash related proceeds for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

(2) Excludes the portion of OTTI recorded in OCI 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 the impairment.

The following table sets forth the amount of pre-tax credit loss impairments on fixed maturity securities held by the Company for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in OCI and the corresponding changes in such amounts, for the periods indicated:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017			2016
	(in thousands)
Credit loss impairments:
Balance, beginning of period	$	562		$	651
New credit loss impairments	0			0
Additional credit loss impairments on securities previously impaired	0			0
Increases due to the passage of time on previously recorded credit losses	38			25
Reductions for securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period	(37		)	(53		)
Reductions for securities impaired to fair value during the period(1)	0			0
Accretion of credit loss impairments previously recognized due to an increase in cash flows expected to be collected	(2		)	(9		)
Assets transferred to parent and affiliates	0			(52		)
Balance, end of period	$	561		$	562

(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.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Trading Account Assets

The following table sets forth the composition of “Trading account assets,” as of the dates indicated: 

	December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
	Amortized Cost or Cost		Fair Value		Amortized Cost or Cost		Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities	$	7,446	$	6,643	$	7,446	$	6,072
Equity securities	4,970		7,428		4,959		6,721
Total trading account assets	$	12,416	$	14,071	$	12,405	$	12,793

The net change in unrealized gains (losses) from trading account assets still held at period end, recorded within “Other income,” was $1.3 million, $0.9 million and $(0.2) million during the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans

The following table sets forth the composition of “Commercial mortgage and other loans,” as of the dates indicated:

	December 31, 2017					December 31, 2016
	Amount (in thousands)			% of Total		Amount (in thousands)			% of Total
Commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans by property type:
Apartments/Multi-Family	$	44,405		36.4	%	$	55,754		34.6	%
Hospitality	10,263			8.4		10,525			6.5
Industrial	10,924			9.0		18,707			11.6
Office	17,738			14.5		16,111			10.0
Other	19,154			15.7		22,016			13.7
Retail	14,180			11.6		31,054			19.3
Total commercial mortgage loans	116,664			95.6		154,167			95.7
Agricultural property loans	5,312			4.4		6,981			4.3
Total commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans by property type	121,976			100.0	%	161,148			100.0	%
Valuation allowance	(180		)			(209		)
Total commercial mortgage and other loans	$	121,796				$	160,939

As of December 31, 2017, the commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans were geographically dispersed throughout the United States (with the largest concentrations in Illinois (17%), New York (14%) and Texas (10%)) and included loans secured by properties in Europe.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The following tables set forth the activity in the allowance for credit losses for commercial mortgage and other loans, as of the dates indicated:

	December 31, 2017
	Commercial Mortgage Loans			Agricultural Property Loans			Total
	(in thousands)
Allowance for credit losses:
Balance, beginning of year	$	207		$	2		$	209
Addition to (release of) allowances for losses	(28		)	(1		)	(29		)
Charge-offs, net of recoveries	0			0			0
Total ending balance	$	179		$	1		$	180
	December 31, 2016
	Commercial Mortgage Loans			Agricultural Property Loans			Total
	(in thousands)
Allowance for credit losses:
Balance, beginning of year	$	425		$	3		$	428
Addition to (release of) allowances for losses	(218		)	(1		)	(219		)
Charge-offs, net of recoveries	0			0			0
Total ending balance	$	207		$	2		$	209

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

	December 31, 2017
	Commercial Mortgage Loans		Agricultural Property Loans		Total
	(in thousands)
Allowance for credit losses:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	0	$	0	$	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	179		1		180
Total ending balance(1)	$	179	$	1	$	180
Recorded investment(2):
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	0	$	0	$	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	116,664		5,312		121,976
Total ending balance(1)	$	116,664	$	5,312	$	121,976

(1) As of December 31, 2017, there were no loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality.

(2) Recorded investment reflects the carrying value gross of related allowance.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

	December 31, 2016
	Commercial Mortgage Loans		Agricultural Property Loans		Total
	(in thousands)
Allowance for credit losses:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	0	$	0	$	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	207		2		209
Total ending balance(1)	$	207	$	2	$	209
Recorded investment(2):
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	0	$	0	$	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	154,167		6,981		161,148
Total ending balance(1)	$	154,167	$	6,981	$	161,148

(1) As of December 31, 2016, there were no loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality.

(2) Recorded investment reflects the carrying value gross of related allowance.

The following tables set forth certain key credit quality indicators for commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans based upon the recorded investment gross of allowance for credit losses, as of the dates indicated:

	December 31, 2017
	Debt Service Coverage Ratio
	> 1.2X		1.0X to <1.2X		< 1.0X		Total
	(in thousands)
Loan-to-Value Ratio:
0%-59.99%	$	83,304	$	0	$	0	$	83,304
60%-69.99%	27,727		3,155		2,009		32,891
70%-79.99%	0		5,781		0		5,781
80% or greater	0		0		0		0
Total commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans	$	111,031	$	8,936	$	2,009	$	121,976

	December 31, 2016
	Debt Service Coverage Ratio
	> 1.2X		1.0X to <1.2X		< 1.0X		Total
	(in thousands)
Loan-to-Value Ratio:
0%-59.99%	$	103,315	$	0	$	0	$	103,315
60%-69.99%	32,965		5,394		0		38,359
70%-79.99%	12,230		5,052		0		17,282
80% or greater	2,192		0		0		2,192
Total commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans	$	150,702	$	10,446	$	0	$	161,148

The following tables set forth an aging of past due commercial mortgage and other loans based upon the recorded investment gross of allowance for credit losses, as well as the amount of commercial mortgage and other loans on non-accrual status, as of the dates indicated:

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

	December 31, 2017
	Current		30-59 Days Past Due		60-89 Days Past Due		90 Days or More Past Due(1)		Total Loans		Non-Accrual Status(2)
	(in thousands)
Commercial mortgage loans	$	116,664	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	116,664	$	0
Agricultural property loans	5,312		0		0		0		5,312		0
Total	$	121,976	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	121,976	$	0

(1) As of December 31, 2017, there were no loans in this category accruing interest.

(2) For additional information regarding the Company's policies for accruing interest on loans, see Note 2.

	December 31, 2016
	Current		30-59 Days Past Due		60-89 Days Past Due		90 Days or More Past Due(1)		Total Loans		Non-Accrual Status(2)
	(in thousands)
Commercial mortgage loans	$	154,167	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	154,167	$	0
Agricultural property loans	6,981		0		0		0		6,981		0
Total	$	161,148	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	161,148	$	0

(1) As of December 31, 2016, there were no loans in this category accruing interest.

(2) For additional information regarding the Company's policies for accruing interest on loans, see Note 2.

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, there were no commercial mortgage or other loans acquired, other than those through direct origination. For the year ended December 31, 2017, there were $42 million of commercial mortgage and other loans sold. For the year ended December 31, 2016, there were no commercial mortgage and other loans sold. For the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no transfers of commercial mortgage and other loans to related parties. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company transferred $51 million of commercial mortgage and other loans to related parties.

The Company’s commercial mortgage and other loans may occasionally be involved in a troubled debt restructuring. As of both December 31, 2017 and 2016, there were no new troubled debt restructurings related to commercial mortgage or other loans and no payment defaults on commercial mortgage or other loans that were modified as a troubled debt restructuring within the twelve months preceding. As of both December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had no significant commitments to borrowers that have been involved in a troubled debt restructuring. For additional information relating to the accounting for troubled debt restructurings, see Note 2.

Other Long-Term Investments

The following table sets forth the composition of “Other long-term investments,” as of the dates indicated: 

	December 31,
	2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Company's investment in separate accounts	$	2,726	$	2,324
Joint ventures and limited partnerships:
Private equity	13,491		11,883
Hedge funds	28,288		25,836
Real estate-related	2,298		1,978
Total joint ventures and limited partnerships	44,077		39,697
Derivatives	0		15,030
Total other long-term investments	$	46,803	$	57,051

As of both December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had no significant equity method investments.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Net Investment Income

The following table sets forth “Net investment income” by investment type, for the periods indicated:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale	$	48,232		$	47,671		$	44,959
Trading account assets	669			765			866
Commercial mortgage and other loans	6,088			8,325			13,528
Policy loans	10,618			10,482			10,335
Short-term investments and cash equivalents	457			606			218
Other long-term investments	4,224			7,698			2,632
Gross investment income	70,288			75,547			72,538
Less: investment expenses	(3,637		)	(3,522		)	(3,647		)
Net investment income	$	66,651		$	72,025		$	68,891

There were no non-income producing assets, as of December 31, 2017. Non-income producing assets represent investments that had not produced income for the twelve months preceding December 31, 2017.

Realized Investment Gains (Losses), Net 

The following table sets forth “Realized investment gains (losses), net” by investment type, for the periods indicated: 

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities	$	(981	)	$	(1,370	)	$	1,628
Equity securities	(1		)	(954		)	74
Commercial mortgage and other loans	29			219			343
Short-term investments and cash equivalents	(3		)	3			0
Joint ventures and limited partnerships	16			178			320
Derivatives(1)	(13,098		)	90,352			3,388
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	(14,038	)	$	88,428		$	5,753

(1) Includes the hedged items offset in qualifying fair value hedge accounting relationships.

Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments

The following table below sets forth net unrealized gains (losses) on investments, as of the dates indicated:

	December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturity securities, available-for-sale—with OTTI	$	162		$	147		$	211
Fixed maturity securities, available-for-sale—all other	56,909			13,183			17,402
Equity securities, available-for-sale	270			21			(1,191		)
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges (1)	(5,036		)	4,973			5,651
Affiliated notes	682			846			1,058
Other investments	(288		)	(357		)	(125		)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments	$	52,699		$	18,813		$	23,006

(1) See Note 10 for more information on cash flow hedges.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Repurchase Agreements and Securities Lending

In the normal course of business, the Company sells securities under agreements to repurchase and enters into securities lending transactions. As of both December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had no repurchase agreements.

The following table sets forth the composition of “Cash collateral for loaned securities,” which represents the liability to return cash collateral received for the following types of securities loaned, as of the dates indicated:

	December 31, 2017						December 31, 2016
	Remaining Contractual Maturities of the Agreements						Remaining Contractual Maturities of the Agreements
	Overnight & Continuous		Up to 30 Days		Total		Overnight & Continuous		Up to 30 Days		Total
	(in thousands)						(in thousands)
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies	$	0	$	10,310	$	10,310	$	0	$	0	$	0
Foreign government bonds	4,420		0		4,420		1,596		0		1,596
All other U.S. public corporate securities	0		0		0		13,458		0		13,458
All other foreign public corporate securities	478		0		478		0		0		0
Total cash collateral for loaned securities(1)	$	4,898	$	10,310	$	15,208	$	15,054	$	0	$	15,054

(1) The Company did not have agreements with remaining contractual maturities of thirty days or greater, as of the dates indicated.

Securities Pledged, Restricted Assets and Special Deposits

The Company pledges as collateral investment securities it owns to unaffiliated parties through certain transactions, including securities lending, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, collateralized borrowings and postings of collateral with derivative counterparties. The following table sets forth the carrying value of investments pledged to third parties and the carrying amount of the associated liabilities supported by the pledged collateral, as of the dates indicated: 

	December 31,
	2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Pledged collateral:
Fixed maturity securities, available-for-sale	$	14,616	$	14,476
Total securities pledged	$	14,616	$	14,476
Liabilities supported by pledged collateral:
Cash collateral for loaned securities	$	15,208	$	15,054
Total liabilities supported by pledged collateral	$	15,208	$	15,054

In the normal course of its business activities, the Company accepts collateral that can be sold or repledged. The primary sources of this collateral were securities purchased under agreements to resell. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the fair value of this collateral was $43.0 million and $49.1 million, respectively, none of which had either been sold or repledged.

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, there were fixed maturities of $0.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, on deposit with governmental authorities or trustees as required by certain insurance laws.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

4. DEFERRED POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS

The balances of and changes in DAC as of and for the years ended December 31, are as follows:

	2017			2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Balance, beginning of year	$	135,759		$	468,743		$	457,420
Capitalization of commissions, sales and issue expenses	24,599			29,954			60,024
Amortization- Impact of assumption and experience unlocking and true-ups	(2,875		)	17,216			6,125
Amortization- All other	(9,663		)	(64,443		)	(65,452		)
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses	(2,369		)	(1,140		)	10,626
Other(1)	0			(314,571		)	0
Balance, end of year	$	145,451		$	135,759		$	468,743

(1) Represents ceded DAC upon reinsurance agreement with Prudential Insurance in 2016. See Note 1 and Note 12 for additional information.

5. POLICYHOLDERS’ LIABILITIES

Future Policy Benefits

Future policy benefits at December 31 for the years indicated are as follows: 

	2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Life insurance	$	1,204,698	$	1,085,613
Individual annuities and supplementary contracts	26,548		23,877
Other contract liabilities	475,938		438,330
Total future policy benefits	$	1,707,184	$	1,547,820

Life insurance liabilities include reserves for death benefits. Individual annuities and supplementary contract liabilities include reserves for life contingent immediate annuities. Other contract liabilities include unearned premiums and certain other reserves for annuities and individual life products.

Future policy benefits for individual non-participating traditional life insurance policies are generally equal to the present value of future benefit payments and related expenses, less the present value of future net premiums. Assumptions as to mortality, morbidity and persistency are based on the Company’s experience, industry data, and/or other factors, when the basis of the reserve is established. Interest rates used in the determination of the present values range from 2.3% to 7.0%.

Future policy benefits for individual annuities and supplementary contracts with life contingencies are generally equal to the present value of expected future payments. Assumptions as to mortality are based on the Company’s experience, industry data, and/or other factors when the basis of the reserve is established. The interest rates used in the determination of the present value range from 0.0% to 7.3%.

The Company’s liability for future policy benefits are primarily liabilities for guaranteed benefits related to certain long-duration life and annuity contracts. Liabilities for guaranteed benefits with embedded derivative features are primarily in "Other contract liabilities" in the above table. The remaining liabilities for guaranteed benefits are primarily reflected with the underlying contract. The interest rates used in the determination of the present values range from 2.0% to 3.6%. See Note 6 for additional information regarding liabilities for guaranteed benefits related to certain long-duration contracts.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Policyholders’ Account Balances

Policyholders’ account balances at December 31 for the years indicated are as follows:

	2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Interest-sensitive life contracts	$	1,572,432	$	1,464,312
Individual annuities	307,720		285,570
Guaranteed interest accounts	24,173		27,995
Other	179,257		164,187
Total policyholders’ account balances	$	2,083,582	$	1,942,064

Policyholders’ account balances represent an accumulation of account deposits plus credited interest less withdrawals, expenses and mortality charges, if applicable. These policyholders’ account balances also include provisions for benefits under non-life contingent payout annuities. Interest crediting rates for interest-sensitive life contracts range from 0.9% to 4.4%. Interest crediting rates for individual annuities range from 0.0% to 4.9%. Interest crediting rates for guaranteed interest accounts range from 1.5% to 5.3%. Interest crediting rates range from 0.5% to 4.0% for other.

6. CERTAIN LONG-DURATION CONTRACTS WITH GUARANTEES

The Company issues variable annuity contracts through its separate accounts for which investment income and investment gains and losses accrue directly to, and investment risk is borne by, the contractholder. The Company also issues variable annuity contracts with general and separate account options where the Company contractually guarantees to the contractholder a return of no less than total deposits made to the contract adjusted for any partial withdrawals (“return of net deposits”). In certain of these variable annuity contracts, the Company also contractually guarantees to the contractholder a return of no less than (1) total deposits made to the contract adjusted for any partial withdrawals plus a minimum return (“minimum return”), and/or (2) the highest contract value on a specified date adjusted for any withdrawals (“contract value”). These guarantees 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. The Company also issues annuity contracts with market value adjusted investment options (“MVAs”), which provide for a return of principal plus a fixed rate of return if held to maturity, or, alternatively, a “market adjusted value” if surrendered prior to maturity or if funds are reallocated to other investment options. The market value adjustment may result in a gain or loss to the Company, depending on crediting rates or an indexed rate at surrender, as applicable. The Company also issues fixed deferred annuity contracts without MVA that have a guaranteed credited rate and annuity benefit.

In addition, the Company issues certain variable life, variable universal life and universal life contracts where the Company contractually guarantees to the contractholder a death benefit even when there is insufficient value to cover monthly mortality and expense charges, whereas otherwise the contract would typically lapse (“no lapse guarantee”). Variable life and variable universal life contracts are offered with general and separate account options.

The assets supporting the variable portion of all variable annuities are carried at fair value and reported as “Separate account assets” with an equivalent amount reported as “Separate account liabilities.” Amounts assessed against the contractholders for mortality, administration, and other services are included within revenue in “Policy charges and fee income” and changes in liabilities for minimum guarantees are generally included in “Policyholders’ benefits” or “Realized investment gains (losses), net.”

For those guarantees of benefits that are payable in the event of death, the net amount at risk is generally defined as the current guaranteed minimum death benefit in excess of the current account balance at the balance sheet date. The Company’s primary risk exposures for these contracts relates to actual deviations from, or changes to, the assumptions used in the original pricing of these products, including fixed income and equity market returns, contract lapses and contractholder mortality.

For guarantees of benefits that are payable at annuitization, the net amount at risk is generally defined as the present value of the minimum guaranteed annuity payments available to the contractholder determined in accordance with the terms of the contract in excess of the current account balance. The Company’s primary risk exposures for these contracts relates to actual deviations from, or changes to, the assumptions used in the original pricing of these products, including fixed income and equity market returns, timing of annuitization, contract lapses and contractholder mortality.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

For guarantees of benefits that are payable at withdrawal, the net amount at risk is generally defined as the present value of the minimum guaranteed withdrawal payments available to the contractholder determined in accordance with the terms of the contract in excess of the current account balance. For guarantees of accumulation balances, the net amount at risk is generally defined as the guaranteed minimum accumulation balance minus the current account balance. The Company’s primary risk exposures for these contracts relates 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 and contractholder behavior.

The Company’s contracts with guarantees may offer more than one type of guarantee in each contract; therefore, the amounts listed may not be mutually exclusive. The liabilities related to the net amount at risk are reflected within “Future policy benefits”. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had the following guarantees associated with these contracts, by product and guarantee type:

	December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
	In the Event of Death		At Annuitization / Accumulation(1)		In the Event of Death(2)		At Annuitization  / Accumulation(1)(2)
	(in thousands)
Annuity Contracts
Return of net deposits
Account value	$	8,434,750	N/A		$	7,472,775	N/A
Net amount at risk	$	2,201	N/A		$	17,429	N/A
Average attained age of contractholders	65 years		N/A		64 years		N/A
Minimum return or contract value
Account value	$	2,079,318	$	9,746,948	$	1,955,672	$	8,723,486
Net amount at risk	$	3,442	$	134,518	$	36,275	$	233,836
Average attained age of contractholders	67 years		65 years		66 years		64 years
Average period remaining until earliest expected annuitization	N/A		0 years		N/A		0 years

(1) Includes income and withdrawal benefits.

(2) Excludes ceded reinsurance business to Prudential Insurance related to the Variable Annuities Recapture transaction, as described in Note 1. See Note 12 for amounts recoverable from its reinsurer.

	December 31, 2017		December 31, 2016(1)
	In the Event of Death
	(in thousands)
Variable Life, Variable Universal Life and Universal Life Contracts
No-lapse guarantees
Separate account value	$	813,094	$	753,522
General account value	$	811,784	$	681,559
Net amount at risk	$	17,296,789	$	14,652,565
Average attained age of contractholders	55 years		54 years

(1) Excludes ceded reinsurance business to Prudential Insurance related to the Variable Annuities Recapture transaction, as described in Note 1. See Note 12 for amounts recoverable from its reinsurer.

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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Account balances of variable annuity contracts with guarantees were invested in separate account investment options as follows:

	December 31, 2017		December 31, 2016(1)
	(in thousands)
Equity funds	$	5,654,716	$	5,089,766
Bond funds	4,369,355		3,514,479
Money market funds	203,033		556,862
Total	$	10,227,104	$	9,161,107

(1) Excludes ceded reinsurance business to Prudential Insurance related to the Variable Annuities Recapture transaction, as described in Note 1. See Note 12 for amounts recoverable from its reinsurer.

In addition to the amounts invested in separate account investment options above, $287 million at December 31, 2017 and $267 million at December 31, 2016 of account balances of variable annuity contracts with guarantees, inclusive of contracts with MVA features were invested in general account investment options. For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, there were no transfers of assets, other than cash, from the general account to any separate account, and accordingly no gains or losses recorded.

Liabilities for Guarantee Benefits

The table below summarizes the changes in general account liabilities for guarantees. The liabilities for guaranteed minimum death benefits (“GMDB”), and guaranteed minimum income benefits (“GMIB”) are included in “Future policy benefits” and the related changes in the liabilities are included in “Policyholders’ benefits.” Guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”), guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”), and guaranteed minimum income and withdrawal benefits (“GMIWB”) are accounted for as embedded derivatives and are recorded at fair value within “Future policy benefits.” Changes in the fair value of these derivatives, including changes in the Company’s own risk of non-performance, along with any fees attributed or payments made relating to the derivative, are recorded in “Realized investment gains (losses), net.” See Note 9 for additional information regarding the methodology used in determining the fair value of these embedded derivatives.The Company maintains a portfolio of derivative investments that serve as a partial hedge of the risks associated with these products, for which the changes in fair value are also recorded in "Realized investment gains (losses), net." This portfolio of derivative investments does not qualify for hedge accounting treatment under U.S. GAAP. Additionally, the Company externally reinsures the guaranteed benefit features associated with certain contracts. See Note 12 for further information regarding the external reinsurance arrangement.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

	GMDB						GMIB			GMWB/GMIWB/GMAB			Total
	Variable Annuity			Variable Life, Variable Universal Life & Universal Life			Variable Annuity
	(in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2014	$	7,994		$	69,212		$	1,894		$	428,836		$	507,936
Incurred guarantee benefits(1)	3,409			25,049			(424		)	20,236			48,270
Paid guarantee benefits	(720		)	(5,174		)	(12		)	0			(5,906		)
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses	(102		)	(4,911		)	(12		)	0			(5,025		)
Balance at December 31, 2015	10,581			84,176			1,446			449,072			545,275
Incurred guarantee benefits(1)	660			54,869			(300		)	(14,359		)	40,870
Paid guarantee benefits	(532		)	(5,399		)	(25		)	0			(5,956		)
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses	(74		)	3,673			(5		)	0			3,594
Balance at December 31, 2016	10,635			137,319			1,116			434,713			583,783
Incurred guarantee benefits(1)	893			47,907			(570		)	37,443			85,673
Paid guarantee benefits	(154		)	(250		)	(11		)	0			(415		)
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses	161			11,265			2			0			11,428
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	11,535		$	196,241		$	537		$	472,156		$	680,469

(1) Incurred guarantee benefits include the portion of assessments established as additions to reserves as well as changes in estimates affecting the reserves. Also includes changes in the fair value of features considered to be derivatives.

The GMDB liability is determined each period end by estimating the accumulated value of a portion of the total assessments to date less the accumulated value of the guaranteed death benefits in excess of the account balance. The GMIB liability associated with variable annuities is determined each period by estimating the accumulated value of a portion of the total assessments to date less the accumulated value of the projected income benefits in excess of the account balance. The portion of assessments used is chosen such that, at issue the present value of expected death benefits or expected income benefits in excess of the projected account balance and the portion of the present value of total expected assessments over the lifetime of the contracts are equal. The GMIB liability associated with fixed annuities is determined each period by estimating the present value of projected income benefits in excess of the account balance. The Company regularly evaluates the estimates used and adjusts the GMDB and GMIB liability balances, with an associated charge or credit to earnings, if actual experience or other evidence suggests that earlier estimates should be revised.

The GMAB features provide the contractholder with a guaranteed return of initial account value or an enhanced value if applicable. The most significant of the Company’s GMAB features are the guaranteed return option features, which includes an automatic rebalancing element that reduces the Company’s exposure to these guarantees. The GMAB liability is calculated as the present value of future expected payments in excess of the account balance less the present value of future expected rider fees attributable to the embedded derivative feature.

The GMWB features provide the contractholder with access to a guaranteed remaining balance if the account value is reduced to zero through a combination of market declines and withdrawals. The guaranteed remaining balance is generally equal to the protected value under the contract, which is initially established as the greater of the account value or cumulative deposits when withdrawals commence, less cumulative withdrawals. The contractholder also has the option, after a specified time period, to reset the guaranteed remaining balance to the then-current account value, if greater. The contractholder accesses the guaranteed remaining balance through payments over time, subject to maximum annual limits. The GMWB liability is calculated as the present value of future expected payments to customers less the present value of future expected rider fees attributable to the embedded derivative feature.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The GMIWB features, taken collectively, provide a contractholder two optional methods to receive guaranteed minimum payments over time, a “withdrawal” option or an “income” option. The withdrawal option (which was available under only one of the GMIWBs and is no longer offered) guarantees that a contractholder can withdraw an amount each year until the cumulative withdrawals reach a total guaranteed balance. The income option (which varies among the Company’s GMIWBs) in general, guarantees the contractholder the ability to withdraw an amount each year for life (or for joint lives, in the case of any spousal version of the benefit) where such amount is equal to a percentage of a protected value under the benefit. The contractholder also has the potential to increase this annual amount, based on certain subsequent increases in account value that may occur. The GMIWB can be elected by the contractholder upon issuance of an appropriate deferred variable annuity contract or at any time following contract issue prior to annuitization. Certain GMIWB features include an automatic rebalancing element that reduces the Company’s exposure to these guarantees. The GMIWB liability is calculated as the present value of future expected payments to customers less the present value of future expected rider fees attributable to the embedded derivative feature.

Sales Inducements

The Company defers sales inducements and amortizes them over the anticipated life of the policy using the same methodology and assumptions used to amortize DAC. The Company has offered various types of sales inducements, including: (1) a bonus whereby the policyholder’s initial account balance is increased by an amount equal to a specified percentage of the customer’s initial deposit and (2) additional credits after a certain number of years a contract is held. There was no deferred sales inducements balance at December 31, 2017 and 2016. Changes in DSI, reported as “Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances,” are as follows:

	Sales Inducements
	(in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2014	$	76,534
Capitalization	678
Amortization- Impact of assumption and experience unlocking and true-ups	1,348
Amortization- All other	(16,144		)
Change in unrealized investment gains (losses)	627
Balance at December 31, 2015	63,043
Capitalization	100
Amortization- Impact of assumption and experience unlocking and true-ups	1,035
Amortization- All other	(13,203		)
Change in unrealized investment gains (losses)	(383		)
Other(1)	(50,592		)
Balance at December 31, 2016	0
Capitalization	0
Amortization- Impact of assumption and experience unlocking and true-ups	0
Amortization- All other	0
Change in unrealized investment gains (losses)	0
Other	0
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	0

(1) Represents ceded DSI upon reinsurance agreement with Prudential Insurance in 2016. See Note 1 and Note 12 for additional information.

7. STATUTORY NET INCOME AND SURPLUS AND DIVIDEND RESTRICTIONS

The Company is required to prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. Statutory accounting practices primarily differ from U.S. GAAP by charging policy acquisition costs to expense as incurred, establishing future policy benefit liabilities using different actuarial assumptions and valuing investments, deferred taxes, and certain assets on a different basis.

Statutory net income of the Company amounted to $33 million, $81 million and $62 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Statutory surplus of the Company amounted to $223 million and $313 million at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The Company does not utilize prescribed or permitted practices that vary materially from the statutory accounting practices prescribed by the NAIC.

The Company is subject to New Jersey law, which limits the amount of dividends that insurance companies can pay to stockholders without approval of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. The maximum dividend, which may be paid in any twelve-month period without notification or approval, is limited to the greater of 10% of statutory surplus as of December 31 of the preceding year or the net gain from operations of the preceding calendar year. Cash dividends may only be paid out of surplus derived from realized net profits. Based on these limitations, there is a capacity to pay a dividend of $32 million in 2018 without prior approval. The Company paid dividends to Pruco Life of $100 million, $241 million and $0 million in 2017, 2016 and 2015 respectively.

8. INCOME TAXES

The following schedule discloses significant components of income tax expense (benefit) for each year presented:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2016		2015
	(in thousands)
Current tax expense (benefit):
U.S. Federal	$	4,514		$	6,701	$	21,849
Total	4,514			6,701		21,849
Deferred tax expense (benefit):
U.S. Federal	(10,452		)	7,534		(8,486		)
Total	(10,452		)	7,534		(8,486		)
Total income tax expense (benefit) from operations	(5,938		)	14,235		13,363
Income tax expense (benefit) reported in equity related to:
Other comprehensive income (loss)	10,084			205		(11,823		)
Additional paid-in capital	471			93		(1,348		)
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	4,617		$	14,533	$	192

Reconciliation of Expected Tax at Statutory Rates to Reported Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The differences between income taxes expected at the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate of 35% and the reported income tax expense (benefit) are summarized as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Expected federal income tax expense	$	10,262		$	32,702		$	31,299
Non-taxable investment income	(15,687		)	(14,883		)	(16,021		)
Tax credits	(2,611		)	(2,734		)	(2,008		)
Domestic production activities deduction, net	(1,045		)	(949		)	0
Changes in tax law	2,507			0			0
Other	636			99			93
Reported income tax expense (benefit)	$	(5,938	)	$	14,235		$	13,363
Effective tax rate	(20.3		)%	15.2		%	14.9		%

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The effective tax rate is the ratio of “Total income tax expense (benefit)” divided by “Income (loss) from operations before income taxes.” The Company’s effective tax rate for fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015 was (20.3)%, 15.2% and 14.9%, respectively. The following is a description of items that had the most significant impact on the difference between the Company’s statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 35% and the Company’s effective tax rate during the periods presented:

Changes in Tax Law. The following is a list of notable changes in tax law that impacted the Company’s effective tax rate for the periods presented:

U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“Tax Act of 2017”). On December 22, 2017, the Tax Act of 2017 was enacted into U.S. law. This law includes a broad range of tax reform changes that will affect U.S. businesses, including changes to corporate tax rates, business deductions and international tax provisions. Under U.S. GAAP, changes in tax rates and tax law are accounted for in the period of enactment (the date the President signed the bill into law).

In December 2017, the SEC staff issued SAB 118 to address the application of U.S. GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act of 2017. SAB 118 provides guidance for registrants under three scenarios: (1) measurement of certain income tax effects is complete, (2) measurement of certain income tax effects can be reasonably estimated and (3) measurement of certain income tax effects cannot be reasonably estimated. SAB 118 provides that the measurement period is complete when a company’s accounting is complete and in no circumstances should the measurement period extend beyond one year from the enactment date. SAB 118 acknowledges that a company may be able to complete the accounting for some provisions earlier than others. As a result, it may need to apply all three scenarios in determining the accounting for the Tax Act of 2017 based on information that is available.

The Company has not fully completed its accounting for the tax effects of the Tax Act of 2017. However, we have recorded the effects of the Tax Act of 2017 as reasonable estimates due to the need for further analysis of the provisions within the Tax Act of 2017 and collection, preparation and analysis of relevant data necessary to complete the accounting. As a result, upon enactment of the Tax Act of 2017, the Company recognized a $2.5 million tax expense in “Total income tax expense (benefit)” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2017. This net tax expense was comprised of the following component:

• $2.5 million tax expense from the reduction in net deferred tax assets to reflect the reduction in the U.S. tax rate from 35% to 21%

As we complete the collection, preparation and analysis of data relevant to the Tax Act of 2017, interpret any additional guidance issued by the IRS, U.S. Department of the Treasury, or other standard-setting organizations, we may make adjustments to these provisional amounts. These adjustments may materially impact our provision for income taxes in the period in which the adjustments are made.

Non-Taxable Investment Income. The U.S. Dividends Received Deduction (“DRD”) reduces the amount of dividend income subject to U.S. tax and accounts for most of the non-taxable investment income shown in the table above. More specifically, the U.S. DRD constitutes $15 million of the total $16 million of 2017 non-taxable investment income, $15 million of the total $15 million of 2016 non-taxable investment income, and$15 million of the total $16 million of 2015 non-taxable investment income. The DRD for the current period was estimated using information from 2016, current year investment results, and current year’s equity market performance. The actual current year DRD can vary 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 fund investments, changes in the account balances of variable life and annuity contracts, and the Company’s taxable income before the DRD.

Other. This line item represents insignificant reconciling items that are individually less than 5% of the computed expected federal income tax expense (benefit) and have therefore been aggregated for purposes of this reconciliation in accordance with relevant disclosure guidance.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities

	As of December 31,
	2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Insurance reserves	$	14,868	$	9,133
Deferred policy acquisition costs	7,297		13,389
Deferred tax assets	22,165		22,522
Deferred tax liabilities:
Net unrealized gains on securities	12,124		4,844
Investments	8,070		15,523
Other	17		98
Deferred tax liabilities	20,211		20,465
Net deferred tax asset (liability)	$	1,954	$	2,057

The application of U.S. GAAP requires the Company to evaluate the recoverability of deferred tax assets and establish a valuation allowance if necessary to reduce the deferred tax asset to an amount that is more likely than not expected to be realized. Considerable judgment is required in determining whether a valuation allowance is necessary, and if so, the amount of such valuation allowance. In evaluating the need for a valuation allowance, the Company considers many factors, including: (1) the nature of the deferred tax assets and liabilities; (2) whether they are ordinary or capital; (3) in which tax jurisdictions they were generated and the timing of their reversal; (4) taxable income in prior carryback years as well as projected taxable earnings exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards; (5) the length of time that carryovers can be utilized in the various taxing jurisdictions; (6) any unique tax rules that would impact the utilization of the deferred tax assets; and (7) any tax planning strategies that the Company would employ to avoid a tax benefit from expiring unused. Although realization is not assured, management believes it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances, will be realized.

The company had no valuation allowance as of December 31, 2017, and 2016. Adjustments to the valuation allowance will be made if there is a change in management’s assessment of the amount of deferred tax asset that is realizable.

The Company’s "Income (loss) from operations before income taxes" includes income from domestic operations of $29 million, $93 million and $89 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Tax Audit and Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The Company’s liability for income taxes includes the liability for unrecognized tax benefits and interest that relate to tax years still subject to review by the IRS or other taxing authorities. The completion of review or the expiration of the Federal statute of limitations for a given audit period could result in an adjustment to the liability for income taxes.

The following table reconciles the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the periods indicated.

	2017		2016		2015
	(in thousands)
Balance at January 1,	$	948	$	0	$	0
Increases in unrecognized tax benefits-prior years	1,237		474		0
(Decreases) in unrecognized tax benefits-prior years	0		0		0
Increases in unrecognized tax benefits-current year	834		474		0
(Decreases) in unrecognized tax benefits-current year	0		0		0
Settlements with taxing authorities	0		0		0
Balance at December 31,	$	3,019	$	948	$	0
Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would favorably impact the effective rate	$	3,019	$	948	$	0

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The Company does not anticipate any significant changes within the next twelve months to its total unrecognized tax benefits related to tax years for which the statute of limitations has not expired.

The Company classifies all interest and penalties related to tax uncertainties as income tax expense (benefit).

At December 31, 2017, the Company remains subject to examination in the U.S. for tax years 2014 through 2016.

The Company is participating in the IRS’s Compliance Assurance Program. Under this program, the IRS assigns an examination team to review completed transactions as they occur in order to reach agreement with the Company on how they should be reported in the relevant tax returns. If disagreements arise, accelerated resolution programs are available to resolve the disagreements in a timely manner before the tax returns are filed.

9. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Fair Value Measurement – Fair value represents 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 fair value guidance establishes a framework for measuring fair value that includes a hierarchy used to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value. 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. The Company’s Level 1 assets and liabilities include certain cash equivalents and short-term investments.

Level 2 - Fair value is based on significant inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, 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 trade in active markets because they are not publicly available), certain cash equivalents, and certain OTC derivatives.

Level 3 - Fair value is based on at least one significant unobservable input for the asset or liability. The assets and liabilities in this category may require significant judgment or estimation in determining the fair value. The Company’s Level 3 assets and liabilities primarily include: certain private fixed maturities and equity securities, certain manually priced public fixed maturities, certain highly structured OTC derivative contracts and embedded derivatives resulting from reinsurance or certain products with guaranteed benefits.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

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

	As of December 31, 2017
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Netting(1)			Total
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies	$	0	$	19,296	$	0	$	0		$	19,296
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions	0		127,868		0		0			127,868
Foreign government bonds	0		29,705		0		0			29,705
U.S. corporate public securities	0		497,522		0		0			497,522
U.S. corporate private securities	0		228,219		13,871		0			242,090
Foreign corporate public securities	0		37,681		0		0			37,681
Foreign corporate private securities	0		149,063		645		0			149,708
Asset-backed securities(4)	0		16,239		11,575		0			27,814
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	0		119,527		0		0			119,527
Residential mortgage-backed securities	0		10,026		0		0			10,026
Subtotal	0		1,235,146		26,091		0			1,261,237
Trading account assets:
Corporate securities	$	0	$	6,643	$	0	$	0		$	6,643
Equity securities	0		0		7,428		0			7,428
Subtotal	0		6,643		7,428		0			14,071
Equity securities, available-for-sale	0		3,414		0		0			3,414
Short-term investments	0		0		0		0			0
Cash equivalents	0		0		0		0			0
Other long-term investments(5)	0		14,959		0		(14,959		)	0
Reinsurance recoverables	0		0		472,157		0			472,157
Receivables from parent and affiliates	0		9,377		0		0			9,377
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	0		1,269,539		505,676		(14,959		)	1,760,256
Separate account assets(2)(6)	0		12,454,118		0		0			12,454,118
Total assets	0		13,723,657		505,676		(14,959		)	14,214,374
Future policy benefits(3)	0		0		472,157		0			472,157
Policyholders' account balances	0		0		5,463		0			5,463
Payables to parent and affiliates	0		10,504		0		(9,941		)	563
Total liabilities	0		10,504		477,620		(9,941		)	478,183

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

	As of December 31, 2016
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Netting(1)			Total
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies	$	0	$	20,173	$	0	$	0		$	20,173
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions	0		96,714		0		0			96,714
Foreign government bonds	0		27,369		0		0			27,369
U.S. corporate public securities	0		437,609		0		0			437,609
U.S. corporate private securities	0		205,178		12,967		0			218,145
Foreign corporate public securities	0		41,117		0		0			41,117
Foreign corporate private securities	0		122,678		2,522		0			125,200
Asset-backed securities(4)	0		34,988		2,328		0			37,316
Commercial mortgage-backed securities	0		129,544		0		0			129,544
Residential mortgage-backed securities	0		12,298		0		0			12,298
Subtotal	0		1,127,668		17,817		0			1,145,485
Trading account assets:
Corporate securities	$	0	$	6,072	$	0	$	0		$	6,072
Equity securities	0		0		6,721		0			6,721
Subtotal	0		6,072		6,721		0			12,793
Equity securities, available-for-sale	0		1,171		0		0			1,171
Short-term investments	11,007		0		0		0			11,007
Cash equivalents	1,531		1,999		0		0			3,530
Other long-term investments(5)	0		16,610		0		(1,580		)	15,030
Reinsurance recoverables	0		0		434,713		0			434,713
Receivables from parent and affiliates	0		3,873		5,993		0			9,866
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	12,538		1,157,393		465,244		(1,580		)	1,633,595
Separate account assets(2)(6)	0		12,740,323		0		0			12,740,323
Total assets	12,538		13,897,716		465,244		(1,580		)	14,373,918
Future policy benefits(3)	0		0		434,713		0			434,713
Policyholders' account balances	0		0		2,298		0			2,298
Payables to parent and affiliates	0		1,416		0		(1,416		)	0
Total liabilities	0		1,416		437,011		(1,416		)	437,011

(1) “Netting” amounts represent cash collateral of $5 million and $0.2 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and the impact of offsetting asset and liability positions held with the same counterparty, subject to master netting arrangements.

(2) 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 Statements of Financial Position.

(3) As ofDecember 31, 2017, the net embedded derivative liability position of $472 million includes $77 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $549 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position. As of December 31, 2016, the net embedded derivative liability position of $435 million includes $138 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $573 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position.

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

(5) Other long-term investments excluded from the fair value hierarchy include certain hedge funds, private equity funds and other funds for which fair value is measured at net asset value ("NAV") per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient. At December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the fair values of these investments, which include certain hedge funds, private equity funds and other funds were $0.7 million and $0.2 million respectively.

(6) Separate account assets included in the fair value hierarchy exclude investments in entities that calculate NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient. Such investments excluded from the fair value hierarchy include investments in real estate and a corporate owned life insurance fund, for which fair value is measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent). At December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the fair values of separate account assets excluded from the fair value hierarchy were $1,791 million and $7 million respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The methods and assumptions the Company uses to estimate the fair value of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below.

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 for each security are generally sourced from multiple pricing vendors, and a vendor hierarchy is maintained by asset type based on historical pricing experience and vendor expertise. The Company ultimately uses the price from the pricing service highest in the vendor hierarchy based on the respective asset type. The pricing hierarchy is updated for new financial products and recent pricing experience with various vendors. 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. Typical inputs used by these pricing services include but are not limited to, reported trades, benchmark yields, issuer spreads, bids, offers, and/or estimated cash flow, prepayment speeds, and default rates. If the pricing information received from third party pricing services is deemed 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 or classify the securities as Level 3. If the pricing service updates the price to be more consistent with the presented market observations, the security remains within Level 2.

Internally-developed valuations or indicative broker quotes are also used to determine fair value in circumstances where vendor pricing is not available, or where the Company ultimately concludes that pricing information received from the independent pricing services is not reflective of market activity. If the Company concludes the values from both pricing services and brokers are not reflective of market activity, it may override the information with an internally-developed valuation. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, overrides on a net basis were not material. Pricing service overrides, internally-developed valuations and indicative broker quotes are generally included in Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

The Company conducts several specific price monitoring activities. Daily analyses identify price changes over predetermined thresholds defined at the financial instrument level. Various pricing integrity reports are reviewed on a daily and monthly basis to determine if pricing is reflective of market activity or if it would warrant any adjustments. Other procedures performed include, but are not limited to, reviews of third-party pricing services methodologies, reviews of pricing trends, and back testing.

The fair values of private fixed maturities, which are originated by internal private asset managers, are primarily determined using discounted cash flow models. These models primarily use observable inputs that include Treasury or similar base rates plus estimated credit spreads to value each security. The credit spreads are obtained through a survey of private market intermediaries who are active in both primary and secondary transactions, and consider, among other factors, the credit quality and the reduced liquidity associated with private placements. Internal adjustments are made to reflect variation in observed sector spreads. Since most private placements are valued using standard market observable inputs and inputs derived from, or corroborated by, market observable data including, but not limited to observed prices and spreads for similar publicly or privately traded issues, they have been reflected within Level 2. For certain private fixed maturities, the discounted cash flow model may incorporate significant unobservable inputs, which reflect the Company’s own assumptions about the inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset. To the extent management determines that such unobservable inputs are significant to the price of a security, a Level 3 classification is made.

Trading Account Assets – Trading account assets consist primarily of fixed maturity securities and equity securities, whose fair values are determined consistent with similar instruments described above under “Fixed Maturity Securities” and below under “Equity Securities.”

Equity Securities – Equity securities consist principally of investments in common and preferred stock of publicly traded companies, privately traded securities, as well as 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 discounted cash flow, earnings multiple and other valuation models that require a substantial level of judgment around inputs and therefore are classified within Level 3. The fair values of 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.

Derivative Instruments – Derivatives are recorded at fair value either as assets within “Other long-term investments,” or as liabilities within “Payables to parent and affiliates,” except for embedded derivatives which are recorded with the associated host contract. The fair values of derivative contracts can be affected by changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, credit spreads, market volatility, expected returns, NPR, liquidity and other factors.

The Company's exchange-traded futures and options include treasury and equity futures. Exchange-traded futures and options are valued using quoted prices in active markets and are classified within Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

The majority of the Company’s derivative positions are traded in the OTC derivative market and are classified within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. OTC derivatives classified within Level 2 are valued using models that utilize actively quoted or observable market input values from external market data providers, third-party pricing vendors and/or recent trading activity. The Company’s policy is to use mid-market pricing in determining its best estimate of fair value. The fair values of most OTC derivatives, including interest rate and cross currency swaps, currency forward contracts and single name credit default swaps are determined using discounted cash flow models. The fair values of European style option contracts are determined using Black-Scholes option pricing models. These models’ key inputs 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, NPR, volatility and other factors.

The Company’s cleared interest rate swaps and credit derivatives linked to an index are valued using models that utilize actively quoted or observable market inputs, including Overnight Indexed Swap discount rates, obtained from external market data providers, third-party pricing vendors and/or recent trading activity. These derivatives are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments – Cash equivalents and short-term investments include money market instruments and other highly liquid debt instruments. Certain money market instruments are 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 this category are generally fair valued based on market observable inputs, and these investments have primarily been classified within Level 2.

Separate Account Assets – Separate account assets include fixed maturity securities, treasuries, equity securities, real estate, mutual funds, and commercial mortgage loans for which values are determined consistent with similar instruments described above under “Fixed Maturity Securities” and “Equity Securities”.

Receivables from Parent and Affiliates – Receivables from parent and affiliates carried at fair value include affiliated bonds within the Company’s legal entity where fair value is determined consistent with similar securities described above under “Fixed Maturity Securities” managed by affiliated asset managers.

Reinsurance Recoverables – Reinsurance recoverables carried at fair value include the reinsurance of the Company’s living benefit guarantees on certain variable annuity contracts. These guarantees are accounted for as embedded derivatives and are recorded in “Reinsurance Recoverables” or “Other Liabilities” when fair value is in an asset or liability position, respectively. The methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair value are consistent with those described below in “Future Policy Benefits.” The reinsurance agreements covering these guarantees are derivatives with fair value determined in the same manner as the living benefit guarantee.

Future Policy Benefits – The liability for future policy benefits is related to guarantees primarily associated with the living benefit features of certain variable annuity contracts, including GMAB, GMWB and GMIWB, accounted for as embedded derivatives. The fair values of these liabilities are calculated as the present value of future expected benefit payments to customers less the present value of future expected rider fees attributable to the embedded derivative feature. This methodology could result in either a liability or contra-liability balance, given changing capital market conditions and various actuarial assumptions. 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's judgment.

The significant inputs to the valuation models for these embedded derivatives include capital market assumptions, such as interest rate levels and volatility assumptions, the Company’s market-perceived NPR, as well as actuarially determined assumptions, including contractholder behavior, such as lapse rates, benefit utilization rates, withdrawal rates and mortality rates. Since many of these assumptions 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.

Capital market inputs and actual policyholders’ account values are updated each quarter based on capital market conditions as of the end of the quarter, including interest rates, equity markets and volatility. In the risk neutral valuation, the initial swap curve drives the total return used to grow the policyholders’ account values. The Company’s discount rate assumption is based on the LIBOR swap curve adjusted for an additional spread relative to LIBOR to reflect NPR.

Actuarial assumptions, including contractholder behavior and mortality, are reviewed at least annually, and updated based upon emerging experience, future expectations and other data, including any observable market data. These assumptions are generally updated annually unless a material change that the Company feels is indicative of a long-term trend is observed in an interim period.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Policyholders' Account Balances – The liability for policyholders' account balances is related to certain embedded derivative instruments associated with certain policyholders' account balances. The fair values are determined consistent with similar derivative instruments described under "Derivative Instruments".

Transfers between Levels 1 and 2 – Transfers between levels are made to reflect changes in observability of inputs and market activity. Transfers into or out of any level are generally reported at the value as of the beginning of the quarter in which the transfers occur for any such assets still held at the end of the quarter. Periodically there are transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for assets held in the Company’s Separate Account. During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Quantitative Information Regarding Internally-Priced Level 3 Assets and Liabilities – The tables below present quantitative information on significant internally-priced Level 3 assets and liabilities.

	As of December 31, 2017
	Fair Value		Valuation  Techniques	Unobservable Inputs	Minimum		Maximum		Weighted Average		Impact of Increase in Input on Fair Value(1)
	(in thousands)
Assets:
Corporate securities(8)	$	14,516	Discounted cash flow	Discount rate	5.06	%	22.23	%	7.53	%	Decrease
Reinsurance recoverables	$	472,157	Fair values are determined in the same manner as future policy benefits.
Liabilities:
Future policy benefits(2)	$	472,157	Discounted cash flow	Lapse rate(3)	1	%	12	%			Decrease
				Spread over LIBOR(4)	0.12	%	1.10	%			Decrease
				Utilization rate(5)	52	%	97	%			Increase
				Withdrawal rate	See table footnote (6) below.
				Mortality rate(7)	0	%	14	%			Decrease
				Equity volatility curve	13	%	24	%			Increase
	As of December 31, 2016
	Fair Value		Valuation  Techniques	Unobservable Inputs	Minimum		Maximum		Weighted Average		Impact of Increase in Input on Fair Value(1)
	(in thousands)
Assets:
Corporate securities(8)	$	15,489	Discounted cash flow	Discount rate	4.54	%	6.62	%	5.25	%	Decrease
Reinsurance recoverables	$	434,713	Fair values are determined in the same manner as future policy benefits.
Liabilities:
Future policy benefits(2)	$	434,713	Discounted cash flow	Lapse rate(3)	0	%	13	%			Decrease
				Spread over LIBOR(4)	0.25	%	3.08	%			Decrease
				Utilization rate(5)	52	%	96	%			Increase
				Withdrawal rate	See table footnote (6) below.
				Mortality rate(7)	0	%	14	%			Decrease
				Equity volatility curve	16	%	25	%			Increase

(1) Conversely, the impact of a decrease in input would have the opposite impact on fair value as that presented in the table.

(2) Future policy benefits primarily represent general account liabilities for the living benefit guarantees of the Company’s variable annuity contracts which are accounted for as embedded derivatives. Since the valuation methodology for these liabilities uses a range of inputs that vary at the contract level over the cash flow projection period, presenting a range, rather than weighted average, is a more meaningful representation of the unobservable inputs used in the valuation.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

(3) Lapse rates are adjusted at the contract level based on the in-the-moneyness of the living benefit and reflect other factors, such as the applicability of any surrender charges. Lapse rates are reduced when contracts are more in-the-money. Lapse rates are also generally assumed to be lower for the period where surrender charges apply.

(4) The spread over LIBOR swap curve represents the premium added to the risk-free discount rate (i.e., LIBOR) to reflect our estimates of rates that a market participant would use to value the living benefit contracts in both the accumulation and payout phases. This spread includes an estimate of NPR, which is the risk that the obligation will not be fulfilled by the Company. NPR is primarily estimated by utilizing the credit spreads associated with issuing funding agreements, adjusted for any illiquidity risk premium. In order to reflect the financial strength ratings of the Company, credit spreads associated with funding agreements, as opposed to credit spread associated with debt, are utilized in developing this estimate because both funding agreements and living benefit contracts are insurance liabilities and are therefore senior to debt.

(5) The utilization rate assumption estimates the percentage of contracts that will utilize the benefit during the contract duration, and begin lifetime withdrawals at various time intervals from contract inception. The remaining contractholders are assumed to either begin lifetime withdrawals immediately or never utilize the benefit. Utilization assumptions may vary by product type, tax status, and age. The impact of changes in these assumptions is highly dependent on the product type, the age of the contractholder at the time of the sale, and the timing of the first lifetime income withdrawal. Range reflects the utilization rate for the vast majority of business with living benefits.

(6) The withdrawal rate assumption estimates the magnitude of annual contractholder withdrawals relative to the maximum allowable amount under the contract. These assumptions may vary based on the age of the contractholder, the tax status of the contract and the duration since the contractholder began lifetime withdrawals. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the minimum withdrawal assumption rate is 78% and the maximum withdrawal assumption rate may be greater than 100%. The fair value of the liability will generally increase the closer the withdrawal rate is to 100% and decrease as the withdrawal rate moves further away from 100%.

(7) Range reflects the mortality rate for the vast majority of business with living benefits, with policyholders ranging from 35 to 90 years old. While the majority of living benefits have a minimum age requirement, certain benefits do not have an age restriction. This results in contractholders for certain benefits with mortality rates approaching 0%. Based on historical experience, the Company applies a set of age and duration specific mortality rate adjustments compared to standard industry tables. A mortality improvement assumption is also incorporated into the overall mortality table.

(8) Includes assets classified as fixed maturities available-for-sale.

Interrelationships Between Unobservable Inputs – In addition to the sensitivities of fair value measurements to changes in each unobservable input in isolation, as reflected in the table above, interrelationships between these inputs may also exist, such that a change in one unobservable input may give rise to a change in another, or multiple, inputs. Examples of such interrelationships for significant internally-priced Level 3 assets and liabilities are as follows:

Corporate Securities – The rate used to discount future cash flows reflects current risk-free rates plus credit and liquidity spread requirements that market participants would use to value an asset. The discount rate may be influenced by many factors, including market cycles, expectations of default, collateral, term, and asset complexity. Each of these factors can influence discount rates, either in isolation, or in response to other factors.

Future Policy Benefits – The Company expects efficient benefit utilization and withdrawal rates to generally be correlated with lapse rates. However, behavior is generally highly dependent on the facts and circumstances surrounding the individual contractholder, such as their liquidity needs or tax situation, which could drive lapse behavior independent of other contractholder behavior assumptions. To the extent more efficient contractholder behavior results in greater in-the-moneyness at the contract level, lapse rates may decline for those contracts. Similarly, to the extent that increases in equity volatility are correlated with overall declines in the capital markets, lapse rates may decline as contracts become more in-the-money.

Valuation Process for Fair Value Measurements Categorized within Level 3 – The Company has established an internal control infrastructure over the valuation of financial instruments that requires ongoing oversight by its various business groups. These management control functions are segregated from the trading and investing functions. For invested assets, the Company has established oversight teams, often in the form of pricing committees within each asset management group. The teams, which typically include representation from investment, accounting, operations, legal and other disciplines are responsible for overseeing and monitoring the pricing of the Company’s investments and performing periodic due diligence reviews of independent pricing services. An actuarial valuation team oversees the valuation of living benefit features of the Company’s variable annuity contracts.

The Company has also established policies and guidelines that require the establishment of valuation methodologies and consistent application of such methodologies. These policies and guidelines govern the use of inputs and price source hierarchies and provide controls around the valuation processes. These controls include appropriate review and analysis of investment prices against market activity or indicators of reasonableness, analysis of portfolio returns to corresponding benchmark returns, back-testing, review of bid/ask spreads to assess activity, approval of price source changes, price overrides, methodology changes and classification of fair value hierarchy levels. For living benefit features of the Company’s variable annuity products, the actuarial valuation unit periodically tests contract input data, and actuarial assumptions are reviewed at least annually and updated based upon emerging experience, future expectations and other data, including any observable market data. The valuation policies and guidelines are reviewed and updated as appropriate.

Within the trading and investing functions, the Company has established policies and procedures that relate to the approval of all new transaction types, transaction pricing sources and fair value hierarchy coding within the financial reporting system. For variable annuity product changes or new launches of living benefit features, the actuarial valuation unit validates input logic and new product features and agrees new input data directly to source documents.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Changes in Level 3 Assets and Liabilities – The following tables describe changes in fair values of Level 3 assets and liabilities as of the dates indicated, as well as the portion of gains or losses included in income attributable to unrealized gains or losses related to those assets and liabilities still held at the end of their respective periods.

	Year Ended December 31, 2017
	Fixed Maturities - Available-For-Sale
	Corporate Securities (5)			Asset-Backed Securities (6)			Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities			Trading Account Assets - Equity Securities		Equity Securities, Available-For-Sale
	(in thousands)
Fair value, beginning of period	$	15,489		$	2,328		$	0		$	6,721	$	0
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	(74		)	79			0			0		0
Asset management fees and other income	0			0			0			696		0
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)	120			(39		)	0			0		0
Net investment income	156			9			0			0		0
Purchases	1,483			4,050			1,493			0		0
Sales	(767		)	0			0			0		0
Issuances	0			0			0			0		0
Settlements	(202		)	(9,010		)	0			0		0
Transfers into Level 3(1)	521			16,657			0			0		0
Transfers out of Level 3(1)	(2,200		)	(2,499		)	(1,493		)	0		0
Other(3)	(10		)	0			0			11		0
Fair value, end of period	$	14,516		$	11,575		$	0		$	7,428	$	0
Unrealized gains (losses) for assets still held(2):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	(62	)	$	0		$	0		$	0	$	0
Asset management fees and other income	$	0		$	0		$	0		$	696	$	0

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

	Year Ended December 31, 2017
	Reinsurance Recoverables			Receivables from Parent and Affiliates			Future Policy Benefits			Policyholders' Account Balances
	(in thousands)
Fair value, beginning of period	$	434,713		$	5,993		$	(434,713	)	$	(2,298	)
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net(4)	(44,680		)	0			44,680			(3,421		)
Asset management fees and other income	0			0			0			0
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)	0			0			0			0
Net investment income	0			0			0			0
Purchases	82,124			0			0			0
Sales	0			0			0			0
Issuances	0			0			(82,124		)	0
Settlements	0			0			0			256
Transfers into Level 3(1)	0			0			0			0
Transfers out of Level 3(1)	0			(5,993		)	0			0
Other	0			0			0			0
Fair value, end of period	$	472,157		$	0		$	(472,157	)	$	(5,463	)
Unrealized gains (losses) for assets/liabilities still held(2):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	(31,829	)	$	0		$	31,829		$	(3,421	)
Asset management fees and other income	$	0		$	0		$	0		$	0

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

	Year Ended December 31, 2016
	Fixed Maturities Available-For-Sale
	Corporate Securities (5)			Asset-Backed Securities (6)			Trading Account Assets - Equity Securities			Equity Securities, Available for Sale
	(in thousands)
Fair value, beginning of period	$	17,809		$	25,146		$	7,050		$	0
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	31			7			0			0
Asset management fees and other income	0			0			(503		)	0
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)	315			6			0			0
Net investment income	16			11			0			0
Purchases	3,758			4,893			0			0
Sales	(1,557		)	(6,037		)	(1,440		)	0
Issuances	0			0			0			0
Settlements	(5,925		)	(36		)	0			0
Transfers into Level 3(1)	1,042			1,941			0			0
Transfers out of Level 3(1)	0			(23,603		)	0			0
Other(3)	0			0			1,614			0
Fair value, end of period	$	15,489		$	2,328		$	6,721		$	0
Unrealized gains (losses) for assets still held(2):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	0		$	0		$	0		$	0
Asset management fees and other income	$	0		$	0		$	(176	)	$	0

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

	Year Ended December 31, 2016
	Reinsurance Recoverables		Receivables from Parent and Affiliates			Future Policy Benefits			Policyholders' account balances
	(in thousands)
Fair value, beginning of period	$	356,337	$	3,511		$	(449,073	)	$	0
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net(4)	7,541		(130		)	88,947			(890		)
Asset management fees and other income	0		0			0			0
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)	0		105			0			0
Net investment income	0		0			0			0
Purchases	70,835		6,000			0			0
Sales	0		(994		)	0			0
Issuances	0		0			(74,587		)	0
Settlements	0		(527		)	0			(802		)
Transfers into Level 3(1)	0		0			0			0
Transfers out of Level 3(1)	0		(1,972		)	0			0
Other(3)	0		0			0			(606		)
Fair value, end of period	$	434,713	$	5,993		$	(434,713	)	$	(2,298	)
Unrealized gains (losses) for assets/liabilities still held(2):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	723,728	$	0		$	80,807		$	(890	)
Asset management fees and other income	$	0	$	0		$	0		$	0

The following tables summarize the portion of changes in fair values of Level 3 assets and liabilities included in earnings and other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2015, as well as the portion of gains or losses included in income attributable to unrealized gains or losses related to those assets and liabilities still held as of December 31, 2015.

	Year Ended December 31, 2015
	Fixed Maturities Available-For-Sale
	Corporate Securities (5)			Asset-Backed Securities (6)			Trading Account  Assets- Equity Securities		Equity Securities, Available-For-Sale
	(in thousands)
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	(1,040	)	$	7		$	0	$	52
Asset management fees and other income	$	0		$	0		$	1,051	$	0
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)	$	91		$	(106	)	$	0	$	(39	)
Net investment income	$	(16	)	$	(12	)	$	0	$	0
Unrealized gains (losses) for assets still held(2):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	0		$	0		$	0	$	0
Asset management fees and other income	$	0		$	0		$	1,051	$	0

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

	December 31, 2015
	Reinsurance Recoverable			Receivables from Parent and Affiliates			Future Policy Benefits		Policyholders Account Balances
	(in thousands)
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net(4)	$	(35,413	)	$	0		$	44,114	$	0
Asset management fees and other income	$	0		$	0		$	0	$	0
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)	$	0		$	(53	)	$	0	$	0
Net investment income	$	0		$	1		$	0	$	0
Unrealized gains (losses) for assets/liabilities still held(2):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	(28,430	)	$	0		$	35,179	$	0
Asset management fees and other income	$	0		$	0		$	0	$	0

(1) Transfers into or out of any level are generally reported at the value as of the beginning of the quarter in which the transfer occurs for any such assets still held at the end of the quarter.

(2) 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.

(3) Other primarily represents reclassifications of certain assets and liabilities between reporting categories.

(4) Realized investment gains (losses) on Future Policy Benefits and Reinsurance Recoverables primarily represents the change in the fair value of the Company's living benefit guarantees on certain of its variable annuity contracts. Refer to Note 1 for impacts to Realized investment gains (losses) related to the Variable Annuities Recapture.

(5) Includes U.S. corporate public, U.S. corporate private, foreign corporate public and foreign corporate private securities. Prior period amounts were aggregated to conform to current period presentation.

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

Transfers – Transfers into Level 3 are generally the result of unobservable inputs utilized within valuation methodologies and the use of indicative broker quotes for assets that were previously valued using observable inputs. Transfers out of Level 3 are generally due to the use of observable inputs in valuation methodologies as well as the availability of pricing service information for certain assets that the Company is able to validate.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The table below presents the carrying amount and fair value by fair value hierarchy level of certain financial instruments that are not reported at fair value. The financial instruments presented below are reported at carrying value on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. In some cases, as described below, the carrying amount equals or approximates fair value.

	December 31, 2017(1)
	Fair Value								Carrying Amount(2)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets:
Commercial mortgage and other loans	$	0	$	0	$	125,121	$	125,121	$	121,796
Policy loans	0		0		193,244		193,244		193,244
Cash and cash equivalents	1,618		43,000		0		44,618		44,618
Accrued investment income	0		16,580		0		16,580		16,580
Receivables from parent and affiliates	0		33,674		0		33,674		33,674
Other assets	0		5,768		0		5,768		5,768
Total assets	$	1,618	$	99,022	$	318,365	$	419,005	$	415,680
Liabilities:
Policyholders’ account balances - investment contracts	$	0	$	179,246	$	41,702	$	220,948	$	221,407
Cash collateral for loaned securities	0		15,208		0		15,208		15,208
Payables to parent and affiliates	0		21,673		0		21,673		21,673
Other liabilities	0		39,561		0		39,561		39,561
Total liabilities	$	0	$	255,688	$	41,702	$	297,390	$	297,849

	December 31, 2016(1)
	Fair Value								Carrying Amount (2)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets:
Commercial mortgage and other loans	$	0	$	0	$	165,175	$	165,175	$	160,939
Policy loans	0		0		187,242		187,242		187,242
Cash and cash equivalents	4,340		49,114		0		53,454		53,454
Accrued investment income	0		15,829		0		15,829		15,829
Receivables from parent and affiliates	0		23,591		0		23,591		23,591
Other assets	0		4,255		0		4,255		4,255
Total assets	$	4,340	$	92,789	$	352,417	$	449,546	$	445,310
Liabilities:
Policyholders’ account balances - investment contracts	$	0	$	164,174	$	42,762	$	206,936	$	207,331
Cash collateral for loaned securities	0		15,054		0		15,054		15,054
Payables to parent and affiliates	0		8,603		0		8,603		8,603
Other liabilities	0		31,079		0		31,079		31,079
Total liabilities	$	0	$	218,910	$	42,762	$	261,672	$	262,067

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(1) Other long-term investments excluded from the fair value hierarchy include certain hedge funds, private equity funds and other funds for which fair value is measured at NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the fair values of these cost method investments were $2.3 million and $1.8 million, respectively. The carrying values of these investments were $2.6 million and $1.7 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

(2) Carrying values presented herein differ from those in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Position because certain items within the respective financial statement captions are not considered financial instruments or out of scope under authoritative guidance relating to disclosures of the fair value of financial instruments. Financial statement captions excluded from the above table are not considered financial instruments.

The fair values presented above have been determined by using available market information and by applying market valuation methodologies, as described in more detail below.

Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans

The fair value of most commercial mortgage loans is based upon the present value of the expected future cash flows discounted at the appropriate U.S. Treasury rate or foreign government bond rate (for non-U.S. dollar-denominated loans) plus an appropriate credit spread for loans of similar quality, average life, and currency. The quality ratings for these loans, a primary determinant of the credit spreads and a significant component of the pricing process, are based on an internally-developed methodology. Certain commercial mortgage loans are valued incorporating other factors, including the terms of the loans, the principal exit strategies for the loans, prevailing interest rates and credit risk.

Policy Loans

The Company's valuation technique for policy loans is to discount cash flows at the current policy loan coupon rate. Policy loans are fully collateralized by the cash surrender value of underlying insurance policies. As a result, the carrying value of the policy loans approximates the fair value.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Accrued Investment Income, Receivables from Parent and Affiliates and Other Assets

The Company believes that due to the short-term nature of certain assets, the carrying value approximates fair value. These assets include: cash and cash equivalent instruments, accrued investment income, and other assets that meet the definition of financial instruments, including receivables, such as reinsurance recoverables, unsettled trades and accounts receivable.

Policyholders’ Account Balances - Investment Contracts

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 generally derived using discounted projected cash flows based on interest rates that are representative of the Company’s financial strength ratings, and hence reflect the Company’s own NPR. 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.

Cash Collateral for Loaned Securities

Cash collateral for loaned securities represents the collateral received or paid in connection with loaning or borrowing securities. Due to the short-term nature of these transactions, the carrying value approximates fair value.

Other Liabilities and Payables to Parent and Affiliates

Other liabilities and payables to parent and affiliates are primarily payables, such as unsettled trades, drafts, escrow deposits and accrued expense payables. Due to the short term until settlement of most of these liabilities, the Company believes that carrying value approximates fair value.

10. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

Types of Derivative Instruments and Derivative Strategies

Interest Rate Contracts

Interest rate swaps are used by the Company to reduce risks from changes in interest rates, manage interest rate exposures arising from mismatches between assets and liabilities and to hedge against changes in their values it owns or anticipates acquiring or selling.

Swaps may be attributed to specific assets or liabilities or to a portfolio of assets or liabilities. Under interest rate swaps, the Company agrees with counterparties 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.

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Equity Contracts

Equity options are used by the Company to manage its exposure to the equity markets which impacts the value of assets and liabilities it owns or anticipates acquiring or selling.

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.

Foreign Exchange Contracts

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 forwards, the Company agrees with counterparties to deliver a specified amount of an identified currency at a specified future date. Typically, the price is agreed upon at the time of the contract and payment for such a contract is made at the specified future date. The Company executes forward sales of the hedged currency in exchange for U.S. dollars at a specified exchange rate. The maturities of these forwards correspond with the future periods in which the non-U.S. dollar-denominated earnings are expected to be generated.

Under currency swaps, the Company agrees with counterparties 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.

Credit Contracts

The Company writes credit protection to gain exposure similar to investment in public fixed maturity cash instruments. With these credit derivatives the Company sells credit protection on a single name reference, or certain index reference, and in return receives a quarterly premium. This premium or credit spread generally corresponds to the difference between the yield on the referenced names (or an index’s referenced names) public fixed maturity cash instruments and swap rates, at the time the agreement is executed. If there is an event of default by the referenced name or one of the referenced names in the index, as defined by the agreement, then the Company is obligated to pay the referenced amount of the contract to the counterparty and receive in return the referenced defaulted security or similar security or (in the case of a credit default index) pay the referenced amount less the auction recovery rate.

In addition to selling credit protection, the Company purchases credit protection using credit derivatives in order to hedge specific credit exposures in the Company’s investment portfolio.

Embedded Derivatives

The Company sells variable annuity products, which may include guaranteed benefit features that are accounted for as embedded derivatives. Related to these derivatives, the Company has entered into reinsurance agreements (previously reinsured to Pruco Re and Pruco Life) with an affiliate, Prudential Insurance, effective April 1, 2016. See Note 1 for additional information on the reinsurance agreements.

These embedded derivatives and reinsurance agreements, also accounted as derivatives, are carried at fair value and marked to market through “Realized investment gains (losses), net” based on the change in value of the underlying contractual guarantees, which are determined using valuation models, as described in Note 9.

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Primary Risks Managed by Derivatives

The table below provides a summary of the gross notional amount and fair value of derivative contracts by the primary underlying risks, excluding embedded derivatives which are recorded with the associated host and the related reinsurance recoverables. Many derivative instruments contain multiple underlyings. The fair value amounts below represent the gross fair value of derivative contracts prior to taking into account the netting effects of master netting agreements, cash collateral held with the same counterparty, and non-performance risk.

	December 31, 2017							December 31, 2016
			Gross Fair Value							Gross Fair Value
Primary Underlying	Notional		Assets		Liabilities			Notional		Assets		Liabilities
	(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
Currency/Interest Rate
Foreign Currency Swaps	$	110,240	$	1,320	$	(6,869	)	$	59,397	$	5,342	$	0
Total Qualifying Hedges	$	110,240	$	1,320	$	(6,869	)	$	59,397	$	5,342	$	0
Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
Interest Rate
Interest Rate Swaps	$	59,075	$	3,766	$	0		$	59,075	$	4,983	$	0
Credit
Credit Default Swaps	1,594		0		(96		)	3,000		0		(281		)
Currency/Interest Rate
Foreign Currency Swaps	22,237		1,748		(674		)	13,403		2,885		0
Foreign Currency
Foreign Currency Forwards	1,888		0		(52		)	0		0		0
Equity
Equity Options	152,800		8,125		(2,813		)	75,751		3,400		(1,135		)
Total Non-Qualifying Hedges	$	237,594	$	13,639	$	(3,635	)	$	151,229	$	11,268	$	(1,416	)
Total Derivatives (1)	$	347,834	$	14,959	$	(10,504	)	$	210,626	$	16,610	$	(1,416	)

(1) Excludes embedded derivatives and the related reinsurance recoverables which contain multiple underlyings.

The fair value of the embedded derivatives, included in "Future policy benefits," was a net liability of $472 million and $435 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The fair value of the related reinsurance recoverables to Prudential Insurance, included in "Reinsurance recoverables," was an asset of $472 million and $435 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. See Note 12 for additional information on these reinsurance agreements.

The fair value of the embedded derivatives, included in "Policyholders' account balances," was a net liability of $5 million and $2 million as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. There was no related reinsurance recoverable.

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Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The following table presents recognized derivative instruments (excluding embedded derivatives and associated reinsurance recoverables), and repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, that are offset in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, and/or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. 

	December 31, 2017
	Gross Amounts of Recognized Financial Instruments		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position			Net Amounts Presented in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position		Financial Instruments/ Collateral(1)			Net Amount
	(in thousands)
Offsetting of Financial Assets:
Derivatives(1)	$	14,959	$	(14,959	)	$	0	$	0		$	0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	43,000		0			43,000		(43,000		)	0
Total Assets	$	57,959	$	(14,959	)	$	43,000	$	(43,000	)	$	0
Offsetting of Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives(1)	$	10,504	$	(9,941	)	$	563	$	0		$	563
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	0		0			0		0			0
Total Liabilities	$	10,504	$	(9,941	)	$	563	$	0		$	563

	December 31, 2016
	Gross Amounts of Recognized Financial Instruments		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position			Net Amounts Presented in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position		Financial Instruments/ Collateral(1)			Net Amount
	(in thousands)
Offsetting of Financial Assets:
Derivatives(1)	$	16,610	$	(1,580	)	$	15,030	$	(15,030	)	$	0
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	49,114		0			49,114		(49,114		)	0
Total Assets	$	65,724	$	(1,580	)	$	64,144	$	(64,144	)	$	0
Offsetting of Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives(1)	$	1,416	$	(1,416	)	$	0	$	0		$	0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	0		0			0		0			0
Total Liabilities	$	1,416	$	(1,416	)	$	0	$	0		$	0

(1) Amounts exclude the excess of collateral received/pledged from/to the counterparty.

For information regarding the rights of offset associated with the derivative assets and liabilities in the table above see “Credit Risk” below and Note 14. For securities purchased under agreements to resell and securities sold under agreements to repurchase, the Company monitors the value of the securities and maintains collateral, as appropriate, to protect against credit exposure. Where the Company has entered into repurchase and resale agreements with the same counterparty, in the event of default, the Company would generally be permitted to exercise rights of offset. For additional information on the Company’s accounting policy for securities repurchase and resale agreements, see Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Cash Flow Hedges

The primary derivative instruments used by the Company in its cash flow hedge accounting relationships are currency swaps. These instruments are only designated for hedge accounting in instances where the appropriate criteria are met. The Company does not use futures, options, credit, equity or embedded derivatives in any of its cash flow hedge accounting relationships.

The following tables provide 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. 

	Year Ended December 31, 2017
	Realized Investment Gains (Losses)			Net Investment Income		Other Income			AOCI(1)
	(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
Cash flow hedges
Currency/Interest Rate	$	0		$	814	$	(873	)	$	(10,009	)
Total qualifying hedges	0			814		(873		)	(10,009		)
Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
Interest Rate	124			0		0			0
Currency	(106		)	0		0			0
Currency/Interest Rate	(1,833		)	0		(20		)	0
Credit	(46		)	0		0			0
Equity	3,497			0		0			0
Embedded Derivatives	(14,734		)	0		0			0
Total non-qualifying hedges	(13,098		)	0		(20		)	0
Total	$	(13,098	)	$	814	$	(893	)	$	(10,009	)

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	Year Ended December 31, 2016
	Realized Investment Gains (Losses)			Net Investment Income		Other Income		AOCI(1)
	(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
Cash flow hedges
Currency/Interest Rate	$	0		$	258	$	554	$	(678	)
Total cash flow hedges	0			258		554		(678		)
Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
Interest Rate	571			0		0		0
Currency	234			0		0		0
Currency/Interest Rate	2,028			0		17		0
Credit	(535		)	0		0		0
Equity	786			0		0		0
Embedded Derivatives	87,268			0		0		0
Total non-qualifying hedges	90,352			0		17		0
Total	$	90,352		$	258	$	571	$	(678	)

	Year Ended December 31, 2015
	Realized Investment Gains (Losses)			Net Investment Income		Other Income		AOCI(1)
	(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
Cash flow hedges
Currency/Interest Rate	$	0		$	247	$	301	$	5,492
Total cash flow hedges	0			247		301		5,492
Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
Interest Rate	1,675			0		0		0
Currency	19			0		0		0
Currency/Interest Rate	2,729			0		55		0
Credit	152			0		0		0
Equity	856			0		0		0
Embedded Derivatives	(2,043		)	0		0		0
Total non-qualifying hedges	3,388			0		55		0
Total	$	3,388		$	247	$	356	$	5,492

(1) Amounts deferred in AOCI.

For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, the ineffective portion of derivatives accounted for using hedge accounting were de minimis to the Company’s results of operations. Also, 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.

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

	(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	159
Net deferred gains (losses) on cash flow hedges from January 1 to December 31, 2015	5,741
Amounts reclassified into current period earnings	(249		)
Balance, December 31, 2015	5,651
Net deferred gains (losses) on cash flow hedges from January 1 to December 31, 2016	1,534
Amounts reclassified into current period earnings	(2,212		)
Balance, December 31, 2016	4,973
Net deferred gains (losses) on cash flow hedges from January 1 to December 31, 2017	(10,136		)
Amounts reclassified into current period earnings	127
Balance, December 31, 2017	$	(5,036	)

The changes in fair value of cash flow hedges are deferred in AOCI and are included in “Net unrealized investment gains (losses)” in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; these amounts are then reclassified to earnings when the hedged item affects earnings. Using December 31, 2017 values, it is estimated that a pre-tax gain of $1.2 million will be reclassified from AOCI to earnings during the subsequent twelve months ending December 31, 2018, offset by amounts pertaining to the hedged items.

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company did 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 29 years.

Credit Derivatives

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company has not written credit protection.

The Company has purchased credit protection using credit derivatives in order to hedge specific credit exposures in the Company’s investment portfolio. The Company has outstanding notional amounts of $2 million and $3 million reported at fair value as a liability of $0.1 million and $0.3 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Credit Risk

The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by counterparty to financial derivative transactions with a positive fair value. The Company manages credit risk by entering into derivative transactions with its affiliate, Prudential Global Funding LLC (“PGF”), related to its OTC derivatives. PGF, in turn, manages its credit risk by: (i) entering into derivative transactions with highly rated major international financial institutions and other creditworthy counterparties governed by master netting agreement as applicable; (ii) trading through a central clearing and OTC; (iii) obtaining collateral, such as cash and securities, when appropriate; and (iv) setting limits on single party credit exposures which are subject to periodic management review.

Substantially all of the Company’s derivative agreements have zero thresholds which require daily full collateralization by the party in a liability position.

11. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND LITIGATION AND REGULATORY MATTERS

Commitments

The Company has made commitments to fund commercial loans. As of December 31, 2017, there were $2 million outstanding commitments to fund commercial loans, and none as of December 31, 2016. The Company has made commitments to purchase or fund investments, mostly private fixed maturities. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, $33 million and $14 million, respectively, of these commitments were outstanding.

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Contingent Liabilities

On an ongoing basis, the Company reviews its operations including, but not limited to, practices and procedures for meeting obligations to our customers and other parties. This review may result in the modification or enhancement of processes, including concerning the timing or computation of payments to customers and other parties. In certain cases, if appropriate, the Company may offer customers or other parties remediation and may incur charges, including the cost of such remediation, administrative costs and regulatory fines.

The Company is subject to the laws and regulations of states and other jurisdictions concerning the identification, reporting and escheatment of unclaimed or abandoned funds, and is subject to audit and examination for compliance with these requirements. For additional discussion of these matters, see “Litigation and Regulatory Matters” below.

It is possible that the results of operations or the cash flows 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 flows 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 business. Pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings specific to the Company and proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industry in which it operates. The Company is subject to class action lawsuits and other litigation involving a variety of issues and allegations involving sales practices, claims payments and procedures, premium charges, policy servicing and breach of fiduciary duty to customers. The Company is also subject to litigation arising out of its general business activities, such as its 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. In addition, the Company, along with other participants in the businesses in which it engages, may be subject from time to time to investigations, examinations and inquiries, in some cases industry-wide, concerning issues or matters upon which such regulators have determined to focus. In some of the Company’s pending legal and regulatory actions, parties are seeking 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.

The Company establishes accruals for litigation and regulatory matters when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of that loss can be reasonably estimated. For litigation and regulatory matters where a loss may be reasonably possible, but not probable, or is probable but not reasonably estimable, no accrual is established, but the matter, if material, is disclosed, including matters discussed below. The Company estimates that as of December 31, 2017, the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses in excess of accruals established for those litigation and regulatory matters for which such an estimate currently can be made is less than $10 million. This estimate is not an indication of expected loss, if any, or the Company's maximum possible loss exposure on such matters. The Company reviews relevant information with respect to its litigation and regulatory matters on a quarterly and annual basis and updates its accruals, disclosures and estimates of reasonably possible loss based on such reviews.

Wells Fargo MyTerm Sales

In December 2016, Prudential Financial announced that it suspended sales of its MyTerm life insurance product through Wells Fargo pending completion of a Prudential Financial-initiated review of how the product was being sold through Wells Fargo. Prudential Financial has offered to reimburse the full amount of premium with interest, to any Wells Fargo customers with concerns about the way in which the product was purchased. Wells Fargo distributed the product from June 2014 until sales were suspended, and Prudential Financial's total annualized new business premiums associated with sales through Wells Fargo were approximately $4 million. Annualized new business premiums include 100% of scheduled first year premiums for policies sold during this period.

Prudential Financial has received inquiries, requests for information, subpoenas and a civil investigative demand related to this matter from state and federal regulators, including its lead state insurance regulator, the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance ("NJDOBI"), state attorneys general and federal legislators, and is responding to these requests. Prudential Financial has also received shareholder demands for certain books and records under New Jersey law. Litigation related to this matter is described below. Prudential Financial may become subject to additional regulatory inquiries and other investigations and actions, shareholder demands and litigation related to this matter. Prudential Financial has provided notice to Wells Fargo that it may seek indemnification under the MyTerm distribution agreement between the parties. In December 2017, NJDOBI ended its investigation and concluded that there was no evidence of improper activity by Prudential regarding the sale and marketing of MyTerm policies to Wells Fargo customers.

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Alex Perea, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, et al.

In December 2016, a putative class action complaint entitled Alex Perea, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, and Pruco Life Insurance Company, was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The complaint: (i) alleges that defendants conspired with Wells Fargo to sell a life insurance product to Wells Fargo customers without their knowledge or consent and violated federal law (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO")) and New Jersey law (Consumer Fraud Act); and (ii) seeks injunctive relief, compensatory damages, exemplary and statutory penalties, treble damages, interest and attorneys’ fees and costs. In January 2017, plaintiff filed an amended complaint in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleging the same claims contained in the complaint. In February 2017, the amended complaint was withdrawn with prejudice. This case is now closed.

Escheatment Audit and Claims Settlement Practices Market Conduct Exam

In January 2012, a Global Resolution Agreement entered into by the Company and a third-party auditor became effective upon its acceptance by the unclaimed property departments of 20 states and jurisdictions. Under the terms of the Global Resolution Agreement, the third-party auditor acting on behalf of the signatory states will compare expanded matching criteria to the Social Security Master Death File (“SSMDF") to identify deceased insureds and contractholders where a valid claim has not been made. In February 2012, a Regulatory Settlement Agreement entered into by the Company to resolve a multi-state market conduct examination regarding its adherence to state claim settlement practices became effective upon its acceptance by the insurance departments of 20 states and jurisdictions. The Regulatory Settlement Agreement applies prospectively and requires the Company to adopt and implement additional procedures comparing its records to the SSMDF to identify unclaimed death benefits and prescribes procedures for identifying and locating beneficiaries once deaths are identified. Substantially all other jurisdictions that are not signatories to the Global Resolution Agreement or the Regulatory Settlement Agreement have entered into similar agreements with the Company. During 2017, audits were satisfactorily completed by the third party auditor of the Global Resolution Agreement and by the regulators for the Regulatory Settlement Agreement to assure that the Company had complied with the terms of both agreements.

The New York Attorney General has subpoenaed the Company, along with other companies, regarding its unclaimed property procedures and may ultimately seek remediation and other relief, including damages. Additionally, the New York Office of Unclaimed Funds is conducting an audit of the Company’s compliance with New York’s unclaimed property laws.

Securities Lending Matter

In 2016, Prudential Financial self-reported to the SEC and the DOL, and notified other regulators, that in some cases it failed to maximize securities lending income for the benefit of certain separate account investments due to a long-standing restriction benefiting Prudential Financial that limited the availability of loanable securities. Prudential Financial has removed the restriction and substantially implemented a remediation plan for the benefit of customers. Prudential Financial is cooperating with regulators in their review of this matter (which includes a review of the remediation plan) and has entered into discussions with the SEC staff regarding a possible settlement that would potentially involve charges under the Investment Advisers Act and financial remedies. Prudential Financial cannot predict the outcome of these discussions.

Summary

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 flows 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 flows 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.

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12.    REINSURANCE

The Company participates in reinsurance with its affiliates Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Captive Company (“PARCC”), Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Term Company (“PAR Term”), Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Universal Company (“PAR U”), and Prudential Term Reinsurance Company (“Term Re”), its parent companies, Pruco Life and Prudential Insurance, as well as third parties, and participated in reinsurance with its affiliate Pruco Re through March 31, 2016. The reinsurance agreements provide risk diversification and additional capacity for future growth, limit the maximum net loss potential, manage statutory capital, facilitate the Company's capital market hedging program, and align accounting methodology for the assets and liabilities of living benefit guarantees contained in annuities contracts. See Note 1 for additional information on the change effective April 1, 2016 related to the Variable Annuities Recapture. 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 Company believes a material reinsurance liability resulting from such inability of reinsurers to meet their obligations is unlikely.

Reserves related to reinsured long duration contracts are accounted for 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. Reinsurance premiums ceded for universal 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, particularly reinsurance agreements involving living benefit guarantees. The Company has entered into a reinsurance agreement to transfer the risk related to living benefit guarantees on variable annuities to Prudential Insurance. See Note 1 for additional information on the change effective April 1, 2016 related to the Variable Annuities Recapture. These reinsurance agreements are derivatives and have been accounted for in the same manner as embedded derivatives and the changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recognized through “Realized investment gains (losses), net”. See Note 10 for additional information related to the accounting for embedded derivatives.

Reinsurance amounts included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, were as follows:

	2017			2016
	(in thousands)
Reinsurance recoverables	$	2,480,848		$	2,252,049
Policy loans	(16,065		)	(15,118		)
Deferred policy acquisition costs	(708,740		)	(687,042		)
Deferred sales inducements	(58,399		)	(58,062		)
Other assets	19,159			20,880
Other liabilities	56,232			39,231

The reinsurance recoverables by counterparty are broken out below:

	December 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
	(in thousands)
Prudential Insurance	$	859,122	$	778,958
PAR U	814,408		725,572
PARCC	485,809		497,638
PAR Term	188,756		163,330
Term Re	116,869		73,895
Pruco Life	13,671		10,142
Unaffiliated	2,213		2,514
Total reinsurance recoverables	$	2,480,848	$	2,252,049

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Reinsurance amounts, included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, were as follows:

	2017			2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Premiums:
Direct	$	231,167		$	217,375		$	205,978
Ceded	(217,200		)	(252,050		)	(190,987		)
Net premiums	13,967			(34,675		)	14,991
Policy charges and fee income:
Direct	409,874			273,121			314,357
Ceded(1)	(365,671		)	(206,575		)	(116,822		)
Net policy charges and fee income	44,203			66,546			197,535
Net investment income:
Direct	67,243			72,561			69,371
Ceded	(592		)	(536		)	(480		)
Net investment income	66,651			72,025			68,891
Asset administration fees:
Direct	38,743			34,847			38,370
Ceded	(29,668		)	(20,489		)	0
Net asset administration fees	9,075			14,358			38,370
Realized investment gains (losses), net:
Direct	41,810			89,216			51,989
Ceded	(55,848		)	(788		)	(46,236		)
Realized investment gains (losses), net	(14,038		)	88,428			5,753
Policyholders’ benefits (including change in reserves):
Direct	291,003			289,066			250,487
Ceded(2)	(278,748		)	(287,081		)	(223,088		)
Net policyholders’ benefits (including change in reserves)	12,255			1,985			27,399
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances:
Direct	54,624			55,928			61,665
Ceded	(21,665		)	(12,000		)	(11,618		)
Net interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	32,959			43,928			50,047
Reinsurance expense allowances and general and administrative expenses, net of capitalization and amortization	(165,870		)	(78,200		)	(27,102		)

(1) "Policy charges and fee income ceded" includes $(4) million, $(3) million and $(3) million of unaffiliated activity for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

(2) "Policyholders' benefits (including change in reserves) ceded" includes $(0.2) million, $(0.8) million and $(2) million of unaffiliated activity for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The gross and net amounts of life insurance face amount in force as of December 31, were as follows:

	2017			2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Direct gross life insurance face amount in force	$	136,020,588		$	129,865,065		$	122,191,480
Reinsurance ceded	(123,974,595		)	(118,390,153		)	(111,392,626		)
Net life insurance face amount in force	$	12,045,993		$	11,474,912		$	10,798,854

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Information regarding significant affiliated reinsurance agreements is described below.

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. Effective July 1, 2017, this agreement is being terminated for certain new policies, primarily Universal Life business, which was reinsured to Pruco Life under a yearly renewable term reinsurance agreement. Effective April 1, 2016 the Company entered into a reinsurance agreement with Prudential Insurance to reinsure its variable annuity base contracts, along with the living benefit guarantees. See Note 1 for additional information related to the Variable Annuities Recapture.

PAR U

Effective July 1, 2011, the Company reinsures an amount equal to 95% of all risks associated with its universal life policies with PAR U.

PARCC

The Company reinsures 90% of the risks under its term life insurance policies, with effective dates prior to January 1, 2010 through an automatic coinsurance agreement with PARCC.

PAR Term

The Company reinsures 95% of the risks under its term life insurance policies, with effective dates January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2013, through an automatic coinsurance agreement with PAR Term.

Term Re

The Company reinsures 95% of the risks under its term life insurance policies, with effective dates on or after January 1, 2014 through an automatic coinsurance agreement with Term Re.

Pruco Life

Effective July 1, 2017, the Company entered into a yearly renewable term reinsurance agreement with Pruco Life for new business, primarily covering Universal Life policies. Under this agreement the majority of all mortality risk is ceded to Pruco Life. The Company also reinsures certain Corporate Owned Life Insurance (“COLI”) policies with Pruco Life. Through March 31, 2016, the Company reinsured Prudential Defined Income ("PDI") living benefit guarantees with Pruco Life. Effective April 1, 2016, the Company recaptured PDI living benefit guarantees from Pruco Life and reinsured them with Prudential Insurance. See Note 1 for additional information related to the Variable Annuities Recapture.

Pruco Re

Through March 31, 2016, the Company entered into various automatic coinsurance agreements with Pruco Re to reinsure its living benefit guarantees sold on certain of its annuities. See Note 1 for additional information on the change effective April 1, 2016 related to the Variable Annuities Recapture.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

13.    EQUITY

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The balance of and changes in each component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” for the years ended December 31, were as follows:

	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)(1)			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2014	$	(13	)	$	33,752		$	33,739
Change in OCI before reclassifications	(86		)	(31,993		)	(32,079		)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	0			(1,702		)	(1,702		)
Income tax benefit (expense)	30			11,793			11,823
Balance, December 31, 2015	$	(69	)	$	11,850		$	11,781
Change in OCI before reclassifications	(1		)	(1,738		)	(1,739		)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	0			2,324			2,324
Income tax benefit (expense)	0			(205		)	(205		)
Balance, December 31, 2016	$	(70	)	$	12,231		$	12,161
Change in OCI before reclassifications	43			31,228			31,271
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	0			982			982
Income tax benefit (expense)	(15		)	(10,069		)	(10,084		)
Balance, December 31, 2017	$	(42	)	$	34,372		$	34,330

(1) Includes cash flow hedges of $(5) million, $5 million and $6 million as of December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

	Year Ended December 31, 2017			Year Ended December 31, 2016			Year Ended December 31, 2015
	(in thousands)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI (1)(2):
Net unrealized investment gains (losses):
Cash flow hedges - Currency/Interest rate(3)	$	(127	)	$	2,212		$	249
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities(4)	(855		)	(4,536		)	1,453
Total net unrealized investment gains (losses)	(982		)	(2,324		)	1,702
Total reclassifications for the period	$	(982	)	$	(2,324	)	$	1,702

(1) All amounts are shown before tax.

(2) Positive amounts indicate gains/benefits reclassified out of AOCI. Negative amounts indicate losses/costs reclassified out of AOCI.

(3) See Note 10 for additional information on cash flow hedges.

(4) See table below for additional information on unrealized investment gains (losses), including the impact on deferred policy acquisition and other costs, future policy benefits and policyholders’ account balances.

Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)

Net unrealized investment gains (losses) on securities classified as available-for-sale and certain other long-term investments and other assets are included in the Company’s 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 (losses), are as follows:

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

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

	Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments			Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs, Reinsurance Recoverable and Other Costs			Future Policy Benefits, Policyholders' Account Balances and Reinsurance Payables			Deferred Income Tax (Liability) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Related To Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
	(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2014(1)	$	225		$	(579	)	$	150		$	70		$	(134	)
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period	(20		)	0			0			7			(13		)
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income	6			0			0			(2		)	4
Reclassification adjustment for OTTI losses excluded from net income(1)	0			0			0			0			0
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs, reinsurance recoverable and other costs(1)	0			773			0			(270		)	503
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on future policy benefits and policyholder's account balances(1)	0			0			(11		)	4			(7		)
Balance, December 31, 2015(1)	$	211		$	194		$	139		$	(191	)	$	353
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period	(13		)	0			0			5			(8		)
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income	(51		)	0			0			18			(33		)
Reclassification adjustment for OTTI losses excluded from net income(1)	0			0			0			0			0
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs, reinsurance recoverable and other costs(1)	0			(32		)	0			11			(21		)
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on future policy benefits and policyholder's account balances(1)	0			0			(5		)	2			(3		)
Balance, December 31, 2016(1)	$	147		$	162		$	134		$	(155	)	$	288
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period	23			0			0			(7		)	16
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income	(12		)	0			0			4			(8		)
Reclassification adjustment for OTTI losses excluded from net income	4			0			0			(1		)	3
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs, reinsurance recoverable and other costs	0			(225		)	0			80			(145		)
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on future policy benefits and policyholder's account balances	0			0			(25		)	9			(16		)
Balance, December 31, 2017	$	162		$	(63	)	$	109		$	(70	)	$	138

(1) Prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

All Other Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses) in AOCI

	Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments(1)			Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs, Reinsurance Recoverable and Other Costs			Future Policy Benefits, Policyholders' Account Balances and Reinsurance Payables			Deferred Income Tax (Liability) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Related To Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
	(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2014(2)	$	63,363		$	(24,192	)	$	12,959		$	(18,244	)	$	33,886
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period	(38,860		)	0			0			13,600			(25,260		)
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income	(1,708		)	0			0			598			(1,110		)
Reclassification adjustment for OTTI losses excluded from net income(2)	0			0			0			0			0
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs, reinsurance recoverable and other costs(2)	0			15,604			0			(5,461		)	10,143
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on future policy benefits and policyholders' account balances(2)	0			0			(9,480		)	3,318			(6,162		)
Balance, December 31, 2015(2)	$	22,795		$	(8,588	)	$	3,479		$	(6,189	)	$	11,497
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period	(1,856		)	0			0			650			(1,206		)
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income	(2,273		)	0			0			796			(1,477		)
Reclassification adjustment for OTTI losses excluded from net income(2)	0			0			0			0			0
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs, reinsurance recoverable and other costs(2)	0			2,180			0			(764		)	1,416
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on future policy benefits and policyholders' account balances(2)	0			0			2,636			(923		)	1,713
Balance, December 31, 2016(2)	$	18,666		$	(6,408	)	$	6,115		$	(6,430	)	$	11,943
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period	34,845			0			0			(10,920		)	23,925
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income	(970		)	0			0			304			(666		)
Reclassification adjustment for OTTI losses excluded from net income	(4		)	0			0			1			(3		)
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs, reinsurance recoverable and other costs	0			6,443			0			(2,293		)	4,150
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on future policy benefits, policyholders' account balances and reinsurance payables	0			0			(7,869		)	2,754			(5,115		)
Balance, December 31, 2017	$	52,537		$	35		$	(1,754	)	$	(16,584	)	$	34,234

(1) Includes cash flow hedges. See Note 10 for information on cash flow hedges.

(2) Prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

14. 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 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 include allocations of stock compensation expenses related to a stock-based awards program and a deferred compensation program issued by Prudential Financial. The expense charged to the Company for the stock based-awards program was $0.1 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. The expense charged to the Company for the deferred compensation program was $1 million, $0.9 million and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The Company is charged for its share of employee benefit 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 earnings and length of service while others are based on an account balance, which takes into consideration age, service and earnings during a career. The Company’s share of net expense for the pension plans was $3 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

The Company is also charged for its share of the costs associated with welfare plans issued by Prudential Insurance. These expenses include costs related to medical, dental, life insurance and disability. The Company's share of net expense for the welfare plans was $4 million, $3 million and $3 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Prudential Insurance sponsors voluntary savings plans for its employee 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 $1 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

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.

The Company pays commissions and certain other fees to Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc. (“PAD”) in consideration for PAD’s marketing and underwriting of the Company’s annuity products. Commissions and fees are paid by PAD to broker-dealers who sell the Company’s annuity products. Commissions and fees paid by the Company to PAD were $62 million, $71 million and $73 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The Company is charged for its share of corporate expenses incurred by Prudential Financial to benefit its businesses, such as advertising, executive oversight, external affairs and philanthropic activity.  The Company’s share of corporate expenses was $8 million, $6 million and $5 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Corporate Owned Life Insurance

The Company has sold three Corporate Owned Life Insurance ("COLI") policies to Prudential Insurance and one to Prudential Financial. The cash surrender value included in separate accounts for these COLI policies was $2,244 million at December 31, 2017 and $1,992 million at December 31, 2016. Fees related to these COLI policies were $25 million, $23 million and $26 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The Company retains 10% of the mortality risk associated with these COLI policies up to $0.1 million per policy.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Affiliated Investment Management Expenses

In accordance with an agreement with PGIM, Inc. (“PGIM”), the Company pays investment management expenses to PGIM who acts as investment manager to certain Company general account and separate account assets. Investment management expenses paid to PGIM related to this agreement were $2 million, $2 million and $3 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. These expenses are recorded as “Net investment income” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

Derivative Trades

In its ordinary course of business, the Company enters into OTC derivative contracts with an affiliate, PGF. For these OTC derivative contracts, PGF has a substantially equal and offsetting position with an external counterparty. See Note 10 for additional information.

Joint Ventures

The Company has made investments in joint ventures with certain subsidiaries of Prudential Financial. "Other long-term investments" includes $29 million and $26 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. "Net investment income" related to these ventures includes a gain of $2 million, $1 million and $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Affiliated Asset Administration Fee Income

The Company has a revenue sharing agreement with AST Investment Services, Inc. ("ASTISI") and PGIM Investments LLC ("PGIM Investments") whereby the Company receives fee income based on policyholders' separate account balances invested in the AST. Income received from ASTISI and PGIM Investments related to this agreement was $29 million, $26 million and $30 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. These revenues are recorded as “Asset administration fees” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

The Company has a revenue sharing agreement with PGIM Investments, whereby the Company receives fee income based on policyholders’ separate account balances invested in The Prudential Series Fund. Income received from PGIM Investments related to this agreement was $9 million, $8 million and $8 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. These revenues are recorded as “Asset administration fees” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

Affiliated Notes Receivable

Affiliated notes receivable included in “Receivables from parent and affiliates” at December 31, were as follows:

	Maturity Dates			Interest Rates				2017		2016
								(in thousands)
U.S. Dollar floating rate notes			2028	2.77%	-	3.12	%	$	6,047	$	0
U.S. Dollar fixed rate notes	2026	-	2028	0.00%	-	14.85	%	3,330		9,866
Total long-term notes receivable - affiliated(1)								$	9,377	$	9,866

(1) All long-term notes receivable may be called for prepayment prior to the respective maturity dates under specified circumstances.

The affiliated notes receivable shown above include those classified as loans, and carried at unpaid principal balance, net of any allowance for losses and those classified as available-for-sale securities and other trading account assets carried at fair value. The Company monitors the internal and external credit ratings of these loans and loan performance. The Company also considers any guarantees made by Prudential Insurance for loans due from affiliates.

Accrued interest receivable related to these loans was $0.1 million and $0.0 million at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and is included in “Other assets”. Revenues related to these loans were $0.3 million, $0.4 million and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and are included in “Other income”.

Affiliated Asset Transfers

The Company participates in affiliated asset trades with parent and sister companies. Book and market value differences for trades with a parent and sister are recognized within "Additional paid-in capital" (“APIC”) and "Realized investment gains (losses), net", respectively. See Note 1 for affiliated asset trades related to the Variable Annuities Recapture effective April 1, 2016.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

Affiliate	Date	Transaction	Security Type	Fair Value		Book Value		APIC, Net of Tax Increase/(Decrease)
				(in thousands)
Prudential Insurance	June 2017	Sale	Fixed Maturities & Short-Term Investments	$	16,965	$	16,515	$	293
Prudential Insurance	June 2017	Sale	Commercial Mortgages	$	43,198	$	42,301	$	584

Debt Agreements

The Company is authorized to borrow funds up to $200 million from affiliates to meet its capital and other funding needs. During the second quarter of 2016, the Company reassigned all the remaining debt to Prudential Insurance as part of the Variable Annuities Recapture. See Note 1 for additional information on the reassignment effective April 1, 2016. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, there was no debt outstanding.

The total interest expense to the Company related to loans payable to affiliates was $0.0 million, $1 million and $3 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Contributed Capital and Dividends

In both March of 2017 and 2016, the Company received capital contributions in the amount of $1 million from Pruco Life. For the year ended December 2015, the Company did not receive any capital contributions.

In June of 2017, the Company paid a dividend in the amount of $100 million to Pruco Life. In April of 2016, the Company paid a dividend in the amount of $241 million to Pruco Life. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company did not pay any dividends.

Reinsurance with Affiliates

As discussed in Note 12, the Company participates in reinsurance transactions with certain affiliates.

15. QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

The unaudited quarterly results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are summarized in the table below:

	Three months ended
	March 31			June 30			September 30		December 31
	(in thousands)
2017
Total revenues	$	37,242		$	26,479		$	24,995	$	35,253
Total benefits and expenses	30,636			20,711			16,722		26,581
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes	6,606			5,768			8,273		8,672
Net income (loss)	$	6,156		$	8,511		$	11,309	$	9,281
2016
Total revenues	$	51,394		$	103,908		$	32,734	$	21,050
Total benefits and expenses	110,320			(30,707		)	19,897		16,141
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes	(58,926		)	134,615			12,837		4,909
Net income (loss)	$	(44,031	)	$	106,967		$	13,243	$	3,021

The variability in the quarterly results for 2016 was primarily due to the Variable Annuities Recapture. See Note 1 for additional information.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholder of

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey and its subsidiary as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, of stockholder’s equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017 including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Significant Transactions with Related Parties

As described in Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has entered into significant transactions with The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and other affiliates.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

March 8, 2018

We have served as the Company's auditor since 1996.

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PART C:

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 26. Exhibits

Exhibit number Description of Exhibit

(a)	Board of Directors Resolution:
(i)		Resolution of Board of Directors of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey establishing the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account. (Note 2)
(ii)		Amendment of Separate Account Resolution. (Note 3)
(b)	Not Applicable.
(c)	Underwriting Contracts:
(i)		Distribution Agreement between Pruco Securities, LLC and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey. (Note 2)
(ii)		Broker Dealer Selling Agreement used from 11-2008 to current. (Note 16)
(iii)		Broker Dealer Selling Agreement Schedule B. (Note 17)
(d)	Contracts:
(i)		Survivorship Variable Universal Life InsuranceContract (SVUNLG-2017). (Note 17)
(ii)		Rider to Provide Lapse Protection (PLY 140-2017). (Note 17)
(iii)		Rider for Excess Loan Protection (PLY 141-2017). (Note 17)
(iv)		Options to Exchange for Separate Contracts at Attained Age (PLY 118-2015). (Note 17)
(v)		Endorsement for Type C Death Benefit Option (PLY 130-2015). (Note 7)
(vi)		Rider for Estate Protection (VL 194C-2015). (Note 17)
(e)	Application:
(i)		Application for Variable Universal Life Insurance Contract. (Note 17)
(ii)		Supplement to the Application for Variable Universal Life Insurance Contract. (Note 5)
(f)	Depositor’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws:
(i)		Articles of Incorporation of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, as amended March 11, 1983. (Note 2)
(ii)		Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, February 12, 1998. (Note 6)
(iii)		Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, October 1, 2012. (Note 7)
(iv)		By-laws of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, as amended August 4, 1999. (Note 4)
(g)	Reinsurance Agreements:
(i)		Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Prudential. (Note 8)
(ii)		Amendments (1-15) to the Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Prudential. (Note 9)
(h)	Participation Agreements:
(i)		American Skandia Trust Participation Agreement, as amended June 8, 2005. (Note 11)
(ii)		Amendment (1) to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Advanced Series Trust (formerly American Skandia Trust), as amended June 8, 2005. (Note 9)
(iii)		Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and American Funds. (Note 12)
(iv)		Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Dreyfus. (Note 13)
(v)		Amendment #3 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Dreyfus (Note 18)
(vi)		Amendment #4 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Dreyfus (Note 18)

(vii)		Amendment #5 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Dreyfus (Note 18)
(viii)		Amendment #6 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Dreyfus (Note 14)
(ix)		Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Fidelity (Note 12)
(x)		Amendment # 1 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Fidelity (Note 12)
(xi)		Amendment # 2 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Fidelity (Note 18)
(xii)		Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Franklin. (Note 12)
(xiii)		Amendment #1 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Franklin (Note 18)
(xiv)		Amendment #2 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Franklin (Note 18)
(xv)		Amendment #5 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Franklin (Note 18)
(xvi)		Amendment #6 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Franklin (Note 18)
(xvii)		Amendment #7 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Franklin (Note 19)
(xviii)		Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and MFS. (Note 13)
(xix)		Amendment #4 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and MFS. (Note 12)
(xx)		Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Neuberger Berman. (Note 13)
(xxi)		Amendment No. 1 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Neuberger Berman. (Note 14)
(xxii)		Amendment No. 2 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Neuberger Berman. (Note 18)
(xxiii)		Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Northern Lights (Note 15)
(xxiv)		Amendment #2 to the Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Northern Lights (Note 10)
(xxv)		Participation Agreement between Pruco Life of New Jersey and The Prudential Series Fund (Note 18)
(xxvi)		Shareholder Agreement (22c-2 Agreement) between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Advanced Series Trust (Note 17)
(xxvii)		Shareholder Agreement (22c-2 Agreement) between Pruco Life and New Jersey and American Fund (Note 18)
(xxviii)		Shareholder Agreement (22c-2 Agreement) between Pruco Life and New Jersey and Dreyfus (Note 17)
(xxix)		Shareholder Agreement (22c-2 Agreement) between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Franklin (Note 17)
(xxx)		Shareholder Agreement (22c-2 Agreement) between Pruco Life of New Jersey and MFS (Note 17)
(xxxi)		Shareholder Agreement (22c-2 Agreement) between Pruco Life of New Jersey and Neuberger Berman (Note 18)
(xxxii)		Shareholder Agreement (22c-2 Agreement) between Pruco Life of New Jersey and The Prudential Series Fund (Note 17)
(i)	Administrative Contracts:
(i)		Service Agreement between Prudential and the Regulus Group, LLC. (Note 4)
(ii)		Revised Service Agreement between Prudential and the Regulus Group LLC, a TransCentra company. (Note 10)
(iii)		Engagement Schedule No. 2 between Prudential and Regulus Group, LLC. (Note 7)
(j)	Not Applicable.
(k)	Opinion and Consent of William J. Evers, Esq., as to the legality of the securities being registered. (Note 1)
(l)	Not Applicable.
(m)	Not Applicable.
(n)	Other Opinions:
(i)		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. (Note 1)
(ii)		Powers of Attorney: John Chieffo, Caroline A. Feeney, Lori D. Fouché, Christine Knight, Kent D. Sluyter, Kenneth Y. Tanji, Candace Woods. (Note 1)

(o)	None.
(p)	Not Applicable.
(q)	Redeemability Exemption:
(i)		Memorandum describing Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey's issuance, transfer, and redemption procedures for the Contracts pursuant to Rule 6e-3(T)(b)(12)(iii). (Note 1)

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(Note 1)	Filed herewith.
(Note 2)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to Form S-6, Registration No. 2-89780, filed April 28, 1997, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 3)	Incorporated by reference to Form S-6, Registration No. 333-94115, filed on January 5, 2000, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 4)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed April 12, 2011, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 5)	Incorporated by reference to Form S-6, Registration No. 333-85117, filed on August 13, 1999, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 6)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Form S-1, Registration No. 33-20018, filed on April 16, 1999, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Contract Real Property Account.
(Note 7)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed April 10, 2015, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 8)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed April 19, 2006, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 9)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed April 12, 2013, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 10)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed April 11, 2014, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 11)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed August 15, 2005, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 12)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed June 28, 2013, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 13)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed April 18, 2008, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 14)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed June 27, 2014, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 15)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed April 23, 2012, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 16)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed April 14, 2010, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 17)	Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement, filed June 16, 2017, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 18)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed April 11, 2018, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 19)	Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 for Form N-6, Registration No. 333‑112809, filed April 11, 2017, on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.

Item 27. Directors and Officers of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

The directors and officers of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("Pruco Life of New Jersey"), listed with their principal occupations, are shown below. The principal business address of the directors and officers listed below is 213 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

DIRECTORS OF PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY

JOHN CHIEFFO – Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, andDirector

CAROLINE FEENEY – Director

LORI D. FOUCHÉ –Director

CHRISTINE KNIGHT –Vice President and Director

KENT D. SLUYTER – President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

KENNETH Y. TANJI – Treasurer andDirector

CANDACE WOODS –Director

OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT DIRECTORS

WILLIAM J. EVERS -Vice President and Corporate Counsel

LYNN K. STONE - Vice President, Chief Legal Officer,and Secretary

JORDAN K. THOMSEN - Vice President and Corporate Counsel

ARTHUR W. WALLACE - Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary, Appointed Actuary, and Actuary

Item 28. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Depositor or the Registrant

Pruco Life of New Jersey, a life insurance company organized under the laws of New Jersey, is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Pruco Life Insurance Company ("Pruco Life"). Pruco Life, a life insurance company organized under the laws of Arizona, is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc.

The subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, Inc. are listed under Exhibit 21.1 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Prudential Financial, Inc., Registration No. 001-16707, the text of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 29. Indemnification

The Registrant, in connection with certain affiliates, maintains various insurance coverages under which the underwriter and certain affiliated persons may be insured against liability, which may be incurred in such capacity, subject to the terms, conditions, and exclusions of the insurance policies.

New Jersey, being the state of organization of Pruco Life of New Jersey, permits entities organized under its jurisdiction to indemnify directors and officers with certain limitations. The relevant provisions of New Jersey law permitting indemnification can be found in Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated. The text of Pruco Life of New Jersey’s By-law, Article V, which relates to

indemnification of officers and directors, was filed on April 16, 1999, as exhibit Item 26. (f)(iii) to Form N-6 of this Registration Statement on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Item 30. Principal Underwriters

(a) Pruco Securities, LLC ("Pruco Securities"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc., acts as the Registrant's principal underwriter of the Contract. Pruco Securities, organized on September 22, 2003, under New Jersey law, is registered as a broker and dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a registered member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). (Pruco Securities is a successor company to Pruco Securities Corporation, established on February 22, 1971.) Pruco Securities' principal business address is 751 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

Pruco Securities acts as principal underwriter and general distributor for the following separate investment accounts and their affiliates:

Pruco Life Variable Universal Account

Pruco Life Variable Appreciable Account

Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account

The Prudential Variable Appreciable Account

The Contract is sold by registered representatives of Pruco Securities who are also authorized by state insurance departments to do so. The Contract may also be sold through other broker-dealers authorized by Pruco Securities and applicable law to do so.

(b)
MANAGERS AND OFFICERS OF PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC
Name and Principal Business Address -------------------------------------------------------	Position and Office with Pruco Securities -----------------------------------------------------------
Caroline Feeney (Note 1)	Chairman of the Board, Manager
Kevin M. Brayton (Note 6)	Vice President, Manager
Salene Hitchcock-Gear (Note 1)	Manager
Anthony M. Fontano (Note 1)	Manager
John G. Gordon (Note 1)	President, Manager, Chief Operating Officer
Patrick L. Hynes (Note 4)	Vice President, Manager
Peter C. Gayle (Note 5)	Vice President, Manager
Charles H. Smith (Note 2)	Anti-Money Laundering Officer
David S. Campen (Note 3)	Assistant Controller
Michael J. McQuade (Note 3)	Assistant Controller
Robert P. Smit (Note 3)	Assistant Controller
Mary E. Yourth (Note 3)	Assistant Controller
Maggie Palen (Note 2)	Assistant Secretary
John M. Cafiero (Note 2)	Assistant Secretary
Dexter M. Feliciano (Note 1)	Assistant Secretary
Jordan K. Thomsen (Note 1)	Assistant Secretary
Mary Jo Reich (Note 1)	Assistant Secretary

Hasan Ibrahim (Note 1)	Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, Assistant Secretary
Kathleen C. Hoffman (Note 2)	Assistant Treasurer
Joseph B. McCarthy (Note 6)	Assistant Treasurer
Michele E. Talafha (Note 8)	Assistant Vice President
John D. McGovern (Note 1)	Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
Steven Weinreb (Note 3)	Vice President, Controller, Chief Financial Officer
Conway Lee (Note 1)	Secretary
Jason R. Chupak (Note 2)	Treasurer
Charles M. O'Donnell (Note 5)	Vice President
Milton T. Landes (Note 1)	Vice President
John F. Keenan (Note 7)	Vice President

(Note 1) 213 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102

(Note 2) 751 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102

(Note 3) Three Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102

(Note 4) 1 Mill Ridge Lane, Chester, NJ 07930

(Note 5) 200 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, NJ 08830

(Note 6) 280 Trumbull Street, 1 Commercial Plaza, Hartford, CT 06103

(Note 7) 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102

(Note 8) 2 Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102

(c) Pruco Securities passes through the gross distribution revenue it receives to broker-dealers for their sales and does not retain any portion of it in return for its services as distributor for the Contracts. However, Pruco Securities does retain a portion of compensation it receives with respect to sales by its representatives. Pruco Securities retained compensation of $2,855,401 in 2017, $2,574,216 in 2016, and $2,464,259 in 2015. Pruco Securities offers the Contract on a continuous basis.

The sum of the chart below is $120,592,554, which represents Pruco Securities’ total 2017 Variable Life Distribution Revenue. The amount includes both agency distribution and broker-dealer distribution.

Compensation received by Pruco Securities during the last fiscal year with respect to variable life insurance products.
Principal Underwriter	Gross Distribution Revenue*	Compensation on Events Occasioning the Deduction of a Deferred Sales Load	Brokerage Commissions**	Other Compensation
Pruco Securities	$57,777,270	$-0-	$62,815,284	$-0-

* Represents Variable Life Distribution Revenue for the agency channel.

** Represents Variable Life Distribution Revenue for the broker-dealer channel.

Because Pruco Securities registered representatives who sell the Contracts are also our life insurance agents, they may be eligible for various cash bonuses and insurance benefits and non-cash compensation programs that we or our affiliates offer, such as conferences, trips, prizes, and awards, subject to applicable regulatory requirements. In some circumstances and to the extent permitted by applicable regulatory requirements, we may also reimburse certain sales and marketing expenses.

Item 31. Location of Accounts and Records

The Depositor, Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, is located at 213 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

The Principal Underwriter, Pruco Securities, LLC, is located at 751 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

Each company maintains those accounts and records required to be maintained pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act and the rules promulgated thereunder.

Item 32. Management Services

Not Applicable.

Item 33. Representation of Reasonableness of Fees

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey (“Pruco Life of New Jersey”) represents that the fees and charges deducted under the Variable Universal Life Insurance Contracts registered by this registration statement, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Pruco Life of New Jersey.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Newark, and State of New Jersey, on this 11th day of April, 2018.

(Seal)

Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account

(Registrant)

By: Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

(Depositor)

By: /s/ William J. Evers

        William J. Evers 

        Vice President and Corporate Counsel

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 11th day of April, 2018.

Signature and Title
/s/ *
John Chieffo
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Director
/s/ *
Caroline Feeney
Director
/s/ *
Lori D. Fouché
Director
	*By:	/s/ William J. Evers
/s/ *		William J. Evers
Christine Knight		(Attorney-in-Fact)
Vice President and Director
/s/ *
Kent D. Sluyter
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
/s/ *
Kenneth Y. Tanji
Treasurer and Director
/s/ *
Candace Woods
Director

EXHIBIT INDEX

Item 26.
(k) Legal Opinion and Consent:		Opinion and Consent of William J. Evers, Esq., as to the legality of the securities being registered.
(n) Other Opinions:	(i)	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
	(ii)	Powers of Attorney: John Chieffo, Caroline A. Feeney, Lori D. Fouché, Christine Knight, Kent D. Sluyter, Kenneth Y. Tanji, Candace Woods.
(q) Redeemability Exemption:	(i)	Memorandum describing Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey's issuance, transfer, and redemption procedures for the Contracts pursuant to Rule 6e-3(T)(b)(12)(iii).